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So NYC got its annual blizzard this past weekend...please note that I said annual. As in occurs yearly.

So NYC got its annual blizzard and, as always, everyone freaked the f*ck out.

:: side eye ::

Unless you're new to this city, you should know that we get hit with at least one blizzard every year. Why does everyone act surprised and cries and moans and can't go to work and omg the blizzard hit. If you have a car and don't own a shovel, that's your problem. If you live in a home and don't own a shovel, that's your problem too. If you don't own snow boots, you're an idiot. And if you don't have to drive or take a bus to work and you're complaining about plows, you're silly. The plows clean off the street, not the sidewalk. You can walk to the train. If you don't live on one of the subway lines that was directly impacted by the snow and suspended, you are not allowed to complain about the MTA either. Oh and if the sidewalks aren't shoveled, direct your anger and statuses written in caps to the owners of the sidewalk, not NYC. If you have a bodega, you have to clean the sidewalk in front of your store. If you are the super of a building, you have to clean the sidewalks lining the whole perimeter of the building, etc etc etc. If you fall and bust your ass in front of your building, don't blame NYC. Blame your lazy ass super [says the daughter of a super so I know what I'm talking about].

Do I hate snow, yes. 6 horrible upstate winters resulted in my not only hating it, but fearing it. But by fear I mean driving, not walking. Sunny is parked and chilling under whatever snow fell on him. I thankfully don't need to drive to work so that part of the blizzard doesn't concern me.

Did I sit and look out the window like holy shit, absolutely. The snow was definitely intense. But if you, as a resident of this city, are acting all shocked and in despair that this happened, I have to laugh at you and ask where have you been. Because it literally happens every.single.year. Yes I totally understand that some streets have yet to be plowed and I totally agree that that sucks ass. But unless you have to drive through that unplowed street, or your bus runs on that unplowed street, I need you to pause. Don't complain just because. Yes I know that some subway lines weren't working at all, but no the entire subway was not "not running" as I read somewhere. Plenty of lines were running, maybe slightly slower, but running nonetheless.

So, I guess I'm saying to you to get over it. It happens, all the time. Is it annoying yes, but this isn't some natural disaster that the city has never seen before and we don't know what to do [like that freaking tornado that hit in Sept]. It's snow. It falls, and as always, starts to melt the very next day. Just throw on your winter coat and boots and keep it moving. Or, as my lovely soror said, "Shovel it and shuffle on people!"