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Re:Outdoor activity is better for cognition than indoor acti... by hombre_fatal on Monday July 21, 2025 @06:49PM (#44641259)
These kinds of theories along with "you just need to acclimate to it" always hit a wall when they meet me, someone in great shape who grew up around Houston (where it's miserable) and sweats all day unless it's <80F with no humidity.

Right now I live on a beach that's 85F outside and I will be the only person profusely sweating tonight while most people don't even seem to have a sheen. I first noticed it when I moved to this beach newly single and was going on dates—it's a little confusing/embarrassing looking like you swam to the date yet nobody else is sweating.

Every once in a while I meet someone like me with a body made for the Swiss mountains. And every once in a while I meet the polar opposite: someone who can walk around in the Texas summer with pants and a polo.

I think it's 90% genetic. And muscle mass only makes you sweat more.

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Re:Outdoor activity is better for cognition than indoor acti... by seventhtiger on Monday July 21, 2025 @07:15PM (#44641451)
You're probably right, but my point was more specific than general fitness means less sensitivity to temperature. I haven't experience that either.

I meant the specific many temperature shocks daily (hot to cold to coldest to ok to cold to hot) absolutely changed the way I feel temperature. I still knew it was hot but I wasn't uncomfortable at all.

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