Just walk away. Give their capitalistic gifts to other people. Do not allow them to eat meat. Turn the heating vents off in their room. Only allow them a 3 minute shower. But, of course, this is really climate cultists dealing with their “denier” uncle
How to talk to climate change-denying relatives at Christmas
Ah Christmas. Food. Presents. Films. And those relatives you’ve managed to avoid for the past 364 days.
There’s no denying it, Christmas is fraught with familial tensions – whether it’s your 98-year-old granny constantly setting off Alexa or that annoying uncle who thinks Donald Trump ‘has some good ideas’.
Throw some climate change into the mix, and things can start to get explosive.
So, to help you knock back some of the more common myths spouted by climate change deniers, the team at the Rainforest Alliance have put together some ready-made answers to shut down any potential arguments and keep the peace at the dinner table.
Let’s be honest, 99% of the time the relatives won’t bring up the climate crisis scam, because they do not care. Unless they are trying to wind up their climate cult relatives, where they lean over to another relative and go “hey, watch this, it’s button time.” Though, you might get a little talk now about not being forced into an EV and how the Fascists are trying to make Everyone Else take the train. Otherwise, no one really cares, and has other things to talk about.
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Climate anxiety: Why we won’t be flying home for Christmas
For most of us, there isn’t much that would keep us away from family over the festive period.
But some people, like activists Aliza Ayaz and Sean Currie, have made the choice to put the environment above everything else.
They won’t be seeing their relatives this year after they decided to drastically limit or stop flying altogether.
Aliza tells BBC Newsbeat thinking about flights brings “the anxiety of ‘Oh my God, I can’t do it because of the carbon footprint’.
OK, so, 2 doomsday cultists are forging flying. Whatever. Of course, she had no problem flying to Dubai for COP28 (where I be she saw her parents), and, um, she’s Muslim, she doesn’t celebrate Christmas.
Skip ‘Die Hard’ this Christmas and watch these 5 films to better understand the climate crisis
The holiday season is, for many, a time for cherished rituals and down time, including watching movies like It’s a Wonderful Life, Elf or Die Hard.
But this season is also a time for reflection on our lives and the world around us beset by conflict — and the worsening climate crisis.
Here are five film recommendations to help combine ritual and reflection. These films are analyzed in a forthcoming special issue of the Canadian Journal of Film Studies on “Climate Change and Cinema” that I co-edited with my colleague André Loiselle, a professor of film studies at St. Thomas University.
Read: Here We Go: How To Talk To Your Climate Cult Family Members »
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a sceptical age. They do not believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
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