Meme Thread for Both Posting and Discussing Memes

[Bacle]

Phoenix is a blight on humanity as a whole, not just the US, and I say this as someone who had family living near it for a very long time.

That whole valley should have been left as desert or agriculture, not made into the hellscape it is today.

 

[Agent23]

Yes, Arizona is a well-known part of Australia. I hear the beaches are lovely there.

What, you mean the USA did not have internal penal colonies. In any case, you aren't getting the joke.

 

[Captain X]

If I were to live anywhere else, I honestly would probably live in Arizona. It is hot, yes, but it is also dry.

 

[IndyFront]

 

[mrttao]

Ackshually, it is "everyone who does not believe corporate propaganda is white supremacist right wing nazi"

 

[Circle of Willis]

 

[Bassoe]

 

[LordSunhawk]

Quick question. Would it be an abuse of power to ban people who bad mouth my city? Just asking...

 

[IndyFront]

Quick question. Would it be an abuse of power to ban people who bad mouth my city? Just asking...

Not if they already knew what city you lived in and were doing it to fuck with you specifically lololol

 

[Cherico]

Quick question. Would it be an abuse of power to ban people who bad mouth my city? Just asking...

depends on the city, I mean I know my home town sucks fucking balls and that any bad mouthing is well pretty much just uncomfortable truths.

If your city sucks too then you cant just abuse people telling you things you don't want to hear.

 

[bintananth]

Not if they already knew what city you lived in and were doing it to fuck with you specifically lololol

He's mentioned it before. He basically lives here:

 

[Carrot of Truth]

Somehow this is my first time seeing this specific meme.

 

[LordSunhawk]

For 10 months out of the year we have some of the best weather in the world, then for 2 months we get warm. If it weren't for California taking the majority of our water we'd be self-sufficient from the Colorado/Salt River watershed and we're completely self-sufficient in electricity production thanks to Palo Verde.

 

[bintananth]

For 10 months out of the year we have some of the best weather in the world, then for 2 months we get warm. If it weren't for California taking the majority of our water we'd be self-sufficient from the Colorado/Salt River watershed and we're completely self-sufficient in electricity production thanks to Palo Verde.

111 days/year where the high is above 100°F is not "2 months of warm". That's a blazing hellscape of "NOPE! I'm not living here."

It never gets that hot in the Serengeti - which has a climate comparable to what we evolved to thrive in and find comfortable: 59°F-83°F year round.

 

[Doomsought]

111 days/year where the high is above 100°F is not "2 months of warm". That's a blazing hellscape of "NOPE! I'm not living here."

90 degrees dry feels cooler than 70 degrees humid.

 

[bintananth]

90 degrees dry feels cooler than 70 degrees humid.

The wet bulb temperature* is what matters for that. Tonight's low for Pheonix: 90°F, 29%RH. That's ~68°F wet.

If it's 70°F dry/68°F wet it's either raining or there's fog, mist, dew and clouds everywhere.

* The temperature the air would be if evaporating moisture cooled it to saturation.

 

[LordSunhawk]

111 days/year where the high is above 100°F is not "2 months of warm". That's a blazing hellscape of "NOPE! I'm not living here."

It never gets that hot in the Serengeti - which has a climate comparable to what we evolved to thrive in and find comfortable: 59°F-83°F year round.

100 degrees F is nothing, it only gets uncomfortable around 115.

And it's not just that humidity is low, we also have a near constant breeze blowing which maximizes cooling efficiency. Being outside only becomes unbearable when it hits 120, and even then if you manage to stay in the shade it is still acceptable. The big thing is to always have a car window shade if you have to park outside.

 

[mrttao]

100 degrees F is nothing, it only gets uncomfortable around 115.

And it's not just that humidity is low, we also have a near constant breeze blowing which maximizes cooling efficiency. Being outside only becomes unbearable when it hits 120, and even then if you manage to stay in the shade it is still acceptable. The big thing is to always have a car window shade if you have to park outside.

human body temperature is ~98F
wind increases cooling below that temp, it increases heating above that temp (this is why convection oven cooks faster than regular oven)

in low humidity conditions, win will also increases evaporation of water which in turn produces cooling as the water sucks the heat up from your skin to become gas.
but in high humidity conditions the water on your skin does not sublimate into gas. which means you are only getting extra heat from the wind, not cooling.

so in low humidity condition you have both increase cooling and increase heating happening at the same time. with the amount of each happening depending on the humidity level.

It was 105 to 108 for a few days in a row here in texas. Forget "uncomfortable", it felt utterly miserable to go outside.
That said. it is survivable with shade, low humidity, and lots of water

 

[bintananth]

100 degrees F is nothing, it only gets uncomfortable around 115.

And it's not just that humidity is low, we also have a near constant breeze blowing which maximizes cooling efficiency. Being outside only becomes unbearable when it hits 120, and even then if you manage to stay in the shade it is still acceptable. The big thing is to always have a car window shade if you have to park outside.

That sounds like something someone with Stockholm syndrome would say.

 

[mrttao]

That sounds like something someone with Stockholm syndrome would say.

To be fair. stockholm is extremely misrepresented in media. and also somehow presented as something bad.
It is not "people simping for those who harm them".

Stockholm syndrome explicitly stipulates a bunch of requirements before someone sympathizes with their kidnappers. including:
being treated well, talk to each other often, long period of time, seeing each other face, 1 on 1 interaction, and a bunch of other qualifiers.

At which point... the napper will develop sympathy for the napee (stockholm) and vice versa (lima syndrome). as they come to view each other as people.

and all I can say is "duh". of course in such a situation people would start seeing each other's perspective and will develop sympathy. often resulting in *shocked gasp*... the naper voluntarily releasing the napee, and the napee refusing to press charges. how "horrible"

People have been trying to tie this to abusive relationships or brainwashing... which is really stupid because cult indoctrination and and trauma bonding are completely different things then showing some basic human empathy to a fellow human being despite being in a situation where they are allegedly your "enemy"