• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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    7 months ago

    I think it means dead as in trying to live in a 100° environment. Kind of like the survival rule of 3s, where you can survive 3 weeks without food, 3 days without water, 3 hours in an extreme environment, and 3 minutes without air.

    I guess it could say “unsustainable” instead of dead, but that’s less snappy.

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      7 months ago

      3 hours in an extreme environment is so vague. you’d die in like 20 minutes naked in Antarctica, or you could survive just fine forever with proper clothing. you may die in a day and a half in the desert if you had no water