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bxsephjo t1_isugii8 wrote

Reply to comment by Gilgie in Phantom Forests: Why Ambitious Tree Planting Projects Are Failing by filosoful

It's fair to call something a disaster if lots of effort and money leads to no results, especially when some people have left still thinking good work was done.

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Gilgie t1_isukw47 wrote

People need to stop watering down terms by overusing them to support hyperbolic statements. Words need to mean something.

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ImperialSympathizer t1_isv1zhf wrote

This isn't watering down the term. Diverting and wasting millions of dollars that could've actually benefitted the climate is absolutely disastrous.

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WreckNrun t1_isvg43z wrote

It's so fascinating watching someone be stupid so eloquently.

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