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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Why is everyone in this thread Richard Byrd?

Most people I know wear t-shirts at home in winter and heat up the house to compensate, wasting energy. This meme is clearly aimed at them.

If you live in arctic conditions, then you probably already wear more than a shirt, even at home. If not, then feel adressed as well.

And to the many people who are currently raising their babies at home: Scandinavian practices be damned. I understand that it's not too practical to regularly wrap up your baby so that they can withstand freezing conditions. Fine. Turn up the damn thermostat. You already have a screaming infant at your hands.

Everyone else: stfu.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

-40° and a newborn say otherwise

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

You’re supposed to put the sweater on the newborn and not just yourself in this scenario

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

Make sure you put the sweater on yourself first

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're going to need slightly more than a sweater.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Haha, but no this is a serious issue, kids died in Texas last winter because parents didn't realize it could get cold enough to kill them inside their house.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Because large parts of Texas aren't used to being cold. They're hot desert climates and while a 75 degree night after a 110 degree high feels cold, it won't kill you. So when they got nights at 32 degrees and their electricity was out it was something of a shock.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People in this thread are hitting us with all sorts of whatabout stories with extreme conditions; and meanwhile I'm working in a office where people will come in and turn on the cooling because they just walked up some stairs, and then turn on the heating after they've sat down for a couple of minutes. No concept of self regulation. Just any hint of discomfort means the room has to change temperature.

It that context, the pushback in this thread is a bit depressing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This is a great way to mess with the self appointments lords of the thermostat as they caw their favorite sayings like "Wear a sweater" and "turn the lights out when you leave the room".

It's the nuclear age grandpa. I'm cranking my thermo to 23. Take your shirt off if you're warm.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

No pants it is then.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"This meme was made by someone in a warm climate."

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (7 children)

-20 ºC winters have entered the chat

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Wearing a sweater still makes sense there. To spend less energy.

But in that case it'll be more a matter of heat isolation. Though when such a low temperature exists on the outside consistently, air humidity drops and it sucks heat less. I think it works this way, but that's pure intuition or something, my physics knowledge sucks definitely.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

haven’t seen a shitpost hit a nerve this hard in a while, hahaha!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

im the ranging person during the summer with AC. my apartment gets super fucking hot during the summer and i need AC blasting 24/7

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

If you have south or west facing windows:

Metallized privacy films have made a big difference in my home. For heat protection, they should be the weather resistant kind and applied to the outside of the window. (They should be removable without leaving any residue)

If you want to try this method out first: Stick a few space blankets in front of the windows. Looks like shit, but it's a cheap way to test whether this method might work for you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A touque as well. You lose most of your heat through your head. It’s easy enough to take off and put in your pocket if you get too warm, then put back on if you feel like you’re getting cold.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Sadly not accurate, except about touques being sexy and convenient

If it helps, here is an article calling ur mom and the dude from Letterkenny dumb: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/body-heat-loss

Simpler to just model humans as nearly black bodies with known surface area and some heat lost through gas exchange.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

Well, maybe my mom just told me that to make sure I wore a touque. ;)

I’m bald now, so it made sense.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Unethical life pro tip: get an apartment that isn't at the end of a hallway and has floors above and below. In some cases, you can turn off your heat completely and simply steal heat from your neighbors, leeching off of them like some sort of thermal mosquito. It won't be as warm as is comfortable without bundling up, but it may be warm enough to get by just by bundling up. Watch out for freezing pipes though!

For an added techno bonus: install a smart thermostat connected to a camera pointed at the door with facial recognition tech built in. If anyone other than the residents walk in, the thermostat is automatically reset to 72F/22C. That way if you DO burst a pipe, and the landlord walks in, they won't have any proof you did it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

or... just set the heat only for 55 if the pipes are your only concern. You'll still save a lot of money on heating, and you won't have to deal with your stuff getting flooded.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Blood circulation in my hands breaks down completely when I get cold, so no. I will not be turning down the heat.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

To a point, yeah. But when it's -40 outside, heating to 18 or 21 doesn't make much of a difference energy wise.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 days ago (18 children)

This meme brought to you by a child in California that doesn't know what real winter is. It was 20 something here last night and this dipshit thinks a sweater is gonna keep you alive though that.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I live in Canada and tbh I'm with the Chad on this.

Not saying "turn off your furnace" but energy use (and cost) baloons exponentially based on how hot you have your thermostat set at. Lower your thermostat to the point where wearing a sweater indoors is enough and save money. It's not even just about the money, it'sresponsible energy usage.

And I'd be happy to subsidize the first X GJ/mo to help people keep themselves from freezing, but if people want their apartment to be the tropics that's gotta be on their dime.

Same with electricity. I'll subsidize keeping your lights on but I'm not paying you to mine crypto.

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