Floridians, more than other Americans, believe climate change is actually happening, according to a new study by Florida Atlantic University. They also want the government to do something about it.

alternative meme (replaced due to poor reception)

Thesis summary by @Altofaltception@lemmy.world:

The difference I think between the right and left is that the right would take joy from the suffering of the left.

Most people on the left would be sad if we lost Florida (or anywhere else really) as a result of climate change.

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    8 months ago

    You’re getting downvoted because it’s incoherent and shitty. It looks like a parody of boomers trying to be funny, but without a punchline.

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      8 months ago

      I see no incoherence there. I totally got the point. It is literally what the GOP will do to Floridans when sea level rise hits them hard. The meme is not funny nor do I see any attempt at humor and it is 500% on point. The events described by that meme absolutely WILL happen.

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        8 months ago

        at first i thought i was wording the post in an offensive way or something and was trying to figure out how to fix it

        but now i genuinely think a significant chunk of lemmy just fucking hates floridians for no reason but dogmaticsm

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          8 months ago

          I won’t be laughing when this happens to Florida. If for no other reason than enlightened self-interest: sea levels rising will compact the country’s population into smaller and smaller areas, creating even more overcrowding and competition for housing. Skyrocketing rents will be the first consequence. When this happens to Florida, it will happen to absolutely everyone.

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      8 months ago

      updated; assuming you are here in good faith please let me know what you think

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      8 months ago

      suggest an alternative format and/or wording and i’ll gladly replace it.

      im very open to admitting changes to my own content as i am an imperfect individual.

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        8 months ago

        that’s literally the joke is that there is no joke. people are laughing at people’s suffering for purely ideological differences yknow? the laughter is inappropriate, an overreaction to something that is not funny at all.

        it’s not a joke so much as just depressing.

        that said i don’t know that this meme was particularly effective on rhetorical fronts, so i apologize that this was confusing and i don’t blame you. i’d try to edit the meme and do better, unfortunately it’s difficult for me to analyze exactly where i went wrong because of this bad anti-minority sentiment being prevalent on lemmy; all the feedback im getting is hopelessly intertwined with the exact ideological self centeredness i am seeking to address.

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          8 months ago

          Yeah, but then its not a meme, right? Dunno, i aggree, but its just not funny to me.

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            8 months ago

            thanks and yeah i’d call it antihumor maybe?

            and plenty of the memes posted here aren’t funny in the traditional sense anyway, example

            appreciate u engaging with me on a genuine level 👍

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              8 months ago

              Sure, i just gave my opinion ^^ the one you linked is also not really that funny, but it feels less butthurt I guess? Dunno how to phrase it ^^

              I try (and sometimes fail) to do that on the internet, thanks for appreciating :)

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                  8 months ago

                  Hm your meme kinda is too, but you can’t handle it yourself? Not a great trait

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                    8 months ago

                    ok sorry for the miscommunication here i was asking for criticism on changing it but that wasn’t actionable advice as i have already said :/

                    you responded to me asking for advice with just another insult. whatever, carry on.