comment: >
  
  That means nuclear winter is coming.
context: Big meteorology doesn't want you to know how many more weeks of winter you'll have. >
  
  (Deep in the secret volcano lair of the Weather Syndicate)
  Hey, boss; the public is gonna want to know if 2023 will be an early Spring or longer winter.
  We need to keep them on their toes, unsure of the future and wether they should plan their family trip later or take down their storm windows sooner.
  But boss, the Groundhog is going to give them an answer.  Even if it turns out wrong, some people will still act on it.
  Then we need to silence this groundhog. I want him dead, but it needs to look like natural causes. >
  
  Groundhog dies from lightning, blizzard, monsoon, tornado, hurricane, heat wave, and flooding... natural causes.  Nothing to see here people. >
  
  In these troubling times, are you sure he did not fall from a window? >
  
  No, because fall starts in Setember. >
  
  Today's physics question: assume that Fall starts midnight first of September 2022, the groundhog falls out of the window. At that moment. At what height was the window for the groundhog to die of natural causes on impact on the night of 1st to 2nd of February 2023? Please explain your results. >
  
  How much weather could a groundhog weather if a groundhog could weather weather? >
  
  A groundhog could weather as much weather as a groundhog could if a groundhog could weather weather. >
  
  Whether or not the weather is weather or weather weather is irrelevant.  The groundhog is dead damn it! >
  
  Dooooooooooom >
  
  Eternal winter. >
  
  Fimbulwinter >
  
  Does that mean Kratos has killed Baldur? >
  
  But Baldur is blessed with invulnerability to all threats, physical or magical. >
  
  He is not invulnerable to mistletoe, which is what leads to his death in both the video game and in mythology. >
  
  Christmas is really stressful for him >
  
  TIL there are different regional groundhogs that do this and not just Punxsutawney Phil..
  Being from Pennsylvania I thought everyone just went off of what Phil predicted lmao
  Edit: apparently Ohio has one called Buckeye Chuck? What is even going on here?
  Edit2: Woodstock Willie from Illinois? There’s literally an entire groundhog celebrity universe that I guess I never knew about. Shoutout to all of you Canadians checking in with Balzac Billy and Lucy the Lobster. (Also thank you for Crosby and Lemieux, you are forever in my debt) >
  
  Not at all being Pennsylvanian, I thought the same. >
  
  Blame the movie >
  
  Which ironically was filmed in Illinois >
  
  In Woodstock IL, Woodstock Willie at least makes some sense. The rest are just pretenders >
  
  Hey we’ve been doing this weird tradition in PA since 1886! I’ll give Willie the #2 ranking though >
  
  No doubt! But if there were any other groundhog anywhere Woodstock is the only one that makes sense >
  
  Wait, so they DONT just pick up a random groundhog and ask for its opinion on the weather? >
  
  It's usually, like, a pet or something >
  
  I don't like that.  Feels like it could be manipulated with treats or something. >
  
  Have you ever tried pick up a random groundhog? >
  
  I like to meet my rodents through friends. >
  
  Wiarton Willie predicted an Early Spring, but Punxsutawney Phil said 6 more weeks of winter. Wonder what Shubenacadie Sam said? >
  
  In the article
  
  Shubenacadie Sam saw her shadow, meaning six more weeks of winter there as well, according to Global News. >
  
  Skimmed the article. Saw it was Fred la Marmote and missed that part. 🤦 >
  
  If a groundhog sees the shadow of Death what does that say about the weather? >
  
  Winter lasts forever? >
  
  The cold never bothered me anyway >
  
  Let it go >
  
  I feel like this is appropriate here... >
  
  I was hoping to learn the price of groundhog meat. >
  
  I dont think anyone finds this funny unless they were their contemporaries.
  Like a discount Monty Python but somehow worse. >
  
  We had, for whatever reason, a set of their tapes in the 90s, so it ends up having nostalgia value for me. Also, our whole family liked deadpan stuff.
  If I remember right, the groundhog bit was interspersed through a far longer episode, with several 'updates' and 'corrections'. Better as a running gag than standalone.
  Edit: looking it up, a bunch of their stuff was riffs of contemporary shows, so a lot of the context would have been lost on me. >
  
  r/notthebeaverton >
  
  Honestly I thought this was about Wiarton. They had a groundhog die right before Feb 2. They ended up doing some macabre celebration instead with a little coffin. Also a few years later when they opened up the den in the spring 2 of the 3 that lived in the den were murdered. >
  
  Bill Murray laughing >
  
  Aw crap. We're one of the written off timelines >
  
  makes sense, really >
  
  He drove angry >
  
  Does anyone know the location of Bill DeBlasio on the day in question? >
  
  Got the message… Apocalypse it is >
  
  Says. Austin Tx. >
  
  I guess Phil Connors got there first. >
  
  There is no way that this winter is ever going to end as long as this groundhog keeps seeing his shadow. I don't see any other way out. He's gotta be stopped. And I have to stop him. >
  
  So he didn't see his shadow then.  Excellent. >
  
  That happened last year to a groundhog in New Jersey too. >
  
  That’s…umm…ominous >
  
  We have predicted: nuclear winter. >
  
  Aw man, that’s a goocher >
  
  Winter is coming.... >
  
  and the dead come with it >
  
  This groundhog did not kill itself. The deepstate didn't want him leaking this information. >
  
  Well fuck,  there goes all the toilet paper again... >
  
  Didn't I see this post yesterday? And the day before that? And the day before that? And the...
  Aight, I'm gettin the toaster. >
  
  Winter isn't coming, it's never ending. >
  
  He didn't collect enough rings 🥺 >
  
  That’s a hedgehog you fuck >
  
  Metaphor for 2023? >
  
  So if there is more than 1 groundhog, what happens when 1 sees it's shadow and the other does not? Do they cancel each other out, and we just get more global warming? >
  
  Technically, it doesn't need to be alive to cast a shadow. >
  
  Groundhog stays out? Spring!
  Groundhog goes back? Winter!
  Groundhog dies? NUCLEAR WINTER! >
  
  Chicken footprints were found at the scene.  Police suspect fowl play. >
  
  Global warming >
  
  Well that cant be good >
  
  That means Fimbulwinter is upon us >
  
  Does that mean he’s not coming on then? >
  
  Nuclear Winter incoming. >
  
  HE KNEW TOO MUCH. >
  
  That's not a good sign. >
  
  You had one job!!!! >
  
  He's only getting winters from now on. >
  
  There's your answer. >
  
  Fuckin cold, eh? >
  
  uh.... oh... >
  
  It was assassinated. It can't predict six more weeks of winter if it's dead.. >
  
  If you seen day after tomorrow, then you know what he’s predicting >
  
  That’s…. ominous >
  
  that means the apocalypse is coming, right >
  
  Right.  Ice age it is then! >
  
  I suspect murder... >
  
  Avian flu jumped from birds to minks to groundhogs? >
  
  It's officially been found in dead seals, otters, and foxes too. Groundhogs don't seem such a far leap... >
  
  That’s never a good sign. >
  
  So... Apocalypse right? >
  
  Oh shit that means nuclear winter >
  
  A dead hedgehog predicts the mass rise of the working class to consume the rich. >
  
  Died suddenly >
  
  He died because groundhogs not living in Punxsy and named Phil incur the wrath of the gods if they try to predict the timing of the seasons. >
  
  Well. He didn't see his shadow... >
  
  Maybe he committed groundhog suicide because he knows winter is going to be long and brutal and he can’t take it anymore >
  
  The final sign the Stanley Cup is returning to Canada. >
  
  Ah, so more winter, but to spice things up we'll be switching over to the nuclear variety >
  
  
  A group of children took Fred's place and predicted six more weeks of winter.
  
  Ahhh I was hoping they would say spring is coming in 6 weeks. Damnit. >
  
  Truly, it is the end of days. >
  
  Ohioan here, today is the first time I’ve ever heard of Buckeye Chuck, I thought everyone went off of Phil >
  
  Great. Eternal winter, just what we needed >
  
  So this probably isn't an omen. But sure looks like an omen. Maybe there will be no summer this year, or decade. >
  
  Winter will last until December this year >
  
  Well I guess it didn’t see it’s shadow then! >
  
  2 more weeks of face masks! >
  
  Hopefully no one drove 7 hours and waited 4 hours for this >
  
  Six more weeks of DEATH >
  
  The Canadian remake of Groundhog's Day is going to be lit 🔥 >
  
  It was a hit placed by Phil, there can be only one >
  
  It's collusion with big weather >
  
  Groundhog committed suicide, with two bullets in the back.
  Weather service was unavailable for comments. >
  
  Nuclear winter incoming >
  
  Canary in the coal mine >
  
  Punxsutawney Phil sends his regards…. >
  
  Predicting the apocalypse >
  
  I think that means 7 years of bad winter >
  
  The funny part is that there is a cold front coming here in quebec and the temperature forecast is like -50C with windchill tomorrow >
  
  Conspiracy by Big Winter >
  
  You are now entering the next ice age.  Congratulations! >
  
  It’s a Provincial tragedy >
  
  Wait, it's "Fred"?  That's just one of the backup groundhogs.  Wiarton Willie is the main one, and it looks like his current incarnation survived this year to predict an early spring. >
  
  Fred is from Québec. It's kinda ironic that you would call it "the backup". 
  Are you by any chance from GTA? >
  
  No, obviously I must be from Wiarton. >
  
  The Clinton’s got another one >
  
  Nuclear winter for 6 more weeks. >
  
  Nuclear winter it is I guess... >
  
  Nuclear winter it is then. >
  
  Died due to climate change.
  …that means Spring is coming tomorrow! >
  
  Thus predicting nuclear winter >
  
  If he felt off a window we’re getting 6 more weeks of Russian invasion. >
  
  I mean at 39% correct prediction rate, we were better off flipping a coin for better accuracy. This seems to just be a coin flip with extra steps, but at least it's a fun lil event. >
  
  Does that foreshadow a nuclear winter?