I often wonder how the general population will react when they truly realize the impacts of climate change. I’d imagine there could be three reactions:

  • Apathy, as in completely shutting down
  • Panic, as in severe mental breakdown
  • Action, protesting etc

Now that I think of it these are the fight, flight, freeze reactions. Any thoughts?

  • whofearsthenight
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    8 months ago

    Or as we call it in America, Tuesday. It’s already here, people don’t realize it. People already have acclimated to “wildfire season,” for example, a thing that didn’t exist until the last 5 years or so in this area, as a totally normal occurrence.

    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Gotta remind myself I grew up in a doomsday cult and most people didn’t have go bags in their garage their entire childhood.