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> you get used to [85 degrees inside] I sincerely hope that my future places of work and residence will not regularly subject me to 85 degree interior temperat
by jjoonathan 7y ago
> you get used to [85 degrees inside]
I sincerely hope that my future places of work and residence will not regularly subject me to 85 degree interior temperatures on the assumption that I will "get used to it" -- which I strongly suspect actually means "live with it."
- codingdave 7y ago> actually means "live with it." No, it means the human body acclimates to its environment. You really do get used it.
- jjoonathan 7y agoI spent a summer at those interior temperatures without AC. I stopped "noticing" it, but my subjective ability to focus and objective running & flash-card-app performance did not recover until the temperatures did. How long does it take to "get used to it?"
- codingdave 7y agoA couple weeks, according to folk wisdom, which matches my anecdotal experience. I'm curious if you went home to cooler temperatures, or if your whole summer was spent in warmth? I definitely have experienced harder times going back and forth vs. always being in the warm environments.
- jjoonathan 7y agoI spent the whole summer in warmth, days and nights. A couple weeks is what it took me not to notice it anymore, except insofar as it affected my performance. That's what I meant by "live with it."
- perl4ever 7y agoI spent Christmas in Florida and noticed that many people who lived there seemed to find temperatures in the 70s chilly enough to wear a hoodie or something while I had just a t-shirt on. Conversely, I've noticed that when it first gets cold in NY, it's very biting and unpleasant, while late in the winter, the same temperature doesn't bother me at all and near freezing temps actually feel a little warm. So I find that the timeframe for me at least is more than a week or two, but no more than about 3 months.