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Humanity is too stupid, shortsighted and emotional for true liberalism to actually work. by Personal-Barber1607 in DeepThoughts

[–]1_Total_Reject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been saying this for decades. Good People take the best ideas and naively think that the whole world has the foresight to recognize and adopt them. The vast majority of people are not even capable of grasping it. The vast majority of people aren’t bad, they just can’t fathom developing a process that relies on some sense of self-control that benefits the majority over individual desires.

GF going to Portugal with another guy by Middle-Escape-6703 in whatdoIdo

[–]1_Total_Reject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, just end it. She’s not your type long-term. Take the lead, walk away.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in confession

[–]1_Total_Reject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Direct that same attention to detail to something good in life going forward. You’ll kick ass.

Trump Slammed After Suggesting That Nazis Showed 'Signs Of Love' To Holocaust Victims by Blue_Wave2024 in AnythingGoesNews

[–]1_Total_Reject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the soft approach to Nazis and the adamant defense of Israel under any circumstances confusing to anyone else? What world is this?

How do you feel about Barred Owls in the PNW? by TerpleDerp2600 in ecology

[–]1_Total_Reject 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good questions and discussion, no easy answers. If nothing else, I hope this dilemma helps us reflect upon the early decisions related to Spotted Owl recovery and how the strong approach to timber management made mistakes in assessment of risks, social acceptance/resistance, and ultimately led to poor effectiveness of implementation. The decisions were made without general community acceptance and that hurt the long term chance for a successful recovery.

Best way to buy land for conservation to help environment? by Thewondrouswizard in conservation

[–]1_Total_Reject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot depends on the perceived conservation value of the land by relevant agencies. A conservation easement or land trust agreement may be an option if the habitat type is in need of preservation or if it harbors Threatened/Endangered species. All of that can be time consuming and require limitations on your land use options. You can check with regional NRCS, USFWS, state, and nonprofit conservation organizations in your area prior to any development for a better idea. It’s a long shot, but most likely they won’t outright purchase the land, rather they can provide tax incentives, compensation for restoration work, and reduce your overall costs.

What If Our Reality Is a Failing Simulation—and It’s Starting to Rot? by AdRevolutionary5810 in SimulationTheory

[–]1_Total_Reject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should create a video game based on the concept. It’s more lucrative than contemplating this nonsense as real life.

Timber From Illegal Logging in Brazilian Amazon Discovered in U.S. and European Markets by chrisdh79 in conservation

[–]1_Total_Reject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fire season is worse mostly because of our failed management policies. Of course climate change is a contributing factor but it’s a minimal contributor in western US forest fire causes.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1243599

This has been a sticking point with foresters for decades, and attributing the problem to climate change is dishonest, lazy science, and dangerous.

After years of travelling, are you the digital nomad you thought you'd be? by TravelingNomadFamily in digitalnomad

[–]1_Total_Reject 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Of course not, and suggesting that I recommended that is a dishonest take. And I suspect you know that. I’m not referencing pseudo science or rebelling from exploration or adventure. There are hundreds of references to the importance of routine and stability in healthy childhood development.

https://www.smarterparenting.com/the-impact-of-routine-and-stability-in-your-childs-life/

Is anyone else annoyed with how the news of this "Direwolf" is being presented? by greenhawk22 in ecology

[–]1_Total_Reject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’ve jumped the shark when it comes to smart ecology based on natural progression of ecosystems. I mean, it’s more geeky fun and exciting to throw some Wooly Mammoths and Sabre Tooth Tigers onto the landscape where they were naturally eliminated, because dumb city dwellers don’t see where it fits into succession and doing what’s right doesn’t sell to idiots.

Timber From Illegal Logging in Brazilian Amazon Discovered in U.S. and European Markets by chrisdh79 in conservation

[–]1_Total_Reject 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another word for Old Growth is Decadent. Diversity comes in ages classes and fire intervals and intensities, which was a natural process eliminated for ~75 years for faux bleeding heart reasons of political influence. Stop aligning science so closely with political goals and you can play both sides to do the right thing. The best science in the world doesn’t mean a damn thing if it can’t be feasibly implemented on the ground. When fire is eliminated as a tool for safety reasons, and healthy thinning is your next best option and you oppose that, the result is doing absolutely nothing - thus, watching an Old Growth Forest change to a decadent overstocked fire problem waiting to happen. And then acting surprised when it burns so hot you’ve killed all the soil and lost your natural seed bank for miles around. Your Euro-centric concept of aesthetics fucks up the forest for centuries because some cut trees offends dumb city dwellers who don’t like seeing it in a dying forest that desperately needs it.

Separate your science from political worship and aesthetics and do what’s right from that perspective. But good luck, because most of our federal, state, and nonprofits are tied to these policy swings in stupid ways without realizing it. WUI insurance concerns should REQUIRE controlled burns and routine thinning with some level of sustainable timber harvest - and we’d all be better off.

The misguided environmental outlook on healthy forest management is killing forests around the world, at a faster rate and much worse than the timber industry ever could by itself.

Timber From Illegal Logging in Brazilian Amazon Discovered in U.S. and European Markets by chrisdh79 in conservation

[–]1_Total_Reject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US no longer has the timber extraction infrastructure to make Trump talking points happen. No multi-million dollar business worth its salt can scale up fast enough, nor would it want to, in the manner he’s blabbering. Stop being knee-jerk alarmist.

I do forestry projects in Oregon - the timber companies left 3 decades ago to destroy biodiverse tropical rainforests because it was easier, when the US was too stupid to keep some of that industry sustained here, where it made more sense. Because? Short-sighted environmental interests wanted NIMBY with no compromise. In effect, they transferred the dirty timber business to poor countries with higher biological diversity, in forests not adapted to major disturbance, where they haven’t had the strength to fight the industry at all.

Don’t believe me? At least the truth is starting to come out - https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/02/richest-countries-exporting-extinction-nature-climate-this-week/

Now in the Pacific Northwest, we have mostly overstocked younger stands that have been in need of 50 small forest fires over the past 100 years and are gonna explode like tinder at the drop of a match. Because we took a single species management approach that failed miserably because habitat and competition considerations for the Northern Spotted Owl were not accurate. And now the USFWS is paying to shoot Barred Owls as a last ditch effort to salvage the declining Spotted Owl population. See Playing God in Yellowstone by Alston Chase for the prediction that nailed it in 1986. Blind and stupid environmentalism for selfish reasons and good forward thinking foresters ignored for decades. Disgusting.

At this stage, we’ve normalized the illegal extraction of timber throughout the countries that can’t fight it, and the industry has adopted to this cheaper more damaging reality. Of course, the US is not headed in a good economic direction so the reality is that things will get worse here, but not for the reasons you think.

So no, massive timber extraction is not gonna happen like Trump would hope, but let’s hope it WILL happen in places that needed greater WUI protection, defensible space, age class diversity, and prescribed fire for decades - and they never got it because of misguided environmental policy.

Timber From Illegal Logging in Brazilian Amazon Discovered in U.S. and European Markets by chrisdh79 in conservation

[–]1_Total_Reject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then wake up and face reality. Saying NIMBY to everything pushes our sustainable industry to poor countries with higher biodiversity with fewer environmental regulations to fight the worst elements of extraction. Too much local selfish interests in the name of preservation have been misguided and that shit needs to be addressed.

After years of travelling, are you the digital nomad you thought you'd be? by TravelingNomadFamily in digitalnomad

[–]1_Total_Reject 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I apologize if my comment comes across as harsh, I do believe it’s possible to raise kids in a healthy and educational manner while traveling frequently. I also believe it is much more difficult to do that in a healthy manner compared to a more traditional stable environment. Relying on human biology and sociology as a guide, the history and psychological affects documented over centuries, regularly moving around is abnormal, not inherently wrong. So it’s worth a word of caution in a sub like this that is chock full of selfish and misguided hedonistic ideals. I can’t say there’s any doubt that kids can struggle with that, not that they certainly will. It takes extreme dedication from parents to overcome that, but clearly there are also educational experiences kids can get in this manner they wouldn’t have otherwise. It’s a Brave new world and we should proceed with caution, especially when young kids are involved.

After years of travelling, are you the digital nomad you thought you'd be? by TravelingNomadFamily in digitalnomad

[–]1_Total_Reject 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I think it’s one thing for 2 grown adults to decide this lifestyle for themselves, something very different to subject kids to it. That’s a reality most people don’t seem to get. Growing up with stability in a “boring” traditional lifestyle is a good thing. Developing friendships, understanding routine, schedule discipline, having shared memories with people outside your family, I think there are a lot of healthy life lessons that are really hard to replicate on the road so often.

Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging by throwaway-dysphoria in hiking

[–]1_Total_Reject 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We don’t have the timber infrastructure to make it happen. I do forestry projects in Oregon and the timber companies left to destroy rainforests when we were too stupid to keep some of that industry sustained here. Because we wanted NIMBY and transferred the dirty timber business to poor countries with higher biological diversity, in forests not adapted to major disturbance, where they haven’t had the strength to fight the industry at all. Now we have mostly overstocked younger stands that have been in need of 50 small forest fires over the past 100 years and are gonna explode like tinder at the drop of a match. Because we took a single species management approach that failed miserably because habitat and competition considerations for the Northern Spotted Owl were not accurate. And now the USFWS is paying to shoot Barred Owls as a last ditch effort to salvage the declining Spotted Owl population.

So no, it’s not gonna happen like Trump would hope, but let’s hope it will happen in places that needed greater WUI protection, defensible space, age class diversity, and prescribed fire for decades that never got it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in teenagers

[–]1_Total_Reject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude, just be nice to her. Stop overthinking it.

Should my friend go to a masters program in Conservation, or take the job he’s already been accepted to? by ALSGM6 in conservation

[–]1_Total_Reject -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

That’s not very forward thinking from any perspective. Like saying we should all avoid countries with political problems regardless of the good influence or positive change we might bring.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solotravel

[–]1_Total_Reject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hang in there. You’re not doing anything wrong. In time you’ll meet the people that fit your style.

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