Do you mistake Indian Summer for civilizational collapse? If so, you're not alone

When it comes to expert insight into global climate change, we usually defer to Bette Midler, who tweets about it every day that it’s slightly warmer or cooler than it’s “supposed” to be outside.

That mantle might soon be passed to Daily Beast editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman, who can read not only ecological but civilizational collapse into a warm November afternoon.

I miss the good ol' days when you could enjoy an unseasonably warm autumn afternoon without an impending sense of ecological and civilizational collpase.

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) November 1, 2018

Funny … we also have an impending sense of civilizational collapse. We had a good run … until Twitter broke us.

ya, remember when they were called "Indian summer" https://t.co/6sFimXEcEB

— R C Taylor (@littlenewsnetwk) November 1, 2018

Oh booohooo

— Jack Mehoff Sr. (@Jack_Mehoff_Sr) November 2, 2018

Put your phone away and turn off the news for a week.

— not elon musk (@SmokeMidsDaKid) November 2, 2018

Gaslighting.

— Unapologetically American (@ArmyofJ) November 2, 2018

Makes me enjoy them more knowing we only have like 3 or 4 left tbh.

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 1, 2018

You still can if you're not being crazy https://t.co/4U16wf33AF

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 1, 2018

You still can if you can distinguish weather from politics. https://t.co/dGLYAtgzIO

— Over_Governed (@OGoverned) November 2, 2018

"When I was a kid, we had Indian Summers, now the exact same weather means an impending ecological disaster" https://t.co/2DQ5x1xUgF

— Ordy's Amish Pumpkin Spice Butter (@OrdyPackard) November 2, 2018

I miss the good old days when a nice autumn day meant time spent enjoying it instead of paranoid doomsayers huddled at their computers posting hypothetical wishdreams about the end of civilization.

The fresh air outside will do more for you than being inside writing stale posts.

— atouk (@atouk_zug) November 1, 2018

Sorry, you personally can't enjoy anything, anymore. Seems like, the rest of your life will be miserable, and uneventful. But hey, thanks for worrying for the rest of us. Go save the world Lefty.

— paul cooper (@pcoop50) November 2, 2018

I love a good hysterical tweet. https://t.co/3byc0dxeDF

— Kimberly Ross (@SouthernKeeks) November 1, 2018

Damn dude…life’s to short to be so doom and gloom. Quit being such an angry elf. You’re bringing us all down. pic.twitter.com/67yKDISgjk

— ❌⚔️Rich T⚔️❌ (@asc96b) November 2, 2018

Get your Ark ready

— Bootsie (@bootsie50436123) November 2, 2018

Ya that ice age thing was a bitch

— Fish (@jbgone_fishing) November 2, 2018

Have a @SNICKERS

— family man (@jtreehouses) November 2, 2018

61 degrees when I left work on the bike. I gotta be honest, I didn't think once about impending collapse on that near perfect ride home.

— Just Ken (@kransom2) November 1, 2018

might drive the long way home tonight, just to enjoy it…

— JEFCON 1 ?? (@TheJeffBurkett) November 1, 2018

We're still like 10 degrees lower than the record, which happened 70 years ago.

— You Should Have Voted Gary (@colorblindk1d) November 1, 2018

A century from now it will basically be no different.

— The Department of No (@SantasTavern) November 1, 2018

Science. Amirite? pic.twitter.com/yZCgYnTdGl

— Your Name (@BDC_Towanda25) November 1, 2018

Think about global warming as a longer growing season more food for starving countries maybe it's God's way to have enough food for the poor. See everything will be alright

— Marie (@mommags2579) November 1, 2018

Follow @BigJoeBastardi . He will put your mind at ease.

(It’s called “weather”…)

— Beto O’Dwarfclone (@Dwarfclone) November 1, 2018

Great news. Now go smoke a joint

— ExPolitician76 (@hogman_76) November 2, 2018

Have a seat in a dark room. Now put on some whale sounds. Better?

— Major Murmer (@MajorMurmer) November 1, 2018

Go back to that place, Noah, go back.

— Elle (@L4Logic) November 1, 2018

Wah wahhhhh pic.twitter.com/NaICF0yejm

— CPuls (@capulsifer) November 2, 2018

That’s it. Ban Indian summer.

— juanbadhombre (@juan_bad_hombre) November 1, 2018

I remember the days when snowflakes were something we only saw in the winter…my how times have changed and it’s not global warming

— Buckandbassoutfitter (@buckandbassout) November 1, 2018

and this dude thought being woke was gonna be all rainbows and unicorns.

— Hal Sear (@HalSear) November 1, 2018

The ratio is strong…

— Stuart McNair (@stuartkmcnair) November 1, 2018

Would it help if we assured you everything was going to be fine? Maybe volunteer to help people who have real problems.

Related:

Super-scientist Bill Nye still taking pictures of his TV to prove climate change https://t.co/OAyo5iftWk

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 29, 2018