Weird thing I noticed is that the rain doesn't feel or smell the same as it did when I was a kid. Maybe I'm just imagining it, but it seems to me that the rain is stickier. Like, it doesn't dry as fast and leaves you a bit sticky when it does.
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A few summers ago I was hiking, and my skin burned from a drizzle. It wasn't just me either. I was hiking alone, but it was the topic of discussion on the trail. When I got home, and told my kids they thought it was just me being sensitive.
To be clear it was burning my skin uncomfortably itchy type of burn. I was wearing a sleeveless hoodie. Only my arms touched the rain, only my arms were burning.
Hey Michalus, reclaimed sewer water has the same effect. I'm sure it's more than just fluoridation fatigue. "Pure" ain't what it used to be.
I prefer the rain to sunburn. I'm always in the rain. It never happened to me before or since. Which isn't exactly great for proving to my kids that it wasn't just me!
Could've been acid rain. Were you nearby a power plant?
I do live near one of those. It was turned off, and it has been scheduled to be turned back on due to high electric bills. I posted an article about this. I think this was before it was turned off! And, I was in a valley hikers call the cloud womb.
Probably from all the chemical cocktails. I hear snow is weird and sticky foamy too.
Too many chemicals absorbing into the rain
Do you live in the same place?
Yes
It also doesn't really fall. It just kinda hangs in the sky
less skin oil as a kid ---- maybe more baths
Yeah maybe it's just me
also more dead skin buildup when you are older
Same with the sun. It feels like a magnify glass is over it.
Sun feels the same to me, but there's seems to be less sun and more fake clouds.