• The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    On the contrary, I think giving “marketing terms” to weather phenomena will cement the idea that we’ve fucked it, and get more people used to the idea of taking serious steps.

    • SomeoneElse@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s a bit like why we started naming storms in the UK - so people would take them more seriously.

    • cyd@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Indeed, there is very little downside to injecting a bit of colour into these names. Though they could reach into sources other than Greek mythology. It would be kickass if we can have scary weather named after Vecna, Angra Mainyu, Yaldaboath, Cthulhu, etc.

  • krippix@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    If a news article has a questionmark in the title, the answer is always no.