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As long as you get your cappuccino in 30 seconds every morning, what's a little ecological damage?

by peterwwillis 8y ago

undersuit 8y ago
Cappuccino is important. You wouldn't want to start the day with just some drip coffee.
- pohl 8y ago
  It's tragic that we live in a world where those are the only two ways to make coffee.
  - smileybarry 8y ago
    Or maybe they were just comparing the current subject of cappuccino to the other expected kind of household coffee, rather than every single type of coffee out there.
chocolatebunny 8y ago
You can say the same about driving a car to work. Or anything we do in our daily lives. As long as I can comment on hacker news, what's a little ecological damage (from wasting electricity supplied from some unknown source in an office room with florescent lights). Everything around me has caused some sort of ecological damage but I'll be damned if I have to go back to being a caveman.
meesles 8y ago
This comes of pretty judge-y. Take a moment to consider all the waste you also produce each day. Not to mention you're making the problem worse by making people defensive about their decisions, which just makes them go deeper and be unwilling to compromise. Try to solve the problem instead grand-standing.
- emj 8y ago
  I hope that no one identifies with those machines so much that they can't take valid criticism of what that thing leads to. Sure incorporating of objects into ones self image is common, but I do not think we can solve it by tip toeing around the issue. Yes you are affecting the climate and your local environment by all your actions, quite a lot and this particular thing is horrible.
  - smileybarry 8y ago
    There's a difference between acknowledging the problem and tackling it, versus cynically shaming the person. ("well if you get your cup in 30 seconds, I guess destroying the planet is fine") That just makes it into a personal attack, regardless of being a casual user or a Nespresso devotee.

As long as you get your cappuccino in 30 seconds every morning, what's a little ecological damage?

undersuit 8y ago

Cappuccino is important. You wouldn't want to start the day with just some drip coffee.

pohl 8y ago
It's tragic that we live in a world where those are the only two ways to make coffee.
- smileybarry 8y ago
  Or maybe they were just comparing the current subject of cappuccino to the other expected kind of household coffee, rather than every single type of coffee out there.

chocolatebunny 8y ago

You can say the same about driving a car to work. Or anything we do in our daily lives. As long as I can comment on hacker news, what's a little ecological damage (from wasting electricity supplied from some unknown source in an office room with florescent lights). Everything around me has caused some sort of ecological damage but I'll be damned if I have to go back to being a caveman.

meesles 8y ago

This comes of pretty judge-y. Take a moment to consider all the waste you also produce each day. Not to mention you're making the problem worse by making people defensive about their decisions, which just makes them go deeper and be unwilling to compromise. Try to solve the problem instead grand-standing.

emj 8y ago
I hope that no one identifies with those machines so much that they can't take valid criticism of what that thing leads to. Sure incorporating of objects into ones self image is common, but I do not think we can solve it by tip toeing around the issue. Yes you are affecting the climate and your local environment by all your actions, quite a lot and this particular thing is horrible.
- smileybarry 8y ago
  There's a difference between acknowledging the problem and tackling it, versus cynically shaming the person. ("well if you get your cup in 30 seconds, I guess destroying the planet is fine") That just makes it into a personal attack, regardless of being a casual user or a Nespresso devotee.