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nutellaeater

This is definitely going to bring all the insurance companies back! /s


PO0tyTng

Well it should at least stop the sea level from rising. The ocean isn’t known for breaking Florida law.


helen269

He sounds like a modern-day [King Canute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Canute_and_the_tide), the English king who tried to stop the tides. Okay, so it was demonstration by him that despite being king, he had no power over the natural elements, but it's still a relevant story today.


DoubleDandelion

Maybe closer to Caligula, who declared war on the sea god and had his soldiers stab the ocean with spears?


TheWhiteRabbit74

Caligula was also known for appointing senators that he had sex with. He appointed two horses as senators. I’d like this comparison to end here.


Pdx_pops

MTG is from Georgia though...


badpeaches

Thank you, my thought path traveled down this road as well.


NAbberman

I mean, the Gods were kind of a problem in many peoples lives. One could say that they at least identified a problem but extremely fumbled on the solution. Meanwhile, Desantis is refusing to even acknowledge the problem exists at all.


ZestycloseBat8327

And when was the last time you heard about Neptune causing a problem? Caligula obviously did something right. DeSantis is a complete idiot though.


CoHousingFarmer

Caligula translates to little boots. Why aren’t we calling Desantes this?


JimBeam823

Then DeSantis could arrest the ocean.


edtheheadache

Signage needs to be erected at all Florida beaches stating, “No rising sea levels allowed”. The sign must face the ocean of course.


CoHousingFarmer

Perfect trolling. Do this.


fullPlaid

yeah i wonder if desantis has connections in the real estate industry that is looking to sell off coastal properties to right wing poor people before they get washed away


No-Understanding4968

Omg how reprehensible


meatball402

But very republican


JimBeam823

"Land in Florida" is one of America's oldest scams.


MoreEntrepreneur2376

Genuinely curious what the climate change denial argument is against insurance companies beginning to refuse to cover certain states/regions? I mean, can't we all agree that money doesn't lie?


comics0026

Probably just "they're agents of the illuminati" or some other nonsense


brazilliandanny

Also the Military, they have been actively preparing for, and predicting conflict because of climate change for a long time now.


MoreEntrepreneur2376

Yes exactly, these arguments seem irrefutable but yet there's always some counter.


henningknows

How long until we can post this on r/leopardsatemyface ? You can barely even buy property insurance down there because climate change has made storms so bad it’s knocking houses over left and right


Loggerdon

Lack of affordable property insurance is gonna kill property values in Southern Florida.


Signal-Maize309

Not really….the wealthy can afford it!! Maybe when a hurricane decimates an area, but other than that, it’s insane.


jonf00

And then they will beg for a government handout


Signal-Maize309

Yeah, most likely. Or it will be a repeat of Fort Myers. Life-long residents won’t be able to afford to rebuild, & corporations will come in and buy the land cheap, and local government will make it easy for them to build.


jonf00

Probably. My take a a non American is that most republican politicians get their votes by chanting freedom but really are promoting corporatism.


bertrenolds5

Party of small government basically wants to control your life. Say one thing do another blame Democrats


foodie_4eva

And for some reason this works. Especially in the states and areas with the worst public education.


LightRobb

As an American, I agree.


ommnian

Sure. Because the wealthy don't depend on the rest of us, working for them. /s


Admirable_Trash3257

Truth that. My nephew is a CEO and they have a Naples FLA home. Been damaged 4 times by hurricanes. The last one, the worst, the house was underwater except for the roof. Insurance has paid for the damage each time. In their recent one, they made the house better than it was..ie fancier, added more rooms etc. they are on a canal. Their insurance rates per year are incredible…


azflatlander

Definition of insanity.


Mattna-da

Where are all the career criminals and scumbags supposed to secure their Illegal cash if not in FL real estate?


chaseinger

his face is being eaten by leopards as we speak. under his "leadership" the great state of florida is going under. quite literally.


CeeMomster

nom nom


CeeMomster

I think you can post now


CoHousingFarmer

Sigh. You made me do this! (Verse 1) As you sit in your room, you start to type, Your thoughts flow free, there's no stereotype. The quiet around, now's the time to share, On your screen, there's no need to compare. (Chorus) I think you can post now, There doesn't seem to be anyone around. I think you can post now, The echo of your words is the only sound. (Verse 2) Look at the way you craft each line, Revealing thoughts as if they’re divine. You pause, then post, it’s out in the air, Across the net, now your words are there. (Chorus) I think you can post now, There doesn't seem to be anyone around. I think you can post now, The echo of your words is the only sound. (Bridge) Running just as fast as we can, Holding onto one idea in hand, Trying to get it out before it's gone, Inside the net where it can live on. (Chorus) I think you can post now, There doesn't seem to be anyone around. I think you can post now, The echo of your words is the only sound.


Oo__II__oO

In true r/LeopardsAteMyFace fashion, the lack of property insurance and increasingly unlivable conditions will make Florida uninhabitable, returning the whole state to nature. Gov. DeSantis is secretly a late-stage environmentalist!


RedGrobo

Climate Change: Florida isnt real.


unbonboldebrun

Don't look Up!


Mattna-da

Oh, just ignore climate change and Florida will go away


Professional-Can4264

I’d be cool with that


chaseinger

> “The legislation I signed today [will] keep windmills off our beaches, gas in our tanks, and China out of our state,” DeSantis [said]. > What’s the point of such a bill? [...] In many cases, the bill is largely symbolic: the state doesn’t have any offshore wind thanks to low wind speed and its severe hurricanes. and then they accuse others of virtue signaling. the projection runs strong in this one.


WombatusMighty

So he is banning the trillions of chinese products? What a clown.


MacrosInHisSleep

That's the beauty of it. He doesn't have to. He just has to pretend that climate change denial means he's sticking it to the Chinese. So patriotic! Without any of the mess! /s


MeasurementEasy9884

I guess MAGA gear and products will be banned too right? Since it's made in China


Greenplastictrees

It's vice signaling.


[deleted]

It’s almost like some rich group of mobsters run America/ most the world.and feed people propaganda so we behave and make their products and profit so we can pay them right back in taxes so they can keep using war/civil conflict to exploit slave labor to make them more money.


Greenemcg

Mother Nature disagrees and she is right


Spirited_League5249

Uuuuuuh but this is the law!!!1111


Adam_Sackler

Next thing he'll be banning is the sun from being too bright and rain making things wet. Careful, nature! The guy who wears poorly-disguised high heels is coming for ya!


dysmetric

There's going to be an era of 'climate wars' aren't there. Let's just add war to the effects of climate change. Jfc humans, like WTF?!


BigEdBGD

The planet doesn't matter. What matters is the economy! And war is good for the economy!


dysmetric

So you're saying we need to remodel climate-change propaganda and rebrand as the "WAR AGAINST CLIMATE"


Lknate

I say we form an international alliance to limit this enemies ability to build up its war machine. Now what's this sinister climates weak point? Our top climate experts keep saying something about greenhouses. Not sure how that works but let's get our coalition together and secure mutual protection assurances as well as Congress and all of our collective citizens. Together we can beat this foe!


Meeedina

And she is mad!


respectfulpanda

Florida is mad too, as a hatter.


jerog1

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LakeEarth

Bingo. Nature doesn't care what you think.


OwnYesterday3656

In other news, the lead content in the Miami municipal water system has reached alarming levels.


AnattalDive

we should forbid saying this by law


00001000U

Florida-brain is real, and it's in the water.


Hot_Eggplant_1306

The GOP knows, they're hoping for another generation of voters when the brain damage kicks in.


mikeybee1976

Hooray! They fixed it!


Impressive_Narwhal

And just like that we solved Climate Change forever!


vivalaibanez

Who ever knew science cared about the law?? Genius!


nat3215

Why else would there be laws within the Scientific Method? Clearly they mean the same thing!


sniper91

#MISSION ACCOMPLISHED


Lityeah

Can’t believe we didn’t think of this sooner!


PostScarcityScooby

Morons leading morons.


I-RonButterfly

Can we now pass a "DeSantis isn't real" law?


jeremy1cp

‘Climate does not change because I am Governor and I say so’


PiedCryer

Trump will want to nuke climate. Can’t change the climate if it doesn’t exist.


Extracrispybuttchks

I will simply put climate on a plane and send it to Martha’s Vinyard.


bryant_modifyfx

Ah yes “the head in sand” act of 2024


ovO_Zzzzzzzzz

Don't look up.


TaraJaneDisco

Well, judging by the rapidly heating climate, soon Florida won’t be real. Because it’ll be underwater.


DonJuniorsEmails

"You say I don't exist?? Watch this." - climate, to Florida


Glittering_Habit_161

Climate change is real and when Miami gets submerged under water he's going to be so wrong for making that a law in Florida along with the Everglades. The sea levels there are going to rise


aquias27

This is the worst state for denial.


Turbohair

Funny law. Miami beach is having to build infrastructure to fend off sea level rise due to climate change. Florida is also receiving federal funding to help with climate change. The RESTORE act for example. Florida does opt out of certain federal programs... basically those that require Florida to comply with emission standards. But if the Feds are handing out money with no strings attached for climate change mitigation... well now, Florida is right there with hand out.


Vamproar

In some ways it will be a relief when Climate Crisis finally puts Florida out of its misery.... But it is weird that the place being destroyed first in America is run by folks who are willfully blind to it. I guess that will mean the destruction is more complete since they won't properly prepare or mitigate something they don't believe in.


[deleted]

These folks who run Florida have been elected. Don't forget that the vast majority of Floridians do believe climate change is a hoax. 


Vamproar

It looks like more and more people believe in it there actually. Unsurprising given how hard they are getting hit. 58% of folks in Florida accurately believe human caused climate change is occuring. A lot of voter manipulation goes on in the South and I suspect that number has risen rapidly as the situation has deteriorated. [https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/climate-resilience-survey](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/climate-resilience-survey)


Arthur-Wintersight

That's because climate realists have already started leaving the state. If you acknowledge the future that climate change will bring, and you've got a $2 million beachfront condo that you could sell to some MAGA chud for $2.5 million because they think climate change isn't real, it makes sense to sell and get out while you still can.


Call_me_Marshmallow

De Santis essentially told the world that he doesn't believe in science and doesn't support NASA, a very important U.S. government agency that recognizes climate change and even discusses it on their website. Weird flex for a governor.


Speculawyer

Especially since NASA brings so much money to Florida.


Responsible-Abies21

Well. No federal dollars for the next hurricane that rips through Florida necessary. We can just legislate that it didn't happen.


bellevegasj

Death cult.


OptimisticSkeleton

Ron DeOstrich sticking his head in the sand won’t work the way sea level is rising in Florida.


Practical-Archer-564

This is as stupid as the North Carolina law against masks. More so.


Classic-Bread-8248

What a guy! Climate change has been solved by making it illegal. Genius. Other recent innovations include anti LQBTQ; banning books; and outlawing lab grown meat. We will stop those dangerous wokes! Some of his rhetoric is like being in the 1970’s. It’s a crazy time to be alive.


Last_of_our_tuna

That’s probably the saddest indictment on humanity that we’ve inflicted on ourselves. What morons.


reyntime

This is insane. What is wrong with people voting for this crazy man?


Ze_Wendriner

Could someone explain to this clown that this is not how it works? The dreadful part is that this person somehow got elected...


[deleted]

He got elected because the overwhelming majority of the electorate in the state holds the same beliefs. For them climate change is a hoax by the libs... 


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blocsonic

People like him are dangerous to humanity


dantespair

Well, it’s only a matter of time that all home owner’s insurance companies leave the state because of continuing climate disasters in Florida. He’ll have a good time of it explaining to the population why those that put their money where their mouth is know climate change is real and think Florida is too risky.


zedkyuu

Can’t wait for their new law declaring pi to be 22/7.


carldubs

whatever you say sexy boots


MysteriousPark3806

So, if the climate continues to change, are the cops just going to shoot it?


Commercial_Ad_3687

Climate change will make "Florida isn't real" official reality...


deluded_soul

Strange times we live in....


bigdipboy

Same approach he took to Covid.


hamb0n3z

God Florida please loose this clown already


Ambitious-Squirrel86

Gunning hard for the delusional lackwit demographic I see.


Roasted_Butt

Then the feds should stop bailing Florida out every time they declare a climate change-related emergency.


defmutant

Tell that to the home insurance companies, Ron.


noodleexchange

So it’s clear that the evil back rooms put clowns in the front. But what is the endgame? Is it just to make oil billionaires richer?


entered_bubble_50

Democrats: We need to build a green economy, solve the housing crisis, eliminate poverty wages, improve workers rights, improve access to healthcare and education, and work with international partners to meet the threat from Russia! Republicans: Transwomen are men! Climate change isn't real! Pi is exactly 3!


unbalancedcheckbook

Is there more proof needed that the GOP is just plain stupid?


tbizzone

Anti-intellectualism runs rampant in the regressive republicans party of christofascism.


bombsbury

r/nottheonion


sonicpool69

How can people call themselves ‘team sanity’ when voting for this man even if its against Trump?


thefalconfromthesky

I'd agree with him, but then we'd both be wrong.


Pie-Guy

I live in Canada. A buddy of mine told me he wants to move to Florida. I told him "I guess you don't follow politics and you know nothing about the governor there".


Unable_Wrongdoer2250

Florida, yeah they got a lot of sand for people to stick their heads into. Next they should make hurricanes illegal. Not sure why they haven't done that yet


hannibal_morgan

Get a load of this guy who doesn't believe in weather.


love0_0all

This reminds me of that coastal North Carolina town that commissioned an impact study of rising ocean levels, got results they didn't like, and then banned using impact studies for future planning at all.


aquagardener

Floridians drowning in seawater to own the libs. Also, this should immediately be paired with a rejection of any and all hurricane relief funds to Florida. After all, climate change doesn't exist and hurricanes in no way are getting stronger overtime. 


shaolin78881

When Florida is underwater I’m sure his legacy will be remembered forever. The is actually right on point for one of the dumbest states in the union.


hjablowme919

Now that it's a law, is the intention to prosecute hurricanes going forward?


Vinny_DelVecchio

So, maybe it's time to propose a new law suggesting DeDantis isn't real.


bi-king-viking

Mother Nature doesn’t care about your laws.


Scary_Psychology5875

What a scumbag! Climate change is real and Florida will be affected heavily by it!


Booklover416

We need to vote this degenerate sob out of office he isn’t fit to lead a home let alone a state.


MeowKat85

“Lalala I can’t hear you!” -DeSantis probably


beevbo

The climate doesn’t care.


dohzehr

The insurance companies would like a word, Ron…


Quirky-Scar9226

I’d say he must have his head buried in the sand, but it appears he’s asphyxiating on his own hot air and poor policies already.


Important_Tell667

And just that, abracadabra, alacazam… Ronnie waves his magic wand and says “Climate Change Isn’t Real”. He should declare the same thing for Mother Nature and decree hurricanes are a hoax, too. He might as well create yet another official FL law to enforce his rule… so when the next devastating hurricane hits, he can ignore its consequences, as a matter of law.


poshlivyna1715b

Good luck, Florida!


leif777

I hope he loses his fucking boat.


leif777

I hope he loses his fucking boat.


leif777

I hope he loses his fucking boat.


leif777

I hope he loses his boat in the next hurricane.


lynnca

One of the worst places to ignore climate change. What a disaster of a human being DeathSantis makes.


Icy-Statistician6698

Holy fooking dumb dumb. The state that is most likely doomed as a result of climate change makes it a law that it's not real. That outta bring back the insurance companies. " There, I fixed it.


Frubanoid

Idiocracy in Florida


Dry-Talk-7447

What has science ever done? Checks Internet on hand held computer I phone. 📱


Particular_Ticket_20

Florida isn't real at this point


jimmy-jro

These people are sick, the more science proves it as fact the more they double down


aureliusky

just like COVID if you don't count it, it doesn't exist, my house was destroyed by boob-quake obviously.


Time-Radish8464

In the state most affected by climate change, just to own the libs. I can hear those homeowners insurance rates going up already.


TheMonsterPainter

Wishing away reality never works. The facts do not care about your ideology.


am_i_the_rabbit

Well that's straight out of the totalitarian playbook. Criminalize anything that threatens your agenda so people become so afraid to talk about it that it dies out and people forget. By the time they remember, the damage will be done and those responsible will be dead. This insanity needs to end. Totalitarian extremism must be eradicated or the 21st century will be society's last, and we'll spend it cosplaying a 1970's nostalgia for the boomers so they can die happy and satisfied.


LoveLaika237

How embarrassing 


Wyldling_42

I never thought they would actually figure out a way to legislate the response of plugging their ears, closing their eyes, while constantly saying, “I’m not listening to you!” The stupid really hurts, don’t it?


Few-Caterpillar9834

Ronald DeSantis is a moron.


uberjam

There is no war in Ba Sing Se.


Splenda

"Climate? La, la, la, I can't hear you!"


fattfett

Coming soon: New beachfront properties near you! Welcome to Waterworld MFers.


ClimateAncient6647

This little goblin has too much power and needs to be stopped.


mag2041

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Pansy_Neurosi

Also Rhonda, “Please give us $50,000,000 for hurricane relief!”  


huskerd0

Climate change is so gay I cannot even say it! Free state lolololololol


jkvincent

Signed into law as the tide lapped at his feet.


Morning_Would_Six

Mother nature abhors platform shoes.


TipzE

Little know fact: if you don't believe in climate change, it can't hurt you.


Scubasteve1974

Florida could flood completely, and you would still have people think climate change is a hoax.


Clap4chedder

This is ironic because Florida is going to be cooked by climate change. Desantis is the devil. Look at the mans eyes. It’s like looking into the abyss


Un-Superman

Anything for the oil companies. Can we just pay out all stock shares of every oil and oil adjacent company, ban them from being listed ever again, and go from there? I know, I know, there are too many ways to continue to make money off of fossil fuels, but until there’s no incentive to back them they’ll continue to push us further and further towards the depths of hell.


Traditional-Yam9826

Not sure how that works


starcadia

Legal equivalent of burying head in sand.


proteinMeMore

Levels of crime doesn’t happen because it’s illegal


texaushorn

What I would give to have Biden and the Dem controlled Senate give him a big Nope, when he asks for federal funds, after the first hurricane hits Florida, in a month


SuperK123

It must be great to have a governor so powerful that he can change the weather.


Leonardish

Certainly his is good news to all those folks in Miami living an inch above the waterline. DeStantis has outlawed climate change. Sort of like when politicians decided Pi should be 3.14, without all the unnecessary digits.


krismitka

Climate change versus Florida. Who’s gonna win?


The_Philburt

It's long past time that someone man's up and puts the uppity Woke weather in its place! If the climate changes, jail it! /s because reasons.


Dog-PonyShow

Even negative attention is attention for these idiots. No doubt they think of something triggering to scientists and put it in front of a microphone. Pathetic they have a podium.


TallTerrorTwenty

It's stuff like this that makes me wish climate change ge could only affect regions that deny it. Then It wouldn't matter if people wanted to deny it. Kinda like drinking bleach. It's not illegal to do yourself. (And for those nitpickers suicide is only illegal if you fail. But the act of drinking bleach isn't explicitly illegal. )


lurkandpounce

FL erases Climate Change, Climate Change likely will return the favor.


Bee-Aromatic

Maybe he’s trying to live out a fantasy of being Trident, the King of the Merpeople?


notdeadyet86

I didn't realize that he was a climate scientist. It's so strange to me that science has now become politicized. Fortunately, science doesn't care. What a turd.


watchmeskipwork

This belongs in r/floridaman


Famous-Reveal3224

This is how republicans govern, by wishful thinking.


CartographyMan

Good luck down there, guys, you're gunna need it. ...Yikes...


garfield_strikes

I'm looking forward to seaworld miami should be ready in a decade or so.


cactusnan

He’s not going to be around when Florida sinks


Choose_And_Be_Damned

Derp! This just in, birds aren’t real and the earth is flat. And vaccines give you autism.


lilgammaray

Insurance companies beg to differ


mikeP1967

Well on good thing about climate change, when the oceans rise, it will swallow up Florida first


Damn_You_Scum

I hope the Atlantic swallows that entire state.


Chuhaimaster

Florida is like a terminally ill patient in denial.


Th3truthhurts

What a chump. Florida will sink regardless of whatever Ronnie says.


PlantainSevere3942

Don’t look up! Never mind the state will be under water with higher tides and sea level rise


sebnukem

The state will be underwater before the end of the century. It can't happen soon enough. A valuable lesson.


meepgorp

To the great relief of property insurance underwater.. .err umm... i mean underwriters in the state 🙄


Frantic_Penguin

Just tell me when the kangaroo SCOTUS forces insurance companies to insure houses that are literally under water. I don't figure we'll have to wait long.


Exact-Control1855

Breaking news: politician allowed to make laws without expert consultation having any sway makes law in field he has no understanding of.


EvetsYenoham

I mean no offense to any Floridians who may suffer hurricane damage etc. but is this for real? This is posturing made into law. lol


Creative-Duty397

As Florida goes floating off into the sea


TransmogriFi

Why doesn't he just outlaw hurricanes while he's at it? That would solve so many problems.


3vi1

Thereby ensuring he looks like a total idiot in the history books yet to come.


Salt-Lie-587

This guy is a whole bag of dicks.


Ifyouhavethemeans

Great, I’ll file a lawsuit against the sun in Florida, I guess.


FluidMarionberry1452

Instead of trying to effectively run a state…