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I disagree, I think it’s unhealthy for every bit of bad climate news to “upset” you. Same with people claiming ‘climate anxiety’ is good for children because i

I disagree, I think it’s unhealthy for every bit of bad climate news to “upset” you. Same with people claiming ‘climate anxiety’ is good for children because it encourages action: constant negative emotions encourage pointless reflexive behaviour like gluing yourself to a road. Bee colonies in the US have had lots of problems for a long time. Linking bee survival to climate change is an effective way to make heatwave story more exciting. The fear is needed to make it interesting. But the fear isn’t really helpful.

mythrwy 3y ago
It's also bullshit in my estimation. See my top level comment about bees. I've been watching them at my house for years. And this is one of the issues with trumpeting every phenomenon and claiming it means we are immediately doomed (as top level poster does here). When the phenomenon turn out to not be real or not as portrayed then it is assumed there is no real issue. Sort of a boy who cried wolf scenario.