A Plague on All Our Houses
Don't let the suffering continue. If you have symptoms of Climate Change Denial Disorder, get help (and soon).
Symptoms of the condition often begin with obviously true statements like “I’m not a scientist” but then progress to illogical theories about what's "really" melting polar ice caps and something about the sun's magnetism. In the acute stages, the syndrome—dubbed Climate Change Denial Disorder—causes the afflicted to experience overwhelming giddiness when it snows in the wintertime. Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe, who threw a snowball on the chamber floor in February, is clearly suffering from CCDD, but he’s not the only one. At least 17 more congressmen and -women have contracted the disorder as well. It appears to be contagious, possibly transmitted via dirty oil money.
Do you think your parent or grandparent is suffering from CCDD? Don't wait to get help. This PSA reminds us that this epidemic is a very dangerous one, but world, if we band together, we can beat this thing.
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