@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • 1 year agoThis month is the planet's hottest on record by far – and hottest in around 120,000 years, scientists say | CNNedition.cnn.commessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1709
arrow-up1694external-linkThis month is the planet's hottest on record by far – and hottest in around 120,000 years, scientists say | CNNedition.cnn.com@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square144fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoMy son is 8 years old. Every summer when he is drenched in sweat, I tell him to enjoy his coolest summer. I hope things turn around.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•1 year agoPlease stop filling your son with existential dread, he’s far too young. Sometimes things are better left unsaid, it’s not like he has any polluting to stop.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-11•edit-21 year agoExistential dread is the correct emotional response to inevitable, existential danger. Feeling safe for the sake of feeling safe is just a comfortable delusion.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoAt least in Europe it’s ok, golfstream will shut down and we’ll be under a glacier. Climate change is not just warming, it’s volatility.
My son is 8 years old. Every summer when he is drenched in sweat, I tell him to enjoy his coolest summer.
I hope things turn around.
Please stop filling your son with existential dread, he’s far too young. Sometimes things are better left unsaid, it’s not like he has any polluting to stop.
Existential dread is the correct emotional response to inevitable, existential danger.
Feeling safe for the sake of feeling safe is just a comfortable delusion.
Yeah, not for an 8 year old though
At least in Europe it’s ok, golfstream will shut down and we’ll be under a glacier. Climate change is not just warming, it’s volatility.