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A litre of hot water put into a 7 billion litre pond will essentially do nothing to the temperature of the pond.

What are the odds that you will make a difference in a world of 7 billion people?

Posted - August 23, 2017
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  • 10667
    That's exactly why I don't recycle.
      August 23, 2017 6:37 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    God your fun. ;))
      August 23, 2017 7:15 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Depends how hot -I weigh 195 pounds and if I was heated to about 50 million degrees F I could probably kill everything that is alive on earth. 
      August 23, 2017 6:43 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    How much would it cost for you not to do that. ;+
      August 23, 2017 7:16 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Treat me to a fish and chip dinner at Troll's fabulous fish & chip restaurant at Horseshoe Bay.
      August 23, 2017 7:28 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    The temperature is a small indication of all the activity that can be set in motion by a litre of water into that pond.

    Same with each individual.  In the grand scheme of things, who knows?   There is not even an agreed-upon unit of measurement for it. This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at August 24, 2017 7:46 AM MDT
      August 23, 2017 6:48 PM MDT
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  • 16601
    Butterfly effect. I could give somebody a condom and prevent the birth of another Hitler. Or another Einstein.
      August 23, 2017 7:13 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Like Winston Churchill said, if i can make one persons day a little brighter for being in it, then i have had a successful day indeed. 

    One person in seven billion was made a little brighter because of me today. I believe that qualifies as a difference in the world albeit small.
      August 23, 2017 7:19 PM MDT
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  • "But the pond would be one liter bigger and that would be a difference."
      August 23, 2017 7:51 PM MDT
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  • Everything we do and think affects the people in our lives and their reactions in turn affect others. The choices we make have far-reaching consequences. Each of us carries within us the capacity to change the world in small ways for better or worse.
      August 24, 2017 10:56 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    Given enough time/distance, probably "a sure bet."
      August 24, 2017 11:05 AM MDT
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