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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

The best part about winter, is that it's nice inside. In summer, it can get to a point where it isn't even nice inside anymore.

But also all the downsides of winter outside can be mitigated and navigated. The downsides of summer outside can't be.

There are humans that hang out outside at -70C all day. For all you F users, that is -94F. The coldest winter ever gets where I am is -40C(also -40F for F people), it's usually only about -20C(-4F) on an average cold day in winter.

If you are too cold in winter, you aren't dressed right. There are options available that you haven't taken.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can always add more layers of clothing, you can only take off so much before you get arrested.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlige klær.

That’s a popular saying among Scandinavians on the theme. Translated: There is no bad weather, only bad clothes.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

It's the chiggers for me. I can't go to my camp in the swamp without bathing in repellent.

Mosquitoes are, surprisingly, not much of an issue. Tiny fish eat the eggs and there's a thousand dragonflies to eat the adults.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not having to tear my own skin and the AC running at -20C in order to feel comfortable.

I love the winter, thank you very much ☺️.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Other than super dry skin, taking 3x the time to leave the house and white knuckle driving every day?

My honest favourite part of winter is 4 fold:

  1. Christmas season. There's an overwhelming positive energy in the air. Family, drinks, friends and good food.
  2. Every thing is quiet, fresh and sterile. It looks amazing after a fresh snow.
  3. It's hockey season.
  4. No yard work. Fuck leaves (and leafs)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A bunch of leaves fell at my place this year after snow was already on the ground. As if raking leaves out of bare grass weren't bad enough.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Returning home after work, hands freezing as they touch the cold metal doorknob. Turning on lamps, lighting candles, making a lovingly tender and warm cup of coffee, snuggling up with a pet and a partner on a couch, cozy under the various old blankets you've collected over the years, and playing Stardew Valley, Skyrim, or any other comfort game together.

Grab some warm stew or curry, throw on a well-loved hoodie, and enjoy the security and hospitality you give yourself and your family.

Warm pie and cookies for dessert, and a book to sip on and savor.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably the stunning beauty, no rain, no bugs, and snow is pretty great for so many activities

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As a photosynthesizer, I disagree with this comment. Just went to Oregon for 3 weeks and got massively depressed. And it's not even technically winter yet

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Fuck yea, fuckin POS

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I wish it set at 5pm.... 4:25pm here and it's not even December!

That said, I honestly don't mind winter. You can always add layers, but heat and humidity are just plain miserable. Plus I think it's much more pleasant to come inside to a warm house after being out in the cold than it is to come into an air conditioned house from the heat. The former actively feels cozy and relaxing while the latter just feels like relief.

IMO summer and winter are just the price you have to pay to really appreciate those fleeting perfect weeks in the spring and fall.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like the long dark, it's like 13 hours of that 3am feeling of being the only person awake, so I'm free to exist unbothered by the rest of the world. I end up far more productive and content at this time of year too, and mostly nocturnal. Living by lamp light is far too nice.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like the long dark

It's all fun and games 'til you hear drums in the deep.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Winter:
-10°C outside, sometimes colder; comfy +22°C inside. Sun sets at 1600, but that's what tea, candles and mood lighting is for. Everything is nice and quiet outside, with an occasional noise of snowplows after it snows.

Summer:
30°C outside, 30°C inside (aircon is not common here in older houses). Hotter in the sun in the middle of the sea of asphalt and concrete that is called "city". Sun sets at 2200 and rises at 0400.

When the sun rises it's like fucking Jurassic Park outside when all the birds wake up and start making noises. And by "birds" I mean not lovely songbirds like blackbirds and skylarks but pidgeons, crows and seagulls (and no, I don't live by the sea; I live pretty much as far from the sea as one can in my country. The city is overrun with seagulls.). They seemingly love to scream right into the ventilation shafts of apartment buildings.

When the sun sets in summer all the inebriated revellers come out and start making noises including loud and off-note singing, loud laughing and loud inarticulate screaming. Add loud boomboxes to the mix and it's one hell of a racket.

Also, mosquitos. Lots of mosquitos.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (7 children)

The sun sets 14:56 today where I am, still love winter. It's so quiet outside with the snow muffling sounds, it's beautiful, I prefer being too cold to being too hot(I can always put on more clothes, can't take off my own skin), the sun sets properly(it doesn't in summer) .

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[–] GreasyTengu 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get an excuse to stay indoors.

Touch grass? Can't, its under 3ft of snow!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Also!

No. bugs. Especially spiders

[–] pastermil 7 points 1 year ago

Spiders are cool tho :(

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

The best part of winter is the double down on depression and the constant ache in my bones because I can't get warm no matter how many layers I put on. Even though the mind blowingly cold temperatures haven't hit us yet this year, all the wet is still making me ache.

I've come to appreciate summer more as I age.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m sorry, is this some sort of Northern/Southern Hemisphere joke I’m too close to the equator to understand?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

OP is just asking for a little latitude

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It creates such a calming atmosphere. The grey sky during the day, the darkness setting earlier and the white sky far into the evening when it's snowing is so therapeutic for me for some reason. It gets me in a state where it's enough just to be alive.

And the biting cold is such a pleasant sensation, especially when going for a run. And there are no mosquitos. Winter is all I like manfested in nature.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm from Florida and what is this?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I have to wear so many clothes, just so many clothes. I wear as little as possible in the summer. That's such a hassle in the winter. And real, closed shoes all the time. Hopefully my wool wildlings will be warm and I can have barefoot winter shoes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love getting up in the summer and just throwing on shorts and a t shirt and being ready as opposed to underwear, sox, t shirt, sweatshirt, sweatpants, slippers. I’m a crabby motherfucker all winter long

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The cold, pretty much. Rather live in 0 deg. temperatures than deal with sweat, mosquitos, and people asking about swimming / go to the beach / sit out in the sun for no reason and get skin cancer.

The ponds and lakes freeze over for ice fishing or skating, the snow itself is often an activity (build stuff out of snow, eat the snow, throw the snow). The cold is refreshing and pleasant in the mornings and really helps to wake me up when I'm feeling sleepy. Perfect time to make soups, stews or breads. No BS about "it's too hot to make this type of food, we should make hamburgers for the sixth day in a row".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Winter is the best season for a lot of reasons, and for sure they're geographical reasons. Here we have 9 months of summer, 2 months of winter, and 2 weeks each of fall and spring. Summer is awful because it's hot, dusty, dry and the ACs are loud and noisy. Spring and fall, it's either allergies or I'm sick. Winter is quiet, it's cold, and the humidity is just perfect! You get to snuggle under a blanket and enjoy a hot drink while everything is serene around you. It doesn't get very cold here, so it all works out great!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me, the best part is that it's over and we're heading in to summer!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'm jealous.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Which of these options is correct:

-you're wrong

-I'm right

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I live in a hot country so the best part of Winter is that it's not hot and I don't need to turn on the ac to sleep at night. Also, lower temperatures mean lower chances of getting a migraine for me. I'm always wishing for the weather to get colder!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Where do you live that you have such long days with apparently such a cold weather? In my area we have cuddly 0°C/32°F with the sunset happening at 16:15. I would categorise so cold that it hurts around -20°C depending on the weather.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The hurting for sure. It hurts so good. I love winter air. And the scilence from a blanket of snow. And the crushing sound when you walk on them. Nothing like it. I've moved to Canada from a tropical place for over a decade now and everyone (Canadians and family alike) looks at me like I'm mad every time I tell them I love the weather here.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The thing I dislike the most is not directly the cold, but it is the feeling that nobody is outside just for the sake of it and nobody is enjoying it. Like, when summer comes everything feels alive. Not just the nature but people, hiking, walking, doing picnics, hanging our, eating ice cream etc. People outside look like they're enjoying life. But during winter? Fuck no. And everyone looks the same, oh look 10 people in thick as balls black / grey / dark winter coats who look like round blobs. A bit of a hyperbole but that's how I always feel like.

And the darkness sucks. Fun to go to down when it is pitch black and it is again pitch black when you get back home.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Early sunset is the best. I begrudgingly admit that the burning light of our star is necessary for life, but I appreciate that during the winter it is mostly inflicted on other people.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Pros of winter: you get to see snow, maybe

Cons of winter: literally every conceivable aspect of it. Being cold is the worst sensation. And no, clothing doesn't magically fix it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The opposite for me. Having an AC doesn't magically make me feel coler in the summer. I still have to go outside to pick up groceries or something and sweat like a pig.

Oh, not to mention sweaty thighs and skin rashes, trouble walking...

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Oooh, what about the air getting so dry that my sinuses crack and bleed, seeping blood in a post-nasal drip into my stomach, making me low-level nauseated for months on end! My skin and lips I can moisturize, but not much I can do about my sinuses unless I want to humidify my house to the point where the windows start growing mold. Fun times!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I actually love winter because it's cold. A lot of my ancestry comes from the UK, specifically around London and various parts of wales so genetically I naturally thrive in it.

I often find myself very hot and am very happy when my room is around 62-68f (17c to 20). Family members (especially from my Chinese and Japanese side) are always very surprised at how warm my fingers, ears and nose are even when it gets really cold and how quickly I warm up after returning inside.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Shoveling for myself and my two elderly neighors, notwithstanding, I prefer Minnesota winters over Minnesota summers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I love it being dark and cloudy. Also the cool temperatures are fantastic! Unfortunately, we'll be going back to positive single digits in Celsius for the rest of the week

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