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[–] Foralltoosee 1 point 3 points (+4|-1) ago 

"Dad, why is there no more food for everyone?"

"Well sweetie, for about 200 we've been pulling all sorts of shit out of the ground and setting it on fire. We did this in order to advances the capabilities of the machines we were developing. This effort contributed to the development of technologies so incredible that their effects, which should have been hailed as miracles, became commonplace and boring. By the time we realized we were destroying our planet, we had become to addicted to the promise of more incredible advancements and, like drug addicts, stopped caring about the long-term negatives in favor of chasing a short-term high, one that the formerly amazing creations had given us as they emerged. That's why it's become impossible to reliably farm and we've had to readopt nomadic living. But it was worth it, Little One, for before The Great Collapse we had managed to achieve the highest pinnacle mankind had ever hoped to achieve."

"What was it? What could have been so valuable that it was worth all of this destruction and turmoil?"

"We had fake, plastic pussies inside of containers made to look like hotdogs."

"..."

"It was marvelous."