Ah yes, the midwesterner.
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!
Sault Ste Marie Is only the northern tip of Michigan.
It’s colder in ND than there!
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’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.
It’s the contrast I think. -20c outside, keep it at 19c at home then go to a public place and they keep it at 23-24c for some reason. No wonder I feel like I’m being slow roasted.
That guy just had a sports practice and his body temperature is elevated.
Signed, an athlete in a winter climate.
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.
I feel you. I’m from northern Minnesota. And the sweat rolls off of you at 70F/20C because it’s too hot out.
I won’t have a tombstone. They cost too much…
In Quebec, we have guys who walk in -30 hunched over a thin leather jacket smoking for warmth.
Un dur à cuire -tough guy in leather.
#NeverPantsGang
#NeverPantsGang
Fuck that crap. Not only my shorts all the time, but, I have 2 kilts. A utilikilt and a dress tartan kilt.
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.
Hey look, it’s me
Hey you
I feel called out.
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
My fingers start to go numb and my asthma sometimes flares up, so i’d replace the jacket with gloves and a ski mask (which is enough to make asthma okay) paired with shorts and tshirt.
Would not recommend being at closed buildings at like 4am dressed like that though unless you like chatting with police.
This is me. I grew up in Western New York. This is just sort of normal there.
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.
I live in the SW USA, so you’ve got a few options
