Asklemmy

43970 readers

827 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
[email protected]: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_[email protected]~

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

269

People from the "hotter" regions, how do you deal with the heat? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

196 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I am from Eastern Europe and this is the hottest summer on my memory. For at least 3 consecutive years the heat is breaking all records.

This stuff is unbearable, I can't even play video games on my laptop, because it warms up very fast and the keyboard becomes uncomfortable for me to use.

So, could you please share any useful tips on how do you survive the summer?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wet your head

For some reason, I've never really thought about this. I splash my face, my neck, wet my arms and legs, but I always forget the top of my head.

Maybe I unconciously assume my hair provides good shade, but it's definitely not long and thick enough for that.

plan your day around the heat

This is probably the most important part. It's quite easy to do that on weekends, but many people have their set in stone hours at work that just aren't compatible with that kind of weather.

We need to figure out how employers can be more flexible with allowing their employees to work around the heat when possible. It's normal for construction workers to start earlier and pause during the hottest hours, why not do that in the office too?

Some middle-european countries are starting to consider the siesta model of their southern neighbours, and I think that's not a bad idea at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here in Australia a lit of road construction works are carried out overnight in the summer. This helps beat the heat, which improves safety, but also improves safety by ensuring work is being carried out when there's the least amount of traffic next to the work zones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Less traffic is something I didn't even think about, but that's absolutely a big added benefit. Especially when so many people don't seem to care about speed limits in construction zones. Well, here at least, I don't know about Australia.

I don't envy the people who do roadside work, it must be incredibly stressful. Hearing protection, helmet and visor protect them, but also make it harder to notice approaching traffic.

I would probably be jumpscared every time a truck suddenly appears in my peripheral.