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Perhaps we say it another way: Everyone needs to act responsibly and in ways helping us address the challenge, but only making changes around individual choices in resource consumption isn’t even close to enough to turn the tide.

While sewage and fertilizer runoff need to be managed, those are not even remotely close in scale or impact, and they also pale in comparison to the acidification of our oceans due to uptake of CO2 from the atmosphere. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_acidification I disagree. This problem is too big for minor actions from tiny handfuls or conscientious people to matter. Sure, you using fewer squares of toilet paper each time you poop and ceasing use of plastic straws is nice, but you’re basically putting bandaids on compound fractures and ruptured organs. We instead need system-wide / planet-wide legislation to convert our sources of power, its distribution, and the way it gets used. We also need to invest heavily in carbon capture, green infrastructure, and agriculture to account for coming droughts, floods, and ferocious storms. We need to be moving people away from coastlines, reinventing air travel, and ending use of coal, petroleum, and more. We need to shift the entire paradigm, not just tweak the margins. Nothing less will rise to the actual challenge before us.

Ocean acidification has a “base of the food chain” element to it that makes me less than comfortable.

Because there are. Just because one has a broken leg doesn't mean they should ignore their obesity. Just because one has cancer doesn't mean they should ignore their diabetes. Sometimes multiple challenges exist and must be addressed in parallel. I'm not a mod, but what did you wish to discuss?

Interesting thread bump. The universe already conspires against us in so many ways all on its own. Why help it along?

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There nothing biological or gender based about about how people react when you call them stupid. Jesus, Raider. This isn’t exactly rocket science. Reread the thread in context.

I reckon it’s a good thing I didn’t say it even imply that, then. A better question, if after all you’re not sexist, is why wouldn’t you make that same joke to someone of the opposite gender?

Not sure what point you’re trying to make. Will you kindly please elaborate a bit for me?

...And I say this knowing you're doing so with good intent and no malicious ends in mind.

There is nothing biological about this. It's cultural, and culture is made up of countless individual acts and decisions. By deciding not to let gender inform how we treat people, culture itself changes. Yes

Then, you must first define love... Am I the only one seeing a turtles all the way down situation developing here?

Sometimes a forum is just a forum

Lol

What idiot called it a “randomized clinical trial controlled with placebo” and not “trick or treatment”

I really want people of the world to start pronouncing the word “pizzazz” as Pizza-Zs

Ellen DeGeneres is who they mean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_DeGeneres

Which god(s)? One must first define it in a falsifiable way.

What is a right thinking citizen?

Which is, what exactly? How do you wish this topic to be discussed? What questions do you wish to explore, commandingly or otherwise?

Serve alcohol at a party and nobody bats an eye. Serve laxatives at a party and everybody loses their shit!

Holy crap. Apparently I REALLY need to up my game! I built a cool table for our patio using cedar 4x4s joined by halflap joints with mitered angles. Tried to upload an image, but have hit my limit it seems. Came out nicely.