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[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 46 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I saw it. That implies that spraying cornstarch won’t change anything. Think about it.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 68 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

THEN WHAT FUCKING WILL CHANGE ANYTHING

Because this is the only thing that gets people like you to even talk about this.

edit: I want to be clear that I don't care if it's rude or uncivil to talk to people about this like this, I will do it again and again and again and I support efforts to be annoying about it, because at this point it's all we have left to maybe, potentially, get enough people angry enough that someone, somewhere does something. Anything

You're all making your frowny faces and saying "This is counter-productive" and you're simply not getting it.

If through some magical means we were to learn that nuking Manhattan would somehow lower global temperatures, then we would need to do that, just up and vaporize 1.6 million people. It would STILL be the ethically superior action to take if it magically worked. Because in the next century billions of people may die.

If we learned that filling the Grand Canyon with concrete would get companies to stop producing carbon waste and get people to accept inconveniences like electric cars and paper straws without whinging like a wounded toddler, then yes, line up those cement mixers.

When it comes to the trolly problem, you're all not even looking at the right tracks if you're so upset about incivility or annoyances when it comes to climate activism. If anyone is left to do it, one day they will erect statues of these kids throwing soup at paintings and coloring rocks.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You need to learn to become compelling if you want to be heard. Annoying people will get you ignored, and likely discredited.

Also, you know nothing about me.

https://lemmy.world/comment/10754742

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 40 points 6 months ago

Not clicking, not looking, this isn't even about you, this is bigger than you. Every individual needs to get a lot better about getting their head out of their own ass.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

You wrote “people like you” referring to me. Consider this lesson one in becoming compelling: know your audience.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah, people like you, who have all the power to say something supportive of those doing anything, no matter how feeble, and instead employ people's worse emotions against something you find annoying. I stand by it. I don't care who you are or what your ideals are, you made a choice here to push back on people who are trying to save our lives. If you don't like the methodology, fine. Who cares. All you do by ranting about it is give ammunition to those who would still deny there is even a problem, as we all slowly boil to death.

At least the rocks will be clean, right?

[-] SquirtleHermit@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

This comment is beautiful. It manages to admonish another for a concept it in of itself can not grasp.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Fair point. Maybe the knowledge will sneak its way in. Lol

[-] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 30 points 6 months ago

I dunno, I'm hearing the person quite well. Probably because tone policing ain't my thing.

[-] MudMan@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago

This is such a clarifying post.

It's not about being useful, it's about feeling useful. It's about the impotent frustration of feeling you're not having an impact being channeled through a media stunt whether or not it in fact changes anything, or even if it makes things worse.

That is what's going on here, I think. Strategic thinking about this is slow and involves a long road and political concessions and compromises and getting involved hands-on with very out-of-sight things for a long time. This takes a second and it makes it to the news, so it feels like something got done, even if it wasn't the case.

And that's 21st century activism in a nutshell, basically.

[-] someacnt_@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I know this is nitpicking but.. I'd say the biggest issue with electric car now is the pricing. What do you think poor people should do?

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 months ago

We should ride bicycles and public transit, and the government should be investing in rail and walkability for us

[-] someacnt_@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Exactly what I thought, we need less cars.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

If you make a tax-deductible donation to your local transit authority (check your state if it's deductible) then the government is basically paying more for mass transportation than they had budgeted. Our taxes are one of our most powerful tools in the US for deciding what gets funded and nobody uses that tool. Likely because it's hard enough to stay fed than donate sums of cash to already-functioning institutions, but imagine if enough people just did this a little.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

That's great advice for an american, but do you have any for australians like me?

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah. Graduate highschool.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Hold onto something tightly so you don't fall off the bottom of the globe!

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

What do you think poor people should do?

They should throw their wooden shoes into the cogs of the windmills.

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 40 points 6 months ago

Oh your a spineless defeatists! Anyways...

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That’s the implication of the meme.

I think there are better ways to bring attention to the concerns of climate change than defacing Stonehenge.

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 months ago

Yeah I'm sure you were against the BLM protests as well. Begone liberal 👋

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 49 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It’s really cool how you decide the opinions and stance of others based on your own opinions. I’m sure you’re always right too.

I protested with BLM in Yonkers in June of 2020, but I’m sure you’re usually 100% correct otherwise.

[-] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 6 months ago

The implication of the meme is that the people talking about how stupid the protests are are actually blind to the very real climate change happening. They might know about it, but they don't really comprehend that defacing the Stonehenge is nothing compared to it being completely underwater, alongside the whole area.

Whether the comic is right or wrong is another thing, and the other guy arguing in bad faith is a cunt, but I strongly believe that's what the comic is meant to portray.

[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 6 months ago

And you're someone with poor spelling and reading comprehension.

It's you're, not your.

[-] MiltownClowns@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

Its a poor indication of your position when you mock the delivery instead of the message.

[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 months ago

I mocked his position and delivery actually because I said he also has poor reading comprehension. I read their entire chain of comments before replying, and it was evident @blindbunny@lemmy.ml was having issues reading and understanding the messages @disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world was sending.

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago

Your elitism is showing. You obviously understood what I said.

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 months ago

Go back to reddit

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 months ago

It's you're, not your.

Oh thank God, OPs message was completely indecipherable until you translated it for us! /s

[-] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Very unrelated, but I noticed you have a downvote, visible. Is this possible on this instance? Has something changed or is it a bug? Other posts/comments dont seem to have downvotes, but here I can see that the post and some comments have a single downvote. Do you have any clue? I think only your comments and the post have a downvote, could it be the person you talked to somehow managed to get their downvotes to show?

[-] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago

Downvotes being visible is possible throughout lemmy because the voting is federated and therefore public. Whether downvotes show depends on whatever frontend you're using, so your mobile app or your instance's web view. There has recently been an update that changed how votes are displayed, so it's possible your instance has updated to that.

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Sorry I don't I'm barely techy I didnt even know there was a way to block down votes.

[-] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

Oh its oke (the instance decides if the downvotes are visible and since this post is on an instance that doesnt show downvotes separately I found it weird that I saw a visible single downvote both on the post and your comments.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 7 points 6 months ago

You have poor media literacy

[-] CalamityPayne@jlai.lu 7 points 6 months ago

I think the wider point is that people will remain ignorant, even when they've irrefutably been proven wrong.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

It'll make the sea nice and thick.

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