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Referring to the potential starvation deaths of a large group of people as a positive for climate change is like saying you’re glad someone died early from a car accident instead of suicide.
Greg you missed the stop sign!
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Look, I love using pipe-viewer, but I'm not childish enough to think it isn't piracy. But I guess whatever you feel your entitled to...
Yes, but im just a very positive thinker today!
(is irony dead? Does everything need the /s? Are people so insane they think someone would writing that in a serious note...)
Honestly? Yeah, I thought you were serious, because I’ve seen that attitude expressed before. Generally it’s more “this hazy, unspecified population can be sacrificed to help me deal with the existential dread that me and my world are walking off a cliff” than “dear me I so DO delight in death”, but it makes my teeth ache.
Thank you for clarifying, and I’m sorry for jumping on you.
I didn't think he was serious, fwiw.
For real? (serious) a nuclear war might be beneficial because mostly citys of big polluters will be taken out, starvation always hits those that already basically don't pollute. So that argument would make 0 sense regardless...
And i don't think a nuclear war is exactly what we want... There are better ways than to suicide on species level...
Nuclear Winter about to solve climate change /s & If there is nothing left to safe there is no need for any efforts /s
I think there might be better alternatives including less suffering
So you agreed with me?
From the rest of your comment history? Yes, it's entirely believable. It's more surprising that you're walking it back, really.
Eh, the way it was written I wouldn’t have read it as sarcasm. Text and tone yada yada. That said, I’ve definitely seen people who seriously think like this.
For real? (serious) a nuclear war might be beneficial because mostly citys of big polluters will be taken out, starvation always hits those that already basically don't pollute. So that argument would make 0 sense regardless...
And i don't think a nuclear war is exactly what we want... There are better ways than to suicide on species level...
Edit to clarify that im not in favor of nuclear war...
It's called Malthusianism (after the philosopher Malthus) and, yes, it is a real philosophy.
Sounds like a special form of nihilism...
Sort of. Malthusians believe that disasters which take out large numbers of people help to keep the population in check and are therefore necessary. Obviously a little oversimplified, but that's about what it boils down to.
Sounds somewhat reasonable and nuts at the same time.
Like some sad people that lost people in a Desaster saying it was for the greater good when in reality its ultimately meaningless.
It's not an illogical stance; it's just one that requires you to become less empathetic.
Completely honest, I lean a little bit more towards nuclear annihilation every day
Tbh, i can see why... But maybe things get better (hopefully) (im atheist but please god let it rain some braincells for the people)
Literally no way to discern whether it was a sarcastic joke or if you were legitimately an eco-fascist
My entire existence is basically a joke so don't take me too serious.
In general its a better approach to think everything on the internet is satire until clarified that its not, way better for your believe in humanity, trust me.
I see a lot of people on the internet say some pretty horrible shit with a lot of conviction. Sorry that you’re having a rough time. Hopefully adding more clarity to your communication helps a bit.
Yeah im going to put the /s behind it in the future /s (i will probably forget about it...)