Smog Day: An Illustrated Guide

Good morning Beijing! The factories were very busy last night.

Yet when you first woke up this morning, it took you a minute to understand what was going on... 

Then you looked out the window...

And got to work for reals... 

Even though you know that air pollution is a global problem that China is taking serious steps to combat and that without coal-fired plants, the cities will literally freeze... it's hard not to take it pretty personally. 

On the bright side living with smog means that you have developed some pretty bad-ass skills...

Yet there are always a few lunatics that seem to be totally ok with the smog. Jogging in AQI 320-plus. Jogging. 

Spoiler alert, but when you finally get home tonight, you're going to feel like you've had a huge night out...

... but also extremely smug because you've been cranking your filter all day long...

Until you check your AQI app and it hits you: tomorrow will very like be another smoggy day.

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Photos: Giphy, Beijing Smog