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Right-Wing Media Is Saying the Wildfire Smoke Is Good, Actually (www.rollingstone.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ok, I can get sort of disagreeing the wildfires are from climate change - that's a couple of logical steps you have to make. But "It's not causing anyone to cough" is plainly ludicrous. It was making me cough when I went outside.

"It doesn't smell bad"? Maybe they have COVID and lost their sense of smell altogether? It certainly smelled bad to me. And if you thought it smelled great - wow. I just don't ever want to be around you if you like those sorts of smells. I can't see it actually working with anyone who's ever been in wildfire smoke before - like you don't need science or education or anything to notice if it makes you cough, or tell something doesn't smell great.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I kind of gave up trying to convince my family that this isn't healthy, especially my high risk family members. I don't get why they just don't seem to care, especially the ones with major health problems.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same ... it's clear that attempting to convince my own family is just as effective as speaking to a charcuterie board. Want to breathe the smoke? Fine, go ham. I'm fresh out of pity for the science deniers.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But that’s the thing, the people in my family refusing to take precautions have health issues and use science when it keeps them alive! Like, which is it?????

[–] CHollman82 7 points 1 year ago

I don't know why it's so hard to understand that breathing particulate matter into your lungs isn't a good thing... A child should be able to understand this. My 10 and 12 year old INSTINCTIVELY understood this... they pulled their shirts up over their nose on their own when we woke up and went outside on the first bad day.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm 38 with good breathing but I have multiple sclerosis. Wildfires make it so I'm unable to move my legs or do much of anything. It's real and some people are idiots.

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

I effectively grew out of my mild asthma when I was younger (especially as I stopped being around cigarette smoke), so I had a bit of a panic when I had symptoms for the first time in 10 years last Tuesday before I learned why it looked like a doom map outside.....

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

That must have scared the shit out of you. To have something mild come back and more angry is a no thank you.