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saywhat1206 t1_j9f4xlx wrote

I'm in no mood for snow at this point, despite living in MA for 60+ years. Shoveling is physically overwhelming.

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darksideofthemoon131 t1_j9f5u2k wrote

Mother Nature needs to take some bipolar meds and get off the Rollercoaster.

Cold or warm- just pick one. I know I should be used to this as a New Englander, but this winter has been absurd.

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sardaukarma t1_j9f81s6 wrote

Its February. It SHOULD be snowing. Enjoy it while you can...

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PhiloBlackCardinal t1_j9fe2fw wrote

Scientist: If we continue these trends the climate will change erratically

Everyone: nah

Weather: becomes erratic

Everyone: wtf

(Not calling you out op, just tongue in cheek)

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stevenl1219 t1_j9fkgll wrote

I think it's from all the weed we've been smoking.

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NoJacket8798 t1_j9frzpd wrote

It wasn’t even supposed to snow today, forecast had it 46 and sunny

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aja09 t1_j9fw0a3 wrote

Hey I feel safer up here in the northeast than I do in the south in the future… weather might be perfect here for years to come!!

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EnvironmentalLong541 t1_j9g6joi wrote

Article mentioned New England is warming faster than other areas of the country. With rising tidal activity they claim the ocean will be 5 feet or so closer within 20 years.

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twoscoop t1_j9g8syt wrote

Replying to A_Man_Who_Writes (#1,903,502)

I find it really fucked that all the older people and the mid generation fucks are happy that it's no longer bitter cold in the winter and there is no snow. Makes sense they were taught in school that snow was made by communists to create snowflakes... They won't care in 10 years when we have hurricanes hitting us. Cat 1 and 2 but still.. why don't people fucking care? Like how do people not sit down and just think about other people hundreds years from now. Fuck not even 100 t5 years.

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twoscoop t1_j9g91nk wrote

Replying to aja09 (#1,902,941)

It's not going to be a good time. Summers in the 100s, winters in the 50s, bugs explode in growth, plants that needed frost to protect from fungus get fingused and die. Then fungus spreads... Last of us happens. That is from from a joke because scientists are getting a bit worried.

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_Strid_ t1_j9gb7m6 wrote

Replying to twoscoop (#1,904,229)

It's worse than you think. It never really snowed much where I'm from, so it wasn't a factor.

I grew up down South hearing, "it'll never happen in our lifetime, don't worry!" I never would have guessed my own parents were really just saying,"Not my circus, not my monkeys, " about their own kids and grandkids.

I'm 38, and my parents are Boomers.

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_Strid_ t1_j9gcb09 wrote

Replying to pillbinge (#1,902,988)

I dislike this type of person. My fiancee's mother is 68 and forever complains about how cold it is and how much she hates the snow and can't drive at night in it, etc., etc., etc.

Fucking move already! (Or buy a snowblower) You're not a tree. You tell people this up here, and they look at you like you're mental. The people I'm telling have no ties to the welfare that would make living here a necessity - they just want to complain and do nothing about what they're complaining about.

Trickles down to the fucking kids too. I've got a job lined up in CO that would make it so my kid can go to college, or not, but at least have something when she turns 18 (now 13) to start with and my fiancee wouldn't have to work and stress about how her OF account is going and her not getting paid what she's due at her office job. But nope, we'd rather stay here and be poor than head towards a better life with more opportunity.

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mari815 t1_j9gjzn8 wrote

I’m just bummed about the cloudy days nearly all the time. It’s exhausting!

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fairywakes t1_j9go1lj wrote

I was so shocked to see snow on my car when I woke up. Tf? Mother Nature has PCOS

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kdex86 t1_j9gowvr wrote

In 1997, we had a mild February/March, only to get 2 feet of snow the first day of April. Be careful what you wish for!

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bostonmacosx t1_j9gvpo9 wrote

Nope... she found out that weed was legal in the state.... nothing to see here...

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Northeastern_J t1_j9gxact wrote

If you want yesterday back move somewhere warm. It's New England and it should be cold, period.

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cdwalrusman t1_j9gztl0 wrote

Replying to pillbinge (#1,907,237)

Oh buddy I had forsaken my “cause” (btw it’s a Reddit thread, not the fucking Irish independence movement. Simmer down) after your initial foray into douchebaggery with that response about brain damage. Now I’m sitting at my desk making overtime while you should, presumably, either be grading assignments or deciding which physical challenge to subject the kids to tomorrow, depending on your particular teaching specialization. I hope you have a great night.

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pillbinge t1_j9hrn8l wrote

Replying to cdwalrusman (#1,907,352)

>Now I’m sitting at my desk making overtime

Doesn't beat sitting at your desk at home making full pay because you're on February vacation lmao. How'd you even manage to fuck that one up?

I'd also consider hesitate before telling others to "simmer down" while you try to brag about your pay (and then fail, somehow). That's even sadder than before.

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A_Man_Who_Writes t1_j9j7gqw wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,913,695)

I went early June last year and couldn’t do much but just sit around and swim. Going early May this year. I’m thinking we should have just planned it for around now since it’s already summer down there lol

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saywhat1206 t1_j9jvqh0 wrote

Replying to _Strid_ (#1,904,590)

So my husband and I are supposed to just up and move from a state that both of us have lived in our entire lives because we can't shovel? The only family we have also lives in this state, specifically my MIL who is 85, and lives in the same city and we help take care of. She is lucky that her younger neighbors help her shovel in the winter.

When we bought our home 30 years ago, our nextdoor neighbors were elderly and we immediately, without being asked, helped them every time it snowed and in return the wife made us the most wonderful popovers. Now that we are older, I would hope that our younger neighbors that now live in that house would give us a hand. We do have a snowblower and offered to let our neighbor use it for their property as well but instead they shovel a lame 6 inch path on their sidewalk for people to barely be able to walk on. What ever happened to people helping each other out?

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_Strid_ t1_j9lcq6a wrote

Replying to saywhat1206 (#1,918,954)

It's my hope that my kids get to live a better life than to be my retirement plan. I hope they live wherever they want and can do everything they dream of, and then some.

I hope I never cause them to stop and think, what about mom and dad? This is mom and dad's responsibility.

What I can assure them I'd never do, is push off an issue that will affect them and have the audacity to say, "won't be a problem in my lifetime so, don't care, bring on the 60-degree NE Winter!"

How can you people do this? We are your kids, your grandkids, those neighbors you want help from, but still, you didn't care up front, and you still don't now that the proof is there. You just care that things are easier for you, better for you. That's being selfish, and it is what you're trying to tell the world it has become.

Anyway. Your neighbors, how well do you know them? What do they have going on in their lives? Do they hate the snow, too? They have a reason for what they do. Typically, it's not laziness, but something else. Maybe they don't want to feel indebted to anyone or tie themselves to the task because they know they can't honor the agreement, which is very responsible of them. It could be they are worried about legal or monetary issues if things go bad and break or worse, someone were to get hurt. You're asking them to make a commitment to digging you out and putting them on a potential hook if something were to go wrong. It may seem like a little, but it's a lot.

I had to pull up a decorative bench out of my yard so seniors from the assisted living community behind me would stop trespassing on their walks by my house. I would love to put a real bench and let them sit whenever and have a water cooler there, but I got sued bc someone said they got hurt in my yard.

A few years back, I watched childhood friend A step through a wood board on childhood friend B's, family's deck, and get a bruised leg. Friend A collected $30k from insurance and never skipped a beat.

There is a lot to consider in MA to be helpful. If I were in any other state I've lived, CO, AL, TX, I'd just help - it's a simpler choice.

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saywhat1206 t1_j9lhz3e wrote

Replying to _Strid_ (#1,925,567)

I HAD three children. All of them are dead: 1 to cancer; 1 killed by a drunk driver and 1 killed by sleep apnea. My husband had 2 strokes in 2020, and has Stage 3B Kidney Failure. Next stage, he will need to be put on dialysis and a transplant list. He cannot shovel. I have COPD and severe arthritis. I do the shoveling, I hate it, it's painful, it takes me forever, but it's my responsibility. I don't think it's too much to ask neighbors for help now and then. I know all of my neighbors extremely well . But most are old like us and have the same physical issues. We all try to help each other. The younger people that live next to us we have known for 5+ years. We talk enough so that they know about our medical issues and more. We've offered them the use of our snowblower and I give them veggies from my garden in the summer, so I shouldn't feel guilty for asking them to give us a hand now and then. I can handle light stuff on my own, but heavy snow is too difficult. I'm far from selfish. I grew up helping others and still do as much as I can whenever I can.

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