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False claims that heatwave is bogus spread online (www.bbc.com)

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[–] exohuman@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

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@slrpnk.net [S] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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@kbin.social 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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