The real reason countries like China dont want to switch to green energy is because the chinese government is a majority stake holder in all the coal/carbon repositories and refineries. If they go green, most high ranking communist party members lose out on massive, personal profit/wealth. The vast majority of the populace dont see jobs/money from these industries or losses there of.

You're talking to a guy who actively plants tree's in Israel, preaching to the choir. How you and I deal with loss might be very different than how someone else deals with it. My original premace stands and saying that it's tough for different industries to change doesnt negate the need for change, only that it still needs to happen. The defense that "it's difficult to change" eventually sounds more like an excuse considering the carbon footprint of those industries is ludicrously higher than the "balloon" in question. You have you're opinion and that's great, good on you for sticking to your guns.

What you consider overly emotional most would could consider emotionally healthy. Additionally, you're actually validating my point because regardless of how green or environmentally conscious anyone is or becomes it doesnt even move the needle due to not only a lack of transitioning to better, cleaner energy but the ramping up of less-green factory building by countries like China but the fact that releasing a balloon in the air is realistically impactful... because people will defend the real contributing factors to the death under the guise of industry and jobs--and I'm not entirely disagreeing with you on this point. However, criticizing someone for using a less-than eco friendly balloon to mourn a miscarriage as remotely impactful compared to coal factories in China, (22 new ones set to be built by EOY 2020) along with the chemical run off into the ocean from said plants is, at best, misinformed and at worst hypocritical.

You're damn right it's a piece of personal emotion, sometimes that's the entire point. I think it's a bit insane though that anyone is going to criticize a small act like this one when the overwhelming majority of the pollution and emissions in the world dont come from people doing things like this, but indeed from those coal factories or plants like it. No one said it was easy, but I refuse to be preached to when the vast majority of people could switch to carbon-zero lives over night and not have it make a dent in the actual problem. Also, side note, I dont know if you've actually seen the factories in question but they do NOT pay living fees. Also not sure you've been to China but it's pretty much smog everywhere you go so... yeah... balloon away I say, doesnt mean shit compared to whose really causing the damage.

Yeah, and I would be very surprised if she was in a stand your ground state... people dont harass you like that as often in a stand your ground state and if they do they can usually expect something a lot worse than a taser.

I get your point, but all due respect I'm going to let my friend get over her miscarriage with however many balloons she sees fit to use. Call me when China is done building coal factories.

Warlock: *quizzical look* How do you ONLY have 7 human skulls?

Not sure what chick fil a you've been going to... the ones I go to are amazing.

You're the kind of person who likes to dissect why every scene in the Avengers: Endgame movie isnt possible, arent you? :P

@xvarnah this is why you should buy a crossbow.

@f__kyeahhamburg Yeah that tailor dropped the ball.

Well, you're not wrong, lol.

Not sure that's alpha or normal. The guy basically got ghosted so he just moved on with his life you know?

Playboy Mansion simulator?

A meeting at the UN?

Halo?

World of Warcraft?

Skyrim

Considering India and China cause the overwhelming majority of the world's pollution, especially with China ramping up plans to build 22 new diesel and coal powered plants by EOY 2020, please dont give my country crap. The entirety of the world outside of India and China could immediately go 100% green overnight and it wouldnt even move the needle a little bit on combating the overall problem being mostly lead by rampant pollution and waste from... you guessed it... China and India.

You showed up to the wrong party.