It’s like when you eat something and you think it tastes like [chicken]. The wines don’t actually have chocolate or citrus or cherry in them, but they have flavors/scents that are similar.
Personally, I’m a fan of the heavy tannic wines. I like the deep dark bold flavors. Though I can’t abide a Syrah/Shiraz.

Yeah. We did this too. Except it was actually low on battery. And it beeped so long that we stopped hearing it. But then occasionally someone new would turn up and be like, omg how can you stand it?!? We eventually changed it, so we didn’t die in a fire. But yeah. You can get used to most anything.

I’m with you, in that I largely disagree with the way our taxes are spent (but I doubt we disagree on the same points). And while income taxes don’t support those things entirely, they are a part of it.
And don’t get me wrong, I’m not in love with the taxes, especially not the way they are used. But I do believe that taxes are necessary.

I’m not sure I can call it rent, but taxes are essential and they pay for things we all use.
I suspect you drive on the roads. And benefit from being in a society with people who are at least minimally educated. Our taxes pay for CDC, a crucial organization in this pandemic. And supporting infrastructure in other countries is actually beneficial to us.
You like to call people to the mat and insult them for regurgitating this or that, but you do the same. You talk about how everything you disagree with is dumb and then when someone calls you out, you throw in some misdirection, more insults or just plain ignore it.

You should read some of the studies. Because, just like the economic impact is not so simple as a little dip in the stock market, the environmental impact is not so simple as the end times. Irreparable damage is not the same as the end of times.

So, just wondering, what’s you background? What industry/science/agriculture do you work in/study/have involvement with?
No one here said anything about polar bears nor the amazon (except you). I did mention measurable changes to growing patterns/seasons/yields, that people who make their living in agriculture report. People who, in this red state, are by no means even tolerant of hippies and liberals. So, what’s your point? Just because some folks are extreme, anyone who says the bridge isn’t invincible is over-reacting?

Yeah, let’s listen to the bridge experts, not the gunpowder experts, when we decide whether the bridge is fine or not. Because the bridge experts, aka climate scientists (not climate change scientists) are telling us to make changes. They aren’t saying we need to halt all progress. They are saying if we don’t make changes we will be facing a disaster, the likes of which we’ve never experienced.

Yes. Because once I notice, I can’t help but be aware. It ruins the whole day.

Totally agree. We should not listen to brainwashed high school dropouts. But hey, we should probably listen to scientists that have dedicated the last 40 years of their lives to this study. And while science is never settled, there are obvious trends.
Everyone likes to talk about how we can’t disrupt the economy and agriculture (see above), but maybe y’all aren’t living in an agricultural area to see how dramatically climate change is absolutely impacting the local economy and agriculture. It is absolutely man made and you can talk to old farmers that have been farming the land for decades and they are not liberal hippies but they realize that climate change is real because it effects the crops that they grow year after after.

Sorry, I think you don’t realize this, but I didn’t suggest we destroy economy, industry and agriculture. What I did say, is that climate change is important and if we don’t pay attention we aren’t going to have to worry about economy, industry and agriculture.
In other words, if you drive the car off the cliff, it won’t matter if the tire is flat or not. So, let’s go ahead and maintain the bridge because if it goes out, the quality of our tires won’t matter.

Speaking of regurgitating [insert derogatory descriptor]...
I think the bit about the stock market taking a little dip is purposefully downplaying the weight of the changes. Yeah, it’s a lot more complicated than a little dip. But also, none of it will matter if the planet’s ecosystems collapse, or we all starve to death or all die of rampant disease.
Again, it’s not a zero sum game. Just because we take climate change seriously doesn’t mean we all have to become vegan hippies. It doesn’t have to be one or the other.