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I litter frequently. Some people criticize me for it, but I rightly point out that my own litter is a tiny fraction of city-wide litter, and if I stopped, no o

I litter frequently. Some people criticize me for it, but I rightly point out that my own litter is a tiny fraction of city-wide litter, and if I stopped, no one would even notice the difference. I'm not even the biggest contributor! Mechanized recycling trucks hoist the bins high in the air and let stuff fall into a hopper on the back, and on a windy day, every single bin they pick up produces a few pieces of litter. I don't know why I should change my lifestyle while trucks like that still exist.

mcdonje 4y ago
I have mixed feelings about this comment. It's good satire. But that's something I expect on reddit. Over here, it seems like we're running afoul of the forum norms, and Poe's Law.
- knodi123 4y ago
  That's fair. I meant it to be taken as an invitation to explain why (or why not) personal responsibility should matter in a world where the problems are complex and have a thousand sources. But I didn't do a good enough job of couching it that way, and it certainly pissed off the person I was replying to. I guess the responsible thing to do at this point is bail.
melling 4y ago
Nice meaningless analogy. Let me fix it for you. “You litter frequently in your neighborhood, while 200 people litter in the park across town. What problem should the town address sooner?” We are at the brink of too late. Where did you go wrong? https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/20/ipcc-climate-crisis-report-delivers-final-warning-on-15c https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/20/ipcc-cli... Times up.
baxtr 4y ago
I don’t know where you live, but listen: “Don’t mess with Texas!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2qIF3PL7lQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2qIF3PL7lQ
eulgro 4y ago
I kill people frequently. Some people criticize me for it, but I rightly point out that my own murders is a tiny fraction of city-wide deaths, and if I stopped, no one would even notice the difference. I'm not even the biggest contributor! Fast-food restaurants and soft drink companies keep promoting unhealthy diets from which people develop diseases which eventually leads to thousands deaths per year. Plus, most people conciously make awful lifestyle choices which will eventually contribute to their deaths. I don't know why I should change my lifestyle while people like that exist.
- replygirl 4y ago
  littering is not on the same moral plane as murder though
  - eulgro 4y ago
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    - replygirl 4y ago
      the author of the witcher is not a moral authority

mcdonje 4y ago

I have mixed feelings about this comment. It's good satire. But that's something I expect on reddit. Over here, it seems like we're running afoul of the forum norms, and Poe's Law.

knodi123 4y ago
That's fair. I meant it to be taken as an invitation to explain why (or why not) personal responsibility should matter in a world where the problems are complex and have a thousand sources. But I didn't do a good enough job of couching it that way, and it certainly pissed off the person I was replying to. I guess the responsible thing to do at this point is bail.

melling 4y ago

Nice meaningless analogy. Let me fix it for you. “You litter frequently in your neighborhood, while 200 people litter in the park across town. What problem should the town address sooner?” We are at the brink of too late. Where did you go wrong? https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/20/ipcc-climate-crisis-report-delivers-final-warning-on-15c https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/20/ipcc-cli... Times up.

baxtr 4y ago

I don’t know where you live, but listen: “Don’t mess with Texas!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2qIF3PL7lQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2qIF3PL7lQ

eulgro 4y ago

I kill people frequently. Some people criticize me for it, but I rightly point out that my own murders is a tiny fraction of city-wide deaths, and if I stopped, no one would even notice the difference. I'm not even the biggest contributor! Fast-food restaurants and soft drink companies keep promoting unhealthy diets from which people develop diseases which eventually leads to thousands deaths per year. Plus, most people conciously make awful lifestyle choices which will eventually contribute to their deaths. I don't know why I should change my lifestyle while people like that exist.

replygirl 4y ago
littering is not on the same moral plane as murder though
- eulgro 4y ago
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  - replygirl 4y ago
    the author of the witcher is not a moral authority