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1. Ciara (ciarani@mastodon.green)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 17:30:06 JST Ciara

   I vowed off #FrivolousFlights several years ago. With the exception of one journey to immediate family that isn't possible by train and ferry on an ordinary budget (time and money). I was just wondering if there's a word for this, for someone who pledged not to fly, except when it's unavoidable, and realised there is. The word is 'hypocrite'.

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   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 17:30:05 JST Aral Balkan

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     @CiaraNi Please don’t be so hard on yourself. Goodness knows the folks who own or otherwise benefit financially from the literal handful of corporations that are responsible for ~70% of greenhouse emissions aren’t beating themselves up about it and neither are the billionaires in their private jets and they’re the ones actually responsible for climate change.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 17:51:07 JST Aral Balkan

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     @CiaraNi No but they’re more than happy to point the finger at folks with empathy like yourself in hopes that in your introspection you won’t notice who the real culprits are.

   • Ciara (ciarani@mastodon.green)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 17:51:08 JST Ciara

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     • Aral Balkan

     @aral Thank you for the kind perspective. I try to keep both tracks in mind - we need major and drastic collective change, and we each need to contribute too. Now you have me wondering if anyone on a private jet chastises themselves about their flight and I think you're right, they don't even think of it.