On Dates, I Now Look for Climate Compatibility
I wish people didn’t have to read these articles to gain the confidence to ostracize those who destroy a world and everyone on it. (See also: every pandemic story you’ve read about someone’s completely garbage “friend”.) But since they plainly do, I hope each such article makes a measureable difference.
Coincidentally, I had a conversation about dating and climate change with a friend today. We both agreed that people showing off their exotic travel destinations have become a turn-off. Especially when they use airplane emoji’s in their bio. On the other side: it does feel like some sort ‘race’ to show off those fancy place to communicate how well off you are, and not having pics like that may make you less attractive (but then again, why would I want to attract those huge polluters?). Dating gets you in a weird headspace, fucking hell.
I’m 36. People of my generation were thought that travelling was the best life goal you can get. If someone my age didn’t travelled afar, it’s because it was too poor to do it. You can’t change your history and there’s no picture of the future yet.
Weird headspace and fucking hell indeed.
Seems reasonable to me. Someone who doesn’t share your values will never last in a relationship with you.
Friendly reminder: We aren’t fighting climate change if we aren’t fighting conservatism.
Excluding conservatives from our daily lives wherever possible is a positive step toward limiting their harmful influence in our culture. Do your part to exclude conservatives from your daily life.
Excluding them doesn’t do much, you have to engage them or you’ll just end up on the other side of a wall from them. It just supports their narrative of us vs them, and makes it easy to gaslight them into ever more extreme beliefs
And since their side tends to be more profitable, that’s a problem come voting season
I made a dating profile for the first time in a long while, and I lost interest after a couple days. I hate the normal “let’s go out for a meal” first dates, and bars are definitely not my thing.
I used to like hiking or walks on the beach. It’s a nice shared activity in a place that naturally makes me feel at peace
But these days all I can see is how much less life there is than there was not too long ago. Especially at the beach - something about the smell isn’t right. It just feels sad and wrong
Yeah, there are some examples of pollution combining with warmer water to produce some nasty odors. If you’re experiencing a changed odor, it might be something that’s actually addressable, and doing this on a shared basis with somebody might be something that brings pleasure back.
