Jacques Clouseau

That's a bit extreme, bro...

Really depends what you mean by serious I guess. The war in Ukraine is causing far more damage than global warming for example. And the war in Ukraine isn't WW2 - far from it.

I've read the IPCC report once. Never understood the value of it. The basic idea throughout the report was "at +3°c things would be worse than at 2°c and at 2°c things would be worse than at 1.5°c". No way? Really? Thank you captain obvious. Plus nothing is properly defined. What is a "reason for concern"? What is considered a "risk"? etc... Without proper definition and the use of cryptic language what is one supposed to do with this crap ? On top of that - and this is to me the biggest flaw - it does take into account the ability of humans to adapt. Let's say there is an increased risk of tornados - like super massive scary ones. What does it tell us about the future for humans? Nothing. Why? Because there is no way to know how humans will adapt. Maybe AI will make it incredibly easy to predict those monsters and maybe humans will build their homes underground in those areas. If so the result might be less deaths than ever before and super low insurance costs. Who knows? Nobody. The truth is we lve in a pretty generic world right now. A condo in Miami, in Paris and in Bangkok are roughly build the same way. Maybe tomorrow humans will start to build differently depending on where they live? Some will be underground, others will live at night, others might even live under the sea for all we know. That's the reason I can't stand alarmists. They are unimaginative morons and I suspect they secretly enjoy living in their little inner drama because modern life has become so boring for them. lol Anyway I could go on and on... Here is another rule to be used in manipulating people. When you don't really know what you're talking about, use cryptic language and remain evasive. Essentially behave like an economist you know. "The economy is fine but I can see clouds on the horizon" Hahahahaaaaaaaaa!! Yeah, right...

This is something that scares me much more than climate change btw. We have no idea how to fundamentally reshape a system that is preventing us to move forward. Nobody really know how to change the way people conceptualize the world. The WEF is trying to - it seems - but it has been a total failure so far. This will cause problems well before anything serious happens related to global warming.

I think that fear paralyzes people. Therefore I think that strategies based on it are dead wrong. Maybe I'm wrong though. But when I see reports stating (hopefully erroneously) that 50% of young people suffer from eco-anxiety aka depression, I would tend to think that I'm onto something.

Agreed. Those events are indeed taking place and the consequences will indeed get worse IF nothing is done. But that doesn't mean the end of the world is coming. Cities are suffocating because they were unintentionally build to trap heat. Wildfire are getting out of control because not enough money is allocated to maintenance/prevention. The same is true for Pakistan - if that country had decent infrastructure it wouldn't get hit so hard every time. The Netherlands should already be under water. How come are they not ? And of course people dying is directly linked to the mismanagement described above. "Doom and gloom" simply doesn't work imo. Human nature is the way it is. If not enough people care, not enough people care. Scaring everybody isn't gonna lead to any desirable outcome. Fear is usually a bad advisor. Plus as long as global capitalism isn't reformed, it is pointless to try and convince people to change. When you're struggling to make ends meet, you usually don't have your mind set on abstract long-term goals - it is true in the West but even more so in developing countries. Don't misunderstand me: I do feel you but I also do think you might be a bit naive (to use your own words). I might be biased though :) By the way, thank you for not trying to frame me as an <deleted> just because I don't share the views of political ecology and prefer a more holistic approach of the problem

f is probably for foreign m is probably for media a remains a mystery... advertisement maybe ? I don't know

But of course, mon ami ! Unless you're talking about Michelin the car tire manufacturer... That's 300 000 euros... The price of a house in Europe.

Yes and no. People tend to make no difference between climate science and climate research. Climate research is an ongoing speculative process. When idiots use climate research to make a scientific point, it amounts to manipulation imo. I see three categories of people in this debate about the future of our world: climate change deniers, climate change alarmists and those who think the future is going to be different but not catastrophic (name them as you please). Who is right and who is wrong? It's pretty clear that deniers are wrong but scientists are divided about what the future is really gonna look like. Nobody really knows. We know it's gonna be challenging, costly, etc... but worse case scenarios aren't for sure. The article is pretty honest about this by the way: it honestly states that it's mainly about fear, that climate and weather shouldn't be mixed up, etc... But still I think it's a way of nudging people using their natural negativity bias. Journalists should talk about science not scientific research. I'm all for telling people what global warming is and how it works, I'm against telling them that the future is doomed. Unfortunately most of the time this is the kind of information that is being spread. You're not debating. Not with me anyway.

I'd be glad to debate whatever you want to debate here but there's really no point if your idea of a debate is to use sophistry such as feigned ignorance or guilt by association.

I'm not optimistic at all. News has become a constant stream of non-hierarchical information. Too much data kills data. People don't have enough time to process what they've been exposed to. Already the next wave of nudging hit them. I can feel it with myself sometimes. Information overload / burnout. And I don't even have a social media account. Anyway... :)

A career as an emergency physician in Pattaya must be one hell of an experience. It must alter how you see humans in ways that are barely conceivable for the rest of us. lol

It's funny how easy it is to manipulate people by altering their perception of reality. Saturate the news with climate change and people will see climate change everywhere. Saturate the news with racism and people will see racism everywhere. Saturate the news with terrorism and people will see terrorism everywhere. Saturate the news with toxic masculinity and people will see toxic masculinity everywhere. Saturate the news with civilization collapse and people will see civilization collapse everywhere. Saturate the news with toxic immigration and people will see toxic immigration everywhere. Saturate the news with whatever and people will see that whatever everywhere. Let's be clear here. I'm not saying global warming isn't real or dangerous. My comment is merely about how information is being weaponized to influence people's minds on every single topic imaginable (whether it's for good or bad reasons). I find it terribly boring and excruciating after a while.

Half a million Thais traveling to Japan on vacation. Times have changed, haven't they... And on the other side of the social spectrum one still finds people living in slums. This country is so bizarre if you think about it...

Don't pretend to be a woman, monsieur !

Didn't know that website. Seems like the kind of service that I need. Did you ever ordered with them? Serious company?hinese Ok thanks. I'll have a look. Who knows? I might get lucky. I'll keep you posted if I find anything.

I think you're right... Unfortunately :)

The entire world is in debt. Won't change until the economy is fixed and wealth is better shared. If people don't get paid properly, they have to take on debt to consume and if they stop then companies will complain about it. This is ridiculous...

I don't really care about social media. I've come to the conclusion that debates on these platforms are all about reacting and not thinking. This leads to nothing constructive most of the time. Trends on social media are merely the result of constant nudging. Different groups of influence using people's narcissism and need to exist to push a given agenda for them. Most people just repeat what they've heard somewhere else, usually acting like they've understood something that you haven't (when really they have no deep understanding whatsoever of what they're talking about). Sad really.

I don't know if you were wrong, brother. But you must have been pretty drunk. No doubt about that...

Pretty weird post honestly. You might not go to bars but you really seem to see women as disposable escorts. You're a westerner, apparently charming, with higher social status, more money and you're essentially doing everything for those women to feel like they've hit the jackpot. What were you expecting exactly ?

1) Visa rules. Notably limits to visa run by land and onward flight tickets for tourist visas. 2) Inflation. Not specific to Thailand though. 3) Nightlife. The industry is too focused on money and not enough on added value. 4) Pollution. Especially in the north when farmers are burning their land. 5) The "saving face" habit.

Never thought it would be so difficult to find those. Surprising.

Big size is for fat people, right ? I'm tall and slim. But ok I'll have a look. Thank you

I thought about it but they don't really have what I'm looking for. They do have dockers but the offer is extremely limited and the sizes are too small. Thanks tho ????