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Re:The USDA's gardening zones shifted, this map shows you wh... by pjc50 on Monday May 13, 2024 @12:08PM (#40344865)
"Climate change" is already watered down from "global warming", because people were nitpicking that it wasn't always warmer everywhere. Things like the late cold snaps people mention in this thread. But: on average, it's warmer almost everywhere.
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Re:The USDA's gardening zones shifted, this map shows you wh... by bee_rider on Monday May 13, 2024 @12:19PM (#40344967)
Does instability sound more watered down than change? IMO instability is more obviously bad.
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Re:The USDA's gardening zones shifted, this map shows you wh... by TSUTiger on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @01:11PM (#40369660)
Agreed.

Human factor here: Sometimes, change can be a good thing. You don't hear that instability can sometimes be a good thing.

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Re:The USDA's gardening zones shifted, this map shows you wh... by scruple on Monday May 13, 2024 @01:00PM (#40345447)
"Global warming" is what you get when you let the scientists pick the name. "Climate change" is better but you can still get the sense that it's lacking in a solid PR person to figure this out. I'd have thought that, by now, any of the hundreds of corporations attaching themselves to Sustainability, Inc. would've solved this particular naming problem for us.
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Re:The USDA's gardening zones shifted, this map shows you wh... by mistermann on Monday May 13, 2024 @03:17PM (#40347154)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlight_effect
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Re:The USDA's gardening zones shifted, this map shows you wh... by papercrane on Monday May 13, 2024 @05:21PM (#40348614)
The term "climate change" usage had a PR person behind it. Republican strategist Frank Luntz pushed for politicians to use the term instead of "Global warming" has it sounds less severe.

The term is often misattributed to Luntz, but it existed before him.

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Re:The USDA's gardening zones shifted, this map shows you wh... by klyrs on Monday May 13, 2024 @06:13PM (#40349151)
Apocalypse is only 3 syllables.
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Re:The USDA's gardening zones shifted, this map shows you wh... by WheatMillington on Monday May 13, 2024 @11:47PM (#40351459)
"Hysteria" is 4.
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Re:The USDA's gardening zones shifted, this map shows you wh... by marssaxman on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @04:27PM (#40359790)
In which dialect is that the case? It is certainly not one I have ever encountered.
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Re:The USDA's gardening zones shifted, this map shows you wh... by bee_rider on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @07:58PM (#40361515)
‘pocalypse I guess.
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Re:The USDA's gardening zones shifted, this map shows you wh... by klyrs on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @06:49PM (#40361033)
It's pronounced "fuck fuck fuck."
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