In the US, Summer is More Enjoyable for People Compared to Winter
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Summer: the warmest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from June to August
Winter: the coldest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from December to February
- You can have fun at the beach, build sand castles, swim, surf, etc.
- much less clothes, less hassle to get dressed. At worst only sunscreen is needed. If you don't wear enough the chilly wind might give you a cold/fever.
- Good fruit to eat, strawberries and watermelon, easily available in summer. Cooling ice cream and fresh drinks are very nice.
- Summer "blockbusters". Heard of those? Bigger, better and more movies overall.
- Sunlight gives you vitamin D and makes you happy (serotonin)
- Girls wear less clothes and look better/more attractive for men, and vice versa. Eye candy is quite enjoyable. Romance is arguably easier especially if you look attractive.
- Out of 2,400+ voters in a poll more than 60% voted for summer
- The festive and The traditions
- Internet feedback
- Search “Summer is better than winter” First 10 results:
- 4 Positive(Summer is better than winter)
- 5 Neutral(Is summer better than winter?)
- 1 Negative(Winter is better than summer)
- Search “Winter is better than summer” First 10 results:
- 7 Positive(Winter is better than summer)
- 3 Neutral(Is winter better than summer?)
- 0 Negative(Summer is better than winter)
- You can have fun at the beach, build sand castles, swim, surf, etc.
- much less clothes, less hassle to get dressed. At worst only sunscreen is needed. If you don't wear enough the chilly wind might give you a cold/fever.
- Good fruit to eat, strawberries and watermelon, easily available in summer. Cooling ice cream and fresh drinks are very nice.
- Summer "blockbusters". Heard of those? Bigger, better and more movies overall.
- Sunlight gives you vitamin D and makes you happy (serotonin)
- Girls wear less clothes and look better/more attractive for men, and vice versa. Eye candy is quite enjoyable. Romance is arguably easier especially if you look attractive.
- Out of 2,400+ voters in a poll more than 60% voted for summer
- Daily Outdoors work. The US average temperature in Summer is about 22*C[2], which would mean it is hard to be comfortable while wearing modest clothing, considering you'd be comfortable naked outside[3](and wearing anything would make you hotter, thus less comforable), and perhaps that is why girls go to the beach semi-nude. In winter you could wear a fashionable coat and feel comfortable (Or two, shall I say?) You can wear the inner demon out on every outfit and perhaps that will make people less judgemental of your figure.
- Sleeping. Sleeping in Winter can take you up several sheets of blanket and you feel cozy and comfortable. This is not Summer as in Summer the environment could be hot enough that you will be sweating the entire night instead of sleeping. Sleeping in a colder room would be better and healthier[4], and no, this is something you enjoy 1/3 of the day. Shown, Winters would be better for sleeping.
- More holidays(look above).
- Sleeping qualities
- Holidays
- Browsers
Christmas can get annoying because of mandatory gift giving, the constant streaming of Christmas songs frustrating you in stores. You can spend your money more wisely in 4th of July rather than Christmas.
- People are more inclined to shop responsibly than not
- People are happier
- People spend more money but are still happy
- (If you are a business owner or an employee, you will probably get more)
Clothing defeats con's own argument because it takes more effort to wear many layers of clothing. Extend my own point about how both guys and girls look better in summer than winter, with skin exposed.
As for marriage, breakups are usually hard to swallow and an emotional impact for most people. So con's argument doesn't make sense.
Extend my movie point. Extend sunlight (day is longer so you get to play more in the morning). Extend poll opinions. Extend fresh drinks and cold fruit.
- Winter has more actual holidays
- Winter is better for your body most of the time
- Winter can make you happier by spending money
- Winter is shown to end toxic relationships more than summer
- Winter has longer nights
- Vote Con.
Pro opens with a list... I am not the biggest fan of those, since they tend to look like Gish Gallops. I do like the comedic note of movies having more noise. I also wholly agree with the clothing point.
Whereas con opened with a well constructed formal case.
The festive and the traditions:
Con does well here with Christmas and New Year, then research to back up the massive rate of participation.
Pro counters with the existence of a bunch of summer holidays, but it's kinda thrown out there without trying to show any comparable in scale (con does good looking at the list for bad examples). He does better on saying Christmas is over hyped and pointing out breakups are more likely in winter.
Internet Feedback:
A nice bit of research, a bit too antadotal, but still good to see some work put in.
Pro counters with another browser, and con double checks (FYI, incognito mode isn't as incognito as you would hope...).
This point doesn't really hold up for me anyway as far as impacts go. If the debate went further, I doubt I would keep paying attention to it.
From there the debate continues, but by the end pro is pointing to things he asserted but did not turn into real arguments, and even uses his final round to just say "summer" which is better than forfeiting, but still seemed to be giving up.
Sources:
Con using sources like Pew Research really tipped this by showing very positive information about his Christmas point that he worked into his argument. Comparatively, pro's best source was that there were a bunch of unnamed holidays in summer, to which con did an excellent job cherry picking to demean them.
Credit to: Benjamin Jorgensen, et al.
We've been informed that a source a user in this debate utilized (https://coffeemeetsbagel.com/blog/dating-statistics/7-popular-time-year-relationships-break/) was plagiarized from Benjamin Jorgensen, et al., which is posted at Bedbible Research Center (https://bedbible.com/breakup-statistics/).
Presumably based on the dates, Benjamin Jorgensen, et al., periodically updates their report.
FYI, I much prefer summer to winter... I just didn't see enough support for summer compared to winter.
When the debate ends, it will be 12/1. Happy winter I guess.
Before attempting to vote, I need to correct something: "If you don't wear enough the chilly wind might give you a cold/fever"
As a former medical professional, this is patently untrue. The type of illness referred stem from viruses, not cold air.
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The problem with this assumption is that its the United States. The United States has a wide variety of different environments. Someone in Florida may prefer Winter, but many people in Michigan may prefer Summer. I personally hate both, as I live in Missouri, which was extremely hard to settle in in the first place because the summers were too humid, and the winters were just too cold.
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Meanwhile, in Australia...
Some good points tho
Ohhh there was so much missed potential
I might have to make this debate myself
PRO has the much easier side. Don't screw this one up, Seldiora
I think I can take this one.