Some People on the Internet are Stupid
Jul. 1st, 2023 09:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
palusbuteo(this is about the wildfires)
I know I know, biggest understatement of the last 30 years
"everyone" is talking about the horrible wildfires in Canada and some of them are stupid enough to make dumb comments about it and "blame" canada for the shitty air quality and smoke-fog in the US, ruining their day and cramping their style.
loud eyeroll
I checked the weather via Weather Underground earlier and saw a Weather Channel vid posted showing the Smoke Plume making its way towards Europe. (i mean, go figure, jet stream notwithstanding)
I then searched for and found Canadian Wildlife Service, USGS and ARCGIS wildfire maps
Yup. A lot of canada is on fire. :(
But, I noticed one of the major hotspots out by Alberta on the Canadian map and that the line "stopped" at the Montana border, and, well, went to ARCGIS to see what was going on in the US.
Ok, so most of the Western US is also on fire.
....But so is a lot of Stupid Fucking Florida.
...And Texas
....And then I noticed Mexico. Holy fuck.
I went looking over at Europe and....Yeah a lot of fire going on in Iraq and Iran.
And then I saw Africa and Madagascar.
Holy Fuck
The Entirety of Madagascar is on fire.
And a whole band of southern Africa from coast to coast.
But, everyone in the US, online, is complaining about Canada. And somehow throw "blame" on them.
Too many people forgot about the horrendous firestorm that engulfed the western US a few years ago.
And where each new month, it got worse and worse.
And fucking turdface dictator bragged about "sweeping" the forest floor with a broom or whatever the fuck he was blabbering that week.
No one online seems to remember the entire western quarter of Australia was almost completely burned away not that long ago. Images of burnt Koala bears and kangaroos had little effect.
And I know that wildfires happen All The Time and there are Seasons of increased fires.
And I also realize it's only getting worse. And there is little I can do about it.
But, some people online, and on the radio and news clip "street interviews" (the bane of descent journalism in a world that desperately needs accurate, intelligent, and honest reporting, which at this point is never going to happen), do they talk about that? Do they show any concern about our role in making this worse, or that there's a drastic shift in the global climate and this is the new normal?
Nope. "blame" Canada. it's their fault. Waah waah they can't go to the beach now. Waah waah what's up with all of this smoke why isn't Canada doing something about it waaah waah why does their city have to get all the smoke why them waah waah
I know I know, biggest understatement of the last 30 years
"everyone" is talking about the horrible wildfires in Canada and some of them are stupid enough to make dumb comments about it and "blame" canada for the shitty air quality and smoke-fog in the US, ruining their day and cramping their style.
loud eyeroll
I checked the weather via Weather Underground earlier and saw a Weather Channel vid posted showing the Smoke Plume making its way towards Europe. (i mean, go figure, jet stream notwithstanding)
I then searched for and found Canadian Wildlife Service, USGS and ARCGIS wildfire maps
Yup. A lot of canada is on fire. :(
But, I noticed one of the major hotspots out by Alberta on the Canadian map and that the line "stopped" at the Montana border, and, well, went to ARCGIS to see what was going on in the US.
Ok, so most of the Western US is also on fire.
....But so is a lot of Stupid Fucking Florida.
...And Texas
....And then I noticed Mexico. Holy fuck.
I went looking over at Europe and....Yeah a lot of fire going on in Iraq and Iran.
And then I saw Africa and Madagascar.
Holy Fuck
The Entirety of Madagascar is on fire.
And a whole band of southern Africa from coast to coast.
But, everyone in the US, online, is complaining about Canada. And somehow throw "blame" on them.
Too many people forgot about the horrendous firestorm that engulfed the western US a few years ago.
And where each new month, it got worse and worse.
And fucking turdface dictator bragged about "sweeping" the forest floor with a broom or whatever the fuck he was blabbering that week.
No one online seems to remember the entire western quarter of Australia was almost completely burned away not that long ago. Images of burnt Koala bears and kangaroos had little effect.
And I know that wildfires happen All The Time and there are Seasons of increased fires.
And I also realize it's only getting worse. And there is little I can do about it.
But, some people online, and on the radio and news clip "street interviews" (the bane of descent journalism in a world that desperately needs accurate, intelligent, and honest reporting, which at this point is never going to happen), do they talk about that? Do they show any concern about our role in making this worse, or that there's a drastic shift in the global climate and this is the new normal?
Nope. "blame" Canada. it's their fault. Waah waah they can't go to the beach now. Waah waah what's up with all of this smoke why isn't Canada doing something about it waaah waah why does their city have to get all the smoke why them waah waah
