Science Greta Thunberg Megathread - Dax Herrera says he wouldn't have a day ago (I somewhat doubt that)

Why is Greta Thunberg so triggering? How can a 16-year-old girl in plaits, who has dedicated herself to the not-exactly sinister, authoritarian plot of trying to save the planet from extinction, inspire such incandescent rage?

Last week, she tweeted that she had arrived into New York after her two week transatlantic voyage: “Finally here. Thank you everyone who came to see me off in Plymouth, and everyone who welcomed me in New York! Now I’m going to rest for a few days, and on Friday I’m going to participate in the strike outside the UN”, before promptly giving a press conference in English. Yes, her second language.

Her remarks were immediately greeted with a barrage of jibes about virtue signalling, and snide remarks about the three crew members who will have to fly out to take the yacht home.

This shouldn’t need to be spelled out, but as some people don’t seem to have grasped it yet, we’ll give it a lash: Thunberg’s trip was an act of protest, not a sacred commandment or an instruction manual for the rest of us. Like all acts of protest, it was designed to be symbolic and provocative. For those who missed the point – and oh, how they missed the point – she retweeted someone else’s “friendly reminder” that: “You don’t need to spend two weeks on a boat to do your part to avert our climate emergency. You just need to do everything you can, with everyone you can, to change everything you can.”

Part of the reason she inspires such rage, of course, is blindingly obvious. Climate change is terrifying. The Amazon is burning. So too is the Savannah. Parts of the Arctic are on fire. Sea levels are rising. There are more vicious storms and wildfires and droughts and floods. Denial is easier than confronting the terrifying truth.

Then there’s the fact that we don’t like being made to feel bad about our life choices. That’s human nature. It’s why we sneer at vegans. It’s why we’re suspicious of sober people at parties. And if anything is likely to make you feel bad about your life choices -- as you jet back home after your third Ryanair European minibreak this season – it’ll be the sight of small-boned child subjecting herself to a fortnight being tossed about on the Atlantic, with only a bucket bearing a “Poo Only Please” sign by way of luxury, in order to make a point about climate change.

But that’s not virtue signalling, which anyone can indulge in. As Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, and their-four-private-jets-in-11-days found recently, virtue practising is a lot harder.

Even for someone who spends a lot of time on Twitter, some of the criticism levelled at Thunberg is astonishing. It is, simultaneously, the most vicious and the most fatuous kind of playground bullying. The Australian conservative climate change denier Andrew Bolt called her “deeply disturbed” and “freakishly influential” (the use of “freakish”, we can assume, was not incidental.) The former UKIP funder, Arron Banks, tweeted “Freaking yacht accidents do happen in August” (as above.) Brendan O’Neill of Spiked called her a “millenarian weirdo” (nope, still not incidental) in a piece that referred nastily to her “monotone voice” and “the look of apocalyptic dread in her eyes”.

But who’s the real freak – the activist whose determination has single-handedly started a powerful global movement for change, or the middle-aged man taunting a child with Asperger syndrome from behind the safety of their computer screens?

And that, of course, is the real reason why Greta Thunberg is so triggering. They can’t admit it even to themselves, so they ridicule her instead. But the truth is that they’re afraid of her. The poor dears are terrified of her as an individual, and of what she stands for – youth, determination, change.

She is part of a generation who won’t be cowed. She isn’t about to be shamed into submission by trolls. That’s not actually a look of apocalyptic dread in her eyes. It’s a look that says “you’re not relevant”.

The reason they taunt her with childish insults is because that’s all they’ve got. They’re out of ideas. They can’t dismantle her arguments, because she has science – and David Attenborough – on her side. They can’t win the debate with the persuasive force of their arguments, because these bargain bin cranks trade in jaded cynicism, not youthful passion. They can harangue her with snide tweets and hot take blogposts, but they won’t get a reaction because, frankly, she has bigger worries on her mind.

That’s not to say that we should accept everything Thunberg says without question. She is an idealist who is young enough to see the world in black and white. We need voices like hers. We should listen to what she has to say, without tuning the more moderate voices of dissent out.

Why is Greta Thunberg so triggering? Because of what she represents. In an age when democracy is under assault, she hints at the emergency of new kind of power, a convergence of youth, popular protest and irrefutable science. And for her loudest detractors, she also represents something else: the sight of their impending obsolescence hurtling towards them.

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Found this thought-provoking indeed.

 

[Kill a Troon for Pikamee]

It does come off like she wants dick tho.

I always sensed that Greta Thunberg is a perverted cockmunching dickriding semenslurping freaky little climate slut. She just always had that vibe about her

 

[Adamska]

They've replaced her a few months ago when she reached 18. I think the new girl is from South America or something. They wanted a more "diverse" face.

India actually. Likely the efforts of the Creepy Indian Man that worked with the Thunbergs and knowing his prior human shield lost its age protection when it comes to critique.

 

[Pampered Degenerate]

By the way, isn't it time that this thread was moved out of A&N after one and a half years? I want to be able to use my puzzle pieces and top hats.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

By the way, isn't it time that this thread was moved out of A&N after one and a half years? I want to be able to use my puzzle pieces and top hats.

It would more likely be a ton of deviant/islamic content/horrifying.
Speaking of which, whoever leaves near the statue should just dunk a gallon of a fake semen on it. It would make it a far more relevant artistic piece.

 

[CWCissey]

It would more likely be a ton of deviant/islamic content/horrifying.
Speaking of which, whoever leaves near the statue should just dunk a gallon of a fake semen on it. It would make it a far more relevant artistic piece.

Just put a condom in her hand (Lee Hurst's joke was funny! Fuck you Puritans!)

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Just put a condom in her hand (Lee Hurst's joke was funny! Fuck you Puritans!)

If you deface a statue in bongland and risk life in prison you might as well go big.

 

[AnOminous]

To be honest, I can't wait for the statue to be vandalised in a creative way.

It will probably become a school tradition and the usual suspects will wail and bemoan the evil Nazi yoots. Although to be honest I'd rather attend UCL and steal Jeremy Bentham's head again.

 

[BIG BILL HELL'S]

I always sensed that Greta Thunberg is a perverted cockmunching dickriding semenslurping freaky little climate slut. She just always had that vibe about her

...at least it would mean she isn't a dyke!

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

Well, she already stated she wasn't a coal burner when she told the world she'll never burn the coal or pay the toll.

 

[Adjustable Autism]

...at least it would mean she isn't a dyke!

I always pictured her trooning out by 25. She can become BFF with Ellen Page.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

British university criticized for planned life-size Greta Thunberg statue

Winchester University plans to unveil the likeness of the spunky environmental activist on March 30 — but has some questioning why.

nypost.com

So, some shit for brains winchester university spent $32,000 to have a lifesize statue of greta built

I can just imagine the austistic screeching that will ensue if somebody smashes it up one night or cuts the head off

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the very strange part about this statue is that they’re trying to make her look like some Joan of Arc figure, when in reality Joan of Arc at least died for what she believed in while actually dealing with a bunch of nonbelievers and heretics on the other side.

Greta is only liked on a massive social media scale that wouldn’t really know who Joan of Arc is, since they only agree with indoctrinated thought that is being propagated by a not fully grown, young teenage adult.

 

[ditto]

the very strange part about this statue is that they’re trying to make her look like some Joan of Arc figure,

I thought they were going for Lenin

 

[Ron Jeremy Stan Account]

I always sensed that Greta Thunberg is a perverted cockmunching dickriding semenslurping freaky little climate slut. She just always had that vibe about her

I can confirm this: I just subscribed to her OnlyFans for just $19.99 a month uwu!

 

[ditto]

I can confirm this: I just subscribed to her OnlyFans for just $19.99 a month uwu!

Selling like hotcakes!

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

That’s a good point they could’ve used that money to feed the students. And Greta could’ve gone to school to study technology to make clean energy.

 

[Michael Jacks0n]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=L69HrOWKDio
That’s a good point they could’ve used that money to feed the students. And Greta could’ve gone to school to study technology to make clean energy.

That's not even a good pose for her as the statue, either. She's just standing there with her arm out like she's motioning for someone to come towards her. Like, if the sculptor wanted to make her seem important or larger than life, he could have made her standing heroically or like that stupid Fearless Girl statue, even. I mean, if some woke turbo simp is willing to shill this money and effort on a lifelike statue of a charlatan eco-warrior, why not portray her as Joan of Arc or something, or with her hands on her hips and looking upwards like Superman?

 

[ditto]

She's just standing there with her arm out like she's motioning for someone to come towards her.

Looks like she has her hand out wanting money.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=L69HrOWKDio
That’s a good point they could’ve used that money to feed the students. And Greta could’ve gone to school to study technology to make clean energy.

>actually thinking kids these days will go to school to get propagated by climate change deniers on how “science“ works

Greta’s parents are the type of people that do this stuff for free while maintaining the image that overeducated kids that live in ivory towers are the future.

 

[Positron]

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World release date​

The young activist has embarked on a year-long mission to change the world.
By Grace Henry. Pblished: Monday, 12th April 2021 at 1:03 pm


Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World is the BBC’s new documentary following 18-year-old Greta as she travels around the world campaigning for awareness. The three-part series will land on BBC One this April, and will see the climate activist explore the science of global warming and challenge world leaders, as she calls for action on climate change.

Including appearances from natural historians, such as Sir David Attenborough himself, the documentary is set to open our eyes about the environment we live in.

Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming docu-series: The BBC documentary will start on BBC One on Monday, 12th April at 9pm. Episodes will then air weekly on the network. If you miss an episode, you can always catch up on BBC iPlayer.

Who is Greta Thunberg?​

Thunberg is an 18-year-old Swedish climate activist. She is probably best known for her “How Dare You” speech, in which she addressed world leaders about the ecosystem. In 2018, at just 15-years-old, she began striking from school over climate change, sitting outside the Swedish parliament to demand action on global warming.

What is Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World about? ​

The Swedish teen took a year off school to travel around the world to film the new documentary, in which she meets with some of the world’s leading scientists to explore the consequences of global warming and climate change on future generations. Thunberg visits places where climate change is being sped up, including Canada’s growing oil industry and coal mines in Europe.

Speaking about her new documentary, she said: “It was an incredible experience and I’m so grateful to have experienced all of this and to have seen this from so many different perspectives. Everything from visiting and standing on a glacier which they say can no longer be saved. Things that you don’t really get to experience. It makes you feel like it’s real in a different way.”

Episode one:
Greta travels through North America with her father, Svante, to attend a climate conference in Chile. The 18-year-old schoolgirl is also seen pleading with viewers and politicians to heed her warnings.

Episode two:
Greta sets off to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which will be attended by US president Donald Trump and other world leaders, to call for action on climate change. Greta also travels to the UK, where she meets with a figure who’s been an inspiration to her, Sir David Attenborough.

Episode three:
Details haven’t been confirmed for episode three just yet, but we will keep you informed as soon as we know.

Is there a trailer to Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World​

There is! In the clip, Thunberg says: “People say a lot of things about me. People listen when I talk. But I don’t want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to the science!” You can watch the official trailer below:

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World release date​

The young activist has embarked on a year-long mission to change the world.
By Grace Henry. Pblished: Monday, 12th April 2021 at 1:03 pm
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Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World is the BBC’s new documentary following 18-year-old Greta as she travels around the world campaigning for awareness. The three-part series will land on BBC One this April, and will see the climate activist explore the science of global warming and challenge world leaders, as she calls for action on climate change.

Including appearances from natural historians, such as Sir David Attenborough himself, the documentary is set to open our eyes about the environment we live in.

Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming docu-series: The BBC documentary will start on BBC One on Monday, 12th April at 9pm. Episodes will then air weekly on the network. If you miss an episode, you can always catch up on BBC iPlayer.

Who is Greta Thunberg?​

Thunberg is an 18-year-old Swedish climate activist. She is probably best known for her “How Dare You” speech, in which she addressed world leaders about the ecosystem. In 2018, at just 15-years-old, she began striking from school over climate change, sitting outside the Swedish parliament to demand action on global warming.

What is Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World about? ​

The Swedish teen took a year off school to travel around the world to film the new documentary, in which she meets with some of the world’s leading scientists to explore the consequences of global warming and climate change on future generations. Thunberg visits places where climate change is being sped up, including Canada’s growing oil industry and coal mines in Europe.

Speaking about her new documentary, she said: “It was an incredible experience and I’m so grateful to have experienced all of this and to have seen this from so many different perspectives. Everything from visiting and standing on a glacier which they say can no longer be saved. Things that you don’t really get to experience. It makes you feel like it’s real in a different way.”

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Episode one:
Greta travels through North America with her father, Svante, to attend a climate conference in Chile. The 18-year-old schoolgirl is also seen pleading with viewers and politicians to heed her warnings.

Episode two:
Greta sets off to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which will be attended by US president Donald Trump and other world leaders, to call for action on climate change. Greta also travels to the UK, where she meets with a figure who’s been an inspiration to her, Sir David Attenborough.

Episode three:
Details haven’t been confirmed for episode three just yet, but we will keep you informed as soon as we know.

Is there a trailer to Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World​

There is! In the clip, Thunberg says: “People say a lot of things about me. People listen when I talk. But I don’t want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to the science!” You can watch the official trailer below:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PMfLC7Seunc

She actually could be useful for society. For example she could perfectly larp as a 12 year old girl and be pedo bait. Hell, they could even make it like Chris Hansen’s To Catch a Predator but with more autism. Not going to lie, I’d watch her scream “How dare you!” at some furry doctor or youth pastor.

Well, she already stated she wasn't a coal burner when she told the world she'll never burn the coal or pay the toll.

Based.

the very strange part about this statue is that they’re trying to make her look like some Joan of Arc figure, when in reality Joan of Arc at least died for what she believed in while actually dealing with a bunch of nonbelievers and heretics on the other side.

Greta is only liked on a massive social media scale that wouldn’t really know who Joan of Arc is, since they only agree with indoctrinated thought that is being propagated by a not fully grown, young teenage adult.

Sometimes I wonder if famous people way back when were propped up fakes as well.