Does Anyone Think Summer Sucks?

ConfuzorConfuzor Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2412Awaiting Authorization
<div class="IPBDescription">Seasonal Debate - Flame the Flames</div>Nothing meant to be too serious here, just a question:

Summer seems to be considered the "fun" season of the four seasons, where everyone goes out to enjoy the sun. I personally like it the least, just too hot for my comfort, I'm paranoid of UV rays, yellow grass is depressing, and I think I FINALLY got over my hay fever.

And the thing that makes summer "fun" I feel is not the weather itself, but rather society decided to pick it as the time when people take time off work/school the most (possibly because the heat lowers productivity?), so we have no choice BUT to enjoy the season because it's the time we have our biggest break.

But what if society were to designate another season to be the "break" season. Wouldn't that make it most "fun" of all seasons? I prefer to have mild weather over the bloody hot weather we had yesterday - and this is coming from Vancouver, a generally very temperate city. I think it would make summer a rather dreaded month other than for ice cream trucks, and making you more addicted to water.

Bottom line: Summer is overrated. - Yay/Nay?

Comments

  • DunsbyDunsby Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1042Awaiting Authorization
    Nay.

    6 Week school break..

    Nice weather.

    Barbeques.

    My birthday <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    Nay! 4 Month College break and Im going to Cancun.
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    Since I'm in school during, summer, yeah it sucks.
  • CrouchingHamsterCrouchingHamster Join Date: 2002-08-17 Member: 1181Members
    Summer is every womans cue to wear less, so yep Summer is complete win.
  • HawkeyeHawkeye Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1855Members
    Socialogically speaking, people associate fun with summer seasons, because most people are on break from school during the summer. Hence, most people summer is the best season hands down. Some people might not like summer, but that is a minority. They say the same is true with colors. People prefer a single color over the others, because subconsciously they associate that color with a fond memory... perhaps their mom in a blue dress giving you a cookie or your very first car being green.

    So my answer to if I think summer sucks, just ask my fondest memories.
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    Summer=sweltering hot and humid. It=no.
  • SaltySalty Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 6970Members
    I like the beach. So summer = win.
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    edited June 2003
    Summer is nice. Only problem is that the sun shines on my monitor, blinding me. My skill is season-conditional. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • dr_ddr_d Join Date: 2003-03-28 Member: 14979Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--CrouchingHamster,HiddenElvis+Jun 7 2003, 06:04 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CrouchingHamster,HiddenElvis @ Jun 7 2003, 06:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Summer is every womans cue to wear less, so yep Summer is complete win. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I second that, pretty girls in skimpy clothes = teh win
  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    Naw, summer's fun. As of the end of this year, I'm allowed to go to the Teen Center and stuff. All these fun activities throughout the summer--paintballing, field trips...
  • BeastBeast Armonkyi Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15731Members, Constellation
    Summer = bleh
    Hot hot hot hot arg i am on fire = fail
    Weee ice cream / no school / holidays = win!
  • SkinnYSkinnY Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7500Members
    i hate the summer... way to hot, i got hay-fever so i can hardly breath sometimes, and nearly-naked chicks aren't that nice.... wam... yes they are... but that is the only good thing about summer...
  • Chopper_Dave1Chopper_Dave1 Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2353Members
    I find that the ugly nearly-naked chicks far outnumber the hot, nearly-naked chicks. I mean, kudos to the big girls for having all that self-esteem, but I just wish they would recognize that the two-piece is NOT their friend. Call me a pessamist, but going to a beach and getting burned, having the pressure to work out so that I can look good, looking at girls who I'll never get and having my eyes scarred by the less than gorgeous ones isn't fun to me.

    In other words, yay.

    I just like the fall more than summer. Even though it means going back to school, it's just...nicer. The weather gets to be just the right temperature (i.e. not sweltering hot), the leaves' colors can be quite beautiful, and the crisp smell in the air is just terrific. You get to meet new people and play/watch the best sports (school football for watching and soccer for playing). And - this may be me, but - I think the girls are prettier when they're wearing cute turtlenecks and such clothing. Bikinis are almost, I dunno, trying to hard; I think it's much more impressive if you can make a sweater look good. But hey, to each their own. But I'm a person who prefers a girl without any make-up on to a girl who has gone all-out with the face paint, so I guess I can be a bit weird.
  • roachemsroachems Join Date: 2003-04-02 Member: 15148Members
    i love summer
    go away now.
  • DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can&#39;t Comm. England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->yellow grass is depressing<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    What the hell?!?!

    Yellow grass? Where do you live and remind me never to fo there.
  • DysfunctionalDysfunctional Join Date: 2003-06-06 Member: 17055Members
    Summer is alright. But not my favored season.. The internet provides the cute girls in skimpy clothes all year round.. So that shouldn't even be an arguement there. <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Personally.. I like fall the best. Not too cold, not too hot. Still warm enough to see the skimpy clothes, but cold enough to see things poking out <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Although, spring has it's perks. A little colder, so not much on the skimpiness.. But it's alot wetter, so anything white becomes just spectactular. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    Yay, someone finally sees what I'm talking about.

    Out of the four seasons, Summer is my least favorite. If it weren't for football starting in Summer, I would probably not have anything to like about the season. Hot, sticky, sunburns, dead grass, sweaty -- bleh. Give me Fall or Winter <i>any day</i> over Summer.
  • Smoke_NovaSmoke_Nova Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8697Members
    Me being of Scandanavian descent (my father's family is Swedish heritage) I can't stand the heat.

    80 degree's = I get loagie
    90 degree's = I sleep. a lot.

    I'm a winter man myself, nothing like goin outside with khaki's, t-shirt and a black neckwarmer for some fun. HUA!
  • ConfuzorConfuzor Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2412Awaiting Authorization
    <!--QuoteBegin--DY357LX+Jun 7 2003, 05:00 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DY357LX @ Jun 7 2003, 05:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->yellow grass is depressing<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    What the hell?!?!

    Yellow grass? Where do you live and remind me never to fo there. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Vancouver B.C.

    Well, it's because I live right across a huge grass park, and in spite of being one of the biggest water consuming cities, what municipality would blow a load of money just to have sprinklers installed to keep football-sized patch of grass green? Residential lawns are generally a healthy green though.

    I guess the another nice thing about summer is the certain fruits available at the market exclusively during that season, but it's still only a token incentive...
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--CrouchingHamster,HiddenElvis+Jun 7 2003, 03:04 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CrouchingHamster,HiddenElvis @ Jun 7 2003, 03:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Summer is every womans cue to wear less, so yep Summer is complete win. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    So you like Summer because women wear less? Huh... I hope you don't have a girlfriend.
  • GWARGWAR Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2297Members, Contributor
    Biking + No-slippery hurty stuff = Good

    No Biking + slippery cold stuff = BAD

    I rest my case.

    (Writtin with a IQ of 19)
  • SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Being of my French and German descent, I... don't know why...but for me, 100 degree weather is just warm. Unless your doing physical labor of course, then it gets hot.
  • ZeusZeus Join Date: 2003-05-31 Member: 16892Members
    Summer is way too hot, i prefer to hibernate and wait for winter again.
  • RellixRellix Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13572Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Summer In Scotland = Unknown
    Last year it raind solid for 6 weeks near enough, we had the worst flooding in years, with briges/roads sliding into lochs/lakes/rivers/burns, flooding, leaky roofs, rivers flowing down hills in a city.

    Spring has been unusaly dry and warm.

    Still summer = good, girls tend to wear less (being a formar swimmer tho not nearly as much)
    Winter = Not as Great As It used to be (global warming means less snow more rain)
  • CrouchingHamsterCrouchingHamster Join Date: 2002-08-17 Member: 1181Members
    ^
    Yup, being in Scotland, summer is a bit of an abstract concept, still this weekend has been nice.
  • RellixRellix Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13572Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Summers over now its started to rain, that was a nice fortnight.
  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    Summer is the best season, hands down, the others don't even compete. Although I might be a bit biased due to the fact that where I live we have two actual seasons, summer, and rain season, in which it rains nonstop forever... and ever.... and ever... Until Summer comes and it only rains every 2 days.
  • SaltySalty Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 6970Members
    The huricanes suck but summer still pwns even if it rains every day.
  • MoquiaoMoquiao Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16168Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--CrouchingHamster,HiddenElvis+Jun 8 2003, 12:04 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CrouchingHamster,HiddenElvis @ Jun 8 2003, 12:04 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Summer is every womans cue to wear less, so yep Summer is complete win. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Amen...

    now im a taken man.. but as they say.. just cos im on a diet dont mean i cant look at the menu.. and oh my damn! some of the fine young things we got trouncing around college....

    shame i break up in a few days :@S
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