Post Atp2nXiVhTGfSPHedc by mavu@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AtocAZhDoHiTUfRHV2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-05-06T11:11:30Z
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Is it wrong for me to keep an umbrella in my bag? The last time I kept one in my bag NY had the longest drought in recent memory. It ended when I removed the umbrella. I bought a nice ultralight camping umbrella six years ago and it has never been wet once. In fact the only times I have managed to use an umbrella are on days when I leave during a deluge. In my hands the umbrella is a rain ward.As spring sets in I’m thinking about carrying one again daily. But is it morally OK?
(DIR) Post #AtocrTUmjuIGiO4uPo by DzoniMango@chaos.social
2025-05-06T11:19:13Z
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@futurebird I lived in Wales long enough to carry an umbrella wherever I go. Moral qualms are beyond me at this point 😂
(DIR) Post #Atod3J5fFeKTv1yDAG by chessert@mastodon.online
2025-05-06T11:21:22Z
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@futurebird Consult your local Shaman. 😉
(DIR) Post #Atod72ekIMeC6j9zPs by epicdemiologist@wandering.shop
2025-05-06T11:18:29Z
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@futurebird We should hang out with you. My husband in particular has broken several major droughts by going camping.
(DIR) Post #AtodYtlWwZEAdscIG8 by gbargoud@masto.nyc
2025-05-06T11:27:04Z
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@futurebird Oh that's not why the drought happened.We found a haunted paper mache dog in our building's basement and decided to put it out with the halloween decorations thinking "the rain will wreck it and then we'll throw it out". We put it out like the day after it rained.It next rained on the day we threw it in the trash, weeks later.
(DIR) Post #AtoeVT2lwFUoqpbpk8 by ReverendMoose@mas.to
2025-05-06T11:37:41Z
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@futurebird umbrellas are indeed powerful talismans, but that doesn't mean you should leave them behind, it's important to follow the ancient rituals even if the reason behind the results are unclear.
(DIR) Post #AtoehgcPIGnSQZ6Tsu by maco@wandering.shop
2025-05-06T11:39:32Z
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@futurebird leave it home one day per week for the sake of nature?
(DIR) Post #Atog2yqonigP0fYuI4 by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-05-06T11:54:57Z
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@futurebird seems like wise preparation to me. For many years I always had one of those roll-up rain ponchos in my backpack. Eventually I had to replace it with a nice rain jacket I bought in Seattle. Unfortunately I no longer have the jacket, so today my rain "gear" is really just an extra long-sleeved shirt, but where I live now that's enough for the summer.
(DIR) Post #AtogAph4jNFwvTkVDU by asakiyume@wandering.shop
2025-05-06T11:54:41Z
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@futurebird Umbrellas are one of the most powerful magics known to us. It might be morally wrong for you to carry one and plunge NYC into drought but fortunately the magic is balanced by other umbrella wielders' power. Are there known umbrella wielders of your stature who are failing to wield umbrellas? If so, they're providing a counterbalance to you. ... However, it sounds like your umbrella resonance is especially high, so wield your power wisely!
(DIR) Post #AtokHkhw4DzzJ0hrLE by afeinman@wandering.shop
2025-05-06T12:42:20Z
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@futurebird NYC was the only city I've lived in where if you do forget an umbrella the instant it starts raining there are fifty people trying to sell you the flimsiest piece of crap umbrella you've ever seen.Projectile umbrellas are why I carry a hat instead...
(DIR) Post #Atol16LUSqszRhpdlA by rayhindle@mastodon.social
2025-05-06T12:50:37Z
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@futurebird If it works for you…
(DIR) Post #Aton5UxJ6gpQq4kEpU by afewbugs@social.coop
2025-05-06T13:13:47Z
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@futurebird just carry some sunglasses with you at all times to balance it out
(DIR) Post #Atp05AeJu6FFGS2PJI by resl@mas.to
2025-05-06T15:39:26Z
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@futurebird Nay, dear futurebird! It is evident in these great celestial omens that you have been choseneth by the gods to sacrifice the assurance of protection from the elements which others are afforded, so that in your brave (though reluctant (and hydrophobic)) exposure and unpreparedness, your vulnerability, and your occasional, random, public hair-and-shoe-all-saturating baptismal, this parched earth's want for vital drink might be thus divinely assuaged...eth. 🙏
(DIR) Post #Atp2nXiVhTGfSPHedc by mavu@mastodon.social
2025-05-06T16:09:51Z
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@futurebird be careful with that stuff.I had similar innocent thoughts, and started carrying a umbrella (the cane kind, not foldable) during bad weather times.Then it happened.I got addicted to carrying it and using it as a walking cane.Can't go on a walk without it now, which - i can tell you - earns you a *lot* of weird looks in the summer.(I'm almost sure it's a way of stimming, also i don't mind the looks, love walking with it, so, very benevolent addiction :) )
(DIR) Post #Atp4KL67jrAPpWWzsO by KanaMauna@sauropods.win
2025-05-06T16:27:00Z
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@futurebird Which is more moral: you carrying an umbrella or your head getting wet?