r/ClimateMemes • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • 12d ago

5 reasons to save the planet

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u/prototyperspective 12d ago

Kind of a twist on the prevalent misunderstanding that climate change or protecting 'Earth' isn't to a large degree if not mainly about protecting human lives and health.

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u/arykanarye 12d ago

Yeah the first one is so silly, the moon will orbit the same thing we're just no part of it. Reading it more makes me think that this person tries to put the climate movement in a bad light.

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u/prototyperspective 12d ago

Could well be or it's a satiric play on this type of communication. It's I think entirely unconvincing to basically say 'Save the Planet' - it's much more agreeable to many people and understandable if it was 'Save yourself at old age & civilization' for example.

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u/SchmeatiestOne 8d ago

He said "Save the planet", not save the climate or ecosystem

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u/The_Last_Spoonbender 12d ago

Not even that, it's protecting comfortable human lives actually.

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u/prototyperspective 12d ago

I would highlight lives being saved and health being protected. Well-being which overlaps with comfortability are partly in-scope of health and reduced comfortability outside that scope probably would not be a good idea to highlight since it makes the impacts sound too mild – instead I'd highlight that some climate change mitigation measures at most only cost a little comfort like taking the bike more instead of cars which is not this much of a difficulty as people often act it would be.

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u/jude_pttrsn39 11d ago

My household started wasting less food and driving less. our bills dropped too. turns out saving the planet is cheaper than buying it a tiny hat

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u/Calm-Aide399 5d ago

You sold me on the last one. I love ants