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I don't think anybody seriously thinks Climate Change is a myth. There are just too many people who are too selfish to care.

by oezi 1y ago

stratocumulus0 1y ago
Every time there is a longer period of cold weather in the warm season I see populists on social media ironically asking where is this climate change supposed to be. People have a short context window. It doesn't help that our efforts to combat climate change consist in large part of petty consumer regulations that are annoying to individuals while not achieving much.
- RiverCrochet 1y ago
  Social media is so easy to fill with unaccountable non-genuine activity (bots, shills, trolls, influencers, guerilla marketers, reputation managers, bored attention seekers) that I no longer consider most social media a valid heuristic for what "everyone thinks." I made this decision after looking at the profiles of those who tended to post like that, most of the time they seem fake. What is the valid heuristic is that what you see on it all the time is clearly what someone wants you think. Someone in real life that cites rando social media too much is probably on their phone too much or themselves in a non-genuine activity group.
sjsdaiuasgdia 1y ago
It's difficult to reliably sort the "it's a myth" believers from the opportunists, the selfish, and the lazy. The US has a president that has routinely supported the "it's a myth" viewpoint [0], which increases the visibility and credibility of climate change contrarians regardless of their motivations. [0] https://www.factcheck.org/2024/09/trump-clings-to-inaccurate-climate-change-talking-points/ https://www.factcheck.org/2024/09/trump-clings-to-inaccurate...
- add-sub-mul-div 1y ago
  The most fascinating thing about him is that from day to day and topic to topic he can switch between looking (convincingly) like he's either selling the grift or buying it.
- burnt-resistor 1y ago
  Don't forget nonzero % of actual bots and sock puppet meatcloud boiler room operations trying to manipulate sentiment / manufacture consent by flooding the zone with trolling, contrariness, and low-effort "opposition".
Cthulhu_ 1y ago
There's plenty, but they don't know the difference between weather and climate.

I don't think anybody seriously thinks Climate Change is a myth. There are just too many people who are too selfish to care.

by oezi 1y ago

I don't think anybody seriously thinks Climate Change is a myth. There are just too many people who are too selfish to care.

stratocumulus0 1y ago

Every time there is a longer period of cold weather in the warm season I see populists on social media ironically asking where is this climate change supposed to be. People have a short context window. It doesn't help that our efforts to combat climate change consist in large part of petty consumer regulations that are annoying to individuals while not achieving much.

RiverCrochet 1y ago
Social media is so easy to fill with unaccountable non-genuine activity (bots, shills, trolls, influencers, guerilla marketers, reputation managers, bored attention seekers) that I no longer consider most social media a valid heuristic for what "everyone thinks." I made this decision after looking at the profiles of those who tended to post like that, most of the time they seem fake. What is the valid heuristic is that what you see on it all the time is clearly what someone wants you think. Someone in real life that cites rando social media too much is probably on their phone too much or themselves in a non-genuine activity group.

sjsdaiuasgdia 1y ago

It's difficult to reliably sort the "it's a myth" believers from the opportunists, the selfish, and the lazy. The US has a president that has routinely supported the "it's a myth" viewpoint [0], which increases the visibility and credibility of climate change contrarians regardless of their motivations. [0] https://www.factcheck.org/2024/09/trump-clings-to-inaccurate-climate-change-talking-points/ https://www.factcheck.org/2024/09/trump-clings-to-inaccurate...

add-sub-mul-div 1y ago
The most fascinating thing about him is that from day to day and topic to topic he can switch between looking (convincingly) like he's either selling the grift or buying it.
burnt-resistor 1y ago
Don't forget nonzero % of actual bots and sock puppet meatcloud boiler room operations trying to manipulate sentiment / manufacture consent by flooding the zone with trolling, contrariness, and low-effort "opposition".

Cthulhu_ 1y ago

There's plenty, but they don't know the difference between weather and climate.