It’s also possible to be a person who genuinely cares about classic art and the environment already. And it’s also possible to be a poor person with little to no power to influence the fossil fuel industry. Chiding people for not having the privilege of free time and minimal obligations to protest isn’t very productive. Again, change needs to happen at the top and it’s not going to be achieved through appeals to emotion or coercion via symbolic or actual threats to famous art or sites.

I will not be fair, the publication isn’t. Why should I?

Because arguing dishonestly makes you look irrational and does their propaganda work for them.

but you are more likely to try to distance yourself from fossil fuel reform movements, and that’s all they need you to do to be successful.

Not really. This isn’t an effective form of protest or reform. Stunts like this allow articles like this to be written in the first place, but the stunts, even if written of with the highest of praise, are useless. Effective action would involve changing the minds of those who profit from fossil fuels the most and making it unprofitable for them to continue. You don’t need to convince people who care about world heritage sites or famous artwork. You need to convince the profiteers of industry and that won’t come from an appeal to emotion but from a threat to their financial well-being.

To be fair, that’s a false dilemma. Caring about Stonehenge doesn’t have to be compared to caring about fossil fuel reform. You can care about both or neither to any degree and they can be completely unrelated.

Find a student at a university whose student accounts get access to jstor.

It might be similar to a song you’ve heard but you’re misremembering the notes of the existing song.

Maybe try playing it for an app that recognizes the song that’s playing and then listen to any songs it guesses might be the song.

Happens to everyone eventually.

None of this is an opinion.

This isn’t Reddit, in case you hadn’t noticed.

Do you read fortunes? There isn’t enough context in our brief exchange for you to know anything meaningful about me. You really like the shadowbox with straw men.

I’m so mad! This is just awful. Some Dunning-Kruger University graduate is schooling me in how awesome his life is! Make your money writing whatever bullshit you want. Even trolls have to eat, especially when they’re bad at bridge guarding. Tell Chat GPT I said hi next time you “write” an article.

Is sealioning mentioned in the rules? I hadn’t checked.

I think this is hilarious. I’m talking to someone who acts like a kid who thinks they just invented being obnoxious on the internet.

If you don’t want respect then you’re terrible at acting like it. People who don’t care what others think don’t brag anonymously and call randos jealous when they don’t know anything concrete about you to be jealous of other than your weak trolling.

I’m guessing if you have an ex-wife, she probably complains about you. This is literally the first time I’ve commented in this community but you think I’m a regular. You’re great at reading people. Keep it up! You’ll get there someday…maybe…

I didn’t say anything about forum rules. Upvotes are irrelevant. And yes, I’m wasting your time, apparently quite successfully, and with your apparent eagerness too. Keep wasting your time. Keep writing like a middle school kid bragging about how his dad can beat up someone else’s dad. I’m sure you’ll get that jealousy and respect you think you deserve. I’ll just be here dying every second.

You’re really killing it here. Put me in my place. I’m jealous of a rando on the Internet who thinks his life is so good that he has to tell other people that they’re jealous.

I’m just here wasting the time of a troll and letting him spin out in rants and non sequiturs. Keep going. I’m sure you’ll convince us you don’t care with more effort.

Ooh, a rant! “No seriously, guys, I don’t care what you think! I’ll keep telling you just to make sure you understand! I’ll respond again just to make sure!”

Oh no, an angry troll wielding the power of nonsense! This is the most boring souls-like game I’ve ever played.

Okay…? Now you’re just posting random shit.

You’re sealioning about sealioning now.

That’s literally the only comic from Wondermark I’ve ever seen and it was after I saw the term used a lot. That it originated with a comic doesn’t mean everyone who uses the term reads the comic. You assume too much.

The thing trolls never seem to understand is that it doesn’t matter if you’re being facetious or serious. Nobody cares whether you’re actually serious about whatever absurdity you spew. The function of a troll is not to communicate or convey anything worthwhile. It’s just humor below the level of a fart joke where you try to piss people off and laugh at them for being pissed off. And it’s not even clever. It’s just stupid. An effective troll would be nearly undetectable and ride the Poe’s Law line so well that others retain at least some amount of doubt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning

People don’t want to be around others (the fear aspect), so they drive their own bubble around.

You say this like it’s a bad thing. It doesn’t have to be fear, it can just be preference. There are introverts and asocial people, neurodivergent people, people with social anxiety, and any number of other reasons that they don’t have to justify to you as to why they would prefer not to be around a mass of other people. Social interaction in cities tends to be of an impersonal gesellschaft nature anyway, so it’s not like you’re missing out on a genuine social experience most of the time. It’s fine to just interact with those you personally vet and invest in.