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[-] FooBarrington 8 points 3 weeks ago

Look up what wet bulb temperatures mean, because no, you don't love 44° Celsius at high humidity:

Even heat-adapted people cannot carry out normal outdoor activities past a wet-bulb temperature of 32 °C (90 °F), equivalent to a heat index of 55 °C (131 °F). A reading of 35 °C (95 °F) – equivalent to a heat index of 71 °C (160 °F) – is considered the theoretical human survivability limit for up to six hours of exposure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature

[-] _sideffect -4 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for telling me what I like and what my body is capable of! I had no idea

[-] FooBarrington 4 points 3 weeks ago

My guy, you're not some mega special advanced human that can somehow live in higher wet-bulb temperatures than everyone else. You'd die just like me and any other human.

[-] _sideffect -2 points 3 weeks ago

Lmao... Ok, so I'm wrong about enjoying 40 degrees celcius.

All you downvoters need to seriously reexamine your lives, it's sad.

[-] FooBarrington 2 points 3 weeks ago

You didn't read properly, I was specifically talking about high humidity. That's the situation the monkeys who have died were in. Temperatures feel completely different based on the humidity - 35°C at 100% humidity is equivalent to 71°C at 0% humidity.

[-] _sideffect 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ok, yeah I agree about the humidity aspect; that's an insane temperature for any living creature.

But I never said I can stay in 40+ degrees with high humidity either.

[-] FooBarrington 3 points 3 weeks ago

I never said that you said so. I was simply telling you why the monkeys died at "only 37°C", and why you wouldn't enjoy 44°C in comparable conditions.

[-] _sideffect 1 points 3 weeks ago

Sure, fair enough

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