Welcome to the Vegan Theory Club Weekly Megathread!
Question of the week:
What are you doing to stay warm if you are in the northern hemisphere? What are you doing to stay cool if you are in the south? Any seasonal activities you’re getting into?
Feel free to talk about anything, whether it’s vegan-related or not. This is a chill space for connecting, sharing ideas, and supporting each other.
Looking forward to hearing what everyone’s up to!
I am also heat adapted. I like it when it is over 40c here too the main issue is the sun when it shines directly on you but I use a reflective umbrella and it is fine. All the time people tell me they could never live in the desert because how hot it is but honestly I can’t go back to a place with a cold winter lol. Today is probably the coldest day of the year and it was 1 over night and is now 17 and I’m freezing.
Yeah, people have a hard time in the sun but also they don’t dress right (in their defense, there are cultural pressures to dress like Europeans and not our neighbours in SEA). You need a hat or parasol, flowy light clothes, and shitloads of sunscreen. It also helps to let yourself develop some calluses on your feet so you don’t burn them if you pop out of the house without shoes.
When I went to Thailand in the dry season it was like 25 out with a breeze so I put a jumper on. Went outside and saw everyone else was wearing one too. I felt vindicated that day haha.
It doesn’t get thaaaat cold here, but the houses aren’t properly insulated so in winter it tends to be around 10-15 degrees inside which is extremely uncomfortable. People say “just rug up” but like I don’t want to wear thermal underwear and a parker bumming around reading a book :/
Oh I would never go outside without shoes, I don’t think calluses would help you here when the pavement is over 80 degrees, and then on the turf there are all the cactus needles, scorpions and snakes lol. I do not wear t-shirts and shorts though which seems obvious to Americans and in particular people from California, I wear white long sleeve linen clothing and pants with a shemagh wrap then also carry a reflecting/UV proof parasol