Reykjavík Grapevine - 19.07.2019, Síða 56

L IF E , T R AV EL & EN T ER TA INMEN T IN ICEL A ND
Issue 12 × 2019
July 19th—August 1st
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LAST WORDS
We’re All
Gonna Die
Words: Hannah Jane Cohen
Photo: Lovísa Sigurjónsdóttir
According to new scientific studies, we’ve
got about 30 good years left before climate
change kills us all in a fiery blaze. Bum-
mer. I had big plans to watch all of ‘The
West Wing’ in my retirement years.
:(
This is, of course, pretty depressing. As a
relatively powerless individual, it doesn’t
feel possible to wield much influence over
the monolith of climate change. Sure, you
can go vegan, reduce plastic waste, and
recycle—but if governments and corpo-
rations don’t change their practises, the
actions of regular citizens can only do so
much. Another bummer.
So how does one deal with the resulting
existential dread? Meditation? Exercise? A
Xanax prescription? How does a 25-year-
old like myself deal with the fact that I
might not really have a future? Or, if I do
have a future, it’ll resemble some post-
apocalyptic Hollywood film, except with
female body hair and expired gasoline?
I’ll use this space to make one thing
clear: Within a year of a global catastrophe,
all the gasoline in the world will go bad, so
that whole ‘Mad Max’ fantasy is totally un-
realistic. Another bummer.
Quelle horreur!
I’ll do my part—for what it’s worth—but
I’ll also keep the mindset that sometimes
you just have to stare into the global warm-
ing void and allow it to stare back. We’re all
going to die one day. Why should it not be
at the hands of polluting corporations that
only think about short term gain? It’s prob-
ably better than a serial killer, or dementia.
Perhaps, it’s best to just accept that the
world is a fucking dumpster fire and it’s
best to just live your life to the fullest and
accept that you might never get the chance
to finish ‘The West Wing.’ I’ve heard it’s a
pretty lame show anyway.
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