|
|
Post by fairweatherfan on Jul 28, 2023 20:43:13 GMT -5
Are heat wankers and polar foamers born or made? Climate preferences mostly stem from our lived experiences, our lifestyle, even our personality. As an adaptable species, humans can tolerate and enjoy a large range of climates. However, some people are more tolerant of heat, and others are more adept at handling cold. This certainly plays a large factor into temperature and weather preferences as a whole. Someone who can quickly adapt to heat is a lot more likely to enjoy hot weather than someone who is slower and more uncomfortable to adjust. Likewise, someone who doesn't feel cold easily is a lot more likely to enjoy snowy weather than someone whose extremities quickly become numb. How do your personal experiences with cold and hot weather affect your weather and temperature preferences?
|
|
|
|
Post by greysrigging on Jul 28, 2023 22:00:28 GMT -5
I grew up in Northern Victoria and went to boarding school in Southern NSW.... once I headed north to work, it took all of ohhh about a day or so to be like, 'fuck down south winters, I'm here ( the Deep North ) to stay....' lol
|
|
|
|
Post by firebird1988 on Jul 28, 2023 22:18:30 GMT -5
I was born in NY, but I didn't get to choose that. I've always liked warmth and sun. So I moved to AZ after I got out of high school
|
|
|
|
Post by greysrigging on Jul 29, 2023 1:54:36 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by sari on Jul 29, 2023 3:44:20 GMT -5
A bit of both for me personally. I never enjoyed hot weather (even as a child, it always made me feel like my entire body weighed several tons), and was always cold-tolerant, but I didn't develop a strong preference until I was "inspired" by experiencing the glory of winters 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, and the summer of 2014 between them (it blew my mind that summer could be comfortable!) in Northeast Ohio.
|
|
|
|
Post by massiveshibe on Jul 29, 2023 3:49:19 GMT -5
You do know ( all you polar foamer knuckleheads ), there is a reason for this... ? It's simply fuck all snow, ice and frost...     The states of Australia show a different correlation. New South Wales and Victoria are the most populated provinces while Northern Territory is the least populated. Even the cold city of Canberra has a higher population than the entire Northern Territory. Melbourne, which is not only one of the coldest cities in Australia, but also one of the dullest, is the most populated city on the country, although some sources say that Sydney is the most populated, which is still a cold city by Australian standards. |
|
|
|
Post by greysrigging on Jul 29, 2023 4:05:01 GMT -5
^^ I notice here you didn't use Queensland in your stats.... the fastest growing state ( population wise ) in AU, with internal immigration from NSW and Vic... I wonder why ?... ( rhetorical question )... It's fucken warm ! ( mostly ) lol.... that's why !
|
|
|
|
Post by massiveshibe on Jul 29, 2023 4:56:29 GMT -5
^^ I notice here you didn't use Queensland in your stats.... the fastest growing state ( population wise ) in AU, with internal immigration from NSW and Vic... I wonder why ?... ( rhetorical question )... It's fucken warm ! ( mostly ) lol.... that's why ! Queensland is over twice the size of NSW and around 8 times larger than Victoria. And it still has a lower population than both states. Being the fastest growing at some statistic also doesn’t mean much. Niger has one of the fastest growing GDPs in the world, is that a good thing? It still has one of the lowest GDPs and a completely broken economy. |
|
|
|
Post by Ariete on Jul 29, 2023 6:46:22 GMT -5
I'd say born, though health factors play a part. It can even vary within families; my sister is a heat lover and my brother a hard-core heat hater.
Being overweight, having certain medical conditions etc can surely make you less heat tolerant, while slowed blood circulation when aging makes you less cold tolerant.
Finally, cultural and environmental factors play a part too. For example a Finn is much more adept protecting themself from cold than an Egyptian, while the latter is much better in protecting themself from heat. After all, a Finn wearing all black, drinking nothing but coffee or beer, and complaining about heat is a running gag here.
|
|
|
|
Post by MET on Jul 29, 2023 6:47:52 GMT -5
In my experience it can change over time like it has for me.
|
|
|
|
Post by fairweatherfan on Jul 29, 2023 11:19:58 GMT -5
I'd say born, though health factors play a part. It can even vary within families; my sister is a heat lover and my brother a hard-core heat hater. Being overweight, having certain medical conditions etc can surely make you less heat tolerant, while slowed blood circulation when aging makes you less cold tolerant. Finally, cultural and environmental factors play a part too. For example a Finn is much more adept protecting themself from cold than an Egyptian, while the latter is much better in protecting themself from heat. After all, a Finn wearing all black, drinking nothing but coffee or beer, and complaining about heat is a running gag here. Good insights! Although I will add that a lot of it simply comes down to personal preference. Two people could have a similar tolerance for heat, but one might enjoy the sensation more than the other. As for the Finn, I saw him on Reddit saying that -30C is more comfortable than 30C. |
|
|
|
Post by Ariete on Jul 29, 2023 11:31:44 GMT -5
Good insights! Although I will add that a lot of it simply comes down to personal preference. Two people could have a similar tolerance for heat, but one might enjoy the sensation more than the other. As for the Finn, I saw him on Reddit saying that -30C is more comfortable than 30C.
To which I would reply that 30C is more comfortable than 10C.
|
|
|
|
Post by greysrigging on Jul 29, 2023 18:21:02 GMT -5
^^ I notice here you didn't use Queensland in your stats.... the fastest growing state ( population wise ) in AU, with internal immigration from NSW and Vic... I wonder why ?... ( rhetorical question )... It's fucken warm ! ( mostly ) lol.... that's why ! Queensland is over twice the size of NSW and around 8 times larger than Victoria. And it still has a lower population than both states. Being the fastest growing at some statistic also doesn’t mean much. Niger has one of the fastest growing GDPs in the world, is that a good thing? It still has one of the lowest GDPs and a completely broken economy. A warm place...  A not so warm place...  |
|
|
|
Post by massiveshibe on Jul 29, 2023 18:26:05 GMT -5
Queensland is over twice the size of NSW and around 8 times larger than Victoria. And it still has a lower population than both states. Being the fastest growing at some statistic also doesn’t mean much. Niger has one of the fastest growing GDPs in the world, is that a good thing? It still has one of the lowest GDPs and a completely broken economy. A warm place... A not so warm place... Brazil is significantly larger than Argentina in land area… A warm place: Spain: 47.4 million inhabitants, 505,990 square kilometres of land area A not so warm place: Germany: 83.2 million inhabitants, 357,558 square kilometres of land area. |
|
|
|
Post by greysrigging on Jul 29, 2023 18:59:08 GMT -5
A warm place... A not so warm place... Brazil is significantly larger than Argentina in land area… A warm place: Spain: 47.4 million inhabitants, 505,990 square kilometres of land area A not so warm place: Germany: 83.2 million inhabitants, 357,558 square kilometres of land area. We could do this ad nauseam of course....lol Java area: 128,291klm sq ( warm )  Iceland area: 103,300klm sq ( not warm )  Singapore area: 728.6klm sq ( warm )  Tasmania area: 68,401klm sq ( not warm )  |
|
|
|
Post by cawfeefan on Jul 29, 2023 22:08:42 GMT -5
I think heat/cold tolerance is more something you were born with (but even that can change), but climate preference often encompasses other things such as our personal experiences. I also wonder if other people's opinions can have an impact on our preferences, especially when we were younger. At least for me, I felt like I was partially influenced by what others thought. I was quite the heat wanker as a child, but it's understandable when everyone around me complained about our cold, cloudy climate.
|
|
|
|
Post by Donar on Jul 30, 2023 5:05:35 GMT -5
I'm not overly cold tolerant but I mainly prefer a four season climate for aesthetic reasons. The sensual experience of cold can be a nice relief after summer, though the visual effects of cold are more important for me. I don't think I was born with these preferences, as I was rather fascinated by tropical rainforests and savannas as a child.
|
|
|
|
Post by Benfxmth on Jul 30, 2023 7:11:31 GMT -5
I find it far easier to acclimatize to the heat than the cold, taking a couple of days of exercise for the heat rather than weeks of shivering for the cold. I think weather preferences boil down to what you're used to; what you experience and/or remember...while I prefer warm/hot weather, I still also prefer a bit of seasonality because I'm used to living in moderate-seasonality subtropical climates, and also somewhat influenced by childhood memory-nostalgia of the occasional cold spells (e.g. early 2014 cold snaps).
|
|
|
|
Post by desiccatedi85 on Jul 30, 2023 8:14:20 GMT -5
I think most humans are probably born comfort wankers, preferring neither extreme, but then some are shaped by experiences to differ from this default. As for me, I remember complaining about both heat and cold as a little kid. I've grown to like heat though as I find it far more comfortable than cold, even for sports. I always played well in hot baseball games, even though you get sweaty as fuck, because the heat just loosens my body up while muscles tighten up in the cold, when I always played worse.
Of course, someone who is into snowsports should justifiably end up an avid cold lover. The people that make no sense are those that aren't into any snowsports but still like cold. Additionally, my preferences against cold were further solidified by the shitty look of cold landscapes and my appreciation of mild to warm ones, as well as just generally being sadder during cold weather. I still do like some semblance of seasons though, as I do appreciate weather from cool (but not cold) up to very hot. Seeing the landscape change with the seasons is great to an extent, I just rather see lush winters than cold, snowy, dead ones.
|
|
|
|
Post by fairweatherfan on Jul 30, 2023 11:39:46 GMT -5
I think heat/cold tolerance is more something you were born with (but even that can change), but climate preference often encompasses other things such as our personal experiences. I also wonder if other people's opinions can have an impact on our preferences, especially when we were younger. At least for me, I felt like I was partially influenced by what others thought. I was quite the heat wanker as a child, but it's understandable when everyone around me complained about our cold, cloudy climate. It's interesting how people in a place think of their own climate. I'm pretty sure the climate I grew up is no warmer on average than Melbourne's, but the locals mostly give it rave reviews. |
|
