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I can't take it anymore.
It's nearly 40° (or 104 f), i don't have AC, only a fan and i drink like a camel.
I work remotely and i know that other people have worst work condition than me but WTH is this temperature ??
Have a nice day everyone
HAAAAAA
Edit: Thx for all the tips
useless3y3s
If you have an ice maker put ice in a tub and add salt and then put that in front of your fan with a towel underneath.
Niceisinfrance
DALLASLAVOWNER
go sit in an american hotel lobby if there is one nearby
headseamstress
Got punched by heat exhaustion today in the UK. Christ this is awful
HandoB4Javert
brianingram
Texan here (don't throw anything - we ain't all bad): drink Gatorade (or equ. electrolyte) every so often as you sweat. You'll feel better.
Gameskyjumper
water mist sprayer + fan combo.
UltraLincoln
Is it humid? If not, you can buy a swamp cooler or right one up yourself
Justine14
It's northwest from France so yeah it's pretty humid.
restingduckface
Get a spray bottle with just water, spray yourself in front of the fan. Works best naked.
Aaron42J
Be safe! Saw a report that estimated 1000 dead in Spain and Portugal...
Justine14
Sadly the elderly are gonna be the most vulnerable...But thank for your kind world Aaron.
UndrwearMustache
It's tempting to open a window and point the fan in. Point the fan out on high and force the heat out. When the sun is down open a opposing1
UndrwearMustache
window to draw the air through and push the heat out.
icbkr
Bonfire jour!
Cronos51101
A little spicy food on a hot day gets the sweat going. Keep up with electrolytes with all that water. Try a nap in the heat of the day.
Varenvel
this is the climate change we ecologist kept talking you about for forever , now its too late to revert it so enjoy :)
Varenvel
im not sorry for being sarcastic , i studied ecology 15 years ago , now got severe depression because how world neglected climate.
Varenvel
but i guess it also got to a point that you cant deny its happening so theres that
VibratingNipples
Take a cold shower and don't brother drying off. it will make your day a little more bearable
cjandstuff
Living in an area of high humidity, you never dry off anyway. It suuuuucks!
arumunus
If this helps anyone- windows, especially sun-facing ones, let in a TON of heat. Putting up thermal panels, thick curtains, (shit, even ->
arumunus
Cardboard) can help cut down the heat a little. Especially when the sun is shining through. Drink water. Ice is awesome, freeze some hot ->
arumunus
Water bottles, wet rags, ect. I've read that a bowl of ice in front of a fan can help, I've never tried that. Sunblock for outside.
tattooedpotato
Les cinés ont des salles climatisées si ça devient trop le désespoir, courage !
Titilve74
Sauf que le froid de la clim génère encore plus de chaleur dehors... ??
NATOFox
It hit 43 C here last year. What a nightmare of a week that was.
cmovbe
Fans don’t cool you down if the air they blow is above body temperature.
WoodfolkFae
You can basically replace this with the entirety of europe.
Justine14
Indeed
jixathejinx
Texas here, 40c today. Put ice in your drinks, use fans to circulate the air, stay in the shade, wear light-weight, light colored clothing.
lucindamarie18
Heat rises, cool air travels down, put fans on the floors to circulate cooler air...
DangerBaer
And most of all, vote!
Justine14
Is it considered hot for this time of the year in Texas?
jixathejinx
Well, the armadillos haven't started to explode yet, but yes, it is a bit toasty, & I remember the asphalt melting during the 1978 heatwave
coothlesscthulhu
Another Texan (North Tx): Definitely hot but our problem right now is weeks of 40C+ temps and a drought plus energy instability.
coothlesscthulhu
It hit 43C today on my balcony thermometer. We're somewhat equipped to handle such high temps for a period of time. It sucks tho
coothlesscthulhu
I hope you and those you care for can get a break from the heat. Be safe and stay hydrated!
Delathi
I apologize to Europe. Came to England to a record heat wave. Last summer, went to the desert and ice fell from the sky. I break the weather
Justine14
so unbreak it, thank you very much !
Music4themind
Nearly? hah! Try your neighbour Spain at 46°C
Justine14
You have a heatwave too ?
edgillespie939000
All of Western Europe man! It’s mama to get up to 35 in Manchester tomorrow and we are possibly even less prepared than you :(
edgillespie939000
(For context, Manchester record is like 32/33)
Justine14
Take care !
edgillespie939000
Also *meant to, not ‘mama’???
sleepyskellybones
it seems like all of Europe is in a heatwave... it's hot hot hot and humid in the UK as well
Justine14
Yeah i saw that, first 40° in your history... I hope you're doing well.
sleepyskellybones
I'm from the US so I've definitely had hotter summers but wasn't emotionally prepared for such heat here lol
Justine14
I can imagine :/
bodhitr33
Go to ikea
BLACKHAWK6901
Check out YouTube for DIY a/c. They have some simple to make ones that use a 5gal bucket, ice, and a fan that works wonders.
erikna
But it wont work if you make the ice in a freezer in the space you want to cool
driftwoodlamp
It also works best in low humidity.
Darkklown14
I made one of these a few years back… def worth the investment for a small space
drduffer
Time to go to the movies. A double feature, I think. Tell the boss you’re not feeling well and skedaddle.
ChloeRed
...science fiction?
thedudeman519
Justine14
skedaddle ? That's a new et funny world !
drduffer
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/skedaddle#:~:text=Possibly%20an%20alteration%20of%20British,sca%C3%BEol%2C%20*scea%C3%BEol%20(see%20scathel
OnlyPositiveFavourites
Block all sources of sunlight into your house. Especially anywhere the sun bakes into like a big window. Close windows in daytime, open¹
Dxb105
You can often have windows open to create a cross breeze so long as they are 100% blacked out still. Unless way hotter outside
ImaginaryMamboNumber5
Managed to keep the house down to 27C today, the parched hellscape outside was 38C. Those windows were staying closed.
OnlyPositiveFavourites
the whole house up at nightime. Also: check on your elderly neighbours!!
lucindamarie18
Check on your pets too!!!!! Put Ice cubes in their water bowl. Watermelons good to hydrate humans and pets, don't eat the rinds.
VibratingNipples
I put Aluminium Foil over my windows to reflect sunlights away like a mirror
EveryYellowMolecule
Bubble wrap on windows gives them the effect of double glazed windows.
arumunus
I'm scared I'd inadvertently cause a fire that way.. Home Depot sells a pair of thermal panels here- they work REALLY well.
Cucumberclouds
Did you just laser bake a neighbour tho?
soupiswhatitsoundslikewhenyoueatsoup
Ripplingtwinkie
Soak a hand towel in water, wrap it around your neck as you sit in front of the fan. You really just need to keep your head and neck cool.
Momoshi
Wouldn't recommend cooling the neck, I got flu and really stiff and achy neck. Try cooling wrists and ankles.
SirBagels
No. This is bad, dangerous advice. You need to cool neck/head to protect the brain,and you don't get the flu from being cold.
Boksha
Honestly that sounds like a banger of an idea. I'll try that tomorrow (WFH in the Netherlands and it's likely to hit 40℃ tomorrow). Thanks!
ImFunnierThanYallGiveMeCreditFor
Put it on your wrists too
JimFromMarketing
Evaporative cooling is really effective, getting water to evaporate off your skin
DustyMcKnuckles
I came down here to suggest literally the same thing. I see youve dealt with and overcome "fuck you" levels of heat too. Keep cool, respect!
InoffensivePablum
My balls would like to formally contradict your hilarious statement.
JLB36602
My god, do we have to explain everything? Wrap wet towel around neck and head, contort head/neck down into your crotch, THEN turn on fan.
Lionskull
also, keeping your hands and feet cool works great because they are the way your body dissipates heat.
Seggs
foot bath with ice water works SO NICE
gluttonygreedpridewrathslothlustenvy
Back of neck, temples, inside wrists, anywhere on wrist and ankle. Those are your cool zones.
Justine14
thx, i'm gonna try that
chewtoy9696
This is great, you can also get a gaiter pretty cheap that's neoprene so super soft and use it the same way and holds temp longer
imafarmer
Find a breezeway in the shade get that natural ac
SoggyFarts
Also, wet towels in freezer, wrap around you neck/shoulders.
Mongicane
Gonna say this. Old kitchen trick. Freeze 2-3wet towels, tie one like a bandana around your neck. Swap when they get warm.
Ouberos
Put your feet into cold water to help cool your circulation too. A bucket or a saucepan. You can do the same with your wrists.
Fuckifiknowwhatsgoingon
Definitely cool the wrists, run cold water over the undersides, it cools the blood which then flows to the rest of your body
MightyG7
Be careful, the bodies thermometer is at the back of the neck. If you cool that spot you can end up feeling great but the rest of your 1/2
MightyG7
Body begins to overheat. Cool high blood flow areas with thin skin. Run cool water over the inside of your wrists, put a damp towel over 1/?
MightyG7
Your head and as the water evaporates, it will cool you. Put a damp towel in front of a fan, same deal...water evaporates and it cools.
MightyG7
Spray a fine mist of clean water into the air, again it evaporates and cools the air as it does.
xj4low
Cool showers help too.
Salpinus
More and more parts of Europe have water rasioning now. ??♂️
xj4low
Same with Texas. We have multiple wild fires around Dallas and water plant offline for emergency maintenance. Was 108 today (42 c) and (1
xj4low
2) may have blackouts again.
DewiMorgan
Buy AC. Even just a window unit. Europeans getting no AC is as weird to me as Americans getting no healthcare.
helkafen
Make it a heat pump (bidirectional) if possible. We need heat pumps to decarbonize heating and fight climate change.
TierfreierNichtraucherhaushalt
thevortexmaster
Pretty rare where I live in Canada as well. When you only have 2 months of 20-30 degree weather it's considered a luxury
ALovelyTime
Right, this is actually why AC is rare… because persistent temperatures that make it reasonable are rare.
thevortexmaster
Heck it's rained for last 3 months straight here hahaha first day of sun today pretty much
JohnMike64
Heat pumps people the most efficient heating possible if your place is insulated well (which American buildings aren't) heat & AC
JohnMike64
Why it's so expensive fuck knows like 70% of the planet already has them in one way mode
ChloeRed
window units don't work with most european window designes.
mercyPandaRunner
And ruin the climate even more. ?????
GrenadeIn
This is the exact thought process and reason why climate change will continue to accelerate.
Titilve74
YUP ! But common people can't think that far though... ???
matrixalgebra
100 companies account for 70% of CO2 emissions. You can die of heat stroke. Buy an AC.
GrenadeIn
Yes, that's a trope by which 300 million households run their greenhouse gas machines 24/7. I'm American. every little bit helps.
IndianJoe
Most French houses are better insulated than American ones seem to be. Old countryside houses with thick walls stay fresh all day long.
DewiMorgan
So the AC would work far more efficiently, and this becomes a good argument for buying an AC unit.
IndianJoe
Why put AC in a house that is already fresh ???
DewiMorgan
Because 14,000 people died from the heat in France in the 2003 heatwave. 15,000 people in 2019. This year will beat them both.
DewiMorgan
To an outsider, "Our heat-dead shoulda had thicker walls" is as weird a belief as "Our poverty-dead shoulda had better health insurance".
TierfreierNichtraucherhaushalt
As long as you run it with photovoltaics.
DewiMorgan
Why would that be important or even relevant?
TierfreierNichtraucherhaushalt
Serious question?
SaItyEuropean
quite the opposite my good friend
DewiMorgan
So you feel a well-insulated house would be less efficient to cool than a poorly-insulated house? How so?
SaItyEuropean
the idea is that you don't need to cool it in the first place. Open windows at night, it's still ~15°C in France, all your heat dissipates
jamsplodge
We can have AC. We just know it's incredibly expensive and wasteful. You think fuel in America is expensive right now? Look at Europe.
ath1337e
Sure, but sometimes it is worth it, especially in dangerous heat. Better to have AC and decide not to use it than to not have AC.
treed240z
We can have healthcare. We just know it's incredibly expensive and wasteful.
butjegrint
This is the biggest trainwreck of a troll attempt I’ve seen in a LONG time.
jamsplodge
It's only incredibly expensive and wasteful because your politicians have allowed it to get that way. Lobbying should be illegal.
VibratingNipples
BarryTheCyborg
This is the dumbest fucking take I've seen in a while
treed240z
It's almost like, the person used their exact wording as a joke.
KingKelloggTheWaffleHaggler
Its ok. I got the joke
Pip0une
We mostly don't have AC because we understand how bad it is for the environment
DewiMorgan
I think it's more about technological inertia. Update is slow for automatic gears in cars (UK), washer/dryers (US), electric kettles (US)...
SomeDetroitGuy
Electric kettles are rare in the US because our houses run on 120V so they are very slow.
DewiMorgan
Power (Watts) matters more directly than volts. US's spur wiring is limited to about 1320W/socket, UK's ring circuits can take 2990W/socket.
ChloeRed
2990 is a weird way to write 3120.
DewiMorgan
But same result, I agree: electric kettles here in the US (I'm in TX) take more than 2x the time of UK ones, limiting adoption.
MyGenericUserNames
I think most new cars in UK are autos now
DewiMorgan
Wow, really? I leave the country for just ten years and it all goes to hell in a handbasket!
ChloeRed
only because fixed gears (EVs) are classed as automatic as the defination of auto is "not manual". _actual_ automatics are the 1/
ChloeRed
smallest amount of new cars sold, even behind manuals, it's like 6%. 2/2
ChloeRed
It's not inertia. It's cost/useage. I've had AC in my computer room for 12 years. I've used it more in the last 48 hours than I have used 1/
ChloeRed
it for 4 years. Most people don't have the money to pay for something like that to not use it, let alone the cost to run it. 2/2
LollipopFromHell
I thought i'd translate since this shows France.
hickorybakedbeans
Don't worry, I fixed it for you
finnwin
LinguisticBitch
C'est normal.
rebmafire
For some reason this makes it about 80% funnier
CrisprCAS
WoopDeFrickenDoo
ah cursive, the french way to write
simplefishy
denbrice
A literal transation would be 'Ceci est fin.'
LinguisticBitch
Bien ot fin.
LinguisticBitch
Le francais es meilleur quand il a des personne ignorantes qui te corrige mal.
denbrice
Fine = bien, but also fin. And fin does not make sense, so I opt for that. French is a lot more fun when 'translated' literally.
LinguisticBitch
'Fin' in that translation is about thickness. 'Fine thread' 'Fils fin'. Please don't correct on what you obviously don't know. Merci.
LinguisticBitch
Fin means end. So no, this is very wrong.
denbrice
https://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/c%27est+tr%C3%A8s+fin.html
denbrice
Es-tu francophone? Sinon, c'est peut-être plus intelligent de ne plus réagir.
blaghart
Wouldn't "c'est bien" be more culturally accurate?
Moomoote
No
circlebreaker
Roughly translates to "It's good".
Jussy
if you want context is more "tout va bien"
blaghart
All your good?
Jussy
all good.
blaghart
wouldn't that be "tout bien"? No second person possessive article necessary?
IndianJoe
"C'est bien" is more like "You're doing good"
LinguisticBitch
No. It's 'Its good'.
blaghart
...but "you're doing good" is "vous allez bien"
IndianJoe
"Vous allez bien ?" is "How are you?".
blaghart
How are you would be "comment allez-vous" though...
IndianJoe
A better translation would be "Tout va bien".
Kakeukh
"C'est OK."
Tchernobog
IL EST MINUIT ET TOUT VA BIEN!
Computersoul
Merci Nicdouille
rowm
I don’t speak French (much less france french) but google translate says “Tout va” would be more closely matching to the original image, no?
LollipopFromHell
“Tout va” is too litteral and short. The way i translated it litteraly describes the same feeling in french and english. i'm french Canadian
LollipopFromHell
"Tout va bien" litteraly mean 'Everything is well' so its not a better translation.And yes; i'm french canadian.
Themanwithathousanddongs
"Tout va bien" is already often used in french ironically to describe a situation where nothing is going well so i think it's fitting
maitreChameau
an even better version would include at least 1 ''du coup''.... ''du coup , ça va quoi ! ''
rickrockqc
In french canada it would be way easier: "S'correct"
LollipopFromHell
t'as ben raison sti.
GrumpyOldMillennial
Yeah but French Canadians don't speak french.......
LollipopFromHell
thats ok; english Canadians try to speak english and they do it very badly too.
IndianJoe
I'm French French, here nobody uses "ceci". We would say "Tout va bien" or "Tout est OK" (French accent on the ok of course).
LollipopFromHell
"Ceci" is typically a French idiom. I wanted this to sound French.Thanks for noticing my attention to detail..
IronGravyBoat
Imagine telling a French person how people speak in France.
4vie
Is "Ceci" an outdated word over there?
IndianJoe
Orally, definitely. In writing, depends, but it usually sounds formal.
WhyisnoIDavailable
french 28 yo, only ever use it in writing, and only formal papers at that
LollipopFromHell
C'est drole; mon pere est Francais emigre au Canada et j'ai les deux nationalites. Il disait 'ceci' quand le besoin se faisait sentir.
Vulpesferrilata
Pourquoi est-ce que t'as autant de downvotes? ?♂️