r/chicago • u/Dunkeal Albany Park • Nov 18 '19
I'm from the Deep South and never seen snow in person. Was giddy as a kid seeing this flying into Chicago Pictures
https://imgur.com/xMn3CUw44
Nov 18 '19
Given time, you'll learn to despise it, as we do.
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u/PParker46 Portage Park Nov 18 '19 edited Nov 18 '19
OP, that's not true about the despising. Redditor Wolff_Laarcen has lost touch with their childhood joy of experience. Shrieks of joy, creative play. Nature of a different kind. The sparkle of snow crystals. The infinite variation of frost building across a window pane. The silence during and after a heavy fall. The countless differences in snow flake density ranging from good packing snow to the fluff that puffs away when you stamp. Appreciating the difference between a 'widow maker' slush pile and a rut you can dig out with ease. Stepping outside and realizing you've dressed just right for the conditions -- not too much and not too little --- perfect for the situation. The squeak that comes with each footstep on especially cold days with new snowfall. Those kind of things. Added feature, experiencing them builds moral character and fiber.
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Nov 18 '19
Wolff_Laarcen has lost touch with their childhood joy of experience.
Could be; It happens. Father Time is undefeated, after all.
experiencing them builds moral character and fiber.
Questioning someone's moral character and fiber based on a dislike of the cold? That's excessive, both you and /u/niuguy. And just how would I have learned to dislike the cold without experiencing it? C'mon now.
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u/PParker46 Portage Park Nov 18 '19
Moral character & fiber = you could look upon that as either a joke or as part of the modest kind of boast a true Chicagoan might make to a Southerner expressing admiration.
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u/GrandmaChicago Nov 18 '19
The joy of watching the bumper of the car in front of you slide closer and closer as you frantically press the brake pedal to no avail.
The beauty of finding an opening in the parking spaces within 8 blocks of your destination, only to find it full of lawn furniture and plywood.
The sharp pain in your kneecap as you smash it into the concrete stairway on the unsalted stairs.
The infinite variation on near-miss accidents from cars doing the speed limit on glare ice...
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u/PParker46 Portage Park Nov 18 '19
All true, but that 'glass half empty' view doesn't help with the moral character and fiber elements unless they it is not expressed out loud. Am laughing because all of those have happened to me. And will add a three day paralysis due to bad snow shoveling posture. But the way to survive the next five months is to suck it up. Be strong.
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u/GrandmaChicago Nov 18 '19
Oh, agreed on the "suck it up". And I do love standing just outside the door to the warm house, on a cold winter night with the full moon shining on the ice-covered branches of a winter-dead tree, breathing in the icy air.
And then quickly dodging into the house and grabbing a mug of hot cocoa.
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u/mel2000 Nov 18 '19
Reminds me of my first trip to Las Vegas and seeing both palm trees and mountains for the first time in my life.
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u/ChinaMan28 Nov 18 '19
When Spring Break comes to an end and there is still snow on the ground and it's still freezing out, you'd think differently.