• VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Yeah that would be a good story and support some preconceived notions but Mecca has always been incredibly hot, you can’t just rewrite history to suit the message you want to send.

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      4 months ago

      Precisely. Mecca has always been incredibly hot and yet pilgrims have not been dropping like flies. Ostensibly because over the centuries certain common religious/pilgrimage practices have helped them cope with the heat. But when climate change moves the needle to 11, those centuries old religious/pilgrimage practices no longer work to protect people.

      That is the message I’m trying to send; what’s yours?

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Mecca has always been incredibly hot

      What even is the difference between 40°C and 50°C? They’re both “incredibly hot” aren’t they? Quit your complaining.