Thank you for the math lesson. Let me introduce you to context.
I’m sure the vast majority of Americans have been well aware of global warming and the ozone for the past 30+ years.
This sentence is saying that the vast majority of Americans have been well aware of global warming and the ozone for at least the past thirty years. It’s suggested here that for at least thirty years, if not longer - if not for sixty years, most Americans have been well aware of climate change. I have the confidence to say that being that I’m in my mid-forties and have been well aware of climate change since I was in elementary school. Being that the generations born before and after me make up the vast majority of the population, I feel that it’s safe to say that for at least thirty years, the vast majority of Americans have been well aware of climate change. Meanwhile, a portion of the country has been aware even longer (nearly sixty years) and perhaps an even smaller portion of the country has been area for less than thirty years.
That’s cool and all, but as I said, the post explicitly mentions the 60s, I don’t see how your smug input about Gen Z and whatever happened when you were in elementary school (30-40 years ago) relates to or adds value to the post that explicitly talks about the 60s.
Thank you. I’m going to take this moment to reflect on the nature of people on the internet who lack basic reading comprehension and how my interest in helping to clarify things is wasted. I shouldn’t bother giving a shit about anything because no one else actually cares to even grasp the meaning of a short headline let alone care to read an article.
Thank you for the math lesson. Let me introduce you to context.
This sentence is saying that the vast majority of Americans have been well aware of global warming and the ozone for at least the past thirty years. It’s suggested here that for at least thirty years, if not longer - if not for sixty years, most Americans have been well aware of climate change. I have the confidence to say that being that I’m in my mid-forties and have been well aware of climate change since I was in elementary school. Being that the generations born before and after me make up the vast majority of the population, I feel that it’s safe to say that for at least thirty years, the vast majority of Americans have been well aware of climate change. Meanwhile, a portion of the country has been aware even longer (nearly sixty years) and perhaps an even smaller portion of the country has been area for less than thirty years.
That’s cool and all, but as I said, the post explicitly mentions the 60s, I don’t see how your smug input about Gen Z and whatever happened when you were in elementary school (30-40 years ago) relates to or adds value to the post that explicitly talks about the 60s.
Thank you. I’m going to take this moment to reflect on the nature of people on the internet who lack basic reading comprehension and how my interest in helping to clarify things is wasted. I shouldn’t bother giving a shit about anything because no one else actually cares to even grasp the meaning of a short headline let alone care to read an article.