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Posted by: MadMax888
But the news lady told me climate change was a lie!

Obviously a pretty face with nice tits and a push up bra is a more reliable source than Bill Nye.

  • 01.03.2013 2:11 PM PDT
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Posted by: MadMax888
But the news lady told me climate change was a lie!

Obviously a pretty face with nice tits and a push up bra is a more reliable source than Bill Nye.

Bill Nye isn't a real scientist. He's just some creep in a bow tie who had a kids TV show.

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[Edited on 01.03.2013 2:12 PM PST]

  • 01.03.2013 2:12 PM PDT

The cake is a pie

It's very strange how reluctant people are to believe it. What did they expect to just see the change before their very eyes?

  • 01.03.2013 2:13 PM PDT

Posted by: Ultermarto
It's very strange how reluctant people are to believe it. What did they expect to just see the change before their very eyes?


I'm guessing it's because global warming isn't going to cause a sudden 30 degree increase in temperatures. It occurs slowly over many decades one degree at a time. People only grasp the reality of it when it affects their lives like it did to the victims of hurricane Sandy.

  • 01.03.2013 2:16 PM PDT

Posted by: Alex Mac Kee
If pen­ises were planes Jimmy's mouth would be an airport


Posted by: DarkBen64
Don't punch a British kid, the queen'll come after you.

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Posted by: MadMax888
But the news lady told me climate change was a lie!

Obviously a pretty face with nice tits and a push up bra is a more reliable source than Bill Nye.
Well to be fair, Bill Nye isn't exactly a much more reliable source either. He's a TV presenter.

  • 01.03.2013 2:17 PM PDT

RIP Logan ~B.B.


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Posted by: Methew
Posted by: MadMax888
But the news lady told me climate change was a lie!

Obviously a pretty face with nice tits and a push up bra is a more reliable source than Bill Nye.
Well to be fair, Bill Nye isn't exactly a much more reliable source either. He's a TV presenter.

Aside from designing the color and time calibration instruments for the Mars rovers and being head of The Planetary Society.

  • 01.03.2013 2:21 PM PDT

Posted by: Alex Mac Kee
If pen­ises were planes Jimmy's mouth would be an airport


Posted by: DarkBen64
Don't punch a British kid, the queen'll come after you.

Posted by: Obi Wan Stevobi
Posted by: teh Chaz
Posted by: Methew
Posted by: MadMax888
But the news lady told me climate change was a lie!

Obviously a pretty face with nice tits and a push up bra is a more reliable source than Bill Nye.
Well to be fair, Bill Nye isn't exactly a much more reliable source either. He's a TV presenter.

Aside from designing the color and time calibration instruments for the Mars rovers and being head of The Planetary Society.
Okay, fair enough I didn't know about those.

Do either of those positions make him an authority on climate science? I wouldn't say so.

  • 01.03.2013 2:23 PM PDT

"Before you insult someone, try walking a mile in their shoes. This way, when you insult them, you are a mile away and have their shoes."


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Posted by: davadude
I have no problems with accepting the concept of global climate change. How else must I explain ice ages or how we got out of them? It's obvious that climate change exists...

...the problem I have is accepting that somehow humans, organisms, or anything else are responsible for it. It's been happening for million or perhaps billions of years, who knows, and we have not been around for that long.[/quote]

I also disagree with the concept of "it will burn/kill/destroy us all." It seems to have had a reciprocating behavior, so why would this be an exception?

My stance.


I'm not sure that scientists say that climate change will burn or kill us all. What they do predict is that we will have to adapt to a vastly different earth with a drastically more hostile climate. For example, there will be an increase in extreme weather events like hurricanes.

I had the same misunderstanding. While the earth does go through cycles, scientists agree the the current warming that we are experiencing is caused by human activity. I would suggest going to one of the websites I provided that explains how humans cause it.


I'd love to agree, and I understand it, it's just something I sadly need to truly see with my own eyes that it's caused by humans. I'd love to see focused studies, because that's probably one of the main things I'm still

Obi Wan Stevobi

Like rings on trees, the historical records of Earth's climate and even atmospheric content are locked away in glaciers hundreds of thousands of years old. Scientists can piece together that history and are quite confident what we are seeing today aren't even close known long term patterns.


I understand, but then I think... were Ice Ages not the same? A period of extreme change or buffet in the overall climate? It's just a little personal quirk.

  • 01.03.2013 2:23 PM PDT

RIP Logan ~B.B.


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Posted by: davadude
I have no problems with accepting the concept of global climate change. How else must I explain ice ages or how we got out of them? It's obvious that climate change exists...

...the problem I have is accepting that somehow humans, organisms, or anything else are responsible for it. It's been happening for million or perhaps billions of years, who knows, and we have not been around for that long.[/quote]

I also disagree with the concept of "it will burn/kill/destroy us all." It seems to have had a reciprocating behavior, so why would this be an exception?

My stance.


I'm not sure that scientists say that climate change will burn or kill us all. What they do predict is that we will have to adapt to a vastly different earth with a drastically more hostile climate. For example, there will be an increase in extreme weather events like hurricanes.

I had the same misunderstanding. While the earth does go through cycles, scientists agree the the current warming that we are experiencing is caused by human activity. I would suggest going to one of the websites I provided that explains how humans cause it.


I'd love to agree, and I understand it, it's just something I sadly need to truly see with my own eyes that it's caused by humans. I'd love to see focused studies, because that's probably one of the main things I'm still

Obi Wan Stevobi

Like rings on trees, the historical records of Earth's climate and even atmospheric content are locked away in glaciers hundreds of thousands of years old. Scientists can piece together that history and are quite confident what we are seeing today aren't even close known long term patterns.


I understand, but then I think... were Ice Ages not the same? A period of extreme change or buffet in the overall climate? It's just a little personal quirk.

Even what is dubbed "rapid climate change" during the last ice age was slower than what we see today. Like I said, scientist are aware of natural heating and cooling cycles. They are aware of previous cycles in atmospheric carbon as well. Now, they are seeing unexpectedly fast heating and atmospheric carbon levels rising far, far, above any historical cycle at it's peak.

  • 01.03.2013 2:33 PM PDT

RIP Logan ~B.B.


Posted by: teh Chaz
Posted by: Obi Wan Stevobi
Posted by: teh Chaz
Posted by: Methew
Posted by: MadMax888
But the news lady told me climate change was a lie!

Obviously a pretty face with nice tits and a push up bra is a more reliable source than Bill Nye.
Well to be fair, Bill Nye isn't exactly a much more reliable source either. He's a TV presenter.

Aside from designing the color and time calibration instruments for the Mars rovers and being head of The Planetary Society.
Okay, fair enough I didn't know about those.

Do either of those positions make him an authority on climate science? I wouldn't say so.

You don't have to be a specific kind of scientist to be able to read journals and understand studies published from other fields. The point is Bill Nye does have bona fide credentials as a competent scientist and engineer, aside from career in educational programming. So his word on the matter does carry more weight than that of joe sixpack.

  • 01.03.2013 2:42 PM PDT

Posted by: Alex Mac Kee
If pen­ises were planes Jimmy's mouth would be an airport


Posted by: DarkBen64
Don't punch a British kid, the queen'll come after you.

Posted by: Obi Wan Stevobi
You don't have to be a specific kind of scientist to be able to read journals and understand studies published from other fields. The point is Bill Nye does have bona fide credentials as a competent scientist and engineer, aside from career in educational programming. So his word on the matter does carry more weight than that of joe sixpack.
Fair dues.

However unless he's directly quoting the reliable sources then he's not as good a source as someone directly involved in the field.

  • 01.03.2013 2:43 PM PDT

I am the God Emprah of Mankind.

Deal with it.

Since when did the consensus change from, "It's a natural cycle that's been repeating for millions of years" to, "We are going to destroy the world!"?

  • 01.03.2013 2:52 PM PDT

Posted by: Alex Mac Kee
If pen­ises were planes Jimmy's mouth would be an airport


Posted by: DarkBen64
Don't punch a British kid, the queen'll come after you.

Posted by: Assassin 11D7
Since when did the consensus change from, "It's a natural cycle that's been repeating for millions of years" to, "We are going to destroy the world!"?
The consensus has, and always has been "It is a natural cycle that is being greatly accelerated beyond its natural rate by human input"

  • 01.03.2013 2:53 PM PDT

Posted by: Assassin 11D7
Since when did the consensus change from, "It's a natural cycle that's been repeating for millions of years" to, "We are going to destroy the world!"?


Scientists don't claim that climate change is going to destroy the world. This is what they say will happen, though.

  • 01.03.2013 2:57 PM PDT

It makes me laugh when people who've had no education in climatology talk about climate change as if they're experts, because they've read some bull-blam!- articles online.

Know loads of people like that. "It's a load of rubbish." No, it's not.

  • 01.03.2013 3:06 PM PDT

Posted by: Wolverfrog
It makes me laugh when people who've had no education in climatology talk about climate change as if they're experts, because they've read some bull-blam!- articles online.

Know loads of people like that. "It's a load of rubbish." No, it's not.


I know how you feel. I have a conspiracy theorist family member who rants about how climate change is fake and the earth is actually getting colder.

  • 01.03.2013 3:09 PM PDT

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