Unpopular Opinion

it's not THEE ultimate and almighty issue

We're talking about the possible extinction of the human race. That seems to me to be the ultimate and almighty issue. I can't imagine what you could think was more important.

Climate change threatens to kill everyone on the planet. It is the ultimate issue right now. This is just humans going into survival mode and focusing on the big death.

Everyone who's down voting, this is clearly a bona fide unpopular opinion, don't downvote. It's exactly why this community exists

Explain how is public transportation not safe?

Okay bud you are wrong not just unpopular.

Have you ever been on a road trip with the family, and you've been stuck in traffic for a while, and you start to get low on gas, but the next station is closed, and you aren't sure if you'll make it to the next gas station, so your trying to drive in a way that conserves fuel, but the traffic is barely moving? And then two people in the back start arguing over the song on the radio, and they demand you change the station? This is like that, except if you run out of gas, everyone on earth will die. Everyone you care about will suffer and die. All of the children everywhere, whether they starve or freeze or drown or burn, their lives will all be cut painfully short, all because you ran out of gas.

And you're in the back whining about the stereo.

But it’s not THEE ultimate and almighty issue.

It is the single GREATEST existential threat to humanity right now. This isn't an unpopular opinion, you are just factually incorrect.

Who is the “they” you’re referring too? From the title I guess all people are too heated up over climate change for you? (See what I did there ;) I am absolutely a climate activist but I for sure have a chill mode. I’m not violent and all I do is try to educate my friends and family. If we don’t address climate change we will destroy the world that’s a fact, so to me it is THEE most important issue. (FYI- thee actually means you, it’s not a stronger form of the like you’re using it).

Actual unpopular opinion, updooted

Dude, great post!

That is a truly unpopular opinion.

And, you aren't wrong about most of it! The only thing I'd disagree with is the relative importance of the issue. Even that's only because we're at a tipping point where shit is getting close to being impossible to fix.

I agree that there's a shit ton of zealotry around the subject, and that public transportation is not the answer to the problem everywhere. Folks that live in rural areas simply can't use public transport because it doesn't exist. It doesn't exist because there's got enough tax base to support it. And there's not enough population to use it even if it was economically feasible. That means that you're still causing the same amount of pollution unless the area can support electric bases transport, which isn't always possible.

And, you're dead on with public transport not being safe everywhere. Even in fairly stable cities with good levels of security personnel have troubles. All you have to do is check places like r/subwaycreatures used to be, or publicfreakouts, or the lemmy equivalents, and you'll see that even in places with great subway or bus service, you aren't guaranteed a safe ride.

And places with less security? There's way too many stories of women being damn near raped on busses in countries around the world to pretend that humanity is trustworthy in tight, cramped busses and trains.