BigDickEnergy

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[–] BigDickEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Interesting article but it bizarrely completely misses what is likely to be by far the biggest source of climate change-related death: famine. Humans can shelter from the heat and we can displace our air pollution (thanks EVs) but our crops are still stuck in the field and you can pretty accurately predict yield losses from increased temperatures and increased/decreased rainfall.

This is bad enough in developed nations, where food prices will increase, choice will decrease, and general inequality will worsen. But things will become way worse in developing nations. These mostly practice inefficient, environmentally-damaging subsistence farming and when they start to produce even LESS food, they will just become failed states and hotbeds of civil war. This will bring about much more death and migration, most of it only visible to your average westerner on their TV screen as talk points for your local left/right-wing politicians.

[–] BigDickEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 8 months ago

I don't see how these claims are supported by the research in question?

The main reason is that the article is paywalled (disappointed to see the authors chose to publish in a non-open access journal in 2024) but judging purely by the abstract it seems like this is just a study showing an association between being a black woman in Georgia and signs of stress-induced health issues? Also, they didn't seem to have a control group?

The negative effects of chronic stress are well-known but in the linked article this is spun into a weird narrative about microaggressions with seemingly no evidence for it? I am surprised to see the first author of the scientific article deviate so much from the published findings in her journalistic article.

[–] BigDickEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 10 months ago

Documenting interactions as way to prove harrasment (which is illegal) is not a dick move, it is the obvious adult move. The harasser deserves punishment for his crimes, which will likely be a fine and a restraining order. His actions should also be made public, so others may act upon it (I'd fire him immediately, rather than let him fester in my organization)

[–] BigDickEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ok so no real argument, just whining. Lucky you, having been told to believe all the right stuff while others were told wrong.

[–] BigDickEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

A. I'm not a farmer, I'm a scientist. B. All herbicides are pesticides... look it up. It's like how all horses are mammals but not all mammals are horses

[–] BigDickEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Do you wanna present an actual argument or just whine because reality doesn't suit you?

[–] BigDickEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

It is a pesticide?

[–] BigDickEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago (14 children)

Can we stop spreading this bullshit anti-glyphosate propaganda? educate yourselves

You wanna know what else has been linked to cancer, and with actual good evidence for it? Hot water. source

Go touch grass and worry about the things you should really worry about, like the fact your food system is set up for collapse with 2 decades and you'd better hope big Ag comes up with something brilliant cuz otherwise you're in the shit unless you're at least partially self-sufficient.

[–] BigDickEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 11 months ago

Your body literally produces cyanide all the time, it's just really good at metabolizing it quickly before it builds up to a harmful concentration... so yeah, great example.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ac980498b?casa_token=boif8fhideiaaaaa%3akcfhnwkqe8mtgropqjnkyldk9ie09zz9gdtcgrgq2p5af5yh9xnsshwpxy_ie6h4wb8yrvaagkwtvxjz

[–] BigDickEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

I've got to ask, who the fuck cares? How is this even news?