air conditioning

[kivrin]

Am I a plebian, insensitive cretin because I like air conditioning?

E and her girlfriend hate it... too dry, gives them headaches, is unnatural & bad for the environment etc. My dear glimmergirl finds it too cold, and just now my boss, the lovely J, was complaining about how claustrophobic AC makes her, and how she'd rather wake up hot and sticky than cold. And the new student worker was complaining about how cold it is on the bus.

Now, I really like ac. Especially when/where I'm sleeping. I have a very hard time sleeping without at least a sheet over me... I feel too exposed to relax. And when it's 90+ degrees and 80% humidity, having even a sheet over you is pretty rough, I find. I like the dry. I like the cold. Of course, I liked Wisconsin winters too, when I lived there, for the same reasons of 'dry and cold.' Once shoveled, the sidewalks stayed clear, and the snow stayed and looked pretty, and I could tramp vigorously from place to place and feel invigorated rather than devitalized.

Comments

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Air conditioning is what separates us from the animals. And fences. Fences also separate us from the animals.

[king-chiron.livejournal.com]

And peanut butter cups. Animals can't make those.

Having lived in Texas and Florida, I can't imagine living without A/C. It just would not be possible to live comfortably without out. I do find that for those marginal situations, open windows and a fan makes for a much nicer atmosphere than A/C.

But personally I have a lot of trouble sleeping when it's too hot. I'd much rather have it nice and cool, good excuse to snuggle under the blankets.

AC Forever!

[emrinalexander.livejournal.com]

I ADORE AC. I run mine year round. If it were not for the fact that my Father, who is elderly and always chilled, lives with us, the entire house would never be any warmer than 62 degrees no matter what time of year. As it is, I have it locked at 68 degrees, much though he whinges. I got him electric thermal underwear for Xmas. And when we lived in our other abodes, the thermostat *was* set there all the time.

I can't sleep when it is stuffy and hot, no air is circulating, and I'm not covered by at least a sheet and blanket. So there.

Even in an office environment, or rather - especially, as computer equipment not only generates heat, it doesn't operate well in high temps - 68 degrees F is as high as the thermostat should ever be set. (And you little skinny cold people - do not come whinging to me. Buy clothing with sleeves.)

Frankly, if someone can't deal with anything under 70 degrees, and they really are that cold, they need see a doctor, buy thermal underwear, put on a sweater, and shut up. It is much easier to layer UP, than down: I cannot take clothes off without frightening people and being arrested.

I have never, understood people who would rather sit around being stinky *and* sweaty because they don't like AC. Ohhh - there's an attractive combo. One of the reasons I adore my lifepartner is that she likes rooms to be even colder than I do *G*. (And one of the many reasons my ex-husband is an EX, is because he whined every time I turned on the air conditioning).

N

Re: AC Forever!

[pistorius.livejournal.com]

YOU GO GIRL!

(DOES THE AC YEA TEAM DANCE)

[pistorius.livejournal.com]

AIR CONDITIONING IS A GIFT OF THE GODS.

Here are my top two replies to people whoi complaion about it:

#1) If it were 30 degrees outside instead of 90, you would find 70 degrees to be a nice comfortable inside temperature. I don not complain when you turn up the heat, so please do not complain when I turn up the air conditioning.

#2) If you are cold, you can always put on more clothes. If you deprive me of air conditioning, I shall have to remove my clothes. Do you want a naked co - worker?

Wisconsin Winters

[maedbh7.livejournal.com]

Yes! Wisconsin in winter. Pine trees. Snow that stuck around for a long while. Keeping buckets of gravel near the door and kitty litter in the trunk for all the ice and the getting off of same, sledding hills that got used more than once a season. Deer.

I'm a 72 degrees F girl myself, but better too cold than too hot. Blanket blankets blankets, especially in the summer. -H (wandered in off of Spiritdancer's journal)

Re: Wisconsin Winters

[kivrin.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Snow that sparkles in the sun instead of dissolving. Not cooking beneath my wool comforter. I even got a masochistic sort of thrill from the whole breath-freezing-on-ones-scarf phenomenon. (I realize I may lose some people there, but look at it this way... I'll make the grocery run.

Thanks for mentioning how you got here. I appreciate it. Welcome!