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r/nottheonion • u/Vera_Telco • 9d ago
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They measure that temp in the shade. Poor Abe doesn’t even have an umbrella.
111 u/ArethereWaffles 9d ago It's also a measure of air temperature which is different from an object's surface temperature. Just because the air is 90F doesn't mean asphalt roads, metal railings, or wax statues are at 90F 49 u/SuperOrangeFoot 9d ago Yeah it seems wild to me to look at a melting object in direct sunlight and go “what is the ambient temperature of the air surrounding it?” 9 u/Specialist-Fly-9446 9d ago It is interesting for those with a sense of intellectual curiosity. 19 u/firedmyass 9d ago “there’s dozens of us!”
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It's also a measure of air temperature which is different from an object's surface temperature. Just because the air is 90F doesn't mean asphalt roads, metal railings, or wax statues are at 90F
49 u/SuperOrangeFoot 9d ago Yeah it seems wild to me to look at a melting object in direct sunlight and go “what is the ambient temperature of the air surrounding it?” 9 u/Specialist-Fly-9446 9d ago It is interesting for those with a sense of intellectual curiosity. 19 u/firedmyass 9d ago “there’s dozens of us!”
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Yeah it seems wild to me to look at a melting object in direct sunlight and go “what is the ambient temperature of the air surrounding it?”
9 u/Specialist-Fly-9446 9d ago It is interesting for those with a sense of intellectual curiosity. 19 u/firedmyass 9d ago “there’s dozens of us!”
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It is interesting for those with a sense of intellectual curiosity.
19 u/firedmyass 9d ago “there’s dozens of us!”
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“there’s dozens of us!”
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u/EddieSpaghettiFarts 9d ago
They measure that temp in the shade. Poor Abe doesn’t even have an umbrella.