Alright refugees!

I reckon we need to have a threat to chat. About stuff. With reddit ‘closing’ for the next few days in some cases, and foreseeable in others, I felt like this thread was appropriate.

What are you all up to today? Anything interesting going on? I already know it’s too hot.

  • Matt@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    It was actually pleasant this morning cycling to work, then I walked outside 15 minutes ago for lunch and it felt like the sun was trying kill me and the air trying to suffocate me.

    Really thinking about investing in one of those ~£300 air conditioning units for home next year, as summers seem to keep getting worse, anyone tried those?

    • shankrabbit@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      If you get a portable one, make sure you get the kind with two hoses. Otherwise you’ll create a vacuum that will pull in hot air to the room you’re trying to cool.

      The second hose prevents that by using outside air instead.

    • Mane25@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Really thinking about investing in one of those ~£300 air conditioning units for home next year, as summers seem to keep getting worse, anyone tried those?

      I’m not keen on the idea, air conditioning makes it feel even hotter when you go outside - and who wants to sit around inside on a hot day?

      • appel@whiskers.bim.boats
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        2 years ago

        would agree, also air conditioning is part of the problem that keeps making every summer hotter. People in hotter countries don’t use ac all the time, just drink cold drinks, keep the house shady with wind blowing through, etc.