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[โ€“] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

Wet T-shirt and sitting in front of a fan.

We naturally cool our bodies by sweating.

You can sort of hack that process by getting a t-shirt wet, putting it on, and allowing the moving air to help speed up the evaporation process.


WARNING: NOT FOR USE IN HIGH HUMIDTY.

Adding more water to an already hot and humid situation risks a Wet Bulb.

[โ€“] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Aren't you going to catch a cold?

[โ€“] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No. A cold is a virus, you won't catch one by cooling yourself.

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's exactly what a virus that was trying to trick me would say...

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

C'mon Greg, don't you wanna be cool ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

But, if the virus is already present in your system, cool and wet conditions can lower the effectiveness of your immune system. Tmyk

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