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.

    • @queermunist
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      21 year ago

      Not everyone sentenced to death has been executed, so it implies survival is difficult rather than impossible.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        That’s not really how the phrase is used colloquially. It means a person is gonna die.

        It probably comes from earlier periods of history when if you heard someone pronounce a death sentence, your head was getting chopped off within a few minutes.

        • @queermunist
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          21 year ago

          Okay, but this isn’t the 1400s

          These days people recognize a death sentence as an injustice that can be stopped.

            • @queermunist
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              21 year ago

              Sure, but that’s the point - a death sentence isn’t certain death anymore, so saying this milestone is a death sentence is completely accurate.

              Or do you think these scientists actually meant “we are all 100% going to die”?

              • @[email protected]
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                01 year ago

                Yes I think the scientist meant that, because that is what those words mean.

                When a person says “Doing X is a death sentence” they mean it makes you die. Nobody says that skydiving is a death sentence. They say that being in a car whose locks freeze as it sinks into water is a death sentence. It’s a phrase used to indicate that a situation has no outcome other than death.

                Despite the fact that meaning conflicts with how the other thing referred to as a death sentence in our present society, it is nonetheless what the phrase means when used figuratively.

                This is ridiculous.

                • @queermunist
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                  1 year ago

                  Do you actually think this scientist was trying to say “there is no hope we’re all going to die”?

                  If that’s the case, the only thing left is revenge.

                  That’s going to be a lot uglier than self defense.