this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2023
123 points (100.0% liked)

Chat

7486 readers
16 users here now

Relaxed section for discussion and debate that doesn't fit anywhere else. Whether it's advice, how your week is going, a link that's at the back of your mind, or something like that, it can likely go here.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
alyaza@beehaw.org
remington@beehaw.org
123
I am terrified of climate change (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by Lumo@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
73 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I'll keep this short and sweet. Some random guy on the internet compiled together and summarized a bunch of climate research papers analyzing global trends and a bunch of different slow actors that are all going to kick in soon like the permafrost in Russia or the polar ice caps etc.

While I have not yet gone through the sources the author links and quotes extensively, this still has me extremely worried and I think that unless society somehow drastically changes and devotes a significant effort in doing something about it, we're all going to die within half a century.

I'm sorry for bringing doomerism into a safe space like Beehaw, but I'm scared and I can't sleep.

Also I'm not going to link the document in question because the author goes on a rant about billionaires and greed, and while I haven't decided whether or not I agree I'm not sure the tone fits the community.

Sorry again and have a good one !

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] minnieo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

i did not mean it that way, sorry. i was just trying to comfort the person who was in distress. we 100% do need to take action, but its not us as individuals causing it. i personally cannot make the rich stop wanting to get richer and fucking our planet over to milk as much profit as they can. it just sucks all around

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It isn't just the rich, just as much as it isn't a personal responsibility. Both are propaganda meant to distract one side to not take the necessary actions. All the shit the rich produce is what we consume - especially in the West / developed world. The truly poor people are the ones in developing countries that barely have anything at all.

[–] minnieo@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

i suppose youre right, we are all looking for someone to blame. but it is true that they ultimately hold power over, well pretty much everything. what can we as individuals do?