I love the rain, at least when I'm dry and indoors. It feels cozy.
this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2026
22 points (89.3% liked)
Ask Lemmy
42351 readers
1551 users here now
A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions
Rules: (interactive)
1) Be nice and; have fun
Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, toxicity and dog-whistling are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them
2) All posts must end with a '?'
This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?
3) No spam
Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.
4) NSFW is okay, within reason
Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com.
NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].
5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions.
If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.
6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !uspolitics@lemmy.world
7) No Hit-and-Run questions.
Please don't delete your post for no apparent reason. If you plan on deleting a question later, say so in the post, or if you feel that you have a good reason to remove it, message a mod beforehand. It's not fair to the ones who took their time to answer, and it's not in the spirit of the community.
8) No Bots.
Posts or comments from bots, LLM's, AIs, Neural Networks, Transformers, or Marvin the Paranoid Android are not welcome in AskLemmy. Real humans only please.
Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.
Partnered Communities:
Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
I’m particularly fond of rain without wind. Storms are okay but they have some inherent danger of falling tree branches or something. But just steady rain coming straight down? Glorious
Im with you, if anything I sometimes enjoy it way more than a sunny day. Its nice and cool, its darker out and feels peaceful. I work in a high stress field so the bad weather makes me feel calm. I especially love thunder.
[Happy splashing noises]
Well, all I can say is that my life is pretty plain. I like watching the puddles gather rain.
It could be a sign of seasonal defective disorder. Either way sounds like theropy may be in your future.
Hehe it’s seasonal affective disorder, aka SAD. Houseplants, vitamin D, and full spectrum lightbulbs on timers help a lot in my experience.
I do like the idea that you are just straight up defective for a season though. Excellent eggcorn.
Seasonal Defective Disorder... I'm defective seasonally? Haha
I used to love to watch the rain. The rain would change things and cause life to grow.
Then I moved out of a desert and the rain became less magical.
Rain has no associations like that to me. The only thing I think is, "are the windows open?" And then I'm glad it's raining. Hail is another story, I'm not a fan.
I love the rain and my tween daughter says "yay! It's raining". So, no. It wears on me when we don't get any sun for a long time, but a few days of rain are usually nice.
Snow would be a "yay!"
Much more calm
Snow is definitely not a yay. Maybe the first snow, but after that, I'd rather have rain.
I never have to shovel rain, but I used to love snow when I skied and rode snowmobiles.
I only care about the rain if I have something that can be broken with water. If not, is only water. If it isn't too cold, no problem.
I like rain if im not stuck in it. Like the sound. My dog doesn't though so im kinda mixed on it as I don't like it when she is afraid. Its funny but playing rain sounds does not bother her. She starts getting scared before it comes so I think she senses it by air pressure or something. One thing that is kinda annoying is growing up we had a lot of rainy days but now a days its kinda rare. its mostly storms. its like we get the same amount of rainfall but heavily in short spurts. Its one of the reasons we have been in a long term drought along with less snow.
I don't really get scared or depressed in the rain, the only exception is if it's dangerous weather and I can't get to shelter: That can get legitimately scary.
I suppose I get a little nostalgic sometimes, or sort of happy to be snuggled up inside. Sometimes I just like to watch and listen to the rain, storm, whatever with no particular sense of feeling other than an appreciation for the world we get to exist in.
Absolutely not, I usually go to the park if I'm not working, pretty much get to have it to myself.
A few years ago my basement flooded after a week of sustained rainfall.
Rain, in general, is great. I love seeing a mild storm come through. Each passing day, though, ratchets up the anxiety a little.
100%. And every time, this plays in my head. Funnily enough, it's not the track samidare (Japanese, loosely: summer rain).
I don't particularly like being out in the rain (some people do), but if I'm indoors it's fine, and being out in it is fine psychologically, just annoyingly cold and wet. It doesn't happen often enough here for me to have rain gear around when I need it or to have gotten used to it.
You could look for the song "Black Hole Sun" online. "Black hole sun, won't you come, and wash away the rain?".
For me it's the opposite, dreary weather typically lifts my mood a little when I'm sad. It's like the whole environment joins me in my gloominess, and my feelings don't feel as out of place.