Boytavious

@garcon_com70968 It was over 90F and 80% humidity yesterday. You're smoking crack if you think that isn't hot.

British people are genuinely retarded lol holy shit

@LigmaMael @Banatar86 @Cyn1calCrusader Fair enough.

@Boytavious @Banatar86 @Cyn1calCrusader It's punishment for importing so many muslims

So, jokes aside, to understand why the heat is worse in the UK than say Arizona for example, the answer is quite long... First it's the Humidity, it's far higher here. The UK's island location and prevailing south-westerly winds bring moist sea air, so heatwaves are often humid rather than dry. In contrast, many of the hottest US states (e.g., Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico) have dry desert heat where sweat evaporates quickly, so you actually feel cooler despite higher temperatures. Even humid US regions (like the Southeast) usually have widespread air conditioning to offset it. Second, the buildings and Infrastructure that we have all are designed to Trap Heat, not Release It. UK homes are built for cold, damp winters: thick brick/stone walls, heavy insulation, small windows, and designs that retain warmth. During a heatwave, they turn into ovens, solar gain through windows builds up, and there is poor ventilation or passive cooling features like overhangs, shutters, or light-coloured roofs. Plus, poor air conditioning: Only about 5% of UK homes have AC (vs. ~90% in the US). It's not standard because it's rarely needed most of the year, but during spikes it's a nightmare. Also, retrofitting is expensive and tricky in old terraced houses or listed buildings. This extended to public transport, schools, offices, and even hospitals as they often lack cooling. Finally, most importantly, we have zero acclimatisation. Meaning it's just as hot at night as it is during the day. Britons aren't physiologically or culturally used to sustained heat. We're properly white! So, a sudden jump from typical UK summer temps feels extreme, and the body struggles more without gradual adaptation. Heatwaves often bring "tropical nights" (temps staying above 20 °C), so homes don't cool down overnight. You can't sleep, recover, or anything which just compounds fatigue, dehydration, etc. Drier US heat often cools significantly at night. That is all topped up with the fact that we have longer summer daylight at the UK's higher latitude meaning more hours of solar heating. Hope this long explanation that no one wanted clears this right up...

@LigmaMael @Banatar86 @Cyn1calCrusader The North of England is closer to Anchorage Alaska than any other US city, and it was over 90F yesterday. I don't care if you choose to live in the devil's asshole part of the world, but nobody here signs up for that.

@LigmaMael @Banatar86 @Cyn1calCrusader holiday-weather.com/miami/averages climatestotravel.com/climate/united… Idk it more or less matches what it was like when I was there. Really not that crazy. Regardless, there's no earthly reason a high latitude cold country like the UK should ever come close to the heat of Florida, and yet it does.

@Banatar86 @LigmaMael @Cyn1calCrusader Regardless, Florida's hottest month is July at 28c and something like 80% humidity. Today in the UK, it's hitting 33c and around 70%, where I am, and this is supposed to be a country with a year-round cold climate. Imagine if alaska suddenly got Florida weather.

@Banatar86 @LigmaMael @Cyn1calCrusader Probably is just AC giving you a break constantly that makes it manageable. In the US, everyone drives everywhere, and every car has AC, and every store has it, too. Having short periods of heat vs. 24/7 with no relief.

@Billybobgeorgeb @Cyn1calCrusader Florida was a walk in the park.

@Cyn1calCrusader You've obviously never heard of Florida, or most of the American South for that matter.

@buckeyegirl25 @Cyn1calCrusader The UK is too poor to afford air conditioning, especially when there's only short-term heat spikes, and it's freezing all the rest of the year.

@Cyn1calCrusader So….sounds like you might want air conditioning. If the temp doesn’t drop during the night, as you say. Not sure why you have to suffer. It’s 2026, not 1926.

@failed_testing @Cyn1calCrusader Part of retaining heat is that homes in the UK have a larger number of smaller rooms with thick walls. When I stayed in the US, 1 unit would cool the entire place. At my house, you'd need multiple of those units. The cool air from the living room wouldn't reach the kitchen, etc.

If a building will keep heat in, that means it is insulated. This is good, because if you actually have air conditioning it will keep the cold in. South eastern states will reliably hit 70%+ humidity in the summer with far higher temperatures. Your problem is not humidity, acclimatization, or insulation. It’s just air conditioning, and the fact that your government has made it too expensive to have.

@JackRslims @Cyn1calCrusader Since when? I've been to Florida in the summertime, and it's nowhere near as uncomfortable as a UK heatwave.

@Cyn1calCrusader Fuck off mate, I've been to American numerous times. Their heat is far worse than ours. We just can't handle it cos we're not used to it. We have 20 days on genuinely hot weather each year.

@Swalas420 @Cyn1calCrusader I've been to Florida in the summer, and it's a joke vs. the UK today, completely different.

@Cyn1calCrusader Brits will never understand hear lmao. 20 degrees Celsius is 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Congrats on having more humidity than a literal desert. It’s no where near as bad as some of our other states. This whole thing is just Europeans whining while getting offended at solutions.

@LigmaMael @Cyn1calCrusader I've been to South Florida in the summer, and a UK heatwave is 10x more uncomfortable, and it's not even close.

@Cyn1calCrusader Bro. Nothing you're saying means anything. I live in Florida. Your summer is our winter. Your island is arid compared to our humidity. As I type this I'm watching some rain clouds roll into Tampa Bay while drinking an ice cold Smithwicks. Get good at summer.

100 times worse than George Floyd but will barely make the news

@akumagyaru @Luc15151515 @nathan80409292 @BLOODY_DOV3 @geekmouthguard Because it's equally irrelevant.

@Boytavious @Luc15151515 @nathan80409292 @BLOODY_DOV3 @geekmouthguard i mean yes thats pretty much true idk why ur saying a true statement and acting like its an own

@akumagyaru @Luc15151515 @nathan80409292 @BLOODY_DOV3 @geekmouthguard Hungarians are a mixed people like the Ashkenazi are

@Boytavious @Luc15151515 @nathan80409292 @BLOODY_DOV3 @geekmouthguard hungarians are from asia so i guess they aren't white either 🤷🏻‍♀️

@akumagyaru @Luc15151515 @nathan80409292 @BLOODY_DOV3 @geekmouthguard "Umm, accually, if you go back far enough, every human atom originated in the big bang 🤓👆"

@Boytavious @Luc15151515 @nathan80409292 @BLOODY_DOV3 @geekmouthguard every human on earth originates from africa (where humans first evolved, this is undesputed historical FACT) so i guess every human on earth is actually black

@akumagyaru @Luc15151515 @nathan80409292 @BLOODY_DOV3 @geekmouthguard Because Jews are from the Middle East and those people are from Europe.

@Luc15151515 @nathan80409292 @BLOODY_DOV3 @geekmouthguard this isn't an explanation at all lmfao you didn't even try explain why jews aren't white but the irish, slavs, and nordic paegans are

@emnode @TheodoreRoosev8 @JamesK_JAX @DrewPavlou It's impossible to ban gerrymandering.

@TheodoreRoosev8 @JamesK_JAX @DrewPavlou Democrats have consistently tried to pass anti gerrymandering legislation and get blocked by Republicans. The only way it can end is if everyone stands down together. Republicans don't want that

“Democracy dies in darkness” mofos legislating a 10-1 gerrymander in a state that Kamala won by 3 points

Banging pots and pans in the OR and shining laser pointers into surgeons’ eyes until they make a mistake, and then citing that as the reason we need to abolish hospitals