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Wow. An umbrella fundamentalist. Is there a law of the internet that for every trivial thing you can find someone with absurdly strong opinions leaving comments
by IIAOPSW 10y ago
Wow. An umbrella fundamentalist. Is there a law of the internet that for every trivial thing you can find someone with absurdly strong opinions leaving comments about it?
- Groxx 10y ago>Is there a law of the internet that for every trivial thing you can find someone with absurdly strong opinions leaving comments about it? There has to be, it's one of the few constants of the internet. That said: you merely have to experience umbrellas in a high-density environment a couple times before those opinions are the only rational response. Umbrellas are hostile to everyone within reach. (corollary: whenever that number remains at zero, they're perfectly fine)
- PSeitz 10y agoBut it does work in Tokyo, maybe it's the people
- ianamartin 10y agoI'm specifically talking about NYC. It's definitely the people.
- ianamartin 10y agoYou have no idea how much umbrellas suck on NYC sidewalks. You literally have no clue. They are awful.
- thinnerlizzy 10y agoGolf umbrellas suck. Smaller umbrellas are no more a nuisance than than circumventing slow walking tourists on the street.
- ianamartin 10y agodeleted as dupe. not sure what hn is doing here.
- CalRobert 10y agoIt's something quite a few people have opinions on; usually in rainy cities with crowded sidewalks. I see very few people using umbrellas in central Dublin, for what it's worth. Most annoying are the tourists who seem to think that it's raining just because it's cloudy, and open their gigantic umbrellas in response.
- ianamartin 10y agoUmbrellamentalist is obviously the most correct word for this. Walk around Brooklyn on a rainy day. You'll be on my side before you know it.