I live in a pretty hot climate, but it’s only really unbearable at times due to shoddy building and bad urban planning. Even then, summer can be difficult.

I can’t imagine what it’s like on the equator, especially in dense urban centres. What’s Mumbai, Bangkok, or Singapore like at the height of the wet season?! How do millions of people function day to day?

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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I wonder the same thing about people who live in cold environments. I've never seen snow, and I know I won't handle it, because I can't handle single digit (Celsius) temperatures, let alone below 0...

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    With cold, you can layer appropriate clothing. And you can find much better appropriate clothing for purchase in the places that require it than you can find in your shops, along with advice from people who live there. Just don't follow the example of the cargo shorts at -40° boys.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'd rather be blistering hot than wrapped up in layers and living inside stuffy heated buildings

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    I live in central Europe, fuck the cold, fuck all the layers have to put on, i'd be rather drenched in my ballsweat than this shit.

    My mood/mental health/general will to live noticeably nosedives as the cold temperatures come around.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I'm from hot and have visited cold, and there are not enough clothes in the world to keep me warm if it's cold enough. I just don't seem to generate enough heat to warm them. I think we are just built differently - my husband is from colder area and when he works out he has to wait to cool down before showering, I have to wrap up so I don't cool down too fast.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Cold is easy, wear more, burn stuff for heat.

    Hot is hard. When I’m already fully naked and still sweating, what then? Lightly fan myself with something?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Actually yeah.

    1. Get dry.
    2. Get into an air stream like a fan

    Your perspiration into dry air has an evolved cooling effect. It's the same principle used by the 'zeer' pot to keep stuff cool in high temps with no electricity (and that's a freaking magic trick, lemme tell ya).

    But, now see why the rising "wet bulb" temp is an issue in the lower US and toward the equator with the rising temps: if it doesn't evaporate, you're in trouble.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Colds not too hard to deal with at all. As the other poster mentioned, when outside, the trick is layers.

    Inside, it’s actually very easy to trap heat. Knowing where and how it dissipates in a house makes a huge difference, but it’s generally much easier to heat a place than cool it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Currently in Canada. Tomorrow will be like, 5F (-15C). Layers are king.

    That said- normally I'm pretty good with cold temperatures, but these are the temps at which it hurts to breathe. And somehow there's still people walking around in basically nothing

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