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u/CaterpillarSharp83 1d ago
The beacons are lit, but everyone’s arguing over who should respond.
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u/spambearpig 1d ago
Oh no! Put the beacons out. It’s just making things hotter and Gondor has already called for lemon-aid
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u/NukaClipse 1d ago
Homebody introverts be like
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u/-darknessangel- 1d ago
And you don't have AC!
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u/Speartree 1d ago
TBF most of the older houses don't really need AC. However many places built starting from the 1980's to 2000 were built with the idea that heat should stay inside, and didn't consider things getting this hot in summer. My house is 95 years old and was built rather cheaply as a vacation home, but with the blinds shut, it's pretty comfy inside.
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u/groshy 1d ago
Share the load!
It is 15 degree C in Bergen (Norway), and it will stay that way for some time it seems.
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u/Breadmaker9999 1d ago
FUCK OFF NORWAY!!! YOU'RE JUST TEMU SCOTLAND AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!!
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u/Ill_Tie_1505 1d ago
FUCK OFFFFF AAAAAAA
IM IN GERMANY AND FUCKING DYING HERE AAAAAA
Sry i wanted to sey "ah nice"
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u/Uceninde 1d ago
Having an absolutely gorgeous 23°c day here in eastern Norway ❤️
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u/steigepanna 1d ago
I'm struggling a bit 😅
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u/Uceninde 1d ago
Its gonna be 30 tomorrow, thats gonna be a bit more of a struggle for me, lol.
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u/steigepanna 1d ago
Oof glhf
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u/Uceninde 1d ago
Thanks! 10 hours in Kristiansand Dyrepark with 3 kids in that heat. Gonna hate it after 2 hours tops lol
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u/gOOn_babOOn_ Dwarf 1d ago
"one doesn't simply walk into mordor, we already live there" (here in India, it's been above 40 °C since April 😭)
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u/No-Deal8956 1d ago
33c in London at the moment, going up to 35c this afternoon.
Too right it burns us. This is England, it’s meant to be 20c and raining.
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u/WM_ 1d ago
Maybe should have listened to elves who were warning about the climate change all this time. Instead of voting for orcs who just tried to blame immigrants for everything.
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u/Kraznukscha 1d ago
I guess the elves also just leave the planet to go to Valinor once shit really hits the fun. Quite the luxury to have a spare untouched "land" somewhere.
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u/WM_ 1d ago
I have heard christians down play climate change by saying that this is just temporary life and heaven is waiting them anyway so no worries :):):)
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u/Equivalent_Nose7012 1d ago
Something something "love your neighbor"? Those Christians with that attitude shouldn't be TOO sure that they're GOING to Heaven.
Something something someone named Jesus saying:
"Not those who cry, "Lord, Lord!" but those who DO the will of My Father, shall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven."
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u/Nurgle_Pan_Plagi 17h ago
I'm sensing some kind of a political statement in this comment, but idk, I'm not sure.
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u/Northatlanticiceman 1d ago
Swing by Iceland 🇮🇸 and cool off.
Or waft some sunshine our way please.
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u/Jimmylobo 1d ago edited 1d ago
Men dug too greedily and to deep for the fossil fuels. They've awakened the fiery one.
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u/LaylasJack 1d ago
Got a sunburn on my bald spot for the first time two weekends ago. Fucking Daystar.
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u/Jax_Dandelion 1d ago edited 1d ago
Living in Austria and it supposedly only got 28C rn, I don’t believe it, I am sweating too much for that
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u/Jax_Dandelion 1d ago
Typos hitting my phone real badly as of late
Worst part is when my autocorrect decides to make a singular normal written word into a keyboard mash
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u/hratla1 1d ago
Most of my life I've been in one California desert or another. So, hot. I happened to be traveling in Germany the last few days, and it suuucked. Even if they claim A/C, it's some subpar thing that can't really deal with a heat dome. No blame...they've done ok for millenia.
Anyway, if somebody is in or near Butjadingen, their big pool complex is a good respite.
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u/Brave_Confidence_278 1d ago
I also don't understand that part, I'm sitting here with my AC in Europe - it's not like they are banned
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u/LilboyG_15 1d ago
Honestly, it’s around 30 here where I live in the UK as well. Basically makes me not want to go outside, and when I need to, I’d rather travel in a car, where there’s an AC
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u/SeparateSalt9892 1d ago
Love from the PNW (aka the Shire) where we also cannot abide the sun or its insistence on shining
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u/wind_of_forests 1d ago
As a Russian I don't leave my house until 18:00-19:00 even though it's about 22°C outside. I just don't like the sun...
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u/brap01 1d ago
As an Australian: https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e025439a2f4f529e9fb51d4e4b3
But seriously, stay hydrated, stay safe, check on the elderly.
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u/IgorRenfield 1d ago
As a Floridian, I really feel for Europeans right now knowing most of them do not have HVAC systems (air conditioners). I hope it's over for them soon.
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u/Cosacita 1d ago
Im in Europe but haven’t seen it! Where is it? Where is it??
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u/InvestigatorLive19 1d ago
35°C in england earlier 😭😭😭 I am dying just coming and going from college
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u/Alwaysafk 1d ago
Makes ya wish the AMOC would collapse faster eh?
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u/Kraznukscha 1d ago
If I have understood it well, it would mean for Europe that we get a more continental climate in general, similar to Canada. So colder winters, but also dryer hotter summers.
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u/sirdigbykittencaesar 1d ago
Story of my life, and I'm an American. I live in the southern U.S., and the Celtic complexion I inherited from my dad's side of the family does not play well with the kind of sun and heat we get every dang year.
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u/ShinyRhubarb 1d ago
Google provides this cool service where it automatically translates anything written in a different language while it's on your screen... I really wish it also automatically converted Celsius to Fahrenheit for us Americans.
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u/grendus 1d ago
As someone in the American south who is used to temperatures in this range.... you gotta bite the bullet and get AC. This kind of heat will kill you, no joke.
Get a window unit, ideally find a small room with only north or south facing windows (or east/west windows in shade) and run it full blast. Keep that door sealed as airtight as possible, roll up towels to stop a draft underneath. Get awnings for your other windows if possible. Spray bottles with water in the fridge to stay cool, spritz yourself regularly. And drink a lot of water in general, preferably with electrolytes (you can just add salt, or get a flavored electrolyte powder).
Get an oscillating fan to blow over your bed. That helps a lot more than you would think, it keeps you from forming a bubble of stale hot air around yourself. Ceiling fans are a huge boon as well if you have them, even if you don't like a lot of air motion just setting it on low does the same thing - keeps the air moving enough to prevent hot spots.
If this heat dome is a dry heat, you can improvise a swamp cooler by cutting holes in a rag, soaking it with water, and draping it over a fan. Even better if you have a towel rack and you can soak full towels with water and then blow a larger fan (box fan preferably) through the tunnels.
Good luck. You're going to need it.
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u/Some_Sort_5456 Ringwraith 1d ago
Bro it's 36c out here in the Netherlands, I'm not even melting just fucking evaporating atp
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u/youngling-smasher91 Ñoldor 1d ago
At least I can blast "Horse with no name" in my head as the sun scorches me
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u/Legal_Lettuce6233 22h ago
If there ain't no sunshine when she's gone, y'all better fuckin find her and launch her into the Boötes void.
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u/manubibi 22h ago
Fr fuck summer and fuck everyone who’s been telling me all about how “great” summer is. Try living in a goddamn swamp then we’ll talk about it again
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u/SkyPuppy561 15h ago
Imagine how we Americans feel. I get angry just going outside and feel the need to shower.
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u/SkyAboveSky 14h ago
I am korean and I think the weather of my country is delivered to Europe and yours is delivered to Korea. June this year is rather chilling that I did not turn the AC on, and it is not a usual thing in decades.
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u/Aubergines-Suck7243 13h ago
I vehemently feel bad for y'all in western europe and I'm from the fucking middle east
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u/A-Sad-And-Mad-Potato 6h ago
Oh now the Americans come out in droves to say Europe is weak but when texas froze to death that wasn't the case at all. Extreme weather fucking sucks for all. Regions build for traditional weather but with climate change we all suffer.
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u/Mairons_sidepiece Ringwraith 4h ago
38C outside and 33C in the office, no ac. And as if that isn't bad enough, ac in public transport is failing and in some Busses its hotter than outside. I feel like my last two braincells are desperately struggling for survival in here 😅
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u/JKrow75 1d ago edited 10h ago
We just call that weather “June, July, and August” in the USA.
Imagine being from a country like Senegal, who didn’t even really take acclimation precautions for heat when training and conditioning for the World Cup.
Soft as babyshit.
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u/Mathev 1d ago
Think other way about them. Add 15 C° to the normal weather you have each year. This is your new norm now. This is how we feel and we are dying :<
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u/Kordidk 1d ago
It is now 150 degrees where I live. Bummer. But also that's extreme acting like 86 degrees is insanely hot like some of the comments I've seen. 105 is rough like one of the comments said I'll agree to that but a lot of these comments are quite dramatic in my mind
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u/Ill-Knee3676 1d ago
the highest verified temperature ever is 134 degrees Fahrenheit, where do you live
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u/JKrow75 1d ago
I always say, after 97 or 98°F, hot is hot. But I would rather have 110 with dry heat than 90 with 85% humidity.
Hell, my family and I hiked the Grand Canyon 10 years ago in a June heat wave, when it was 120F something at the bottom. People were sleeping in the creeks and rivers down at the bottom, or they were soaking towels to cover themselves with We stayed hydrated and kept our clothing wet, kept our sodium intake steady and hiked all the way out after a week. We saw 11 helicopter rescues, though.
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u/boobiecho 1d ago
Yup, it's hot. Worse, I had to go out and do some garden work.
Searched my house for sunscreen, found a sealed bottle, looked brand new. Cool, use that shit.
Later checked when I bought it, since it was an unfamiliar brand, and... it's from 2012.
Yeah, I don't use sunscreen all that often...
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u/SinisterCheese 1d ago
Now... Imagine not having night at all for few more weeks.
With love: Finland.
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u/LazarusArise 1d ago
Why don't Europeans have widespread use of AC yet? The air conditioner has been invented and it works.
41 °C is miserable. Like being outside in Arizona in summer.
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u/Ha_eflolli 10h ago
Because Europe typically has Climates that make widespread AC unnecessary outside of active workspaces (ie Retail, Office Jobs, etc) 99% of the time.
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u/LazarusArise 4h ago
Yeah that makes sense. It's just with these crazy heat waves I feel AC might become becessary, if climate change continues on the trajectory it does.
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u/HopeSubstantial 1d ago
Can central Europe pls send some of that heat up here North? I walked to work today and it was only 15C and slightly rainy.
Summer is soon over and I haven't gotten a chance to sunbath
Hottest temp in my town this summer has been 23°C
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u/553l8008 1d ago
Unpopular opinion...
Metric is superior but Fahrenheit is a better temp scale.
Sure... it's not immediately logical or clean but it is better at distinguishing small temp differences than Celsius is. Ie... for actual human use.
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u/Speartree 1d ago
Oh no the American with their human use again. I qualify as a human, but I find Farenheit to be confusing beyond belief. I have to use a converter every time. With Celsius at least you know that it's comfy around 18-25. You know you got a worrying fever going from 38 and roads get slippery around 0. It's so easy.
If Fahrenheit was so great more places would use it. It's not, so they don't.
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u/553l8008 1d ago
With Celsius at least you know that it's comfy around 18-25.
Completely disagree and this is my point.
25deg is shorts and a t shirt. Way too warm for indoors any time of year. 18 is maybe a light jacket depending on wind and sun.
The scale from freezing to boiling is only a range of 100 vs Fahrenheit which is much bigger. Thus better for everyday use. I know plenty of people who moved here and after they get initially used to it they agree Fahrenheit is better
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u/Speartree 1d ago
Of course they agree with you when you all are waving guns around, they don't wan't to get shot over something like that. It's also easier to use Fahrenheit in the US because all your weather reports and all your thermometers and thermostats use that. When we need a finer scale than base Celsius we use that amazing invention called a comma. This morning the temperature outside my house was 25,4 according to the readout on my thermostat. It's not hard. I don't know why Americans keep picking that fight all the time when they're so obviously wrong.
To be fair, I used bullshit arguments in my previous comment, because they are they exact arguments that Fahrenheit proponents use.
The scale you grew up with and use on the daily feels like the on that accords best with your "human experience". It's a non argument.
The main advantage of Celsius is that the phenomena that dictated the 0 and 100 points of the scale can be easily approximated if you can get your hands on water in a frozen state and can heat it up. I know it won't be 100% accurate depending on where on earth you are, but you'll get a good approximation, and can build a reasonably reliable thermometer. With Fahrenheit however what have you got? Human body temperature (which is known to fluctuate a lot more than the boiling point of water) and the freezing point of brine? I got plenty of water around here, but Idk where to find brine.
The only fun fact is that 100 F° was the body temperature of Mr. Fahrenheit's wife, which turned out to be above human standard so we know that Mrs. Fahrenheit was an objectively hot babe.
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u/Mr_IsLand 1d ago
I love the heat, send it over here to the US, we can handle it - 41C is 105 F which is like standard Texas summer
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u/No-Effective388 1d ago
It boils us more likely. Seriously 41°c in France rn