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    3 months ago

    25 years ago in my hometown in Hungary, my dad literally had to cut through the snow so I could get around. Snow was waist deep for him, and while that was a somewhat extreme winter (as in, the amount of snow we would get), up until around 2008-2010 winters would be proper cold and have snow.

    In the past 15 years we’ve had proper snow maybe once or twice, and even that disappears into disgusting slag within a day or two. That is if temperatures drop below 0C in December which doesn’t really happen nowadays.

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      Yeah same here. We used to have about 40-60cm of snow each winter about 15-20 years ago. We barely even get snow anymore. It just rains in the winter and it’s fucking depressing.

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    It’s been pretty cold here in the northern states. Maybe this can be the last cold December for all the zoomers and gen A to remember.

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      There was a sudden stratospheric warming event over the north pole, disrupting the polar vortex and sending cold air into the eastern US. The frequency and severity of those warming events is increasing due to anthropogenic climate change. It’s unlikely this will be the last time Zoomers experience this.

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Over the River and Through the Woods was originally a Thanksgiving song.

    About a century later, White Christmas was about a Vermont ski resort that didn’t have snow until December.

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    It didn’t really snow until like last week here. And I live in central Alberta. It’s fucking wild. Not that I’m complaining about that, I just really hate the possible climate implications.

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    It’s only December 9 and the Chicago area has already had nearly 2 feet of snow fall. It’s going to be a looooooooong winter this year.

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    3 months ago

    December was never cold. I am the best December there ever was there was no other December better than me!

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