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user-inactivated · 3411 days ago · link · · parent · post: Europe to America: Your love of air-conditioning is stupid
My job is very physical. My work space is not temperature controlled. If it is 105° outside, you can add another 15° or 20° by virtue of the fact that I'm inside a metal trailer receiving sunlight. We have fans at the door, but they only move air in the first half of the trailer. Loading up at the nose? Tough. The thing I've learned from working like that is this: Once you acclimatize, it isn't as bad as that sounds. I'm not saying don't use the AC. But maybe we shouldn't be so adverse to discomfort. Especially when it's a discomfort that we can adjust to over time. There is a huge gap between expecting to live in spring like temperatures year round and not dying of heat stroke.