Multiple southern states and a few midwestern states are at “extreme threat” levels of “wet bulb temperature”.
If we were in the right timeline we would have fixed our dependance to fossil energy a long ass time ago.
Instead we’ve got a bunch of people who still believe vaccines causes autism because the internet told them that.
When did we fail going forward? As humanity, I mean.
It’s really so sad and frustrating for those under the age of 45. Millennials were raised during a time of prosperity and possibilities, only to find out it was all a sham by the selfish, stupid and mostly older generations. Now Millennials, Gen Z and Gen A will reap the outcomes of all that while those who caused it will die off before things get even worse. I harbor no resent towards Gen X, but their refusal to fight the tide certainly didn’t help.
as a genXer we were promised and viewed all that could be done and was being done. then they voted in Reagan and was all stripped away. any glimpse of prosperity during the 90s was GenX optimism that was destroyed in 2000 when it was all stolen from everyone again. GenX doesn’t do anything anymore because we were told to shut up as we grew up in the 80s and then had it stolen again in the 2000 election.
@thesebits Definitely. I remember as a kid in the 70s all of this innovation and research into getting us off of fossil fuels being taught to us and a real sense of optimism about the future and science. So much changed for the better or was moving in the right direction then fucking Reagan and the Bushes and greedy cronies like Gingrich come into power and ripped all of that away.
Do you hang out with people under 45?
People are selfish and stupid no matter the age. My city is full of people driving gas guzzlers, traveling all the time, and ordering UberEats for every meal. They are all under 45. Then gen Z are particular bad and refuse to use public transit.
It’s not about age. It’s about class/wealthy. The poor use far fewer resources than the wealthy do. Rich young people are living in 5000sq ft homes by themselves and burning through natural gas and oil. They aren’t living in 500sq ft apartment like ordinary folks.
Agree with everything you’re saying, but one slight problem with public transit is just how ridiculously unsafe it feels. People might be much more likely to get injured in a car crash, but the fear of being attacked or otherwise molested on public transport is simply bigger.
And let’s not forget COVID now too.
Unsafe and unreliable (YMMV, of course).
In my neck of the woods,if I have to choose between getting stuck in traffic for 10 minutes or wait for a bus to be late (if it shows) for a 2 hour roundtrip, I’ll just get in my car.
I harbor no resent towards Gen X, but their refusal to fight the tide certainly didn’t help.
Not all of us were apathetic; there were many who tried to fight for what was considered really progressive ideas at the time, like fighting for equal rights and against climate change, but there weren’t enough of us. We’re a smaller generation anyway, didn’t have a good way to make our voices heard since the internet was still in its infancy, and were turned into a punchline by the media. And everybody believed it. Slacker, freeloader, tree-hugger, JFC it’s no wonder why nobody took us seriously. I mean, frick, in the 90s everyone got their news from four network channels and a few cable channels on tv, so America believed the hype and largely wrote us off.
We tried, man. We did the absolute best we could with a shitty situation, and it stings to think about how we weren’t able to accomplish more in our youth. Please don’t write us off as a useless apathetic generation, we’ve already been through that before. Besides, you’re probably thinking of our parents, the Boomer generation (born 1945-1965). They aren’t entirely to blame for the country’s problems, but they held (still do in many ways) most of the power and chose to throw their support behind rich wealthy conservative assholes, and we’re still feeling the affects of their decisions. Again, they don’t deserve all the blame, but the sheer amount of Boomer shit contributions to society dwarfs what the worst of Gen X ever did.
I harbor no resent towards Gen X, but their refusal to fight the tide certainly didn’t help.
@Ganondorf While growing up, GenX was vastly outnumbered by Greatest Generation, Silent Generation & Boomers. The stereotype is that they cynically opted out but I think a lot of that was because there were limited democratic options available and it was deeply frustrating to many.
It’s really so sad and frustrating for those under the age of 45. Millennials were raised during a time of prosperity and possibilities, only to find out it was all a sham by the selfish, stupid and mostly older generations.
I share your frustration. The US is still the wealthiest country on earth by a large margin, with many possibilities if we can convince ourselves to share it equitably. We could make our systemic incentives virtuous rather than destructive. We don’t need to squeeze everyone and reward bad actors to have abundance.
Millennials were raised during a time of prosperity and possibilities
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zoom zoom talkin out his ass like the 2000s were the golden gen
Still a millennial if you were born in early 80s. I’d say the 90s were a pretty golden time for a lot of the US.
Yeah when I was like ten. By the time my generation was old enough to get jobs and start families, it all went to shit.
You should look up but definition of millennial. I am one, and I was very much alive during the 90s and early 00s (prior to 9/11 at least).
Just don’t believe this is anything new. Back in time, people used to seriously believe in faeries, trolls, deamons, angels and other supernatural phenomena.
That’s how you could lead people to carry holy wars and consider serfdom and slavery as natural order of things.
Back in the 80’s, I remember a report from an ethnologist going to Nepal and meeting people who seriously believed that Russians had goat feet.
If anything, the internet has revealed the credulity of the general population, and provides means to fight and contain superstitions of various kinds.
I’m an optimist.
When did we fail going forward? As humanity, I mean.
The moment we invented religion and became OK with believing extreme claims with zero evidence.
As long as all the air-conditioning is chugging along, most people won’t even notice. Thank god the texan electric grid is stable enough to never cut out. Wait…
My power just went out again. It has failed 3 times in the last 2 weeks. I’m in Houston. The storm that blew through took me out for 3 1/2 day. A week later another storm downed us for 3 hours and now I’m typing this in my powerless house once again. I heard a pop this time so I’m assuming it’s a transformer. Centex says it will be back in a few hours. The only reason I’m still in this sh*t hole state is because my husband’s parents are here. Thank God I have an appt with a generator company tomorrow. Eff this state in the A
I thought the piss baby would have banned global warming in Texas by now.
Never heard of the term “Wet bulb temperature” is this something similar to “humidex”?
Basically you put two old-style thermometers next to each other. One has a conventional ‘dry’ bulb. The other has damp gauze or something similar wrapped around the bulb.
In low humidity conditions, the wet bulb thermometer will read considerably cooler as the evaporating water cools the thermometer
At 100% humidity the two thermometers will read the same, as no water will be evaporating.
When I work at military facilities in the US, they use wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) which adds the heating effect of direct sunlight.
We use it to prevent heat stroke. DoD has a system of colored flags that index to the WBGT. Red and black flags indicate that folks working outside need to take breaks at some increased frequency.
Breaks? What is this? Communism?
