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[–] grue@lemmy.world 70 points 11 months ago (5 children)

ITT: trolls seizing upon a clickbait headline and out-of-context quote in order to make blatantly delusional strawman arguments.

[–] Shalakushka@kbin.social 31 points 11 months ago

It's literally two idiots contorting into ludicrous shapes just to stay mad about this. It's wild.

WHAT ABOUT THE TRUCKS???? I am going to quote one clause of the article over and over to prove I didn't read it and get mad at people who suggest that anything could change in any way, ever! Trucks are part of human DNA and the moment an 18 wheeler can't smog up your back yard is when we have all lost our freedumb!!!

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People not realising the Telegraph is one step up from shitty xenophobic racist shitrags like The S*n

[–] SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm sure the quote is completely out of context and the guy who's also

called for people to limit the use of “personal care products”, “computers” and “printers” in their homes which he said were contributing to pollution.

isn't just one of those "back-to-monkee, comfort is unnecessary" types.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Not sure what his beef is with computers, but to be fair, laser printers and aerosol products like hair spray and deodorant really are pretty bad for indoor air quality.

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago

laser printers

Hot paper smells so nice though 😮

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago

I really want people to continue to use deodorant

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Also ITT: a lot of people who didn't actually read the article and are instead making arguments based on their feelings.

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Story of humanity.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub -3 points 11 months ago

I mean... it's not a particularly in-depth article. Do you have a better source with more context for Dr. Fuller's comments?

The burden of providing better context is on the people who support this point of view, not on the people criticizing what the article says.