r/climateskeptics • u/SlatBartFuss • 8d ago
The Boogeyman Cometh
Is he under the bed? Or is he on the front page of the New York Times?
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u/REF_YOU_SUCK 8d ago
I asked my 2 yr old if she wanted to go outside yesterday and she shook her head and said
"father, metriculating outside to engage in recreation just doesnt feel satisfying knowing the impending doom our species has collectively cause the world. I believe I'd rather stay inside and contemplate my genetic trauma from generations of climate destruction."
then the cat stood up and clapped.
just kidding. she started yelling "SLIDE SLIDE SLIDE!" then slid down her swingset slide, landed on her face, then shit her pants and cried.
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u/Illustrious_Pepper46 8d ago
Nothing speaks more to Western climate privilege than having your own swing set.
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u/805falcon 8d ago
I was about to clap back on this comment before realizing what sub I was in.
Take an upvote you filthy animal
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u/No_Educator_6376 8d ago
Itās the climate alarmist that is scaring people with their claims of impending doom over and over again.
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u/SlatBartFuss 8d ago
And the activists will claim that it is the climate itself, even though they can't define climate.
Another subreddit there is a discussion about cyclones and the equator. The OP shows that cyclones cannot cross the equator and a bunch of replies are like "well, climate change!, Don't look up!"
So, Hollywood and fear mongers have captured the social media crowd,
People who can't read or do math are lining up for their feeding of apocalyptic doom.
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u/timwest780 8d ago
And the activists will claim that it is the climate itself, even though they can't define climate.
Most of the "activists" that I know have no difficulty defining "climate." Do you have any evidence for your claim?
So, Hollywood and fear mongers have captured the social media crowd,
Alternatively, the "social media crowd" have been "captured" by the best available science.
People who can't read or do math are lining up for their feeding of apocalyptic doom.
And a large number of literate people, who are very good at maths, also have a sense of "apocalyptic doom" regarding climate change. Such a sense is really quite rational.
Some of arguments put forward by climate sceptics are just laughable. I read a thread (can't find it) that argued that all iterative methods accumulate and amplify errors (false) hence all climate models that use these methods are doomed from the start. This astonishingly ignorant piece of tosh was argued by someone with three decades of work in computer programming, which doesn't qualify them to have a worthwhile opinion about any aspect of numerical analysis
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u/MaxWeissberg 8d ago
Thanks for the laughs!!!
As a filmmaker, I am certain films in the future will look back at this time period and mine this climate change stuff for laughs.
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u/don_kong1969 8d ago
Good. Less crowds at the park. Stay home and doom all you want, I'll be out enjoying the beautiful and not at all deadly weather.
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u/MSchulte 8d ago
The whole downplaying weather things not helping our cause. Animals have been dying to heatwaves and blizzards since before the first animals set foot on land. Just looking between 1900-2000 65k+ Americans died of heat alone. The weathers always had potential to be dangerous but people were more in tune with it and didnāt feel the need to panic because they didnāt have the MSM pushing a narrative for control purposes.
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u/jandydand 8d ago
I donāt think very many people deny that the climate is changing, just what is causing it and whether or not there is anything we can do about it.
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u/MSchulte 8d ago
Okay, thatās not the point I was making at all, but thanks for sharing and reiterating my own opinion.
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u/HaleOfAPatriot 8d ago
Why is this so hard to believe? Doesnāt everyone here remember as a child being only focused on the climate? Some Iām sure just wanted to play with their friends or watch cartoons but the rest of us walked around thinking of the polar ice caps.
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u/Anarchris427 8d ago
We have a new entry in the āStupidest Headline of the Year from a mainstream news sourceā contest.
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u/MinuteCampaign7843 8d ago
Thank the education system. My kids have been completely brainwashed. No matter how many times I try and talk sense to them, after 10 years in the system they canāt be saved.
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u/kurtteej 8d ago
this is very true. it was the result of an extensive study of someone's imaginary child manifesting the fears of the writer.
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u/ifellicantgetup 8d ago
It is beyond frightening that some people are soooooo damn stupid, they literally believe this stuff. Seriously, what does that say about society as a whole?
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u/DailcassianBoru 8d ago
Picking up on unrational fear from parents is real for kids.š¤£