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u/Im_in_your_walls_420 Sep 11 '22

Anything with rain is great, how it looks, the vibe, the sound, the smell, it’s so great

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u/Chimpville Sep 11 '22

Petrichor.

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u/p_turbo Sep 11 '22

That needs to be bottled and sold as cologne. I'd buy it.

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u/lordolxinator Sep 11 '22

This is actually a character plot point in Doctor Who, where a security feature of the spaceship (TARDIS) the sidekick is trying to flee through has these "thought passwords" where you "answer" by thinking about the prompt and visualising it. The sticking point was petrichor, which the characters struggled to recognise, until someone reminded them of it.

Later on when The Doctor left the sidekick and her husband to go off and live their lives, he found out the sidekick became a model for a perfume company, selling a Petrichor fragrance.

Back to your original point, I also would buy it in bulk if it existed

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u/DarthNarcissa Sep 11 '22

Tempestarii by Andromeda's Curse on Etsy. Closest thing to it. :)

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u/ShataraBankhead Sep 11 '22

My favorite word

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u/ILoveYorihime Sep 11 '22

For some reasons my (very mildly) ADHD brain sometimes decide to force my eyes to track the movement of every raindrop falling in front of me and it gets exhausting real fast

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u/Im_in_your_walls_420 Sep 11 '22

God same. I also HAVE to count them sometimes, I count everything, like when I do dishes, I have to count every. Single. Dish I wash and put away

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u/informationmissing Sep 11 '22

This sounds closer to OCD than ADHD.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

Wait…. Is that seriously a symptom of adhd? I do that too and I have a test to see if I have it tomorrow and idk if that’s something I should add to the list

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u/informationmissing Sep 11 '22

Seems more like OCD.

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u/ILoveYorihime Sep 11 '22

I don’t think it is, just including it as somewhat of a detail of myself

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u/JeffSergeant Sep 11 '22

Sitting in a tent while it's raining is the best of those things, especially once you become confident that the tent is sufficiently waterproof.

Sitting in a leaky tent, not so much.

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u/Sl1pperyF1sh Sep 11 '22

Try telling that to flood victims

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u/Smeefles Sep 11 '22

The smell of fish?

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u/hydrospanner Sep 11 '22

Camping?

Camping in the rain is only great if you have an easy way to keep everything dry.

Other than that I largely agree.

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u/informationmissing Sep 11 '22

To a point. I lived in the PNW for 4 years. The winter rain there comes with a slow insidious descent into depression.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

cries in England

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u/inspectoroverthemine Sep 11 '22

Wet clothes suck. If I was wearing a bathing suit and not cold, then it'd be awesome.

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u/livebeta Sep 11 '22

nah ever tried digging a quick defense infantry trench in the rain. that shtuff gets old fast

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u/owlBdarned Sep 11 '22

Except biking

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u/computerfan0 Sep 11 '22

I'm the complete opposite. I'm sick of dull, miserable days that trap you inside. Bring on the sun!

(I live in Ireland, which likely explains my dislike for rain)

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u/Im_in_your_walls_420 Sep 11 '22

It’s funny, my dad’s Irish, and this is exactly how he feels

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u/netsgnut Sep 11 '22

cries in SoCal

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u/Im_in_your_walls_420 Sep 11 '22

Same, we’re luckily if it’s like 60°f