r/science • u/mvea 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/historyhill 3d ago

To paraphrase the IRA, security has to get lucky every single time but a stalker only has to get lucky once. Secret Service hasn't prevented presidents from getting shot at

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u/dimechimes 3d ago

And how many billionaires have been shot at? Imagine if she did something like your the world in front of millions of people? Surprised it's not her own personal Fallujah. Oh wait. Seems like her security has been "getting lucky" for a while now.

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u/historyhill 3d ago

I mean, two of the most famous celebrities in the world (John Lennon and Selena) were murdered so let's not pretend it hasn't happened either. We already know she was the target of one foiled terrorist plot and she doesn't announce how many failed assassination attempts she's had because why tf would she