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If you had to live the rest of your life in single or triple digit temperatures which would you choose?

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  • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

    Original question by @[email protected]

    Freedom degrees. Roughly -13° or 38° if you live in the sane parts of the world.

    I’d pick triple digits, mostly because I’ve lived in places that routinely hit 100° in the summer, and I hate shoveling snow.

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    Triple digits because I don't like anything about winter. The cold makes my body ache and nobody does anything because going outside sucks ass. I think I'd get used to the heat, I can tolerate it fine as is. Room temperature below 25°C/77°F feels freezing cold to me.

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      Single digits. You can always put more layers on but you can't take more off than naked.

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      ...right, and therefore triple digits. AlwaysNudeClub rise up

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      • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

        Original question by @[email protected]

        Freedom degrees. Roughly -13° or 38° if you live in the sane parts of the world.

        I’d pick triple digits, mostly because I’ve lived in places that routinely hit 100° in the summer, and I hate shoveling snow.

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        #43

        Depends. If we're talking 100 degrees and no humidity? I could probably do that. The misery doesn't really set in until 110. 10 minutes outside below freezing feels like knives.

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        • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

          Original question by @[email protected]

          Freedom degrees. Roughly -13° or 38° if you live in the sane parts of the world.

          I’d pick triple digits, mostly because I’ve lived in places that routinely hit 100° in the summer, and I hate shoveling snow.

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          #44

          It is very hard to grow food outdoors in either case. Underground the temperature is fairly stable at about 30+°F. If that's allowed, and I can manage how to grow food underground, then from experience I know I can easily survive 9°F and spend a LOT more time outdoors than at 100°F

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          • K [email protected]

            i mean, single digits is also leathal; 9F is much worse than 100F. it is just easier to warm a room than it is to cool it down, but if you had to be exposed to the outside temperature 9F will kill you, 100F won't

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            But that's also assuming that it stays at just over triple digits, doesn't it? 125F is just as valid as 101F, and that's without going to something ridiculous like 872F.

            0F, or -9F if negatives are included in this, can definitely be very dangerous, but can be prepared for and compensated for more easily than temperatures over 110F.

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            • Z [email protected]

              Anybody still using that? Oh, well, probably Usa then...

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              Still using it? Celsius was invented less than 20 years after Farenheit, in the first half of the 1700s, and initially Farenheit was much more widely used (primarily by Britain). Both have benefits; Farenheit is more granular, but Celsius is easier to apply alongside Metric measurements.

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              • M [email protected]

                Still using it? Celsius was invented less than 20 years after Farenheit, in the first half of the 1700s, and initially Farenheit was much more widely used (primarily by Britain). Both have benefits; Farenheit is more granular, but Celsius is easier to apply alongside Metric measurements.

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                Still using it?

                Yes. Some people still use body parts for measurement... others still use 3 characters for emojis 😉

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                • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                  Original question by @[email protected]

                  Freedom degrees. Roughly -13° or 38° if you live in the sane parts of the world.

                  I’d pick triple digits, mostly because I’ve lived in places that routinely hit 100° in the summer, and I hate shoveling snow.

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                  I love the cold, I wanna live someplace cold.

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                  • daggermoon@lemmy.worldD [email protected]

                    I love the cold, I wanna live someplace cold.

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                    #49

                    North-west terretories, top tip of scandinavia

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                    • M [email protected]

                      I like the point about climate change, if you could trick the genie into agreeing that once you set up your new home you get to stay there. Then pick a spot on the cusp of frigidity. So it will gradually get into the double digits at least.

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                      Currently doing exactly that. My partner and I just bought a house and a few hundred acres in northern Maine, and will be moving in less than two months. Yeah, winters are cold and long, and yeah, the mosquitos and blackflies suck, but triple digit heat is really rare up there.

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                        Still using it?

                        Yes. Some people still use body parts for measurement... others still use 3 characters for emojis 😉

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                        I'm sorry, I meant it incredulous, like "excuse me, it's weird to ask that"

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                        • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                          Original question by @[email protected]

                          Freedom degrees. Roughly -13° or 38° if you live in the sane parts of the world.

                          I’d pick triple digits, mostly because I’ve lived in places that routinely hit 100° in the summer, and I hate shoveling snow.

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                          Single. I don't much like how weather.

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                            Single. I don't much like how weather.

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                            Well said.

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                            • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                              Original question by @[email protected]

                              Freedom degrees. Roughly -13° or 38° if you live in the sane parts of the world.

                              I’d pick triple digits, mostly because I’ve lived in places that routinely hit 100° in the summer, and I hate shoveling snow.

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                              Single digits in C or F triple digits in K

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                              • K [email protected]

                                i mean, single digits is also leathal; 9F is much worse than 100F. it is just easier to warm a room than it is to cool it down, but if you had to be exposed to the outside temperature 9F will kill you, 100F won't

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                                Speaking from personal experience, 9F won't kill you, at least not quickly, and it's pretty easy to put on enough clothes that you can spend entire work days outside being comfortably warm. I used to work outdoors regularly in Alaskan winters and except for days where it got down to around -20F I was usually able to keep warm just by having proper attire.

                                You can't really do that at 100F. Sure, it probably won't kill you if you stay hydrated, but it will never be comfortable.

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                                  Speaking from personal experience, 9F won't kill you, at least not quickly, and it's pretty easy to put on enough clothes that you can spend entire work days outside being comfortably warm. I used to work outdoors regularly in Alaskan winters and except for days where it got down to around -20F I was usually able to keep warm just by having proper attire.

                                  You can't really do that at 100F. Sure, it probably won't kill you if you stay hydrated, but it will never be comfortable.

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                                  it's funny, because I would much rather do 100F over even 20F. anything below freezing starts to be really uncomfortable; but 100F can be nice for me if its under 50% humidity. above that, and specially about 60% and it starts to be annoying.

                                  but i 100% agree that it is easier to put more clothes to keep the cold away than it is to cool down when it is hot; but i like the toasty

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