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Those things are all useful. In 13 years blockchain still hasn't found a use aside from speculation and crime, and it consumes more power than 182 entire countr

Those things are all useful. In 13 years blockchain still hasn't found a use aside from speculation and crime, and it consumes more power than 182 entire countries to process 1/10,000th the transactions of Visa.

fleddr 5y ago
Thanks for falling for the bait. You think a 75" inch TV is useful and its massive energy use is fine, just because you said it is. Personally, I think 55" should be the maximum. After that, you can't in any way justify utility and clearly don't give a damn about the planet. People have a house full of electronics and fluff. The footprint of an American household would require 8 planets if everybody lived this way and yet people are so eager to preach about their "care" for the planet. Clearly this 700% overshoot in footprint is not to be messed with, these are your "basics", because they are "useful". Let's just ensure that the rest of the world doesn't embrace these "useful" things, right? You don't care. At all. You only care when it's easy. When you see a monster truck, you want it banned. Because you don't have a giant car and they are ridiculous. But there's hardly any cars like that so it does nothing. If you'd truly care about outcomes, you'd be in favor of banning things that move the needle. Which means all the things I mentioned. And suddenly nobody cares for the planet anymore. It's all performative.
- hannasanarion 5y ago
  Ordering and enjoying a slightly larger cheeseburger isn't the same as buying up an entire country's meat supply and dumping it in the ocean because it makes imaginary number go up.
  - fleddr 5y ago
    You're not ordering a slightly larger hamburger, you're structurally consuming 8 times more than a sustainable level. Keep deflecting.
    - hannasanarion 5y ago
      "keep deflecting" says the guy who wrote a whole-ass essay about TVs to change the subject away from the total uselessness of blockchain.
      - fleddr 5y ago
        Did you just assume my gender?

fleddr 5y ago

Thanks for falling for the bait. You think a 75" inch TV is useful and its massive energy use is fine, just because you said it is. Personally, I think 55" should be the maximum. After that, you can't in any way justify utility and clearly don't give a damn about the planet. People have a house full of electronics and fluff. The footprint of an American household would require 8 planets if everybody lived this way and yet people are so eager to preach about their "care" for the planet. Clearly this 700% overshoot in footprint is not to be messed with, these are your "basics", because they are "useful". Let's just ensure that the rest of the world doesn't embrace these "useful" things, right? You don't care. At all. You only care when it's easy. When you see a monster truck, you want it banned. Because you don't have a giant car and they are ridiculous. But there's hardly any cars like that so it does nothing. If you'd truly care about outcomes, you'd be in favor of banning things that move the needle. Which means all the things I mentioned. And suddenly nobody cares for the planet anymore. It's all performative.

hannasanarion 5y ago
Ordering and enjoying a slightly larger cheeseburger isn't the same as buying up an entire country's meat supply and dumping it in the ocean because it makes imaginary number go up.
- fleddr 5y ago
  You're not ordering a slightly larger hamburger, you're structurally consuming 8 times more than a sustainable level. Keep deflecting.
  - hannasanarion 5y ago
    "keep deflecting" says the guy who wrote a whole-ass essay about TVs to change the subject away from the total uselessness of blockchain.
    - fleddr 5y ago
      Did you just assume my gender?