A while ago, I read about the psycholgical effect that kicks in when someone tries to fight for a good cause, but then makes a tiny mistake.

We are very hard on hypocrisy because our brains like when things add up.

I.e. a climate activist with a plastic cup triggers much harder than Elon taking a 5 minute flight in his private jet every other day.

The first feels wrong, while the second just meets our expectations.

I can't stop seeng this everywhere ever since.

@bastianallgeier we're facing a bit of a debate on hypocrisy for an event I'm helping organise. It's an eco and community event. It's really important we have food and hot drinks on site. But how do we allow food suppliers to cook and heat water without generators or gas bottles? Solar isn't going to cut it for most uses and we can't hook into the mains where we are. It's currently looking like we're going to allow generators and gas, but with an explainer about the debate and problem we faced.
@vespasianvs That's a great example. You feel like you are making yourself attackable for such a ridiculously small detail that won't say anything about the integrity or outcome of the event. The same scrutiny would never be expected for pretty much any other event.
@bastianallgeier we just know we're going to get called out on it (much like I've been called out before for being a bit of an eco campaigner who also has a car - shocking I know). Even worse... I'm taking a flight next month to take my mum on holiday (flight cost £50/each, equivalent train £500/each)

@vespasianvs @bastianallgeier Not going to criticise, but look at Interrail passes. I live in Edinburgh, and am currently drinking beer in 1st on an ICE train at Osnabrück. Got a 1st class 7 days out of a month pass and had saved money by the time I got to Brussels.

That this is one of the cheaper ways by train (2nd class cheaper but not by as much as you might think) is depressing. Fun though.

@feorag @bastianallgeier I did look at that too and it was an option and certainly one I will use in future. However for this ocassion it didn't work out well as we needed to use sleeper trains to make the itinerary work for us. Last year I caught the train from Salisbury to Carcassonne and that was awesome.
@vespasianvs @bastianallgeier Glad you know about it. I think they’re awesome!