this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2023
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link to article: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/28/climate/uae-cop28-documents-al-jaber.html
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meme has two parts. upper and lower.
on upper part is a screenshot of an article's title(by new york times) that reads:

Files Suggest Climate Summit’s Leader Is Using Event to Promote Fossil Fuels
A leaked document has talking points for the president of the United Nations climate conference, who is an oil executive in the United Arab Emirates, to advance oil and gas deals.

on bottom part is Pepe the Frog^1^ inhaling from an oxygen tank labelled "copium", aka the copium meme^2^.
accompanied to pepe is the text, "it's over, Bros."
and behind pepe is faded logo of cop28 summit.

1: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pepe-the-frog
2: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/copium

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fixing things is hard and getting consensus on things is hard. Easier to get people to do something when the building is already on fire. However, in the end, it's better to not light the place on fire just do you don't have to talk to people.

I'm fine if we eat the rich, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I do not think it's any easier to get people to do things when the building is on fire. People just become more stressed, and make poorer decisions for self-preservation. While you do see people support each other during disasters like floods, it's not always the case.