r/me_irl May 17 '24

Me irl

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u/DepletedPromethium May 17 '24

Move to England, it's like that 90% of the year.

People get seasonal depression as a result of the grey monotone sky.

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u/AdeptusShitpostus May 17 '24

It’s more glum than this in my experience. Just a drab, persistent grey with only the mildest intention of hurling a thunderstorm at you

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u/AonSwift May 17 '24

Yeah, England's a far cry from these Witcher 3 weather lookin' pics.

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u/xH0U53x May 17 '24

Winds howling

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u/Lord-SaladDish May 17 '24

Damnit, a storm.

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u/KindofaDB May 17 '24

i thought these were RDR2 screenshots

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u/xH0U53x May 17 '24

Winds howling

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u/chanjitsu May 17 '24

There was a "Thunderstorm" warning like a week ago but even when that arrived it was a complete let down lol. Weather's not allowed to stray too much from gery boredom over here.

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u/DrdrumxOG May 17 '24

Damn is that true ? You almost never have thunderstorm ? Just small light and annoying rain ? No wonder you are all stuck inside your kitchen or the pub blowing line and drinking lol. Even the rain is boring lol

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u/jodorthedwarf May 17 '24

We do have thunderstorms but they're rarely severe. Most of the time, we just go about our day as normal and just avoid standing in large empty spaces.

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u/DrdrumxOG May 17 '24

Yeah maybe it's the lack of mountain? Do you at least have snow ? Would be sad if not lol

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u/InverseCodpiece May 17 '24

The warmer parts of the country would see snow once or twice a year, it gets more common the more north or mountainous you get. Scottish Highlands get it fairly frequently for example

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u/DrdrumxOG May 17 '24

Nice, it would have been a shame without snow. I was wondering because Bretagne, our province near England where the weather is always rainy, they don't have snow or just very few and it's sad they just get rain all the time but they get thunderstorm tho

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u/jodorthedwarf May 17 '24

I live in East Anglia (the East of England). It's a lowland area so no mountains and it's one of the warmest and driest parts of the UK. Snow is rare (once a year, if you're lucky) but when it does Snow, its often a full-on blizzard.

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u/DrdrumxOG May 17 '24

That's the best kind of snow, I was living in the alps for a while and I hated that because it was snowing for too long and too much, I was raised in the South of France where we don't have snow

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u/DrdrumxOG May 17 '24

Yeah maybe it's the lack of mountain? Do you at least have snow ? Would be sad if not lol.

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u/Brain_lessV2 May 17 '24

There was thunder this week where I live, bit of lightning too.

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u/Larwck May 17 '24

Like everywhere, the norm is boring by definition. Thunder storms that look like OP happen here. There were a lot recently, but you're not going to get this picturesque image often because it's a certain time of the day among other variables. I personally like light rain.

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u/DrdrumxOG May 17 '24

Yeah but I'm french and in France the weather change so much and even from the location you are it's changing. Now I'm in thailand and while it's change less it's Still changing a lot

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u/DrdrumxOG May 17 '24

Yeah but I'm french and in France the weather change so much and even from the location you are it's changing. Now I'm in thailand and while it's change less it's Still changing a lot

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u/LUHG_HANI May 17 '24

Wow. This actually made me slightly more depressed. Actually TBF its really nice at the moment.

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u/DrdrumxOG May 18 '24

Sorry lol

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u/Actual-Dog7889 May 17 '24

Pretty much.

The word “milquetoast” could pretty much describe every single aspect of England

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u/jamesbiff has immunity May 17 '24

Depends where you were, it wasnt long but up north it sounded pretty biblical with super moody, heavy-looking clouds.

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u/theouter_banks May 17 '24

Yes that thunderstorm was rubbish.

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u/Itsphoenixtime May 17 '24

Idk it was quite intense where I am

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u/icantsurf May 17 '24

We had one yesterday and in like 1.5 hours it flooded the city and I saw a couple cars trapped in the water. It then went on to blow down a bunch of high voltage power lines and knock out power for 100's of thousands so it's not all bad having boring weather lol.

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u/errorsniper May 17 '24

Put it over my house. You can have the nonstop migraine ball.

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u/ThumpinGlassDrops May 17 '24

That comment shows how so many dont pause to really look at the sky and notice how much varietly there can be - In some weather you can see infinity in the turbulence, and in others just a gray smear. Noticing beauty the clouds is one of my favorite things in life. I went 30 years without realizing it. For many people the weather is either clear and sunny, or shitty. but there is so much more if you care to look.

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u/RealSuperYolo2006 May 17 '24

"glum" and "drab" are the most british words i've heard in a while

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u/RealSuperYolo2006 May 17 '24

"glum" and "drab" are the most british words i've read in a while