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jducoeur ([personal profile] jducoeur) wrote2020-02-18 10:26 am

Looking for a word

A thought from yesterday:

On the one hand, it was a lovely, invigorating, mild day, which fills me with joy.

On the other hand, Boston isn't supposed to have days that nice in February, so it carries a shading of existential dread.

Surely, there must be a German word for this sensation, right?

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[personal profile] cvirtue 2020-02-18 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know the word, but I have had the same feeling.

OTOH, last week I saw an article that said the mild weather isn't climate change, it's a specific thingy going on with the jet stream.
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[personal profile] elusiveat 2020-02-18 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know the word either, but personally I've basically decided that it works for me to enjoy life on a day-to-day bases regardless of what the weather brings *and* be concerned about how humans have disrupted the climate cycles and what the future will bring.
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[personal profile] cvirtue 2020-02-19 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm certainly willing to believe it is climate change, but here's the article I read:
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/what-happened-winter-jet-stream-science-explains-unseasonable-warmth-u-n1136136
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[personal profile] ilaine 2020-02-21 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
German is one of those languages that let you create words to fit the situation. I'd probably go with Freudegruseln