Obssessive Neurotic Leftwing Woman Aggressively Quizzes First Dates About Their Commitment to Climate Justice, Then Actually Admits this in a Newspaper Column

Before getting to that, a "climate scientist" -- an Affluent White Female Liberal, obviously -- documents her "extreme climate grief."

From the former science journal Nature:

A friend sat with me and explained that she had just recovered from an episode of extreme climate grief brought about by studying rapidly changing terrestrial ecosystems. She had started taking weekends off (many of us work seven days a week) and encouraged me to do so, as well. After we talked, I walked around the parking area for a while, listening to the birds and watching the midday light filter through the diverse trees in downtown Santa Barbara. I breathed the ocean air and grounded myself in the present, where the air was cool and the birds were singing.

Soon after that, I started taking weekends off to kayak near my home in Southern California and hike on the trails above Pasadena, and built a small bird garden on the porch of my apartment. I also started talking frankly to my colleagues about the emotional turmoil that is often sparked by working as a climate scientist today, and many others had similar stories. I am in my mid-thirties, working at NASA as a scientist, and I already have five scientist friends with severe, emergent health challenges. They are all affected by overwork, exhaustion and extreme stress. The only other thing they all have in common is that they study climate change.

Another grossly neurotic woman writes a guest essay for the New York Times, showing off her mental illness. Another day that ends in a -y.

What happened: Erica Berry, a female writer from Portland, Ore., announced in a New York Times guest essay that she brings up climate change "on first dates" and refuses to pursue relationships with men who don't share her obsessive thoughts and anxiety about global warming.

What she said: The author describes breaking up with her last boyfriend because he wasn't enthusiastic about having constant "conversations about our planet's future" and how local officials could "support vulnerable citizens through better infrastructure."

* "My boyfriend was supportive of my focus, but he didn't share it," Berry writes of her ex. "When I brought up global warming, he'd often try to comfort me: to wrap me in a hug, cue up an old episode of 'Seinfeld,' offer a CBD gummy."

* Berry has started dating again in the past year. "This time, I am swallowing my fear of sounding too anxious and am talking about climate change early on," she writes. "I don't presume my own perspective is right, but I do know from my last relationship that I'm tired of trying to be chill. I can't care any less than I do."

* She has found that "talking about how global warming affects our lives, however casually, becomes a sort of canary in the coal mine for learning about people's broader beliefs and behaviors," such as "how they engage with science and systemic inequality."

* Sounds like fun!

I have a genuine question. When those of you who are still dating go on a date with a stranger or near-stranger, if the person you're meeting starts talking like this, do you think it's acceptable to just end the date immediately? I'm thinking of a male friend of mine who complained of all the dinners he was buying strange women who never wanted a follow-up date. I mean, that adds up. Can a guy just cancel dinner and say "I'll pay for the drinks, but find your own way home"?

I bet that would result in your name being put on "Bad Date" websites.

But I just don't see the point of wasting an evening talking to a lunatic like this just to keep up appearances. The whole point of a first date is to see how you click. So once you know, you know, right? Pull the ripcord, tear off the bandaid.

Some people might say that what I'm suggesting is just as bad as this woman using a Toxic Screen to weed out any sane people from her dating pool. I don't think so. I'm just saying, if the date is not just a bust but unpleasantly so, why continue wasting more time? Why stand on ceremony?

And money. Let's not forget about the money.

And speaking of Greenwackadoos: Green wackadoos disrupt a corrupt Democrats' fundraiser.

There's a sweet "You assshhaulted me!" lisp from one of the wackadoos.

One of the Climate Whiners screams "We're all gonna die, who cares how rude we are!" To which a Democrat replies, "I don't mind if you die."

I can't believe I agree with a Democrat flack!

posted by Ace at 02:15 PM

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