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[misko27]

It is really, really fucking hot in the office tonight.  It feels like it's about 80F in here.  All the women are really happy about it.  All the men are not.  I have serious trouble staying awake when sitting around in temperatures like this.

Why is this?

...? I'm not saying they are aliens...

[FearfulJesuit]

It is really, really fucking hot in the office tonight.  It feels like it's about 80F in here.  All the women are really happy about it.  All the men are not.  I have serious trouble staying awake when sitting around in temperatures like this.

Oh, shush. Down here we consider 25C to be room temperature and like it.

Though if it's also stuffy, yeah, I can see the problem.

[SalmonGod]

It is really, really fucking hot in the office tonight.  It feels like it's about 80F in here.  All the women are really happy about it.  All the men are not.  I have serious trouble staying awake when sitting around in temperatures like this.

Why is this?

I've heard various explanations, but it's almost universal in my experience that women always want temperatures to be at least 5-10 degrees (F) warmer than men do.  One of my female co-workers dons a thick parka, scarf, and hat just to walk to and from her car if it's less than 75F outside.  I've never known a single guy who would do that.  I've also noticed that women tend to claim they get drowsy when they're cold, while men tend to get drowsy when they're hot.  Temperature control has been a never-ending battle pretty clearly divided along gender lines the entire 7 years that I've worked here.

[Xantalos]

Huh. Odd.

[misko27]

Well, I've always preferred it to be cold then hot, but that might not mean much.

[GlyphGryph]

It is really, really fucking hot in the office tonight.  It feels like it's about 80F in here.

I'm beginning to suspect people are just insane. In what world is 80 degrees "really fucking hot". O_o

[da_nang]

When it's 80ºC?

[kaian-a-coel]

When it's 80ºC?

damn, my words.

[SalmonGod]

It is really, really fucking hot in the office tonight.  It feels like it's about 80F in here.

I'm beginning to suspect people are just insane. In what world is 80 degrees "really fucking hot". O_o

That's about the point at which I start getting uncomfortable.  It won't bother me if I'm actively doing things so I'm not thinking about it, although I'll be sweating if moving around much at all.  When I'm mostly forced to sit still doing mind-numbing, repetitive work, it will really bother me and I'll get incredibly drowsy.

Above 85, I'm just plain hot.

[Siquo]

It is really, really fucking hot in the office tonight.  It feels like it's about 80F in here.

I'm beginning to suspect people are just insane. In what world is 80 degrees "really fucking hot". O_o

Or, to expand on da_nang:
Everywhere that is not the United States, Cayman Islands, Palau, Bahamas or Belize.

[Max White]

I'm pretty sure 80 degrees would be hot enough to scold.
I mean it isn't boiling yet, but fuck, 80 is insane!

[MonkeyHead]

80 K on the other hand... chilly.

[da_nang]

I'm pretty sure 80 degrees would be hot enough to scold.
I mean it isn't boiling yet, but fuck, 80 is insane!

Unless we are in sauna, in which 70-100 ºC is normal.

[Frumple]

I've heard various explanations, but it's almost universal in my experience that women always want temperatures to be at least 5-10 degrees (F) warmer than men do.

Definitely a fairly strong pattern I've noticed, there, down here in florida anyway. Always kind of wondered why... most of the dimorphic physiological stuff is fairly in line insofar as heat retention goes (at least in line enough that the difference shouldn't be quite so noticeable), so far as I can recall. My current theories is it's either fashion or grooming, thinner/less cloth or less body hair overall, but idle speculation is idle. Really should get around to hunting up any studies that have been done on the subject, one of these days.

[Mrnocamera]

Found a dead rabbit on my doorstep.