I don’t get umbrellas; Whenever it’s raining enough to need one, it’s too windy to use one.
Also how do I know if it works?
Submitted 2 months ago by danhab99@programming.dev to [deleted]
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Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 months ago
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Umbrellas make more sense in places that expect rain most days.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I feel like in those places a good raincoat actually makes more sense than an umbrella.
bstix@feddit.dk 2 months ago
The primary function of most umbrellas is marketing.
If you want an umbrella that works better on (slightly) windy days you’re going to want one with a dome that covers further down over your head and is transparent, so you can see through it. These don’t break as easily in the wind, but of course any umbrella works like a sail.
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
That’s not my experience in my local areas. I guess we just don’t tend to have strong winds, and you do see a ton of people with umbrellas doing just fine
nyctre@piefed.social 2 months ago
No, but I do it because I find it fun. I enjoy the sound it makes.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Here in the Pacific Northwest we don’t use umbrellas. We are practically amphibious.
phar@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Walk under a spot where it’s raining harder? What does that mean? It’s raining but there are spots of unmoving harder rain that you can walk under? What?
kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Walk under the edge of an awning or roof, where the runoff is coming down.
phar@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Touche. That’s a good point.
The other side of me says I would have phrased it differently as that is not raining harder.
Etterra@discuss.online 2 months ago
Umbrellas are for people who don’t wear jackets with hoods. Also jackets with hoods are fire people who don’t use umbrellas. It’s a circular economy, really.
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
No, and keep your eyes on the road!
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Who buys an umbrella? They give them out for free in those cans by the doors at cafes and whatnots?
KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 2 months ago
When I use matches I let them burn all the way through
(Yes, there is a technique to it and years of experience and burns)
teslekova@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The trick, dear Kazu, is not minding that it hurts.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
what umbrella
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 months ago
While it’s neat to feel the rain bounce off your umbrella, it also means your umbrella wears off faster.
And in this economy…
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Used to stand under the edge of a roof that was streaming to give folks without a brella a head start at outrunning a soaking
qualia@lemmy.world 2 months ago
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Man I wish there was a comm for this meme or for these sorts of “what the fuck” questions that aren’t;'t white ShowerThoughts material.
puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
be the change you wish to see in the fediverse
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Ordinarily i’d agree with you but I’ve neither the gift of the gab, nor the charisma for it to draw any attention!
It’ll naturally find a home soon though 😊
danhab99@programming.dev 2 months ago
be the change you wish to see in the fediverse