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[–] 137 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Man we burning to death down here and fuckers still think it's all a hoax. I hate humanity.

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  • [–] 38 points 3 years ago (3 children)
  • [–] 47 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Even if it wasn't human made, if we can do something about it and help ourselves out of it as a result, why shouldn't we? It's crazy that this is even an argument.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago*

    Because also "nature will take care of itself."

    Yep, just like my body takes care of itself with fever and such when something multiplies too much and dumps its waste in me. Burn it out and flush it out, that's just "nature taking care of itself."

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  • [+] 21 points 3 years ago* (1 child)
  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    I had to refute this argument... IRL... it was a sad day... just tell them the person who launched this nonsense has oil and coal industry ties

    EDIT: more on the subject, links to actual study inside the article: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/01/to-fight-climate-misinformation-point-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain/

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    William Jennings Bryant represented a case back in the 20s or 30s about the potential harm of anthropogenic global warming (now called climate change to try to meet science deniers in places getting cold due to changes in currents and jetstreams where they are). The science was known in the late 1800s. The exact science was known in the 1950s. The failure to act on that information is thanks in large part to corruption and greed. Anytime you hear "the science isn't out yet" or "they didn't use the narrow definition of the scientific method I learned in middle school in Nebraska involving a very specific structure of lab based experiment so climate science isn't real science" you are hearing the output of nearly 80 years of not wanting to do anything about it because it would put this quarters profits at risk

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  • [–] 29 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Take that hate and move it where it needs to be, towards the 1%

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    How do we get past their security teams? Motherfuckers are better protected than fucking medieval citadels

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Why do you think they're so eager to find out how to live in space?

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  • [–] 47 points 3 years ago (13 children)

    Meh. That might be funny if Putin wasn't such a horrible human being.

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  • [–] [S] 24 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    We're making fun of the death of Prigojine, an even more horrible human being, so it makes things even

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    So what did this guy do where both Russia and Lemmy hate him

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  • [–] [S] 39 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    We hate him because he's the creator of Wagner, a company that kills and torture peoples.

    Putin hates him because he's the creator of Wagner, a company that's trying to kill and torture more people than him, which is unacceptable.

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Lemmy hates him for doing acts of genocide. Russia hates him for doing acts of Treason

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Parts of the Kremlin hated him for treason, parts supported him. The Russian general who was recently fired supposedly supported Wagner, along with a number of others in the military. That's why he took Rostov-on-Don so easily.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Different things to get the ire of both. He's widely loathed outside of Russia, to include here, for the brutality that the PMC he ran was known for. He got the ire of Putin for recently using that same PMC to try a rebellion against his government.

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    probably a reference to that Pringle's guy dying in a "plane crash"

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Not the ally we need, but probably the ally we deserve!

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