• Zorque@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    That they’re outliers of what has been the norm for centuries is the entire point. Saying “this is the new normal” is, as you might surmise, normalizing it.

    • VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 hour ago

      I mean, it is the new normal? None of us (hopefully) want it to be, but it’s the reality we have to deal with, unless the laws of physics that make thermometers work suddenly changed and no one noticed

    • Aeao@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      I get what you’re saying. And you’re right. It about “how often”