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[dkuitu]

I've been to Athens during a several month long garbage strike. This is nothing. My garbage room is clean now.

[Matt R.]

Looks like a massive nothing burger.

[Victoria Watcher]

Agree.  So why is the article title this?

 

 

 

 

‘Seriously?!’ Victoria residents furious about waste collection cancellations

[Matt R.]

People love being internet angry these days. So weird.

It like, dude. Chill.

Edited by Matt R., 29 December 2022 - 01:49 PM.

[Ismo07]

Headlines are meant to grab your attention...  They have always been like that...

Edited by Ismo07, 29 December 2022 - 02:02 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Headlines are meant to grab your attention...  They have always been like that...

 

Except it's not backed up here.

 

I think the article quotes on person on twitter.

[Ismo07]

Except it's not backed up here.

 

I think the article quotes on person on twitter.

 

Yeah they hardly back it up...  This is the problem..  People post headlines and don't even read the article...  Sad...

[Matt R.]

Remember last week when the garbage didn't get picked up?  Lol.

[Matt R.]

I've been to Athens during a several month long garbage strike. This is nothing. My garbage room is clean now.

 

I am glad you made it through the big garbage event of 2022.  It must have been a close call.

[todd]

Agree.  So why is the article title this?
 
 
 
 

‘Seriously?!’ Victoria residents furious about waste collection cancellations

“furious: extremely angry/full of anger or energy; violent or intense”

Probably somebody in that condition should be helped by an agency different from sanitation

[Victoria Watcher]

Here is a new video from John Stossel showing how ridiculous most recycling is.


VIDEO: https://youtu.be/NLkfpjJoNkA

[Nparker]

Like most religions, the green movement doesn't make much sense once you start to dissect it.

[Mike K.]

The green movement is not a religion.

[Victoria Watcher]

The green movement is not a religion.

 

 

 

Environmentalism, which the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines as ‘an effort to preserve, restore, or improve the natural environment,’ has all the elements of popular religion. Its deity is Mother Nature. It is she who blesses us with awesome landscapes, intricate beauty, and the silent, seamless functioning of the world; Reminders of our inadequacy, and corresponding guilt, take the form of the single-use coffee cups we buy because of our laziness and need for instant gratification; Penance is bees-wax wrap, Keep Cups, and composting; Evangelism involves telling people about ‘the inconvenient truth’ and inviting them to join the zero-waste movement. Many people tell me they’re not religious, but then confess their green-themed failures to me as if they are.

 

 

 

https://au.thegospel...green-religion/

[Mike K.]

Calling it a religion is lazy. But it’s safe.

What it really is is not as PC to say, but dogging on religion is so acceptable that people say environmentalism is like religion, because it’s so passé to say it.

[Victoria Watcher]

I think it's fair to say lots of things are (similar to) a religion.  It's not a direct comparison, it's just that they carry the same type of tenets and often the same extreme devotion.

 

It's not a put-down of religion.

 

Lots of people say "I follow (a subject, interest, person, cultural entity) religiously".  They do not mean they consider it an actually religion, but they have a gravitation and devotion to it that's similar.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 19 January 2023 - 06:19 PM.

[Nparker]

Environmentalism/the green movement/the climate crisis have all the earmarks of religion.

[Mike K.]

It absolutely is a put down of religion. Look at the way nparker framed it.

Environmentalism is piousness, it’s not religion.

We out of disrespect for religion refer to a lot of things as religious, to enforce negative feelings towards religion. It’s lazy and unimaginative. Think more clearly about what environmentalism is, and you will see it is no more religious than a hobby or a trivial pursuit. There is no central structure to it and no spirituality.

[todd]

the climate costs of the digital estate – and five ways to begin clearing it up

“..There are an estimated 1.5bn to 1.9bn websites worldwide. The vast majority are inactive. Businesses often build new pages, sites, and microsites supporting new business objectives and functionality without removing old ones. The result? An unwieldy, messy digital estate with outdated content, dead-end user journeys, and a bloated carbon footprint. If this is true of your business, it’s time to tidy up...”: https://www.thedrum....arbon-footprint


Something to think about next time you post

Edited by todd, 04 March 2023 - 09:21 AM.

[todd]