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Have you ever lived in the south? A/C is very much a necessity.

by schwanksta 17y ago

Femur 17y ago
Yet people did it. My parents grew up in St. Louis without air conditioning. It gets uncomfortable but is not unlivable. People live in the tropics without it. It is not a necessity.
- nihilocrat 17y ago
  I'm really confused how people got along before A/C. If the A/C is broken or otherwise off, your windows are down and fans are running everywhere, and you are completely naked, it still feels like you are sitting inside a very hot wet oven. I can hardly do anything but think of ways to get away from the heat (cold shower, going into the shade outside, going someplace with A/C) and falling asleep usually takes about four more hours than it should as I wallow around like a pig. Every 6-month 100-degree summer reminds me why I need to move out of the South.
  - Femur 17y ago
    I asked my dad the same thing and here was his trick to fall asleep at night: He had a ceiling fan but no AC. So he would wrap himself in a blanket until he was soaked with sweat. Then he took the blanket off and laid on his sheet and let the fan blow on him thereby evaporating the sweat. This would cool him down and allow him to sleep.
- asciilifeform 17y ago
  > Yet people did it. My parents grew up in St. Louis without air conditioning. In the past, people were allowed to sweat (and smell of sweat.)
tdavis 17y ago
There is a difference between "home air conditioning", i.e. central air, and independent A/C units. I live in Boston and would be insane to go the summer without A/C, but a few portable units strategically placed work fine. Even still, there are countries far hotter than the United States which do not generally (or never) have A/C and they seem to survive just fine. Perhaps the definition of "necessity" is the argument here, but in a strict-leaning sense, A/C is hardly a necessity. None of the things on that list are, really.

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Have you ever lived in the south? A/C is very much a necessity.

by schwanksta 17y ago

Have you ever lived in the south? A/C is very much a necessity.

Femur 17y ago
Yet people did it. My parents grew up in St. Louis without air conditioning. It gets uncomfortable but is not unlivable. People live in the tropics without it. It is not a necessity.
- nihilocrat 17y ago
  I'm really confused how people got along before A/C. If the A/C is broken or otherwise off, your windows are down and fans are running everywhere, and you are completely naked, it still feels like you are sitting inside a very hot wet oven. I can hardly do anything but think of ways to get away from the heat (cold shower, going into the shade outside, going someplace with A/C) and falling asleep usually takes about four more hours than it should as I wallow around like a pig. Every 6-month 100-degree summer reminds me why I need to move out of the South.
  - Femur 17y ago
    I asked my dad the same thing and here was his trick to fall asleep at night: He had a ceiling fan but no AC. So he would wrap himself in a blanket until he was soaked with sweat. Then he took the blanket off and laid on his sheet and let the fan blow on him thereby evaporating the sweat. This would cool him down and allow him to sleep.
- asciilifeform 17y ago
  > Yet people did it. My parents grew up in St. Louis without air conditioning. In the past, people were allowed to sweat (and smell of sweat.)
tdavis 17y ago
There is a difference between "home air conditioning", i.e. central air, and independent A/C units. I live in Boston and would be insane to go the summer without A/C, but a few portable units strategically placed work fine. Even still, there are countries far hotter than the United States which do not generally (or never) have A/C and they seem to survive just fine. Perhaps the definition of "necessity" is the argument here, but in a strict-leaning sense, A/C is hardly a necessity. None of the things on that list are, really.