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Disclaimer: I am not trolling, I am an autistic person who doesn’t understand so many social nuances. Also I am from New Hampshire (97% white), so I just don’t have any close African-American friends that I am willing to risk asking such a loaded question.

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[–] Anticorp 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

It’s like making fun of someone for liking sunshine

At the risk of completely derailing the conversation, I've met a lot of people in the PNW who don't like warm weather or sunshine. When summer rolls around they start complaining about it being too sunny and want the grey skies back. Frickin weirdos!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

That's me! The life giving sun can fuck off behind the clouds!

[–] Broken_Monitor 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I really tried to pick two things that couldn’t be argued with so now I’m just waiting for someone to tell me they don’t like breathing either.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

C'mon guy/gal, don't kinkshame (/s)

[–] Anticorp 1 points 6 months ago
[–] Soggy 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

PNW weirdo here. I like things to be green and alive, I like my skin unburned, and I like being able to poke around tide pools on a lonely beach. Clouds and rain help all of that.

It's currently sunny and about 77°F, which is about as warm as I want it unless I'm going swimming. Late summer when it approaches 100° is miserable, but for now the bright weather is fine and good for the plants.

[–] Anticorp 1 points 5 months ago

It's so beautiful today! I'm wearing shorts and flip flops for the first time in months, and I started working on my bike again now that we may have a period without rain for a while.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I'm too pale AF to have a loving relationship with the sun. I've been burned too many times. I always use protection, but last weekend the sunscreen failed me :(

[–] Lost_My_Mind 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, climate change being what it is, I'm literally brainstorming ways to inject artificial rain clouds into the sky.

My current idea is giant poles all over the city. They have blades at the top. They start rotating like a helicopter, but not designed to takeoff. Instead, it sprays cool mist above the blades so the cool mist gets swirled around in the hot air, that makes the whole city artificially humid. Eventually this should all rise up, and create rain clouds! Which then cool down the entire city.

Edit: Also, I have zero idea if this conceptually is even feasible.

[–] Anticorp 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Haha. Dubai had success with cloud seeding recently. But they forgot that they're a desert without adequate drainage or runoff, and flooded their whole city.

[–] Lost_My_Mind 3 points 6 months ago

Well, shit! Pass that technology over here! We could test it in Nevada, on a daily basis for 10 years. Maybe raining over a section of desert that has literally zero life can turn it into a livable habitat. It could be a test. With the added benefit of cooling a portion of the earth as they do it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

The sun is actively trying to kill me, you're the weirdo in this situation! I have freckles in places that have never seen sunshine by just EXISTING for a few days in Oklahoma!!