I did the math:
Room temperature is often defined as 20 degrees Celsius (although I remember it being 23C in some old textbooks).
20+16.6 is 36.6 which is the normal temperature of a human body.
20+18.6 is 38.6 which is above normal temperature, i.e. fever.
AFAIK ~42.0 degrees is lethal.
F=1.8C+32 but for anyone else too lazy to do the math since the Americans are awake:
I did the math:
Room temperature is often defined as 68 degrees Fahrenheit (although I remember it being 73.4 in some old textbooks).
68+29.9 is 97.9 which is the normal temperature of a human body.
68+33.5 is 101.5 which is above normal temperature, i.e. fever.
AFAIK ~107.6 degrees is lethal.
Who the hell keeps their house at 68F?! 74-78 is my preferred temp but I can cope all the way to 85. But you turn that below 70 and we're gonna have a problem (both in the "I'm fucking cold, bitch" sense as well as the "do you own the electrical company or something? I didn't know you're a billionaire")
I start to sweat if it's much above 21 (70 F) indoors, I prefer it to be around 18 (64.4F) to 19 (66F). Of course that is in winter where outside temps are well below freezing, in the summer I tend to sleep in the basement during the hottest period since I can't sleep if it's too hot
I do.
I sleep at 60. House is 65 all day between November and April. We don't get true winter here so the heat hardly has to run. In May/June when we need to start running the AC, everything goes up 10-12 degrees.
I can't cope much over about 78. 80 degrees indoors and I've got no fewer than three fans aimed at myself. Gas bills in winter are relatively low. I'd like to get a little unit just for the bedroom and the computer room, then I don't have to cool the whole house to stay comfortable. Leave the house at 82 during the day and keep the rooms I'm in at 72.
I'm the kind of guy to wear shorts when it's below freezing outside.
I keep my house at 55 during the week and 60 on weekends. 51 at night.
Edit: I sleep with a window open even when it's 10 degrees out and I have a window fan to pull that fresh air in. My wife tolerates it, but I get snuggled more because I run so hot, so it's a win.
This was pretty much how I operated when I was single, but my wife won't tolerate below 55 at night. I had a 600 ft² apartment, and my power bills were $150 in summer and $25 in winter. But now my wife and I have a 1,500 ft² house so that's just not feasible. In summer, I take a cold shower before bed, the thermostat gets left at 71, we put up a box fan on medium, and we sleep with no blanket. That makes things tolerable when the overnight lows are 80 degrees. It's also what kept the power bills below $250 this summer. We fucking roasted this year. 10 to 15 degrees above average all summer. 90-95 is very tolerable, even when it's humid. Just drink lots of water and you'll do alright. But 105-110? Count me the fuck out.
My apartment is 50F, i only heat up when it goes lower than that
I also wear 4 layers of cloth on me
I thought the same thing! Though since I pay the electric bill and have electric heat, I'm keeping my place whatever the fuck temperature it wants to be.
We keep our thermostat set to 64-65 during the winter time. Keeps the HVAC from running a lot. You just put on some cozy sweater, sweatpants and warm socks. During summer we keep the thermo higher, up to +10 more degrees.
20C seems just fine to me. Could wear clothes I guess
The normal average temperature for a human body. Some people run slightly hotter or colder than that.
For example, my body naturally runs slightly colder than that, almost an entire degree colder, but it's normal for my body.
Say what you want, but a fever knocking you out and having you dream weird stuff is the best part about being sick
That's like saying the best part of being interrogated is the waterboarding because it's refreshing
Getting decapitated really got a weight off my chest!
Have to agree, felt the need to wrap up warm when I was ill once, went to sleep and it was the best sleep in my life. Woke up drenched in sweat and hot as Satan's crack but the sleep and dreams were great
I've never had a fever this bad
Really? You're missing out.
They're not called fever dreams for nothing.
Ok, lemme go to a hospital rq and see if there's anyone coughing. (/j)
I had 41C when I had pneumonia. I was delirious
Call me crazy, but the fever wank is a great wank. You feel so cleared out, and it helps you sleep and recuperate.
The ambient temperature needs to be significantly lower than body temperature though, because your body is constantly generating heat that has to be dissipated. 36 °C is too hot for a human for long stretches of time.
Edit: And the post doesn't seem to be about ambient temperature at all.
Whenever people say that 2 degrees global average temperature increase is no big deal, I usually remind them that 2 degrees is the difference from regular body temp and being incapacitated in bed.