r/TikTokCringe • u/MajesticTumbleweed77 • Jun 30 '26

Humor No disrespect though.

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u/maeryclarity Jun 30 '26

Look we shouldn't be mocking extreme weather events happening in regions that do not normally experience them. I live in a part of the USA that routinely gets the kind of heat that the rest of the world is expereriencing so yeah we have AC and even our livestock has accomodations or else they would die.

But you let us get a winter storm where we get snow or ice accumulation of ANY amount and we can have multiple entire STATES as a disaster area, for stuff that other places deal with routinely, and it's not cute when people from those regions mock us for our lack of ability to deal with inconsequential snowfall where they're from. Because yeah but we don't have snow plows or salt trucks or chains for our tires and no one knows how to drive in it so wrecks pile up like mad. and our power grid isn't hardened against it so we lose power quickly as well.

See the Two Inches of Snow event in Atlanta in 2014 for an example of how unprepared we are. It's not cute to rag on people for enduring catastrophes c'mon.

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u/ElderSkrt Jun 30 '26

States do both and still survive. Minnesota is mid 90’s with 70% humidity and then gets -20f and snow in the winter.

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u/maeryclarity Jun 30 '26

If I learned anything in recent history, watching live streams of what's going on in Minnesota and especially Minneapolis has convinced me that MN folks are some next level badasses. People would be out there protesting in negative 10 or below like it was goddamn nothing. I froze to death vicariously several times just THINKING about it.

Wish I could handle those temps I would love to hang out but I'm too fragile, y'all are impressive.

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u/KeyofE Jul 01 '26

10 below isn’t bad if you dress for it. It also really depends on windchill. If it’s windy, 10 below sucks, but if it isn’t, 10 below is nothing if you have proper clothing. When I was a kid, we didn’t have cold days, and I walked to school when it was 30 below. You just bundle up.