Ah yes, the midwesterner.
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Northerners in the uk
And the Valleys and Cardiff
Canadian?
Oh absolutely. Had some Sault Ste Marie relatives in town and if it is over 5°C/40°F they dress as though they're going to the beach!
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Haha, beat me to it!
I've seen them go outside in shorts and t-shirts when it breaks 0, and washing their cars when it breaks 32.
That's me, I'm never cold. Cold wind can be cold, but when there is no wind, there cannot be cold.
I've discovered my body's secret to cold immunity is going backpacking with a hammock and no under quilt when the lows are in the 20s, with a sleeping bag that lied about its rated temperature.
Unfortunately I have to repeat it every 5-8 years.
It is important to note that the trip where I discovered this was supposed to have lows in the 60s, but a blue northern rolled in on the first night.
I was insufficiently prepared for the first night in a camping hammock.
It was at a music festival in West Virginia on a mountain top.
90s (32-34) during the day, 50 ( 10c ) maybe at night.
Dewpoint somewhere inbetween with nearly 100% humidity.
The party favors don’t help my lack of sleep but I almost drowned AND got hypothermia in that thing over night lmao
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I've discovered my body's secret to cold immunity is going backpacking with a hammock and no under quilt when the lows are in the 20s, with a sleeping bag that lied about its rated temperature.
ahh yes fellow hammock camper, i gave up at 3am, started a fire and stumbled around in the dark with a headlamp trying to gather more wood.
I’d rather be uncomfortably cold for the 15 minutes I spend outside than uncomfortably hot for the majority of the time inside.
Or lose my jacket because I don't want to be uncomfortably hot.
Coats can be a pain when you are going somewhere you can't hang them up. But if you are hot indoors during the winter in long pants you should probably consult someone. Unless you are visiting your aunt Edna who keeps her house at 80F
Oh good I’m just hot indoors all year in long pants.
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That guy just had a sports practice and his body temperature is elevated.
Signed, an athlete in a winter climate.
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I am this guy. I get warm so fucking quick. It'll be -10c outside but the moment I walk up a flight of stairs I'll be sweating
When I was in undergrad, I used to walk to and from my jujutsu dojo a mile away from my dorm. The way back had a big hill leading up to my dorm; I would start out at the bottom wearing a big coat and end up at the top with the coat tied around my waist! The weight of the winter gear and the difficulty of trudging through fresh snow just makes it that much more of a workout.
It's a real problem. I do 10km a day. In winter I have to strip to just one layer because if I wear multiple layers I end up sweating which end up becoming problematic when the wind chill picks up.
I've lost so many beanies and gloves because it's cold as fuck when you start.
I've dreamt of clothing that can open and close itself based on a temp you want set. Like a car's cooling system will close up when it's cold but open up when it's hot to circulate the coolant to the radiator.
Cold is a mindset most of the time.
Exactly. There’s a huge gap between ‘feeling cold’ and ‘being cold’. The human body is perfectly capable of operating for extended periods at temperatures that we deem ‘uncomfortable’. After all, our species survived to the present day, and proper clothing and central heating are relatively new inventions.
The human body itself produces a tremendous amount of heat. Go sit in a cold room with a few friends and it’ll soon get toasty.
I’ve spent a good amount of hours outdoors in cold and rainy weather. If you give in to ‘feeling cold’, the body doesn’t really learn to adapt to it. I know exactly when my body goes from ‘this feels cold’ to actually being cold and at risk of hypothermia.
proper clothing and central heating are relatively new inventions.
central heating, yes, but proper clothing? I think you're underestimating how effective animal hides can be...
and while we didn't have "central heating" as you're referring, we did have "central fire" (a big fire pit in the middle of a round house or similar) 😅
It's snowing so it can't actually be that cold, it's fine
I am from Winnipeg. Natural selection has made us immune down to -40.
Edit: but then we just shatter. My tombstone will say “Jim shat himself to death” and there will be a statue of me wearing shorts.
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#NeverPantsGang
#NeverPantsGang
Fuck that crap. Not only my shorts all the time, but, I have 2 kilts. A utilikilt and a dress tartan kilt.
Hey look, it's me
Hey you
I feel called out.
I was this guy when i lived in hungary but the funny part was that it was actually like 10c and spring(even tho historically it used to go below minus 10 there during winter). Now that i live in sweden i realize people are also like that here but thankfully the large amount of finns who live here spice it up. Im not even kidding when it was my first winter here and a guy showed up in shorts in -20c while i had two hoodies and a winter jacket on and was still freezing. Always the finns.
I only freeze my finger and back
So i just wear some wind proof jacket/shirt and shoes
Hands in pocket is often enough too
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I had a buddy who challenged himself to only wear shorts for the whole year.
He technically didn't succeed because he had to go to an event with a dress code, but I still consider it a success because he didn't choose to wear pants.
That's why there are nice kilts for "dressy" occasions. You do not need any heritage reason to wear a kilt. Can get them in plain colors, eg: khaki.
Like when I was shovelling snow at -10C in a t-shirt. My neighbor came out to do the same, wrapped up in thick coat, hat, scarf, gloves, etc, and still shivering.
Because I ain't a little bitch, cameraman. Now let's flip it around and see you handle 115F/46C+ temps, it's only fair. Dying of heatstroke already? There is always this person smh
46C where? That's a critical piece of information. Not all 40+ temperatures are equal.
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Its me :(
I've got 4 sons like this...
This is me. I grew up in Western New York. This is just sort of normal there.
There are microbes that generate heat, some have more than others
Where can I get them
High school kids. You cannot be different. My kids refuse to wear a jacket. Hoodie, t-shirt, and sweats, jeans, or tights depending if it’s a PE day or not. Doesn’t matter if it’s snowing, 0°F or 60°. Same clothes. They all wear the same stuff.
It's a scientific fact that legs cannot be or get cold. Much like birds, the legs of Midwesterners, Rock Mountain statesers, and Canadians evolved separated blood supplies in their legs that just exchange oxygen within the thighs to preserve core temperatures.
Source: someone who would lived in shorts year round until being forced to wear real pants by corporate America.
P.S. the best time to go to the beach in California is over Christmas, because you have the whole place to yourself and can laugh at everyone wearing coats in 60° sunny weather. Come on in, the water's great!
Proper mid-westerner here, -4F with no wind, all you need is a hoodie. I've cleared my driveway of snow with the snowbloer wearing shorts, a hoodie, and gloves (because the handle is metal). If I put on pants it's either really nasty out OR I'm expecting to be outside for a very long time.
Hos don't get cold
I teach at the university level and can confirm. A while back, it was 4ºF/-15ºC, and I saw someone dressed like this. I had about 4 layers on and was still cold.
It's always the person's with 4 layers vs the ones dressed like this.
Future carpenter
Can confirm, we had this person at my school.
I'm usually like that, but last time I went for it there was a lot more wind than anticipated and it hurts. It's not even cold it's just pain.
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