this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2023
921 points (97.5% liked)
Atheist Memes
5629 readers
6 users here now
About
A community for the most based memes from atheists, agnostics, antitheists, and skeptics.
Rules
-
No Pro-Religious or Anti-Atheist Content.
-
No Unrelated Content. All posts must be memes related to the topic of atheism and/or religion.
-
No bigotry.
-
Attack ideas not people.
-
Spammers and trolls will be instantly banned no exceptions.
-
No False Reporting
-
NSFW posts must be marked as such.
Resources
International Suicide Hotlines
Non Religious Organizations
Freedom From Religion Foundation
Ex-theist Communities
Other Similar Communities
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
In some sense, it was the better part of the year because in agrarian society you just can't work at winter, can't plant or reap. You mostly chill and eat through what you have prepared before. If you didn't, well, you are fucked.
It's not that way with those who don't have a real winter at all (and that's where we all originally came from) and where some form of winter is all year round (where we started to settle not that long ago for whatever reason).
But in the middle of these two extremes winter is alike to that hibernation. It's a season you normally do 10% of your regular workload if everything is fine, because operating like usual is impossible. You also limit your consumption of fuel and food because you can't restore them without going out of your way. So making a feast from a limited supply does make sense, I guess?
If it's not your first winter tho, you'd be fine, and it's your time to socialize, to imagine stories and games, to love, to drink booze, to smoke, and to invent these celebrations because winter is fucking boring otherwise. As long as you reach over the line of a probable extinction - being an experienced prepper - you'd take five winters over one summer when you get exhausted and burnt out on a daily basis.