Ah yes, the midwesterner.
Northerners in the uk
And the Valleys and Cardiff
Canadian?
Oh absolutely. Had some Sault Ste Marie relatives in town and if it is over 5°C/40°F they dress as though they’re going to the beach!
Sault Ste Marie Is only the northern tip of Michigan.
It’s colder in ND than there!
Haha, beat me to it!
I’ve seen them go outside in shorts and t-shirts when it breaks 0, and washing their cars when it breaks 32.
That’s me, I’m never cold. Cold wind can be cold, but when there is no wind, there cannot be cold.
I’ve discovered my body’s secret to cold immunity is going backpacking with a hammock and no under quilt when the lows are in the 20s, with a sleeping bag that lied about its rated temperature.
Unfortunately I have to repeat it every 5-8 years.
It is important to note that the trip where I discovered this was supposed to have lows in the 60s, but a blue northern rolled in on the first night.
I was insufficiently prepared for the first night in a camping hammock.
It was at a music festival in West Virginia on a mountain top.
90s (32-34) during the day, 50 ( 10c ) maybe at night.
Dewpoint somewhere inbetween with nearly 100% humidity.
The party favors don’t help my lack of sleep but I almost drowned AND got hypothermia in that thing over night lmao
Yeah, unless the lows are in the 70s or above, and under quilt is necessary.
I made the right choice buying REIs structured hammock, because I ended up using it on the ground as a tent.
I’ve discovered my body’s secret to cold immunity is going backpacking with a hammock and no under quilt when the lows are in the 20s, with a sleeping bag that lied about its rated temperature.
ahh yes fellow hammock camper, i gave up at 3am, started a fire and stumbled around in the dark with a headlamp trying to gather more wood.
I’d rather be uncomfortably cold for the 15 minutes I spend outside than uncomfortably hot for the majority of the time inside.
Coats can be a pain when you are going somewhere you can’t hang them up. But if you are hot indoors during the winter in long pants you should probably consult someone. Unless you are visiting your aunt Edna who keeps her house at 80F
Oh good I’m just hot indoors all year in long pants.
It’s the contrast I think. -20c outside, keep it at 19c at home then go to a public place and they keep it at 23-24c for some reason. No wonder I feel like I’m being slow roasted.
That guy just had a sports practice and his body temperature is elevated.
Signed, an athlete in a winter climate.
I am this guy. I get warm so fucking quick. It’ll be -10c outside but the moment I walk up a flight of stairs I’ll be sweating
When I was in undergrad, I used to walk to and from my jujutsu dojo a mile away from my dorm. The way back had a big hill leading up to my dorm; I would start out at the bottom wearing a big coat and end up at the top with the coat tied around my waist! The weight of the winter gear and the difficulty of trudging through fresh snow just makes it that much more of a workout.
It’s a real problem. I do 10km a day. In winter I have to strip to just one layer because if I wear multiple layers I end up sweating which end up becoming problematic when the wind chill picks up.
I’ve lost so many beanies and gloves because it’s cold as fuck when you start.
I’ve dreamt of clothing that can open and close itself based on a temp you want set. Like a car’s cooling system will close up when it’s cold but open up when it’s hot to circulate the coolant to the radiator.
I am from Winnipeg. Natural selection has made us immune down to -40.
Edit: but then we just shatter. My tombstone will say “Jim shat himself to death” and there will be a statue of me wearing shorts.
I feel you. I’m from northern Minnesota. And the sweat rolls off of you at 70F/20C because it’s too hot out.
I won’t have a tombstone. They cost too much…
In Quebec, we have guys who walk in -30 hunched over a thin leather jacket smoking for warmth.
Un dur à cuire -tough guy in leather.
Does shat mean the same thing in Canada as it does here?
I am from around so I can’t say definitively what is Canadian about that. I meant “shat” as in the past tense of shit and a word that sounds like shattered, like the bad robot in Terminator 2 when he froze. Never the best joke if it needs explaining; I was just being a bit silly.
It’s snowing so it can’t actually be that cold, it’s fine
#NeverPantsGang
#NeverPantsGang
Fuck that crap. Not only my shorts all the time, but, I have 2 kilts. A utilikilt and a dress tartan kilt.
I was this guy when i lived in hungary but the funny part was that it was actually like 10c and spring(even tho historically it used to go below minus 10 there during winter). Now that i live in sweden i realize people are also like that here but thankfully the large amount of finns who live here spice it up. Im not even kidding when it was my first winter here and a guy showed up in shorts in -20c while i had two hoodies and a winter jacket on and was still freezing. Always the finns.
I feel called out.
Hey look, it’s me
Hey you
I’ve got 4 sons like this…
I had a buddy who challenged himself to only wear shorts for the whole year.
He technically didn’t succeed because he had to go to an event with a dress code, but I still consider it a success because he didn’t choose to wear pants.
That’s why there are nice kilts for “dressy” occasions. You do not need any heritage reason to wear a kilt. Can get them in plain colors, eg: khaki.
There are microbes that generate heat, some have more than others
Where can I get them
Its me :(
