• selokichtli@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    A/C particularly, electricity waste. It’s damn ridiculous, even for Texas. Are northerners born in fridges?

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      2 months ago

      It gets to be 90°F with a dew point of ~75°F where I am.

      You can swim in the air with those numbers and absolutely suffer heat stroke. Fans just circulate the humid as fuck hot air. :(

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        2 months ago

        And that’s a bit of a break here. We hit 100+F regularly over the summer, and its 82 F and 85% humidity in the mornings. No AC is bad.

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          2 months ago

          Guys, I’ve literally lived on a tropic. Not talking about specific places where heat in times of climate change is a real health issue.

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            2 months ago

            I guess I got triggered by “northerners” lol I’m from long Island NY and it gets absolutely brutal in the summer. The NE gets surprisingly gross in the summer months

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      2 months ago

      The climate is different in different parts of the world, you see. But if you want to live through a Texas summer without A/C, go for it and enjoy.

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        2 months ago

        Jesus. I’ve lived in a place where it’s not rare to surpass 120 F each year in summer. This is not the point, the point is to have A/C on 24/7 everywhere as soon as you are reaching 70 F.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Are northerners born in fridges?

      yes.

      As a midwesterner here. Anything above 75f is uncomfortable for me, i either have to be functionally naked (or literally) or in a cooler temperature to be comfortable.

      It also varies from person to person, although i’ve noticed commercial buildings will often have a lower temperature, idk why this is, might be regulation, might be social policy, something or other, who knows.