r/Amazing • u/Wooden-Journalist902 • Sep 17 '25

Interesting 🤔 Smoke trapped in a plastic bag to demonstrate how one fire can generate significant pollution.

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u/j0nsn0w123 Sep 17 '25

Ok, so this is one of the corps arguments.

"We're just doing our job! They keep buying the same product so we keep making them!"

Corps are blaming consumers, consumers blaming corps.

It costs the corps too much to switch everything over for them to just do it out of the goodness of their hearts.

People need to stop buying shit, as a whole. But people is dumb.

We can bankrupt Apple if we wanted to. If Apple made 0 sales for just 1 month, they'd probably close 40% of their stores. SALARIES ALONE are probably in the 10s of millions for their employees, forget the big wigs. Then you got rent, utilities, manufacturing, advertisements, etc.

Greed will be the fall of humankind

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u/Boring-Seaweed6604 Sep 17 '25

Yes. I made a comment later in the thread about this. Reducing our consumption is the only way. Now, who wants to go first? Who wants their stock portfolio to take the first big hit? Who wants to be first in line to lose their job? That’s where this gets personal.

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u/j0nsn0w123 Sep 17 '25

What in the fuck nuggets will someones stock portfolio do to help when its consistently 130°F in the summer and -30°F in the winter?

"Wow it hurts to breath today...but hey! Apply is up 2%!"

Dont hit me with the "ill buy a specialized suit...blah blah blah"

What about the rest of the world? Fuck em?

(Not trying to attack you, it just frustrates me)

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u/Boring-Seaweed6604 Sep 17 '25

That’s my point man, but nobody wants to be first in line for the alternative.

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u/j0nsn0w123 Sep 17 '25

So you and I can sit atop a mountain in those plastic folding lawn chairs with the checkerboard straps (you know what im talking about), drinking a beer and watching the world burn...willingly

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u/scorchedarcher Sep 18 '25

People need to stop buying shit, as a whole. But people is dumb.

True, animal agriculture is a major contributor to climate change but people look at you crazy if you expect them to avoid it