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Kids From At Least 112 Countries, Including the US, Go on Strike To Protest Climate Change

Posted by msmash on from the better-future dept.

It started 29 weeks ago when 16-year-old Swede Greta Thunberg began skipping school on Fridays to protest climate change by standing outside of her nation's parliament building. Today, kids from more than 110 countries, including the United States, are following Thunberg's lead and will play hooky from classes for something they think is ultimately more important: preventing the warming of their planet. Live updates, from The Guardian. Further reading: Thousands of scientists are backing the kids striking for climate change.

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  1. Fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life by elrous0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Go to school, kids. If you want to protest, do it in more productive ways--like cornering Diane Feinstein and asking her why she hates puppies.

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  2. Fridays off by The-Ixian · · Score: 4, Funny

    3 day weekends in the name of justice!

    Hmmmm..... I may need to implement this policy for myself....

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    My eyes reflect the stars and a smile lights up my face.
  3. Did they? by argStyopa · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...or should the title really be "Kids skipping school opportunistically use some current cultural thing as excuse to avoid punishment"?

    I'm not sure I'm going to really follow the 'moral leadership' of a group who had to be repeatedly told to STOP EATING TIDE PODS.

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    -Styopa