Dude, climate change doesn’t even register on my radar except for the effects that it has on discourse, such as people sadly assuming that any talk of “global coordination” is about climate change. If all humanity had to worry about was CO2 in the atmosphere...
Of course I didn’t mean that you’re concerned about climate—I just wanted to clarify for non-native English speakers that the word “porn” can be used in a non-sexual context (it seems that I have done it in a misleading way), and the “climate porn” is the most frequent example of such usage, as far as I can tell.
Explanation for those who don’t understand the comment above:
http://www.wordspy.com/words/climateporn.asp
Dude, climate change doesn’t even register on my radar except for the effects that it has on discourse, such as people sadly assuming that any talk of “global coordination” is about climate change. If all humanity had to worry about was CO2 in the atmosphere...
Of course I didn’t mean that you’re concerned about climate—I just wanted to clarify for non-native English speakers that the word “porn” can be used in a non-sexual context (it seems that I have done it in a misleading way), and the “climate porn” is the most frequent example of such usage, as far as I can tell.
I still don’t get Cannibal’s comment. Is all pessimism porn?
Or, for that matter, is all negativity pessimism?
More like http://lesswrong.com/lw/c4/go_forth_and_create_the_art/98f