Original question by @ephrin@sh.itjust.works

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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[–] 1 point 1 year ago*

Lol I already do! At least in F.

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

    Low temps. My brain boils in high temps. Heat exhaustion too many times. I’d be dead.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Same. I choose somewhere 15 to 18C - Comfortably cool, and I can always put on a sweater. Any warmer than that, and I'd have trouble sleeping at night.

    So triple digits Kelvin for me.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Triple digits.
    But I'mma use Kelvin

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

    Single digits. You can always put more layers on but you can't take more off than naked.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    Single digits, you can always put on another layer.

    Triple digit heat is miserable.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Single digits, 100%.

    Single digits range from -9F to 9F. Triple digits start at 100F, and can go way the fuck up from there. (And with climate change, they will!) Once you start approaching triple digits, you have to worry about humidity, because you can easily hit a combination that's literally too hot to live.

    Is -9F unpleasant? Sure. But you can layer clothing, and that will keep you comfortable. Death Valley has hit >130F, and when that happens people die, even if they drink gallons of water and stay in the shade.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I like the point about climate change, if you could trick the genie into agreeing that once you set up your new home you get to stay there. Then pick a spot on the cusp of frigidity. So it will gradually get into the double digits at least.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Currently doing exactly that. My partner and I just bought a house and a few hundred acres in northern Maine, and will be moving in less than two months. Yeah, winters are cold and long, and yeah, the mosquitos and blackflies suck, but triple digit heat is really rare up there.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)
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    I use celsius. Triple digit temperatures would kill me.

    But after a quick conversion, still single digit. Its pretty standard winter temperature just a little bit inland from where i live. I like it best between -15 and -5 °C (5 - 23F)

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Single. Is what I am used to as a Canadian.

    Also, triple digit is lethal.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    i mean, single digits is also leathal; 9F is much worse than 100F. it is just easier to warm a room than it is to cool it down, but if you had to be exposed to the outside temperature 9F will kill you, 100F won't

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    But that's also assuming that it stays at just over triple digits, doesn't it? 125F is just as valid as 101F, and that's without going to something ridiculous like 872F.

    0F, or -9F if negatives are included in this, can definitely be very dangerous, but can be prepared for and compensated for more easily than temperatures over 110F.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Speaking from personal experience, 9F won't kill you, at least not quickly, and it's pretty easy to put on enough clothes that you can spend entire work days outside being comfortably warm. I used to work outdoors regularly in Alaskan winters and except for days where it got down to around -20F I was usually able to keep warm just by having proper attire.

    You can't really do that at 100F. Sure, it probably won't kill you if you stay hydrated, but it will never be comfortable.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    it's funny, because I would much rather do 100F over even 20F. anything below freezing starts to be really uncomfortable; but 100F can be nice for me if its under 50% humidity. above that, and specially about 60% and it starts to be annoying.

    but i 100% agree that it is easier to put more clothes to keep the cold away than it is to cool down when it is hot; but i like the toasty

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Single digits. I love shoveling snow, and cold weather makes me feel alive.

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  • I've lived in both extremes and single digits wins every time. I never passed out from the cold, but the heat gets me at least once a year.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What is the humidity level?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Single digits in C or F triple digits in K

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Single. I don't much like how weather.

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I love the cold, I wanna live someplace cold.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Given that the average healthy body temperature is ~98.6⁰ F, and humidity on the Gulf Coast tends to be so high you gotta drink the air, I prefer temperatures 85⁰ or lower.

    With high temperatures and high humidity, sweat can't even evaporate, forcing your internal body temperature into unhealthy feverish levels. I'm not a fan of heat exhaustion or heat stroke.

    I'm also not a fan of freezing temperatures either, but at least people can dress in layers to keep warm when it's cold.

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    Single, that would mean there is a lot of water.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    It is very hard to grow food outdoors in either case. Underground the temperature is fairly stable at about 30+°F. If that's allowed, and I can manage how to grow food underground, then from experience I know I can easily survive 9°F and spend a LOT more time outdoors than at 100°F

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    This is why you can't have rational conversations with Americans.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Depends. If we're talking 100 degrees and no humidity? I could probably do that. The misery doesn't really set in until 110. 10 minutes outside below freezing feels like knives.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Prepping for that climate change huh?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Probably triple. We frequently hit singles here and all we do is complain about how we wish it was summer. I see people pointing out that 100° can be lethal, but not nearly as lethal as 9°

    And on the really hot days (although we never hit 100) we still complain, but always follow it with: at least it's not snowing!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I guess I'd die. It's never either of those where I live. And crops would fail either way.

    In terms of personal comfort:

    If the only triple digit temp was only ever exactly 100, then I guess triple digits.

    If it can be Celsius, 9 is so cold but not kill you cold, I would be sad but not dead.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    If those are the options, I choose death.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Triple digit temperature, single digit humidity. I like it crispy

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    Triple digits. Air conditioning works well and is more energy efficient than heating.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Only for inductive heating. A heat pump is basically the same as an AC in reverse.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ah, but you also have to consider the amount of heating and cooling you’re doing. Assuming that you’re comfortable at a normal room temperature of 70F, that’s 30 degrees of cooling from triple digits, but 61 degrees from single. And, you’re also going to want to take into consideration the heat of fusion of water as you are melting whatever ice comes which raises the amount of energy required even more.

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