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I like summer because I can wear something skimpy, it's light out, and it's just generally the season people tend to be out doing stuff and having fun. I also love spring.
Winter is the worst. It's too cold, too dark, generally miserable, and everyone just wants to sleep it away. Autumn is fine though
100% agree.
I can wear a t-shirt and shorts pretty much every day without having to look at the weather to know if I need the light jacket, the jacket or the coat, ugh I picked the wrong one, now I'm freezing, or burning to death. Oh crap, I shoulda brought gloves. Where's THE BEANIE... ughhh.... THESE SOCKS ARE TOO DAMN THIN.
Summer and spring are still the seasons I do fun stuff in. Winter and fall are always filled with misery and catastrophe
Yep! They're go out and do stuff seasons. They're also slutty seasons for those who celebrate. Do you know how hard it is to be slutty in January‽ I've managed it, but it ain't easy. But it's also shit like going for hikes, biking, long nights talking to strangers at bars, and all sorts of other fun stuff.
I do love fall too, but it's a different kind of fun and it has the sadness that winter is coming soon.
Fuck January and February.
November being the worst offender.
Autumn colors are gone, it's wet all the time and the days are getting shorter. It's always cold, there is no fruits to go pick up.
Hard disagree. In summer plants are doing a lot of cool things as are the insects and all that activity invites many interactions with larger animals also. Whereas in the winter almost everything closes shop and goes dormant which makes invasive ne’er-do-wells like Youngia japonica and Lamium amplexicaule more prominent.
In summer most plants I have are struggling due to lack of water. Far more interesting things going on in spring and autumn.
I live in a rather xeric sandhills environment with blazing sun and this year has had more drought than typical, so indeed a good number of my less well adapted or more poorly positioned plants have been crisping up. Even so, summer is a season of fruiting and growth for many. Ex. partridge pea barely germinates at the end of spring. It was July-early August for it to blossom gloriously, mid-August for the cloudless sulphur caterpillars to appear en masses to devour those blooms and leaves, and at present the caterpillars are undergoing metamorphosis while the partridge pea bereft of blooms now pushes out the eponymous pea pods. Beautyberries have only just now turned their delightful purple color, the black-eyed susans grew in the spring but did not flower until the summer. I can’t take a step anywhere without the grasshoppers fleeing and despite the dry conditions there are tree frogs taking shelter in the shadows of my house’s siding and toads singing, anoles basking in the force of the sun.
Interestingly one of the plants that looks happier is rhubarb. At least the one I planted a few months ago is. I think its size and deep roots help it store more water and get it from deeper soil. So it manages pretty well with watering once a week.
Tree kale also seems to be OK with the lack of water. But it has been eaten by wildlife instead. I had given up on it but after seeing some of them still alive despite not being watered in over a month and the leaves all being eaten way constantly, I decided to try and see if it can be helped. Got netting for it recently and it does look like it is starting to recover and grow some leaves. Probably give it a bit longer and if it does well I might make a more sturdy frame for the netting with a few canes.
Egyptian walking onions might be able to manage but I only got them recently so they haven't really been tested in my area. Pretty sure they would be fine for a week though. Prefer to have things I don't need to water in the week as well as on the weekend.
Ok summers are bad now but man there was something special about walking outside on a sunny day with some of your friends and no plans. Even as an adult, no plans and good weather is a recipe for a good time.
As long as we can do it indoors in air conditioning.
counter-point: some people exist who like showing off skin and that's easier to do if it's not fucking freezing out there
Yeah when I'm dressed slutty in the winter it's all "why are your hands that color" and not "that dress really shows off your tits". And gods forbid I want to go out topless…
I love when ladies wear dress in winter
I grew up in the northern part of the USA. Summer is also when we didn’t have to bundle up in 8 layers.
A lot of us like sundress / bikini season.
Spring & fall were generally the planting/harvest season so work was a LITTLE lighter in the summer.
All that said, fuck this heat. I’ll take cold any day.
I like summers as in - long warm sunny days where I can hangout in a t shirt and shorts and do fun outdoor activities for a few months.
I don't like summers as in - If I step outside I'm soaked in sweat immediately and run the air conditioning nonstop to still be kind of warm inside. Where the only enjoyable time was 2 weeks of spring like weather and 2 weeks of fall like weather between brutal winters and summers (I'm exaggerating a little).
You know what else sucks? beaches. By most individual metrics they are a shitshow, but when you add all these ngatives together in peoples minds, they end up with a positive impression somehow. Do I want to go sit in sand in full sun, consume sandy food and lukewarm drinks, with limited access to normal amenities, listening to other peoples dipshit music, closely packed together with pasty bloated whale like humans without clothes? No I dont.
Go to better beaches then.
I live near one, never had a problem with being packed in or other peoples music because I just walk along the beach to find a clear area. Its also a gravel beach so no sand.
Insulated water bottles exist. Tbh I don't often bring food with me. Wtf kind of amenities are you expecting. Do you complain about nature not having free WiFi too?
I LOVE summer.
I HATE the feeling of cold on my skin. Even just a little bit.
100 degrees farenheit? Bring it. I'll take it over being even a little cold.
The heat means I can hang out naked. It means I can jump in the river. I means I can go camping. It means I can do anything but sit inside and freeze my ass off all winter in the darkness.
I only feel complete between May-September.
Completely disagree. Even if your working and don't have "summers off" like you used too. Summer time weekends heading to the lake, going outdoors for a hike or a picnic. Just generally having the sunshine on you is still far far far better than a winter world that becomes black and white for a few months.
If summer wasn't better than winter in pretty much every way, S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder) would be most common in summer instead of winter.
Naaaah I hate being in the cold for extended periods of time. I moved away from the north because I hated the winters.
At least in summer you can go out and do something without having to bundle up. I hate having to put on layers to just go for a walk.
clearly never been to west Texas
I think it depends on where you live. I have visited places where summer is the best season. I live where summer is the worst season.
Where I live, winter means:
I hate all those things. I love summer because it’s the opposite.
Facts. Fall clearly is the ultimate season. And I personally love Winter and think it's the most beautiful.
Early Autumn/Late Spring is peak.
The height of any season is (usually) bad.
This is kinda regional perhaps. Winter here is like 6 hours of daytime at its worst, but most days it's overcast so you really get 5-6 hours of real sunshine a week. It's depressing as fuck. And oftentimes the snow doesn't really last, it melts and everything is just muddy to boot.
Spring is when both nature and people (we're part of nature after all) start to come alive. Summer is fucking wild. It doesn't go dark around summer solstice. Like the sun technically sets for like 5-6 hours, but it's never truly dark for a few weeks before and after summer solstice. It just... energizes you if you're a night owl to start with.
Yes it gets hot, but the truly hot weather is just heat waves. Surprisingly enough while southern and central Europe was all kinds of fucked this year, we only truly had like 2 weeks of hot and it was a pleasant hot.
And like if I want to, I can just stay in during the day, enjoy my cooled home, then go out at like 7 PM when the sun is still out, but it's not that hot anymore. You sit outside being bitten by mosquitoes, but you don't really notice that it's suddenly 3 AM because you were having beers with your friends, sitting around a fire at some campsite...
