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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"It's a dry heat."

- Everyone in the southwest in unison

[–] TotalFat 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

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

- Southerners

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days 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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Genuinely is though and I will die on that hill.

[–] astropenguin5 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days 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 11 points 2 days ago

Both are so true

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 47 points 2 days 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.

[–] negativenull 20 points 2 days ago

Coloradoans:

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

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

[–] MooseTheDog 9 points 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Portmandu 12 points 2 days ago

Ope, gonna scoot right past ya there.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] RubberElectrons 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hello from Seattle! It's nice here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago
[–] Balthazar 9 points 2 days ago