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So do you just stay inside all day because of AC? I blast the AC all day long at the office, in the car, and at home, but on the weekend I feel like getting out

So do you just stay inside all day because of AC? I blast the AC all day long at the office, in the car, and at home, but on the weekend I feel like getting out! I like going for a hike, or on a bike ride, or going swimming. Yeah, I sweat, then a breeze hits and it feels awesome. This evaporative cooling business isn't total bullshit.

expounded 8y ago
Not the person you asked but yes, yes I do. For me anything above 21 C (~70 F) and sunny is uncomfortable miserable for me. I am serious. Everybody seems to enjoy the sunlight and talk about how depressed they get in the winters when it’s dark but I have the exact 100% opposite. During the summers I can’t go outside. Like, it’s not physically impossible and I can tolerate going outside long enough to walk to the store and so on, but the thought of “enjoying my time outside in the warm summer sun” elucidates the same thoughts that you’d get if I asked you to stick your hand inside a garbage disposal. I’m not even being hyperbolic right now. The thought of being outside when it’s sunny and 21+ degrees seriously shuts me down entirely. I’m basically depressed all summer and spring because of the sun, because of the temperature. I’m depressed because it means I cant go outside and enjoy the things I enjoy in the fall and winter: going on long bike rides, trail running, hiking and camping, etc. For whatever reason, the moment the bright sun shines in my face or the first bead of sweat beads up on my body I just 100% shut down. Nothing is fun anymore. Nothing is enjoyable anymore. I’ve spoken with several therapists to try to get some help with this and nothing people say or tell me has helped. It doesn’t help that everybody things I’m just being a big baby either. But come fall and winter, I f-king love live. I love waking up before the sun rises and getting in a nice 30 minute run in the dark. I love getting into work when it’s dark and leaving work when it’s dark. I love walking around town or visiting nearby cities (Europe) in the winter because I’m not sweating the entire time. I love feeling the super cold wind hit me as I’m cycling long 20+ km rides. In the spring and summer I love being outside on the days when it’s overcast, gray, raining aka “depressing weather.” It doesn’t bother me at all. I love looking outside my office windows or my living room window and seeing gray clouds all day every day. In the winters I can wear T-shirt’s down to ~5 C, and I can wear just a hoodie and jeans down to the negatives as long as I have gloves. I would love it if I could stand being in the sun, being in the warmth, but I can’t and I’ve tried. Like a lot of people have wrote: you can always wear more clothes. You can always light the place up. You can always use an umbrella. What can I do when it’s unbearbly hot and sunny and I’m already wearing shorts and a T-shirt? Absolutely nothing.
- orhmeh09 8y ago
  What are your thoughts on the environmental impact?
  - expounded 8y ago
    I separate all of my trash and recycle everything I’m able to. Food waste is composted. I haven’t used plastic bags in years and I’ve been asking for no straws since before it came into the news now. I don’t own a car. I ride my bike everywhere I’m able to and otherwise I take public transit. I’m a vegetarian for environmental reasons. I don’t own a clothes dryer because the sun works just as well. As I said I think it’s wasteful especially cause I can’t seal my windows. But if you read my post then you’d see that my limit of caring stops when I’m sweating in my bed at 11pm at night because it’s still 30+ despite me being on the ground floor.
    - orhmeh09 8y ago
      Thank you for your response. Not that I’m an arbiter or these things but I think you are perceptive of your impact and what you can do to minimize it to a much greater degree than most, and we’d all be better off if more of us in the developed world were as thoughtful.
- spacehome 8y ago
  Are you overweight?
  - expounded 8y ago
    So you assume I’m overweight because I can’t stand the same temperatures you can? I’m not even going to answer that. Go f yourself.
    - llampx 8y ago
      To be fair, there was a question and not an assumption. An assumption would be, "I bet you are overweight."
syshum 8y ago
For the most part yes I stay indoors.. I do not like going for a hike, or a bike ride in the summer months when it is above 80 degrees out... This is one of the reasons gyms have all kinds of Stationary bikes, treadmills, etc so people do not have to be out in the heat while still being able to exercise.. Swimming well I am in cool water at the point does sweating is not really needed. Further I am not in Business Causal attire when I am hiking, and hiking or other outdoor exercise is an activity where one is expected to be sweating, however in a office environment one is not expected to have sweat dripping from the face, have their shirt soaked in sweat, etc.
- tangentspace 8y ago
  The specific Terry Thomas office build that's the topic of discussion is atypical, that's the point of the article. It sounds like they'd accommodate attire appropriate for the temperature... it's Seattle, wearing outdoor clothing to work is totally normal. And we have a very mild climate, so it would only be this hot in late afternoon for a dozen days or so each year. On such days I'd just say "I'm uncomfortable so I'm going to WFH the rest of the day." I'm pretty sure that would be acceptable for this architecture firm. It's never been a problem that I leave work early due to traffic from baseball games near my downtown Seattle office, for example. I totally understand that you have a different heat tolerance and physiological reaction to heat than I do. I'd go crazy exercising in a gym when it feels so much more stimulating overall to be outside, whereas mid-80's temperature with low humidity is just mildly unpleasant to me. But I respect that other's feel differently about it. However, the difference between 78 and your ideal temperature is probably not so great, especially compared to many other parts of the country with much higher temps and humidity. I wouldn't entirely discount the possibility that this Terry Building might not be as uncomfortable for you as it sounds. And if it did turn out to be unbearably uncomfortable for you, I wouldn't discount the possibility of working together with your team and management to find an agreeable solution.
  - greedo 8y ago
    They say shorts etc are fine, but in the picture, I see a guy in a suit and tie. It's an architectural firm; do you want to meet customers with pitstains on your shirt? I'm sure some customers wouldn't mind, but most businesspeople who are looking for a firm expect a certain level of professional attire.

expounded 8y ago

Not the person you asked but yes, yes I do. For me anything above 21 C (~70 F) and sunny is uncomfortable miserable for me. I am serious. Everybody seems to enjoy the sunlight and talk about how depressed they get in the winters when it’s dark but I have the exact 100% opposite. During the summers I can’t go outside. Like, it’s not physically impossible and I can tolerate going outside long enough to walk to the store and so on, but the thought of “enjoying my time outside in the warm summer sun” elucidates the same thoughts that you’d get if I asked you to stick your hand inside a garbage disposal. I’m not even being hyperbolic right now. The thought of being outside when it’s sunny and 21+ degrees seriously shuts me down entirely. I’m basically depressed all summer and spring because of the sun, because of the temperature. I’m depressed because it means I cant go outside and enjoy the things I enjoy in the fall and winter: going on long bike rides, trail running, hiking and camping, etc. For whatever reason, the moment the bright sun shines in my face or the first bead of sweat beads up on my body I just 100% shut down. Nothing is fun anymore. Nothing is enjoyable anymore. I’ve spoken with several therapists to try to get some help with this and nothing people say or tell me has helped. It doesn’t help that everybody things I’m just being a big baby either. But come fall and winter, I f-king love live. I love waking up before the sun rises and getting in a nice 30 minute run in the dark. I love getting into work when it’s dark and leaving work when it’s dark. I love walking around town or visiting nearby cities (Europe) in the winter because I’m not sweating the entire time. I love feeling the super cold wind hit me as I’m cycling long 20+ km rides. In the spring and summer I love being outside on the days when it’s overcast, gray, raining aka “depressing weather.” It doesn’t bother me at all. I love looking outside my office windows or my living room window and seeing gray clouds all day every day. In the winters I can wear T-shirt’s down to ~5 C, and I can wear just a hoodie and jeans down to the negatives as long as I have gloves. I would love it if I could stand being in the sun, being in the warmth, but I can’t and I’ve tried. Like a lot of people have wrote: you can always wear more clothes. You can always light the place up. You can always use an umbrella. What can I do when it’s unbearbly hot and sunny and I’m already wearing shorts and a T-shirt? Absolutely nothing.

orhmeh09 8y ago
What are your thoughts on the environmental impact?
- expounded 8y ago
  I separate all of my trash and recycle everything I’m able to. Food waste is composted. I haven’t used plastic bags in years and I’ve been asking for no straws since before it came into the news now. I don’t own a car. I ride my bike everywhere I’m able to and otherwise I take public transit. I’m a vegetarian for environmental reasons. I don’t own a clothes dryer because the sun works just as well. As I said I think it’s wasteful especially cause I can’t seal my windows. But if you read my post then you’d see that my limit of caring stops when I’m sweating in my bed at 11pm at night because it’s still 30+ despite me being on the ground floor.
  - orhmeh09 8y ago
    Thank you for your response. Not that I’m an arbiter or these things but I think you are perceptive of your impact and what you can do to minimize it to a much greater degree than most, and we’d all be better off if more of us in the developed world were as thoughtful.
spacehome 8y ago
Are you overweight?
- expounded 8y ago
  So you assume I’m overweight because I can’t stand the same temperatures you can? I’m not even going to answer that. Go f yourself.
  - llampx 8y ago
    To be fair, there was a question and not an assumption. An assumption would be, "I bet you are overweight."

syshum 8y ago

For the most part yes I stay indoors.. I do not like going for a hike, or a bike ride in the summer months when it is above 80 degrees out... This is one of the reasons gyms have all kinds of Stationary bikes, treadmills, etc so people do not have to be out in the heat while still being able to exercise.. Swimming well I am in cool water at the point does sweating is not really needed. Further I am not in Business Causal attire when I am hiking, and hiking or other outdoor exercise is an activity where one is expected to be sweating, however in a office environment one is not expected to have sweat dripping from the face, have their shirt soaked in sweat, etc.

tangentspace 8y ago
The specific Terry Thomas office build that's the topic of discussion is atypical, that's the point of the article. It sounds like they'd accommodate attire appropriate for the temperature... it's Seattle, wearing outdoor clothing to work is totally normal. And we have a very mild climate, so it would only be this hot in late afternoon for a dozen days or so each year. On such days I'd just say "I'm uncomfortable so I'm going to WFH the rest of the day." I'm pretty sure that would be acceptable for this architecture firm. It's never been a problem that I leave work early due to traffic from baseball games near my downtown Seattle office, for example. I totally understand that you have a different heat tolerance and physiological reaction to heat than I do. I'd go crazy exercising in a gym when it feels so much more stimulating overall to be outside, whereas mid-80's temperature with low humidity is just mildly unpleasant to me. But I respect that other's feel differently about it. However, the difference between 78 and your ideal temperature is probably not so great, especially compared to many other parts of the country with much higher temps and humidity. I wouldn't entirely discount the possibility that this Terry Building might not be as uncomfortable for you as it sounds. And if it did turn out to be unbearably uncomfortable for you, I wouldn't discount the possibility of working together with your team and management to find an agreeable solution.
- greedo 8y ago
  They say shorts etc are fine, but in the picture, I see a guy in a suit and tie. It's an architectural firm; do you want to meet customers with pitstains on your shirt? I'm sure some customers wouldn't mind, but most businesspeople who are looking for a firm expect a certain level of professional attire.