False claims that heatwave is bogus spread online

3 years ago by silence7 to c/climate

Weather forecasters wrongly accused of using misleading data to "drive fear".
ChaoticGoodHeart 27 points 3 years ago

Don't Look UP at the Thermometer

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Fubar91 8 points 3 years ago

Pfft who would trust those mercury filled devices. They are obviously filled with government made mercury nano bots used to spy on us, and make us think the temps on the rise. This is so the goverment can TAX us more and take away our right of burning plastics! WAKE UP SHEEPLE.

(Big /s incase anyone couldn't tell lol)

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Doug 6 points 3 years ago path: 0 1820252 1820961 1822124, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 0
Dragonmind 16 points 3 years ago

Man, they really have no other playbook.

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squiblet 12 points 3 years ago

Wonderful, after spending years insisting this was never going to happen and was a 'hoax', once it has started happening, people like this just insist the news is lying.

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Tyson712 8 points 3 years ago

"Don't look up"

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Yondu_the_Ravager 8 points 3 years ago

This heatwave is FAKE NEWS buddy why is it going to almost hit 100 today in New England

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floofloof 6 points 3 years ago

People on the right in the USA and Canada have also been claiming that "liberals" started the wildfires in order to convince people of the climate change hoax. It's insane what they will do to avoid uncomfortable reality.

In Canada the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, who has a decent chance of being elected PM, even accused Trudeau's government in Parliament of starting the fires. It's surprising that didn't get more media attention. You can hear him shout "started by your government" at 1:02 in this clip:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1656734773014822926

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silence7 3 points 3 years ago path: 0 1826748 1828591, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
Jaysyn 4 points 3 years ago

Lying for profit will be the death of humanity.

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floofloof 2 points 3 years ago

Not just humanity, unfortunately. A whole lot of other life on the planet too.

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RagingNerdoholic 3 points 3 years ago

How can anyone be in denial about this? Have they tried STEPPING THE FUCK OUTSIDE?

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silence7 3 points 3 years ago

Because some places aren't as hot and people's baselines shift over time

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HeartyBeast 2 points 3 years ago

“it’s all fine”

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exohuman 2 points 3 years ago

This one is so easy to verify it’s a joke. Any fool can go outside and see how hot it is.

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silence7 15 points 3 years ago

The problem is that it's not equally hot everywhere and people's baselines change, so you can get a surprising number of people to go along with this

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Rhaedas 3 points 3 years ago

"It's fine here" or "I've adapted to the heat here" is very common to see.

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gravitas_deficiency 1 point 3 years ago

What do you mean, heatwave? My air conditioning is working great!

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breadsmasher 1 point 3 years ago

GB News

No surprises there

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phi1997 1 point 3 years ago
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