Gotta love how they always use a picture of people having fun splashing around or enjoying a cocktail along with the headline/article about how we're slowly burning to a crisp.
this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2024
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You ever get the feeling that when articles like this say low income kids are more effected, it's like, a justification of what's happening?
If not a justification, then a reason to delay doing anything about climate change. It’s not affecting the people that really matter yet, right?
There's a game I occasionally play. One of the metric you gotta keep tabs on making sure your population doesn't become as free as your nobles.
You get a game over screen asking who will fetch my water if not the commoner. I feel stuff like this is a reflection of that thought.
Lower income people tend to live in densely populated areas with less foliage, so it tends to be hotter.
Add on fear of healthcare bills? It’s no wonder they’re more effected
To be fair, I think extreme everything is messing with children’s mental health.
Turns out I'm still a child