There's always that one guy... (blame Minnesota)

[Kit-Ginevra]

So big winter storm arrives with temperatures dropping to 19 or 20 degrees and local news is out seeing how people will be coping

Texan #1:I'll be staying at home and wrapping up cosy to stop myself from freezing
Texan #2:I'll be turning the heating up and wearing plenty of layers and making some nice hot soup
Guy in sandals and shorts: I've come out for a walk to enjoy the nice mild weather.Isn't it a lovely day?...(reporter looks at him as if he's some sort of nut) I'm from Minnesota!

[Arcus]

.... Is it bad that I've been 'that guy' before?


My company had sent me to southern California in the middle of January. The news was talking about how they were having a cold spell at the time. The high didn't go above 52 (11c) when the normal average was high 60s to low 70s. Everyone was walking around in their warmest clothes... and then they saw me walking around in a tshirt and without a coat. Someone asked me how I can do that with how cold it was. I just laughed and said "I'm not from here. It was 23 (-5c) when I got on the plane to come here. I love this weather"

[KuariKaydrith]

I've absolutely been 'that guy'!

When I lived in BC I didn't even own a winter jacket or boots. My concession to the cold weather was to add a hoodie under my fall jacket and wear socks with my Birkenstocks. People around me - especially visitors to the province - would look at me like I was insane. Even when I dressed like this when I visited family further inland in the Rockies.

Of course, I kept to the same clothing when I moved all the way across the country to NL. My first winter here? Utterly unprepared for, and it still took me roughly four years to invest in a winter coat and wear a toque and mittens. Winter boots came about four years after that, and only because I had to venture outside to do patrol during my shift. Now, as soon as it hits -10 C I've got my winter coat, boots, scarf, toque, and mittens out, because with the wind chill and dampness of the area it feels a heck of a LOT colder than -10.

Mind you, I've also been the one wearing long-sleeved tops and pants/long skirts in the middle of summer when the temp averages 30 C. One, I'm allergic to the sun and the painful rash I get isn't worth wearing shorts and t-shirts, and 2) I wear mostly cotton so despite the length of my garments I'm still cooler than folks sweating to death in their shorts and t-shirts.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Guy from Texas: It's raining cats and dogs.
Guy from England: It's just a bracing dampness in the air.

I grew up in Florida. A couple of summers we visited my father's family in Ohio. We wore sweaters while there. I'm sure ot the amusement of the locals.

[Racket_Man]

.... Is it bad that I've been 'that guy' before?


My company had sent me to southern California in the middle of January. The news was talking about how they were having a cold spell at the time. The high didn't go above 52 (11c) when the normal average was high 60s to low 70s. Everyone was walking around in their warmest clothes... and then they saw me walking around in a tshirt and without a coat. Someone asked me how I can do that with how cold it was. I just laughed and said "I'm not from here. It was 23 (-5c) when I got on the plane to come here. I love this weather"

had the same thing happen about 20 years ago when I lived in Chicago. snowed about 18 inches 2 days before I was leaving for LA. On my return trip to Chicago two pf the screeners (pre 9/11) were talking about how cold it was (AROUND 65) O looked at them and said I was going back to 0 and lots of snow. they did not like me for that statement LOL

[Kittish]

I've been that person, lots of times! I lived in New Orleans for a couple of years as a kid, and it happened to be a winter that they got "snow". Whole damn city was losing its collective mind, everything was shut down, people were freaking out.... over a DUSTING of snow that didn't even cover the grass and was gone by that evening. I went outside to play in it (not even enough accumulation to make a snowball, pfft) and I might have been wearing a jacket. Everyone else was bundled up in most of their clothes and carrying on like it was the end times. As an adult looking back on that, I kind of want to take just random folks from there and drop them in Chicago in the middle of winter, show them what REAL snow looks like.

[Jay 2K Winger]

I was that guy when I was living in Plano, Texas back when I started high school. The temperature would be like in the 60s F, the Texans would be busting out long sleeves and jeans, I'd still be in shorts and t-shirts. They were always shocked. "Aren't you cold!?" And I would be genuinely confused and just say, "No...?"

I also did meet "that one guy" once. I've told this story many times before. I was waiting after school to get picked up for a doctor's appointment. A "blue norther" had swept in, the temperature dropping like 30+ degrees since that morning, going from low-70s to low-30s and flurries were coming down. I'm freezing my ass off and I see a guy in shorts and a t-shirt completely unfazed. When he saw me looking, he shrugged and said, "I'm from Minnesota, this is nothing."