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Re: Winter is coming

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Post by adamdavis »

kyro wrote: post #94
fein wrote: post #11

Complaining about the winter in SF? Really? I understand seasonal depression, but that can't even hold a candle to the bullshit we see up here in the Great Salted North. I wake up and bike to work during the winters here... It's pitch black until after 8 AM. After work? Darkness and cold by 5 PM. This is for around 5 months of the year up here. Sure, shit gets annoying during the nastiness of November through March,…

Thanks for putting this into perspective. I say the same thing when people complain that diabetes is an issue that needs to be addressed. Sure, it's not a good thing, but what about cancer? People with cancer would love to trade it for diabetes. I firmly believe that everyone working on non-cancer research should quit their jobs and work on more meaningful problems. Also, people working on social apps are wasting the…

"Sarcasm isn't advanced, it's the inexperienced man's preference."

Re: Winter is coming

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Post by noir_lord »

I'm the opposite of this, I long for summer to be over and love the coming of the Winter.

I hate heat (fortunately I live in the North of England so it's not that frequent) far more than I hate the cold or dark.

In winter time I burrow in and get far more done (plus nothing beats going cycling on a road bike in the country at night when it's -5C, crystal clear and you can see stars so close you could reach out and touch them).

I actually dread the Summer.

Re: Winter is coming

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Post by badman_ting »

adamdavis wrote: post #121
kyro wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for putting this into perspective. I say the same thing when people complain that diabetes is an issue that needs to be addressed. Sure, it's not a good thing, but what about cancer? People with cancer would love to trade it for diabetes. I firmly believe that everyone working on non-cancer research should quit their jobs and work on more meaningful problems. Also, people working on social apps are wasting the…

"Sarcasm isn't advanced, it's the inexperienced man's preference."

"A witty saying proves nothing."

Re: Winter is coming

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Post by jlees »

calinet6 wrote: post #107
fein wrote: post #11

Complaining about the winter in SF? Really? I understand seasonal depression, but that can't even hold a candle to the bullshit we see up here in the Great Salted North. I wake up and bike to work during the winters here... It's pitch black until after 8 AM. After work? Darkness and cold by 5 PM. This is for around 5 months of the year up here. Sure, shit gets annoying during the nastiness of November through March,…

Try moving to New England from San Francisco. Part of the difference is that you don't realize it's winter in San Francisco. New England winters make you very aware that it is in fact winter, and thus very legitimate about how you feel during said winter (crappy, lethargic, cold). It also makes you supremely appreciative of life, spring, summer, and the fall that precedes it. I truly believe living in a place with se…

I'm from the UK, and while I wasn't particularly aware of SAD for many years, it's clear it affected me to varying extents each winter. Moving to San Francisco definitely lessened the impact, but it isn't completely gone; though it probably helps a little that due to the long, tiresome summers here I actually like the refreshing cold snap we're in right now.

Re: Winter is coming

#126

Post by jlees »

robotmay wrote: post #32

I have a somewhat opposite problem; I can't work at all during the summer. I can't deal with heat well and can barely think straight if I get even slightly too warm. This summer in the UK was unbearable in my new flat, which appears to have been designed as the most effective greenhouse in the world. I always look forward to autumn and winter. I get to wear clothes I like, nobody's outside as they're all whinging abo…

I'm the same, though I have definitely adjusted to warmer temperatures over nearly 4 years of living in California, and the general elevation in mood from the sunlight exposure (and everyone else's elevated mood too) makes up for the heat in many ways.

Having said that, there's nothing quite like the smell of wet winter coats gently steaming over an Aga, is there?

Re: Winter is coming

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Post by kyro »

adamdavis wrote: post #127
badman_ting wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"A witty saying proves nothing."

I would agree, although I'd also say there's nothing particularly witty or clever about the one I posted.

And it didn't really have a point. Unless your intention was to refute the message of mine through ad-hominem-via-rap-lyrics.
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