Greta Thunberg: The teenage old soul of the climate crisis By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent New York (CNN) In person, she is tiny. Eyes wide and head down, her discomfort with crowds and small talk make it easy to understand why Greta Thunberg says she was "an invisible girl" for most of her 16 years. But when Thunberg went to Washington -- into the lights, cameras and lack-of-action that makes up the modern congressional hearing -- the smallest and youngest person in the room came off as the oldest soul on Capitol Hill. Brushing off Republican talking points and Democratic flattery with equal flat annoyance, even friendly softballs were treated as reminders that she takes this much more seriously than most grown-ups. Even those in the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Climate. "How can we get more kids involved in this issue?" asked Rep. Ben Luján, a Democrat from New Mexico. "Just tell them the truth," she said. "Tell them how it is. Because when I found out how it actually is, it made me furious." Her manner is level and unflinching, her voice soft and halting and she admits she may be the most reluctant activist in modern times. Yet in the age of Instagram filters and charismatic influencers, something about her raw honesty around a message of blunt-force fear turned this girl from invisible to global. "As it is now, people in general don't seem to be very aware of the actual science and how serious this crisis is," she said to the scattered lawmakers and dozens of cameras at the hearing this week. "I think we need to inform them and start treating the crisis like the existential threat it is."

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CuriousMufuxka Follow
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Are you trolling?

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Absolutely she's nothing.

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She's a knob.

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  Knob? Dude, she's a fucken bell end...
  
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- supercutebutt
  
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  @CaptainSmartass Bell end? British slang?
  
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  @supercutebutt Yep, you've got it. Here's the definition:
  
  www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bellend
  
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- supercutebutt
  
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  @CaptainSmartass Most of us prefer Greta to Cap'n Smartass. So if she is a "bell end," what does that make you?
  
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- CaptainSmartass
  
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  @supercutebutt It makes me a total dude, because I am the one and only. And I'm a totally awesome, humble and charismatic guy...
  
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More of a heroin.

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Who's she?

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She is anoying af

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- supercutebutt
  
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  You are 77% more annoying than Greta.
  
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- Mamamialetmego
  
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  Why 77%?
  
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- supercutebutt
  
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  I have a formula that I use and when I typed in all the numbers, it came out to 77%.
  
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- Mamamialetmego
  
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  It's even less. I deserve more.
  
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nope

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  Why anonymous? You afraid Greta will kick your ass? LOL :)
  
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  nope I just don't wanna deal with peoples nonsense. A lot of people have been talking about what we can do to save the planet and they never became heroes. Why should she be one? In fact no one would know her except for the fact that the pope wants to push for Sunday as a day of rest and climate change helps him get people on board. So he set her up for this.
  
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- supercutebutt
  
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  Are you jealous of the attention she is receiving?
  
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- Opinion Owner
  
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  Nope I'am just saying this is nonsense that people like you are falling for
  
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- Opinion Owner
  
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  You asked for an opinion and you got one! So get over it.
  You seem to think that everyone needs to agree with you and I don't, that's life for you. If you want to be a snowflake go ahead and be one, but don't ask for peoples opinion if you don't want to have it. Once you get over yourself you're welcome to come back on gag and get everyone's opinion.
  And don't tell me about how I'm just jealous or whatever cause I read the comments and you really don't care what people say if they don't agree with you. Then you have the nerve to say hatred and stupidity will not be tolerated. You the only stupid person here if you don't want what you asked for! And the fact that you're calling people annoying shows who really needs to "grow up." Then like the rest of the snowflakes you say '' in America we have freedom" and so does everyone else have the same freedom, to have and opinion without having to be bashed and harassed by you! So seriously, SHUT UP! Dislike everyone else's opinion for all we care. But seriously "Grow up" cause you're being so immature for a 19 year old.
  
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- supercutebutt
  
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  So you go anonymous but I'm the one who is a snowflake. You are funny! :) (and Greta is a hero)
  
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- Opinion Owner
  
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  Well maybe I went anonymous because I didn't want to deal with the likes of you and before you go throwing around the term "snowflake" maybe you should go find out what it means. And just wait you'll see that the pope wants Sunday as a day of rest. Mark my words climate change is the first step to his plan of Sunday as a day of rest.
  
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