• @[email protected]
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      Just live in the Mountain West - Colorado, Arizona, Utah. The air is so dry it actively mummifies you every day of the year.

      • @[email protected]
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        Eh, I live in Utah and I also only get chapped lips in the winter. It sucked the first year when I moved here, but my body adapted.

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    All of those things can be avoided by following Australia’s public health messaging that all kids have learnt since the early 90s. It started as Slip, slop, slap.

    It’s now:

    • Slip (slip on a shirt i.e. Cover your skin in the sun)
    • Slop (slop on sunscreen and make sure you reapply)
    • Slap (slap on a hat, ideally a wide brimmed sunhat)
    • Seek (seek shade - you shouldn’t spend too long in direct sun)
    • Slide (slide on some sunnies - protect your eyes).

    While the country does periodically catch on fire over here, I love our summers. But to enjoy them, you basically have to remember that you’re made of meat and if left under the grill in the sky, you will cook.

    If you’re morbidly obese I can understand summer being very uncomfortable. But for most people, taking simple steps can make even a 40°c day comfortable.

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      The trick is to wear one layer that’s gonna absorb the sweat and another layer for looking good. Bamboo fibre wifebeater with colourful short sleeve shirts got me through 45+ °C 90% h. no bother.

      I’m writing this because I started with just the shirt, and two layers seems counter intuitive, but it’s actually a lot more comfortable and better looking (fewer sweat stains)

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      Granted I think my heat intoletance is abnormal and when I get a doctor that doesn’t dismiss it out of hand I want to see if there’s a reason, but simply sitting in my chair at my pc in 22°C in t shirt and shorts is uncomfortably warm for me. 40 is just awful. Then again I barely notice a difference for anything above ~28, it’s all horrible.

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      Thanks for the advice but still, 40°c is a long way above what I’m confy with. Somewhere around 30°c I’d preferably just lie down and sleep till the summer is over. Also, you guys really love your hats, do you? I know a Australian guy who was constantly wearing his sunhat year around (yes, even when it’s dark outside 90% of the time) for multiple years after moving to Sweden.

  • @[email protected]
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    anon rawdogs sunlight, blames society

    > Doesn’t know about sunglasses

    > Doesn’t know about sunscreen

    > What even is water

    > Acclimated to climate controlled rooms

    > No really, what is water

    > Do you even walk bro

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      I FUCKING LOVE PUTTING THE STINK GOOP ALL OVER MY BODY EVERY 15 MINUTES AND HAVING AN UNCOMFORTABLE CRUSTY CARAPACE SO I DON’T ACQUIRE CRAB DISEASE

    • @[email protected]
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      416 months ago

      To be fair, exposing yourself to the sun is unsafe. During summer the rule is: Don’t go out into the sun. If you have to go into the sun, cover yourself with clothes. If you can’t cover yourself with clothes, wear sunscreen. And limit the sun exposure to an absolute minimum. There is no safe tan.

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      136 months ago

      As someone who wears sun hoodies to avoid negative effects, I respect the evils of the sun.

      That being said, people in the US need to learn acclimation. It does not need to be 15 degrees colder inside. In 2 weeks your body normalizes.

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        As someone who does not live in a climate controlled home but occasionally stays with people who do, I wholly disagree. I love being able to breathe and think rather than having to be in a place that’s just 7-10°F colder because of a lot of effort airing at the right times.

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          16 months ago

          Yeah, idk what that guy is about, few months ago the outside temp was like 32°C and, because my apartment has crap insulation, the inside temp was either equal or higher. That was not fun and didn’t help with going outside at all.

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            I have this too. Some genius did not invest in window blinds on the outside.

            By midday I can just open up everything and let the 32c air in because it already warmed up to that temperature.

    • don
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      The basic two-step human respiratory process completely baffles anon. He regularly forgets whether he should inhale or exhale. Anon is well known for tripping over stray dust particles.

  • BlueFootedPetey
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    You don’t have to lie out in the sun naked from dawn to dusk without water to enjoy a sunny day.

  • Elaine Cortez
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    I love sunny, snowy days. 20°C and above is just “hot” for me

    • trainsaresexy
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      In the fall we usually get a few hours of rain and then it clears away to cloud or sun and that’s my favourite weather.

  • @[email protected]
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    I love WEARING SUNGLASSES.

    I love WEARING A HAT.

    I love DRINKING WATER.

    I Love WEARING SUNBLOCK.

    Jesus christ dude, if you get yourself into some kind of shape that isn’t round, you aren’t going to have these problems.

    • @[email protected]
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      I hate sunscreen, the only thing worse than being sweaty all day is being sweaty and oily and sticky.

    • Da Bald Eagul
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      I only disagree with the drinking water one to be honest. The others I find legitimately annoying. I still wear sunscreen, but only because sunburn is even worse

      • @[email protected]
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        Doesn’t bother me; it’s 2 minutes to spray it on, and then re-apply every hour that I’m outside. As long as I’m wearing a hat to shade my face, I don’t have to worry about putting any on my face, and then sweating it into my eyes.

        Doing hard manual labor in the mid-day sun at the height of summer though? That’s def. unpleasant as fuck. I can do 2-5 hours, and then I’m just done for the day. I don’t know how some people can do that for eight hours a day, day in and day out.

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          Try 10 to 12 hours outside working. If you work outdoors, you ain’t doing no measly 8 hours as a rule.

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            Disagree; most people that work outside are still working for a wage, and OT pay kicks in once you break 40 hours in a week. That limits most places to 8 hours, unless you’re talking about undocumented immigrants that don’t have any labor protections, or people that are self-employed in some way.

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              You’ve never been on a construction job site meeting a deadline have you? Been there, done that, got the tan, and I wasn’t an undocumented immigrant.

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                Yeah, I have, and I got stiffed out weeks of pay I was owed because it was with a fly-by-night contractor that had a nose-candy problem. …Which is why I don’t do that any more. (Plus, he insisted on doing shit in the most backassward, bullshit way. I’ll be surprised if his shit doesn’t kill someone some day.)

                If you work for a reputable company–not as a 1099 contractor, which is self-employed–then you probably have to be paid overtime pay. If you get a W2, and you’re not getting OT when you have to put in more than 40 hours in a week, then you need to consult with an employment attorney.

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                  So you chose poorly the one time. It often happens to the young and dumb - that’s why you got hired. I had a similar situation where I didn’t get paid either. I took the guy’s semi tractor and trailer and kept it until he paid me.

                  I’ve done construction work building pole barns over a 3 state area and then I did some road construction running heavy equipment. They always paid overtime after 40 and travel expenses when needed. With road construction the pay could vary depending on if it was for township, county, state, or federal though. The hours almost always 50 to 70 hours a week. Because there was always the next job waiting and a deadline looming to get it done with heavy penalties if you missed them. So OT was never an issue.

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      OP thinks sunny days are too hard. I have no idea how he survives rainy days. A bit of snow would kill him instantly.

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    I nearly died from being out in the Sun too long, and yet as an adult I insist on lying out on the beach like a chicken leg on a grill (with water this time at least).