• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It’s slightly below freezing and snowing here in West-Central Indiana. We haven’t been above the 50s yet this Dember.

    Now admittedly, the 50s in December is not the same as when I was a kid and we are definitely doing great damage to the Earth’s climate and biosphere, but saying kids aren’t going to grow up because of it is a bit hyperbolic.

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      11 months ago

      but saying kids aren’t going to grow up because of it is a bit hyperbolic.

      Yes. It’s a facetious tweet… You are in a meme community. You’ll have to get used to seeing jokes here.

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        11 months ago

        You’re right, we do get used to seeing information deliberately exaggerated for comedy and then taken seriously. It’s why the internet is so braindead.

        No need to discourage people from getting the facts straight. Just agree and move on.

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        11 months ago

        No kidding (!) Thanks for man-splaining that to me. (Rolls eyes)… if that’s the case then why is it that whenever I make a facetious comment nobody sees it as such and everyone thinks I’m being serious. You’re preaching to the choir here without realizing it.

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          11 months ago

          I did not reply to you so I don’t know why the hell you’re ranting to me about how I was man-splaining things to you.

          Edit: nevermind, just saw their comment history and they’re an actual crazy person. Just gonna go ahead and block them now.

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      11 months ago

      We’ve been over 50 north of you in southeast Michigan multiple times this December

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      11 months ago

      Of course they are going to grow up. 20 years are nothing. Those are issues that will only start to get serious after that time. Which is exactly why so little is happening now.

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        11 months ago

        Two years ago, a “once in a hundred years” wind storm downed trees that had been around for decades. Many of them fell on houses, garages, etc. Last year, the once in a hundred years wind storm took down even more. We haven’t had the every hundred year storm this year yet but I am expecting it. The issues are serious.

        On a positive note, more of us are adding our voices and resources to combat the profiteers. Join us if you can.

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      11 months ago

      I think the guy above you was calling out the fact that the picture in the post is using a temperature scale that is only used by very few countries as if it was the default for the Internet.

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      11 months ago

      And here in Utah we’re having sunshine all over the place, which is odd for us this time of year. In fact it will be mid-50s this week and we may get rain, but no snow this year for Christmas (which I’m fine with). The sun is coming out again today and it feels like it’s mid-August, not December! I love the warm weather and am not a ski person, so I happen to love it - but it is so WEIRD!