A crowd of thousands of people in a large open space in minneapolis participating in the general strike
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[–] 7 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Thereabouts. Chicago is always windy though. It's absolutely no joke being outside like that.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Yeah I mean. I think that sounds right. I do remember the news saying something like 16F but feels like -10F. Or something. The wind chill factor

    Its legit ice wind up there in the winter. And this was downtown, right off the lake.

    I do think it's easier to stay warm if you are moving though but this time they just had like speeches and people standing and I couldn't handle how cold my legs got.

    I guess that's a tip for cold protesting organizers.
    Keep the people moving. They need it for warmth.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    I mean it's cold weather but I assumed it would've been more if it was described as brutal and whatnot 

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    They're remembering their experience in - 10 C, which was already brutal to them, and imagining how terrible it must have been for the folks in Minneapolis in - 23C.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago*

    Yeah. I'm like. Wow. Those people are some bad ass MFers.

    I'm the kind of person who thinks lake michigan water in the early summer is the perfect temperature (60F/17C) for swimming when all my friends are blue lipped and shivering.

    I honestly always say Im more tolerant of the cold than most.

    But apparently I ain't got nothing on Minnesota peps.

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