"We are in the endgame now"
*THIS IS NOT A MARVEL SPOILERS POST I PROMISE, but I hope this gives you a new perspective about life.*
As the release of the newest addition to the Avengers series comes closer and closer, I've come to realize something. Remember how Dr. Strange said that he'd watched exactly 14,000,605 scenarios of the future but only one scenario existed in which they made it out alive, that they were able to win?
Yeah. We, Earthlings (all animals and plants), don't have a real Dr. Strange to tell us about how many scenarios he can see for our future, but I can pretty much guarantee that we too have only one (1) scenario in which we can all make it out of this mess alive.
We are practically the last generation that has a fighting chance at saving this planet, and I don't mean it in a "The fate of the Universe is on our shoulders.", but I mean that the futures of Nemos and adorably helpless polar bear cubs DO rest on your shoulders. We have a chance to be the Guardians of Earth, and we can be, if we just stand and stake claim on our only successful future scenario and demand that it be accessible to us. But how do we do that? Look at what the phenomenal Greta Thunberg is achieving while you're reading this post. Climate change strikes and protests are definitely the "Grab the attentions of our governments that enable the top 1% (who are majority of the fucker-uppers of our planet btw)."
But I don't even expect or want you to go step outside your house to make a contribution to our Endgame. It can start from your house itself. It could literally could be anything as simple as using a little less water during your next shower, planting an undemanding plant, taking less food onto your plate if you feel you can't eat it all, buying less plastic dependant items ranging from food to shampoos. Hell, you can even watch Lil Dicky's Earth and contribute to this fight! It's really that simple my sweets.
I don't live in a 1st world country, but relatively speaking, the 1st world countries' citizens are the most enabled bunch of people I've ever seen. Because comparatively, YOU have more power and resources to fight back with in this Endgame, you definitely have more power and resources than the toddlers dying of dehydration in Yemen as you're reading this sentence.
If you're still here and reading this, let me tell you about what will actually happen if we lose this Endgame in 11 years:
The temperature will rise by a few degrees (1.5°C/ 34.7°F), and everyone keeps talking about the glaciers are going to melt and floods are going to displace 24 million people as climate change refugees, blah blah right? Well, it's also going to affect food. How? Rice and wheat (products of which are the basic components of your daily meals) will show a reduced growth rate due to the deviation from their optimal growth temperature. So, you can say goodbye to abundant pizza consumption at a decent price or even a comfy waffle in the morning without crying over an empty wallet.
Animals from the Wild to your aquariums will not be able to reproduce normally, because they too will face a deviation from their optimal temperature for reproduction.
Oh yeah, Polar bears definitely won't be alive because, as we speak, Polar bears have been found to drown after going to sleep because the piece of ice that they were sleeping on either broke or drifted away from the mainland, marooning them. This can happen to almost any animal living in the artic regions.
There are so many other technical impacts that I could go into and eventually bore you, but all I need you to understand is that, each and every one of you is an Avenger. The Earth doesn't need us to avenge her as she's more than capable of taking care of herself, but I feel like we owe it to our children, nieces, puppies, Simbas, super blooms, future space discoveries, literally anything that you love or care about at this moment. I think we owe it to them to take a stance in this Endgame.
We will all stop talking about Avengers: Endgame in a few months, but our Endgame doesn't stop there. We've got a long way to go in a really short period of time. So, come, help me and the next person win this war for our collective future.
Be the Avenger that our future deserves, because, my friend "We are in the endgame now."
