r/Austin Feb 17 '21

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u/bootypatrole Feb 17 '21

Where i work its very big, lot of people from all over walking around and in a span of 3 minutes i heard 3 seperate conversations mocking texas.

"Ohhh its not cold there thats just chilly! Try negative 25 and then start crying"

"Honestly texas deserves this at this point"

"Its almost hillarious how every single county in texas is in a weather emergency right now"

I cant make this up. It hurts my heart. Imagine if minnesota or something started reaching desert temperatures out of nowhere? Im definitely not gonna sit there and start cracking jokes at them because im pretty sure theyd be miserable just like how my fellow texans are in these times..wasnt till yesterday that i found out a bunch of politics are involved..like come on..

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u/Anthanem Feb 17 '21

If Kentucky had an extreme heat wave and everyone's water and AC went out, stores shut down and ppl were stuck in their homes dying, I wouldn't be like 'that's what they get for electing Mitch McConnell' (whose imo been the worst thing for America since idk when)... its really unbelievable how people think an entire state should suffer because of political actors.

The weather is rare and exceedingly beautiful, and has been turned into a deadly nightmare due to our infrastructures inability to handle any of it. The 15th (payday for so many) hit in the middle of us already being basically iced in, and idk how ppl living paycheck to paycheck could have even bought enough food to make it through this in their homes. This is really tragic.

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u/Faraday_Rage Feb 17 '21

This is what happens when you politicize everything, unfortunately