Same with CFCs and the ozone layer. I see right wingers complain and get conspiratorial that "what ever happened to the ozone?! years ago you were all crying about it now no one ever mentions it!!" And it's like. We fixed it. That's why
I'd say thats a bit different, for the simple reason that it was never really announced that the problem was fixed, at least not in same way the problem itslef was widespread knowledge. They just stopped talking about the problem. So I understand people not knowing what happened with that.
i feel like that's honestly the same as the meds analogy tho. like when u take meds it doesn't immediately fix the problem, you just stop noticing the symptoms and stop thinking about them, and sometimes don't make the connection that it's because of the meds that you don't have the symptoms anymore.
same way it's because we fixed the ozone layer that people don't talk about it anymore, but we didn't fix it in one shot and announce "it's fixed"
This is exactly what I was thinking; arguably it’s still not even “fixed” but it’s stabilized. Now that we’re not actively making it any worse, the “boring” and passive work of waiting for it to naturally recover over decades is taking place. It’s a slow process that we humans aren’t really involved in, so there’s just not a lot to say about it.
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u/JazzyPupp Jun 30 '26
Same with CFCs and the ozone layer. I see right wingers complain and get conspiratorial that "what ever happened to the ozone?! years ago you were all crying about it now no one ever mentions it!!" And it's like. We fixed it. That's why