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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by ori_b on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:30PM (#20397376)
I present to you a person who thinks that because we can't tell for certain that it's going to rain next Wednesday, we're have no idea if next summer will be hotter than next winter.
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by zaroth on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:42PM (#20397468)
Not a very charitable interpretation of the comment.
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by SantalBlush on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @07:54PM (#20397966)
It was a false equivalence, and deserves to be treated as such.
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by ori_b on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @08:48PM (#20398241)
In which ways is it inaccurate?
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by zaroth on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @11:06PM (#20398863)
You can be accurate and still be uncharitable. Educate, don’t chastise or mock. And never make it personal.
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by ori_b on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @11:10PM (#20398882)
Normally, charity in an interpretation means that there's a way that it could be taken where it makes sense. I don't think that's the case for this comment.

The most charitable interpretation I have is that the original poster is a paid shill -- in other words, they're bright enough to realize what they're saying is idiotic, but they're just doing a job to put food on the table. It'd take some evidence to sway me to that view.

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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by mirimir on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @01:20AM (#20399330)
Seriously?

I don't agree with their comment. But after looking at their comment history, I see no evidence for them being "a paid shill". Contrarian and outspoken, sure. But not a shill.

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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by zaroth on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @11:11PM (#20408825)
So much for not making it personal!
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