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> There's also the German practice of lüften [1], or ventilating a home at least once per day Meanwhile, in Latvia there's a belief that "caurvējš" (drafts) ar
by KronisLV 4y ago
> There's also the German practice of lüften [1], or ventilating a home at least once per day
Meanwhile, in Latvia there's a belief that "caurvējš" (drafts) are bad for you and that you'll catch a cold if you're in it for too long.
I've read some arguments for and against that online (mentions of cold stress, muscles posssibly tensing up to remain warm leading to a stiff neck, possibly nose being a bit more dry and susceptible to things in the air), but people over here typically just accept it as "fact". I can kind of understand caution when it's -10 C outside, but less so when you're in a stuffy room and it's 20 C outside.
Curiously, people in some other countries don't have such strongly held beliefs.
- xhevahir 4y agoThe Slavic countries have similar folk beliefs about drafts: https://www.slavorum.org/promaja-the-uncatchable-balkan-serial-killer-and-bane-of-every-babushka/ https://www.slavorum.org/promaja-the-uncatchable-balkan-seri... https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/328478-why-russians-afraid-drafts https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/328478-why-russians-afraid-dr...
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoMy mother used to complain about neck pain from drafts (the vent in the car primarily), now I get it too. It's like a milder form of the pain that follows a cramp. Maybe it's genetic?
- TomSwirly 4y agoI suspect you simply have young friends. I've lived in six countries, and old people everywhere want to keep their joints warm. I have the issue where we love a cold house but my hands don't, at least when I work, so the house is very cold, 14ºC/57º at night or even less, I get up wearing very little and make coffee in a chilly kitchen with pleasure, but then go to work in my shorts right beside a heater.
- samus 4y agoThere's not necessarily a conflict in these views though - short drafts are good to ensure ventilation, but long, continuous drafts are just plainly uncomfortable.