Streetalk: When does talking about the weather become annoying?

Chris: It’s annoying when people are like, “Hey, man, it’s snowing outside. It’s snowin’.” No shit. Yeah, it’s snowing. You never seen snow before? I like talkin’ about music and instrumentation and drugs and guitars. Weather is boring. You’re not going to do anything about it. When I go outside to walk my dog or go to work, that’s the only time I investigate on what’s going on. Weather is weather. People always come inside all bundled up and tell me it’s cold outside. Yeah, like I’m here standing outside on a beach smoking cigarettes.

Hannah: It’s nice small talk because it’s not biased, it’s not racially diverse. It affects everybody equally. It’s only when people become condescending it becomes annoying. A lot of people from up North, from the North — however they like to qualify it — who, whatever you say about the weather, say, “This is nothing. You really haven’t seen it snow.” OK, 4 inches in New Hampshire is probably nothing, but in Atlanta it’s a big deal. I like seeing snow in Atlanta. I’ve been up North a thousand times. I’ve seen snow. I don’t like the condescension.

Sean: In the elevator. A lot of people are weirded out in an elevator. I’m on an elevator and I’m hitting on the same conversation about weather two or three times. Like if someone steps out and another guy comes in, and it’s, “Hey, what about that weather?” Well, I just had this conversation. If you’re new to the group, like there’s three or four guys on the elevator, yeah, we all know that it’s snowing or there’s a blizzard. Make a real conversation. There’s nothing else you can say about weather.