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0 pointsZeroGravitas2y ago0 comments

I never understood the use of the phrase "virtue signalling" until I realised that the people using it literally don't believe that the problem and/or the solution exists.

So, imagine that you didn't believe that the earth was warming, or that humans contributed to that, or that we can't do anything to change that if it was the case, etc. etc.

Clearly anyone bringing attention to these so-called facts or proposing or implementing alleged solutions to the non-existing problem isn't actually achieving anything. They're just signalling virtue to others in their confused tribe.

Same with racism, sexism and any other fictitious problems that don't exist and that therefore don't have solutions. You can't fix problems that don't exist hence pretending the problem or a solution to it exists is just "virtue signalling".

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wkat42422y ago

Well to be fair this doesn't "fix" anything. Not denying climate change but really, charging a phone is one of the smallest energy uses in a household. They're probably wasting more energy advertising the feature.

Also, people won't use this all the time. Often when I'm charging my phone I need it charged now, not in 10 hours.

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0 pointsZeroGravitas2y ago0 comments

I never understood the use of the phrase "virtue signalling" until I realised that the people using it literally don't believe that the problem and/or the solution exists.

So, imagine that you didn't believe that the earth was warming, or that humans contributed to that, or that we can't do anything to change that if it was the case, etc. etc.

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wkat42422y ago

Also, people won't use this all the time. Often when I'm charging my phone I need it charged now, not in 10 hours.

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