Pearl Jam Fans Are Hypocrites!

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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Collin wrote:
    I haven't met a single person who is not a hypocrite in some way.

    Exactly. And some people try to buy their way out of their hypocracy with carbon offsets. Sort of like Catholics who sin and then get absolution from their priest by saying 10 hail marys. If that works for your conscience, cool.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    I'm flying in. Then I'm going to rent an Escalade or something else because I have to bring a load of items back from my cousin's house in Tampa. It will probably be hot so I'm going to crank the AC but I like fresh air so I will have the windows down to.

    That makes me the most comfortable and it is the truth.

    There are bigger problems and greater dangers to this country than how I get to a concert.
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    brokendave wrote:
    With Pearl Jam going back on tour in a month or so, how will you be ensuring that you produce as little waste as possible on your journey? How is this going to help in the grander scheme of things? Will actions like this save us from ourselves?

    P.S. The title was just to get you to read these questions. Please reply.

    In Solidarity,

    Dave
    ...
    Shouldn't we be concerned about our output... maybe for the sake of the little kids and their future kids, instead of a Rock Band?
    People do what they can... I do what I can (recycle, cut energy usage, eliminate unnecessary driving, etc...) because it is a sound policy to adopt. If you sit with your car's engine idling while you wait for your Big Mac in the drive thru line all the time... but, decide to carpool to the next Pearl Jam show to cut your carbon output... I think you are missing the point.
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  • lazymoon13
    lazymoon13 Posts: 838
    unsung wrote:
    I'm flying in. Then I'm going to rent an Escalade or something else because I have to bring a load of items back from my cousin's house in Tampa. It will probably be hot so I'm going to crank the AC but I like fresh air so I will have the windows down to.

    That makes me the most comfortable and it is the truth.

    There are bigger problems and greater dangers to this country than how I get to a concert.

    :D nice.
  • stupidcorporatewhore
    stupidcorporatewhore Posts: 761
    glad you asked..

    I will be driving as gas efficient of a car as I can get, making sure to carpool.

    and as always, I will be offsetting my carbon emmissions through CI

    anything else?
  • stupidcorporatewhore
    stupidcorporatewhore Posts: 761
    jeffbr wrote:
    Exactly. And some people try to buy their way out of their hypocracy with carbon offsets. Sort of like Catholics who sin and then get absolution from their priest by saying 10 hail marys. If that works for your conscience, cool.

    oops, just read this.

    so, doing the right thing or trying to do the right thing is buying your way out of hypocrisy?

    so we should not recycle, not give to charity, not plant a tree, not give someone else the right of way in traffic, not cheat on our wives, not steal etc.? We should in fact, be the worst we can be because it doesn't really matter?

    the quoted post goes a long way in understanding the twisted republican mind.
  • Towsertunes
    Towsertunes Posts: 187
    stupidcorporatewhore wrote:
    oops, just read this.

    so, doing the right thing or trying to do the right thing is buying your way out of hypocrisy?

    so we should not recycle, not give to charity, not plant a tree, not give someone else the right of way in traffic, not cheat on our wives, not steal etc.? We should in fact, be the worst we can be because it doesn't really matter?

    the quoted post goes a long way in understanding the twisted republican mind.

    Someone sure jumps to conclusions.
    Carbon offsets do nothing.
    What are you, a stupid corporate whore or what?
    "they don't give a shit Keith Moon is dead,
    is that exactly what I thought I read?"


    How I choose to feel,...Is how I am.
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    stupidcorporatewhore wrote:
    oops, just read this.

    so, doing the right thing or trying to do the right thing is buying your way out of hypocrisy?

    so we should not recycle, not give to charity, not plant a tree, not give someone else the right of way in traffic, not cheat on our wives, not steal etc.? We should in fact, be the worst we can be because it doesn't really matter?

    the quoted post goes a long way in understanding the twisted republican mind.

    Ha, so that's why you sound so confused all of the time. I'm not a Republican.

    And you certainly have read a lot into my post that wasn't there. You've got a fabulously active imagination which I'm sure earned you high marks in creative writing classes in school.

    There are plenty of articles coming out from pretty non-biased sources, and even some environmental sources that caution people that carbon offsets aren't all they're cracked up to be. The caution is that people shouldn't rely on them to absolve them of making correct decisions in the first place. And your sentence about "it really doesn't matter" shows that you've completely misunderstood my post, by about 180 degrees. I recycle. I have planted a number of trees on my property. I have never cheated on my wife in 20+ years of marriage, etc... You really need to read for comprehension rather than just knee-jerk based on preconceptions.

    And get educated - google "problem with carbon offsets" and you'll see plenty of sources from environment websites.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • melodious
    melodious Posts: 1,719
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  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    melodious wrote:
    I am astral travelling with each and everyone of YOU....peace and be grateful for whatever your means....savor and be safe....with abundance and prosperity....

    :D

    That's a good answer!

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  • DixieN
    DixieN Posts: 351
    I'm not a hypocrite. I'm staying home. Although, in the past when I've traveled big distances, I still wasn't a hypocrite. I am a conspicuous consumer of petroleum products and have never claimed otherwise. I'm not staying home to save the environment or anything, I'm staying home so I can save up for the gas it's going to take me to continue my unabashed love affair with the elderly automobile. I'll stop using gas when they pry the pump handle out of my cold, dead hands. Or until something better comes along. I'm not totally unreasonable. :)
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    brokendave wrote:
    With Pearl Jam going back on tour in a month or so, how will you be ensuring that you produce as little waste as possible on your journey? How is this going to help in the grander scheme of things? Will actions like this save us from ourselves?

    P.S. The title was just to get you to read these questions. Please reply.

    In Solidarity,

    Dave

    haha, i like your approach ;)

    i don't fucking know what i'm going to do, i'm going to do absolutely nothing out of the ordinary, i.e if they are playing in London(UK) i will simply take a train to the place where they have a gig

    hope this answers your question

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