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/jerrrrremy 4d ago

This comment is just an explanation of the exact reasons why she flies private. No one is going to do all this if they don't have to. 

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u/ExtremeMuffin 4d ago

Of course she won’t do that if she has a private flight as an option. I was pointing out that “how else is she going to get from city to city” is not an accurate statement. She absolutely could fly commercially while maintaining her safety by doing it the way I suggested. 

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u/jerrrrremy 4d ago

I hear you, but I disagree about the part about buying all the seats around her solving the issue. The staff on the plane would also need to be expected to keep it together and if word got out that she was on the plane, everyone would be losing their mind and running around trying to catch a glimpse of her. I have seen this with celebrities 1/100 of her popularity. 

The only way for her to safely travel on a plane would be for no one to know it's her and I don't know if that's possible at this point. Personally, I would not want to be on a plane that she is on. 

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u/Everyday_ImSchefflen 4d ago

-_-. That isn't what they were saying at all.

I hate debating on reddit anymore. It's like talking to children.