totally agree. one time i complained to a co-worker about how destructive to birds the wind turbines are, and she said, "well there won't be any birds at all if we don't stop climate change." Hard to argue with that, at least not with someone you have to work with everyday. So to save the sparrows of the future we have to kill all the e…
totally agree. one time i complained to a co-worker about how destructive to birds the wind turbines are, and she said, "well there won't be any birds at all if we don't stop climate change." Hard to argue with that, at least not with someone you have to work with everyday. So to save the sparrows of the future we have to kill all the eagles today? and then of course it will be, "whoops! turns out we didn't need those wind turbines after all!"
But be smart because you can only fit so much in the boat and we have to get out of here really quickly before the Church shows up with troops, and the water gets really churny on the way back to Denmark.
I’m terrible at debating. What would be a one sentence rebuttal? I mentioned nuclear but she scared of “the waste.” The best I could think of was “why are we trying to control the whole planet?”
lol -- i wish i was the kinda person who could say those things! one thing I miss about everyone working together at an "office" was hearing other people say the things I wish I could say. Now they've sent all of us home to "telework" and it's boring as hell.
totally agree. one time i complained to a co-worker about how destructive to birds the wind turbines are, and she said, "well there won't be any birds at all if we don't stop climate change." Hard to argue with that, at least not with someone you have to work with everyday. So to save the sparrows of the future we have to kill all the eagles today? and then of course it will be, "whoops! turns out we didn't need those wind turbines after all!"
We must burn this village to save it.
Remember, pillage before you burn.
Rape first. If you pillage first you might not have a couch or bed to rape on. Very hard on the knees. So, rape-pillage-burn, in that order.
Then, if you’re Blackrock, apply to get the contract to rebuild. And by apply I mean bribe a neocon.
But be smart because you can only fit so much in the boat and we have to get out of here really quickly before the Church shows up with troops, and the water gets really churny on the way back to Denmark.
Stick to heavy durable stuff.
"I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system"
George W. Bush
Even if the apocalyptic scenarios of climate change came true, I'm quite sure the birds would do just fine the moment we all died.
Easy argument to beat. But if someone thinks so shallowly as your coworker it is likely a waste of time to make the argument.
I’m terrible at debating. What would be a one sentence rebuttal? I mentioned nuclear but she scared of “the waste.” The best I could think of was “why are we trying to control the whole planet?”
In this kind of situation I generally say something about their mom.
"Your mom's fat ass blotting out the sun will save us."
"Your mom's thighs generate enough friction to cause brush fires."
"Your mom's hot beefs could power a small city."
You're welcome to use one of those.
lol -- i wish i was the kinda person who could say those things! one thing I miss about everyone working together at an "office" was hearing other people say the things I wish I could say. Now they've sent all of us home to "telework" and it's boring as hell.
Your mom thinks telework is phone sex.
Just to clarify, do I say ‘your...’. Or ‘yo mamma’.
I say "your mom" because I'm white, but you do you.
“It won’t work. We are killing eagles and that won’t do anything for the planet.”
Is this one of those "don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good" rationales?
Which is kinda like a lazy person's out?
"Dude, we're TRYING, stop criticizing!" and "Perfectionism--so unhealthy, so uncool!"
“”Don’t let the completely useless be the enemy of the good...at least we are doing something”.
"Hard to argue with that, at least not with someone you have to work with everyday."
That's why I am hopeful about memes. If you can point out the truth in a socially acceptable manner, you've got a powerful tool.