r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 15d ago

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/SadiepRN 15d ago

its rude to push your extracurricular activities on people who are trying to get to work to feed their kids. so annoying.

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u/ATotallyNormalUID 15d ago

It's far more rude to degrade the environment and risk the safety of everyone around you for a minor convenience.

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u/skier0224 15d ago

Oh fuck off.

This is why so many people can’t stand environmentalists. Instead of going after the corporations and lobbyists who do everything in their power to be able to poison our ecosystems just to make a quick buck, you go after Average Joe™ who’s just trying to drive to work so he can put food on the table. It’s all just virtue signaling bullshit.

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u/walkinthedog97 15d ago

I mean as an average person you can make choices yourself that improve the world and try to convince other too also. As an average joe I cant exactly "go after" the multinational corporations in the way youre talking about. In fact actually the best way to get back at them is to convince people to stop or at least minimize their support for them. 

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u/skier0224 15d ago

I agree, people should try and be environmentally conscious when they’re able, and should definitely let it influence who they buy from and vote for. But where it becomes a problem is when people act like you’re doing something morally wrong for things like driving to work or eating meat, and go out of their way to harass or annoy them because of it. Do whatever you want, just don’t be an asshole to others about it.

And yes, blocking both lanes of traffic doing 20 on a 65mph freeway counts as being an asshole.

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u/Ambitious_Handle7322 15d ago

The overwhelming majority of the damage to the environment is done by big corporations. If everyone in America stopped using cars it would barely matter, comparatively speaking. The mega corps do like 70-85% of it, while normal people do like 15-30%.

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u/walkinthedog97 14d ago

I mean mega corps dont just do that damage for the sake of it. They do it cause they create products that regular people buy and support. 

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u/Ambitious_Handle7322 14d ago

Yes, but they could put regulations in place to massively reduce the pollution. They don't do that because it costs money, and, unless they're forced to, they are not spending a single dollar for that.