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> Why do you think it’s virtue signaling. First, because I don’t think that it will affect recycling or environment in a meaningful way. Legislature can produc
by YeBanKo 4y ago
> Why do you think it’s virtue signaling.
First, because I don’t think that it will affect recycling or environment in a meaningful way. Legislature can produce only a limited number of outcomes, so if this was passed, means something else wasn’t. Legislature maybe have unknown number of unintended consequences and there is also a burden of enforcing it.
> …, do you have evidence of this?
I don’t, beyond personal observation. How would track the amount of garbage along a highway? I am specifically talking about 101, 280, 880, 580 in the bay area. Every time I am driving I am thinking about putting a camera facing the shoulder and then trying analyze it with cv. I also don’t have evidence I can present that it then ends up in the ocean. My observation is that after windy and rainy days, especially in November, you can see a lot more household trash on the beach along the Pacific coast. I assume the Bay may have the same issue, but I don’t go there often to notice.
- zackees 4y ago
- themitigating 4y agoYou're misusing the term "virtue signaling:, an already ridiculously dumb term. If they are making changes they believe will help the environment it's not virtue signaling, even if you don't think it will. More so that you don't offer any evidence to the contrary. I wonder about right wing people and "virtue signaling". Is it that they don't care about the environment or animals,or maybe are just generally selfish, that it's difficult for them to imagine that others might just want to do the right thing without benefitting from it? As for your inconsistent personal observations that solely relies on memory- they have no value
- YeBanKo 4y agoIf my personal observation has no value, than neither does your opinion and your comment.
- themitigating 4y agoYour anecdotal evidence is different from my opinion on it. If I review a movie and say it's bad would you say "if the movie is bad then your opinion is bad?" You shouldn't make accusations without evidence and you shouldn't use anecdotal evidence as the sole backing for a claim.