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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Being hot and sweaty is uncomfortable, granted.

But there's a point where the cold is outright physically painful. And unless you're wearing a full face mask, you're pretty much always going to have some part of yourself exposed.

You also have to weigh the discomfort of being hot against the discomfort of wearing a ton of heavy clothing, and even all the time wasted pulling on and taking off coats, hats, & etc. every time you to outside.

For me, summer wins every time.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I've been outside bundled up in 0°. It was unpleasant.

I've been outside in as little as I could legally get away with in 110°.

No contest: I'll take the cold.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I also prefer the cold myself, but you know it gets much colder than 0°F in lots of places right?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

There isn't a place on Earth that gets cold enough that you can't put on enough clothing to make it surviveable for a few hours.

The human body is endothermic. It regulates it's own temperature by burning energy to create heat, but it doesn't have a mechanism to cool itself in a humid environment.

At high humidity, 95 degrees can be lethal to a hydrated, healthy adult.

Last summer we 45 consecutive days over 100 degrees in a very humid climate.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah I'd go even further. I've been in -25° in full goose down and warmers, it was pretty rough but with protection doable. I've been in 113° drinking water with cold rag on my neck and I could feel my internal organs straining to keep me alive.

The first I was able to withstand for a few hours, the second was max only 15 minutes. I'd take the -20°, it's not even close.

I'd imagine arctic temps is where the scales start to switch, like -60° where your skin starts to flay and your blood can't pump after a few minutes of exposure. But those temps only exist in a handful of desolate places, 110°+ is starting to show where humans live.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

To each their own of course, but I'm perfectly fine dressing for the cold. Sure, once temperatures get below -35C it's not the most comfortable to be outside and you'll want to get good at layering, but I still much prefer it over the inverse (temperatures of 35C and over).

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