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by shakna 200 days ago
There's a hole in the atmosphere where I live. Incidentally, one of the highest skin cancer occurrences in the world.

Calling it overblown, is... A dangerous sentiment.

We tore a hole in our atmosphere. This is not the natural way of things, no. But we do have to live with the consequences.

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Unless you live in Antarctica, the above is simply not true...
You live in Antarctica?
Not literally above me, no.

But considering it affects everyone, its not something to ignore - especially in a region that is already 10% more UV intense than most of the world.

Unless you live in Antarctica it doesn't "affect you" in the skin cancer from sun exposure way, just in the "general climate issue" way. And we're not discussing that here.
You do know that the 'ozone hole' got fixed, right? It's not back to baseline, but the Montreal Protocol is one of the major achievements of collaborative science and eco-politics of the late 20th century.

There is some global thinning, but it's minor. If you don't live literally at the south pole where the actual hole is, it's not a huge change compared to most other sources of skin cancer risk.

You do know its still healing right? Which is not past tense?
You do know that this is a Wendy's, right?