damnthefilibuster comments on temperature

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[+] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world -26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Notice how the tweet doesn’t say “all people”. Context is everywhere and everything.

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[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 40 points 2 years ago

Farenheit is how americans feel. Celsius is how normal people measure temperature. Better?

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[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Notice how the tweet doesn't say "American people". Accuracy is everything.

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[+] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world -8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I fall to context again. The person writing is white and clueless enough not to be specific. Clearly. American.

Anyways. We are splitting hair over a silly tweet here.

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 7 points 2 years ago

Apparently the brown Americans use Celsius.

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lemmy:	0.19.20
mlmym (mschae):	26.3.4