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Great, we could sleep one hour more, but suddenly, it's getting dark at 18.

Great we have one hour more of sun on the morning, but instead of being pitch black when starting to commute to work it's just still dark and by the end of November it'll be pitch black anyway.

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[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 3 points 31 minutes ago

The best part about winter is staying inside, Christmas, Christmas baking, and New Year's/New Year's Eve. Otherwise it's miserable for me because I really dislike the cold.

It doesn't help that last winter my area was getting below zero (FΒ°) weather, which I can never recall having to deal with much before. Calling that miserable is an understatement.

The only other good thing about winter I can think of is getting a god damn peppermint patty (hot chocolate w/ peppermint schnapps). Otherwise, absolutely no other reasons for me to like it.

[-] don@lemm.ee 3 points 41 minutes ago

Average winter enjoyer here, just chiming in to say β€œfuck summer!” We may be few in number, but we are large in spirit.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 45 minutes ago* (last edited 45 minutes ago)

No light is not natural for humans... I feel like I'm missing out on life for four-five months every year. November to March is awful.

I just want to pick one and stick with it. Like, holy fuck, the switching is awful.

[-] Corno@lemm.ee 4 points 1 hour ago

Nope. I love Autumn and Winter the most! πŸβ„οΈI actually can't stand warm/hot weather 😭

[-] lath@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

Yes. Not me, but yes.

[-] ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Yep! It's cold, damp, and dark and it goes on too long. Having to shovel snow is also awful. 0/10, do not recommend. I much prefer spring and summer.

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 2 points 16 minutes ago

Winter time, not wintertime.

[-] ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 minute ago

Haha, missed that. Yes, I hate that too.

[-] fishos@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Winter? Nah. Love it for many of the reasons already being stated.

But the fake as fuck holiday season that comes with it? Done with it. I'm celebrating Festivus unironically this year. Done with the rest of that shit.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

You ditch fake holidays and... replace them with another one?

[-] don@lemm.ee 1 points 44 minutes ago

You’re somehow puzzled by this?

[-] clark@midwest.social 2 points 2 hours ago

Right? Lmfao.

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Moving towards the equator made me hate winter a lot less. Having more consistent daylight throughout the year made a big difference for me.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 38 points 5 hours ago

I hate summer and daylight saving more.

If you're too cold, you can always do something. If you're too hot, you can only do so much then be miserable.

[-] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 4 points 3 hours ago

You only get winter because you also have the other three. (We only have autumn here in the UK though).

You could always find a planet without a tilted axis. 😁😁

[-] Kacarott@aussie.zone 3 points 2 hours ago

I wonder how much energy it would take to adjust earth's tilt πŸ€” nothing could possibly go wrong with that, right?

[-] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

Nah, gimme the dark mode time. Year round.

[-] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 22 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I am of the opposite opinion, I LOVE winter for the exact reasons you're describing!

I have some inherited photosensitivity, so nighttime's my favourite time! I also handle the cold waaay better than I handle heat, and my organism just feels like it starts coming back to life once autumn shows up!

Summer pretty much always makes me wish I could sleep my way through it.

[-] Thavron@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

My 2,5yo has been refusing to sleep earlier than 21:00 on the dot for months now so I'm hoping winter time will finally get us back to a somewhat sane schedule. So far it's working, she just fell asleep at 19:30.

[-] illi@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

18? I wish. Getting dark at 16-17 here now.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 hours ago

I LOOOOOOOOOVE winter time. It's snowboard and snowmobile season baby!

[-] green_copper@kbin.earth 9 points 5 hours ago

If I'm not mistaken, I think OP meant switch from daylight saving time.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 hours ago

Ah...yeah, funk that. DST is dumb.

[-] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 3 hours ago

DST is what most people prefer. It's the switch back to standard time that's dumb.

[-] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 8 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Get up in the dark, go to work, get out in the dark... πŸ’€πŸ˜­πŸ’€

[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 hours ago

I despise getting ready in the dark and getting home in the dark. It's harder to fit in a lil fishing after work and I can't wear shorts and crop tops outside on the deck.

Winter stinks!

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 hours ago

The difference between DST and ST isn't going to help that. The daylight is shorter regardless.

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

I prefer winter over any other season

[-] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

The point when it gets dark at 4pm in December is the worst.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Does anyone else lowkey love the short bout of darkness before the sun rises and you're up early? It feels like Christmas but nobody else is up

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

No, literally zero other people hate wintertime.

Some people.love taking things literally despite obvious context though.

Winter time is standard time with the sun at the highest being noon. If we all want more sun in the evening then we should shave an hour off the workday and stop whining that the sun comes up earlier in the summer.

[-] kindenough@kbin.earth 3 points 4 hours ago

I like wintertime, it is comfortable sleeping in low temps. Great for my astma as well.

I also like the dense sound taking a walk when it snows, and appreciate returning to a warm home after. Then it is time for green pea soup or stamppot and rookworst.

They should get rid of changing clocks though

[-] MrWafflesNBacon@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Honestly I don't really like winter because that's when my seasonal depression starts coming in full effect

[-] hostops@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

I believe I have read read somewhere depression (or suicide I am not sure) is more common in summer. Which to me seems counter intuitive until I found out the main cause for this might be loneliness. So lonely people seeing other people getting together.

Would you say in your case depression worsens due longer nights or holiday season in December?

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

In my case, it's cause it's too hot to do anything and I can't fuckin' breath with all the plantmatter in the air. Non-winter seasons suck.

[-] fisco@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

I don't mind the winter if its cool & dry, not so much when its windy & raining..

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 4 hours ago

Dark at 18. Its the dark at 16 that really gets me. and it is the dark to. I thought it was the cold. in particular I bike less in the winter and I thought I was a wus but I actually find im fine biking in the afternoon. Its really the problem of I don't like to bike in the dark.

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 3 points 5 hours ago

I like the winter. I moved to where I live now specifically so I could experience seasons (Southern California has one season all the time)

Also, your post reminded me of this Smashing Pumpkins song.

We only come out at night

[-] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

I actually like it mostly, but fall and late summer are my favorite seasons.

It sounds like you may have seasonal depression, lots of folks do, including one of my siblings. Have you checked out the special lamps they have? They mimic the suns light, Idk about the research, but I know a lot of people who've said they help.

[-] Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

It's not just the season, but the idea of having to change all the clocks and do our life on hour earlier/later/whatever, so now when we leave work it's night, and when we make-up it's dark, but there is enough light to commute to work.

The Whole daylight saving time is stupid, especially when switching to winter time

[-] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago

Fair points, yeah.

[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

I sort of feel like I'm walking in a tunnel that gets smaller and smaller as I walk.

[-] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org 2 points 5 hours ago

Yes! Brother, we might be few but we are here. Fuck Wintertime, summertime all along.

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