What is happening to people?
By Fleur
@Fleura (35062)
United Kingdom
January 7, 2026 4:23pm CST
It’s winter here in the northern hemisphere. Just like it has always been every year. And we have had some snow and freezing temperatures. None of this is unexpected.
So what have things come to when the fact that some people have been slipping in the icy conditions, and a few of them have actually fallen over, makes the news?
Have people today become so pathetically mollycoddled that they can't cope with slight variations in the weather? Come on people, this is called life, deal with it!
All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2026.
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@xFiacre (14790)
• Ireland
8 Jan
@fleura People slipping on ice in mid winter? Surely not. Who should we sue? What baffles me is the number of kids who won’t go out to play in the snow, throw snowballs etc because it’s too cold! So many streets and parks covered in banks of snow and not a footprint on it. And Belfast Zoo closed because of the cold. The animals were still there and at large, but it was thought to be too cold for people. Anyway I don’t approve of zoos and they will be closed when I succeed to the throne.
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@BarBaraPrz (51831)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
13 Jan
"when I succeed to the throne." and that is when? 
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@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
7 Jan
When I was working, I HAD to be out in all weather and was careful about it. Now, I stay inside if there's a hit of ice or snow and reschedule anything I'm supposed to do that takes me outside in bad weather. A broken bone or even a bone bruise isn't fun once you get older.
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@wolfgirl569 (135819)
• Marion, Ohio
7 Jan
People expect everything even nature to coddle them anymore. Mother nature does not care
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@RasmaSandra (98033)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Jan
Usually news like this would not be reported,
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@BarBaraPrz (51831)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
13 Jan
I guess it depends on who slipped and fell... I saw a clip on FB yesterday of an ICE agent slipping on frozen water while chasing someone...
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@Deepizzaguy (122203)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Jan
I guess some people get mad when the weather gets cold and slippery.
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@LindaOHio (222534)
• United States
9 Jan
The thing that gets me is the drivers. They live in NE Ohio...we get a LOT of s**w and bad weather...they should know how to drive in bad weather; but they still speed and crash.
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@Fleura (35062)
• United Kingdom
9 Jan
I know, when I lived in MN I expected that people there would be used to snowy conditions, more than here in the UK where winter weather is very variable, so I was surprised when, at the start of every winter, people would be crashing and driving into ditches all over the place!
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@Fleura (35062)
• United Kingdom
9 Jan
@LindaOHio Yes I am a Brit, I spent 3 years working in MN - more than 20 years ago now!
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@LindaOHio (222534)
• United States
9 Jan
@Fleura Surprised that you lived in MN. Were you born in the UK? Yes, on s**w days, there are countless people that slide off the freeway into the median.
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@valherma00 (3840)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
9 Jan
i think a milder weather spoiled us all
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