🗣️ General Discussion 🗣️ The Weather Thread

[F.U.B.A.R.]

Yeah it makes sense that it's probably not the sun heating up (if people think that) but more the atmosphere thinning.

Neither are true. It's the accumulation of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere that prevent heat from escaping, resulting in ever increasing average global temperatures. This is a natural process that may or may not have been exacerbated by human activities, and is usually tempered by feedback mechanisms. But there is a 'tipping point' which we are fast approaching, that once passed, there is no turning back. This results in a runaway greenhouse effect, and we become Venus 2.0.

 

[LoginNotSecure]

fair enough. this is your opinion and you're certainly entitled to it.

i suppose i imagine a world in which people who seek to deny others their own gender expression will be reincarnated as transgender/non-cis individuals and they'll spend a miserable second lifetime being told by people like themselves that something they know to be true with every fiber of their being is just stupid and not real.

can you even, for just a second, sincerely put yourselves in their shoes and try to imagine how utterly soul-destroying it might be?

no matter, this is likely a good place to agree to disagree.

alasdair

There’s medication that’ll treat that.

I identify/pretend to be a pirate, NHS said they don’t take out eyes and lop off legs so I can cosplay.

 

[Shambles]

Cold, wet and very windy

 

[KurtAurelius]

So cold! My god it’s vicious outside. I’ve not left the house as why would you?

A few weeks ago I’m sunburnt, now this.

 

[F.U.B.A.R.]

The sun's come out and the clouds are dissipating, but that fuckin wind is icy.


I hate the wind. I don't mind cold, rain or snow, but throw wind into the mix and it all becomes a right pain in the arse.

 

[asvarohn]

another sunny day here where i am.
enough to send @KurtAurelius some of it.
but warmth, not really.

 

[streaM Freak]

Rainy for the next 6 of 7 days, 50s Fahrenheit average. But you never know by the ocean.

 

[Shinji Ikari]

I'm probably/hopefully moving into a house with a garden in a bit over a month.

I won't be living at work anymore I'll be able to get back into gardening just in time for the summer and I'll finally be able to move my cat in with me.

I'm trying not to count my chickens before they hatch because I still have to clear referencing etc, but I'm feeling happy and optimistic. The last 6 months have been rough because of living at and always being at work and the year before that was spent looking after a dying loved one which I never lamented but it didn't leave heaps of rooms for having my own life.

This feels like a step towards getting my own life.

Sunny and windy today.

 

[KurtAurelius]

Far better today. Been able to hang my washing out, smoke Js in the garden and sunbathe lift weights etc.

This summer is going to be good.

 

[F.U.B.A.R.]

Far better today. Been able to hang my washing out, smoke Js in the garden and sunbathe lift weights etc.

This summer is going to be good.

Jealous mate. I'm fuckin about chasing ants

 

[Ki3ly]

Yes, a bit ..... Fair.

 

[Perkins : Reborn]

Beautiful spring day out there. Had to switch to a light jacket when out and about.

I'll never understand the people at self-checkouts who have a bag with them but don't put it down when they're scanning their stuff, and proceed to pay and then pack their bag. It's actually more effort than packing as they go. If they really take the piss, I like to sing We Have All the Time In the World at them.

 

[Bleaney]

Not that long ago, a woman with so much cheek, pissed me off so much in a check out queue, that I'll probably never forget it.

Whilst I was standing in the queue, she asked me "Are you in the queue?".

"No I'm just standing here for the fun of it" I thought to myself, but being generally polite / non-confrontational, I just confirmed that I was.

She then proceeded to ask if I minded if she went ahead of me, showing me about 4 items in her hands. I wasn't too keen, as I was already in a rush, but obviously grudgingly I agreed.

And then after she'd placed the 4 items on the belt, a whole bag of other groceries mysteriously appeared from nowhere, and she started placing them on the belt too.

At that point, I just could not help myself and protested "That is taking the piss!"

Then she looked at me and the guy behind me, who both looked at me as if I was in the wrong, and the guy said that she could go in front of him.

I wish I'd just said what was on my mind right away when she asked her first obvious and stupid question. She'd probably not have tried all that crap on, if I had!

 

[Perkins : Reborn]

It's usually 'respectable' people who take the piss too. Supermarkets work wonders for reinforcing misanthropy.

Having said that, there was a mother yesterday who actually told her child to get out of my way. I don't think I've witnessed that for about thirty years. They normally encourage the little shits.

I must admit that once or twice I've 'not seen' the child and I may have 'accidentally' caught them with my basket. Hopefully that'll teach them.

 

[Bleaney]

It's usually 'respectable' people who take the piss too. Supermarkets work wonders for reinforcing misanthropy.

Yeah, a quite typical Karen type IIRC, quite smart and respectable looking as you say. Maybe even a bit 'mousey' looking. Definitely not 'ignorant' or 'rough' looking, in which cases it's usually best for me just to sigh inwardly, and let them get on with it.

As those are often the people that love nothing more than the opportunity to try to engage in a very loud, public, aggressive argument, as that type of thing seems to be fun for them.

It definitely is not, for me.

 

[LoginNotSecure]

I love bashing into people with my trolly at the supermarket. Kids, parents, old people especially. Even more so fat cunts in mobility scooters. What riles me is cunts who'll block the entire lane while they stand there and have a natter while everyone else is too kind to ask them to move, I'll just bash their fucking trolly out the way. Move bitch, get out the way!

 

[KurtAurelius]

Grey clouds are likely to prevent me having a incident in a supermarket thankfully.

I usually am followed by attendants as I walk at 9000MPH with shades on as I disdain the Human Cattle Market.

I inform them I am not stealing but I am just autistic.

Makes me remember when I got asked to take my shades off at a self checkout lol, I obliged but you could tell the photo in the ID is very clearly the man in front of them.

 

[Bleaney]

I need to get there now, before the crowds become too horrific.

Thankfully, I only need 1 item for now. Just that one thing I forgot in a big shop yesterday.

 

[F.U.B.A.R.]

Beautiful spring day out there. Had to switch to a light jacket when out and about.

I'll never understand the people at self-checkouts who have a bag with them but don't put it down when they're scanning their stuff, and proceed to pay and then pack their bag. It's actually more effort than packing as they go. If they really take the piss, I like to sing We Have All the Time In the World at them.

Don't forget those twats picking the online orders with their massive trolleys that come flying out the end of the aisles without looking. They should have horns and blue lights like fork lift trucks.

What with them, mobility scooters, and old women with massive arses and no control over their trolleys, doing the weekly shop is like navigating a fuckin assault course.

 

[Perkins : Reborn]

My local Tesco is a Metro, which means it's between big Tesco and Tesco Express.

I swear they take on more staff than necessary but they want them working at all times. So you'll frequently encounter staff having a chat with a huge fucking cage blocking off a large part of the stock. Because that's productive.

It reminds me of the famine roads in Ireland that don't really go anywhere, but were built for people to 'work for their living'.