Thread: Greta Thunberg ... just in-case you missed her

To the snotty nosed adults who shared that post insulting a child who is trying to help our planet, our home, shame on you. Shame on you first off for picking on a child. Secondly all those things you mentioned not using plastic bottles back in the 70s, brown paper bags for shopping, walking to school, no maccas or hungry Jack's giving away plastic crap, milk being delivered, local holidays, that's fantastic and had the younger generation be born back then they would have done the same. The big question is... Are you doing that now? Don't sit there and bag out a child for trying to change the world and secure her future if you're not.



Do you use little plastic bags to bag up your fruit and veg at the supermarket then happily collect your little bits of plastic toys at the checkout for your kids?, do you have multiple tvs, laptops, ipads, tablets, ipods and mobile phones in your house? Do YOU walk everywhere now or do you hop in your own 4x4? Do you holiday locally or do you jump on a plane to bali when the price is right? Do you buy single use plastics? Bottles of water? Plastic plates, plastic cutlery, plastic cups? Do you support the meat and dairy industry? Does your milk still come in glass or plastic now? Do you run your air con in summer? Your heater in winter? Do you use single use wipes and make up pads instead of a flannel that can be washed and reused? Do you recycle? Do you compost?


Seriously, think about things. What are you doing to help our planet ?? To help our kids and their kids have a future. I know Greta is inspiring millions. She's probably not perfect, she lives in the same world you do, but she is trying.
What are you doing ?

that's fantastic and had the younger generation be born back then they would have done the same. The big question is.

why are the young such fucking lazy entitled hypocrites.








plastic waste abandoned after festivals because the "young" people were just too lazy to cart their waste back home. next year they will turn up with new tents and abandon them as well. yes, ld. the young really do know how to look after the planet.


and as for the poison dwarf, this meme is spot on, and if her ideas and the ideas of the climate change activists she supports are anything to go by, then expect to see many more kids in this situation. she should stfu now.

I wonder what the balance is here for meme creators between...

1) Complaining about how miserable she looks.
2) Looking for pictures of her not being miserable in order to make her words look silly.

So far we've got 'eating a sandwich on a train' and 'waving to someone'.

Imagine the thought process. 'I've nailed that 16 year old now. 555'

dave48

Seriously, we think about things

good to hear.

it would be interesting to hear how others on this thread go about cutting down on consuming, controlling their plastics and reducing pollution. in my experience, it is the ones shouting loudest for others to comply who are the biggest polluters.

Do you use little plastic bags to bag up your fruit and veg at the supermarket then happily collect your little bits of plastic toys at the checkout for your kids?

we nearly always take our plastic bags and a lot of the packaging too back to the supermarket on my next visit and leave it at the customer services desk. they dont like it but reluctantly accept it.


laptops,

one, the old ones go to a charity, get refurbished and sent to schools i think.

tablets

one, 5 years old now, android phone likewise.

Do YOU walk everywhere now or do you hop in your own 4x4?

in the uk, mostly walk or use public transport which is very convenient where we live. our car gives good mileage and we never do more than 3000 miles a year in it.
in thailand we have a 15 year old vigo 4x4 diesel pick up, with no dpf or any other pollution reducing stuff on it, its a filthy beast for sure, but changing it to a newer model would increase our carbon footprint compared to continuing to use the old one over around the 5000 kms a years we do.

in the uk we never buy water in plastic bottles, the tap water here in the north is clean and very drinkable, milk comes in plastic bottles that get taken back to the supermarket. we cut down old clothes as cloths rather than using wipes, use vinegar and lemon juice rather than cleaning sprays. we buy high quality clothing and shoes that will last for years rather than the cheap throwaway stuff that needs chucking out after a couple of washes.

we dont use air con either in the uk or in thailand, in the uk we just dont need air con, and in thailand we are on the beach and its nearly always breezy or downright windy. gas fired central heating in the uk for heat and hot water, and very occasional fan use in thailand. our power bills in thailand are laughably small. less so in the uk where energy is expensive.

we are not obsessive about all this, we just do our bit to reduce consumption and waste and encourage recycling where possible.


but when i hear that greta loon mouthing off it makes my blood boil. a 16 year old with no experience whatsoever outside the bubble of privilege she has been brought up in, being manipulated by her celebrity parents and the shadowy industrialists financing her jaunts seems to have taken up residence in the empty and easily influenced heads of the equally naive and self obsessed young......... and also in the equally empty heads of a few "adults" on this forum too.

Are her books still all sold out?

Originally Posted by Luigi

Are her books still all sold out?

In Sweden.

I'm amazed how many people don't use reusable shopping bags, when they are on sale in most supermarkets for a nominal amount.

I don't know about yours, but the supermarkets around me put what would go into one of those into about ten different throwaway carrier bags, and people don't even try and fix that problem by simply asking them to put everything in one or two bags.

And straws, don't get me started on fucking straws.

If you're sat in Maccy D's or somewhere, get your drink in a fucking cup without a lid and drink out of it like a fucking grown up.

Straws are for fucking toddlers you imbeciles.

“But who’s the real freak – the activist whose determination has single-handedly started a powerful global movement for change, or the middle-aged man taunting a child with Asperger syndrome from behind the safety of their computer screens?”

her movement is all hype and shit, and annoying. It's not going anywhere!!!

let the poor girl alone in her attention whoring trip, everyone is now laughing at her

mission failure for her puppet masters,

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

the activist whose determination has single-handedly started a powerful global movement for change,

Ant, serious this time ... do you really believe the line above.

I'll concede that Greta Thunberg has opened the door/created a platform for the youth voice to enter the debate but "the activist whose determination has single-handedly started a powerful global movement for change" is a bit of a stretch for me.

IMHO

A silly old saying from back when all the right wing nuts on here were kids. Updated a bit though..

They know who they are....

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

If you're sat in Maccy D's or somewhere, get your drink in a fucking cup without a lid and drink out of it like a fucking grown up.

Straws are for fucking toddlers you imbeciles.

100% agree

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Do you support the meat and dairy industry?
Not exactly sure what you mean, but yes, we eat meat and drink milk.

Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...mpact-on-earth


Huge reduction in meat-eating ‘essential’ to avoid climate breakdown

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...mate-breakdown



And from National Geographic :

Eating meat has ‘dire’ consequences for the planet, says report


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/e...limate-change/

Originally Posted by Latindancer

Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...mpact-on-earth

Only read the first link, footys on. From the article ...

“A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use,” said Joseph Poore, at the University of Oxford, UK, who led the research.

“A vegan diet" sorry ... but fuck that shite.

Oats for breakie (no pun intended) ... but it stops there.

Originally Posted by bowie

Idiot

I suspect that you and your type are a little bit jealous that a 16-year old (well she was 15 when she started this) has got millions of people around the world marching to protest, and has the ear of and now access to world leaders.

Yes, world leaders are listening to her.

I bet your local mayor couldn't give a fuck what you think.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Yeah, stick to what you know.







In thumbnails.

FFS don't let that cork pop out Ciz.....

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Yes, world leaders are listening to her.

Harry, no disrespect ... but I seriously doubt that.

Pay lip service, embrace the media opportunity, but listening into action ... I seriously doubt that.

IMHO

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

local mayor

Harry, you another one of them Thailand non-residents?

I'm absolutely certain the poo yai baan here don't give a damn what I think.

I really don't give a hoot either. But, I ain't personally jumping on the climate change, plastics, running out of oil, asteroid, influenza, chicken little the sky is falling BS...


The world will continue to turn... and, at some point in time I'll check out, and, if the reincarnates are right, I'll be back for another go around... Life Marches Merrily Onward...

So, all ya all, get to work and fix the ills of the world...


Keyboard warriors on an anonymous internet website with 300 active users - yup, "milk it" for all its worth... Your words of wisdom are resounding round the world...

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Harry, no disrespect ... but I seriously doubt that.

Pay lip service, embrace the media opportunity, but listening into action ... I seriously doubt that.

IMHO

I said they are listening to her. That alone is not enough to motivate them to take action, but the millions of voters she is agitating most certainly will. Which is why they are listening to her.

Did you intend to come off as a Trump supporter? To me you sure did. Why?

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Ciz.....

On a thread like this come on mate.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I doubt anyone will give much of a fuck.

Actually many of us are waiting for these fucking trumpanzes to die. They are scum. The fox news viewer is old as fuck and dying.

Originally Posted by Luigi

It's perfectly clear that I am correct, of course.

No, I meant to say Ant, not Luigi, sorry..lol.

Originally Posted by Dillinger

In what regards ?

What I've read it sure reads like Luigi is totally opposed to her speaking out, due to him diagnosing her with an acute mental disorder, being too young and her being in grave danger of being ridiculed.


You could do with a Luigi yourself for the same reasons, apart from the age, to keep you off the keyboard you dumb bint

Huh? No, people make errors, dumbo.
No, he's not correct. Asperger's is a syndrome on the low end of the Autism spectrum that shows kids as high functioning, but have trouble with social interactions and may exhibit repetitive behaviors.