When I was a kid we’d go down to the beach on a nice warm day in April and go swimming. Water temperature off Long Island at that time of year was maybe in the 50s. Time of useful consciousness before hypothermia sets in is about an hour for an adult. Our bodies were less than half adult size.
We’d come out shivering, with numb extremities and blue lips, lay down in the sun and thaw out and go back in!
Thermal shock. Dive in and get it over with. Out of shower, in to flannel pajamas and thick bathrobe. Hot chocolate with Peppermint Schnapps to warm you inside.
Yep, it’s all about context. I remember one simple science experiment teaching kids not to trust their own perceptions too much. Take 3 bowls of water — one hot, one warm, and one cold. Put one hand in the cold bowl and one in the hot bowl, and hold them for a count of 10. Then, take both hands out and put them in the warm bowl. Your hands are sending two different messages to your brain about the temp of the water in that bowl. So, which one’s correct?
momofalex7 about 2 years ago
So true!
Imagine about 2 years ago
It makes a big difference if you start at the bottom or at the top.
Zykoic about 2 years ago
Showering is an Isenthalpic process.
blunebottle about 2 years ago
Go figure.
Gent about 2 years ago
Obviously that’s because Ninja Sloth put a giant block of ice into your water tank before you could know what’s happening.
Copy-&-Paste about 2 years ago
George: “I WAS IN THE POOL!!!” …(reliving a Seinfeld moment)
Doug K about 2 years ago
The water in the pool doesn’t seem as cold as long as you stay in the pool. In the shower, your skin is exposed to the air at the same time.
dflak about 2 years ago
When I was a kid we’d go down to the beach on a nice warm day in April and go swimming. Water temperature off Long Island at that time of year was maybe in the 50s. Time of useful consciousness before hypothermia sets in is about an hour for an adult. Our bodies were less than half adult size.
We’d come out shivering, with numb extremities and blue lips, lay down in the sun and thaw out and go back in!
I didn’t say we were smart kids.
goboboyd about 2 years ago
Thermal shock. Dive in and get it over with. Out of shower, in to flannel pajamas and thick bathrobe. Hot chocolate with Peppermint Schnapps to warm you inside.
WDDIM about 2 years ago
Much like how, to my wife at least, 70 degrees in April is melting and 70 degrees in September is freezing.
Znox11 about 2 years ago
I notice the hair care products in the shower…must belong to his wife.
bbbmorrell about 2 years ago
Context is all
Pet about 2 years ago
Perspective….
KEA about 2 years ago
it’s definitely a “relative” thing… in March 55º is SUMMER! …in September it’s FREEZING!
bookworm0812 about 2 years ago
That’s how I am. Though when it’s hot and humid, I don’t make my showers quite as hot as I like them in the winter.
FireAnt_Hater about 2 years ago
It’s funny – I can dive into cold water and it’s fine, but a shower of even mildly ‘less than warm’ water on my back is intensely uncomfortable…
thejanith Premium Member about 2 years ago
Yep, it’s all about context. I remember one simple science experiment teaching kids not to trust their own perceptions too much. Take 3 bowls of water — one hot, one warm, and one cold. Put one hand in the cold bowl and one in the hot bowl, and hold them for a count of 10. Then, take both hands out and put them in the warm bowl. Your hands are sending two different messages to your brain about the temp of the water in that bowl. So, which one’s correct?
cuzinron47 about 2 years ago
That’s because the pool has a certain yellow warming agent added.