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The Velveteen Ocelot

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56. It's possible to *imagine* a subtext to anything.

Sat Apr 27, 2013, 01:39 PM

Apr 2013

Hell, one could find a subtext reading the phone book (if you can find a phone book). "Aha! Lots of people named Smith! Why is that, do you suppose? Just evidence of western European hegemony in American cities, I'll bet! Fascists!"

If you want to conjure up a subtext to this rather innocuous observation about the coming of spring and people's reaction to it, feel free. But it seems to me that there are plenty of bigger fish to fry on DU - unless there's an axe you feel needs grinding relative to this poster.

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It has been a tough, long winter in [View all] MineralMan Apr 2013 OP

I am not complaining about the mud. I love the mud. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #1

Yes! MineralMan Apr 2013 #3

Complaing about people complaing about the weather in Minnesota? Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #2

No, not really, MineralMan Apr 2013 #4

Well, everyone has to complain about something! Lol! sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #32

Complaining about mud = ? Electric Monk Apr 2013 #5

Yes. Flooding is different. MineralMan Apr 2013 #6

People who don't live where the ground freezes 48 inches deep don't get spring's mud time HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #7

my friends in Door County were bemoaning lack of spring this year... CTyankee Apr 2013 #17

Yup we had spring two days ago and already...summer. kickysnana Apr 2013 #8

More "homespun" (TM) wisdom. Bonobo Apr 2013 #9

No shit. woo me with science Apr 2013 #10

That guy should look on the bright side. Bonobo Apr 2013 #11

Jeez, can't we just express pleasure over the arrival of spring The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #12

I agree. HappyMe Apr 2013 #14

That poster's complaint wasn't about the weather, I think. MineralMan Apr 2013 #16

Clearly not. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #18

Ah, those dullards... woo me with science Apr 2013 #23

Again --- The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #25

Gratuitous lecturing, with or without (*cough*) politics... woo me with science Apr 2013 #33

Gratuitous crapping on a benign thread. HappyMe Apr 2013 #39

Think of it what you will, but there's definitely a subtext DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2013 #50

No, actually, there isn't. MineralMan Apr 2013 #55

It's possible to *imagine* a subtext to anything. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #56

Change makes me happy. randome Apr 2013 #13

Yup. Me, too. MineralMan Apr 2013 #15

Passive-aggressive. The Link Apr 2013 #19

Winter is passive-aggressive? I thought it was just MineralMan Apr 2013 #20

It must suck to be around you IRL. The Link Apr 2013 #22

You'd have to get to know me, and MineralMan Apr 2013 #24

There are people who complain every day, all day long, about everything. Quantess Apr 2013 #21

There's never a shortage of things to complain about, MineralMan Apr 2013 #27

I wasn't raised to complain all day long. Quantess Apr 2013 #36

And that would include those who complain The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #28

I know. I am already fully aware of the "complaining about complaining" aspect. Quantess Apr 2013 #34

I think there are some people who aren't happy unless they are unhappy The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #35

I am working on getting out of this situation. Quantess Apr 2013 #37

That's a tough situation to be in. MineralMan Apr 2013 #46

K&R Brimley Apr 2013 #26

Oh, I'm sure you're right about that. MineralMan Apr 2013 #29

Spring has sprung. ananda Apr 2013 #30

A song for this thread Yavin4 Apr 2013 #31

Many can't celebrate anything because they suffer from depression cali Apr 2013 #38

And I hope anyone with depression can get treatment The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #40

for a lot of people it is not treatable cali Apr 2013 #45

I realize that it is a complex condition with many causes The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #49

Yep, and don't I know it! Quantess Apr 2013 #51

Or... Quantess Apr 2013 #41

I hope you are making HappyMe Apr 2013 #42

Thanks. It's not easy sometimes. Quantess Apr 2013 #48

That's true, but with proper treatment, most people MineralMan Apr 2013 #43

It seems like many of the 'depressive' posters on this thread... randome Apr 2013 #44

It was a quiet week in Lake Wobegone bigtree Apr 2013 #47

It's funny. My wife and I went to see a taping of his show MineralMan Apr 2013 #53

Is Spring really late this year, or has it been earlier than normal in recent hedgehog Apr 2013 #52

Seems late to me. But I've only lived in Minnesota since MineralMan Apr 2013 #54

It's late by any measure. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #57

That last snow, I refused to do any snow removal, MineralMan Apr 2013 #60

I never complain about winter weather. RebelOne Apr 2013 #58

In Minnesota, we have two seasons as well: MineralMan Apr 2013 #59