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Haha, lets use this disaster that destroyed, and in many cases taken, people's lives to further our agenda, haha..
Fucking gross.
The effects of the disaster were compounded by those cars in several ways, from climate change to almost every single surface in sight being paved with a material that can't absorb water.
Floods used to happen before cars. The Biblical flood story was probably based on a real flood that wiped out a civilization.
Even within recorded history there have been floods not linked to modern (post-60's, extinction-level) climate change.
Cars bad, yes. But if this had been 1000 years ago, this flood could still have occurred naturally, only the results would look more like a WWII carpet bombing, with much of the city flattened. And the most hilarious thing would be that there would have been done fucker saying, "this is God's way of saying 'fuck people'".
It's so laughable that in this day and age people run around saying "we have sinned, and are being punished for it! Repent!"
Agree with most of what you said, but one thing I'd emphasise is that whilst those kinds of natural disasters have happend throughout history, is the frequency of which they're happening which is the concern.
You have storms which were once in a generation happening every 20 years or so now, and we're the cause.
(A generation is about 20 years, though I get that you mean 80-100).
Once in a generation means within the lifespan of a generation, not till a new generation is born.
the frequency of which they're happening which is the concern.
You have storms which were once in a generation happening every 20 years or so now, and we're the cause.
Absolutely. I hope I was clear: we're absolutely in a man-made climate crisis, and our global addiction to cars is part of it.
The only reason only the cars were affected wasn't because nature hates cars, but because we build buildings betterw than we used to. Mud slides and floods have been wiping out entire towns since... well, since humans started building houses.
Ridiculously high/record rainfall amounts have happened several times this year. Catastrophic floods in multiple locations. Well above the typical worst flood of the year in a given year. Brazil had one I've never seen as bad. And OP's picture is just insanely bad as well.
Hmm I'm seeing a lot of little Peugeots, Renaults and Seats in that pic.
Don't think they did anywhere even close to as much climate damage as the selfish insecure cocksuckers in one country with their massive bloated SUVs and tiny-penis trucks
The agenda:
Can we stop fucking up the planet so this doesn't happen?
Sure.
But if you can't make that point without punching down at people who have literally just lost everything (and who are categorically not personally responsible for climate change), maybe don't fucking make it.
Learn to punch up at the people actually to blame, otherwise all you are is part of the fucking problem.
Can you explain how this post is punching down? I honestly don't see it.
When it comes from the fuck cars community, with the fuck cars hashtag, it's siting on a high horse to point and laugh with schadenfreude at the victims of this flood.
It implies that people owning cars is to blame for the disaster they fell victim to, when cars are just one of many many symptoms of the actual problem, and the people who own them are generally just trying to survive under the system that is destroying the planet for profit (as well as victims of trillion dollar industries like the auto and oil, but also advertising and branding and sales), not the culprits of climate change. They don't deserve the "I told you so", they deserve solidarity and unity against those who are actually responsible, and are not only not losing a thing, but making millions by the minute for it.
It's "fuck cars" not "fuck people who drive cars"
Obviously the average driver is not responsible for the societal reliance on cars.
Obviously the average driver is not responsible for the societal reliance on cars.
Then maybe don't use their suffering to make a smug point when there are plenty of other, better, ways to get your message across.
Well I didn't make this post so I can't really speak to the intent behind it.
But I don't think that's what this post is doing at all.
Topic: Mother cries as she leans over her late child's coffin
Lemmy: Maybe this wouldn't have happened if the murderer had access to better education and mental health
This is a meaningless strawman. I don't see anyone saying things like this.
Yeah how dare people use victims of climate change to push their ecological agenda! /s
Yes, actually. It's ignorant, cold, and wrathful. The longer the yutes hold onto a punishment mentality the longer we have to live with fascism.
Meh. Ya know, I've seen civil calls for fighting climate change since 2005. Did they work? No. So now, let's grab the manipulatives and ignorants by the hair and faceplant them into consequences of that.
Gentle parenting when it comes to my own lesson learning, wrathful punishment for everybody else
"Maybe these people wouldn't be suffering from as much stress and financial hardship if they weren't carbrained pieces of fucking shit!"
I honestly don't know if this is sarcasm or genuine.
Do you mean "honestly"?
Hu?
As in, are you really being honest when you say you can't tell? I think it's pretty obvious.
Yes, I am being honest, because I've seen fuck cars people say pretty much identical bullshit, so I honestly don't know if you're one of them and are serious, or if you're taking the piss.
If I was being sarcastic, I would have used an /s tag, like you should have, if you were.
The /s tag is a very poor substitute for context clues and common sense. Tone indicators have no place in discourse.
No, the /s tag is an important accessibility feature, and the only way to properly convey tone and intention in writing (the vote ratio on your original comment tells me I'm far from the only person who didn't get it).
Framing it as an accessibility feature is just citing your own anecdotal experiences and biases, which are meaningless because I have several autistic people in my own social circle who hold my opinion: that the only way to properly convey tone and text is to write properly and read attentively. The right interpretation for what I write is the one I wrote, and if I ever catch myself caring about the Le Epic Updoot Meme Point score on my posts or comments (which I have disabled on my Lemmy app, so I can't even see it) I will stick a loaded shotgun in my mouth and pull the trigger with my toe.