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The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists.

The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F) on Monday, according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction.

The figure surpasses the previous record of 16.92C (62.46F) - set back in August 2016.

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[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.de 165 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At least companies created incredible profits for a small number of shareholders for a short period of time. Totally worth it

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a pretty weak take. Do you know how profitable it is to hire a short-gain CEO, pump his stock, sell before the inevitable crash and follow him to his next venture? Immensely so.

Think how great the world would be if everyone did that, jumping from sunken venture to sunken venture, burning through any and all good will, until the only thing that still has worth is the planet you're on, but even that is nothing because Mars is the next frontier you can sink our money into.

Think before you speak so poorly of those better than yourself

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It's a joke from a viral editorial cartoon. Don't be such an antagonistic jerk.

edit: If you were attempting satire then I've fallen victim to Poe's law because there are lots of people who sincerely believe exactly what you wrote. Hopefully that isn't the case here, and if so I retract the jerk comment. If you do believe what you wrote, my comment stands.

[–] kromem@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

It's definitely satire.

[–] Roggie@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago
[–] mayo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think that's ok. We don't need to take everything here seriously. You can take it seriously, I can take it satirically. OP can say they can't remember original intent.