Potatos_are_not_friendsExplain that, science nerds!
I’ve literally had this argument on lemmy about two weeks ago. It always goes like this:
Me: [some comment to the effect of “the planet is dying”]
Them: the planet will be fine. Yes all life will perish, but the earth itself will continue.
Me: . . .
Them: What. It’s just the fact. Don’t worry about the planet.
Sometimes they quote Carlin without realizing it and without context so to them it’s not a joke about how fucked up we are, it’s a simple truth without any additional layers. It’s a little boggling.
NeatoIt’s pedantry for the sake of being right. They care more about winning than the actual argument.
It’s not even pedantic. It’s that same logic you could use to say killing a person does no harm to them because their body still exists afterward.