• Jax@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    It has been unseasonably cool where I live. We’re talking low 80’s, 26-ish celcius.

    Weather is very hard to conceptualize for us monkeys. It’s very easy for someone who never needs to stay in one place to have a completely incorrect perception of what weather or climate actually is. People who do stay in one place seem to struggle with it, that should tell you what you need to know.

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      2 days ago

      It has been unseasonably cool where I live.

      Ok, but I’m assuming you’re not a total idiot who extrapolates from local weather?

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        2 days ago

        No, but my Trump voting office trog sure does. Never misses a chance to point out oddly cool weather, as if it somehow means climate change is not real.

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      3 days ago

      Is it also very hard for monkeys to look at graphs? They don’t seem to have trouble with it when it’s in service of screwing us out of money

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        3 days ago

        When you’re asking them to look at graphs or the obscene wealth they can gain from screwing others over — yes, yes it is very hard.

        I’m not justifying or excusing their behavior. I’m just explaining it.

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          2 days ago

          the obscene wealth they can gain from screwing others over

          People are not becoming obscenely wealthy from hating on bike lanes. They’re just brainwashed morons.

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            2 days ago

            People are absolutely becoming wealthy off of climate change denial, driving hate towards bike lanes is absolutely a part of that.