Eco Warrior??

cfuserkildare · 14-08-2019 05:28PM #1

What is the deal with Greta Thunberg getting so much media coverage?

Nowhere near old enough to have a real world view, but plenty coverage anyway.

Does someone that age understand that if suddenly every country decides to go Green and ban things like Plastics, or Petrol and Diesel powered vehicles, then hundreds of thousands of people will be unemployed?
Will her and her family be funding the re-training of all those victims of fashionable trends?

Are my ramblings way off center?

Opinions please?

Conor Bourke · 14-08-2019 05:30PM

Remember Swampy? Now there was an Eco-Warrior you could set your sundial by.

Your Face · 14-08-2019 05:31PM

cfuserkildare wrote: »

Opinions please?

George Lazenby was an underrated James Bond.

Gatling · 14-08-2019 05:31PM

cfuserkildare wrote: »

What is the deal with Greta Thunberg getting so much media coverage?

Nowhere near old enough to have a real world view, but plenty coverage anyway.

Does someone that age understand that if suddenly every country decides to go Green and ban things like Plastics, or Petrol and Diesel powered vehicles, then hundreds of thousands of people will be unemployed?

Vs being dead due to human stupidity

Boom_Bap · 14-08-2019 05:32PM

she talks more sense than anyone on boards anyway.

Sabre0001 · 14-08-2019 05:34PM

This seems fitting!

https://twitter.com/iresimpsonsfans/status/1161617157014392832

Yer Da sells Avon · 14-08-2019 05:36PM

cfuserkildare wrote: »

Does someone that age understand that if suddenly every country decides to go Green and ban things like Plastics, or Petrol and Diesel powered vehicles, then hundreds of thousands of people will be unemployed?

They're worthwhile goals to aim for - and anyone who thinks otherwise is either a fucking idiot or a sociopath. Doesn't mean they have to be achieved overnight (not least because I'd have no way of getting to work in the morning).

suicide_circus · 14-08-2019 05:38PM

i'd imagine the thinking is that she has more sincerity and less baggage than the Hollywood stars who usually fulfil this ambassadorial role.

dodderangler · 14-08-2019 05:41PM

Leo di caprio is the worst.

whisky_galore · 14-08-2019 05:46PM

The current eco media darling, we will see if China, India, the US or the other major polluters take any notice. I doubt it.

josip · 14-08-2019 05:48PM

cfuserkildare wrote: »

What is the deal with Greta Thunberg getting so much media coverage?

Nowhere near old enough to have a real world view, but plenty coverage anyway.

Does someone that age understand that if suddenly every country decides to go Green and ban things like Plastics, or Petrol and Diesel powered vehicles, then hundreds of thousands of people will be unemployed?
Will her and her family be funding the re-training of all those victims of fashionable trends?

Are my ramblings way off center?

Opinions please?

Does the cf in your username stand for chlorofluoro ?

gozunda · 14-08-2019 05:49PM

An article about the child from a book written by her mother...

https://quillette.com/2019/04/23/self-harm-versus-the-greater-good-greta-thunberg-and-child-activism/

paleoperson · 14-08-2019 06:45PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

i'd imagine the thinking is that she has more sincerity and less baggage than the Hollywood stars who usually fulfil this ambassadorial role.

The idea of Hollywood stars is that they already have people's attention and they're diverting the attention to a good cause. The only attention this girl has is what they're giving her.

I think it's stupid, as someone who is strongly in favour of environmentalism.

Blanc von lobster · 14-08-2019 06:58PM

Your Face wrote: »

George Lazenby was an underrated James Bond.

He was the most popular Bond in Japan apparently.

Their version of Action Man's face is modelled after his.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 14-08-2019 07:29PM

Potential-Monke · 14-08-2019 07:38PM

It will get the media outlets 'teh likes and shares' because it's a young girl fighting for the environment, and she happens to have aspergers so extra feels there. Everyone loves to put someone else as their spokesperson for matters they actually don't really care about but pretend to in order to get more of those said likes and shares.

biko · 14-08-2019 08:06PM

Greta and her mam and dad
More black than green imo

paleoperson · 15-08-2019 04:10PM

biko wrote: »

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Look how hard her mom is trying to stay sexy. Peroxide blonde, low top, eyes like black marker, skin looking perfect (obviously lots of makeup).

I bet they have their own instas and everything, hungry for fame.

If you listen to the girls' speeches when they're not scripted she's very average, she sounds like you would expect from an 11 year old. And no, it's not that we should only listen to the people who speak the best, but it would seem to make sense that if they're going to put a girl of this age forward she should at least be... good... in some way.

Boom_Bap · 15-08-2019 04:16PM

paleoperson wrote: »

Look how hard her mom is trying to stay sexy. Peroxide blonde, low top, eyes like black marker, skin looking perfect (obviously lots of makeup).

I bet they have their own instas and everything, hungry for fame.

If you listen to the girls' speeches when they're not scripted she's very average, she sounds like you would expect from an 11 year old. And no, it's not that we should only listen to the people who speak the best, but it would seem to make sense that if they're going to put a girl of this age forward she should at least be... good... in some way.

Well done on not being judgemental at all from one picture.

EDIT: need to add smiley faces because that reads as being really judgy but it's meant in jest

Kid Charlemagne · 15-08-2019 04:23PM

paleoperson wrote: »

Look how hard her mom is trying to stay sexy. Peroxide blonde, low top, eyes like black marker, skin looking perfect (obviously lots of makeup).

I bet they have their own instas and everything, hungry for fame.

If you listen to the girls' speeches when they're not scripted she's very average, she sounds like you would expect from an 11 year old. And no, it's not that we should only listen to the people who speak the best, but it would seem to make sense that if they're going to put a girl of this age forward she should at least be... good... in some way.

G'lad yeah thanks for yer contribution dere g'lad :rolleyes: :pac::pac::pac:

15-08-2019 04:26PM

cfuserkildare wrote: »

What is the deal with Greta Thunberg getting so much media coverage?

Nowhere near old enough to have a real world view, but plenty coverage anyway.

Does someone that age understand that if suddenly every country decides to go Green and ban things like Plastics, or Petrol and Diesel powered vehicles, then hundreds of thousands of people will be unemployed?
Will her and her family be funding the re-training of all those victims of fashionable trends?

Are my ramblings way off center?

Opinions please?

Hundreds of thousands wouldn't lose their jobs because there'd be transitioning and retraining into new, green, jobs.

cfuserkildare · 15-08-2019 04:31PM

And who would fund that may I ask?
Seriously no forethought goes into publicity grabbing like this.

Lackadaisical · 15-08-2019 04:32PM

All she’s doing is asking people to not wreck the place and reduce their CO2 outputs. I really don’t understand all the hostility towards her. Is it just because she’s telling you something you don’t want to hear or what?

The simple reality of it is we either reduce or impact and try to live with the environment instead of just abusing it or we’re all going to be a hell of a lot worse off.

I suppose though it’s a bit like the people who dump their tents at festivals and see nothing wrong with leaving rubbish on the beach - the “I’ve had my fun and that’s all that matters” brigade. She’s trying to make us think about what we’re doing and she’s successful driving publicity and make a point.

Seriously take a look at yourselves!

topper75 · 15-08-2019 05:21PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Hundreds of thousands wouldn't lose their jobs because there'd be transitioning and retraining into new, green, jobs.

A green job? What is that?

The pictures of the girl's mam and dad really caught my eye - I found them quite enlightening on this freakish disturbing kid and the media attention being lavished on her. Family all wearing a political phrase tshirts is very revealing.

Thelonious Monk · 15-08-2019 05:25PM

I think shes amazing. I love how annoyed old white men seem to get by her. Shes on day 2 of her atlantic voyage now, God speed Greta!

ILoveYourVibes · 15-08-2019 05:27PM

She is really really annoying.

Like i don't think she has any clue how annoying she is.

Thelonious Monk · 15-08-2019 05:27PM

cfuserkildare wrote: »

And who would fund that may I ask?
Seriously no forethought goes into publicity grabbing like this.

So change nothing and keep consuming and destroying everything?

Thelonious Monk · 15-08-2019 05:28PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

She is really really annoying.

Like i don't think she has any clue how annoying she is.

Thats rich coming from you!

josip · 15-08-2019 05:28PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

She is really really annoying.

Like i don't think she has any clue how annoying she is.

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Salary Negotiator · 15-08-2019 05:34PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

She is really really annoying.

Like i don't think she has any clue how annoying she is.

I really dislike people who lack such self awareness.

Experience_day · 15-08-2019 05:37PM

If she convinces China to stop the insane pollution I'll listen. If she just gobs off at everyone else, supported by hollywood tossers who fly jets to see her...no thanks.

and just lol at her mum & dad with the antifa t-shirts. way to make yourself political and turn the backs of people who need convincing.....

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