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Wholesome: my phone autogenerated a video of my dog remembering what it's like to have snow in winter
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This is the warmest winter in 40 years, 50-60% snowpack, and we're the headwaters for a good chunk of US agriculture. All of the seasonal cycles are so off that nature thinks it's 2-3 months ahead or behind what it should be. The weather this month is normal for April. I was sipping my coffee this morning while looking at the drought-parched landscape and thinking about the impending catastrophic fire season. My phone sent me one of those stupid autogenerated photo collages. It's of how different winters were just a few years ago.
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Since 2020 but especially over the past year, I've entered this weird twilight zone where most strangers I talk to have a radical but nihilistic acceptance. Haircuts, tattoo sessions, random store clerks and clinicians- it's like 50/50 whether they'll preemptively bring up collapse as small talk.
I do that on purpose with most strangers I encounter. Your anecdote is similar to what I experience. Most people respond like this: