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[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Ok, fine. I’ll stop lighting Canada on fire. We all have to do our part.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

You joke, but some of these fires have been started deliberately.

[-] deleteme@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Okay but that headline looks like it was written by big oil

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Seriously. We're on fire because of you, big oil.

[-] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 7 points 1 week ago

Wildfires happen, it's hardly a man made action but rather a part of the baseline that we measure our own actions against. The additional amounts added by our actions are the piece we have control of and accountability for.

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