Renin [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.net · 5 days agoWhere have the "Just Stop Oil" people gone? Shouldn't they be celebrating?hexbear.netimagemessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up169arrow-down1imageWhere have the "Just Stop Oil" people gone? Shouldn't they be celebrating?hexbear.netRenin [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.net · 5 days agomessage-square61linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLe_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days ago ard, we have to rip the band aid off. this analogy is actually bad because that causes more pain to patients, the longer duration of doing it slowly is just inconvenient for nurses. There is no peaceful transition away from the oil reich. of course not, but it’s not just an environmental free roll to blow up the infrastructure
minus-squareInexplicableLunchFiend [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoit’s a widely used figure of speech, you don’t need to be so pedantic. Blowing up pipelines is necessary but not sufficient. It’s still necessary.
minus-squareLe_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoit’s a figure of speech that should die because it’s wrong
minus-squareInexplicableLunchFiend [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoi think needless derailing pedantry should stop, because it is not helpful to conversations
minus-squareLe_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoi think pushing back on an idiom that causes physical harm to people is worthwhile
minus-squareInexplicableLunchFiend [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agolearn to stay on topic or you are getting blocked
minus-squareLe_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoRemoved by mod
this analogy is actually bad because that causes more pain to patients, the longer duration of doing it slowly is just inconvenient for nurses.
of course not, but it’s not just an environmental free roll to blow up the infrastructure
it’s a widely used figure of speech, you don’t need to be so pedantic.
Blowing up pipelines is necessary but not sufficient. It’s still necessary.
it’s a figure of speech that should die because it’s wrong
i think needless derailing pedantry should stop, because it is not helpful to conversations
i think pushing back on an idiom that causes physical harm to people is worthwhile
learn to stay on topic or you are getting blocked
Removed by mod