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There was an attempt at scale. (mander.xyz)
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[–] 65 points 6 months ago (4 children)

The decision to stop was required, but a ton of work was done to help the population rebound. What kind of misguided message is this trying to send?

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  • [–] 30 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    It's trying to tell people who think it's too much work to bother that it's not. I do it all the time, like when I have to wash the dishes and I tell myself "I'll just wash one dish" because I know if I do that I'll be a lot more motivated to continue, but if I keep looking at the whole problem before I start, I'll be too overwhelmed to do anything at all.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    That's about how I read it. Sometimes you don't have a solution to fix a problem, but ceasing to make it worse is a valuable course of action in itself. The bison aren't back the way they were, but they're not extinct either.

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  • [–] 24 points 6 months ago*

    Sure, the bison population is 0.05% of what it once was. And now that we're not actively attempting to extinct them, everything is hunky dory and no more work is needed.

    I don't know how else to interpret this. It sounds like the Bison Society would rather be a society dedicated to literal anything else. The Kick the Can Down the Road Society, perhaps.

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