:british-maw: Personally, I found it fun to huddle around a family candle

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/12/hellish-blackouts-could-yet-have-silver-lining/

https://archive.ph/dWN6x

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Gotta love how these crusty white boomers are all like "A little hellish amount of suffering is good for you"

    They lived during a time of unprecedented economic and societal stability, especially in comparison to to their non-white counterparts and especially so compared to the nations they exploited to achieve that

    Worst they probably suffered was a Jell-O salad every now and again

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Living in Texas during a blackout that lasted a few days at below freezing was... a bit more than mildly unpleasant. Can't imagine having to put up with that shit for weeks or months at a time.

      Probably the worst angle on it is the theory that this will encourage people to turn off their damned phones (wut r batrys?) and go outside (in the middle of UK winter?) for anything other than a full blown riot.

      • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Just picturing this guy sticking his head out of a window during the riots and being like "You call this untenable? Back when I was in uni I had to live in a flat with a Scotsman and an Irishman!"

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          2 years ago

          I mean, the lights are on right now. We didn't lose the grid during the August heat wave. So... eh.

          • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Well the grid apparently is made for heat according to the folks in charge