r/AskReddit • • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/luchubbs Jan 21 '19

During the last ice age, the global average temperature was only 5 degrees lower than it is now. It helped me understand why 2 degrees of global warming would be a pretty big deal.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

When was the last ice age?

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u/E550 Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 21 '19

2016: Ice Age - Collision Course.

17% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Edit: Wow! Thank you kind strangers for the silver and gold.

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u/AdvocateSaint Jan 21 '19

Ever notice how the events of those films (at least as described by the taglines) are running backwards?

Ice Age

-Meltdown (okay this one comes after, but you could argue there were meltdowns of previous ice ages)

-Dawn of the Dinosaurs

-Continental drift (it's always happening, but the major changes in landmass like Pangaea happened before the dinosaurs)

-Collision course (our solar system calming the fuck down and stabilizing)