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damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world
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Notice how the tweet doesn’t say “all people”. Context is everywhere and everything.

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BruceTwarzen@kbin.social
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Farenheit is how americans feel. Celsius is how normal people measure temperature. Better?

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The Octonaut@mander.xyz
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Notice how the tweet doesn’t say “American people”. Accuracy is everything.

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damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world
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I fall to context again. The person writing is white and clueless enough not to be specific. Clearly. American.

Anyways. We are splitting hair over a silly tweet here.

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acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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Apparently the brown Americans use Celsius.

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