(not my OC nor my OP, just helping spread the message around:-)

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[–] 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No offense, but this is exactly the kind of active pessimism that this post is trying to combat. The only mindset that creates positive change is active optimism. In other words, hope for better and taking action to try and get there.

Note that this is not to be confused with inactive optimism. "Everything will just work out on its own". That also doesn't work.

Active pessimism is the most damaging mindset, though, because it actively drains others of their will to make things better. Feeling hopeless is real and understandable, I've been feeling it, too. Spreading it around and shutting down those who are trying to do better isn't the way to process it, though.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Fucking hope police with their unscientific view that honest assessments and factual information are less important than optimism.

    The OP's tweet is wrong.

    This is undeniable.

    There are certain limits past which feedback loops kick in and after which our actions won't matter.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    We shoudn't rely on carbon capture, the technology is still at an embryonary stage and will not be ready on time to have a significant impact. Nor on a nuclear winter, for obvious reasons.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Carbon capture and nuclear winter won't do a goddamn thing if the clathrate gun goes boom, and it is looking like it has:

    https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-02-12/massive-methane-leaks-detected-in-antarctica-posing-potential-risks-for-global-warming.html

    And that single release, equivalent to two years of human output, is the tip of the spear.

    Hope police want to argue that if we are calm about things and don't point out the dire situation we're in, we'll somehow manage.

    It's the same argument as telling a passenger in a car driving towards a cliff at 50 mph, close enough that seconds matter, to not yell 'CLIFF! BRAKE!' Because it would demoralize the driver, and should instead calmly inform the driver that we might have some problems if they don't stop applying pressure to the gas.

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