I know for a fact that Lubbock folks refuse to admit they are cold out loud, even when it’s freezing balls out. I moved up to Minnesota when I was 18, and it took me literal YEARS before I bought a winter coat. My friend asked me all the time if I was cold, and I’d say some stupid snarky thing like, “Texans don’t get cold,” and then shiver to death when nobody was looking.<\/p>\n
We could be standing outside in 20-degree windchill, dust slapping us sideways, wearing three hoodies like a sad burrito, and still, we will NOT say the words: \u201cI\u2019m cold.\u201d<\/p>\n
We like to give the world an entire vocabulary of delusion, denial , and utter lies, wrapped up in a Texas flag, rather than admit defeat.<\/p>\n
I think it has something to do with grit, but who really knows?<\/p>\n
Photo by Spencer Backman<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n Here are some real things Lubbock folks say when people ask us if we’re cold, because admitting it goes against our personality contract:<\/p>\n “It’s just a little chilly.”<\/p>\n Translation: I can’t feel my face, and I have lost circulation in my legs.<\/p>\n Photo by Raisa Milova<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>“It ain’t that bad in the sun.”<\/p>\n Translation: I am clingy to a tiny square foot of warm pavement like a lizard on a heat rock. Just leave me be.<\/p>\n Photo by Aaron Burden<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>“This wind makes it feel colder than it actually is.”<\/p>\n Translation: Let me die in peace, I’m not putting on that stupid coat.<\/p>\n Photo by Natasha Vasiljeva<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>“My hands are just a little cool.”<\/p>\n Translation: My hands are purple. Mind your business.<\/p>\n Photo by Maximilian Zahn<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>“It’s not cold. I’m just not quite used to it yet.”<\/p>\n Translation: It’ll warm up if we just pray harder. Maybe do a sacrifice like the olden days? Just an idea.<\/p>\n Photo by Susan Wilkinson<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>“If I put on a sweater, I’ll just be hot later.”<\/p>\n Translation: I don’t own a sweater.<\/p>\n Photo by Tom Barrett<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>“I’d rather this than the heat.”<\/p>\n Translation: This one actually isn’t a lie. We don’t enjoy the heat, contrary to popular belief.<\/p>\n Photo by Lydia Torrey<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n Just admit you’re cold, Lubbock. We don’t judge. You won’t, because, well, it IS showing a sign of weakness. We aren’t weak, and that’s why we suffer, and probably will until the end of time.<\/p>\n We got this, y’all…I think.<\/p>\n Keep scrolling for more Lubbock fun in the galleries below…<\/p>\n Texans Should Stock Their Vehicles With This Winter Supplies<\/p>\n Make sure your teens have these items in the trunk of their car.<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n 20 Striking Photos From Across Texas During Winter Storm Uri <\/p>\n Texas was hit hard by Winter Storm Uri, a polar vortex which led to millions being without power for days in constant freezing temperatures. These photos show the good, the bad and ugly of the crisis.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I know for a fact that Lubbock folks refuse to admit they are cold out loud, even when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-63384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}