Ummm... I mean, that's not *technically* a problem with air conditioning. ;) I'm a member of the population who needs it cold and dry to breathe and avoid the ER so I push back on air conditioning detractors a bit. Lol. - ThreadSky

dalehennessey.qwertyqwert.ca • 252 days ago

Ummm... I mean, that's not *technically* a problem with air conditioning. ;)

I'm a member of the population who needs it cold and dry to breathe and avoid the ER so I push back on air conditioning detractors a bit. Lol.

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sumwah.bsky.social•252 days ago

In humid places, they need to cool the air down to remove moisture and then heat it back up to a tolerable level.

I once asked HVAC about why UNC libraries were so cold in the summer and it turns out it'd cost more to warm it back up.

dalehennessey.qwertyqwert.ca•252 days ago

That's very much my condo situation. As soon as the temp hits 20C in this Great Lakes humidity my throat tries to choke me. So... I freeze myself and the cat out. The cat is not happy about it.

courtneymilan.com•252 days ago

If we’d had someone like you in the room who needed those specific conditions, no complaints.

But when air conditioning is uncomfortable for all the humans in the room, it’s too much air conditioning.

dalehennessey.qwertyqwert.ca•252 days ago

Absolutely. And I know how difficult it's been in offices for women because of how generally cool the men want it. 😱

karidru.bsky.social•252 days ago

And yet! Nobody's pushing for men's fashion to go back to light linen suits in summer. There are non technological fixes for half this problem! We should air condition but if fashion is forcing us to engage with polar vortex temperatures, it's just wasteful.

thundergoose.bsky.social•252 days ago

Oh, yes, this! I worked in a building where the man who sat closest to the thermostat would wear SWEATERS in the summer! All the women (and some of the men) had space heaters under our desks.

whetstone.bsky.social•252 days ago

japan had a government campaign to try to shift office wear culture, they mandated ACs set at 82 degrees and told men to wear short sleeves w/starched collars and breathable pants

struck me as really smart

amyhoy.bsky.social•252 days ago

82 is just too hot though!

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537124000058

whetstone.bsky.social•252 days ago

82 is hotter than my preference for sure but also i would have taken it in a heartbeat over the low 60s situation my office inflicted on everybody

i think mid-70s is probably the real sweet spot

accountabilabuddy.bsky.social•252 days ago

When a certain First Lady proposed "maybe we should make it easier for kids to eat fresh vegetables" a quarter of the adults in the country, egged on by a prominent media outlet, went clinically bananas.

See also: vaccines.

Our recent track record with government campaigns is... not good.

hellsop.ninehells.com•252 days ago

And that was ... 20 years ago now?

karidru.bsky.social•252 days ago

I remember that getting started! It took a while to catch on but I just looked it up again to see how it's going and... Kariyushi shirts are in style now. That's good.

dalehennessey.qwertyqwert.ca•252 days ago

Alas, a small symptom of the many failures of humanity. 😭

shadow27.bsky.social•252 days ago

My old office building was so cold, on night I went hypothermic. There was no place in the entire building I could get warm so I had to put on my coat and run around the halls until I could feel my hands.

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