A Boring Dystopia

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McDonald's shareholders won't be happy about this (Video of the California wildfires by @stuartpalley) (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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I just find that there's something really dystopian about this, even beyond just the grim reminder that climate change is already here and it's only going to get worse...

https://x.com/luckytran/status/1877182460733096213

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[–] knightly@pawb.social 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Post a screenshot, some of us don't use Twitter anymore.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

https://i.imgur.com/CcksDGu.gifv
This imgur links to a 854 x 482 pixels, 15 seconds, 3.79 MegaBytes, mp4 video with sound. Was film from behind some transparent panel ? ( maybe vehicle or shelter ? ) Shows McDonald Panels and Palm Trees on fire in high noisy wind.
Here is a screenshot :

[–] knightly@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago

Nice! You're a real one, thanks!

Seems like the kind of image that might become iconic, awesome.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I've never used Twitter, but I'm able to view this. As it's a video, a screenshot would not be adequate.

Functionally, it was fine. I saw no ads while watching this clip and therefore likely contributed no revenue to them. I suppose technically you might contribute some browsing data, but largely I suspect that clicking this link as an anonymous viewer offers no material benefit to Twitter. Which isn't to say the clip couldn't also be hosted elsewhere, but hey, be the change you want to see in the world.

edit: In fact, if enough anonymous users click this, it might technically qualify as a net loss due to bandwidth, etc.