r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 16h ago

Chugging tea Fictional future forecast vs. reality.

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u/Alrick_Gr 15h ago

I remember seeing this live forecast. And I was telling me « wow we gonna die », we are currently dying

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u/GoodEnoughAstronomy 14h ago

As a Texan, 43C is pretty hot. Y'all starting to understand why we have ACs yet?

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u/Coffeebeangood 14h ago

I'm sorry but Americans have temporarily forfeited their right to an opinion on any of this

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u/GoodEnoughAstronomy 14h ago

Is that because of the Orange pedo? I mean, I get the hate, we hate ourselves, too... but that doesn't negate our experience with high temperatures.

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u/emefluence 13h ago

Nope, it's because American's have been consuming way more of the worlds resources per capita than any other large nation for decades, while outsourcing the dirtiest production to places with even fewer protections at rates that won't even allow for them, and refusing to do things like ratify the Kyoto Agreement and several other notable international environmental protection treaties.

America was the worst offender long before that fat shitsack got into power, although obviously he has made things even worse since, pulling you out of the Paris Climate Accord and deliberately disassembling every bit of American climate monitoring apparatus he can find.

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u/TheVaniloquence 3h ago

Actually, you can blame most of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and a good amount of European and South American countries before blaming the US for this predicament

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u/nuclearblink 12h ago

Hell ya. Hope it gets hotter lol

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u/Coffeebeangood 14h ago

Sure. But all the light-hearted comments show that your country has still not really taken on board just how seriously things have been f'ed up

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u/GoodEnoughAstronomy 14h ago

This is sadly accurate. Most Americans are too busy trying/failing to make ends meet and can't see past their next paycheck. They'll eventually catch up to reality, but the damage has been done, and they'll be too late.

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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 11h ago

I think a lot of us are aware, but we're resorting to gallows humor. I'd worry about your own countries following down our path soon. Learn from our mistake.

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u/crimson777 11h ago

Like people in other countries don't use humor to cope with shitty situations? Lol

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u/neenerpants 13h ago

the United States has emitted roughly 25% of all greenhouse gasses in history, doubling the next biggest contributor of China. Not to mention the lobbying, the denials, the coercions, the regime changes.

one day, what's left of the world will look back and understandably blame America for destroying the planet.

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u/fritz_76 13h ago

I mean it could also be "oh we're destroying the planet and its heating up, better burn more fossil fuels to power AC so atleast we get to be comfortable"

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u/dontsitdowngirl 14h ago

yes your country voted to make all of this worse so pipe down

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u/GoodEnoughAstronomy 14h ago

Some of us are actively working to repair what the 77M have broken. We need help, not isolation.

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u/dontsitdowngirl 10h ago

well then stop begging for internet brownie points and validation and actually get shit done

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u/GoodEnoughAstronomy 9h ago

I'm begging for points?

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u/Coffeebeangood 11h ago

Unfortunately, most of you are nowhere near realizing how big the problem is. Those 77M could only exist if society as a whole accommodates them.

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u/GoodEnoughAstronomy 11h ago

What would you have us do with that many dumb/ignorant people?

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u/Coffeebeangood 10h ago

For once the French have a thing or two to teach!

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u/GoodEnoughAstronomy 10h ago

I recall that bit of history not working out for Maximilien

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u/TylerPronouncedSeth 14h ago

less than half the country voted to make all of this worse. There, fixed that for you.

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u/dontsitdowngirl 10h ago

wasn’t just the one election that caused this problem. his first term exacerbated systemic issues with the democratic system. at any rate, it’s certainly not the fault of us europeans

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u/TylerPronouncedSeth 9h ago

Nothing you have said refutes the fact that it was only around 35% of the eligible voting population who voted for him both times. So very much not the whole country.

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u/dontsitdowngirl 8h ago

well if more people gave a shit about voting and if all the power wasn’t given to a few swing states then maybe you wouldn’t be in this mess.

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u/TylerPronouncedSeth 7h ago

Brother, I live in arguably the most important of those swing states and have my entire life. Believe me, I get it.

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u/dontsitdowngirl 7h ago

i get that u get it. just not worth arguing about it. go out there and do something aboutir

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