She sounds ~~impossible~~ sensitive enough that he's probably ~~always on high alert~~ mindful of her needs
tetris11
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My entire argument rests on the premise that 0°C is a rational start point for both C and F, but I concede that halving something doesn't explain absolute changes
I agree that the numbers should just speak for themselves
Cutting 70°C in half is by definition -101.5°C
I'd argue here that no one would make this leap nor mental calculation, and most people would just divide X by 2 and gauge what the resulting Y is based on their familiarity with the weather.
it requires the consumer/reader to make a number of inferences or assumptions which isn’t a good method of communication in general
They still have to make these inferences to understand whether or not 70 to 35 is a remarkable feat or not.
If it's 30 / 2 = 15, people would think "Huh, 15 is pretty cool compared to room temperature ~ 20ish , that's significant". If it's 90 / 2 = 45, people would think "Huh, both 90 and 45 are pretty hot, but it seems like a meaningful reduction nonetheless."
I dunno, maybe I'm overdefending this
I agree, but I'd argue that these are isolating times and that my story is more the norm than the exception
It's hard making friends as an adult though (read: people have kids or other dependents), and the most meaningful relationships I've had have been where we've all been bonded under the same circumstance. Yes it does sound Stockholm syndromic, but as someone who doesn't actively seek sociability by default, being automatically inaugurated into the company of others is a huge passive social benefit for me.
Work is definitely socializing by sheer osmosis of being around others with common goals
Slowdown there Jesus
(wine) water [*]
I miss working in an office, getting the train to work, seeing the sky, banter with my colleagues, the odd drink after work, having a normal relationship with my boss.
WFH is torture for me. I don't leave the house because I don't need to. I rarely see my colleagues except on Teams, and my interactions with my boss are strained across several slightly passive-agressive (or not! they could be fine!) emails
I wake up in the morning and the only interaction I get is a green dot on my colleagues faces. I literally strike up conversations with the postman because I'm so starved of contact
But °C was mentioned in the units, and its well understood that 0°C is a cold temperature for humans.
I'm not a fan of marketing doublespeak either, but I think the right scale and right terminology was used here. They cut the temperature in half, in Celsius, on the basis that 0°C is very cold.
Ffs don't feed the dragon
2 minutes before a two-horse election apparently is a fantastic time for it
tips hat, backs out of the room
Making jokes on Brussels is popular with anti-EU factions, just FYI. Not exclusively so, of course, but its their main goto.
Like seeing someone wearing an England flag as a cape, football game or no game, its just best to keep clear of that person
Does she command scores of armies at a whim, millions of black shadowed death daggers swooping to cast her foes to ghost in blanketed silence muffled only be the screams of her victims?