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Comment by PlatoIsADisease

11 hours ago

I had a joke that hit well: "California is in a drought? Who would have thought it doesn't rain in a desert."

It does rain in deserts, California isn't mostly desert (about 38% by land area), and drought is defined relative to normal rainfall, so even a place that usually has very low rainfall can have droughts.

I don't get it.

It does rain in deserts, of course. But most of California is not a desert anyway.

  • And also droughts are defined by lower than normal precipitation. So if it didn't rain in a desert, and it's still not raining in a desert, that wouldn't even be a drought anyway.

  • It’s a joke relying on several layers of not understanding basic concepts for its humor. Kind of worried about the environment in which it “hit well”.