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markie

(24,017 posts)
Sat Jul 15, 2023, 09:17 PM Jul 2023

There is no Planet B folks!

been gone for a week and just came back home to Vermont... I am so frustrated... when the hell will people wake up!! I know... you guys get it, but so many don't

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There is no Planet B folks! (Original Post) markie Jul 2023 OP
Hope you didn't get flooded amerikat Jul 2023 #1
I'm good, my house is safe markie Jul 2023 #4
I hear you, what'll it take for the complacent & indifferent to get it?! Apocalypse? Sheesh. appalachiablue Jul 2023 #2
at this point markie Jul 2023 #6
For a lot of people, it's a matter of something similar happening to them. Qutzupalotl Jul 2023 #8
People, like facts, are stubborn things. madaboutharry Jul 2023 #3
John Kerry was in DC markie Jul 2023 #5
I know, I don't want to hate anyone either. madaboutharry Jul 2023 #7
Consider despising them instead. Qutzupalotl Jul 2023 #9
Maybe no Planet A. ret5hd Jul 2023 #10

markie

(24,017 posts)
4. I'm good, my house is safe
Sat Jul 15, 2023, 09:30 PM
Jul 2023

but... driving from Montpelier east to where I live; I cried... so sad

appalachiablue

(44,022 posts)
2. I hear you, what'll it take for the complacent & indifferent to get it?! Apocalypse? Sheesh.
Sat Jul 15, 2023, 09:28 PM
Jul 2023

markie

(24,017 posts)
6. at this point
Sat Jul 15, 2023, 09:34 PM
Jul 2023

gov't somehow has to force the issue, big time... I have been talking climate change for 50 years... people have known and money/power seems to also supersede the health and safety of the whole

Qutzupalotl

(15,821 posts)
8. For a lot of people, it's a matter of something similar happening to them.
Sat Jul 15, 2023, 09:43 PM
Jul 2023

Then they start to get it.

Other people's pain sucks, but some people can tune it out. One's own pain is more immediate and pressing. That's human nature, and perfectly understandable. But the difference makes the transition harder and more pronounced for those unfamiliar or uncomfortable with empathy and compassion.

madaboutharry

(42,033 posts)
3. People, like facts, are stubborn things.
Sat Jul 15, 2023, 09:30 PM
Jul 2023

People don’t want to acknowledge the inconvenient truth about climate change because they would be forced to think about something other than themselves.

I don’t think humans will exist a few hundred more years, if that.

markie

(24,017 posts)
5. John Kerry was in DC
Sat Jul 15, 2023, 09:32 PM
Jul 2023

and the fucking Republicans were accusing him of idiotic stuff... I really do hate them and I really don't want to hate anyone

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