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Prompted by a post from @krishnanrohit: "I'm once again registering my annoyance at the fact that EVERY SINGLE NATURE DOCUMENTARY talks about how humans suck. Literally every single one. I am so tired of explaining to my 7yo son that no humans are not destroying everything. That he can be optimistic. It's obscene."

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 hours ago

But we are though, we are the biggest threat to the planet and life on the planet, its a good opportunity to have a dialog with your son about some people only think of themselves and others work together for the benefit of everybody

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 hours ago

I like the documentaries that show how some renegade humans are trying to save a small percentage of the remaining life from other humans.

Those are my truest heroes .

Please remember individual humans do not suck, but any large group we make is deadly

[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 5 points 8 hours ago

I mean. Have you stopped to consider why you can't find a nature documentary to fit a "humans aren't destroying the planet" narrative?

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 4 points 9 hours ago
[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 hours ago

Not really what you asked for, but there's a content creator I follow called Animalogic that is generally pretty upbeat and kid friendly I'd say. I can't say they've ever said humans suck, but chances are good that they probably have because that just comes with the territory I think.

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago

Look for your local documentaries about wild animal rehab. Ones on Finnish main broadcast are awesome, but I'm pretty sure they weren't translated except for Swedish.