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Re:Why aren’t we more scared of the climate crisis? It’s com... by h2odragon on Saturday July 22, 2023 @11:42AM (#36827183)
30+ years of "imminent doom!" headlines have eroded any sense of urgency.

Some people even remember time before the "Climate Crisis", when there were other reasons to fear imminent doom! any day now... none of those panned out either.

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Re:Why aren’t we more scared of the climate crisis? It’s com... by matttproud on Saturday July 22, 2023 @01:17PM (#36827959)
About the same kind of statement as: „Gosh golly. I wish the Surgeon General warned against smoking 30 years ago; I’d maybe have stopped before the cancer.“

I felt the same as you for a long time: deeply cynical. Feeling and seeing the impact of this first-hand woke me up fast.

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