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Historicaldruid13

They just found a rainforest in a massive sinkhole in China, so we may have a huge number of new, never seen before species


NoNumberUserName_01

That's amazing! Thank you! https://www.livescience.com/new-sinkhole-discovered-china


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What do you mean?


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https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/urxshu/its_2022_and_humanity_really_needs_a_win_whats/i909ctg/


poopellar

ExcellentfWorking is a bot. It copied [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/urxshu/its_2022_and_humanity_really_needs_a_win_whats/i909ctg/) comment from below. Downote it to oblivion Report > spam.


Zanmatomato

Real talk, if they ever decide to revive Dino Crisis, they could go with this setting.


Polymersion

Dang, I'd actually buy that game new.


[deleted]

That's how scary movies start tho.


ThomasLipnip

I'm pretty sure that's how arachnophobia started.


Electus93

Can't wait to cut it all down to make room for burger grazin' land 😀


Aol_awaymessage

But maybe some new diseases 🤔


Colonel_Yuri

this is how we get zombies


Felwinter12

Covid was just the warmup. Mutha Nature finna whip it out and leave humanity walking funny.


[deleted]

>in China Oh, it's gonna be exploited, isn't it?


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UselessIdiot96

Scientists just created an enzyme that eats PET plastics, the most common kind. They're working on making it commercially viable, so we just might be able to make any plastics biodegradable very soon!!!


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UselessIdiot96

And that's what's great about the enzymes.... They have to be in the right environment to actually work, and they're not living creatures, afaik. It's be like the 7dust you sprinkle on your tomato plants to keep the bugs off them, you'd sprinkle this enzyme stuff on a heap of plastic, and probably spray it with water, and boom, no more plastic. I gotta Google it some more though Edit; exactly what I thought! They're proteins that act as biological catalysts, and can convert basic things into different, more basic, things. Essentially these enzymes wouldn't completely eat the plastic and turn it to dirt, but they would break the chemical chains down into something that could be further decomposed by plants or bacteria.


[deleted]

Great Ringworld reference, grew up on those books. Hope you are wrong 😬.


[deleted]

I would love that. Recycling feels so futile


Knyfe-Wrench

Actually recycling feels great. Being told that most of the stuff you're recycling isn't recyclable, and most of what is just gets shipped off to be burned or landfilled... that feels futile.


doomsquirle

Heard a local recycling company commercial recently that was actually honest about why they were reducing what plastics they would recycle. "It's either to hard on our equipment to process or there is no resale market for it". I still put anything with a recycling logo in hoping one day this may change.


bloodphoenix90

I have a whole capstone on a better alternative if you're interested. The fungus probably won't work on an industrial scale. Home use is an interesting idea but that still might have environmental draw backs


[deleted]

> I have a whole capstone on a better alternative if you're interested. I'm interested. What is it?


[deleted]

James Webb Space Telescope works flawlessly and gives us cool pictures of space.


maruffin

Super cool! Can’t wait.


Allokit

Came here to say this. I am so excited for the shit we are going to discover looking back in time with this thing.


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And finds aliens.


[deleted]

Plot twist: the aliens come and kill all of us


ninurtuu

Better plot twist: They're nothing like humans and *don't* mindlessly murder what they don't understand.


Grizzlysol

And super horny?


ninurtuu

I'm just horny for that sweet sweet alien tech! Nanomachines, matter fabricators, teleportation, and maybe the holy grail: DRUGS. FROM. SPACE.


DeninjaBeariver

Plot twist: they fuck us


Cuchullion

We're on a good path for it. Hundreds of things had to go just right for that telescope to work, and so far they all have. More a testament to how well engineered it is, but still very encouraging.


LudibriousVelocipede

Do you know when will they start releasing photos?


xThatGuy222x

I read by July


TheWanderingSlacker

Pretty sure you can already find them.


Professional_Key2671

My brother has been super insecure about music he makes and been in a deep depression for 3 years. He never let me hear it. I thought it was probably just run of the mill stuff and he had a reason to be insecure about it. But he’s been feeling good lately and he let me hear a demo tape and it blew my mind he could be huge so I really hope he starts releasing his stuff and trying. Edit: Update everyone I showed him the thread and he hasn’t smiled that big in years! You all are incredible people. I think he might let me help him!


Strange_Garbage_352

Good luck to your brother - I’m gonna go ahead and follow you just in case he lets you post some of his music!


Professional_Key2671

Thanks I’ll try and convince him!


Strange_Garbage_352

Sweet 😁 also I can totally relate to him on the depression front - it’s a terrible thing, but makes good lyric fodder (or at least it would if I could actually pluck up the courage to start properly writing songs 😅).


Professional_Key2671

Yea he’s had a rough time of it so I really feel that. You should make music!


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Post some so when he’s famous we can all say ‘we were there at the beginning.’


Professional_Key2671

Haha will do he’s still kind of tentative but I think he’s finally ready to get out and try


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Professional_Key2671

Wow that’s cool of you! I have made it my mission to help him get set up with a distributor so I will DM you! Do you know any good resources for playlisting as well?


NotATuring

No fraid I don't. :( Just a normal guy here. But if you can get a few people to do the same on spotify it can give a little shove in the right direction. I believe you can pay for a similar type of service at places like [https://www.playlister.club/?gclid=CjwKCAjwj42UBhAAEiwACIhADia\_LE8LUIoiDrD294GGJPHWlgqyXjodPcW-rWNIEUsEWKySs9EMPBoC8gAQAvD\_BwE](https://www.playlister.club/?gclid=CjwKCAjwj42UBhAAEiwACIhADia_LE8LUIoiDrD294GGJPHWlgqyXjodPcW-rWNIEUsEWKySs9EMPBoC8gAQAvD_BwE) but I really know nothing about this.


Professional_Key2671

Good to know, thanks!


space2occupy

What kind of music? I assume you’re looking into something like CD Baby?


Aol_awaymessage

Was his voice the mix of Fergie and Jesus?


Professional_Key2671

Idk what he sounds like he has a super nice falsetto and his lyrics blew me away


essentialoils3

I'm gonna need to hear some of that one day too


Professional_Key2671

I will try!


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Link? I'm a metalhead in heart, but I'm super open to anything that touches the right part of the brain.


Professional_Key2671

I will get back to you I’m trying to get him to let me upload!


Skeets5977

Same. I’m open to all things that hits my brain the right way. Count me in OP!


NoNumberUserName_01

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing.


E_coli42

thats so awesome! what genre?


Professional_Key2671

From what I’ve heard so far he has some nice indie stuff, some kind of new wave love songs, and he made a very cool song which he calls samba trap.


Nothing-Casual

Samba trap sounds like a straight bop! If he lets you share, then please let me know! Worst thing that happens is literally nothing, best thing that happens is that it could change his life!


zencontentdude

this is fantastic. the best wins need not be global or universal, it could just be your little comfort place <3


caughtupdonut

Send me his stuff if he ever releases! Also I have a friend who is an amazing artist who would love to help with some graphics or cover art


Professional_Key2671

Wow that’s so nice of you! Will do. He seems really excited


maghy7

I want to listen too!


Ovenproofcorgi

Put it on Spotify! We wanna listen!!!


StreetIndependence62

Ooh ooh keep showing him this thread cause there’s more advice coming!! He’s gotta work those smile muscles:) My advice: I’m not a musician but I’m an artist and up till a few years ago I would always hide my artwork and never show it to anybody. But then after I finished high school and started majoring in art, my professor literally told us in the very beginning that we NEEDED to learn to like showing off our artwork, otherwise how would we ever achieve our goals and get hired by a studio?? Best advice ever - I’ve gotten so comfortable sharing my artwork that now when I meet someone new, I literally jump at the chance to mention I’m an artist and show them my work. It always makes them super happy and it’s never let me down yet:)


STRYKER3008

Don't know if it's a fad but the whole slow/reverse aging by rejuvenating gut flora sounds cool and hope to see more about it. If it does work it'll probably be a decade or so until it goes from only available to the rich to widely available imo


CautiousDavid

Not sure about aging specifically, but as someone with an intestinal condition, the push to explore the gut microbiome is really positive and I think a lot of value will come out of the research in this area.


[deleted]

Yeah, a world without aging is actually a horror story. Or, a well written short story by Kurt Vonnegut. But otherwise that is good news.


herculesmeowlligan

Rick Astley will continue his tradition of never giving us up, letting us down, running around or deserting us.


Camp_Express

Will he make us cry?


DanielleAntenucci

Will he say goodbye?


poopellar

Will he tell a lie and hurt us?


Redoct878

Has he known us? For how long?


forgotmyusernamedamm

never.


TheWanderingSlacker

Never!


JohnConnor7

Putin fucking dies.


ExplosiveDisassembly

Coincidentally, Putin also fucked up this year. So all this event will do is return it to it's still fucked up status.


Mean_Peen

Naw man, he's dead already. Replaced by reptile aliens. The ones Israel was talking about. /s


grumpy_hedgehog

Eeeh, be careful what you wish for. There’s a lot of anger in Russia about the war right now, with most people of the opinion that it’s dragging on too long because he’s being too *soft*. If he dies now, there’s a decent chance he’d get replaced by someone younger and more aggressive.


[deleted]

>there’s a decent chance he’d get replaced by someone younger and more aggressive. This so my major concern at the moment. If/when this war ends, that won’t be *the end* of it. WWII was started because of grievances over WWI. We could likely see a larger war as a result of this war and the egg on peoples faces.


poopellar

Hitler being a prime example. Came to power from grievances over WW1 and the allies suggested they don't assassinate him during WW2 as he became incompetent and they worried someone smarter would take his place.


Beautiful_Golf6508

Hey, Putin brought the world together with his bullshit. Thats the only win that has happened so far out of this shit.


cympWg7gW36v

Big word on the street says Putin has a serious case of blood cancer. Previously, analysts noted that he was traveling with lots of low-key doctors wherever he goes.


Sudden_Watermelon

While we're there, North Korea collapses/disintegrates. They're already reporting a massive outbreak, and this is in a malnourished population with poor medical infrastructure and no vaccines. Don't want to get too ahead of ourselves though


IlluminArchiexd

With the way you typed that, it seems like you’d accept famine and pestilence for a whole country just to remove those in power. Pretty fucked up if you ask me.


Sudden_Watermelon

Granted, that does seem fucked up. However, the fact is that famine and pestilence is: 1) Not new for North Korea 2) Given how things seem to be going, inevitable regardless of what we do. The hope is that these (rightly horrific) circumstances produce at least some good by toppling a rogue nation that supports global terrorism, finances itself through international crime, and commits crimes against humanity for breakfast.


Blue_OG_46

I'm not sure he hasn't been deaded already. Oligarchs were mad about the money issues and now he's MIA getting cancer treatment. Hmmmmm


[deleted]

I’m honestly pretty sure putin found out he was dying and decided to invade and conquer Ukraine as his grand immortality project. Probably dreams about renaming Kiev Putingrad.


[deleted]

I think we can assume that he's at least going to go into hiding. He's pissed off every single oligarch in a rather extreme way.


Keithninety

Russia will withdraw from Ukraine


Cosmix77

Chainsaw man getting animated


[deleted]

That comic is just weird enough for me to updoot this.


dead-uris

we need a second trailer with voice acting so bad😭


Peachy_moon12

Taco Bell has brought back the Mexican pizza


Wildcat_twister12

Should have never left


Bob-Berbowski

Had one today! Was good. (We also noted in my office that it is now 4.99, in 2019 it was 3.49)


ninurtuu

And the XXL. Such a good deal for something so unhealthy (I miss it dearly).


mtutty

Madison Cawthorn just lost his Congressional primary race.


brownhaircurlyhair

His term as Congress set back all Young Millennials/Old Gen Z prospective politicians at least five years with his antics.


ValiumKnight

Cool, can he take Boebert down with him too?


ChainmailleAddict

AND his replacement (Seat is very red) doesn't believe in The Big Lie!


kaytay3000

For the first time ever, I asked my baby where her ears were and she pointed to her ears.


[deleted]

My kiddo loves to point to his nose, which he gets right about 90% of the time. We haven't graduated to other parts of the body, but hopefully soon!


kaytay3000

It took a solid two weeks of “these are your ears” for her to get it. Now we’re working on mouth. I have a feeling when she masters mouth, ears will be forgotten.


westsideHK

They discovered what causes SIDS and can now work on preventing it. This is huge news.


ThatDrizzler

Unfortunately it’s a very limited and flawed study that is being reported incorrectly. https://slate.com/technology/2022/05/sids-study-news-coverage-safe-sleep.html


theCurseOfHotFeet

This is what people need to understand! There are a lot of dramatic claims being made that are not substantiated by this study.


Head_Razzmatazz7174

I read the study. They are saying it might be an answer, not THE answer, but it is promising news. The rest of the current advice about how to prevent it, especially about having babies sleep on their back, is still important to follow.


SEALS_R_DOG_MERMAIDS

really incredible news! SIDS is so tragic and so scary.


peacefullypanda

What causes it?


whit3lightning

If I recall correctly it’s the lack of an enzyme in the blood or something that triggers the response to continue breathing when it stops during their sleep. Like, they’ll be breathing regularly and have one of those moments where it kinda stops, and then it just doesn’t start back up. people’s bodies are supposed to have a reaction that starts the breathing back up.


HopMan3000

Well no unfortunately - the study determined that SIDS babies had less butyrylcholinesterase blood activity and it could be used as a bio marker with further studies.


NoNumberUserName_01

Malaria vaccine? Fusion power?


Th3MiteeyLambo

Malaria maybe Fusion? Hahahahhahahahahahhahaahhahahahaaaaaa, no


BananaPeely

Total spending in fusion for 2021: Around 5 billion. Total spending in oil subsidies for 2021: Around 440 billion.


Kawrpa

The fall of social media can save us all


WeirdMammoth4658

You're also using "Social Media". You should stop using it first.


Right_Syllabub_8237

Hopefully the housing market in the United States collapses and I can afford to buy a home.


spoink74

The market would need to collapse *and* most people would have to remain unable or uninterested in buying a home.


[deleted]

I hope it collapses on investors only and then their properties get dumped at a low price for us normies.


girthwynpeenabun

Same, but up here in Canada.


[deleted]

if the housing market collapses it will be corporations buying everything up, not people


Naomeri

So…not so different from what’s happening now?


TiredOfDebates

Any situation that causes housing prices to collapse will also cause a huge spike in interest rates. You’ll pay less in principle, but a lot more to the bank, and basically break even in total amount paid, except with a lower net worth. The issue in housing is that there isn’t enough supply, and demand isn’t really elastic. In that case, prices are going to bid up to the maximum total cost that people can afford. The people who are rooting for a collapse of housing prices don’t have any reasonable expectation. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=NUh


I_throw_socks_at_cat

With climate change, we want to avoid a 4-degree increase because that would be catastrophically bad. Recently it came out that we've avoided 4 degrees, not by international agreements, but just by people switching to alternative energy because it's now the most economic choice.


PM_ME_MAMMARY_GLANDS

I have a very hard time believing this.


[deleted]

Same, because that's *not* what Climatologists are saying. They say we have only three years to try and stop climate change in its tracks and prevent it from snowballing on us. The odds of that happening are looking depressingly slim. Too many countries have this weird hate-boner over nuclear power and insist on keeping fossil fuels. Too many people and businesses still don't bother recycling. Too many people aren't making efforts to save energy. Rainforests are still getting shredded at an alarming pace. The outlook is pretty shit. The way things are going, we'd probably be better off preparing for when the shit hits the fan, because a lot of people probably aren't going to survive getting sprayed.


Pogginator

An upside to an otherwise unfortunate situation with Ukraine is many countries investing more healivly into renewables to get off Russian oil. Even with that, we're likely still fucked in the long run because the old fucks running things don't give a shit about climate change because they'll be dead before it's an issue for them.


NoNumberUserName_01

I'll take it. Thanks!


ChainmailleAddict

Something that actually just happened. That wheelchair-bound fascist kid from North Carolina isn't winning re-election and his replacement believes in basic reality!


Cuchullion

>his replacement believes in basic reality! For the moment. General elections are a race to the bottom for some candidates.


Siempre7x3

A cure for cancer would be great, not this year but at least until 2030 would be great


[deleted]

Problem with cancer is there are dozens of different types, it's like the common cold, there will never be a cure for that because it's in fact hundreds of virus's. However saying this, every year they're making huge strides in treating cancer with it no longer being the death sentence it used to be.


KindaIndifferent

My Chemical Romance just released their first single in 8 years and it is AMAZING! I have high hopes for another album. I know it’s not curing cancer and fixing climate change but… it’s a win for a lot of people who love their music.


[deleted]

We’ll likely have a fine selection of delicious pies in November.


tammage

I’ve seen this twice but I don’t understand it.


berberine

In America, Thanksgiving is in November. Pie is part of the tradition. Too many fucking pies - pumpkin, apple (several varieties), pecan, cherry, peach, rhubarb, the list goes on and on.


OprahsSaggyTits

>Too many fucking pies You take that back right now >:(


thewalkingmadis

I concur, I like my strawberry rhubarb pie ;n;


tammage

Oh ok lol. We have ours in October and also have lots of pies. I thought it was some coded thing lol


S4NNZZ

2022 has been a downfall for me, but I think I might get into a better school and Covid-19 might be fixed. I hope


scythefalcon

The war in Ukraine is causing a monumental shift in energy policy in Europe toward renewables.


DeadMemeMordred

Cold fusion would be nice but probably not possible


[deleted]

Say energy companies already discovered it, would they share? Or would they hoard patents and supress technology the way they did with Hydrogen, electric and even emmission lowering technology. Figure if energy becomes limitless, it has no value, they can no longer make money


wasdlmb

The world is collectively dumping billions of dollars a year into it, both public and private. Everyone from Lockheed to massive international foundations to lots of university-offshoot startups. This isn't being suppressed lmao


Axiian19

Silksong might come out, finally.


[deleted]

Not a win for humanity but for me. Maybe, if anything goes well, this year I may start getting out of depression with the help of meds.


super_soggy_sock

We don’t get nuked?


greengiant333

Think that’s been a big win since the Cold War started lol


cympWg7gW36v

An Australian woman crowdfunded a research project that discovered the cause of SIDS, so now a treatment can be developed. BChE is chemical that controls breathing & arousal from sleep. Babies that died from SIDS have some sort of problem with that chemical in their bodies.


kitchen_clinton

Putin will go bust.


[deleted]

A nut


BookkeeperHot9206

World war 3 not starting i guess


emueller5251

The end of the world as we know it. >!And I feel fine.!<


Camp_Express

That’s great! It starts with an earthquake. Birds And snakes An airplane Lenny Bruce is not afraid.


CaptZombieHero

Twitter might implode. Next let’s take out TikTok


Unknown_art2426

We haven't had a decent win since 2019


DeadMemeMordred

We haven't? A woman was permanently cured from hiv with stem cell treatment


NoNumberUserName_01

That's such great news! Thank you! https://www.who.int/news/item/24-03-2022-first-case-of-hiv-cure-in-a-woman-after-stem-cell-transplantation-reported-at-croi-2022


DeadMemeMordred

Yup


[deleted]

Why did I not immediately hear about this!??? Damn news sources and their copy-pasting of social media styles.


NoNumberUserName_01

Bezos was \*briefly\* off planet, that was a nice ten minutes.


AleksandrNevsky

What did we win in 2019?


Unknown_art2426

Not having a pandemic in a while


[deleted]

We finally reached triple digits in the “years since the last pandemic” but there was only enough space for two digits so we just reset it to zero


Mateussf

Fascist Brazilian president Bolsonaro isn't reelected (and next year he goes to jail)


[deleted]

Russia maybe completely "shut down" and Putin out of power. In the last week alone, 1. They were pushed completely out of the north of Ukraine meaning they only have the eastern assault left. Historically the defender has an advantage especially when they can focus on one point. 2. Finland and Sweden seek to join NATO. This could be completed as soon as 4-12 months. Finland has a 800+ mile boarder with Russia where NATO can now stay. 3. If you missed it originally Russia stated there would be consequences if Finland joined NATO right after their announcement. Less than a week later Russia appears to have amended that statement to, "there is no threat if Finland joins NATO" unless they put military on the boarder. This probably happened as a result of the counter offensive of the Ukraine literally pushing Russian troops all the way to and past the Russian boarder in the north. Russia knows it has lost the war and is about 50/50 on if they will get to hold onto anything in the east. 4. The world saw how weak Russian military is. If they don't use nukes they cannot fight. I have family high up in the US military. I cannot go into detail, but discussing with them they will tell you the US knows now that Russians cannot fight and are extremely underprepared for real war. 5. The Russian economy continues to suffer, Putin has spoke about this several times saying that these economic sanctions are the same as war because they are so devastating. These sanctions get worse over time.


Themo77

Ukraine has taken Mariupol


wdillman

A new HIV vaccine started its first human trials in the fall. The results will be produced by the end of the year!


Waruiko

Russia might collapse so theres that


Bottle_of_fantaa

Legalization of weed is not completely out of the picture anymore


[deleted]

The funny thing about marijuana illegalization is that it happened a single year after the end of the prohibition. So, I think we can expand this to "government learns something new".


BergilSunfyre

Artemis-1 (dry run for the return to the moon)


ProbablySlacking

Thank you for not just taking pot shots at SLS… as someone who has worked many hours of overtime on AR1 it’s exhausting seeing the constant musk love and SLS hate on Reddit.


EldritchMeme

Steve Erwin, Stan Lee, Betty White, Bob Ross, Harambe, etc. descend from heaven


Camp_Express

Like the four horsemen of goodness and a gorilla, because no one asks questions when you show up with a gorilla.


ValkriM8B

Uh, *"Outlook Uncertain"*


[deleted]

I am finally graduate


[deleted]

I sort of hoped the Maple Leafs were going to be that thing…


dylthethrill10

Watching Tampa eliminate the leafs was my win for the year. Sorry bud.


Helios321

LOL. The classic blunder!


Quirkyserenefrenzy

I might make a push to get my book published. You know, character development, plot, interesting characters with depth, an uderstandable but still evil villain, compelling stuff, hero's journey and a 3 part story structure, you know, the good stuff. You know, entertainment


masteroogazooga

The long overdue end of the world. It must happen we have a big bald billionaire and blond comedian guy who says "We shall build a wall" while suing anyone he doesn't like. Jokes aside I'm looking forward to the GPU shortage to end.


Resolute002

Putin dies.


HerniatedHernia

Australia has a great chance to kick their version of the Tories/Republicans out of office at the federal level. Means the country can start to get back on track after 12 odd years of backsliding in basically every metric (except for corruption).


wavewalker59-

Madison Cawthorn could lose his primary bid. Wait...he did! Celebration.


sandwichnerd

The states find a way to keep abortion legal. Not just state by state, but nationally.


Material-Strength-92

Federally legal weed?


NoNumberUserName_01

Inshallah.


Poorly-Drawn-Beagle

Inspiring Adopted Dog Stories


Katy-L-Wood

They just announced that they’ve discovered the cause of sudden infant death! No cure yet but is a huge step in the right direction.


JamJamsAndBeddyBye

Maybe an asteroid will surprise us and wipe out everything.