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Re:It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record by yongjik on Friday August 13, 2021 @03:34PM (#28173512)
> This is nonsense. Whether someone virtue signals or not, actions are what's important, not words.

That's not fair. When you're the chief of a fire station, saying "Yep that's a blazing fire right there, let's do something" is not virtual signaling, it's called not being a fucking idiot.

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Re:It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record by leereeves on Friday August 13, 2021 @07:00PM (#28175874)
A better metaphor for the behavior of politicians is: saying "Yep that's a blazing fire right there, let's do something...in twenty years".
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