Episode 184 - Septic Tanks & Optimistic Nihilism have a pint with Seaniebee & The Don

A Pint With Seaniebee

Having come close to reigniting the Balkan conflict with their last pod, The Don & Seaniebee return to pick over the detritus that is the world today and how best one can navigate it. They discuss why world governments appear terrified of driving critical legislation to curb capitalism’s global emissions: instead preferring to persist with the usual puffery that all of us have to play a part at a micro level if we are to achieve climate goals. Four sample creative macro solutions are unveiled across aviation, agriculture, telephony and energy that could begin to move the world in the right direction but will likely never be tabled until it's too late (if ever). And, if it is becoming clear that we, a species, are going to collectively fail in our climate endeavours, what are the ethics of hypocrisy surrounding eating as many burgers and flying as often as you like in the meantime? Were the "good old days" pf the 70s and 80s really any better for kids or are we destroying them today with our own narcissistic selfishness, cosseted infantilization, borderline-abusive medicalization, and un-checked digitalization? And is it finally time to just abandon the USA for the utterly broken #shitholecountry it really is, following its latest repugnant response to the latest gun massacre of terrified schoolchildren in Texas? They also talk the sudden preponderance of Doireanns; the low-down on Frankfurt; more bollocks from Ryanair, the airline that wrecks everything; were Scrabble right to ban the “N” word and why our inbuilt penchant for hatred and conflict means it’s likely that we’ll never fully eradicate such words designed to belittle and demean other races and nationalities. Links: Bill Hicks, “Just a Ride” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzQuE1pR1w Please subscribe a few bob (if you got it to spare)here: www.patreon.com/seaniebee Runtime: 72m Release date: May 31st 2022 Recorded: Dublin