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[–] kevin2107@lemmy.world -1 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

nice strawman, how many trees did you burn posting this comment?

[–] pycorax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

I didn't write my comment to disagree with your point or to make a bad faith argument. I merely wanted to point out another thing that is of greater concern to me and most likely many others. That is in no way mutually exclusive to your point and doesn't invalidate it. So get that snark out of here.

I frankly don't think the amount of "trees being burnt" from posting a comment is relevant compared to the potential of hundreds of devices performing a unnecessary download. Hell, a billionaire's carbon footprint in a couple seconds likely already far exceeds that. At least this conversation is going somewhere. In any case, this is an unquantifiable cost anyways.

[–] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

i would burn a whole forest right now just to unread your comment

[–] kevin2107@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)