i want a map of where people say they prefer winter or summer, because as someone in the nordics i’d say winter can eat shit and die but the whole problem is that it has already done so.
Winter isn’t winter anymore, it’s just a bleak version of autumn/spring where nothing is alive and it’s all cold and wet.If winter was actually winter it’d be great, proper snow that doesn’t just soak into your shoes and freeze into ice that makes you crack your head open if you dare step outside.
But no, winter is dead and thus summer wins by default, at least in the summer there are some things to enjoy outside.
Winter hot tubbing is the best.
I can’t wait until my wife and I reach the: it’s time for a hot tub age. We’re not quite there yet, but winter offers us a lot of cold for the joy when it arrives.
Is it illegal for young people to get hot tubs where you are at? 🤔
Winter enjoyer is wrong because it’s not pitch black at 4pm.
The limited daylight hours really is the worst part of it for me. It consistently takes a pretty notable hit to my mood.
just means you have to wait less until the time is right to be gay do crime
Which I’m also actually kinda fond of
I’m sure the hell not because I don’t like being out at night.
I like it
… but only in the summer
Also fair. I like chill, dark, snowy nights
Oh man, as a Winter person I can’t stand most parts of the day.
Is we were back in a tribal time, we’d have all hours of the watch covered.
Daytime is when the people are out. And the sun is too fricken bright!
How do you know someone prefers Winter over Summer? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.
I just live in Texas. That’s all it takes.
you fuckin’ got me there
Long as there are furs and fluffy stuffings for outerwear, winter can continue to be enjoyed. Step out into it naked and the fun stops
said by someone who has never experienced a real winter
A dry -1f is warmer than a moist 20F
That’s below freezing
I love winter when it’s a real winter. I think most people who hate winter live in an area where they only get half winters.
When each day is generally -5 to -10 degrees celsius, and you have a constant layer of snow around everywhere for a solid 2-3 months, is when winter is my favourite season of the year
But when you have an average temperature of -1 degrees to 5 degrees, and you get random flurries on snow that melt and freeze constantly, then occasional freezing rain and hail, that’s when winter sucks.
You call that a real winter? Come back to me when you have had at least -20 degrees, walked home when it’s snowing so much you can’t see across the street, and got only 6 hours or so of sunlight a day.
British summer is nice if you have air conditoning, otherwise it’s hell. British winter is nice for exactly 24hrs if it ever snows. You know that first 24hrs when it’s deathly silent at night because the snow is deadening all the sounds, and when you get up in the morning and the snow is still fluffy? That’s when British Winter is good. The rest of the time, the snow melts but not enough so it just turns to ice, you’re slipping everywhere, it’s freezing cold and extremely wet so you’re just completely soaked at all times.
Autumn and Spring don’t exist. You have Cold, Hot and Overcast.
I am a hot weather enjoyer, I like it because I can use flipflops and have cold drinks, and I hate how people who live in the desert (like me) have the guts to say “holy f_ck, what a hot weather we have, huh”. Dude, you live in a fucking oven, and it’s turned on, it’s like say that the water does get things wet.
Summer better because it’s not depressing
It’s only hard to feel depressed because the sweltering heat makes thinking harder.
Nah, summer is super depressing. All I have the energy for is to lie under a fan and slowly melt into a puddle of listless, sweaty sadness and long for death. In the winter, I’ve actually got the energy to get up and get shit done, build a snowman, frolic. Less sun is less headache too, so bonus points for it being dark all the time.
I guess it helps I live at a higher latitude where summer isn’t as hot (although it’s getting hotter every year)
Winter is better because you can always add more layers.
You can only remove so many in the summer before the police get called.
In stereotypical winter you can’t add enough layers since if you do add layers so your face doesn’t hurt you get accosted by the police because going to public places in a balaclava hasn’t been legal since the late 50s.
In winter as it actually happens you need fewer layers but they need to be waterproof because winter means rain at +2 °C.
i wear a balaclava on my bike all the time. the trick is not getting it in grey or black. mine are pastel.
This is only true in some locations. Most parts of (populated) SoCal don’t even reach freezing temperatures in the Winter.
Eh if you grew up with the stereotypical winter, you enjoy how your face feels
I just want to wear more than a t-shirt. Ima go hide in the mountains until this whole “summer” thing blows over.
Winter fans are deluded and so are Summer fans. Autumn and Spring is the best of both worlds. Not too hot, not too cold. Enough sun and changing weather. Perfect.
Autumn is better than spring.
Spring has too much melting snow from winter and hasn’t warmed up enough, so it’s always cold and damp.
In autumn the ground is still bone dry from the what of the summer, so even when it rains it just soaks into the ground and you’re good. Then the heat of the summer is still around as it slowly cools into winter, so you still get warm days and cool nights.
Autumns only downside is the leaves that need to be cleared. Some folks like to leave them but that creates a mess nearly as bad as snow. Burning is nice on really cool days but thats not always possible in the cities. Rakenbag is definitely an acquired taste because work. But even with all that, autumn still rocks
I also prefer a yard full of fallen leaves over an atmosphere full of pollen and people sneezing everywhere.
Not to mention they’re the two most nostalgic seasons, by a landslide. At least in regions that experience four seasons. There is nothing quite like the quiet promise of Spring after a long winter. One day you step out and warm sunshine is making your roof drip, and grass begins to show through the thinning snow. Familiar birds return and you spot the year’s first vegetation poking up through the soil. You can smell the Earth again. You’re flooded with memories of being a kid during the same months, lying out in the yard feeling that warm breeze blowing in.
Summer creeps up and slowly wears you the fuck out. Most of the flowers dry up and the grass gets scorched. Everything looks like shit, and right when you get tired of it all and want to throw yourself off a bridge, you notice the leaves turning yellow at an alarming rate. Nights grow cold, mushrooms pop up, and you remember how pleasant brittle leaves sound rattling along the street. Things get real damp and take on that nutty smell of decay. Some primal part of you gets real amped up for the harvest.
Halloween night brings with it the last echo of life, then the world grows quiet and dead. The frosts come and snow falls. Christmas is real cozy, and then a month later you’re eyeballing that bridge again. Doesn’t seem so high. Might be nice to throw yourself off it every now and again. Maybe this is will be the year…
Then one particularly warm afternoon you hear the trill of a robin.
Very well said. I can already smell the autumn breeze <3
That’s not the game though. Do you like summer or winter more?
Depends on whether i am being in a place that has AC. Then summer. I will just stay inside until it is sufferable outside and also there is more daylight.
Sounds like you like winter more tbh, cheers!!!
I loved winter when we still had snow and ice on the lakes. Makes me sound like a old grandpa but its true.
❌ hot girl summer
✅ cold bitch winter
In Canada rn. Let’s see how this shit goes this year…
Like I keep telling my fiance when she complains about the air conditioning: I can only take off so many clothes.
Excuse me but I can only put so many clothes on. and scientifically, one more jumper doesn’t equal one more warm.
Why not?
I guess because it’s only trapping existing heat, and I’m a cold-hearted lizard.
Not with that attitude
