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WCDT Jan 17th - Jan 21st (4701-4705)
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 18 Jan 2022, 23:32 ---Maybe it's true that comfort is mostly in the head. So long as Emmett didn't know and understand that it was hot, they could fool themself that it wasn't hot.
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A pleasant and comforting notion fore sure, but sadly one that is easily refuted. I've worked a myriad of jobs and can tell you if you're outside or the HVAC system is terrible, a hot day will mess people over regardless of their awareness of the temperature.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 19 Jan 2022, 19:34 ---I'm sure Emmett would like to believe that, but I'm of the strong opinion that dogs (and their wild ancestors) have the full/same emotional range we do.
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They can get quite a few of the same mental health disorders as humans too.
jesslc:
--- Quote from: _Islanio on 18 Jan 2022, 18:47 ---Where I live 27 °C isn't hot at all.
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27 C is nice hoodie weather imo. Unless I'm standing in direct sunlight... but in the shade or inside, sure. I probably wouldn't have a long sleeve tee on underneath it though, just a tank or singlet.
--- Quote from: Farideh on 18 Jan 2022, 20:53 ---
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 18 Jan 2022, 20:19 ---Hard pass for me then.
I'd rather be cold than hot.
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Ditto. If you're cold, you can bundle yourself up until you look like a marshmallow and no one will bat an eye. If you're hot, there's only so many layers of clothing you can take off before people start yelling.
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So many people say this but it's zero comfort to me in winter. It doesn't matter how much extra clothing I bundle up in (including gloves, scarf and multiple hats!), I will still be too cold unless I'm either in the shower or under the covers in bed. Not being able to get warm all winter long is way worse than being too hot in summer for me. We don't even have particularly bad winters here from an objective perspective. Perhaps I need to move to the tropics.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 19 Jan 2022, 19:34 ---I'm sure Emmett would like to believe that, but I'm of the strong opinion that dogs (and their wild ancestors) have the full/same emotional range we do.
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Dogs show joy and fear and anger, and when I visited a sanctuary for rescued wolves, the staff told me about grief. Howling is routine and they know what it normally sounds like. One of their wolves died of natural causes and the humans were excruciated by the pain in his widow's howl.
ankhtahr:
Oof, I'm trying not to project onto Emmett here, but this sounds like dysphoria could be involved. I suffer from severe social anxiety, and I never quite understood why my anxiety isn't about embarassing myself or anything like that, but instead about just being seen or noticed makes me feel very uncomfortable.
It was only with realising I'm definitely not cis (so at 26), that I understood that what is so uncomfortable is being seen as "a man".
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