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Sometimes I wonder if I'm not depressed because of all those economic choices that makes no sense to me. I have known about climate change for 20 years now, sin

by jokoon 4y ago

Sometimes I wonder if I'm not depressed because of all those economic choices that makes no sense to me. I have known about climate change for 20 years now, since I was a teenager, which is why I never really wanted to have a car or get money. I guess one person can become depressed because the world doesn't make sense.

nonrandomstring 4y ago
> economic choices that makes no sense to me Economics makes no sense. End of. That's why it's econ-omics and not econ-ology. Don't get disheartened over the idea that there's some super-smart people out there who ought to know what they're doing. There isn't and they don't. Like Art, it's whatever you want it to be.
tdehnel 4y ago
Of course it makes sense to become depressed. You have been convinced that shrinking into a hole is necessary to save the planet. You’re obsessed with environmental purity and afraid to make a mark on the world. What if the opposite were true?
- more_corn 4y ago
  There is probably a third way.
- imtringued 4y ago
  I have seen way more articles about how millennials,etc should cut back on avocado toast (an euphemism for shrinking into a hole) than I have seen anyone say to reduce consumption for climate change. The ones people are shrinking into a hole for are previous home and landowners.
jacooper 4y ago
This article is for you. (Yes its about kids, but it talks about how its not doom and gloom like the media says). https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/opinion/climate-change-should-you-have-kids.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/opinion/climate-change-sh...
helloworld11 4y ago
Just remove that burden from your neck and enjoy your life as you might like to. Whether you do or don't minimize your carbon footprint will not make an iota of practical difference in how much or how little the world warms up. One of the biggest PR tricks of modern times has been how the truly huge polluters such as major state resource companies, huge private/corporate resource companies and the lobbyists/media outlets/ politicians who tacitly support them have managed to flip the burden of guilt for climate change onto ordinary people about their personal life choices. This has happened to the ridiculous point that people such as yourself actually feel guilty about basic life choices due to a thing that's hardly their fault in any meaningful or measurable way. What an absurd way to live a life of unhappiness..
- ourlordcaffeine 4y ago
  This kind of comment pops up every time and to be honest, seems like propaganda. It completely omits the fact that companies extract fossil fuels, factories run and ships ship to supply consumer demand. The fast fashion industry is a fairly large emitter, all because people want new outfits every week. Same goes for animal agriculture. So yeah, it is absolutely personal lifestyle choices driving emissions

by jokoon 4y ago

nonrandomstring 4y ago

> economic choices that makes no sense to me Economics makes no sense. End of. That's why it's econ-omics and not econ-ology. Don't get disheartened over the idea that there's some super-smart people out there who ought to know what they're doing. There isn't and they don't. Like Art, it's whatever you want it to be.

tdehnel 4y ago

Of course it makes sense to become depressed. You have been convinced that shrinking into a hole is necessary to save the planet. You’re obsessed with environmental purity and afraid to make a mark on the world. What if the opposite were true?

more_corn 4y ago
There is probably a third way.
imtringued 4y ago
I have seen way more articles about how millennials,etc should cut back on avocado toast (an euphemism for shrinking into a hole) than I have seen anyone say to reduce consumption for climate change. The ones people are shrinking into a hole for are previous home and landowners.

jacooper 4y ago

This article is for you. (Yes its about kids, but it talks about how its not doom and gloom like the media says). https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/opinion/climate-change-should-you-have-kids.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/opinion/climate-change-sh...

helloworld11 4y ago

Just remove that burden from your neck and enjoy your life as you might like to. Whether you do or don't minimize your carbon footprint will not make an iota of practical difference in how much or how little the world warms up. One of the biggest PR tricks of modern times has been how the truly huge polluters such as major state resource companies, huge private/corporate resource companies and the lobbyists/media outlets/ politicians who tacitly support them have managed to flip the burden of guilt for climate change onto ordinary people about their personal life choices. This has happened to the ridiculous point that people such as yourself actually feel guilty about basic life choices due to a thing that's hardly their fault in any meaningful or measurable way. What an absurd way to live a life of unhappiness..

ourlordcaffeine 4y ago
This kind of comment pops up every time and to be honest, seems like propaganda. It completely omits the fact that companies extract fossil fuels, factories run and ships ship to supply consumer demand. The fast fashion industry is a fairly large emitter, all because people want new outfits every week. Same goes for animal agriculture. So yeah, it is absolutely personal lifestyle choices driving emissions