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To people currently facing extreme cold, how are you guys doing? (discuss.tchncs.de)

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Hope it's not too harsh for you guys

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

And now I am become slug: I'm goopy, slow, and melting. (Someone poured salt on me.)

I'm in South America, facing the exact opposite - this summer has been extremely harsh, often going past 30°C in a rather wet city. To make things worse, a certain four-legged arsehole doesn't get that humans don't want to cuddle when it's too hot, so she keeps jumping on my lap:

(She's an arsehole. Cute, but an arsehole.)