• secretlyaddictedtolinux@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    climate scientists have already lit themselves on fire trying to warn people and it didn’t actually do anything

    people are too religious to believe in science

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      People are setting themselves on fire, throwing food at famous art or stopping traffic because it feels like a bad dream where you see the disaster coming and you’re trying to shake people to get them to understand that we have to DO something, and they just stare straight ahead like zombies.

      These are people who are scared and frustrated because we’ve tried EVERYTHING and nobody actually cares. When I tried to impart this message on reddit, people were like “I get it but why can’t they just promote recycling or protest peacefully?” and then a 50-comment deep thread about whether or not the liquid soup can work its way through the screws on the plating that covers the artwork and what kind of lasting damage it might do.

      Meanwhile, our destruction is literally around the corner. I don’t get it.

      We deserve what’s coming.

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    Eh, humanity had a nice run. I mean it’s not like I can stop the 100 highest polluting countries and corporations that account for like 90% of the problem. So I might as well just accept our inevitable extinction.

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      4 months ago

      wow. that easy, huh? gimme your wallet, punk. you seem like a pushover. there’s plenty of things you can do to stop them once you start thinking outside the box.

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    Yeah I’ve understood since high school, what the fuck do you want me to do about it when I can barely keep myself and my family alive as is?

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      This particular author wants you to panic.

      We are certainly facing many environmental crisis, there’s no doubt about that… But the data here seems limited. I assume we simply don’t have measurements older than 50 years to add to this graph?

      Edit: Here is a better graph!

      Still alarming, but the data only goes back so far… It feels like something everyone needs to pay attention to and take seriously, but perhaps turning down the Vault-Tec guy knocking at your door is still a reasonable action to take.

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        I don’t see how voting for what the post shows helps. That’s what you’re doing with a vote for Trump or Biden. We need to grow the Green party fast, no time left for your Dem shilling.

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          My ‘dem shilling’ is based on cold hard facts. I have thrown away votes on Jill Stein before. Rally support for third parties in local elections till the cows come home. Please! But if you think Jill Stein has any chance of accomplishing anything aside from splitting the left in this or any election you are delusional.

          And personally Jill is the Hilary of the Greens. They can do better.

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            My ‘dem shilling’ is based on cold hard facts.

            Where? You’ve presented nothing.

            I have thrown away votes on Jill Stein before. Rally support for third parties in local elections till the cows come home. Please! But if you think Jill Stein has any chance of accomplishing anything aside from splitting the left in this or any election you are delusional.

            Then what? You’re too lazy to make change, you just vote and do nothing. I am making change in my community, what are you doing?

            And personally Jill is the Hilary of the Greens. They can do better.

            Then run for the candidacy. Green party is democratic unlike the “Dem” side of capitalism you want to vote for and she was the most popular candidate by far.

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              Are you even from the US to make any kind of knowledgeable comment on our politics? I ask because we don’t call our news the post. Also you clearly didn’t know of what you speak considering what happened last time people tried to really a third party vote here.

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                Are you even from the US to make any kind of knowledgeable comment on our politics? Look at my account

                I ask because we don’t call our news the post.

                The literal post we’re commenting on.

                Also you clearly didn’t know of what you speak considering what happened last time people tried to really a third party vote here.

                We’re not even taking votes from Dems, going for non-voters.

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                  Ok, fair enough, where you’re from honestly isn’t super important, I was curious. I’m also a little confused, how do you target non voters ensuring you don’t take votes away from Democrats. Would you mind explaining that to me?

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              You’re too lazy to make change, you just vote and do nothing.

              Rude. You don’t know me based on a comment.

              I am making change in my community

              How’s that, maybe you could try to lead by example instead of insult.

              Then run for the candidacy. Green party is democratic unlike the “Dem” side of capitalism you want to vote for and she was the most popular candidate by far.

              Dude, how old are you?

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      I thought the same in 2016, so I voted for her. In hindsight she had zero chance of winning. She still has zero chance of winning.

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    4 months ago

    So what you are saying is that there is a chance we’ll get to tan like this?

    One step near to robocop