I’m not convinced that it would be a symbiotic relationship, except maybe exclusively at the level of concepts. Definitely non-linear. But the car analogy is pretty solid.

It would be like saying making the car go forward causes the wheels to turn, but, making the wheels turn will cause the car to go forward. One is necessary to the other, they are both part of the whole. I know there is a proper definition for this type of relationship, but i can’t remember what it is. Where’s Jules when you need him?

The really low bass note is really cranked up. I think it was almost out of my audible sensory range, so i made it loud. Now listening on my laptop speakers i can hear absolutely no bass!

You’re clearly still winning, why can’t you just go!!!

This is backwards. The more molecules move, the hotter they become.

Don’t you love when people correct meaningless mistakes?

Love the music track in this one. A very natural bass sound.

You do get some added info from the weatherman’s 2 number report. If you’re going outside, but not in the wind, its useful. But i have no idea where they get the “feels like” equation from. Who the fuck are they to judge? -5 with high winds feels shittier than a calm -5. Does it feel as shitty as -40 calm? Well, -5 windy doesn’t feel the same as -40 calm; they’re 2 completely different things. But some joker must have come up with the shittiness algorithm.

I think the idea is don’t bog people down with two many scales and figures. We could get a fairly good scientific report with wind vector, humidity and temp- but then we’re forced to do the math ourselves. I just want a quick report from the supposed expert. I would also be content if they replaced the current scale with this one:

Super hot
hot
pretty hot
warm
luke warm
cool
cold
super cold
really fucking cold

with the prefixes/suffixes

heavy rain
light rain
humid
really humid
dry
so dry
snowing a lot
snowing
not really snowing, but a bit
slushing
hail
tornado warning
hurricane

Or if I’m in a real hurry and i know what season it is:

Good
Not Bad
Shitty
Really Shitty

Great post, Rem-Rem. The only thing that I would add would be a talk about the weatherman. Recently a guy who came here from Africa was asking me why we say:

“Well folks, it’s going to be 5 degrees, but don’t get the golf clubs out yet, because it’s going to be -40 degrees with the WINDCHILL. Over to you Diane”

Why don’t we just SAY it’s -40? Is it because ‘meteorologists’ have such a spurious claim to ‘science’ that they feel they need to use an already existing scale to play with?

Maybe a universal argument could be made: you wouldn’t want to have one scale here, another one there. But then, back to our American friends, they still have their ass-backwards scale and they’re the leaders of the world.

And of course the same principle applies to the humidex in the summertime, except for the hidden normative blindfolding that goes on behind the numbers. Much the same way that geography books in school don’t show pollution, or urban blight, or things of those nature, the humidex doesn’t mention just how shitty the air is: only that it is a higher temperature.

But hey, don’t think i’m nit-picking too much. I LOVED this snow-free, warmish November. I say keep it up!