No one ever discusses the benefits of climate change. It is a negativity that we as a society have ingrained in our collective psyche. Yes, the world is being destroyed. Our future generations will live in an unrecognisable hellscape. Bottle caps will become currency. It is all very grim. But we are all powerless in the face of the profit-making machine.
With that in mind, would it behoove us to appreciate the time we have left and look on the bright side? Every acid cloud has an acid silver lining. Take, for example, this one family living in a coastal town. Their youngest daughter has always wanted a personal pool, but with the economy the way it is, that dream had never looked likely to come to fruition.
So when sea levels rose to the point where the water began rushing into her home one morning, she didn’t complain. She enjoyed the moment and loudly proclaimed that she was grateful for her new indoor pool. The rest of her family adopted a ‘negative Nelly’ approach and frantically made plans to evacuate their newly upgraded home.
Rising sea levels could give families an indoor pool at no extra cost! This is a home-planning win! So the next time you hear of a celebrity taking a private jet for a three-minute journey, think about little Gemma who always wanted a pool but whose parents could not afford one. Well, thanks to Drake, she’ll be paddling along her living room in no time. Thank you, Drake!
Detractors will complain that this is a delusion that only serves to further our wanton destruction, making sure we only leave crumbs for our great-grandchildren. Yes, it may come at the cost of future generations, but do we even know them? “Oh, what about my great-grandkids!” Yeah, we don’t know anything about them. Maybe they’re terrorists. We do not know! We know all about what Kylie Jenner does in a day. Let her fly her jet! Give the ones you know a break! Let people live.
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