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This meme jokes about the severity of modern extreme heat exceeding past scientific warnings about global warming. The top text first notes that 20 years prior, scientists warned a 2°C global temperature rise would be catastrophic, followed by the punchline that the user's weather app is showing a 46°C temperature for the entire week. Below the text is a famous illustration of a shell-shocked, wide-eyed traumatized WWII soldier on a war-torn battlefield with tanks, smoke, and other exhausted soldiers in the background, used as a reaction visual to convey utter shock, dread, and disbelief at how much worse the heat and global warming outcomes are than previously feared.
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Scientists 20 years ago: If global temperature rises 2°C we're screwed
weather app showing me 46°C this entire week

Overview

This meme jokes about the severity of modern extreme heat exceeding past scientific warnings about global warming. The top text first notes that 20 years prior, scientists warned a 2°C global temperature rise would be catastrophic, followed by the punchline that the user's weather app is showing a 46°C temperature for the entire week. Below the text is a famous illustration of a shell-shocked, wide-eyed traumatized WWII soldier on a war-torn battlefield with tanks, smoke, and other exhausted soldiers in the background, used as a reaction visual to convey utter shock, dread, and disbelief at how much worse the heat and global warming outcomes are than previously feared.

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This meme originates from the Reddit Meme subreddit, as specified by the provided source information. It remixes a well-known historical artwork depicting a shell-shocked World War II soldier, adding text over top to relate the image to the relatable modern experience of record-breaking high summer temperatures and worsening global warming effects.

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