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You must really hate your grandkids.
by rc_mob 5y ago
You must really hate your grandkids.
- netizen-936824 5y agoSadly some people seem to give zero shits about anyone or anything that isn't them or isn't benefiting them directly. Not sure if this is a US ideology or what, but it definitely seems to be a prevalent view in the states
- iso1631 5y agoIronically I find this view weighted far more to those who claim to be Christian
- netizen-936824 5y agoReligions are great for making people feel special. Also great for creating in/out groups for easy discrimination too!
- globular-toast 5y agoAs a wise man once said, if you want to know what people believe, watch what they do not what they say.
- globular-toast 5y agoI was worried that people would take my comment literally. I consider it a sad sign of the times that anyone could think I was serious.
- actually_a_dog 5y agoYou post literally what the prevailing attitude has been for the past 50 years, claim to wonder why anyone takes you seriously, then say "just a prank, bro?"
- globular-toast 5y agoNobody actually says it out loud. The point of the comment is, nobody cares what the cost is. They only care about what they get now. So we'll pick whichever one has the highest short-term gain especially if there is a plausible promise of future technology solving all the problems.
- fulafel 5y agoPeople care, there's evidence, see eg this survey: https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/09/14/in-response-to-climate-change-citizens-in-advanced-economies-are-willing-to-alter-how-they-live-and-work/ https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/09/14/in-response-to... (look eg under "Many across the world willing to change how they live and work to reduce effects of climate change")
- globular-toast 5y agoYour link seems to show that people care about the effects it will have on them. I can't find anything about future generations.
- fulafel 5y agoThere's a big difference between merely "now" and "personally" which for most people implies many decades of time horizon left in their lifetimes. Also many questions were not related to concerns for effects on the personal sphere, eg "Willing to change how they live and work to combat the effects of global warming" which also got high scores.