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Even as temperatures in the UK reach record hires and we see terrifying examples of global warming all around the world, there are still people who insist on comparing it to 1976.
Like this person, for instance.
Hats off to everyone who survived the 2 month heatwave of 1976. pic.twitter.com/CixbV8X6N3
— James Melville (@JamesMelville) July 16, 2022
And this person.
It was tough, but a huge shout out to everyone who who survived the 10 week heatwave of 1976.
Yet some 46 odd years later, apparently we won’t survive a 2 day one & we’re all going to die!
The country has gone bloody mad! pic.twitter.com/VnYlbIFHud
— Alan Henning
(@Alan_Henning) July 16, 2022
And we’ve collected a whole bunch of tweets which surely address this ‘1976 and all that’ business best.
1.
[hottest day of year takes place, beating record set three years ago and continuing the trend of ever increasing temperatures backed up by decades of climate data]
Boomer:
I have an anecdote about being warm in 1976-— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 19, 2022
2.
Anyone around from the 1976 heatwave who could tell us how they coped with it?
I bet it was probably by catching nits, playing on train tracks and drinking mercury or something? They could just deal with it then. Not like kids these days who have vegan smartphones for hands.
— Buckers (@deathofbuckley) July 15, 2022
3.
You're not allowed to compare anything to life in 1976 until you sell me your house for the price you bought it at the time
— Chris
twitch.tv/papaglitch_ (@_Papaglitch_) July 17, 2022
4.
In my experience the "we didn't make this fuss about the summer of 1976" brigade have literally banged on about how hard the summer of 1976 was every summer since. That's quite a fuss. Heatwaves kill, be sensible, and don't be a dick about people being trying to be sensible
— Angela Barnes (@AngelaBarnes) July 18, 2022
5.
During the 1976 heatwave we didn’t cry and moan, we just put on our duffle coats, turned up the radiators and machine-gunned the Jerries while not wearing a mask
— Rick Burin (@rickburin) July 15, 2022
6.
Crazy how all these boomers were kids during the 1976 heatwave but also somehow also alive during the Blitz?!
— Katie Storey (@KEStorey) July 18, 2022
7.
“Never used sunscreen in 1976 and didn’t do me any harm!” pic.twitter.com/5N1QmD5HYf
— katie (@pipterino) July 17, 2022
8.
"THEY ARE JUST SCAREMONGERING THAT 41 DEGREE HEAT COULD RESULT IN HOSPITALISATION AND DEATH!" say people who are constantly terrified of pronouns.
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 18, 2022
9.
Hey, boomers. Hi.
*You* might have survived 1976, but there were actually thousands of excess heat-related deaths that summer. And tomorrow is forecast to be around six degrees hotter than the hottest temperature that year.
So, I dunno, maybe shut the fuck up about 1976? Yeah.
— Fancy Brenda
(they/them) (@SpillerOfTea) July 18, 2022
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