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Explain that, science nerds! (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 142 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (73 children)

I’ve literally had this argument on lemmy multiple times. It always goes like this:

Me: [some comment to the effect of “the planet is dying”]

Them: the planet will be fine. Yes all life will perish, but the earth itself will continue.

Me: . . .

Them: What. It’s just the fact. Don’t worry about the planet.

Sometimes they quote Carlin without realizing it and without context so to them it’s not a joke about how fucked up we are, it’s a simple truth without any additional layers. It's a little boggling.

[–] [email protected] 94 points 3 months ago (6 children)

It's pedantry for the sake of being right. They care more about winning than the actual argument.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It's not even pedantic. It's that same logic you could use to say killing a person does no harm to them because their body still exists afterward.

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