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Random mermaid
The oceans are incredibly, catastrophically, incomprehensibly fucked. We've been using the oceans at a high level for centuries, and our awareness of the impact on the oceans has come far too late. We just don't have enough data from before industrialization to understand what we've done.

I'm confused. You say abandoned things all wind up here, but why do they become so frightening?