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[-] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

We should name them after car manufacturers.

[-] Palerider@feddit.uk 26 points 1 year ago
[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 year ago

I'd be perfectly fine with coal companies too, but they're mostly not household names

[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago
[-] sik0fewl@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago
[-] qaz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

“This heat wave is sponsored by Aramco”

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Yes. Name them after the corporations and politicians most responsible for global heating!

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago
[-] qaz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That would probably be a better option, it would make it possible to sneak a couple names in before anyone notices.

[-] DavyJones@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago
[-] mookulator@mander.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

We’ll run out of names pretty quick

[-] yip-bonk@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

There are a lot of executives at oil companies.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

Hurricane names are periodically reused. These can be too.

[-] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago

Please no, I'm already annoyed by this damn fad of naming the 'phenomenon of the week'. I can't really point my finger on why (so it's probably irrational) but it has always irked me.

[-] christophski@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

To me, it infantilises a potentially devastating phenomena

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 year ago
[-] baruchin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

We'll run out of names soon.

[-] mr_washee_washee@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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