You know those all-inclusive weather stations that your parents had hanging on the wall in the den? The one that told temperature, humidity, and pressure?
Well, this is the 21st century. Now you can have a gauge for terror. Watch the fluctuating state of the world’s anxiety on a small meter mounted in an attractive frame on your living room wall.
[Thanks to Gizmodo via StreetTech via Memepool]
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