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If the rain comes, they run and hide their heads

by bahro 11y ago

Outdoorsman 11y ago
I feel sorry for them... Were the kids you appear to be referencing in your comment taught to fear rain for some reason...by adults? My experience has been the opposite... (just curious)
- partisan 11y ago
  As a child, you get wet and when you are done, someone changes you: an adult. There is no downside. As an adult, you get wet and you know someone has to change you: you. If you don't change into dry, warm clothes, then you know you will get sick. In light of that, you learn that it might just be more convenient to stay dry. That trumps and drowns out the temporary joy.
  - Outdoorsman 11y ago
    Sure, sometimes it's more convenient to work at staying dry...especially if you need to be dry for a reason--work, an appointment, grocery shopping, etc...I'm pointing out and advocating something different... Getting wet or cold; neither "causes" sickness...that theory was debunked years ago... I commute to work in cities for some of my gigs, but don't live in them...my leisure time is mine...getting wet..?...It's just not that big of a deal when I have no pressing business...fear of getting wet is no reason to miss the magic of standing out in the rain... We lead different lives, my friend...and both are OK...
    - whoisburbansky 11y ago
      Debunked? I'd be interested in seeing a source for that. I keep having to debate this with my mum and my girlfriend to no avail; they can't seem to let go of the wisdom of the ancients they believe their parents passed on to them.
      - andywood 11y ago
        https://goo.gl/FmhaAp https://goo.gl/FmhaAp Nothing bullet-proof definitive here, but the consensus certainly seems to be that colds are caused by virus entering the respiratory system, nothing more.
    - partisan 11y ago
      >> We lead different lives, my friend...and both are OK... Absolutely and thank goodness for that variety. I was just putting up an explanation for why kids like playing in the rain and why adults typically do not.
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If the rain comes, they run and hide their heads

by bahro 11y ago

If the rain comes, they run and hide their heads

I feel sorry for them... Were the kids you appear to be referencing in your comment taught to fear rain for some reason...by adults? My experience has been the opposite... (just curious)

partisan 11y ago
As a child, you get wet and when you are done, someone changes you: an adult. There is no downside. As an adult, you get wet and you know someone has to change you: you. If you don't change into dry, warm clothes, then you know you will get sick. In light of that, you learn that it might just be more convenient to stay dry. That trumps and drowns out the temporary joy.
- Outdoorsman 11y ago
  Sure, sometimes it's more convenient to work at staying dry...especially if you need to be dry for a reason--work, an appointment, grocery shopping, etc...I'm pointing out and advocating something different... Getting wet or cold; neither "causes" sickness...that theory was debunked years ago... I commute to work in cities for some of my gigs, but don't live in them...my leisure time is mine...getting wet..?...It's just not that big of a deal when I have no pressing business...fear of getting wet is no reason to miss the magic of standing out in the rain... We lead different lives, my friend...and both are OK...
  - whoisburbansky 11y ago
    Debunked? I'd be interested in seeing a source for that. I keep having to debate this with my mum and my girlfriend to no avail; they can't seem to let go of the wisdom of the ancients they believe their parents passed on to them.
    - andywood 11y ago
      https://goo.gl/FmhaAp https://goo.gl/FmhaAp Nothing bullet-proof definitive here, but the consensus certainly seems to be that colds are caused by virus entering the respiratory system, nothing more.
  - partisan 11y ago
    >> We lead different lives, my friend...and both are OK... Absolutely and thank goodness for that variety. I was just putting up an explanation for why kids like playing in the rain and why adults typically do not.
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