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This type of article, from NASA no less, leaves me with a mixture of negative emotions. Fear, anxiety, desperation, helplessness. Guilt. And ultimately it all

This type of article, from NASA no less, leaves me with a mixture of negative emotions. Fear, anxiety, desperation, helplessness. Guilt. And ultimately it all boils down to a quiet numbness. Not comfortably numb, to coin a song. But vapidly numb. Unable to process any constructive fix for our kids that doesn't sound utterly silly.

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ruined 3y ago
the article seemed rather reserved, flat, and emotionless to me. perhaps this feeling is just your reaction to the situation organizations attempting to implement solutions or achieve progress on this issue are portrayed as irrational and occasionally prosecuted as domestic terrorists, so it makes sense that anyone might feel numb and stupid when thinking about the available options.
- dredmorbius 3y ago
  Sometimes it's the flat, nonemotional, and direct accounts which have the strongest impact as one comes to realise just what it is that they're saying. Read through, say, an official air crash report or industrial accident investigation, and slowly realise that what you're reading is an account of how some dozens of souls ended their existence. Often with a chain of events such that once the process had begun, the fate was inevitable, though it might have played out over many minutes or hours, possibly even longer. In some ways it's an ultimate example of "show, don't tell".
spaceman_2020 3y ago
If I’m honest, my concerns are way more selfish - climate change is making my city just way too hot and humid to live in. While I’m certainly concerned about the environment, I’m more concerned about my ability to live comfortably for the 3-4 months of increasingly stretched out summers.
somsak2 3y ago
> to coin a song You're not coining a new phrase with that, you're just referencing an existing song. Coining would mean you created the song yourself. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coin https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coin

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ruined 3y ago

the article seemed rather reserved, flat, and emotionless to me. perhaps this feeling is just your reaction to the situation organizations attempting to implement solutions or achieve progress on this issue are portrayed as irrational and occasionally prosecuted as domestic terrorists, so it makes sense that anyone might feel numb and stupid when thinking about the available options.

dredmorbius 3y ago
Sometimes it's the flat, nonemotional, and direct accounts which have the strongest impact as one comes to realise just what it is that they're saying. Read through, say, an official air crash report or industrial accident investigation, and slowly realise that what you're reading is an account of how some dozens of souls ended their existence. Often with a chain of events such that once the process had begun, the fate was inevitable, though it might have played out over many minutes or hours, possibly even longer. In some ways it's an ultimate example of "show, don't tell".

spaceman_2020 3y ago

If I’m honest, my concerns are way more selfish - climate change is making my city just way too hot and humid to live in. While I’m certainly concerned about the environment, I’m more concerned about my ability to live comfortably for the 3-4 months of increasingly stretched out summers.

somsak2 3y ago

> to coin a song You're not coining a new phrase with that, you're just referencing an existing song. Coining would mean you created the song yourself. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coin https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coin