Posted as a winter fan myself

      • BurgerBaron@piefed.socialEnglish
        91·
        6 months ago

        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.

      • Chozo@fedia.io
        5·
        6 months ago

        I am in love with this vibe. Shame that this isn’t a more active community.

  • scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    361·
    6 months ago

    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. 🖕

        • merc@sh.itjust.works
          4·
          6 months ago

          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.

          • scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            2·
            6 months ago

            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.

  • pH3ra@lemmy.ml
    33·
    6 months ago

    What? I can finally sleep without sweating my balls off while mosquitoes turn me into an itchy Hellraiser character?

    • Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      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. streetview screenshot of the intersection between Flinders Street and Exhibition Street, dated August 2024 and showing the trees in Exhibition Street's median still green and leafy. The trees on the sides of the street are bare.

  • Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works
    28·
    6 months ago

    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

  • hayvan@feddit.nl
    271·
    6 months ago

    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.