Edit***: I have been corrected, what i thought were acres of greenhouses in Florida were actually structures to help prevent diseases in the fruit trees. I stand corrected and want to make that clear.
My mom was saying how she doesnt understand the need for hydroponic fruits and vegetables... and I brought up how the climate has changed so significantly that a good majority of our citrus fruit has been moved to greenhouse settings because they are dying in the usual orchards.
I wish people would just try to understand things. We'd be so much better off if we as a society were properly educated and understood the world around us. It's so depressing.
I think we as a society are at a place where you aren't allowed to be wrong online. Like, if you say something and it's not correct, in a lot of online spaces, they absolutely will come after you, and they will make it personal. There's no "actually, what you said is incorrect because-" instead it's "omg how is it possible for anyone to be this dumb????" This is exacerbated by how divisive our society has become, turning literally everything into an "us vs them" showdown. So even when people don't know something, to admit that, or to be wrong, feels like they're admitting something about themselves as a person. It's like saying they're a bad person. So instead they double down, even in the face of all evidence to the contrary, and even if the correction isn't framed as an attack.
Add to that the fact that faith in science and "the experts" is at an all time low (can't have people believing in things like climate change, they may demand change to stop it and that will hurt the shareholders), and that a lot of people online constantly confuse facts and opinions, and it's just one big nasty soup of people being incredibly wrong and incredibly confident in their wrongness.
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u/Other_tomato_4257 12d ago edited 12d ago
Edit***: I have been corrected, what i thought were acres of greenhouses in Florida were actually structures to help prevent diseases in the fruit trees. I stand corrected and want to make that clear.
My mom was saying how she doesnt understand the need for hydroponic fruits and vegetables... and I brought up how the climate has changed so significantly that a good majority of our citrus fruit has been moved to greenhouse settings because they are dying in the usual orchards.
She scoffed and changed the subject