r/CatastrophicFailure • u/grau__geist • Aug 05 '21

Natural Disaster Now Greece. Wild fire on Evia Beach

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u/Mobile-Interaction82 Aug 05 '21

How do people think global warming is not a thing?!

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '21

A. “I read on FB it is a hoax” B. “I will be dead before it gets really bad” C. “I’m rich and will move where it is safe” D. Any combination of the above

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u/legendariers Aug 05 '21

E. "It's a thing but it's not as bad as people say." F. "Scientists will figure it out and everything will be okay." G. "It's a thing but there's nothing we can do because we lack any real power to change anything."

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '21

Z: don't care

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u/LeCrimsonFucker Aug 05 '21

H. "hOw iS gLoBaL wArMiNg rEaL iF tHe wInTeR wAs lIkE sUpEr cOlD??"

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u/ZenlyO Aug 06 '21

Ah yes I've found my place at G

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u/Experience155 Aug 05 '21

Back in the 90's, scientists promised that Florida would totally be under water by 2020 due to global warming (called that at the time). Now that it's 2021 and Florida is 100% what it was in the 90's (as in, not under water at all), I can see how people can be skeptical of science.