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  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Arrive to work soaked in sweat because it’s been 100+ degrees every day for the past 8 weeks.

      • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        I rode one for a while in college.

        Didn’t really help with the sweat problem between April and October in Texas. Or was less work than pedaling, but nothing aside from air conditioning helps with the sweat issue in Texas summer heat.

      • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        Being cheap is the entire benefit. Everything else is just a plus. If you lose the cost it’s not worth it at that point.

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          14 days ago

          But somehow 20k plus for a vehicle with the added maintenance, gas, inspection, and registration is. Gotcha.

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            14 days ago

            Never said owning a car was cheap. I said if I have to shell out 5 grand for a bike that I still have to drive without ac/heat in the summer and winter it defeats the purpose.

      • Jolteon@lemmy.zip
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        13 days ago

        Even without global warming, 100°f days or not exactly uncommon in large chunk of the US.

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          13 days ago

          Not anymore, no. They used to be quite uncommon. Just as a reminder, we have been dumping CO2 in the atmosphere since before anyone living was ever born.

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            13 days ago

            Even the generous estimates only put us at about 1°c increase by human activity. While the large scale effects of this are causing problems, it doesn’t really change the fact that there are plenty of 100°F days even discounting that increase.

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              7 days ago

              There didn’t use to be so many days over 100F in FL. And there didn’t use to be so many warm days in the dead of winter in North Dakota.

    • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      Workplaces that require employees to be presentable then offer locker rooms, showers, and enough reasonable time to get ready to accommodate the fact that everyone who works a service job arrives soaked in sweat.