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Originally Posted by Acey
What does this mean. Is this the "30° is too for hot clothes and you have nothing else to take off" line of thinking or something else?
I think the argument is that 30° is uncomfortably hot because it's too hot for clothes, whereas -30° you can just put more clothes on until you're comfortable... which is of course only an argument that Canadians would ever make.
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It’s not “too hot for clothes,” don’t be silly. When you’re cold, you can just dress up. When you’re hot, there’s a limit to how much you can dress down, so you need to rely on other methods to stay regulated. That’s all. It’s pretty simple. Literally everyone here have presented multiple ways to manage 30 and above that includes swimming, shade, avoiding the hottest part of the day, escaping to AC, etc. If it was perfect, you wouldn’t need to manage it. I don’t “manage” 20 degrees. I just live my life without thinking of the weather at all. THAT is perfect. Some people just find -30 easier to manage, that’s all. Usually it’s because they don’t have AC but do have heat, or run hot instead of cold, or are acclimatized to Calgary better than they’re acclimatized to Glendale. It’s not complicated.
And the acclimatization thing matters. Living in the southern/warmer areas of the US is a completely different experience. I’ve lived there, now I’m like a God when I go home and wear a t-shirt in +10 while others are dressed like people in Calgary dress at -15. It’s the same reason why people in Vancouver lose it when snow and cold temperatures hit.
Some people are better at handling one extreme than the other. I’d wager almost everyone is. And if -30 is the extreme you have trouble handling, I’m sorry, but you’re weak and feeble and I’m going to eat your dumb corpse when nuclear winter hits.