Because, as the article states, many countries have been trying to control the weather for decades with varying success.

Use the term “modify” instead of “control” if you like, but pretending that countries aren’t trying to control the weather is exactly why conspiracy theorists gain legitimacy and many journalists lose credibility.

The point of the article is that technically, technically, conspiracy theorists could be wrong about weather control if we struggle to split hairs about what “weather control” is, but telling ourselves stories to deny reality is the same problem that “conspiracy theorists” have.

If you deny a historical, documented conspiracy(secret plan) that took place, you lack credibility the same as a theorist without evidence. Conspiracies are real, they are secret plans, and they have definable limits like everything other plan that exists.

“Yes, there was a secret plan to seed rainclouds.” That secret plan was a conspiracy to control the weather.

No, that conspiracy did not result in a super cyclone, there’s no evidence for seeding rainclouds having the ability to lead to a super cyclone. Anyone who asserts that is incorrect according to the available evidence.

Conspiracies to control weather still happened.

Facts defined by reasonable accuracy.

Proves the falsity of inevitability.

Hopelessness and cynicism is very hip and demonstrably incorrect.

“never!” they cry, as the first Muslim Democratic Socialist is elected mayor of New York in a landslide.

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Holy crow, that freaked me out. That’s really impressive. Pretty uncanny valley, but I can definitely see the appeal.

that’s really interesting. I listened to a podcast with one of the writers, or maybe the creator, I can’t remember right now, and he talked about how sincere everybody was about creating the superhero who could actually change the cultural lack of concern about climate change.

and what’s super cool is like statistically and culturally, it looks like the show worked.

like yeah everything is still fucked, but it would have been way worse a generation earlier if a bunch of awesome nerds didn’t make Captain planet for generation x so they would become horrified over climate change.

[here it is] (https://share.google/H4LaAuoFDf6AS01Al)

hahaha holy crap i am laughing out loud, thank you, dang that’s so funny

haha, this is it, this artist achieved expertise over layout.

I like a lot of their ideas, but this one is executed pretty flawlessly.

very funny.

back? I never gave it up, haha.

radical, congratulations! cheers to more good times!

I’m with you, Mario 64 is one of my all time favorites.

i still play it every few years and sometimes I’ll get the urge to watch the latest world-record speedrun, it’s so much fun to even just watch.

pretty much the only game i do that with.

great screenshots too. there are so many mods for SM64 but I almost always play vanilla, so it’s fun to see you guys as different characters.

SM64 Toad is a psychopath for sure.

congrats on getting to share the game with your friend, and almost hitting a year with your screenshots!

TIL, thanks

thanks, I’ll keep an eye out.

if you think that despite the overwhelming popular evidence, i don’t think any further examples are going to change your mind.

people complain about Microsoft and Sony all the time.

as you say, Nintendo is “just as evil”, they are all shitty companies that treat their customers like dirt.

Nintendo seems to be the most litigious of all of them, and is now warning people they’ll brick their devices. that their customers bought.

there’s not a bias against Nintendo, there’s a retaliation for their shitty policies that they continue to enact despite their customers protesting and making their preferences known.

it’s literally so bad at this point that I’ve decided not to buy anymore Nintendo products.

doesn’t have to be new to be real shitty!

With their big recent widespread warning I figured it was a new policy.

didn’t know it was just a reminder.

sewing is mine also. I don’t think I’ve talked to a single person in the 15 years I’ve been sewing that hasn’t reacted with shock to some degree or another upon finding out.

i like repairing clothes and making backpacks.

someone had to say it.

whaaat?

so a comment mentioned lump… that’s a quite a leap to your notion that Lemmy is nothing but presidents of the United States band posts.

I think the fact that you have that post at hand maybe indicates that you’re pretty into the band?

rather than all of Lemmy being into that band.

who does rock.

from my absurdly extensive(editorial opinion) user history alone, you’ll be able to tell that… wait let me check how many posts and comments I have…

that .01% of my posts are about that band.

I don’t think the POTUS band affliction is as a widespread as you are insinuating.

I see a lot more posts about the coward POTUS than the band POTUS these days.

also, they are free.