Liking things before Tumblr: “Haha, that’s pretty funny.” “Cute!” “This is so cool!”
Liking things after Tumblr: ”OMFG MY BABIES” “I WILL NEVER STOP LAUGHING” “ASKJTOFKL” “I CAN’T”
“It would, doubtless, be brave for Gervais to pursue his Derek Noakes sitcom. It would be braver for him to staple his penis to a wolf. And braver still for him to run into a threshing machine, pushing children in wheelchairs in before him.” - Stewart Lee
How to talk to a climate change denier
Communications expert George Marshall offers six strategies for talking to people who don’t accept that climate change is happening. Drawing on his workshops in climate communications and the latest social research he proposes a respectful approach that responds to their interests and values. He says that you should keep away from an argument about the science and concentrate on the personal journey that led you to accept the problem.
I really wish that we lived in a world where scientific results were never misused, and where people just trusted science - but sadly, we don’t.
Much more useful than just for climate change though! This theory of communication will probably work for most situations where people expect you to be angry.
Reblogging this so I can find it later.
