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Greta Thunberg is just awesome

180 replies

Soubriquet · 30/12/2022 15:22

First of, she starts with this.

Then Andrew starts to get cocky…and gets arrested Grin

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SinnerBoy · 30/12/2022 19:44

However, as she is stuck in that teenage black/white way of thinking...

You do realise that she's autistic and may very well see the world as a binary forever?

MintyFreshOne · 30/12/2022 19:50

YouWouldNotBelieveIt · 30/12/2022 18:30

I find her quite sanctimonious. Whoever Andrew Tate is (an "influencer? Grin), he's probably going to get his come-uppance

He’s a disgusting human being: twitter.com/crabcrawler1/status/1514798714652561409?s=46&t=Kd3qbEhyg76iXde098GxKQ

fUNNYfACE36 · 30/12/2022 19:54

So the goblin of doom has resurfaced has it?

LaurieFairyCake · 30/12/2022 19:57

Well her autism is a real superpower here what with climate death imminent and us actually needing to see the world in black and white

The death of us as a species is hardly fucking nuanced is it ..

powershowerforanhour · 30/12/2022 20:00

I haven't seen the Andrew Tate smoking video, only the Janey Godley pisstake of it which was so funny I couldn't be bothered watching the presumably dull original one, but did anybody see the..shiny dressing gown? smoking jacket robe ? Possibly leftover from his kickboxing days thingy? And think... "MOM! MEATLOAF!!!"?

MintyFreshOne · 30/12/2022 20:04

LaurieFairyCake · 30/12/2022 19:57

Well her autism is a real superpower here what with climate death imminent and us actually needing to see the world in black and white

The death of us as a species is hardly fucking nuanced is it ..

ok doomer

IAmWomanHearMeRoar1 · 30/12/2022 20:11

Greatly · 30/12/2022 17:30

Quite. Of course she knows. She may believe that sex and gender are two different things and have a very liberal view of trans rights, but what's that got to do with anything?

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If she knew that sex and gender are two different things (most TRAs say they are one and the same, it's GC women who say they are different), then she'd KNOW that a transwoman is not a woman.

itsgettingweird · 30/12/2022 20:13

Worldgonecrazy · 30/12/2022 19:40

personally, I dislike her.

However, as she is stuck in that teenage black/white way of thinking, and like all teenagers through the ages, has that smug righteousness, I hope she will learn that people are more ready to hear a message when they’re not being preached to, there is still hope. Her message isn’t wrong, her delivery is. Otherwise she will just continue to preach to the already converted….

She's autistic.

That's very much how many people see the world who are on the spectrum and talk to others

👀 looking at you ds!!!

I spent many a time trying to get ds to understand how to speak so people listen. But as they get older they do find the like minded people who listen to how they speak. Ds is 18 months younger than Greta.

SheldonsShoulder · 30/12/2022 20:23

She’s principled, she’s clever, she’s strong, she’s confident and she doesn’t need to exploit her sexuality to achieve her goals. Idiotic and dangerous women haters like Andrew Tate feel threatened by her. Her Twitter replies were funny.

Lndnmummy · 30/12/2022 20:59

SheldonsShoulder · 30/12/2022 20:23

She’s principled, she’s clever, she’s strong, she’s confident and she doesn’t need to exploit her sexuality to achieve her goals. Idiotic and dangerous women haters like Andrew Tate feel threatened by her. Her Twitter replies were funny.

Yep. Leave her be. So many people (like Trump when he was president, she was 15 at a time, a little girl) have bullied her. Grown men mainly. She is still here, fighting for her cause. Not for herself but for others.

MissyB1 · 30/12/2022 21:27

Lndnmummy · 30/12/2022 20:59

Yep. Leave her be. So many people (like Trump when he was president, she was 15 at a time, a little girl) have bullied her. Grown men mainly. She is still here, fighting for her cause. Not for herself but for others.

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Agreed.

SinnerBoy · 30/12/2022 22:11

Was it not Clarkson, J. who said that she needed a slap?

Whilst he remains, tragically, unpunched.

Daisybuttercup12345 · 30/12/2022 22:15

Can't stand ether of them. Or Megain and Harry!!!!

FurAndFeathers · 30/12/2022 22:23

Daisybuttercup12345 · 30/12/2022 22:15

Can't stand ether of them. Or Megain and Harry!!!!

i actually had a little bet with myself earlier that the same posters who post unpleasant vitriol towards Greta would likely be the same as those who also post vitriol about M&H

i just won my bet 😊

I think there must be a certain type of person who really enjoys hating people they don’t know, have never met and who have no impact on them.
Its fascinating

Greatly · 30/12/2022 23:19

FurAndFeathers · 30/12/2022 22:23

i actually had a little bet with myself earlier that the same posters who post unpleasant vitriol towards Greta would likely be the same as those who also post vitriol about M&H

i just won my bet 😊

I think there must be a certain type of person who really enjoys hating people they don’t know, have never met and who have no impact on them.
Its fascinating

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Yy
I know one of these. Fascinating.

Worldgonecrazy · 30/12/2022 23:38

SinnerBoy · 30/12/2022 19:44

However, as she is stuck in that teenage black/white way of thinking...

You do realise that she's autistic and may very well see the world as a binary forever?

You do realise that intelligent autistic people (usually the female ones!) can recognise that the world is more nuanced than black/white and develop strategies to see things differently? Usually around the third decade in my experience. We shall see in 10-15 years.

Until then, she is not going to win anyone to her side with her delivery. She needs better advisers and an acting coach, or to self teach herself how to interact better, if she truly wants to make a genuine difference. Otherwise she will get a lot of press but not achieve any substantial changes. She has a voice, and the opportunity.

Karwomannghia · 30/12/2022 23:59

The woman is a warrior. I think she’s great and incredibly brave.

Theimpossiblegirl · 31/12/2022 00:35

Daisybuttercup12345 · 30/12/2022 22:15

Can't stand ether of them. Or Megain and Harry!!!!

I was waiting for it to be all their fault.

Needhelp101 · 31/12/2022 00:48

Saw (possibly on here) Andrew Tate called both 'a sentient peanut' and ' an absolute balloon of a man', both of which descriptions I am still laughing about now.

TooBigForMyBoots · 31/12/2022 01:04

Until then she's not going to win anyone to her side with her delivery.

She's already won loads of people to her side. She doesn't need lessons in "Be kind".Xmas Hmm If her delivery bothers people, there are plenty of other climate activists and scientists they can listen to.

PartyHelp · 31/12/2022 01:18

I don't think she is awesome. I think she means very well and she should not get the abuse she does.
I also think she is/was taken advantage of and her parents should have done more to protect her. She has a huge PR and management team and I think it might have been better for her to have a childhood (see also many child stars in other areas).
I really worry for her mental health as she gets older and hope the team around her look after her properly.

SinnerBoy · 31/12/2022 02:15

Worldgonecrazy · Yesterday 23:38

And? She is a passionate 19 year old. You know, now. At this moment.

PinkSyCo · 31/12/2022 02:22

Her tweets were hilarious! Tate will be absolutely furious that he got owned by a female, especially one half his age. She has gained a new fan in me.

fUNNYfACE36 · 31/12/2022 03:15

Lndnmummy · 30/12/2022 20:59

Yep. Leave her be. So many people (like Trump when he was president, she was 15 at a time, a little girl) have bullied her. Grown men mainly. She is still here, fighting for her cause. Not for herself but for others.

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No.Not a fan of Trump obviously, but he saw the goblin of doom for what she was- a spoiled, hypocritical naive brat who does not understand how half the world survive.She is not intelligent, she is a hysterical fool spewing out onesided drivel.From her comfortable middle class bubble she is incapable of seeing the consequences for billions of the worlds poorest people, of sending the world s back to the stone age.

Daffodilis · 31/12/2022 05:04

fUNNYfACE36 · 31/12/2022 03:15

No.Not a fan of Trump obviously, but he saw the goblin of doom for what she was- a spoiled, hypocritical naive brat who does not understand how half the world survive.She is not intelligent, she is a hysterical fool spewing out onesided drivel.From her comfortable middle class bubble she is incapable of seeing the consequences for billions of the worlds poorest people, of sending the world s back to the stone age.

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Oh the irony, you're too funny 😂