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CODChimera posted:how are d&d coping these days anyway? No posts in the climate thread since the 12th. Something about increasing geothermal capacity and lamenting the hegemony of fossil fuel companies, so not too bad really? I do like the idea of using additional geothermal to sink so much heat into the ground that the continents just sink into the mantle, even if it is physically impossible
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Sep 18, 2023 16:26
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The landscapes are just being... changed, passive voice, nothing to be done about that one
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Sep 18, 2023 16:27
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Paradoxish posted:It's incredibly amusing how tortured these bullet points sound because the author absolutely refused to pass any value judgements on climate change. The environment is shifting, changing, becoming unfamiliar, evolving (?), and altering, but who can say if that's good or bad! Dehumanize and face to number, it’s so easy!
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Sep 18, 2023 16:28
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Don't worry! The environment is evolving! It's ok!
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Sep 18, 2023 16:32
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TehSaurus posted:No posts in the climate thread since the 12th. Something about increasing geothermal capacity and lamenting the hegemony of fossil fuel companies, so not too bad really? Without looking I can assume there are recent posts in the energy thread bemoaning how the hippies and greens ruined the world and that Bill Gates and Bechtel are totally going to save it if we would just give them another couple of billion dollars
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Sep 18, 2023 16:40
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Planet's flying, Cloud
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Sep 18, 2023 16:42
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Trabisnikof posted:Without looking I can assume there are recent posts in the energy thread bemoaning how the hippies and greens ruined the world and that Bill Gates and Bechtel are totally going to save it if we would just give them another couple of billion dollars It's the public's fault, them and their massive influence, that is preventing new nuclear plants from being built. If only they were smart, they would love nuclear power, and the one and only obstacle to having it everywhere- negative public opinion- would be removed!
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Sep 18, 2023 16:52
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Dokapon Findom posted:It's the public's fault, them and their massive influence, that is preventing new nuclear plants from being built. If only they were smart, they would love nuclear power, and the one and only obstacle to having it everywhere- negative public opinion- would be removed! it rules that Nuscale got approval to build a Small Modular Reactor, but they then decided they actually wanted to build a *different* SMR because they can't find anyone to pay for the one they got approved. because the pitch is SMRs are grid responsive and scale up and down to follow demand, right? scaling down means not making profits, so the pitch is effectively "how would you like a cheaper nuclear plant that makes you a lot less money!"
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Sep 18, 2023 17:01
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Trabisnikof posted:because the pitch is SMRs are grid responsive and scale up and down to follow demand, right? scaling down means not making profits, so the pitch is effectively "how would you like a cheaper nuclear plant that makes you a lot less money!" we have the tools, just don't ask us to use them
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Sep 18, 2023 17:18
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gadgets we cherish 
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Sep 18, 2023 17:21
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SixteenShells posted:we have the tools, just don't ask us to use them sounds familiar…
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Sep 18, 2023 17:22
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That psychologist is dumb. Skip all that poo poo and just accept you were put at the end of the timeline. Party had to stop eventually.
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Sep 18, 2023 17:27
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Dokapon Findom posted:The landscapes are just being... changed, passive voice, nothing to be done about that one *thinking really hard when typing headline* Environment Involved in Humanity-Related Heating
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Sep 18, 2023 17:43
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I like that they expressly do not identify the change as negative and leave it ambiguous to make the people driven insane by this stuff feel and seem even more crazy It's just different! Ah, you don't like that color for this room! Different strokes I guess...  e: Everyone is entitled to an opinion about whether a livable climate is better or worse
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Sep 18, 2023 17:45
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my opinion is that a livable climate is worse, for the record
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Sep 18, 2023 17:49
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The thing is, stoic philosophy basically underlies all clinical psychology in the US. Life circumstances are basically to be understood as impossible to change and all you can do is change your reaction to it in your head. CBT is barely-disguised Marcus Aurelius. The idea that your life could improve because the conditions of your life change is out of scope.
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Sep 18, 2023 17:51
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ikanreed posted:The thing is, stoic philosophy basically underlies all clinical psychology in the US. Life circumstances are basically to be understood as impossible to change and all you can do is change your reaction to it in your head. CBT is barely-disguised Marcus Aurelius. It's funny how this is approach massively reinforces the status quo and makes large scale change nearly impossible, even when faced with potentially existential societal crises.
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Sep 18, 2023 17:54
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I'll only be satisfied when sharks are 40 feet long, reptilians rule the land, mammals are driven back below the earth where they belong, and all grass is exterminated.
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Sep 18, 2023 18:04
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Harik posted:florida. It's been 90+ for months now, nights barely dip into the high 70s. AC literally runs for a continuous 18 hours a day and it still approaches 80 indoors before it finally starts cooling back down in the evening. I've lived here since the mid 90s and I've never seen it this bad. luckily things won't get worse otherwise I'd be worried about you
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Sep 18, 2023 18:10
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Crazypoops posted:That psychologist is dumb. Skip all that poo poo and just accept you were put at the end of the timeline. Party had to stop eventually. Buddy, what are you talking about... The party is just beginning.
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Sep 18, 2023 18:10
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everything is going to be fine just march in a local climate protest or have a community garden plot (enviro initiative), make some bdelloid memes (art), and just put on the nightmare goggles (VR) to finish your night 
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Sep 18, 2023 18:17
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SixteenShells posted:A person experiencing solastalgia may feel: 
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Sep 18, 2023 18:17
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ikanreed posted:The thing is, stoic philosophy basically underlies all clinical psychology in the US. Life circumstances are basically to be understood as impossible to change and all you can do is change your reaction to it in your head. CBT is barely-disguised Marcus Aurelius. I think that is a little reductive actually. A lot of it is also about teaching specific skills because they will improve a person’s material conditions, for example teaching someone with ADHD to use a calendar or daily planner. Or teaching someone breathing exercises to help handle anxiety. Obviously many of the disorders being treated have causes rooted in capitalist decay, and I think there’s a strong role for clinical psychology in policy making. Or there would be if we didn’t live in capitalist hell world where they’d hop everyone up on amphetamines to “improve” “productivity”
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Sep 18, 2023 18:20
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Hubbert posted:everything is going to be fine lol at that XR poster that was just like: MAKE A COPY of your fingerprints say on it I DID A CRIME turn yourself IN to the police Congratulations you just saved the loving world!
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Sep 18, 2023 18:21
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Paradoxish posted:Don't worry! The environment is evolving! It's ok! I want to become one of the people-hedges, that seemed like a pretty chill way to fit into the new reality
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Sep 18, 2023 18:46
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Puppy Burner posted:I'll only be satisfied when sharks are 40 feet long, reptilians rule the land, mammals are driven back below the earth where they belong, and all grass is exterminated.
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Sep 18, 2023 19:02
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Thorn Wishes Talon posted:Buddy, what are you talking about... The party is just beginning. Well yeah, this is the after party
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Sep 18, 2023 19:52
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SixteenShells posted:https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2023/09/14/a-psychologist-offers-3-tips-to-deal-with-solastalgia Hell yeah, Aniara is one of my favourite climate-change-adjacent films! Everyone go watch Aniara to see an uplifting tale of how VR can help humanity cope with the trauma of climate change! Oh, uh, content warning for suicide and infanticide, I guess.
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Sep 18, 2023 21:46
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I love that film too. It has a great ending with a lovely tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9HBEiII3tI
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Sep 18, 2023 23:06
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a sun, an aquarium, and a space ship. Classic movie ending
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Sep 19, 2023 00:34
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TehSaurus posted:I think that is a little reductive actually. A lot of it is also about teaching specific skills because they will improve a person’s material conditions, for example teaching someone with ADHD to use a calendar or daily planner. Or teaching someone breathing exercises to help handle anxiety. that's still Stoicism though. The solution is always to improve yourself so that you can manage your own life within your specific conditions. Accept yourself as you are and the exact nature of world around you in relationship to you, because changing anything at all about it is not just impossible but also would serve no purpose. virtue is sufficient for happiness.
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Sep 19, 2023 01:46
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sure the mindless grotesque gluttonous consumption machine that is modern industrial society is going to render the entire planet uninhabitable, and we are lurching quickly towards unending catastrophes with such ferocity and frequency that any stability becomes impossibly marred by chaotic upheaval, but maybe if you just practice breathing with intention and clearing your mind of all thoughts for an hour a day you can be mentally healthy and happy.
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Sep 19, 2023 01:50
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look at all the dead planets, we're just returning the earth to the mean
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Sep 19, 2023 03:05
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Rock Puncher posted:look at all the dead planets, we're just returning the earth to the mean for a psychotically fascinating narrative exploration of this concept, check out The Ice Trilogy by Sorokin. not directly linked to climate issues but I think anyone who reads this thread would get something g out of it
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Sep 19, 2023 03:10
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HazCat posted:Hell yeah, Aniara is one of my favourite climate-change-adjacent films! Everyone go watch Aniara to see an uplifting tale of how VR can help humanity cope with the trauma of climate change! seriously one of the most fascinating movies ive ever seen. Based on the premise It all goes kinda how you would expect, until the like last two acts; I did not expect anything like those final moments that we saw. Haven't seen it since it came out, but god drat I get chills thinking about it.
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Sep 19, 2023 03:13
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"I am healthy and happy" I think to myself as I drive "Nothing is wrong with this situation" "I am improving" "GDP is going up" "I don't even have to clean my windshield any more" "Gee, that's a nice looking bridge pillar" "I wonder if it will be my friend?"
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Sep 19, 2023 03:14
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ELTON JOHN posted:i feel like that would make me way more depressed, but then again im not a psychologist who writes for forbes This is sort of a plot point in the movie Aniara, where to deal with the depression of being stuck in a space ship all the passengers use a sort of AI-run virtual reality system that generates nature scenes for them based on how they are feeling. Until the AI system becomes so loving depressed from being overworked and dealing with all the passengers depression that it dies. Aniara is a loving mood, big recommend.
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Sep 19, 2023 03:42
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Stereotype posted:that's still Stoicism though. The solution is always to improve yourself so that you can manage your own life within your specific conditions. Accept yourself as you are and the exact nature of world around you in relationship to you, because changing anything at all about it is not just impossible but also would serve no purpose. virtue is sufficient for happiness. Isn't life about adapting and surviving? We built our own world atop the real one that we need, the adaptability of humans has been manipulated and exploited but improving yourself is a rewarding immediate good.
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Sep 19, 2023 03:48
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It's depressing some times when you're reminded of how much waste there is in day to day manufacturing remember to recycle folks, it's your responsibility!
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Sep 19, 2023 05:51
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There's some new lovely sokal hoax type thing going through conservative media. Enjoy hearing about some heartland institute gently caress submitted a paper to Nature about how climate change increases forest fires purposefully omitting land management analysis and "they still accepted it"
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Sep 19, 2023 06:05
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