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What do you miss the most from the 90s? (beehaw.org)

submitted 11 months ago by xilliah@beehaw.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it's holding a VHS in the store and looking at the cover.

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[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 28 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Climate change was still a "this will be a big problem and we need to do something about it sooner rather than later" issue instead of "actively experiencing and watching the damage and misery on a near daily basis and knowing it will be getting much much worse" reality.

No amount of Captain Planet telling me to separate my recyclables is going to fix this shit.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 11 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The water here in the Netherlands has been way too high for weeks now, and we've had some crazy ass storms. Even a cyclone or something? I don't even know what it's called.

Anyway it's going to require some crazy engineering if the Netherlands is to move into the 22nd century.

[–] ArtieShaw@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Netherlands is in an interestingly unique position when it comes to rising sea levels. They've been fighting the sea (and winning) for centuries. I'm sure they'll be at the forefront for engineering future sea incursions.

[–] Krulsprietje@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

There recently was an article that discussed about what the Dutch could do. It came down to 3 suggestions:

Building a dyke across the Waddeneilanden (killing off the entire waddensea but also protecting the rest of the land)
Raising up the existing dykes and sacrificing cities and villages that are nearby the sea since the dikes really need to become much bigger.
Giving up whole parts of the Netherlands, building floating cities and relying on higher parts of the country to expand and rebuild there.

What it is going to become, I don’t know but it will be really interesting!

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