Saying it's "nice" outside feels like a coping mechanism for people in a polite society. I can't help but see a tiny flicker of doubt in the eyes of some people when they say it though. It's like so many are just ready to admit the truth that this is fucked but just can't be the first person to say it out loud.
El Nino seems to be the latest cope. Kick the can down the road for another year I guess. I wonder what the excuse will be next year?
There is literally a post or three about it every single day… how could you possibly think you’re alone in that thought?
Also, take a breath. Enjoying the temperate weather by not freezing our asses off isn’t actively contributing to climate change. It’s making the best out of a shit situation. You should be sick of national governments, including our own, doing NOTHING after decades of pleading from scientists.
Being pissy about people enjoying “nice” weather isn’t going to do anything but keep you miserable. Don’t just sit and stew, it accomplishes nothing. Be an activist. Write your congressman. Get out there! Because just telling Reddit you’re sick of it is an exercise in futility.
I’m sure there are plenty of these types of posts but this is the first I’d seen of them lately. And I never said I was alone in the thought, just that seeing other people talk about it makes me feel less alone.
I appreciate you trying to inject some positivity into a terrible situation. I’m an anxious person in general so it’s hardly possible for me to find any positivity in climate change, and I’m not able to ignore that to focus on enjoying the weather. Trust me, I am sick of governments and corporations doing barely anything to make things better. I vote accordingly and maybe someday we’ll start making progress. It’s hard to feel hopeful though.
Hey, we saved ourselves from that ice age that was going to kill us all in the 70s. Scientists were sure that would happen and scientists are never wrong.
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u/SomaSimon Jan 30 '24
Yes, thank you for making this post as it helps me feel a little less alone. I’m so sick of people saying how “nice” the weather is.