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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • I see a lotmof replies being very negative about this, and I get the gut reaction, but this actually maybe a good thing, sort of. We don’t want it, but we may really need it

    We’ve allowed assholes and billionaires to destroy the planet for such a long time that we will likely need measures beyond capturing CO2

    Hell, capturing CO2 itself doesn’t make much sense until nearly all CO2 generating power sources have been replaced, and we’re not nearly close to that. And even when we do start really capturing CO2, if we spend half the world’s energy budged in that, we’d still need to keep that up for decades at least to get to acceptable levels. Yes, we’ve been pumping CO2 into our environment at alarming rates for a fucking long time, and all the energy we got in exchange also needs to be spent (plus a whole lot extra) to get it out of the atmosphere again.

    One of the things we can do is using the same pollutants from back in the 80s that caused acidic rain. Obviously this isn’t what you want, but one of the side effects nis that it cooled the planet, which IS what we want. This could buy us maybe a few decades of reprieve while we fix the CO2 issue


  • Yes it is, and yes, billionaires need to disappear

    Having said that, we may not have an option. We’ve allowed assholes and billionaires to destroy the planet for such a long time that we will likely need measures beyond capturing CO2

    Hell, capturing CO2 itself doesn’t make much sense until nearly all CO2 generating power sources have been replaced, and we’re not nearly close to that. And even when we do start really capturing CO2, if we spend half the world’s energy budged in that, we’d still need to keep that up for decades at least to get to acceptable levels. Yes, we’ve been pumping CO2 into our environment at alarming rates for a fucking long time, and all the energy we got in exchange also needs to be spent (plus a whole lot extra) to get it out of the atmosphere again.

    One of the things we can do is using the same pollutants from back in the 80s that caused acidic rain. Obviously this isn’t what you want, but one of the side effects nis that it cooled the planet, which IS what we want. This could buy us maybe a few decades of reprieve






  • Do you want all your cars and offices burned to the ground? Do you want your CEO to be luigi’d?

    Because that is how that happens. It’s a bad decision to for the entirety of humanity (well, in the dictatorship called USA, that is) but it is also extremely dangerous and stupid for these companies and their CEOs. If they think they can pull this shit and not get into really deep shit themselves, then they’re mistaken

    Your car hits a child and then you just claim “fuck you I have immunity, there is nothing you can do!” right in gun nut country? Dude, that is a bad move.









  • Agreed

    Looking for a job now and a single company so far has has taken 6 hours of my time.

    Two for the initial requirements for applying, the reading their 5 page information, writing a cover letter, etc.

    Then two hours on a screening interview, and the initial interview, though that second one went from 1 hour to 1 hour 45 minutes so it was actually 6 hours 45 minutes

    Then two more hours on a technical interview

    This is where I’m at now, and i still am looking at two more one hour interviews with higher up, then the CEO herself.

    That’ll make over 8 and a half hours IF I get the job.

    If I don’t get the job, man, this was a fucking waste…

    In principle, jobs should be a mutually beneficial relationship. I give them resources, they pay for that but in reality, the balance 100% tipped to their side

    I have to apply for jobs, they dont have to apply for employees

    I have to write cover letters and separate letters to tell them how much i love their company and how badly i really want to work there and how much I’ll sacrifice for them

    They interview me on their turf, their rules. We don’t get to interview the company. Some companies allow us to ask a few questions, but that’s it.

    Shits fucked up