“See you later, peasants!”
Climate Change babbler Leonardo DiCaprio has fled California.
In his private jet (https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/01/14/climate-warrior-leonardo-dicaprio-slammed-for-fleeing-deadly-l-a-fires-on-a-private-jet/). Complete with girlfriend.
Yo, Leo! I thought you said we hadda cut way back on our carbon emissions. You want us to do without air conditioning, private car ownership, eating meat, etc. But there you go in your private plane! Way, way, way more carbon-belching than anything us plebs do could ever generate.
But you and your celebrity friends blame us for (gasp!) Climate Change.
Leo–he’s an actor–sez Climbit Change is All Our Fault for having cars and ACs and non-vegan meals and, most of all, Not Obeying When Movie Stars Tell Us What To Do.
We are not anxious to have him back. Los Angeles is burning, Leo. Go sell your miracle water somewhere else.
What makes movie stars experts on anything they choose to talk about. Weather is a complex subject and if you look at temperature records over the millennia, you can see that there are warmer and colder periods. We’re not even close setting any records for high temps. The assumption that temperatures will spiral out of control is just that, an assumption.
Now, if I found myself in need of advice about acting, Leonardo DiCaprio might be a good source. He’s done some good work as an actor, but I wouldn’t call him for plumbing advice. What are his qualifications to evaluate climate information? Did he read an article? No doubt, but learning about any serious subject requires background and base knowledge. As to climate, the answer depends on who you ask. I’ve heard opinions all over the map. Simply put, he can convince himself of whatever position he chooses.
Automobiles and aircraft have gotten much “cleaner” and efficient in the last 60 years. Technology will continue to develop, and the picture will improve. Every time we think that we’ve reached the limits, we find that there are new innovations just waiting. The free market has done wonders in these areas. Let it keep on working.
I don’t think lefty/greenies like the free market. I think that they like is controlling people, interfering in other people’s lives. And Climate Change is not science. It is a pagan religion.
Exactly. Carbon Dioxide is very important to life on this planet. If there were no Carbon Dioxide, the planet would be lifeless. There is a complex interaction of gases and manmade devices are a drop in the bucket. Natural events dwarf anything humans have done.
It might get warmer, or it might not. I don’t know, and making projections involves many assumptions. I personally do not even try to predict the future, because I’ve learned that the future has some tricks up its sleeves that I’ve never been able to anticipate.
Better yet how about leaving the USA while you are at it and never come back.
I think that some of these celebrities would be shocked to learn how unimportant they are, to most of the populous. DiCaprio? Yeah, did a heck of a job in portraying Howard Hughes and I liked him in Catch Me If You Can, but other than the price of buying those on DVD, he doesn’t have much meaning in my life. If he had a flat tire on the street outside my house, I might lend a hand, but I wouldn’t be all worked up by the presence of a celebrity, because I just don’t care.
The same goes for Prince Harry, who left off royal duties, but still expects to be treated like royalty, everywhere he goes. Apparently, he an his wife know a photo op when they see it, and wanted in on the action, by blessing victims of the SoCal fires with their presence.
Obviously, there are people out there whom consider themselves above the average person. Leonardo DiCaprio, and any number of other self-aggrandizing celebrities are no more important than the person driving a garbage truck. More famous, perhaps, but no more important.
The very concept of celebrity is something I find troubling. For reasons I find troubling, many people immediately place importance upon someone, just because they have seen their face on television, movies, or perhaps an album cover. I see it as a form of idolatry.
Famous people are just people, and irregardless of their wealth or status, they are as human as the next person. I’ve met a couple of famous musicians, and can tell you that they are just like anyone else. Having a Grammy on the mantle might be good for business, but it is still a human at the center of it all and these humans are as, well, human as the rest of us. In some cases, these humans are conspicuously flawed, in person, coming across as weak or limited in their abilities.
The same is true for actors; once they are out of the public eye, they are just like anyone else and no one has all the answers, even if they have several Oscars. I don’t blame DiCaprio for wanting to get away from LA. The last time I was in greater LA, I wanted out, too. DiCaprio has the wherewithal to fly out, but he thinks that the proletariat should be restricted in their travels, and/or possessions.
For some reason, your comment made me think of Horace Clarke, NY Yankee second baseman back when. My friends and I used to go to games at Yankee Stadium, and after the game, we’d wait at the players’ parking lot to say hello to Horace. He was astounded and delighted that we would bother to do that. Introduced us to his wife and baby boy, and got a real laugh when we showed him a clipping of our town’s Democrat primary… in which he got our four write-in votes.
He may not have been a star, or a real celebrity. But he greatly appreciated having fans (after the way the NY media treated him for not being Bobby Richardson) and he let it show.
I’d rather meet him than a dottle like DiCaprio any day of the year.
R.I.P., Horace. You were a great guy.
I’ve met a handful of musicians who were at least somewhat famous. Not necessarily household names, but well known in the music world. What I noticed is that most of them did not want to be idolized, but if you were respectful they would treat you like an equal. Good on ‘em.
If someone is recognized everywhere they go, and people heap adulation, or even worship upon them, that might lead some personalities into some sort of god complex.
The most famous person I ever encountered was an actor who had been in movies and several successful TV series. I ran into him in an out of the way store and when he realized he had been recognized, it was obvious that he didn’t want to be the center of attention, so I gave him a nod and went about my business. I would imagine that being famous and being recognized everywhere you go would be burdensome to someone whose ego doesn’t crave adulation.
Ut when you get up into the stratosphere of fame experienced by Hollywood’s A list actors, that has to be truly awful. Such persons have to go to great lengths to have any privacy, whatsoever, and I’m certain that such a degree of fame would have negative effects on one’s psyche. The Bible’s prohibition on idolatry is absolute, and if kt is wrong to worship an idol, actually being an idol can’t be good for you.
They always come back.