• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    2 years 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.

    • ZeroCool@feddit.chOP
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      2 years 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.

      • bobor hrongar@lemmy.world
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        2 years 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.

    • greenhorn@lemm.ee
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      2 years ago

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

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      2 years 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.

    • maynarkh@feddit.nl
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      2 years 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.