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Skeletor cares about your life rule (lemmy.cafe)

submitted 10 months ago by pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 109 points 10 months ago

I don't think we need to be worried about full-blown civil war, but preparing for an increase in stochastic terrorism probably isn't the worst idea.

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

Climate change will create food and water scarcity. Their life or yours.

Idk man. I've been having some huge existential crisis lately and climate change and destruction is just flooding my brain.

Anyone else or just me?

[-] Chriswild@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Not me. There's nothing I can do to stop it and I refuse to bring kids into it. So my plan if things get really bad is to die and there's no sense worrying about that.

[-] Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 4 points 10 months ago

there is nothing I can do to stop it

Wtf. Drive/fly less and bike/walk more. Take the train/collective transport. And if that's too troublesome for you at least vote for politicians who care about climate change and are willing to actually do stuff.

So my plan if things get really bad is to die and there's no sense of worrying about that.

And please that's just so fucking selfish. Even if you don't get any kids there are still people who will have to live with the climate change that you created. For example I and all of my friends, cousins, classmates, etc will have to live with the consequences of climate change.

[-] cinnamonTea@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

While I'm all in favour of individual action, I think it's very reductive to say that that will stop climate change. And even the politicians we explicitly vote for to actually do things don't, or not enough. And it's not like we chose to live in a world that is being destroyed by climate change, so how is it selfish if we leave behind other people who also do? They created it as much as me - barely, because none of us have any real recourse to deal with it.

[-] KnowledgeableNip@leminal.space 8 points 10 months ago

Haven't stopped planning for retirement and all that jazz but at this point it's just theater.

[-] SasquatchBanana@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

If you're not white, straight, and a guy, I'd also recommend updating your passports and maybe arming yourselves. It's gonna be a bumpy year.

[-] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 8 points 10 months ago

I can't really imagine danger being particularly extreme for anyone other than trans people, for trans folk updating passports is likely a good idea. But keep in mind that blue states would still be relatively safe.

If shit truly gets to the point where it's death squads and fascist street gangs, realistically there would not be anywhere in the world that would be safe.

[-] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

“Blue states” are states with notable swaths of intolerant people spread out over the majority of the state, with a lot of tolerant people and allies condensed into cities.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

Really? Other groups besides trans people certainly have a lot to fear in my state: I can predict immigrants, Black people, Native Americans, gay people, non-Christians, and anyone who positions themselves as allies, off the top of my head.

Not sure where you live, but the fascism is feeling pretty full-blown around my parts lately.