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Nervous_Wait_9545 t1_j8ocl0l wrote

Reply to comment by TheCloudBoy in Is Ohio toxic cloud heading our way? by granitestate6

Hopping in to call out that whether or not this guy is a real weatherman, listening to advice like this on social media is what separates the dumb people from the smart people.

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TheCloudBoy t1_j8ofc1l wrote

I just compacted concepts of atmospheric dispersion, chemistry & thermodynamics through the application of forward parcel trajectories into a single reply. I sure hope that folks here recognize my assessment isn't idiotic 🤔. I'd literally show my degree if it didn't give away who I actually am, smh

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greentintedlenses t1_j8og7zw wrote

Honestly this is all great. I'm glad you shared cause I was wondering this very thing.

But now I just want to know if I'm talking to Al Kaprielian here. That'd be real cool.

Please make my day

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TheCloudBoy t1_j8ogrsj wrote

I can confirm I am not Al Kaprielian

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Alternative_Nail1632 t1_j8orv8n wrote

That weather boy from BFHS ?

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TheCloudBoy t1_j8pdf1d wrote

Nope, the only clue I'll give is I hail from Connecticut!

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ifollowmyownrules t1_j8pf48n wrote

Ha! Did you work at WFSB a few years ago?

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TheCloudBoy t1_j8plqes wrote

You know your CT TV stations haha! Nope, but that was the station I grew up watching!

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wickedsmaaaht t1_j8rj9i3 wrote

he didn't start his response with "GOOD eeeeeeevening." I'd bet Al uses voice-to-text so all his responses probably start with that haha

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Nervous_Wait_9545 t1_j8ofuvd wrote

Not saying what you posted isn't true. I'm saying posts like this that sound like they're true is a perfect and effective vector for misinformation.

In other words: if you want advice on which microwave to buy, sure listen to social media. If it involves something important like your health, you are a fucking idiot for listening to social media

It's good for people to not have a habit of going to social media and listening to random yahoos for important things.

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BarbarossaTheGreat t1_j8ofdzr wrote

Being able to discern whose making shit up and whose the real deal is what separates the fools from the intelligent.

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Piwo1313 t1_j8oke2x wrote

And when formerly trusted sources are found complicit in ‘misinformation’ sharing and previously untrusted sources now being heralded as legitimate information sources, you can see where information-literacy skills are important.

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TheCloudBoy t1_j8ol0nq wrote

One of my hottest takes is that the slew of "fact checkers" we saw emerge around/after 2020 remain one of the largest, exploitative scams ever committed on the American public.

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ThunderySleep t1_j8omv65 wrote

No, no, no. Smart people only listen to people if they're wearing a suit and on television.

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Nervous_Wait_9545 t1_j8ofnh9 wrote

Bro in my youth I used to troll online all the time pretending to be various experts, and people would buy it hook, line and sinker.

So I'm speaking from experience here, as a former little shit who used to be all rascally on the internet.

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TheCloudBoy t1_j8ogc4c wrote

Fair haha, though I can assure everyone I hold a degree in atmospheric sciences and am employed as a meteorologist. I didn't suffer through multiple years of calculus for nothing. People can take two seconds to inspect weather balloon launches & other factoids about vinyl chloride gas to easily verify everything I've written as accurate, I don't know how much easier to make it.

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BarbarossaTheGreat t1_j8ogsnq wrote

I believe it, that’s funny as hell. Still though, a discerning eye can usually but not always be able to tell the difference.

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RygarHater t1_j8p3f5r wrote

This guy’s lucky CloudMan wasn’t here. He might be 💀

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beyond_hatred t1_j8qv2ak wrote

Real expertise can be recognized as such. The problems come when we start thinking, for example, that Diamond and Silk's opinions are just as good as those expressed by the Director of NIAID.

Social media gives everyone an equal voice, but it's up to the reader to decide who is worth listening to. As our education system falters, we become less and less capable of making the correct call.

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