Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on cover of TIME

brianlux

Who'd have ever known they knew how to Photoshop way back in 1898!  Wow!

Bentleyspop

OK Boomer....

Aging Megastar Deeply Threatened By Teenage Climate Activist.
https://jalopnik.com/aging-megastar-deeply-threatened-by-teenage-climate-act-1840065881

HughFreakingDillon

Bentleyspop said:

OK Boomer....

Aging Megastar Deeply Threatened By Teenage Climate Activist.
https://jalopnik.com/aging-megastar-deeply-threatened-by-teenage-climate-act-1840065881

pretty sure I knew how to say "mommy and daddy" prior to entering the school system. that guy is, always has been, and apparently always will be, a fucking moron. 

brianlux

Bentleyspop said:

OK Boomer....

Aging Megastar Deeply Threatened By Teenage Climate Activist.
https://jalopnik.com/aging-megastar-deeply-threatened-by-teenage-climate-act-1840065881

"Star"?  Never even heard of the guy.  Must be a TV thing.  Looks like a clown.

pearljammr78

https://apple.news/ARoxqDVgcT-CxyXXFzaRp0g

Cool article. Not a Coldplay fan by any means but I respect their choice by not touring. Cool numbers of carbon impact in the article too. Good quick read. 

brianlux

Greta labled "brat" by Brazil's far right president Jair Bolsonaro. 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/10/greta-thunberg-jair-bolsonaro-brazil-indigenous-amazon

Yeah, sure, I can see that.  I can see why Bolsonaro would say, "I'm a president and I don't care if you don't like it that my policies cause the death of indigenous people, YOU LITTLE BRAT!"

CM189191

Person of the Year

Bentleyspop

Time Person of the Year: Climate crisis activist Greta Thunberg. https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/11/media/time-person-of-the-year-2019/index.html

Bentleyspop

https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1204743717132914688?s=19

Spiritual_Chaos

Bentleyspop said:

https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1204743717132914688?s=19

THERE IT IS!

Ledbetterman10

Congrats Greta! You’re in good company! 

josevolution

Ledbetterman10 said:

Congrats Greta! You’re in good company! 

She’s a thousand times a better human than the Baffoon will ever be!and that’s being generous ...

Ledbetterman10

josevolution said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Congrats Greta! You’re in good company! 

She’s a thousand times a better human than the Baffoon will ever be!and that’s being generous ...

I’m not really comparing the two of them. I just think it’s strange that she got the same award that he did four years ago. She’s being honored for her activism I guess, so what were they honoring him for? His Nazi-like campaign?

josevolution

Ledbetterman10 said:

josevolution said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Congrats Greta! You’re in good company! 

She’s a thousand times a better human than the Baffoon will ever be!and that’s being generous ...

I’m not really comparing the two of them. I just think it’s strange that she got the same award that he did four years ago. She’s being honored for her activism I guess, so what were they honoring him for? His Nazi-like campaign?

lol maybe ..

HughFreakingDillon

Ledbetterman10 said:

josevolution said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Congrats Greta! You’re in good company! 

She’s a thousand times a better human than the Baffoon will ever be!and that’s being generous ...

I’m not really comparing the two of them. I just think it’s strange that she got the same award that he did four years ago. She’s being honored for her activism I guess, so what were they honoring him for? His Nazi-like campaign?

I don't think it's really a "best of" type of adulation. it's more of a "most influential/most talked about" type of thing. At least that's how I thought of it. 

Spiritual_Chaos

Ledbetterman10 said:

josevolution said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Congrats Greta! You’re in good company! 

She’s a thousand times a better human than the Baffoon will ever be!and that’s being generous ...

I’m not really comparing the two of them. I just think it’s strange that she got the same award that he did four years ago. She’s being honored for her activism I guess, so what were they honoring him for? His Nazi-like campaign?

Read up on Time Person of the Year before posting. You don't come off as clever as you think in your post.

Bentleyspop

 

https://twitter.com/PearlJam/status/1204875158860763141?s=19

Ledbetterman10

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

josevolution said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Congrats Greta! You’re in good company! 

She’s a thousand times a better human than the Baffoon will ever be!and that’s being generous ...

I’m not really comparing the two of them. I just think it’s strange that she got the same award that he did four years ago. She’s being honored for her activism I guess, so what were they honoring him for? His Nazi-like campaign?

Read up on Time Person of the Year before posting. You don't come off as clever as you think in your post.

I’m not trying to sound “clever.” I just think it’s funny that people that celebrated Trump getting this are pissed that she’s getting it. And people who celebrate her getting it were probably pissed when Trump did. 

You get pretty emotional over this girl and it’s a little sad. I remember a few months ago I was being critical of some politician that was insulting her by saying something along the lines of “I don’t know why someone would be insulting a teenager with Aspergers.” Oh boy did you get triggered...complaining about how I shouldn’t mention her Aspergers. That’s despite her Twitter bio literally saying she’s a “16 year are old climate and environmental activist with Aspergers.” God almighty. 


Edit: Dude I apologize. There's no need for me to be all "Oh you're emotional and triggered blah blah blah..." No need for it. Someone you're a fan of got a recognition and you're happy about it, and I don't need to be crashing your thread like a dick with pictures of Trump. That's lame of me. @Spiritual_Chaos

benjs

Ledbetterman10 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

josevolution said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Congrats Greta! You’re in good company! 

She’s a thousand times a better human than the Baffoon will ever be!and that’s being generous ...

I’m not really comparing the two of them. I just think it’s strange that she got the same award that he did four years ago. She’s being honored for her activism I guess, so what were they honoring him for? His Nazi-like campaign?

Read up on Time Person of the Year before posting. You don't come off as clever as you think in your post.

I’m not trying to sound “clever.” I just think it’s funny that people that celebrated Trump getting this are pissed that she’s getting it. And people who celebrate her getting it were probably pissed when Trump did. 

You get pretty emotional over this girl and it’s a little sad. I remember a few months ago I was being critical of some politician that was insulting her by saying something along the lines of “I don’t know why someone would be insulting a teenager with Aspergers.” Oh boy did you get triggered...complaining about how I shouldn’t mention her Aspergers. That’s despite her Twitter bio literally saying she’s a “16 year are old climate and environmental activist with Aspergers.” God almighty. 

Persons of the Year throughout time include Stalin, Hitler, Nixon. Person of the Year is much more about how major of a topic the person was within the calendar year, rather than how big their heart is. Trump deserved to be the Person of the Year; as a narcissist, a criminal, a loose-lipped idiot, and the POTUS, his podiums were unprecedentedly large and he managed to capture the attention of the planet. If his mouth was smaller and his brain was larger, this would've been harder to attain.
Thunberg also deserved to be the Person of the Year, but while Trump's repugnant character and exploitation of unearned positions got him onto the cover page, Thunberg took the noble approach of demonstrating selflessness and care for our future.

CM189191

HughFreakingDillon said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

josevolution said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Congrats Greta! You’re in good company! 

She’s a thousand times a better human than the Baffoon will ever be!and that’s being generous ...

I’m not really comparing the two of them. I just think it’s strange that she got the same award that he did four years ago. She’s being honored for her activism I guess, so what were they honoring him for? His Nazi-like campaign?

I don't think it's really a "best of" type of adulation. it's more of a "most influential/most talked about" type of thing. At least that's how I thought of it. 

You are correct - Time's Person of the Year is definitely not an award, more of an acknowledgement

For example :