• robolemmy@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I downvoted it because it’s not funny. It’s real, valuable information. It’s not the kind of thing that belongs in c/nottheonion because there’s nothing odd or funny about it.

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    Honestly, I wouldn’t have thought that something with that title could have been an Onion article. And to me that’s what “Not The Onion” is all about.

    It doesn’t suffice that it’s simply a real article, it must make people wonder if it’s satire or not.

    In your case, maybe if it was worded differently, but the way it is, it doesn’t make me think it could be something I confused for an Onion headline.

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world
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    I wonder what the psychology of posting about being downvoted is. I’m a pretty opinionated dude and get downvoted from time to time, but I just move on with my life instead of turning it into a big production or even acknowledging it, really. Not everyone’s gonna like everything you write, and it’s not like you’re going for some high score to get into social media paradise or something. Think about where you’re spending your energy man. This ain’t a good use of anyone’s time.

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      3 days ago

      Voting is very ambivalent as well. Dislike, form, wording, structure, content, curation in community, instance, or personal…

      “People didn’t like the title” may or may not be current but seems quite narrow.

  • DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth
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    It’s important to point out that there is a very real limit to how much we can increase our tolerance and a more humid environment makes it even worse. Can’t do it in the title though because r/NotTheOnion

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      Sure, you’re talking about the wet bulb temperature.

      But.

      You’ll find a lot of people from the northern part of the US that simply can’t function in the south in the summer, when it’s >90F. I’m a transplant from the north to the south; I’ve adapted just fine, by virtue (?!) of not having air conditioning. And it goes the other way too; if you move to a colder climate from a hotter one, you’ll eventually adapt to it.

      This is not the case for all people, but most people will be able to adapt.

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        There’s adapting to warmer or colder weather, and then there’s drowning because it’s so hot and humid that the air condenses in your lungs.

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        People become acclimatized more to a given climate, but there’s a very real scientific point at which humans - all humans - can’t cool off and will overheat and die. There’s no amount of “aw, shucks. I grew up around here. It’s not that hot” that will save a person at that stage.

      • Chris@lemmy.world
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        I bought a steam tent. 15 minutes in it a day, while agonizing, makes being outdoors tolerable. Also my apt doesn’t get below 81 in the summer.

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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    People sometimes don’t realize the context of the community a post was shared in. Def annoying though