renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoWait, my body's own heat is enough? Always has been.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square251fedilinkarrow-up1567arrow-down1155
arrow-up1412arrow-down1external-linkWait, my body's own heat is enough? Always has been.lemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square251fedilink
minus-squareVeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down9·25 days agoBoth uses are a problem, one is just more unnecessary than the other.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·25 days agoBeing comfortable is unnecessary. If you’re not suffering as much as this guy, you’re the problem with society.
minus-squareVeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·25 days agoIs there a limit to comfort?
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·25 days agoFor me it’s about two hands. That’s where I max out. People can get injured if it’s too cold. They can lose sleep, which is a problem over time. With our level of technology, life doesn’t ever need to hurt.
minus-squareVeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·25 days agoExactly. The usual context of “comfort” contains an unsaid word: “sufficient”.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·25 days agoYep. With the understanding that sufficient is different for everyone.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·25 days agoBecause you lack the imagination to picture people in significantly different circumstances to yourself.
minus-squareVeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·25 days agoI don’t lack it, I just temper it with statistics. You do know that there’s science on this, right?
Both uses are a problem, one is just more unnecessary than the other.
Being comfortable is unnecessary. If you’re not suffering as much as this guy, you’re the problem with society.
Is there a limit to comfort?
For me it’s about two hands. That’s where I max out.
People can get injured if it’s too cold. They can lose sleep, which is a problem over time. With our level of technology, life doesn’t ever need to hurt.
Exactly. The usual context of “comfort” contains an unsaid word: “sufficient”.
Yep. With the understanding that sufficient is different for everyone.
Not that different
Because you lack the imagination to picture people in significantly different circumstances to yourself.
I don’t lack it, I just temper it with statistics. You do know that there’s science on this, right?