• psud@aussie.zone
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      I think I’d lose my job if I slept through winter.

      But if everyone did it I’d only see tropical and southern hemisphere people online. It would be a quiet internet. All the advertising would be for tropical Asians. I’d wake in spring with a season of northern podcasts queued and it would take a while to get to my local ones.

      Things would be pretty similar to now for America and Europe, just with the years half length

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    Meh, I seem to be an animal that keeps working 9-5, barely sees the sun for 2 months, and burns shit tonnes of fossil fuels to make up for the heat and light.

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    6 days ago

    Blue is always getting pushed. Migratory birds put on fat before the flight to have the energy required for the journey and hibernating species do the same so they can afford to eat very little during winter.

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      That must be a very delicate balance since it must expend more energy to fly if the bird is heavier.

      But I remember hearing about the amazing migratory flights of some small birds that they conquer in under two days, which would imply they were flying 35mph nonstop with no breaks. So it must be working well for them.

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        They become pretty fat, so the energy storage outweighs the increased consumption. I can always tell when they are about to leave because they are significantly round.

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    I’ve never understood why humans migrated to cold areas.

    “Hey Bob! Let’s move the tribe up near the Arctic circle.”

    “Uh, won’t that be a little challenging?”

    “Don’t be a wuss Bob, nobody like a complainer.”