Ilovethebomb ( Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz ) to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 3 years agoProtesters blocked lane of SH1 at Wellington's Terrace Tunnelwww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up133file-text
arrow-up133external-linkProtesters blocked lane of SH1 at Wellington's Terrace Tunnelwww.rnz.co.nzIlovethebomb ( Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz ) to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 3 years agomessage-square32linkfedilinkfile-text
It was only a matter of time before an irate tradie threw hands at them. We don’t get paid to sit in traffic.
minus-squareIlovethebomb ( Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoThis is a much more immediate and tangible effect though. Climate change is much more abstract.
minus-squareIlovethebomb ( Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years agoPeople don’t think like that though.
minus-squareBalpeenHammer ( BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoOnly because there aren’t enough protests. If we had more protests and caused more tradies to be late then they would think that way.
minus-squareIlovethebomb ( Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoYou don’t get to decide how people think.
minus-squareBalpeenHammer ( BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoYou can change the way they think by protesting. That’s the whole purpose of protesting.
minus-squarethree ( three@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 years agoI don’t see a measurable increase in extreme weather events as “abstract”.
minus-squareIlovethebomb ( Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoOne of those things is numbers and statistics, one of them is right in front of you.
minus-squarethree ( three@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years agook, you need to look up the definition of abstract, because numbers and statistics are, by their nature, not abstract.
minus-squareIlovethebomb ( Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoPedantry, my friend.🥱 You’re missing the point.
This is a much more immediate and tangible effect though. Climate change is much more abstract.
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People don’t think like that though.
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Only because there aren’t enough protests. If we had more protests and caused more tradies to be late then they would think that way.
Maybe they should?
You don’t get to decide how people think.
You can change the way they think by protesting. That’s the whole purpose of protesting.
I don’t see a measurable increase in extreme weather events as “abstract”.
One of those things is numbers and statistics, one of them is right in front of you.
ok, you need to look up the definition of abstract, because numbers and statistics are, by their nature, not abstract.
Pedantry, my friend.🥱 You’re missing the point.