Banter RDT CXCI - Time for a new RDT thread

[kane249]

Biggest way to put it in perspective, Republicans wouldn't have cared as much if Robinson had shot his fellow students instead of Kirk.

 

[happy_eagle]

he seemed like someone who was prepared to stick to his views and speak to anyone about there’s who wanted to talk to him.

Would you describe him as someone who "told it like it was"

 

[Astro7]

A man who told the U.S to accept school shootings,
was shot at a school...

 

[Astro7]

You're gonna be on here whinging about melting in the sun at some point next week, guarantee it

Yep, and before too long it'll be too hot to be outside let alone on the beach. We'll all be hiding inside in the aircon and dreaming of cooler weather.

 

[Barrybran]

Yep, and before too long it'll be too hot to be outside let alone on the beach. We'll all be hiding inside in the aircon and dreaming of cooler weather.

I'm planning to retire to the tropical island of Antarctica

 

[Astro7]

I'm planning to retire to the tropical island of Antarctica

Or the wondrous floods of exotic Bali..
Almost 2 seasons now, summer - hot, extreme fires, drought.
Winter - cold, rain, floods and more extreme storms.
Exciting times ahead!

 

[Ochre]

Always been hot m8

 

[THE A5]

Always been hot m8

Thanks bud, you’re not too bad either

 

[DorothyG]

it's unlikely you're going to get anything hugely intelligent from a lot of them.

I'm holding my opinion until I hear what Tommy Barrass has to say about all this

 

[FatPizza]

I'm holding my opinion until I hear what Tommy Barrass has to say about all this

Until he starts talking, or until he finishes? This is an important distinction.

 

[mattyc75]

It's funny that kirk may have been topped for not being right enough

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Totally normal stuff.

 

[Astro7]

Always been hot m8

Well m8, yes it has, to varying degrees, pardon the pun.
The once slow transition from one season to another has almost disappeared.
Now it's cold and wet, then bam hot and dry.
But according to the boffins it's more sustained and with higher temps.
Combined with lower rainfall (apart from this winter) over decades, our groundwater has dropped by around 10 metres. The last time we had a winter like this was 30 or more years ago and the Mundaring Weir was overflowing. Now it's not even half full, due in part to dry catchment areas (sponges), lower groundwater and population growth/consumption. Lucky we built a desalination plant.

Last summer was Perth's hottest summer ever (on record).
The heatwave was brutal and unprecedented. The cooling sea breeze stayed out to sea and some nights it was over 30 degrees Celsius at midnight.
For 24 hours in mid-February, the 15 hottest places in the world were in WA.

Simon Bradshaw, director of research at the Climate Council, said the Australian landmass as a whole has warmed by about 1.5C since 1910, making heatwaves worse and more frequent.
Perth is warming faster than most other areas. The average summer temperature recorded at Perth airport has increased by about 3C since 1910, well above the national average.

"We see a particularly strong warming trend in some parts of WA, including around Perth," Dr Bradshaw said. "That means longer, hotter, more intense heatwaves."

A published peer-reviewed study found Broome and Port Hedland risked being generally uninhabitable within 70 years.

The northern Australian towns are on track to have more days per year over 35C than under by 2090, Climate Council modelling shows.
Perth is at long term risk of desertification, turning into an arid wasteland. The rolling cheek to jowl new suburbs of cement, footpaths and asphalt, with little thought to trees and shade is adding to the problem.

In the media there has been a reported trend to normalise heatwaves by saying Perth has always been hot and not mention climate change.
Heatwaves are one of the most direct and well-observed consequences of a changing climate. Climate scientists in Australia and overseas have been repeating this point for more than a decade.

But despite the solid science, news outlets appear generally reluctant to communicate this to readers.

In early February 2024, as WA was entering a four-day heatwave, the Climate Council published a report and a media release underlining the link between climate change and the summer's extreme weather, such as floods in the east, fires in the north, and heatwaves in the west.
Although the report made clear the hot weather in WA was a result of climate change, not a single news outlet published this information that month, the Monash analysis showed.

A second report, published the following week, warned about the health impacts of WA's extreme heat while reiterating the link between the heatwaves and climate change.
- ABC News 2024.

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[Mr Q]

Biggest way to put it in perspective, Republicans wouldn't have cared as much if Robinson had shot his fellow students instead of Kirk.

Best way to put Kirk into perspective, is that if they'd shot the students, he'd have considered that acceptable collateral damage to have more guns in their society.

 

[Astro7]

Epstein and Trump images projected onto Windsor Castle by activists, for Trump's arrival.
People power at its best! ((;

 

[Bender_]

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Totally normal stuff.

He and his current government shitting on a century long relationship built through fighting side by side in wars just for his weak ego. Pathetic stuff.

 

[Forward Press]

He and his current government shitting on a century long relationship built through fighting side by side in wars just for his weak ego. Pathetic stuff.

His supporters lap it up, though.

In the olden times, any of those scandals would have been the end of his political career, but he thrives off not being 'one of them'.

 

[Bender_]

His supporters lap it up, though.

In the olden times, any of those scandals would have been the end of his political career, but he thrives off not being 'one of them'.

It's sad that his supporters are so dumb that they'd write off another country like that - he's made America like that with Canada and Mexico too. Just sad.

 

[Forward Press]

It's sad that his supporters are so dumb that they'd write off another country like that - he's made America like that with Canada and Mexico too. Just sad.

They like the 'us vs them' and it plays to their base instincts - that those not like them - not white, not straight, not American, not Christian etc - are responsible for their misfortunes. It's amplified by social media platforms feeding them more misinformation to feed their beliefs. There is no easy fix other than patiently trying to reason with them instead of demeaning them. Like it or not, right wing politics is a part of their identity - how would you feel if people demeaned your entire identity based solely on your political beliefs? This is where the left is failing at winning voters back to their side - your racist uncle is still your uncle and a person with a brain and emotions.

This will take a while before we cycle back to progressive politics, because at the moment the world is a scary place for many and populist rhetoric is no longer perceived as dangerous. Education and dismantling the right wing algorithms that have fed these beliefs is not easy but it's the only true way to avoid this descent.

 

[squashface]

They like the 'us vs them' and it plays to their base instincts - that those not like them - not white, not straight, not American, not Christian etc - are responsible for their misfortunes. It's amplified by social media platforms feeding them more misinformation to feed their beliefs. There is no easy fix other than patiently trying to reason with them instead of demeaning them. Like it or not, right wing politics is a part of their identity - how would you feel if people demeaned your entire identity based solely on your political beliefs? This is where the left is failing at winning voters back to their side - your racist uncle is still your uncle and a person with a brain and emotions.

This will take a while before we cycle back to progressive politics, because at the moment the world is a scary place for many and populist rhetoric is no longer perceived as dangerous.

Trump made people think it is fine and normal to spew hate on social media and then the people that consume that content further and further radicalise themselves by sitting in these echo-chambers. Then it starts to spread worldwide and we see it in Aus with those March for Australia nutjobs. The end result is you get this very vocal minority on social media screaming "woke" and saying that "The average Australian/American is fed up!!" Because they think they speak for everyone because the average Australian/American doesn't spend their days melting on Twitter and Facebook and just gets on with life with a degree of empathy, respect and rational thought.

 

[Bender_]

They like the 'us vs them' and it plays to their base instincts - that those not like them - not white, not straight, not American, not Christian etc - are responsible for their misfortunes. It's amplified by social media platforms feeding them more misinformation to feed their beliefs. There is no easy fix other than patiently trying to reason with them instead of demeaning them. Like it or not, right wing politics is a part of their identity - how would you feel if people demeaned your entire identity based solely on your political beliefs? This is where the left is failing at winning voters back to their side - your racist uncle is still your uncle and a person with a brain and emotions.

This will take a while before we cycle back to progressive politics, because at the moment the world is a scary place for many and populist rhetoric is no longer perceived as dangerous. Education and dismantling the right wing algorithms that have fed these beliefs is not easy but it's the only true way to avoid this descent.

Yeeeahhhh nah I'm not doing any patient reasoning, I'll just be doing ignoring.

 

[Dazzler9]

So, which will happen first?

WWIII, or Civil War II ?

Or will they both end up being the same thing?

 

[Forward Press]

Yeeeahhhh nah I'm not doing any patient reasoning, I'll just be doing ignoring.

That also works, but if you have friends and family going down that rabbit hole you want to try and help.

Meanwhile on BigFooty, welcome to my ignore list.

 

[Bender_]

That also works, but if you have friends and family going down that rabbit hole you want to try and help.

Meanwhile on BigFooty, welcome to my ignore list.

Not if I block you first!

 

[Bender_]

So, which will happen first?

WWIII, or Civil War II ?

Or will they both end up being the same thing?

Judging by their geography education levels they're both the same thing.