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Why are Australians in denial about how cold our homes really are? ‘Winter stoicism’ is partly to blame | Reena Gupta (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The entire article and every comment here talks about 'cold' without mentioning a temperature at all

So, here you go. In winter, where I am in Sydney, it's normally 14C indoors at night. With 3 layers of clothing, a beanie, and snuggled under a heated throw it feels like 25C.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

it's normally 14C indoors at night.

Oh, that sounds delightful.

I live in Canada, and I am massively heat intolerant. I also suffer from hyperhydrosis, where any temp over 26℃ eventually makes me look like a drowned rat. Like, literally. You put me in a room at 28-30℃ and within about 10 minutes of not moving a muscle my entire face is beading off sweat like someone just dumped a bucket of water over my head, and my shirt is soaked right through.

14℃ is the lower limit for shorts-and-t-shirt temps for me, and represents the ideal shirt-and-tie office temp. It’s also the best temp for heavy physical labour with my shirt off, as sweat can actually have a chance of evaporating faster than I produce it, especially with some sort of a brisk wind. Sweater or business jacket temps start at 6-8℃, and it is only with a cold, super-moist wind that I throw on any kind of a winter jacket above 4℃.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's the other thing, everyone feels hot/cold differently, and you also adapt to some degree.

I was in Cairns one April, and it was 28C and about 1000% humidity.I was sweating my ass off in a t-shirt and shorts. And there goes a local pedalling away on his bike with a hoodie and sweatpants on. I nearly had heat stroke just seeing it!