Can someone help me make a twitter bot: respond "Did you know it's actually winter in Rio?" to every "Summer Olympics" tweet? Please DM me.
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So... there's a lot of justification for why people want to call it the "Summer Olympics" even though it's winter in Rio.
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Those of us who are actually from South America are almost used to the ways people from the US can only ever center the US.
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When I say it's winter in Brazil, it's not a theoretical idea: it's based on a convo with my aunt who told me it was cold there on Saturday.
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And yes, I also know cold is relative. 65 in New York is not the same as 65 in LA. It's also not the same as 65 in São Paulo.
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But the fact of the matter is that it's winter in Brazil. It's a fact, and it's based on science. It's winter in Brazil. Full stop.
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What y'all are doing in my mentions with "Well actually HERE'S why it's the Summer Olympics" is really a kind of cultural hegemony.
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You're bending over backward to try to justify why, despite science and reality, it's ok to say it's summer in Rio -- even tho it's winter.
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We can just call it the plain old Olympic Games. It's ok to do that. Not ok: tell me why we should call it summer. When it's winter.
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Least fav response: YOU SHOULD BE WORRYING ABOUT THIS OTHER THING IN BRAZIL. Bruh. I'm paying off the yellow fever care for my nephew.
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SHOCKING: when it comes to Brazil, I can worry about clean water for my family and how ridiculous "summer" olympics sounds at the same time.
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Does latitude/relation to tropics affect what to call seasons in South America? In Philippines we didn't really refer to winter.
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Not all of brasil is in the tropics
@usewordsbetter
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Why didn't they hold them in October like the did in Sydney and Melbourne? Makes no sense.
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well . i'ts more winter-er in CHILE. i'm freezing my butt right now. RIO has tropical climate
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You could say it's CHILL-LAY outside! :x <3
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chillaxong
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it's technically the summer Olympics, because they are playing the summer sports, though it's winter in the Southern Hemisphere
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Summer is adjective in this case, not a noun.
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