what if god was the summer heat (natural* weather) and satan was the AC (manipulation the world for comfort)?
The true hero of summer
Submitted 5 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to memes@sopuli.xyz
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Mac@mander.xyz 5 months ago
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Fucks sake, so many people are afraid of a little heat.
I haven’t lived anywhere with central air in more than 30 years; the best I’ve had is a single window unit that I would run at night only, and otherwise it’s all fans. I live in the south; you just have to get used to it.
Moreover, if you expose yourself to heat, you actually adapt to it to a degree. Same goes with cold.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 5 months ago
lol it’s 107 this weekend get fucked
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 5 months ago
107 fahrenheit is 42 celcius.
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HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Been there, done that, in San Diego (technically Lakeside, but it’s metro San Diego) when the Santa Anas came up from Baja, Mexico. I didn’t have room fans at the time either. IIRC, most people in San Diego at the time–mid 90s–didn’t have a/c.
teft@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I agree with you to a point. People can get used to high heats. However we are going to be reaching problem temperatures soon. Look up wet bulb temperatures. I will drop this quote from the wiki page on wet bulb temperatures:
Even heat-adapted people cannot carry out normal outdoor activities past a wet-bulb temperature of 32 °C (90 °F), equivalent to a heat index of 55 °C (131 °F). A reading of 35 °C (95 °F) – equivalent to a heat index of 71 °C (160 °F) – is considered the theoretical human survivability limit for up to six hours of exposure.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Oh, definitely. I’m not arguing with that at all. But for the most part people in the US rely on a/c when they’d be better off getting sued to the heat.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Heat in excess of 80 degrees increases everyone’s risk for heat injuries, especially for workers. The heat in the last 5 years is undeniably caused by climate change, and creates a lethal threat to outdoor workers. It’s not “just a little heat”.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I’m not talking about climate change; I’m talking about individual adaptation.
lobut@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
I think it can depend on where you live and dry heat vs humid and stuff, but in general I agree.
I would sleep with a fan instead of turning on AC.
Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 months ago
To a point. Temperature alone isn't the issue, humidity is the factor. We are exothermic creatures and produce internal heat we have to get rid of. If sweating begins to lose effectiveness due to high moisture already in the air, we slowly start to cook ourselves inside and organs begin to fail.
I've lived in the south too, you can absolutely get used to the higher variations after a few years. Except when it starts getting higher than you can biologically cope. Just ask people in countries hotter than the U.S. south who have lived fine with the heat for centuries who are now faced with possible death as things get both hotter and wetter there.
Or just read the first chapter of The Ministry for the Future, it's online.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 months ago
This is mostly directed at people in the US that are using a/c for convenience, rather than people in India that are literally dying of heat right now.
Also, a/c creates net heat.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Until the ambient outside air reaches 115ish then it just won’t do anything.
Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 months ago
Correct, because it's a heat mover. Literally it's heating the outside with the inside heat it pulls. All A/C units have a delta change they can manage (difference between inside and outside), the next (or first) step to take is better insulation to require less heat to move at a given time.
Dempf@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Which will be a more common occurrence in the future.
Veraxus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Why is god’s strongest soldier trying to bankrupt me?
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Seriously. And the hottest part of the year is still a month or two away.
bappity@lemmy.world 5 months ago
nah air conditioners are contributing to it 😭