Today felt like one of the first mornings that was a bit more chill here in Finland compared to the other days. I was one of the people complaining about the Finnish winters and wanting the heat to come as soon as possible but I sure was not prepared for this heat. This was literally the first year I had to go out and buy a fan as the apartment was getting so hot, not just during the days but during the nights too. It feels weird not being used to this heat, especially knowing that 30-35c is not a lot compared to other countries that witness 40c+ daily, I can't even imagine what it would feel like to live there right now.
Without going too much into "global warming" as I'm sure has been discussed and mentioned way too many times recently, I did stumble upon a great video on youtube that explained quite well the current heatwave. Apparently its not just global warming but a nice mix of several things that leads to these record level heat waves we are seeing all around the world today.
This video was published by youtuber Simon Clarke and it explains it quite well and its created in a good way that keeps you concentrated with a tad of humor in it.
As jealous of Iceland as one can be after watching that video, it felt so awesome when we finally saw some rain here in Finland and it seems that right after that the temperature started to drop quite a bit. Today as I stepped on my balcony I could feel the cold cement on my feet for the first time and I just stood there for a bit enjoying the fresh air.
Its weird how the mind works, we often get used to something and keep longing for a change, when the change hits we are so unprepared for it that we long for the old colder days back instantly. It kind of reminds me of us Steemians here way back when the front-end Steemit.com had some issues and everyone started to panic and try anything to get their Steem addiction clenched. Its that whole "you don't know what you've got until its gone" feeling and for Steemians I think its way stronger than any other site on the internet. I know we like to complain a lot about different things as we all are shareholders of the currency and its easy to feel the need for our voice to be heard or to feel entitled about things. During times like those the negative shouts are often heard the most than the ones trying to remain calm and let people know that everything is going to be alright - but it also tells you that a lot of people here would be devastated if the site suddenly stopped running, or in worse case scenario - the blockchain.
I'm not just writing this to point out the obvious, but comparing it to Reddit or other sites I don't think that I would be all too annoyed by not being able to reach it for a few days. Maybe this tells us a lot more about the real worth of the Steem blockchain compared to others?
Those who are often focused on the price and keep thinking that this is not going anywhere, I usually tell them to chill and just think long term, the times of getting "rich quick", etc are over and most of the swings in crypto's lifetime have not happened all too often, but when they do things change rather quick and you don't want to be left holding those paper note scams. :)
Hope you all had a nice weekend, I'm going to be trying to post more this week and get the Fantasy Football going and some news about OCD and other cool things!
