BainsBane called a rectal aperture

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024413055

Oh my.

BainsBane (22,467 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:36 AM

THESE 20 U.S. CITIES ARE ALLOWED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE COLD

If you wonder why some of us don't feel a lot of sympathy hearing about how "cold" you have it when it reaches 30F, it's because what's cold to you is heavenly for us.
 
Yes, it is cold enough out there for us. It doesn’t even matter where there is — if you live in the United States right now, it’s probably Polar-vortex-level freezing. But thanks to the Weather Channel’s list of the 20 coldest big cities in America, you know exactly where you stand as far as wind chill-induced misery goes. Is it colder in your city than where your friends live? Colder than Boston? Colder than — gasp — Chicago?
 
TWC used average 30-year temperatures for December, January, and February to determine not which city has the most extreme cold or snow but the most persistent chill during core winter months. The results — based on data from the National Climatic Data Center — may surprise you (for instance, I don’t generally tend to think Colorado or Missouri when I think of frostbite). Of the 100 most populous U.S. cities, the most consistently cold locales are:
 
1. Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota

2. Anchorage, Alaska

3. Madison, Wisconsin

4. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

5. Omaha, Nebraska

6. Chicago, Illinois

7. Lincoln, Nebraska

8. Rochester, New York

9. Buffalo, New York

10. Ft. Wayne, Indiana

11. Toledo, Ohio

12. Detroit, Michigan

13. Akron, Ohio

14. Cleveland, Ohio

15. Indianapolis, Indiana

16. Colorado Springs, Colorado

17. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

18. Denver, Colorado

19. Kansas City, Missouri

20. Boston, Massachusetts

http://www.bustle.com/articles/12208-these-20-us-cities-are-allowed-to-complain-about-the-cold

<<<agrees with our former colleague; while on one hand it's understandable that people get all upset and bent out of shape when dealing with climate with which they're unfamiliar--such as snow in the south--it's not quite the same thng as dealing with life-threatening weather.

One's simply uncomfortable, inconvenienced, not in peril for their lives.

But it's apparent franksolich is the only one who agrees with our former colleague.

flamingdem (27,430 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:38 AM

1. You forgot Burlington, Vt*

The cold wind off Lake Champlain makes it a contender

*not a "major city" as specified by the article; the primitive has poor reading comprehension.

BainsBane (22,467 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:40 AM

2. Weather.com picked the cities

Not me. All I know is that I live in the coldest major metropolitan area in the country, and this year has been the worst in decades.

Whisp (21,627 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:40 AM

3. No, that's wrong.

If you wonder why some of us don't feel a lot of sympathy hearing about how "cold" you have it when it reaches 30F, it's because what's cold to you is heavenly for us.

I feel sympathy for anyone thrown into something unfamiliar and possibly dangerous.

I live in colder than anyone here, probably and I can't find one whiff of superiority to people that have no idea what cold is on a regular basis. Or snow and bad highways.
 
Maybe I read you wrong. I hope.

BainsBane (22,467 posts)   Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:45 AM

5. Part of it is I don't understand how those tempeartures can be dangerous

-20 F is dangerous. 30 is not. Sure, it's a drag. Nobody likes to be uncomfortable. When your mayor doesn't prepare the city, it can be a nightmare. But most people simply have weather colder than what they are used to.

Whisp (21,627 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:46 AM

7. I think that is the part, the part is you don't understand.

BainsBane (22,467 posts)   Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:49 AM

11. then enlighten me

Unless someone is homeless and living outside for a prolonged period of time, there is nothing dangerous about it. They face far greater danger during hurricanes.
 
Are you seriously going to say that 40 degree temperature in the South is more dangerous than -20 or -30 F in the North?

Whisp (21,627 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:58 AM

15. well yeah. We are used to it in the north.

Heaters, hot rum toddies, toques, plug ins for your vehicles.

And we have a sense of what all the seasons mean. I am north of you and have Extreme. Some summers are blazing egg frying sidewalk and some winters Antartica feeling (this winter we went -50 celsius, at -40 Farenheit and Celsius meet). The vast difference in temperatures in numbers is astounding.
 
I don't mean to get into fistycuffs with you BB, but man, people are suffering from the cold they are not used to and we just can't will it away by acting like it is not happening and because we know and are attuned to a different weather.

BainsBane (22,467 posts)     Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:00 AM 

16. Atlanta suffered

Homeless people suffer. Others are UNCOMFORTABLE. Being uncomfortable is not suffering.

Whisp (21,627 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:02 AM

20. No, but making a deal of it feels more uncomfortable at the moment.

I don't find this too much different for people than being assaulted by a hurricane or tornado. At a much less scale Obviously, but still. They are faced with something 'uncomfortable' and for me, the very least I can do is not mock them!

^^^yeah, yeah, yeah, this "I'm morally superior to you" bullshit of Democrats, liberals, and primitives.

BainsBane This message was self-deleted by its author.

kentauros (23,833 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:42 AM

4. It's called "acclimation."

Learn it and you might understand how to have sympathy for those in conditions they are nowhere near used to enduring.

BainsBane (22,467 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:46 AM

6. I lived near the ecuator

and I've lived in MN. It takes a while to get used to it, but then some people just enjoy complaining.

kentauros (23,833 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:49 AM

10. Good for you.

So, you were able to acclimate to it. Not all of us can, or do. So, it's still ****ing cold for us in the South, whether you are able to find any sympathy for us or not.
 
Also, what most are complaining about is not so much the cold as it is the assholes laughing at us for not being able to acclimate as perfectly as them.

<<<am sure that if a hurricane struck Nebraska, primitives would guffaw and laugh at us for not being able to get used to it.

BainsBane (22,467 posts)     Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:51 AM

12. I'm not laughing

I am saying you should count your blessings. But go on and whine about how much worse it is for you to hit 40 degrees than for others to freeze to death at -25F.

kentauros (23,833 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:01 AM

18. Where did I say anything about it being worse for us?

Don't go putting words in my posts that aren't there. YOU said you have no sympathy for us in this coldwave because we're not suffering anywhere near as much as y'all are. Now who's doing the whining?

Whisp (21,627 posts)   Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:12 AM

26. how long of a while did these people have and how long did you have ---?

knowing what climate you were going into.

honestly, I feel like someone stole your password, BB.

wtf.

<<<doesn't think anybody stole BainsBane's password; she's probably just drunk.

But even if drunk, her points are good and solid and valid.

stevil (185 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:47 AM
to BainsBane:

8. So much compassion.

Are you for real?

BainsBane (22,467 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:54 AM

14. For ****'s sake

There is nothing people won't get themselves in an outrage about on this site.

The Straight Story (45,988 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:00 AM

17. Indeed, from holding open doors to owning something someone doesn't like (like guns)

People get upset at all sorts of things

stevil (185 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:01 AM
to BainsBane:

19. You are kidding?

Carry on....

Fumesucker (35,481 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:10 AM

25. Indeed, even including getting outraged at people who dare to complain of being cold

Outraged enough to put up an OP about such awful behavior.

alcibiades_mystery (29,770 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:54 AM

13. I walk a little less than a mile from the "L" home (Chicago, North Side)

Tonight was something like 22 degrees. It really felt like room temperature after the last week! Now, I'm bundled and layered up, of course, but still.
 
I agree with posters calling for compassion. But there is a tiny little corner of my soul that's like "Oh, buck the **** up. It's 30 degrees? Gimme a break!"

Yeah.

Niceguy1 (1,861 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:08 AM

23. depends on what you are used to

And equipped to deal with. Some peoplebdont have cars and may not bave the clothing or sufficently warm housing to deal with dramatic temperature decreases. And we have had homeless die at 30.....just saying.
 
A little empathy never hurts and it doesnt cost anything, either

^^^more of this "I'm morally superior to you" bullshit of Democrats, liberals, and primitives.

Spider Jerusalem (16,587 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:09 AM

24. Sorry, but, no

cold weather is normal for all of those cities. It's 10F in Atlanta right now. The normal temperature for the time of year is above freezing. People living in areas where they aren't acclimated to extreme cold weather have every right to "complain about the cold". Telling them they don't makes you an asshole.

Okay.  That's it.  I'm putting this primitive on the "watch list" for the Top DUmmies of 2014, for that gratuitous, undeserved, unwarranted slander of the lady.

BainsBane may be an insufferable elitist prig who thinks she's cerebrally-superior to us , but she's no rectal aperture; that description better fits tons of other primitives, but not her.

[RobJohnson]

I have not seen but a few specks of snow this winter. The exception was up on the mountain. Now I don't even get to see snow up on the mountain caps it's been so warm this winter. We really could use some precipitation.

We have not even had any windy days in a long time. This winter has just been about perfect during the day.

Carry on.

[franksolich]

Uh oh.

She caved.

BainsBane (22,473 posts)   Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:36 AM

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[franksolich]

From before the cave:

Vashta Nerada (2,469 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:13 AM

27. 30 degrees F is NOT dangerous.

You want dangerous? Last week, here in Minnesota, our wind chills were at -45 degrees F with temps at -15 to -20 degrees.
 
30 degrees dangerous?

Whisp (21,640 posts)   Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:18 AM

28. because your ass is used to it and you are prepared.

omg.

the denseness, it's hurts.

<<<putting the whispy primitive on the "watch list" for Top DUmmies of 2014.

Vashta Nerada (2,469 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:29 AM

35. Two people have called you out on it so far.

No one is defending you.

What does that say about your argument?

Hint: It's invalid.

Whisp (21,640 posts)   Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:35 AM

40. and who the f are you and why are you talking to me?

^^^now, that primitive's an asshole.

[franksolich]

More, from before the cave:

Fumesucker (35,488 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:10 AM

25. Indeed, even including getting outraged at people who dare to complain of being cold

Outraged enough to put up an OP about such awful behavior.

BainsBane (22,473 posts)       Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:24 AM

31. Where exatly is the outrage?

It's a list of the twenty coldest cities.

Fumesucker (35,488 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:30 AM

36. THESE 20 U.S. CITIES ARE ALLOWED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE COLD

BainsBane (22,473 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:33 AM

39. That's the tile of the article

It's not outrage. It's a title. I hope you can endure the indignity of reading such a scathing piece from weather.com. Life really is just one trauma after another. All these awful people publishing articles.

Fumesucker (35,488 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:37 AM

43. IT'S SHOUTING!1!!!

ALL CAPS IS CONSIDERED SHOUTING ONLINE!1!!1!

BainsBane (22,473 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:41 AM

45. You know

that's how the article posted it, and I simply copied it. But you have succeeded in reminded me just why trying to have any discussion in GD is a complete waste of time.

^^^must've been why she caved.

[franksolich]

Yet even more, from before the cave:

BainsBane (22,473 posts)   Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:29 AM
response to the Spider Jerusalem primitive, who gratuitously called the lady an "asshole"

34. the normal here is around 10 F

Yesterday it was -20F, and we've had ten or more days like that this month. It's colder than normal everywhere. It just so happens the cold here will give you frostbite within 5 minutes and kill you within about 20 minutes.
 
The asshole is weather.com. It's their title and their article.

Spider Jerusalem (16,589 posts)   Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:32 AM

38. So?

All the cities on that list? Cold weather is a routine occurrence. Houses and buildings are built for the climate and properly insulated. People dress for extreme cold weather and have extreme cold-weather clothing in their wardrobe. The state and local departments of transportation have road crews with ploughs and salt and grit. The infrastructure is built on the assumption of heavy snow and ice. None of these things are true of the South. If anything? None of the cities on that list gets to complain about cold weather, because they're USED TO IT.

BainsBane (22,473 posts)   Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:39 AM

44. And?

So? Yes, obviously the infrastructure is built to handle it. Does that mean there is something wrong with people knowing which are the coldest cities in the nation? I fail to see how posting this information constitutes some sort of travesty.

One wonders why she caved; those were perfectly good and strong arguments, and could've easily withstood the onslaught of thousands of negative, contrary primitives.

She should've left it up, to give other primitives a chance to show what assholes they are.

[BlueStateSaint]

Yet even more, from before the cave:

One wonders why she caved; those were perfectly good and strong arguments, and could've easily withstood the onslaught of thousands of negative, contrary primitives.

She should've left it up, to give other primitives a chance to show what assholes they are.

It's because it's over here, and so was she, at a couple of points in the past.  She doesn't want to be tombstoned--it's probably one of her only releases of frustration that she has. (But only for the second part of the second sentence.)

[franksolich]

It's because it's over here, and so was she, at a couple of points in the past.  She doesn't want to be tombstoned--it's probably one of her only releases of frustration that she has. (But only for the second part of the second sentence.)

Well, I must say I at least harvested a couple of new primitives for consideration for the Top DUmmies of 2014, Spider Jerusalem and the whispy primitive; always on the lookout for new talent, I'll see how they evolve over the year, if they're good enough for the big time.

<<<always keeps eye out for primitives with talent.

[franksolich]

By the way, Spider Jerusalem and the whispy primitive inspired me.

As you already know, there's going to be a new special award for the Top DUmmies of 2014; the Margaret Carter-Bartholomew Scott award, the "Peg & Barry," for the most flatulent primitive of the year.

Now I've decided there's going to be another new special award, the Douglas Bulna award, the "Doug," for the primitive who proved himself the biggest asshole of the year.

[Gern]

BainsBane (22,467 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:54 AM

14. For ****'s sake

There is nothing people won't get themselves in an outrage about on this site.

The Straight Story (45,988 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:00 AM

17. Indeed, from holding open doors to owning something someone doesn't like (like guns)

People get upset at all sorts of things

----ZING!!!   Lol, that was timely.


  

[Gern]

Now I've decided there's going to be another new special award, the Douglas Bulna award, the "Doug," for the primitive who proved himself the biggest asshole of the year.

How about something more sublime, like "The Walrus"?   

[franksolich]

How about something more sublime, like "The Walrus"?   

No, the special awards--like the "William Rivers Pitt" award--have to have a dignified name, along with a nick-name.

Since the Top DUmmies of 2014 will involve a third person, an "idea man," so as to lessen the load on Mr. Wiggum and myself, writing the awards should be a piece of cake, as easy as strawberries-and-cream--I can churn out awards in my sleep; what to write about is the nerve-wracking draining fatiguing exhausting part of the job--there'll probably be three or four new special awards this year, although of course the Top Ten is what counts the most.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Everyone knows that cold weather is a patriarchal construct for the objectification of women to make their nipples stick out.

[landofconfusion80]

Everyone knows that cold weather is a patriarchal construct for the objectification of women to make their nipples stick out.

Why'd you have to rat me out? Now I'll have to turn off my snow and ice machine in the backyard. thanks alot.

[fatboy]

Now I've decided there's going to be another new special award, the Douglas Bulna award, the "Doug," for the primitive who proved himself the biggest asshole of the year.

I think that one will be hard to fill

[USA4ME]

I've lived in Atlanta and if they get even a trace of snow the place shuts down. You hope it snows overnight there so there's not as many on the roads, but when it snowed during the mid-day with all the schools open and people at work, you knew it was going to be trouble. They just simply don't have the equipment to clear the roads and the people there are not accustomed to driving in it. So what should be a nice easy drive for everyone and placing more space between you and the other driver, etc... becomes 4 million cars with 4 million nervous drivers waiting to cause 4 million problems.

.

[hillneck]

They just simply don't have the equipment to clear the roads and the people there are not accustomed to driving in it.

That's one of the issues here in the low country during our ice/snow storm.  They have two snow plows for a six county region.  The highway dept. had people in the back of pickup trucks throwing out a sand/salt mix with shovels.  The stores here don't even sell ice scrapers.  Talked to a buddy of mine that's stationed in Anchorage, it's actually been colder here in the low country than there. 

[franksolich]

I've lived in Atlanta and if they get even a trace of snow the place shuts down. You hope it snows overnight there so there's not as many on the roads, but when it snowed during the mid-day with all the schools open and people at work, you knew it was going to be trouble. They just simply don't have the equipment to clear the roads and the people there are not accustomed to driving in it. So what should be a nice easy drive for everyone and placing more space between you and the other driver, etc... becomes 4 million cars with 4 million nervous drivers waiting to cause 4 million problems.

An advantage I enjoy out here on the roof of Nebraska is that if traveling conditions are rough, it's still a lot easier because there's no other traffic on the road.  ("No other traffic" not because of the weather, but simply because there's very few people here to create traffic even on good days.)

I feel for people in snow-clogged areas, no matter where they're at, who have to deal with other drivers.

[Carl]

Jugs just can`t help being stupid no matter where she posts.

[thundley4]

BainsBane (22,467 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:40 AM

2. Weather.com picked the cities

Not me. All I know is that I live in the coldest major metropolitan area in the country, and this year has been the worst in decades.

How's that global warming working out for you?

[AprilRazz]

BainsBane (22,467 posts)    Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:46 AM

6. I lived near the ecuator

You would think someone who knows everything there is to know about Latin America would know how to spell 'equator'.

[Wineslob]

Everyone knows that cold weather is a patriarchal construct for the objectification of women to make their nipples stick out.

*likes this*

[wasp69]

You would think someone who knows everything there is to know about Latin America would know how to spell 'equator'.

What an illiterate asshole...

[franksolich]

You would think someone who knows everything there is to know about Latin America would know how to spell 'equator'.

I gave her a pass on that, because she was probably drunk last night when she wrote all this.

[BlueStateSaint]

I gave her a pass on that, because she was probably drunk last night when she wrote all this.

Quite possibly the case.