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[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 51 points 2 months ago

"It's a dry heat."

- Everyone in the southwest in unison

[-] TotalFat@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"It's not the heat, it's the humidity."

- Southerners

[-] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago

Floridian here, yesterday I got home from a week long vacation to a dry place and I changed clothes and they literally felt wet. It was gross. Also it IS the humidity as you can't sweat as easily if the sweat doesn't evaporate

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Genuinely is though and I will die on that hill.

[-] astropenguin5@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As a midwesterner, I will die on both hills, that it's the wind that gets ya in the cold and that the humidity is what gets ya in the hot

And scientifically/biologically both are true, because the wind takes the warm air from above your skin immediately and the humidity prevents you from sweating

[-] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 22 points 2 months ago

To be fair, I live in a high humidity area and visiting a ‘dry heat’ area was amazing. Being in the shade actually felt refreshing instead of oppressive and stuffy.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Both are so true

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago

Nah cause it's the realest shit there is.

I can deal with sub zero temps but a windy day at 40°f feels like ice cutting into your bones.

[-] lengau@midwest.social 24 points 2 months ago

This is the same concept as a convection oven.

Cold, but still air? You're going to form a little heat bubble around you that makes it less bad. But as soon as a moderate breeze comes through, you lose that heat bubble. If you're wearing wind resistant clothes, you still have the layer of warm air at your skin.

[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

This is also why blowing on your food cools it off faster. You blow away that protective heat bubble.

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Coloradoans:

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 15 points 2 months ago
[-] Portmandu@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Ope, gonna scoot right past ya there.

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 12 points 2 months ago

Cold, Wet, Dark anymore than two is a bad time

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Hello from Seattle! It's nice here.

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I got stuck until 1am last night getting home. Fucking hell it was a cold walk

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 8 points 2 months ago

Where does windy come into play here? Multiplier on cold?

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

It's a multiplier on cold and transitions x% of wet to cold.

[-] Balthazar@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago
[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago
[-] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

I sweat a lot for a midwesterner. Florida could literally kill me. Also yeah, it also depends if the wind is dry or not.

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