• @some_guy
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    112 days ago

    Glad I live in a place that doesn’t get so cold. I don’t understand family who put up with that shit. I guess if you haven’t spent years not freezing your ass off, it just seems normal.

    Great photo, btw.

    • @Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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      110 hours ago

      I once lived in a place that never snowed. I hated it… There were no seasons, or changes, or well… Anything. You don’t know what you’re missing until you have to live in a place for a long time.

      Imagine always being hot. Never cold… Can you? Go try that out for a while… Seasons are a gift.

      • @some_guy
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        13 hours ago

        I live in a place that has mild seasons as opposed to none. That’s the best. We drove to Lake Tahoe to appreciate snow for a few days. We could go south for warm beaches if we wanted, but that doesn’t appeal to me. Best climate.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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      192 days ago

      I’d rather be cold than hot because I’m not allowed to walk around naked and don’t have liquid cooled undergarments.

      • Drusas
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        92 days ago

        So much this. You can be warm in the cold with adequate clothing. You cannot be cool in the heat.

      • @some_guy
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        32 days ago

        I’d rather not have to scrape ice of my windshield and have about one month of hot days (lucky enough to have AC at home, which isn’t common in the bay area).

        • Drusas
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          42 days ago

          You don’t have to scrape ice off of your windshield. There are products now that you can spray on it to melt the ice. Have been for a very long time, over a decade, in fact.

          • @some_guy
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            11 day ago

            The true point is cold conditions that hurt your skin, but ok. Here I am thinking it’s a bit chilly because my home got to 66° and that works for me.

        • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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          32 days ago

          I don’t have to scrape ice off my windshield because I not only work from home but also have a two car garage

          • @some_guy
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            11 day ago

            There are no mosquitos here because there is no standing water. There were mad mosquitos in Kansas despite the cold because there is standing water.

    • @BakerBagel@midwest.socialOP
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      112 days ago

      In my experience, people who complain about the cold can’t handle any temperature other than 70 degrees and complain relentlessly whenever it drifts away from that. You can stay whenever you are, just leaves more Ohio for me.

      • Drusas
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        32 days ago

        As somebody who has had multiple family members move to Florida, I’m totally with you. Also, my spouse is from Florida and his family is no different despite having lived there for decades. They just can’t handle weather.

      • @some_guy
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        32 days ago

        I lived in Kansas before living here, so I was used to brutally cold winters. I thought everyone complaining about mildly cold weather once I got here was insane. After more than twenty years, I have become fully acclimated to the idea that it’s insane not to prefer more mild weather.

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          It’s been about a week straight of <20F in my corner of Ohio and i am honestly loving it. I work “downtown” in a cute rural college town and love bundling up in my coat, scarf, and Walleyes hat to get lunch. Midwesterners are just tougher i guess. That’s why we won the civil war

      • @Trilobite@lemm.ee
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        32 days ago

        70 is too cold I prefer 85+ try going to Phoenix on a 70 day every one is wearing jackets I have lived in deserts my entire life and am used to it being over 100 most of the year

        • Drusas
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          12 days ago

          Meanwhile, I feel too hot and sweat profusely at 78.

        • @BakerBagel@midwest.socialOP
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          42 days ago

          Pretty sure that’s just the Midwest. I ised to live in Houston and it won’t drop below 92 at any point, day or night, from June to August. This has honestly been the longest cold stretch i can remember in 10 years of living in NW Ohio, but i have honestly loved it.

          • @IMALlama@lemmy.world
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            22 days ago

            SE MI checking in. As an added bonus it’s been a lot sunnier than usual the past few weeks. It’s easy enough to bundle up, but our winters tend to be pretty gray.