• Tattorack@lemmy.world
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    Funny. My parents say the same thing. “This is just fear mongering. We had warm Autumns in my childhood.”

    Then I go look into the actual data of what their warmest years were and it’s nowhere near what we’re experiencing these days.

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      My father watched the snowcaps melt off the mountains, and still supports the sort of people who want more drilling.

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      You don’t even need to go into “actual data” which can be hand waved away as conspiracy by Big Whatevs. Find pictures of the past. Halloween photos, back to school pictures, stuff like that.

      Thats been startling here even over 10 years. Last year I was in my shorts and a thin hoodie feeling warm. My phone popped up “memories from 10 years ago” and it was us at the same event in big coats looking cold and miserable.