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If you had to live the rest of your life in single or triple digit temperatures F° (-13 or 38 C°)which would you choose? (sh.itjust.works)
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Freedom degrees. Roughly -13° or 38° if you live in the sane parts of the world.

I’d pick triple digits, mostly because I’ve lived in places that routinely hit 100° in the summer, and I hate shoveling snow.

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[–] 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Single digit temperatures. One can always wear more clothing to keep warm, but can only get so naked in triple digit heat before dying from exhaustion or dehydration.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Friendo, for those of us that have lived in deserts, no one gets naked. During the day at least ;)

    Light clothes are amazing. I lived for 3 years on the edge of the Sahara with no power and pulling water from a well. When it was 110+F, sitting under a tree and soaking your shirt in water was perfectly fine, and more than enough to be comfortable. Turbans are amazing technology.

    And I've spent time above the Arctic circle. I can compare the two.

    While you like to think "you can put in more clothes," that's nice and all... Both if you have the right clothes, and have imported heat and calories. OP is talking about perpetual Arctic circle winter. Nothing grows, you will run out if wood to burn to stay warm. You will import everything, from boots to gloves to pants to coats. Look at an Inuit diet. Now look at a Mediterranean diet. Civilization flourished in areas that get hot. Humans spent 50,000 years in the equatorial zone. We are built for it.

    You do you, but, uh...enjoy your narwhal blubber and seal jerkey I guess?

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