jeffw@lemmy.world to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 14 days agoExtreme temperatures seem to be messing with children's mental healthwww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down13
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkExtreme temperatures seem to be messing with children's mental healthwww.motherjones.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 14 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareSnowclone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down3·14 days agoYou ever get the feeling that when articles like this say low income kids are more effected, it’s like, a justification of what’s happening?
minus-squareQuincyPeck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·14 days agoIf not a justification, then a reason to delay doing anything about climate change. It’s not affecting the people that really matter yet, right?
minus-squareToes♀linkfedilinkarrow-up5·14 days agoThere’s a game I occasionally play. One of the metric you gotta keep tabs on making sure your population doesn’t become as free as your nobles. You get a game over screen asking who will fetch my water if not the commoner. I feel stuff like this is a reflection of that thought.
minus-squareDelta@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 days agoLower income people tend to live in densely populated areas with less foliage, so it tends to be hotter. Add on fear of healthcare bills? It’s no wonder they’re more effected
You ever get the feeling that when articles like this say low income kids are more effected, it’s like, a justification of what’s happening?
If not a justification, then a reason to delay doing anything about climate change. It’s not affecting the people that really matter yet, right?
There’s a game I occasionally play. One of the metric you gotta keep tabs on making sure your population doesn’t become as free as your nobles.
You get a game over screen asking who will fetch my water if not the commoner. I feel stuff like this is a reflection of that thought.
Lower income people tend to live in densely populated areas with less foliage, so it tends to be hotter.
Add on fear of healthcare bills? It’s no wonder they’re more effected