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[–] Live_your_lives 78 points 19 hours ago (37 children)

Why would we need such a strong sensitivity to it?

[–] [email protected] 149 points 19 hours ago (21 children)

We evolved in the Savannah.
Rain means the watering holes are filling up, which is obviously good cause we need water, but it also attracts prey animals.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

You think rain is your ally?

You merely adopted the damp. We Brits were born in it, molded by it. I didn't see dry sand until I was already a man...