When I was in elementary school, the cafeteria switched to disposable plastic trays because the paper ones hurt trees. Stupid, I know… but are today’s initiatives any better?
This is a frustrating kind of defeatist attitiude I'm finding is getting more and more common.
It comes from a place of unwillingness for personal and habitual change. It's hard to accept that we all have to change our lifestyles and accept that how we're living is going to have to change. That there is exists some scenario whereby we all continue living exactly how we're doing now with the same consumer behaviour and expect a bit of regulations to change everything. Or delay changing until after these regulations are in place, when in reality BOTH needs to happen.
What's the point in sitting on your ass complaining about the behaviours of other individuals and organisations when the only thing you have direct control over is your life.
Where did I say it shouldn't be a political process? It isn't an either-or. How many people online who are saying "oh why should I consume less when corporations emit the most CO2, there's no point I'm not going to bother" is politically active outside of voting? As in, physically - attend climate rallies or petition their local representative. I'd wager it's a slim minority. Signing an online petition or tweeting does not count.
If people honestly cared so much that they're doing these things anyway, then changing themselves and their consumption habits should be dead easy. So why don't more people do it?
My point is this isn't an excuse to not take any actions locally within your life, which is something you can do RIGHT NOW.
Also worth pointing out the demand isn't to dissolve the oil and gas industry over night - but to suspend all new licensing and expansion of the industry which in this case... is 1) something the UK should be doing anyway to meet their climate commitments and 2) not that radical or unreasonable
I'm on about 40-50 hours. I'm still playing but I checked out mentally after the conclusion of the Goron main quest. Why should I give time and attention to the story when there's barely any effort put into the narrative and characters? Even worse is when the story treats you like a child. I get it's supposed to appeal to all including younger audiences but surely there's a way to do that while making it genuinely interesting as an adult.
The side quests are ok. The exploration isn't cutting it for me because I've already played BOTW, and the novelty of the world has worn off with that. The sky islands and depths, while cool at first, simply isn't even enough. The copy-pasted sky islands are egregious considering how few of them there are. When travelling to a destination, it's almost never worth dropping down to check something out.
The new abilities are way better, but again after 10-15 hours it isn't enough. There's only so many puzzles involving building something before it becomes tedious because that ability is used EVERYWHERE. The fuse ability rarely makes a difference with its unique attributes it gives to weapons, most of the time being used to just increase damage. You end up just hoarding weapons, then when its time, drop a bunch of materials with the highest fuse power, fuse, use weapons and repeat. It would be the same if all weapons was just buffed and remove the need for that part.
I'm a bit annoyed that the shrine system hasn't been improved upon or reformed at all. It sucks going into a shrine always knowing what reward you'll get. Rewards are always equal, but not all shrines are equal. For the shrines where the reward is just finding/unlocking them, why do I still have to go INTO the shrine? Just give me the spirit orb. It's also great stumbling across a tutorial shrine that teaches you how to parry when I'm 20 hours in.
The new divine dungeons have better bosses, but the dungeones themselves are essentially 5 mini shrines in one with a reward worth less than 5 shrines.
Really disappointing compared to my first 15 hours of BOTW. I'm just glad I'm not playing on the Switch's hardware. It's not necessarily a bad game, not at all, and I'll keep playing it casually... but I'm a bit perplexed at how positive the critical reception has been.
Whether you started with a 2600 and a joystick in your hand, an N64 with a blistered palm or building your first PC in your teens, what is that one video game you've played at some point that to this day sits at the top of your list.
Got a couple issues; The highlighting of posts on hover doesn't fit the text, and the vote buttons overlaps with the post thumbnails. Another issue I just noticed is uploaded images in comments don't show, such as the image in this comment.
On Firefox dev edition installed with stylus, on macOS and Windows
This is 100% it. Also some people have only ever used iOS with the Reddit app and Twitter and Tiktok which are so easy to use a literal 3 year old can use it
According to internal assessments within the UK government, the UK should prepare for the scenario of an unexpected collapse of the Russian Federation so that such events do not take London by surprise.
Just so you're aware, if you have more than 1000 comments/posts in your history they won't be indexed and immediately available. I'm assuming it takes time to propagate. So don't delete your account straight after, keep running it every other day until entries stop appearing.
Maybe if the media and journalists didn't waste the last 30 years engaging in "is climate change real" and both-sideism. But apparently it's the entire scientific community's fault that they didn't word it any better. Definitely not the publications' fault.
I'm from the UK where in general there's only a stop sign if it's needed, such as a junction where you can see absolutely nothing on one side. Otherwise usually there's a give way line instead, to let people slow the car right down to look, but not need to stop if it's unnecessary....
The majority of trips taken in the US in cars is 3 miles or less, completely walkable/cycleable/public-transportation-able. I don't think anyone would say no one should drive 41 miles in order to go to work, but it doesn't mean regional and local infrastructure especially in urban areas shouldn't aim towards these goals because that is where the bulk of ALL general vehicle traffic is.
These two things are not incompatible. In fact, it would benefit those who do drive because everyone doesn't need to drive for many of their trips, and won't because there are accessible and attractive alternatives.
Will we look back at today's "go green" initiatives as stupid and inadequate?
When I was in elementary school, the cafeteria switched to disposable plastic trays because the paper ones hurt trees. Stupid, I know… but are today’s initiatives any better?
A new report reveals yet more evidence that the Trump administration violently dispersed George Floyd protesters so the president could stage a photo op. (radleybalko.substack.com)
'I’m here for my grandchildren': Two pensioners storm Wimbledon court to demand climate action (www.euronews.com)
YouTube recommendations (dramatization) (lemmy.world)
Double that when you open YouTube in incognito mode.
how to block meta from mastodon (lemmy.world)
mastodon.moule.world/@MOULE/110586193055950459
How many hours did you all spend in TOTK?
I had around 150 by the time I completed the game....
Arteta has not been able to control his excitement since securing Rice and Timber
Pep Guardiola you freaking baldie genius
Kbin: What is your all time favourite video game?
Whether you started with a 2600 and a joystick in your hand, an N64 with a blistered palm or building your first PC in your teens, what is that one video game you've played at some point that to this day sits at the top of your list.
OC Kbin Familiarity - a theme i made to replicate old reddit on kbin!
https://tanza.hubza.co.uk/kbinfamiliarity.png...
I don’t understand people who say they can’t figure out Lemmy or KBin
Does federation have a bit of a learning curve? No doubt....
UK government considers preparing for scenario of unexpected collapse of Russian Federation (www.pravda.com.ua)
According to internal assessments within the UK government, the UK should prepare for the scenario of an unexpected collapse of the Russian Federation so that such events do not take London by surprise.
Yank here. Is Pepsi the greatest volleyball player of this generation?
What did Rome blues mean by this?
Messifansofnepal
Mbapaypal to Real Madrid?
MrBeast says he declined to join submersible trip: 'Kind of scary that I could have been on it' | CNN (www.cnn.com)
YouTube star MrBeast said Sunday that he had been invited to join a submersible trip to the Titanic wreckage but declined.
Rule (lemmy.world)
There are levels to football 🔥🐐
Penaldo could never🐪
Reddit Goes Nuclear, Removes Moderators of Subreddits That Continue to Protest (www.pcmag.com)
I really want to cut ties with Reddit. I keep reading this stuff to keep me motivated to cut those ties.
Sunken boat killing hundreds overshadowed by Titan submersible coverage (www.nbcnews.com)
Why are there so many stop signs on American streets?
I'm from the UK where in general there's only a stop sign if it's needed, such as a junction where you can see absolutely nothing on one side. Otherwise usually there's a give way line instead, to let people slow the car right down to look, but not need to stop if it's unnecessary....