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right, my route changes throughout the year as I optimize for more/less shadows to avoid hot/cold
by micromacrofoot 5y ago
right, my route changes throughout the year as I optimize for more/less shadows to avoid hot/cold
- tvanantwerp 5y agoI'm always surprised that more people don't do this. It will be a hot sunny day, and I'll see people standing at an intersection waiting to cross. They'll be out in the sun, when mere feet away are shady spots they could wait in. I don't understand how/why they tolerate the heat instead of expending the tiniest effort to get in the shade.
- micromacrofoot 5y agoit’s pretty high on the hierarchy of needs, most people are just preoccupied… I tend to over analyze small optimizations like this to exert control over an otherwise chaotic reality
- nazz 5y agoSome people want to tan; others are trying to avoid it.
- mackatsol 5y agoMy kids gave it a name: shade hopping
- Arrath 5y agoPersonally, I have a pretty wide range of tolerance thanks to a career of working in the field so unless it is truly unbearably hot I just may not bother to find shade if I'll only be standing there a minute or two waiting for the light to change for me, for example.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoI did that as a teenager, because I had stable routes (to/from school at roughly the same times). As an adult, I maintain awareness of the sun's position and keep following/avoiding the shadows on hot/cold days, sometimes crossing the street back and forth or in advance of a shade I'd like to take/avoid. It's almost an automatic process, but it has a visual perception component - on hot days, the lit side looks "too bright" to me, and on cold days, the shaded side looks "too dark" - so I take the side that looks "just right".