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The irony is that boomers have been alive long enough to remember how different the climate used to be. They’ll remark how it never snows as much as it used to, or how there are more storms, fires, droughts, etc. Yet they refuse to see that climate change is what is causing this change.
Yet they refuse to see that climate change is what is causing this change.
If they accept climate change, it means they have to acknowledge that their actions helped cause this and it means they need to change their behavior. People aren’t good at either but most Boomers especially suck at self-reflection.
Which isn’t true either. They are not fully responsible. I can’t blame them for believing that personal co2 foot print nonsense. The oil industry poured billions into that campaign
they voted for the policies that enabled it all and didn’t challenge their governments. If you’re a white boomer that isn’t in poverty, you ain’t on my innocent card
They fell for the lies they wanted to hear because they propped up their ability to have it all. Fuck 'em.
True that. But right now people are voting for the right while the right tell them straight to the face they will kill them.
Apparently that is appealing for some people. Idk.
And the old political parties are also shifting to the right following the capitalism.
They are not fully responsible.
My exact words were “Helped cause this”. At no point did I hold them solely responsible.
I can’t blame them for believing that personal co2 foot print nonsense.
You say that like Boomers don’t own and hold management positions in companies that pollute. Also, corporations being the main polluters doesn’t absolve individuals of guilt when they make bad decisions.
“Generation Me” is chock full of narcissists. And the one thing narcissists are never going to do is consider that they are the root of the very problems at hand.
The boomers in my life are starting to come around with it but they believe and combination of
- it’s not man made
- it won’t be as bad as people say/we can’t know the future
- green tech like electric vehicles are too expensive
The first two are frustrating but don’t really matter if we can engineer our way out of three. My dad got solar panels because they would pay for themselves eventually. I’m not saying we can just green tech our way out of the climate crisis but if green tech gets good enough it will go a LONG way
These are just anecdotes from interacting with my family. Your mileage may vary
It’s not that climate change is causing this change of climate. The change of climate is climate change. That’s why it’s ridiculous for someone to say “Oh, the climate’s changing. But it isn’t climate change!”
Oh no, it must be those pesky democrats and their secret government weather control /s. Trying to convince people to believe in climate change so they can… checks notes… promote self-sufficiency through renewable energy…
What’s causing it is primarily greenhouse gasses along with several other compounding factors (deforestation, concrete and asphalt coverage, melting ice caps, etc.).
So yes, human-induced. No one would run a gas-powered lawnmower indoors, but somehow they believe that billions of people driving outside every day is totally fine?
Stop it about boomers.
Some boomers, yes, but also some GenX and millenials.
In fact, the last election was heavily influenced by millenials shifting to the right.
But of course, not every milenial
Dividing based on age is part of the political agenda.
I don’t think you want to solve the issue. At first blush it seems to me you have an alt account arguing the opposite.
That’s the only reason I can think for someone starting a post with “boomers”.
Stop it about boomers. Some boomers, yes, but also some GenX and millenials.
Thank you - beat me to saying this. (And Gen Z too)
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You worded that very well. I don’t like people calling out generations like this but struggle on making a well formed reply.
Also it’s odd that they lack the understanding that one day their generation will be the old one and they will be subject to blame. Unless people just stop doing it!
A story as old as time.
For many adults, children are at the same time “smarter than their parents” and also “more disrespectful than their parents at their age”.
And children think that the old people “left them without opportunities”
They’ve been saying that before biblical times.
The funny thing is that I’ve observed that children who blame adults become the adults who blame children.
The well adjusted children become well adjusted adults who don’t blame others.
sounds like boomer talk
class war hiding inder generation tensions again
white boomers wanted these policies
Do you mean the people profiting are white boomers? Many are generation X. Some are millennials.
I bet you wouldn’t make such a sweeping statement about a racial minority. The percentage of boomers (like me) who vote for progressive policies is pretty large, though not a majority. It’s not that dissimilar from GenX and millennials.
I bet you wouldn’t make such a sweeping statement about a racial minority
I bet you wouldn’t believe the amount of sweeping statements made to my face about racial minorities by white boomers
I bet I would, but I also bet it’s not all boomers making those statements (older than early 70s are Silents, younger than mid 50s are GenX). I also don’t believe that it’s okay to engage in sweeping stereotypes just because other people engage in sweeping stereotypes.
Was I sweeping? I was saying the small number of people profiting were of several classes
Actually I was asking if that’s what they were trying to say
Climate change is real and we’re causing it
“I definitely did not do this and won’t change anything I do.”
Blue M&Ms cause cancer
“How could the M&M people do this to me?”
To be fair, the dye they used to use for Red M&Ms was banned for being a suspected carcinogen in the 70s.
Yeah but in the 70s basically everything was carcinogenic, even the air.
If you were stressed about that, you’d just smoke a cigarette.
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Next are you gonna suggest green jelly beans don’t cause autism?
Climate change has literally always been real.
You never noticed how it changes between seasons? Are you blind?!
/s
If you or someone you know are experiencing climate change please consult a radical extremist. Symptoms of climate change may include:
Its hot when its not suppose to be
Its cold when its not supposed to be
Its very hot then very cold then very hot…unexpectedly
Rising sea levels
Glacial melt
Oil companies suppressing the media
Large scale science denial
Radical extremism is a known treatment for societal decay. Results may very.
People believe based on feelings, not facts. That’s all it is.
That’s what happens when you grow up with the National Enquirer in every checkout line and there’s no internet to fact check anything. The GOP has been grooming the whole generation since Nixon.
Better eat the green M&M’s instead
Luckily my parents acknowledged it long ago. And they have always been careful to not be wasteful. Public transportations, travel less and only by trains, less heating/cooling, recycle, collect rain water. They’ve done enough and sadly, there’s little else average people can do.
Better eat the green M&Ms
