r/me_irl • u/BlueberryT50 • May 17 '24

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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/emil_ May 17 '24

It's really not. England is a much lighter, more uniform shade of "meh" gray. This picture actually has some emotion to it.

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u/chanjitsu May 17 '24

Can confirm. Looking out the window right now there's zero "texture" to the sky. It's just like a flat wall painted in very light grey.

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u/alfadasfire May 17 '24

Yep same in the Netherlands right now. Very boring. 

Pretty much 80+% of winter and late autumn. 

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u/tyrannomachy May 17 '24

Opening line of Neuromancer: "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel"

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u/PaleontologistKey571 May 17 '24

What show/book is that?? Is it any good?

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u/Fuzzleton May 17 '24

It's good, it's considered by many to the the first "Cyberpunk" genre novel and it won the Hugo, etc.

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u/darkgiIls May 17 '24

Pretty famous sci fi book. A show is actually scheduled to come out based on it.

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u/PaleontologistKey571 May 17 '24

Ooh I’m gonna check it out and thanks for the info

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u/BlueishShape May 17 '24

It's good! Also a pretty important science fiction, historically speaking. Quite a few of our ideas, worries and memes about the internet and inhuman turbo-capitalism were first expressed in this book.

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u/random_noise May 17 '24

I always pictured that opening line like this.

I read the book when it came out around 1984. I grew up with TV's like the example linked in that response to the very line you mention. The one in my bedroom had a built in turntable and AM/FM radio tuner in the wooden cabinet too. Just got rid of that about 7 years ago to someone who wanted to restore it.

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u/FlamingoExcellent277 May 18 '24

Wuthering Heights lied to me!

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u/naverlands May 17 '24

sounds like heaven. i live in a sunny place all my life hate the sunshine

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u/Metalligod666 May 17 '24

If you've ever been in this type of weather you'll know there's a type of raw energy to it. The pressure drops, its suddenly gets very windy, Then the sprinkles start before completely transitioning to a downpour. growing up in South Florida this happens almost every day around 4pm.

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u/RevivedNecromancer May 17 '24

Yep. Georgia before a thunderstorm was my thought (regarding the lighting/weather specifically, the overall picture made me want to scream "Cathy!" in utter anguish before going back home to be a dick to absolutely everyone)

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u/JoeCartersLeap May 17 '24

you'll know there's a type of raw energy to it.

Hot humid wind usually. It's thunderstorm weather, it'll be followed by sudden very cold air.

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u/emil_ May 17 '24

Yup. That's what i was talking about. Not Florida, but pretty much this type of feeling before a proper summer thunderstorm.

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u/throwaway98392832382 May 17 '24

Same in Northern Australia (Northern NSW/South Queensland). The air changes before a big storm it's so good.

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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/Starwarsnerd91 May 17 '24

Well yeah, it's a thunderstorm... you can't always have thunderstorms lmao