Warning Signposts
Signposts exist that warn of natural hazards. Danger: Deep gorge. Beware of high tide. Caution: Your feet may get wet. Other signs warn of what Homo sapiens produces and does.
Warning: Drowning People
Some seas require extra vigilance to ensure that the refugees don't get caught in the ship's propeller. It's such a bother when the corpses bend the propeller out of shape. On the bright side, the annoying cries for help tend to stop, and the rich countries can give each other a pat on the back.
Warning: Toxins
Bactericides, fungicides, herbicides, rodenticides, insecticides, virucides, acaricides, avicides, ovicides.
Bee mortality, fish kills, insect deaths, bird mortality, infant deaths, people dying (out). Who invented it?
Warning: Climate Change
Tornadoes will increase. At some point, these signposts will also appear in Europe. Buy pom-pom hats with chin straps, so they don't get blown off your head.
Warning: Biohazards
Will this warning label also grace our groceries down the road? Nope, probably not. We apply the same principle as per the limit values for pollutants: Simply increase or classify the toxin as harmless.
Warning: Flooding
Build higher, buy pumps for the basement, seal the windows. Go water! What is the benefit of the polar ice caps melting? It's crystal clear: Clean water dilutes the polluted oceans.
Warning: Bombs
The missiles, grenades, and bombs must go! That way, you can buy new and improved weapons. Children have remote-controlled cars. Adults play with armed drones.
Warning: Poison Gas
Today we get used to the community face masks against viruses. Tomorrow we will all be donning full face respirator masks against the toxic gases in our atmosphere.
Warning: Water
Many countries do not have access to clean drinking water. Those who do, fight against the ever-increasing industrial and agricultural pollution. What you may have surmised years ago is now making headlines. Micro-plastic! Nothing disappears by itself!
Warning: White Man
Racism is alive and well almost everywhere in the world. In certain countries, public alerts could prove to be useful.
Warning: Virus
Supposedly we are a highly evolved species. At least we believe this to be true.
And what is killing us? The smallest forms of life. Apologies! According to our definition, viruses are not living things. So, hats off to nature who has bestowed upon us this population brake. Why? Some may wonder.
Warning: Destruction of Nature
What makes humans so unique? Drawings! Shortly after the prehistoric cave paintings, our ancestors are savvy enough to invent warning signposts. Later, when archaeologists compare the images from different eras, they will wonder who was more intelligent. Primordial man or Homo sapiens?