OPINION:

How many paper straws have to dissolve in my drinks to make up for Kylie Jenner’s 12-minute flights in her private jet?

The socialite made headlines recently when she woke up and decided to post a photo of herself and her partner Travis Scott with their private jets in the background.

“You wanna take mine or yours??” she asked in the caption.

Kylie, for the love of God, it’s 2022. The world is literally on fire. How was posting this a good idea?

To the surprise of absolutely no one at all, Kylie and Travis whatshisface have been slammed as “climate criminals”. Are they really, though? I don’t know. Rich men are firing themselves off into space for “tourism” so the scale at which rich people are destroying the planet is becoming a bit hard for my tired brain to comprehend.

Kylie Jenner might not be a “climate criminal” but she is one of the public faces of an issue that goes well beyond her. More than the culprit, she is the symptom of a society where rich people constantly get away with not giving a toss about the world, while poor people cannot go a day without being made to feel guilty for not composting.

A Twitter account that tracks celebrity flights on their private jets found that Jenner’s private jet made a 17-minute flight on July 12.