I can’t believe Greta Thunberg won the person of the year

[Outer Sparta]

I probably would’ve gone with the Hong Kong protesters, The people who created the zero carbon natural gas refinery in Texas, or Boyan Slat.

PERSON of the year, not people or group of the year.

and who the fuck is Boyan Slat

Slat is a Dutch inventor who created a system to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

[Solanos]

I probably would’ve gone with the Hong Kong protesters, The people who created the zero carbon natural gas refinery in Texas, or Boyan Slat.

PERSON of the year, not people or group of the year.

and who the fuck is Boyan Slat

Apparently he's a green eNtRePrEnEuR

[Munkcestrian Republic]

Let’s get real here . Many people around the globe every day really takes part in reducing carbon emissions.They might not be famous but they are actually changing the environment.They collectively deserve the title.But for a 16-year-old girl born and bred in a rich country, it is totally not relatable when she talks about how hard people life’s can be due to climate change.Plus the fact that she is just giving speeches everywhere without real actions taken just make the whole thing even more hypocritical.The only reason she gets selected are 1.She is Young 2.She dares to rebel 3.She becomes popular by screaming at world leaders which reflect the liberalism promoted by a left -wing media such as Time.I definitely do not think that the choice is based on the real influence that she has .

LEFT-WING MEDIA SUCH AS TIME

[Ifreann]

It has been awarded to groups multiple times before.

Yeah, and that's bad

TIME made up the award, I'm pretty sure they can give it to who- or whatever they want.

[Solanos]

Let’s get real here . Many people around the globe every day really takes part in reducing carbon emissions.They might not be famous but they are actually changing the environment.They collectively deserve the title.But for a 16-year-old girl born and bred in a rich country, it is totally not relatable when she talks about how hard people life’s can be due to climate change.Plus the fact that she is just giving speeches everywhere without real actions taken just make the whole thing even more hypocritical.The only reason she gets selected are 1.She is Young 2.She dares to rebel 3.She becomes popular by screaming at world leaders which reflect the liberalism promoted by a left -wing media such as Time.I definitely do not think that the choice is based on the real influence that she has .

LEFT-WING MEDIA SUCH AS TIME

And even more delusional liberalism being left-wing insanity. SMFH

[Solanos]

Yeah, and that's bad

TIME made up the award, I'm pretty sure they can give it to who- or whatever they want.

Seriously, if these people really care so much about fucking made up prizes then at least go for Nobel Peace being unjustly given to, oh I dunno, Kissinger or Obama?

[Salandriagado]

I saw her post on Twitter about human rights day, she says human rights are the most challenged by climate change. Really dude? Not the thousands of people slaughtered in different massacres, not the rapes many committed, not the blinded, hurt or killed in protests of the world?

That's less than the billions that will die due to climate change. Seems like you agree with her.

Sure climate change is severe, but by making a publicity stunt like this and undermining the lives of millions who have their actual human rights offended, it’s hard to think you are not a drama queen.

Again, millions < billions.

I even suspect that she said this so she could make Hong Kong protestors less significant, and allowing her to win the person of the year. Afterall the results are published just a few days after the human rights day. Look at how beautifully planned her publicity stunt is! Her singer actor mom must be proud

Utter bollocks.

So basically you do not like her because she -rightly- pointed out that all that effort western nations claim to be making is not even a single percent of what they should be doing ?

I don’t like her because she’s a hypocrite. You don’t go around and scold at people while ignoring the largest contributors to problem.

She doesn't.

And do you really think she is there to actually promote environmentalism?

Yes.

Consider this, she is fine with China polluting while condemning Sweden for being the leader of carbon reduction? What is that?

That's you lying is what that is.

Right wing conspiracy, lol wat

Apparently she undermining people being killed is a conspiracy. Apparently her playing games with fancy photos is being a true warrior of the environment, apparently driving a boat across the Atlantic while having 4 other people to retrieve it for her, through air travel, is what you do to protect the environment.

We need actual regulations on carbon emission, not fancy speeches in the UN where countries have to play games with you and pretend to actually care even tho they don’t.

And guess how regulations get made? They get made by people pressuring governments into making them. You know, exactly like she is doing.

[Salandriagado]

I saw her post on Twitter about human rights day, she says human rights are the most challenged by climate change. Really dude? Not the thousands of people slaughtered in different massacres, not the rapes many committed, not the blinded, hurt or killed in protests of the world?

Sure climate change is severe, but by making a publicity stunt like this and undermining the lives of millions who have their actual human rights offended, it’s hard to think you are not a drama queen.

I even suspect that she said this so she could make Hong Kong protestors less significant, and allowing her to win the person of the year. Afterall the results are published just a few days after the human rights day. Look at how beautifully planned her publicity stunt is! Her singer actor mom must be proud

Agreed. There is little to no correlation between human rights and climate change (Hong Kong is protesting because of China not the environment). It's a strange correlation to make, especially since it is so outlandish, but then again, here ways of being eco-friendly are unrealistic for most

"Not being killed for other people's profit" is a human right.

[Munkcestrian Republic]

Yeah, and that's bad

TIME made up the award, I'm pretty sure they can give it to who- or whatever they want.

Not much point in calling it Person of the Year when you're giving it to The Computer

[Alvecia]

I probably would’ve gone with the Hong Kong protesters, The people who created the zero carbon natural gas refinery in Texas, or Boyan Slat.

PERSON of the year, not people or group of the year.

and who the fuck is Boyan Slat

Was not it previously awarded to the entire human population that one time?

[Ethel mermania]

Should have gone to the HK protestors.

HK is the big news event of the year.

[Salandriagado]

The problem with Greta is that actual meaningful climate change activists get over-looked, and almost half of everyone watching this unfold just assumes climate change is even more of joke than they already think it is.
Memes aside: tHiS sAyS a lOt aBoUt SoCiEtY

Literally everything that she says is "listen to the fucking experts and do what they tell you".

[Solanos]

PERSON of the year, not people or group of the year.

and who the fuck is Boyan Slat

Was not it previously awarded to the entire human population that one time?

Yeah. I'm shocked how many people actually give a fuck about this stuff.

[VoVoDoCo]

I probably would’ve gone with the Hong Kong protesters, The people who created the zero carbon natural gas refinery in Texas, or Boyan Slat.

PERSON of the year, not people or group of the year.

and who the fuck is Boyan Slat

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year

Just Google it.Many groups have won over the years

[Munkcestrian Republic]

TIME made up the award, I'm pretty sure they can give it to who- or whatever they want.

Not much point in calling it Person of the Year when you're giving it to The Computer

also 2014 being Ebola fighters is SO 2014

[Solanos]

Should have gone to the HK protestors.

HK is the big news event of the year.

Maybe for shut-in NEETs who want their Hearthstone treats.

[Munkcestrian Republic]

PERSON of the year, not people or group of the year.

and who the fuck is Boyan Slat

Was not it previously awarded to the entire human population that one time?

yeah and that was dumb as fuck

[Salandriagado]

Agreed. There is little to no correlation between human rights and climate change (Hong Kong is protesting because of China not the environment). It's a strange correlation to make, especially since it is so outlandish, but then again, here ways of being eco-friendly are unrealistic for most

She could’ve gone to parks to help plant trees, or she could’ve wrote an article to encourage people to do that with her,

That would be many orders of magnitude less effective.

but nope, she gotta have publicity stunts by meeting with politicians (who are also having their publicity stunts, so they aren’t cruelly wanting to help the environment), or of course she could go to her fancy Tesla while calling out people for ‘ruining her childhood’

By which you mean "does things that might actually make a large-scale difference".

REAL environmentalists don’t do these stunts

Yes, they do.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Should have gone to the HK protestors.

HK is the big news event of the year.

Maybe for shut-in NEETs who want their Hearthstone treats.

Comrade Xi isn't paying you enough for this comrade.

[Munkcestrian Republic]

PERSON of the year, not people or group of the year.

and who the fuck is Boyan Slat

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year

Just Google it. It doesn’t have to go to a single person. US scientistJust Google it. It doesn’t have to go to a single person. US scientist, plural, one one times, plural, won one time.

love how it went The Silence Breakers to The Guardians

they should've gone with the protesters just to have three years of groups tbh

[Alvecia]

Was not it previously awarded to the entire human population that one time?

yeah and that was dumb as fuck

You’re awfully hung up on the semantics of this made up award

[Salandriagado]

I am fine with HKers not being selected as person of the year but I don't think Greta Thunberg deserves that title.

So who? Who has had a larger impact on the world in the last year?

[Salandriagado]

Where do you think regulations come from? The people who go to listen to speeches at the UN write them. Thunberg yelling at world leaders to get their shit together is far more likely to make a difference than what mode of transport she uses.

I'll bet that the damn UN will take up any leftist cause someone yells towards it. Thank God it doesn't actually have any power.

You have literally no idea what you're talking about, do you?

[Munkcestrian Republic]

yeah and that was dumb as fuck

You’re awfully hung up on the semantics of this made up award

i make good posts

[Salandriagado]

Where do you think regulations come from? The people who go to listen to speeches at the UN write them. Thunberg yelling at world leaders to get their shit together is far more likely to make a difference than what mode of transport she uses.

Well, let's see how the yelling can make China, the biggest polluter in the world , make changes in its climate policies.

Get the EU and US to embargo countries that don't improve their emissions.