• jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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    17 days ago

    We should reframe climate change as an attack on winter recreational activities. Then Republicans might actually give a shit about it.

    “Oh, I’m not worried about climate change. But I’m very concerned about the impending demise of snowmobiling.”

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      16 days ago

      There was one particular parking lot near my house that was not plowed for years. The snow would fall, melt a little during the day, and then refreeze. Spent many evenings there.

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      16 days ago

      But snow isn’t particularly slippery, the only way that works properly is if there’s a layer of ice underneath. So you need a warmish day with some rain, followed by a bitter cold night, followed by a dusting of fresh snow to really lose traction in a parking lot.

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    17 days ago

    It has been a long time since most of those places have been cold enough, long enough, to have a lake become that solidly frozen. It has been 30+ years since I have seen this happen in the mid atlantic.

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    16 days ago

    Idk about the etymology of the American “whipping shitties”, but seeing it’s popular a saying in States where there have historically been Finns, I guess there could be a connection. Or not.

    But in Finland we call it “ajaa paskarinkiä” “driving in a shit circle”

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    17 days ago

    Wait until they learn about parking your half-tonne on it, building a hut and sitting there fishing with some beers for hours.

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      16 days ago

      And having your house warm enough to fish in your underwear while drinking said beer and fishing.

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    16 days ago

    NJ here and at no point could you drive on lakes. It doesn’t get that cold. Most of the winter you cannot skate on ponds.

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    16 days ago

    I’ve always heard it called that regardless of what you’re driving on. I assumed it referred to the circle of tire tracks it leaves.

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    17 days ago

    You know the old trope about how people in the South can’t drive in snow? We do donuts on the roads unintentionally once the snow falls and refreezes to ice. No lake needed. I guess if you only have snow on the roads you have to seek out places where the car will slide around.

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      16 days ago

      In the PNW, we don’t get a lot of snow and it doesn’t get cold enough to freeze lakes, but we do get plenty of black ice. Rain + tons of shade under evergreen trees can cause a lot of issues.

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    15 days ago

    Am Floridian, can confirm. Istg every few months I learn something about cold places that’s terrifying like ‘black ice’

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    16 days ago

    Maryland can be included in this. We have parking lots…and empty roads…and neighborhoods…and intersections.

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    Am from NE Ohio and have never heard people driving on frozen lakes except to ice fish. We would do donuts in large parking lots. Bonus if you do it with the windows down. Bumper skiing was another one. Ah to be young and insane again…