I can feel myself getting happier in real time (hit 7'C last night and already my mood is improving) as the pitch dark silence of winter sets in. All the annoying birds migrate away, insects are all dead or hibernating, no rustling leaves, and most humans stop making sounds or going outside as much especially at night when I'm personally most active as a night owl. When my nostril hairs freeze together for the first time that year I'm positively ecstatic. I live further north than 95% of Canadians so even less daylight in the winter which is fucking great. The Sun < Vitamin D liquid drops. Go away, shitty fusion ball.
What the fuck are you talking about? People at high latitudes have the hottest summers. Ever hear of Darwin? Cairns? Broome? It's the people from the south that don't know what heat is. Adelaidians will complain about the heat and it's only 30 degrees.
I've never seen an Australian do the American thing of assuming the person they're responding to is from their country before. For most of the English speaking world, higher latitudes = further from the equator.
Probably the mention of winter. The Southern Hemisphere has just left Winter... Also I think they're driving on the left side of the road in the picture.
Higher latitudes are always further from the equator. Why are you people arguing about this when neither of you seem to understand that the lowest latitude is 0 degrees which is exactly on the equator.
-12° is the same size as 12°. For angles the negative sign denotes direction. -12 N is just 12 S. Sure, but maps can be turned upside down. Is higher now south? What about a map centered on the north pole. Which direction is up then?
You mustn't get "winter depression" particularly bad then. I can't get anything done when DST does away. Extreme cold or extreme heat I can easily find physical solutions to (my house is well-insulated), but spending all daylight hours in front of a screen then having zero sunlight for after-work activities is just a burden I have to bear 5 months out of the year and it makes me want to kill myself or become a bricklayer or sth.
Find the time to go outside during work hours. Take a little walk or something. It's easy for me since I used to be a smoker but I get how it would make other people uncomfortable. If you live in a northern country it's very likely you have the right to these kinds of breaks.
It has certainly helped to be able to work from home in the last couple years so I do take a walk during lunchtime. Working in an office you're expected to socialize during lunch breaks, which happen indoors...
Even then, 30 minutes of daylight every day five days a week in the best case scenario is NOT a lot, especially when it's cloudy for weeks on end so saying "daylight" is already kind of stretching it.
I also used to be an office worker and lunchtime is for you and you only. If what you need is to sit alone with a podcast and decompress, people need to be respectful of that. People are usually more understanding than they're given credit for.
Damn right, keep that fucking ball of hydrogen out of the sky and burning my damned retinas for as much of a day as I can possibly have locally, thank you. 🖕
Are you a night owl who stays up long after the sun sets, or an early bird who gets up long before the sun rises? That's one way to get a lot more Dark Mode time.
I knew a guy who worked for a company in Boston, but he'd always dreamed of living in Hawaii. He managed to get them to agree to his moving to Hawaii, but said that he still needed to keep East Coast hours. That meant he was getting up about 6 hours earlier than normal, and was joining meetings when it was pitch black there. But, for him it was worth it, not because he was a fan of Dark Mode, but because he was really into SCUBA and this schedule meant that he was off work by noon and could spend his afternoons SCUBA diving.
It was probably hell on his social life to be in bed by 6pm. But, the schedule was perfect for diving. He was off work when the light was at its best and could dive 7 days a week not just on weekends.
I kinda fluctuate between both, but indeed; you've called out my secret coping strategy. The other trick is just sunglasses though, still that one's not as effective to dim the artificial lights most of the time, and it's generally frowned upon to drive with them at night despite the LED headlights, ha.
insert joke about Melbourne having four seasons on any given day here
okay, here's a picture of the same intersection taken August last year (also winter). Gonna go out on a limb and say the trees in the median might be evergreen.
You're God damn right. I'll take the cold, snow, and darkness of winter any day over the constant 90 degree F, 100% humidity, still bright as fuck at 9:30pm "joy" of summer
That's me, give me those dark cold days I can snuggle warm blankies when I get home. Fun fact: you can always dress more when you are cold but there is a physical limit to dressing less when you're too warm.
The nice thing about early winter sunsets is that the path the sun takes through the sky leads to longer sunsets so it takes longer for it to be fully dark.
I love getting to work before the sun comes up and leaving as it's going down all while freezing my ass off all the time. It doesn't make me want to kill myself at all.
Get a job working outside. You get to enjoy the daylight but it comes with some major downsides as in getting to enjoy the weather too, whatever it may be
I love winter, and I love walking around when the city lights are on. It is aesthetically pleasing to me. I also constantly wear sunglasses on bright days. So yeah; I don’t mind limited daytime hours at all.
Technically we are in a rainy season, but its not a real rainy season, just a few months of showers for like 15-30 minutes, then sunny again, every 2-3 days. Similar to Florida weather.
Those downpours can be pretty severe though, when it starts bad, you pull over and put on rain gear immediately because its about to get much worse. Sometimes it feels like you're riding through soda, water hitting every inch of your body at all times, plus an inch of runoff on the road.
I've mostly lived in temperate climates, but I've visited places with rainy seasons like that.
I always thought it was a season where it rained a lot with constantly overcast skies and a lot of drizzle, like Portland / Seattle / Vancouver in the winter. But, sometimes it's the season where you know it's probably not going to rain at all during the day except at 5pm you can expect a huge downpour, then it goes back to normal.
Does it have the cups so its not actually touching your eyes? What material is it made of? I'm asking because I live in Jamaica and have never had that problem.
Yeah, it's got cups so it's not right against my eyelids, but it still touches my face around my eyes and absorbs all the sweat. I've always had humidity problems with my body tho, I just put out a ton of moisture for some reason. Even in the winter, my side of the car will fog up first just because my breath has a lot of moisture in it, and the heat from my cheeks can make my glasses fog up.
that is actually extremely my vibe. I used to work second shift, and third shift for awhile before that. is nice that the whole region is winding down. traffic is much more tolerable, grocery stores aren't busy, life is a bit quieter
I’ll take that for sure. Absolutely loooove winter. I downright detest summer. It’s too bright, too warm, sweaty, makes me irritable and I’m less productive in general.
To quote The Weeknd: I come alive in the fall time. My mood improves, everything gets cosy and comfortable. Fall and winter bring nice things like christmas, hot chocolate, gorgeous colors in nature, nice sweaters, warm jackets. Absolutely love it.
Since I've moved farther north I cant imagine being wet and 3°C/37F all winter. -6°C/19F feels much warmer. Doesn't exactly suck the heat from your bones. Still, PNW in winter is a mood and I kind of miss it even if it is shit sometimes.
Winter fans are gamers and vampires. Or gamer vampires.
But Summer fans want skin cancer. They crave it you see. They want their skinflesh to rebel against the tyranny of their biological code, awoken by the sun's burning light.
But seriously, winter sucks for me right now because I have to go to work and driving in snowy conditions is miserable. And Summer sucks because the AC in my room is terrible and the sun burns me pretty bad if I'm not careful. I'm glad its only fall ATM but of course almost everyone loves fall. And most people at least like spring.
Yes, I like the dark of nighttime more than the bright heat of daytime. Sue me, right?! Cool shit happens at night. Work happens during the day. And it's hot and yech out. Sure you can show/see more flesh in the summer. Still can't touch it, plus the surprise once you open the wrappings and see what's underneath! Divine.
Hate the early darkness because it marks the end of my garden and the beginning of muddy paws and shoes needing to be cleaned before entering the house, but otherwise winter is beautiful.
The vibes are pretty comfy until you get past -15°C and/or mid-to-late January. After that, it's either too cold, too slushy, or too grey and gross for me to enjoy.
Give me a summer evening/late night over that any day. Do love me a good snowstorm, though (from inside, with a hot spiked coffee and simulated fireplace).
Pic is weirdly comfy ngl
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Omg there's a community for this???
It's like "Call of the Night" minus the vampires.
Def joining that, nice.
I can feel myself getting happier in real time (hit 7'C last night and already my mood is improving) as the pitch dark silence of winter sets in. All the annoying birds migrate away, insects are all dead or hibernating, no rustling leaves, and most humans stop making sounds or going outside as much especially at night when I'm personally most active as a night owl. When my nostril hairs freeze together for the first time that year I'm positively ecstatic. I live further north than 95% of Canadians so even less daylight in the winter which is fucking great. The Sun < Vitamin D liquid drops. Go away, shitty fusion ball.
Your > sign is backwards I think
I am in love with this vibe. Shame that this isn't a more active community.
You're right. I might enjoy it indeed.
Thanks, just cross posted
Summer fans be like "ah yes 50 degrees celsius"
Yeah anything above about 24 and I'm dying. Meanwhile winter is nice and cold so I can just wear more if it's a problem
my country still maxes out 30-35
Yes. But at night it gets way better and at worst is annoying. Winter is cold all day all the time and causes literally pain and sickness
High latitude people can't comprehend the heat
What the fuck are you talking about? People at high latitudes have the hottest summers. Ever hear of Darwin? Cairns? Broome? It's the people from the south that don't know what heat is. Adelaidians will complain about the heat and it's only 30 degrees.
I've never seen an Australian do the American thing of assuming the person they're responding to is from their country before. For most of the English speaking world, higher latitudes = further from the equator.
Probably the mention of winter. The Southern Hemisphere has just left Winter... Also I think they're driving on the left side of the road in the picture.
Yeah, the picture's of the intersection of Flinders and Exhibition in Melbourne
Higher latitudes are always further from the equator. Why are you people arguing about this when neither of you seem to understand that the lowest latitude is 0 degrees which is exactly on the equator.
Only if by higher you mean higher absolute value, it's not particularly unorthodox for "higher" to generally refer to "more up on North up maps"
-12° is the same size as 12°. For angles the negative sign denotes direction. -12 N is just 12 S. Sure, but maps can be turned upside down. Is higher now south? What about a map centered on the north pole. Which direction is up then?
It's a late winter but very distant from Christmas miracle!
Latitude of Darwin: 12.5 S
Latitude of Adelaide: 34.9 S
"High latitudes have the hottest summers"
I have arthritic joints and would still rather winter than sweat all day in >90% humidity
Yes, and I love it.
I don't care for it being dark but with snow it's nice
Fuck yes. "Winter depression" beats the shit out of summer exhaustion. Especially up here where the sun won't stay down long for most of summer.
Give me snow and ice so I can wear my good boots and coat.
I actually get summer depression if it's too hot and doesn't rain for a long time.
You mustn't get "winter depression" particularly bad then. I can't get anything done when DST does away. Extreme cold or extreme heat I can easily find physical solutions to (my house is well-insulated), but spending all daylight hours in front of a screen then having zero sunlight for after-work activities is just a burden I have to bear 5 months out of the year and it makes me want to kill myself or become a bricklayer or sth.
Find the time to go outside during work hours. Take a little walk or something. It's easy for me since I used to be a smoker but I get how it would make other people uncomfortable. If you live in a northern country it's very likely you have the right to these kinds of breaks.
It has certainly helped to be able to work from home in the last couple years so I do take a walk during lunchtime. Working in an office you're expected to socialize during lunch breaks, which happen indoors...
Even then, 30 minutes of daylight every day five days a week in the best case scenario is NOT a lot, especially when it's cloudy for weeks on end so saying "daylight" is already kind of stretching it.
I also used to be an office worker and lunchtime is for you and you only. If what you need is to sit alone with a podcast and decompress, people need to be respectful of that. People are usually more understanding than they're given credit for.
"All I want for Christmas, is youUuuu!"
She's on the roof!
Pff...try 4pm
More like 3 pm.
Beautiful isnt it?
Damn right, keep that fucking ball of hydrogen out of the sky and burning my damned retinas for as much of a day as I can possibly have locally, thank you. 🖕
You're a fan of Dark Mode IRL.
Damn right; my eyes demand it (I will sacrifice them to change teams if anyone's offering)
Are you a night owl who stays up long after the sun sets, or an early bird who gets up long before the sun rises? That's one way to get a lot more Dark Mode time.
I knew a guy who worked for a company in Boston, but he'd always dreamed of living in Hawaii. He managed to get them to agree to his moving to Hawaii, but said that he still needed to keep East Coast hours. That meant he was getting up about 6 hours earlier than normal, and was joining meetings when it was pitch black there. But, for him it was worth it, not because he was a fan of Dark Mode, but because he was really into SCUBA and this schedule meant that he was off work by noon and could spend his afternoons SCUBA diving.
It was probably hell on his social life to be in bed by 6pm. But, the schedule was perfect for diving. He was off work when the light was at its best and could dive 7 days a week not just on weekends.
I kinda fluctuate between both, but indeed; you've called out my secret coping strategy. The other trick is just sunglasses though, still that one's not as effective to dim the artificial lights most of the time, and it's generally frowned upon to drive with them at night despite the LED headlights, ha.
What? I can finally sleep without sweating my balls off while mosquitoes turn me into an itchy Hellraiser character?
Trees full of leaves, that's summer.
That's a true winter fan right here.
insert joke about Melbourne having four seasons on any given day here
okay, here's a picture of the same intersection taken August last year (also winter). Gonna go out on a limb and say the trees in the median might be evergreen.
I love it. I love winter.
Looks amazing. Cold and dark, yet warm and toned down, peaceful.
You're God damn right. I'll take the cold, snow, and darkness of winter any day over the constant 90 degree F, 100% humidity, still bright as fuck at 9:30pm "joy" of summer
I'm very happy for you. I find it even more miserable living in cold perpetual darkness.
That's me, give me those dark cold days I can snuggle warm blankies when I get home. Fun fact: you can always dress more when you are cold but there is a physical limit to dressing less when you're too warm.
4pm*
I've seen the sunset at 330pm where I live. Absolute bullshit
The nice thing about early winter sunsets is that the path the sun takes through the sky leads to longer sunsets so it takes longer for it to be fully dark.
Summer fans be like "Ah yes, 5AM 🥵🪭🔥"
bro, have you not known what sleep is?
I wake up early to go to work and Satan's breath is already circulating even then 🥲
I'm definitely into it when I don't have to work. Turns out I don't hate winter or the cold, I just hate my job
Why don't you work in Winter?
I do, is the problem. I would hate the cold and dark less if I didn't have to commute and work in it
And I fucking love it
It's easy on the eyes, and easy on the ears.
I love getting to work before the sun comes up and leaving as it's going down all while freezing my ass off all the time. It doesn't make me want to kill myself at all.
Don't you worry my brother, summer is only but 9 moons away or similar.
Get a job working outside. You get to enjoy the daylight but it comes with some major downsides as in getting to enjoy the weather too, whatever it may be
I used to have a job where I worked outside a lot and I loved it but I don't know of any jobs like that that pay enough and I'm qualified for.
I love winter, and I love walking around when the city lights are on. It is aesthetically pleasing to me. I also constantly wear sunglasses on bright days. So yeah; I don’t mind limited daytime hours at all.
laughs in equatorial mountain climate
The fuck is a season?
Don't you get rainy seasons?
Technically we are in a rainy season, but its not a real rainy season, just a few months of showers for like 15-30 minutes, then sunny again, every 2-3 days. Similar to Florida weather.
Those downpours can be pretty severe though, when it starts bad, you pull over and put on rain gear immediately because its about to get much worse. Sometimes it feels like you're riding through soda, water hitting every inch of your body at all times, plus an inch of runoff on the road.
I've mostly lived in temperate climates, but I've visited places with rainy seasons like that.
I always thought it was a season where it rained a lot with constantly overcast skies and a lot of drizzle, like Portland / Seattle / Vancouver in the winter. But, sometimes it's the season where you know it's probably not going to rain at all during the day except at 5pm you can expect a huge downpour, then it goes back to normal.
Sheeeit, with bullshit ass DST making the clocks go back, its more like 4:30PM.
In winter we use standard time, that is the normal baseline and if you want it to be sunny at 10pm then you prefer DST
Yes, exactly that.
It shouldn't be legal for it to be sunny at 10p when I gotta wake up at 5a for work.
Sleep masks are better than not being able to see shit outside when going home from work.
I have a sleep mask, and I dislike how damp it is when I wake up in the summer.
Does it have the cups so its not actually touching your eyes? What material is it made of? I'm asking because I live in Jamaica and have never had that problem.
Yeah, it's got cups so it's not right against my eyelids, but it still touches my face around my eyes and absorbs all the sweat. I've always had humidity problems with my body tho, I just put out a ton of moisture for some reason. Even in the winter, my side of the car will fog up first just because my breath has a lot of moisture in it, and the heat from my cheeks can make my glasses fog up.
Laughs in 60°N
agreed, that is hell
Correction: winter fans above the +-20th longitude line
Latitude lines go laterally, longitude are stretched the long way around the planet
I was strungle with that one. English is not my first language
No worries, native speakers strungle too.
There’s this Jimmy Buffet song about changes in latitude, changes in attitude. That always makes me remember.
Can you really call it winter below 20°?
Fahrenheit? Absolutely! 😁🤪
Also Kelvin. 😔
Kelvin doesn’t have degrees though
Winter fan here. This is a problem, which is why the sun shouldn't rise until about 9:45 in the winter.
Better than summer time when it's 8pm and still fucking bright daylight.
Oh no the horror, a few more hours of daylight to enjoy after work. If only we could have more darkness in the day to really liven things up
Some of us want to go to sleep when it's dark and not when it's still daytime.
Meh, I'm with the non-vampire. Put blackout blinds up and let us go enjoy our daylight
If it's 4 hours til midnight, I should not be able to see the sun.
Y E S
It's cool when I get to look out the window and say "I'm Batman", ok?
that is actually extremely my vibe. I used to work second shift, and third shift for awhile before that. is nice that the whole region is winding down. traffic is much more tolerable, grocery stores aren't busy, life is a bit quieter
Best part about winter, the quieter pace of things. An introvert's dream.
Exactly, yes. I love when it's darker earlier, I live in the night
Hell yeah brother!
Those vibes look immaculate
I want to be leaned against one of those buildings smoking a cigarette :3
I’ll take that for sure. Absolutely loooove winter. I downright detest summer. It’s too bright, too warm, sweaty, makes me irritable and I’m less productive in general.
To quote The Weeknd: I come alive in the fall time. My mood improves, everything gets cosy and comfortable. Fall and winter bring nice things like christmas, hot chocolate, gorgeous colors in nature, nice sweaters, warm jackets. Absolutely love it.
Why they take this pic in the matrix tho?
4pm where I am =[[
Same. I love the PNW, but damn winter is brutal, despite the weather not being too bad.
All the drawbacks of winter with few of the benefits. PNW has a million other reasons why it's rad tho.
Goddamn right, Bob.
Since I've moved farther north I cant imagine being wet and 3°C/37F all winter. -6°C/19F feels much warmer. Doesn't exactly suck the heat from your bones. Still, PNW in winter is a mood and I kind of miss it even if it is shit sometimes.
Winter fans are gamers and vampires. Or gamer vampires. But Summer fans want skin cancer. They crave it you see. They want their skinflesh to rebel against the tyranny of their biological code, awoken by the sun's burning light.
But seriously, winter sucks for me right now because I have to go to work and driving in snowy conditions is miserable. And Summer sucks because the AC in my room is terrible and the sun burns me pretty bad if I'm not careful. I'm glad its only fall ATM but of course almost everyone loves fall. And most people at least like spring.
It's been raining for five days after months of heatwaves and I'm sleeping with my windows open.
I hate it. But it’s better than 90 degrees at 10 pm
Yes, I like the dark of nighttime more than the bright heat of daytime. Sue me, right?! Cool shit happens at night. Work happens during the day. And it's hot and yech out. Sure you can show/see more flesh in the summer. Still can't touch it, plus the surprise once you open the wrappings and see what's underneath! Divine.
Hate the early darkness because it marks the end of my garden and the beginning of muddy paws and shoes needing to be cleaned before entering the house, but otherwise winter is beautiful.
Damn straight
I live in Ireland, the weather is shit. Give me sunshine and heat any day over dark, wet, grey weather.
The vibes are pretty comfy until you get past -15°C and/or mid-to-late January. After that, it's either too cold, too slushy, or too grey and gross for me to enjoy.
Give me a summer evening/late night over that any day. Do love me a good snowstorm, though (from inside, with a hot spiked coffee and simulated fireplace).
Sitting beside a wood stove with a hot drink and book, good food, and sauna.
Especially the later: 85+°C sauna in sub-zero weather is amazing.
This is the Rhythm of the Night. The night. Oh yeah.
it soon approaches :(
Yep. Almost time to switch on the ole Nik Nagane background picture rotation on all my devices.
This shit plus some retrowave/outrun music and then a shiny car where if you check the sidemirrors you can see the reflections in the car.
That's a dope ass driving experience
Especially when the LED streetlights start failing and turn purple
Make that 5pm over here, closer to the eastern edge of the time zone.
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