Oyyyyyy Veyyyy obyooluhslee et didn't reech duhhhhh uddah syde ov duhhhhh divoise en encloosive wind struckhiz! Ooowull duhhhhh air awn dat syde is cleen enn vahhhkcinaytid! Kvetch!
[ - ] Sector2 1 point 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 16:28:25 ago (+1/-0)
Literally covering the bird with oil could have driven the point home more than the headline that only makes an implication. Emotions beat rationality.
"covering the bird with oil" would have only served to distract from the simple message that it was, in fact, killed by the envirofaggots pet windmills. Just as thousands of other raptors are, some of them "endangered species", every year.
And yet, the envirofaggots stand mute about it. Because money.
For 13 dollars a month a gated community white female HOA member that hates the hoooowyte patriarchy could have saved this bird instead of coal burning.
[ - ] Peleg 1 point 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 13:10:47 ago (+1/-0)
Oil has naturally seeped through the ocean floor for thousands of years. It has gotten all over animals many times long before people used it. They always show people cleaning oil off of a baby duckling, because they are sooo cute. Ducks usually stay around fresh water. I don't think I've ever seen a duck in salt water. The "big oil spills" they bitch about always happen out in the ocean. Hum. I wonder how many birds and animals get oil on themselves and it naturally washes off without any outside help.
I was in Seward, Alaska when the Exxon Valdez happened. People quit good jobs in the interior to run to the coast to get money thrown at them for wiping oil off rocks on the beach with paper towels. We called them "spill-ionaires".
I remember "Oscar the otter", because I was there. They made a big deal about how the first otter that had been saved and de-oiled was now going to be the very first one released back into the wild. It had been calculated that the cost of rehabilitating Oscar had been somewhere in the vicinity of 1 million USD.
Everybody went down to the beach, and the press was out in full force. Oscar's cage was opened and he stepped out. "Ooooh!" and "Aaaah!" cooed the crowd. Then he went out into the water.
And was promptly swallowed whole by a killer whale. A furry $1 million hors d'oeuvre.
The whole crowd was stunned. And I laughed so hard I almost couldn't breathe. Almost pissed myself.
The university also did a little post-spill research project. They took one patch of coast and used every de-oiling substance known to man to get rid of every last trace of the oil. The other patch, the "control" area, they left completely alone and did nothing to it.
Within two years the untreated "control" area was completely back to normal and thriving. The area that had been "cleaned" was still sterile and dead as a grave.
One of the dirty little secrets is that because the production of hydrocarbons is a natural, ongoing geological process, and always has been, and has always been "seeping up through the ocean floor", just as you said, there is also an entire range of bacteria and other microorganisms that flourish in that exact environment and feed on the oil. It is their natural habitat.
But having that well known, that both the oil and the organisms that feed on it, are all part of a complex natural ongoing world-wide process, would interfere with the whole "Muh Climate Change! Oil Bad!" narrative, so it's not spoken of aloud in polite collegiate company.
It's possible. They may have. I don't know. My eyes were closed and full of tears from laughing so hard. I clearly remember having to lean over and put my hands on my knees to keep from falling over, but as far as anyone elses reaction to me, I honestly couldn't tell you.
I do know that I have had a special place in my heart for orcas ever since.
[ + ] Steelerfish
[ - ] Steelerfish 2 points 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 11:23:20 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] BulletStopper
[ - ] BulletStopper [op] 1 point 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 11:28:46 ago (+1/-0)*
Wonder why. Money and political power can buy you a metric shit-ton of NIMBY.
[ + ] Clubberlang
[ - ] Clubberlang 0 points 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 21:02:49 ago (+0/-0)
Climate refugee that took a shit on the yard of the month your thoughts?
[ + ] BulletStopper
[ - ] BulletStopper [op] 0 points 1.3 yearsMar 10, 2024 01:54:02 ago (+0/-0)*
"Behold! The WEF proposes that, in the future, EVERY American MUST have their lawn shit on by migrants!"
[ + ] Nosferatjew
[ - ] Nosferatjew 1 point 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 12:50:07 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Clubberlang
[ - ] Clubberlang 1 point 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 21:03:57 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Clubberlang
[ - ] Clubberlang 1 point 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 21:01:29 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Sector2
[ - ] Sector2 1 point 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 16:28:25 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] BulletStopper
[ - ] BulletStopper [op] 1 point 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 19:54:18 ago (+1/-0)*
And yet, the envirofaggots stand mute about it. Because money.
[ + ] Clubberlang
[ - ] Clubberlang 1 point 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 21:05:24 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Peleg
[ - ] Peleg 1 point 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 13:10:47 ago (+1/-0)
I wonder how many birds and animals get oil on themselves and it naturally washes off without any outside help.
[ + ] BulletStopper
[ - ] BulletStopper [op] 2 points 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 13:28:47 ago (+2/-0)
I remember "Oscar the otter", because I was there. They made a big deal about how the first otter that had been saved and de-oiled was now going to be the very first one released back into the wild. It had been calculated that the cost of rehabilitating Oscar had been somewhere in the vicinity of 1 million USD.
Everybody went down to the beach, and the press was out in full force. Oscar's cage was opened and he stepped out. "Ooooh!" and "Aaaah!" cooed the crowd. Then he went out into the water.
And was promptly swallowed whole by a killer whale. A furry $1 million hors d'oeuvre.
The whole crowd was stunned. And I laughed so hard I almost couldn't breathe. Almost pissed myself.
The university also did a little post-spill research project. They took one patch of coast and used every de-oiling substance known to man to get rid of every last trace of the oil. The other patch, the "control" area, they left completely alone and did nothing to it.
Within two years the untreated "control" area was completely back to normal and thriving. The area that had been "cleaned" was still sterile and dead as a grave.
[ + ] Peleg
[ - ] Peleg 1 point 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 19:28:39 ago (+1/-0)
Yes! Yep! I Knew that just leaving things be would be better than a bunch of stupid libs "cleaning" everything.
[ + ] BulletStopper
[ - ] BulletStopper [op] 1 point 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 19:46:13 ago (+1/-0)
But having that well known, that both the oil and the organisms that feed on it, are all part of a complex natural ongoing world-wide process, would interfere with the whole "Muh Climate Change! Oil Bad!" narrative, so it's not spoken of aloud in polite collegiate company.
[ + ] Clubberlang
[ - ] Clubberlang 1 point 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 21:08:11 ago (+1/-0)
And in unison the hive glared angrily at you because you disturbed its narrative.
[ + ] BulletStopper
[ - ] BulletStopper [op] 1 point 1.3 yearsMar 10, 2024 01:51:24 ago (+1/-0)
I clearly remember having to lean over and put my hands on my knees to keep from falling over, but as far as anyone elses reaction to me, I honestly couldn't tell you.
I do know that I have had a special place in my heart for orcas ever since.
[ + ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey
[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 0 points 1.3 yearsMar 9, 2024 10:20:20 ago (+0/-0)