andymouse

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After a Study Found Lead in Tampons, Environmentalists Wonder if Global Metal Pollution Is Worse Than They Previously Thought in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] andymouse@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank you. Wow. I was basing that on something I saw or thought I saw in Cosmos (the 1980s version with Carl Sagan). Perhaps I was stoned when watching it. There is little better than to watch one of the Cosmos series while stoned - or the autotuned versions by Melodysheep (on YouTube).

For anyone who wants a quicker read on the above: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_greenhouse_effect

I shall have to revise my world view now. 🀯🀯🀯 Wow. I feel optimistic.

Tardigrades - they will likely survive then. And cockroaches, and other life. So even if we all + most animals die out, we will be like the dinosaurs, and life may indeed bounce back.

I mean... A shadow has been lifted from my soul.

Goddamn. I know it seems like I am joking but I am not.

Good news.

Russian military bloggers are panicking after Telegram chief's arrest in c/pleasantpolitics@slrpnk.net
[–] andymouse@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Nah this is BS. Russian military bloggers don't need Telegram, they write on some website called New York Times.

reminder in c/memes@slrpnk.net
[–] andymouse@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes... and what good it did everyone to reduce the distance of objects... Sometimes distance is good. Gives me time to think about why I'm really going there in the first place.

The World’s Largest Wetland Is Burning, and Rare Animals Are Dying in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] andymouse@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

Yay humans.

After a Study Found Lead in Tampons, Environmentalists Wonder if Global Metal Pollution Is Worse Than They Previously Thought in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] andymouse@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Actually there is a serious risk that Earth turns into Venus. Perpetually self-reinforcing green house effect. All life on Earth, fried, for all eternity.

Edit: Well, until the sun blows.

Without irony, cops just nicked four Just Stop Oil supporters in the middle of ACTUAL race riots in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] andymouse@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

FTP?

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George Carlin on voting (youtu.be)
 

His argument is that if you vote, then you carry responsibility for the outcome.

This is what I think.

We all know the game is rigged. So what do I tell myself by, yet again, participating in a game I know is rigged?

It's not a matter of effort. It's a psychological statement to vote -- and by voting I give my authority to this system. I say that I believe in it enough to vote. So, on some level, I think voting matters.

Personally I don't think it does. Not on any level.

If you had the choice between clapping for a dictator or not, what would you do? It's so easy to clap! Just clap, and perhaps the dictator will be in a better mood for the next four years.

What does dictatorship have to do with democracy? Democracy is an oppressive system that is easily gamed. Our model historical example of it is Greece -- a slave society.

THERE ARE BETTER WAYS. Let the turnout be 10% and let's have a discussion about legitimacy. Voters give legitimacy to a corrupt system. STOP IT.