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[–] [email protected] 504 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Man, I'm so glad this global warming thing is leftist propaganda or I'd really be freaking out right now.

[–] [email protected] 199 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Luckily, we can choose to reject reality and believe whatever makes us feel better.

I feel best believing the biosphere is gonna force humanity to “find out” for the last century of fuckin around with a recklessly unplanned terraform.

[–] [email protected] 122 points 1 year ago (175 children)

Love how the collective of humanity needs to find out because the richest few fucked around.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can always find these people and make them find out. They are actively committing genocide against the human race.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks to denial, I'm immortal!

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 year ago (7 children)

My uber driver said that global warming is actually true but have literally nothing about human influence.

Some years ago these persons were saying that global warming was a hoax, now that only the human influence is a hoax.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I always hated that argument from people.

Even if they're right — which we all know they are not — it wouldn't matter. Climate change is going to devastate human life if we do nothing. If, somehow, the source of the warming wasn't human-caused, we'd still need to find a way to counteract it. It's not our fault doesn't prevent it from being our problem.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"it has nothing to do with human influence"

"Ok, then let's prepare for the inevitable, strengthen infrastructure, prepare for mass migrations, improve our crops to sustain bigger variances in weather, evacuate people from flood danger zones, ensure our supply chain doesn't collapse, fund poor countries so they can survive better, etc. You know, prepare for the crisis"

:|

>:(

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ahhh, yes. The conservative backpedalling.

It's not happening. It's happening but it's all cyclical. It's not cyclical this time but it's not our fault. It's our fault but global warming is good ackshually. Global warming is bad but there's nothing we can do about it. We could do something about it but it's too expensive/late. Maybe it's not too expensive but THE CHINESE!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

In stage one we say nothing is going to happen.

Stage two, we say something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it.

In stage three, we say that maybe we should do something about it, but there's nothing we can do.

Stage four, we say maybe there was something we could have done, but it's too late now.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Had a argument with a person on YouTube, he thought that increased CO2 in the atmosphere would be beneficial. It would help plants grow better!

Also that humans was not behind it.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not a problem! And if it is, it's not our fault. And even if it is, it was completely necessary.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Basically all right wing policies.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

The sad thing is we're supposed to be in a ice age. The plant is further away from the sun about the same plane since the last ice age.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's crazy how often I find this fitting: The Four Stage Strategy. At least it gives me a smile now and then.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (6 children)

What I hear some acquaintances say is like "who cares, I'll go to the beach, turn the AC on, what's the big deal" .

As if the floods we had in Italy this year, or the wild fires, or the storms, or the draughts, or the Alps without snow, the glaciers disappeared, the sea turned green, the invasion of jellyfish weren't connected.

Some people, most people, are just too fucking stupid.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Don't forget crops. You can't eat heat.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Ask them if they'll be at the beach when it's 55c out and all the crops have died.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you don’t choose to believe in it, it can’t hurt you. That’s verified fact

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