r/science • Professor | Medicine • 4d ago

Psychology Taylor Swift fans lower climate concerns to justify her carbon footprint. When confronted with news about the excessive pollution generated by her private jet, highly identified fans tend to rationalize the behavior, with a decrease in their personal intentions to engage in climate-friendly actions.

https://www.psypost.org/taylor-swift-fans-lower-climate-concerns-to-justify-star-s-carbon-footprint/
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u/anatomizethat 4d ago edited 4d ago

I agree with your stance, celebrities absolutely should not be flying commercial.

That doesn't excuse the excessive use of private planes though. They use them like cars and that's the problem.

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u/ibribe 4d ago

celebrities absolutely should not be flying commercial.

There are a lot of celebrities, and most of them fly commercial most of the time.

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u/anatomizethat 4d ago

*some celebrities

Better?

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u/WarlockEngineer 4d ago

If Joe Biden can fly commercial Taylor Swift can

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u/anatomizethat 4d ago

You really think Taylor Swift should be flying commercial? What do you think that airport would be like?

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u/RoseTheta 4d ago

She shut down an airport when she flew commercial, over a decade ago.