Forget this NFT controversy. I've discovered something far more sinister, and a solution to it all.
So, I just took a look at the official merc store and to my horror there are T Shirts for sale.
Did you know that the energy required to produce just one cotton T Shirt is about 494 kWh!
That's notably more than the average NFT transaction.
There are 32 T shirts for sale... That's 15,808 kWh!
If they sell just 200, and let's be honest they’ve probably sold far more, that would be 98,800 kWh! Comparable to the energy consumption of the average American home for 8 years!
This got me thinking. Considering we're all so concerned. Why don't we actually do something about it? Let's stop wasting precious energy posting about this on the forums, merely feeding into the footprint, and let's instead form a collective to fight back.
We will throw out our PCs, consoles and TVs. Get ridd of our games and phones. Cancel our contracts, our Netflix. But most importantly, we will throw all of our T Shirts in the bin.
If we all do that, we can more than compensate for the footprint BHVR is creating with this NFT nonsense!
Look at how many people are showing concern. Look at all the threads. All it takes is us. Genuinely we can do it. We just have to stand by our principles and give up on some conveniences. Let's go!
Please add yourself to the list below to join the collective!
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He is. I'm cutting right on that fine line of getting banned for his hilariousness too.
The funny thing is, if he sat back and thought about what he was saying, he COULD have a hugely important point. But he's so lost in his own ######### he can't see above it. Lol
That's crazy, I wonder how making 426 forum posts would affect the environment.
Want to talk about facts? You're just as hypocritical as you claim everyone else is. If you cared about the environment enough to criticize and personally insult people over it then you wouldn't own an electronic device capable of doing so in the first place. It's a contradiction that people like you completely fail to even recognize. Let's stop talking about other people; what have YOU done to help the environment? You seem to love talking about everyone else, but I don't see how what you're doing is much different. The only difference is that you're blaming the consumer while the consumers are blaming the company.
You know what's crazy about posting "facts" on the internet? You have to share a source if you want anyone to take you seriously. Continuing to push the "fact" that the merch store has a greater carbon footprint than NFTs while refusing to share any legitimate source is quite telling.
I hope you realize that people are upset about NFTs for many more reasons than simply their environmental impact. Even if the lies you regurgitated were true, that wouldn't dissuade anyone from hating BHVR for associating with NFTs. I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish here.
I know what your real issue is; you're simply upset that people are talking about the NFT situation. It's obvious that you don't actually care about the environment seeing as you're still here, and if you were simply annoyed by the discussions then you wouldn't have started one yourself. I don't know what stakes you have in blockchains or Boss Protocol, but you definitely have stakes in something of the like if you're serious about your takes. If I'm wrong then your solution is simple; stop posting here. You're destroying the environment by simply looking at this. This is a good opportunity for you to practice what you preach.
I provided those numbers earlier. I could provide accurate numbers with sources to boot, but it's uncecsary to support or validate my argument so I see no reason to do so.
If the reception weren't so hostile (not that I mind) perhaps I would humour the request, but alas 😁
I'm glad you're finding this entertaining.
However, perhaps you need to take a look at how you respond to diverse viewpoints and how you conduct yourself when disagreements arise.
Not lecturing or talking down to you, but you're in college and you've a potentially bright ahead of yourself, so try to seperate your mind from your emotions a little more.
Your emotions are clouding your judgement here. As a consequence you’ve misunderstood my argument on more than one occasion, and now you're apparently getting in trouble with the mods for how you're responding. That's no good.
My point though. I have thought about it, and it is solid. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's hugely important, but it's a good point nonetheless.
I think I’m one of the only people in this thread who isn't lost 😂
You’re off with the faeries mate!
My point has been consistent the entire time and it has yet to be refuted.
Also I never said my numbers were wrong. What are ya chattin about.
I'm not even sure how to respond to this. It's irrelevant at best lol
You must really love that bull semen.
No, I react the way I do because I've dealt with people like you for 40+ years now. I HAD patience for stupidity when I was younger. I've lost almost all of it as I've gotten older. You all repeat the same ######### ad nauseam like you're saying or doing something profound that no one else has said before! Except no one gives a ######### about your irrelevant points.
The only person that gives two shits about your points, or calling us hypocritical, is you. And you can't claim hypocrisy when your points can be easily disproven (like how your t-shirt crusade falls apart as soon as it's held up to any standard. And it crumbles completely when viewed against a carbon neutral company).
And the funnier thing is, with some tweaking, you could have had a giant point! I mean giant! And you could have gotten people to ake you seriously! But you didn't think it through and ran with a terrible analogy that falls apart under scrutiny.
If you can't actually defend your position with facts, then you don't have a position worth listening to.
I'm not a hypocrite at all. I'm happy to use electricity.
I don't believe I've personally insulted anyone and have had no reason to do so. In fact I've been on the receiving end of personal insults for simply stating a factual point (it bothers me not.)
My argument doesn't require any source for validation or accuracy, thus I’ve had no reason to provide one.
I've told no lies. Everything is factual.
The primary concern over this controversy is the environmental impact and to suggest otherwise is to clutch at straws.
I've no stakes in blockchain or anything related.
I don't need to practice what I preach. I'm comfortable with using electricity.
I’d usually respond with more words but it's late, I've got stuff to do, and you get the gist.
This post is a breath of fresh air.
Love it.
You literally need clothes. If my shirt has DBD art or some Abercrombie and Fitch nonsense who cares, I need to wear a shirt to walk into businesses.
What?
Dang dude, you typed a lot and got absolutely zero information across. That's honestly impressive, I doubt I could manage that. You must be experienced.
The fact that NFTs are a scam and people don't want their game to be associated with them seems quite significant to me. That's how I and many others feel about NFTs, I'm not invested in the environmental factors.
You're comfortable with using electricity but you degrade others for using it. Incredible.
You told no lies? Prove it. Simple request. Your "facts" will be taken with a grain of salt until you comply.
Telling people that they won't have a successful future simply because they disagree with you is so f*cked up on so many levels, but I don't expect someone like you to acknowledge it. It blows my mind that others here are worried about being removed from the platform when you're saying stuff like this to them. Disgusting.
It's strange how you see yourself as a victim here.
Take a look at the contrast between my posts and yours. Look at not only the content but also the wording.
I've essentially been making the same two points the entire time. No insults. No anger.
You’ve haven't provided a counterargument in response, but have provided much anger and several wasted insults.
Yet I'm the bad guy and you’re a victim. Right? 😂
My advice still stands. You need to work on how you react when disagreements arise. It comes across as condescending but it is genuine advice. That attitude doesn't serve you well!
Nobody has been able to provide a counterargument.
T Shirts for example. The sale of T Shirts on the merc store has had, does have and will almost certainly continue to have a significantly larger impact on the environment than any of BHVRs involvement with NFTs.
Comparing blockchain etc to the clothing industry is irrelevant, as is bringing up “carbon neutral” clothing lines.
I've defended my position with facts.
There has been no scrutiny for anything to fall apart under.
The victim? #########?
So if those t-shirts have had more of an impact... prove it. With citations. Let's see 'em.
"The t-shirts are bad! They are worse than NFTs!" "OK prove it." "NO! I SAID THEY'RE BAD SO THEY'RE BAD!" -That's you. That's how you sound. You tried to make an argument, we shredded through it. You have no point because anything you've brought up, we've had counter-arguments to, and ours included citations.
You have no point. You have no leg to stand on. You haven't had one yet. And no one here is convinced. You just sound stupid.
It's interesting how different perspectives work. That's not at all what happened and I think you know it too.
In fact I've been perfectly polite in the face of most replies being automatically hostile.
The guy you're referring to had been making personal insults to me for a number of posts, which you interestingly don't take issue with.
(It's ok I didn't take issue either.)
After a while of ignoring them I made a light-hearted joke in response, emoji included, all in context of our discussion, but now you think it is a problem.
Funny how that works isn't it!
Eh?
If you're a woman, depending on where you live, you can get arrested for indecent exposure/public indecency and possibly end out on sex offender list if you go out without anything covering your boobs.
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Get ahold of yourself.
I don't need to prove anything to support my points. We've been over this already.
“The sale of T Shirts on the merc store has had a significantly larger impact on the environment than any of BHVRs involvement with NFTs.”
This is a factual statement which requires no proof. The proof is in the pudding as they say.
You've “shredded” through nothing mate. No counter arguments. No relevant citations.
Honestly you’re just making yourself angry and repeating the same nonsense about somehow proving me wrong.
Think this is where we can agree to disagree yeah?
Take a break. Have a Kit Kat (if the emissions are acceptable 😁)
Jimmy?
I never compared blockchain to the clothing industry.
I never said the number isn't accurate.
I've never avoided any requests to qualify my numbers.
Ok Jimmy?
Are you the milkmaid?
Even... M.. Miss Piggy?
Hmmm. I'll offer you...
The price of a cotton T Shirt!
That is...if you think you can handle all the “emissions” 😜💦
This is now an X rated thread.
Which means you shouldn't be here 😎
OP, you have such a promising future as a politician. Being able to dodge questions and lie on the spot like that without sources, as well as have a moral compass so compromised you're willing to allow companies to get away with awful things just to protect your pride.
To my learned friend,
Here's to your future career in the
circusgovernment.No, I ain't getting rid of my PC, clothes and Netflix 'n' Chill. That's all I've got
Right because shirts are as useless are NFTs.
And think about it, if you stopped supporting NFT's you'd be supporting more energy to be available to be able to use those things even more!
body is 1 character too short.
"“The sale of T Shirts on the merc store has had a significantly larger impact on the environment than any of BHVRs involvement with NFTs.”
This is a factual statement which requires no proof. The proof is in the pudding as they say."
This is not a factual statement. It's a bold faced lie. If the proof is in the pudding, where's that pudding at? And you continue to lie, both to us and to yourself.
If this were true you'd be able to cite sources proving the truth of it. But you can't because it isn't true.
Does the government knows about this? That selling shirts thing should be a federal crime. XD
You have yet to add your own name to the list. Looks like your own initiative is a bust when you can't even practice what you preach.
You can use the ti-shirt for many years.
Kwh used for NFTs is calculated around one transaction which is instant. Add to the servers'cost etc... it's way higher than a shirt that exists physically and will be useful in the everyday life.
While you are at it, compare it to a car or even a truck... So absurd to do this.