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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/51600451

via: https://designthinkingcomic.substack.com/p/dt-comic-that-thing-you-love

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 59 minutes ago* (last edited 57 minutes ago) (1 children)

This thing you love is killing the planet

Important to recognize that the thing you love isn't what's killing the planet. The excess unmanaged waste is killing the planet. And we can manage the waste as a matter of regional policy. But only when we value the long term health of the planet over the short term privatization of profits.

This thing you love is killing people

Important to recognize that the thing you love isn't what's killing people. The unchecked advance of a massive military industrial complex is what's killing people. And we can recall these troops, end the bombings and assassinations, and pursue a global policy of peace and prosperity. But only when we value all human life equitably, rather than seeing some niche group or ideology as unimpeachable while another group as intrinsically evil.

The thing you love is killing you

No it fucking isn't. The thing is essential to your existence. That's why you crave it. What's killing you is the commercial need to reduce the cost of its production, in order to yield a product that has an extended shelf life and an easily marketable branding. You can enjoy a good meal without poisoning yourself. What you lack is the time to prepare your own treats, the facilities to perform the preparation, and the skills necessary to do it properly. And all of these are easy to do, so long as we're afford the time and space and education to do it.

Blaming the end consumer is a major part of the pattern of consumerism. Don't blame yourself for living in society. Don't blame yourself for being born somewhere or being subject to certain historical conditions. Do what you can when you can. Value your time and labor. And make some fucking friends, damnit, don't live alone in a god damned cave. Don't become reliant on commodities. And for the love of god don't let yourself become a commodity.

[–] bloogoose@lemmy.zip 1 points 15 minutes ago

I'm sorry, but consumers are killing the planet. Hiding behind this idea that a society's functions are dictated by just the ultra wealthy and corporations is just wrong. We fund it all. The Trumps, Epsteins, big oil, big pharma, Taylor Swift... They're rich and powerful because we the people make them so.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 19 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Living good and ethically sound is a best-effort kind of thing these days

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 6 points 1 hour ago

these days

Always has been.

[–] cavitationfetishist2@quokk.au 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Yeah it requires so much killing. Like I think even totally unopposed and switching hands my trigger finger would fall the fuck off if I really tried.

But what were we supposed to do? Put all the means of production in the hands of someone who wasn't in the global transnational cabal of deeply chinese-room-ass genocidal Nazi pedophiles who compulsively restructure society to build the torment nexus they heard of most recently? Not delegate all our decision making and general coordination of society and its norms to a bunch of incredibly venal unaccountable pedophiles who won a popularity contest and will sell your soul and pave Yellowstone for a four figure bribe because we're too fucking lazy to take an interest in the world after a long day of refusing to object to our own exploitation?

That's fucking unreasonable. All there is to do is embrace The Horrors and learn to love the taste of the rare earth conflict minerals they started adding to doritos premium. So worth the cancer.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 points 48 minutes ago

Oxygen is slowly killing you. It’s just better than the alternative/

[–] OS2Warp@lemmy.zip 1 points 18 minutes ago

[–] reader@lemmy.zip 1 points 28 minutes ago

his head is upside down?

[–] YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 hour ago (4 children)

How is music killing the planet?

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 2 points 26 minutes ago* (last edited 24 minutes ago)

When you think of the countless number of more useful things you can do with a piece of plastic than make a record out of it, I feel the least we can do is say something worthwhile on it.

https://youtu.be/iOI_NmAf0Go

Just think of how many pieces of plastic there are in your town or city holding music. Then think of how many towns and cities around the world are the same. Millions upon millions of pieces of plastic just for music than can be served via digital means now but are kept on plastic because of nostalgia and a feeling of connection to the analog.

[–] cavitationfetishist2@quokk.au 9 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

The music industry is pretty bad. Especially to musicians.

Also, data centers.

[–] y0kai@anarchist.nexus 8 points 1 hour ago

maybe that's the album title

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Spotify. /s? I think?