I picked a central point at random to illustrate that the whole peninsula isnt at risk. 2.4 million people is only about 10% of the state. Most of the coastal areas are built up off the waterline because of persistent storm surge. My first sentence was that the weather is going to get worse and that is absolutely going to be a big fucking problem. The 12 inches in sea level isn’t going to flood the state on its own, thats all I’m saying. Whether or not the government steps in to help people proactively move out of the compromised areas is the real ask.

The weather is going to continue to get worse but I keep seeing people perpetuating the idea that sea levels rising will be significant enough to put Florida “underwater”. Orlando is 112 ft over sea level. Sea level is estimated to rise 10-12 inches over the next 25 years. The Everglades and the Keys will be in trouble but the majority of the state have been built up off sea level because of storm surge. In the grand scheme of things I would be more worried to live in tornado alley or the arid areas like Arizona.

I plan to move to the Canadian border one day to hopefully put some roots in the future green zone.

I’m at 35ft above sea level at the moment and wish I could go a day without seeing something hateful about my state. It’s frustrating enough that I have to live around all these conservative geezers. It would be really nice if some aging millennials would start a demographic shift. It’s not so long ago that Florida was a swing state.

There will be a leak. It will be far too late to matter but it will come out one day. I hope they all lose their middle manager jobs at Staples and can’t afford their insulin.

Haven’t noticed anyone say anything about this yet but cuttlefish bones are flat thin discs. They sell them in pet stores as a calcium supplement.

Not a comfortable phallus if used in that way.

The term carnism was coined by social psychologist and author Melanie Joy in 2001

I have been hearing this term used to demean meat eaters since the late 80s. I guess they were all misinformed too.

It feels like user wasn’t talking about specifically people on the carnivore diet. It came off as a slur against people on the most common diet on earth.

If you are describing omnivores as “carnies” then that would be a slur since most people consider people on the carnivore diet to be unhinged or misinformed.

Slurs exist to denigrate and diminish ones character.

Without argument, more vegetarians will help the world, but I don’t think name calling wins hearts and minds.

It’s clear this guy is an asshole. You are frothing trying to make an enemy of me but read with a little more care. I was always an ally and you are here trying to divide us. I feel like you didnt understand my comment so I’ll repeat with emphasis.

It(Your use of redneck and hick as a pejorative.) drives those undereducated and uninvolved people(Single issue/peer sensative voters) to identify more with this asshole( The racist asshole that you somehow need me to clearly point out is both racist and an asshole.)

Read carefully.

It’s clear I thought the first was offensive as well. Lemmy is all righteous anger and no purpose these days.

There is nothing wrong with living in a rural area or being a blue collar worker. The last sentence there is unnecessary.

As someone who has been in both those demographics, this guy doesn’t represent me or the hardworking albeit sometimes simple people I grew up around.

Please don’t use those words as a cudgel. It drives those undereducated and uninvolved people to identify more with this asshole than the progressives that have more in common with them beneath the surface.

They generally expel the water out the nostrils so drinking straws love to get lodged in their noses. Then they slowly die of starvation. Isn’t life beautiful?

The Walton family lost the 50% line in 2018.

They still likely control the company in a more abstract sense.

To be fair. I don’t hate China and it’s clear you failed to back up your previous claim.

Religious intolerance by the state directly contributed to the staged and incremental reduction in that groups QOL.

For Americans, 1A protects religious speech even if it is a bit frustrating when you hear someone preaching in the street. I wouldn’t hazard undermining 1A even though we are all tired of bad actors abusing it.(Westboro Baptist Church, Proud Boys, etc)

The only example you call out doesn’t even ban religion. It’s restricted in China and I think the Uyghur population there can explain that it’s not sunshine and rainbows.

'China’s constitution says ordinary citizens enjoy “freedom of religious beliefs” and the government officially recognizes five religions: Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism and Daoism (also called Taoism). ’

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/23/10-things-to-know-about-chinas-policies-on-religion/

Ok. I’ll bite. What countries aside from North Korea ban organized religion?

I can appreciate its being monitored more closely. American churches have a significant untraceable cash trail.

That would be shortsighted. Religious though has been on the decline for centuries. Driving it underground and radicalizing it just empowers the bad actors.

Germany handles religion in a fine way. Kirchensteuer is a tax you pay directly out of your paycheck to your registered church. You can opt out of paying this tax by dropping your church registration. If this system was adopted in the US you would see far less people who identify as “religious”.

Horns are ABSOLUTELY used to alert you to something you need to be aware and prevent accidents all the time. Just because assholes like to misuse them doesn’t change the reasoning on why they are required on all vehicles.

Sirens are specifically useful when you are around a blind corner and an emergency vehicle is coming toward you. Or when you otherwise don’t have line of sight with the stoving lights.

Earplugs don’t descriminate they just dull your senses. Noise canceling headphones are to a lesser extent a handicap.

I suppose sirens and horns are irrelevant to you?

I’m no expert but throwing that many virgins into a volcano might be ill advised.