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citrus_mystic t1_j6tlgmn wrote

Reply to comment by Proof-Variation7005 in Back when my grandparents were kids 👦 they used to have to walk to school in this 🎒 10 miles uphill both ways 🏫 barefoot in the snow 🦶 #401wx 🥶 by WeatherInRI

Folks may not have had as many problems with subjecting children to frostbite conditions in the past, but that doesn’t mean that those kids didn’t grow into adults and realize how fucked up that was to do to kids.

”For example, for someone outside when the temperature is around five degrees and the wind is at 35 mph, frostbite can set in after about 30 minutes. If the temperature drops to -5 degrees with the same wind speed, frostbite can set in in about 10 minutes.”

Regardless, I don’t think that frostbite burns and kids losing the tips of their noses, ears, fingertips and toes is the solution to what you deem wimpy children.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j6tnlsh wrote

This is way too many words for a joke about school being cancelled on a Saturday

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citrus_mystic t1_j6to8ao wrote

Fair. Woosh; that went right over my head.

Apparently I’m not the only one who mistook your joke as a genuine comment though, so at least I’m not alone in my lack of observation skills.

(Edit- I will note that it’s safe to say we’ve all read people make similar complaints like that in earnest on here)

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