People Pretend to Die At Climate Action Rally at Hong Lim Park; Dog Doesn’t Seem To Care

It’s a universally known fact that dogs can play dead better than humans.

Just look at how a dog does it here…

…and how a human does it here:

But in an ironic twist, while people played dead to portray a point in Hong Lim Park yesterday (21 September 2019), a dog decided to steal the limelight by sitting upright, because why not.

Rally in Hong Lim Park to Raise Awareness of Climate Change

Other than a certain leader who somehow doesn’t believe in science, many people felt the importance and impact of climate change.

Globally, 54% of the population agrees that climate change is a very serious problem.

Just so you know, according to scientists, the direct consequences of man-made climate changes are primarily higher temperature (i.e. a hotter Singapore) and rising sea level due to the melting of the ice at the polar caps: those changes would bring in many indirect repercussions like health risks and of course, the sea devouring an entire island like Singapore.

While these are “predictions”, scientists have “high confidence” that climate changes are real.

Even our authorities are taking steps to prevent our shorelines and HDB flats from being eaten-ed by the sea through a “wall”, as mentioned in the latest NDR.

It might not affect an old man like me, but our grandchildren could be suffering from the consequences.

Think it’s hot now? By 2045, if we still anyhowly have carbon emissions, Singapore’s temperature could reach 40°C—even aliens that have landed in Yishun can’t save us from this heat.

Which is why a group of students has decided to hold a peaceful rally in Hong Lim Park yesterday (21 September 2019), primarily to spread awareness about this issue.

I know this is completely irrelevant, but at the same time, it’s the “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us” event (that is on 20 September 2019 but it’s agak agak the same period due to different time zones).

More Than 2,000 People Attended

The peaceful event was held successful, and guess what: it attracted more people than the Area 51 event.

Over 2,000 people attended (only 150 people showed up at the entrance of Area 51…peacefully, except one joker who peed there), and according to the organisers, this was just the beginning.

They said, “You’ll be hearing more from us very very soon.”

But hey, you’re not here for climate change.

You’re here for the dog.

Dog DGAF about Climate Change

The entire event lasted for three hours, and according to Mothership, as the event came to an end, everyone pretended to “die” to show that climate change could really kill people.

Nothing’s wrong because everything’s still peaceful, except that in a sea of bodies, a dog decided to sit upright because it has orange hair fur and doesn’t quite believe in science.

In any case, here are the protestors’ goals:

Reduce Singapore absolute greenhouse gas emissions by half in 2030, and no emissions at all in 2050.

And just so you’re confused, this has nothing to do with not using straws. It’s about what you release into the air.

So don’t think you’re helping them by using metal straws. Though any effort to save the planet helps lah.

For more info, tap here.

And don’t worry; while it’s not endorsed by the Government, the Minister for Social and Family Development was there, so that says a lot.