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What's the craziest cooling methods at the moment? (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by Cyber@feddit.uk to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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We're not setup for hot weather, so we resort to all kinds of things to keep us and our homes cool.

Apart from ordering fans from Amazon, what else have you been doing to keep cool?

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[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That just sounds like evaporative cooling from your skin drying.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's the second part of it, but if it was just that putting room temperature water on you would cool you down. Your blood vessels near the skin widen in hot water (vasodilation), and hotter water results in better evaporative cooling once you get out.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That makes sense and I'm too uneducated to know if you're wrong, so I'm gonna accept that.