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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I’m sure this will spur society to prioritise the future viability of our species survival and the state of the environment over short term quarterly profits right? … right?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This and other jokes you can tell yourself

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

People won't care until it's in their backyard. A couple of ads from BP and they'll blame themselves a bit then start "recycling" their water bottles not knowing that recycling is bullshit.

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

The problem is, it's already in our backyards. From record breaking forest fires, to record breaking heat, and record breaking droughts..

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

Every republican I've ever talked to says, “this is a normal climate cycle, and it happens throughout history”. It is like they were all taught the same thing.

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

most of australia's recycling ends up in Indonesia being melted down and thus polluting the environment anyway.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

US trash used to go China, but now they don't take it anymore, so I don't know what landfill they threw it in

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

hey, but how far does your backyard go? Don't you feel at least for your city, your country? Why not something bigger?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It goes as far as their backyard goes. There is a lot of "me me" in this world, my friend

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

There is also "us" which is a larger "me". Large problem like unintentional geoengineering needs large "us" to control and reverse. There are political implications of this kind of "us".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Nope, they'll just crank the AC even higher and get back to watching some "neckflis".

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

Better copy this comment in preparation to paste next year when we hit the hottest year again. May just create a bot myself to do so. I mean one of these days humanity will take it serious right????