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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ekZepp to c/[email protected]
 
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[–] mo_ztt 15 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Bro

  • Indulgences
    • Investment: Money
    • Supposed impact: Escape hell
    • Problem: They're a scam
    • Actual impact: Nothing
    • What you could do instead: Save your money
  • Carbon offsets
    • Investment: Money
    • Supposed impact: Escape climate crisis
    • Problem: They're a scam
    • Actual impact: Climate crisis anyway
    • What you could do instead: Save your money but also stop killing the planet

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The comic, and my entire comment replying to it, wouldn't make sense if carbon offsets weren't a scam. IDK why Lemmy is so full of people who want to explain to me things that were the underlying basis for the very thing they're replying to, but yes, carbon credits are mostly a scam.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I understand the comic wouldn't make sense, but it does seem I misunderstood your comment, so I'm sorry about that! When you write "if God were real" I just assume that you also meant indulgences would work in that case. But yeah with more context I see you didn't mean to imply that

[–] mo_ztt 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yah, that makes sense. In all honesty, the idea that God could be real, but also not disgusted by the Catholic church (i.e. the indulgences would work) just honestly had never even occurred to me. I feel like if God were real He would hate the indulgences-era Catholic church more passionately than any mere mortal ever could.

Anyway it's all good I hope, sorry about being sort of a dick in my response.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I see what you mean. And no worries, I understand your frustration, it's all good!

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