Conversation

Notices

1. captain typ0 (inkslinger@coales.co)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2019 15:36:17 EDT captain typ0

   On the radio this morning they were talking to a child psychologist about how parents can help kids dealing with climate anxiety. "Be honest with them, at an age-appropriate level, but also share the good news. Tell them about the sustainable corporation we can buy from..." And that was when I literally gave the middle finger to my radio. I'd have yelled at it, too, if the rest of my family wasn't still in bed.

   1. captain typ0 (inkslinger@coales.co)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2019 15:38:47 EDT captain typ0

      in reply to

      I mean, yeah, I'll try to reduce my footprint through so-called ethical consumption. But I'm not going to lie to my child and tell her the good news is that we can prop up the system that caused this catastrophe in the first place by, uh, shopping at IKEA instead of All-Our-Furniture-Is-Made-From-Petroleum Inc.

      1. captain typ0 (inkslinger@coales.co)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2019 15:39:36 EDT captain typ0

         in reply to

         They followed that up by talking about giving our charitable dollars to environmental orgs which is slightly less terrible, but still frustrating because both of their "good news/solution" idea were just...spend money like a good little consumer, rather than actually *doing* something.

         1. captain typ0 (inkslinger@coales.co)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2019 15:40:54 EDT captain typ0

            in reply to

            That said, I'm so crippled by my own climate anxiety that at least donating to charitable orgs (or, probably better, activist groups) would be doing more than nothing...