Heat Waves

Well it's summer and people are surprised that it's hot. This inexplicable rise in temperatures catches people by surprise when they live in the northern hemisphere of Earth. To be fair, the weather is cold more than half of the year, so people generally work up sweat when they exercise vigorously or when they have sex. In cold weather there are few other activities worth it. What it is is effort, and with a bit of that effort people could perhaps accept that there is heat, that the heat is inescapable, and that it is going to lead to a tiny amount of discomfort and a fair amount of sweat.

But since North America is one of the world's softest places, people just sweat and complain, even when they do not have work to complete. That's right. Lazy people complain about the heat too. Mostly, I imagine, this is because of the amount of Air Conditioning that we engage in. This wasteful practice stokes a human's idea of entitlement. To be quite clear: nature owes you no comfort. AC is unnatural, and it makes you soft and weak, plus it makes it seem even hotter when you go outside. So AC makes a nation of house-bound complainers who sit in air that is far too cold (anything less than 24C is crazy overcompensation) and then wonder why it gets hot. Not only do they use energy, which is known to manifest itself as heat, but the high amount of energy they use is causing more heat, both directly and indirectly.

That's right. Humans are short-sighted to such an extent that instead of nutting up about heat, they seek to avoid it in creative ways that generate more heat. Also, in the midst of a heatwave, all the smug bastards who ask about global warming on those -22C winter days disappear and keep real quiet. But they'll open their mouths again in December, no worries. As a matter of fact, I have a theory that global warming deniers can be used to heat small spaces in winter, since they're so apt to get heated up about ridiculous shit.

And this globe's unstable dance through the solar system leads to periods of heat and cold, some cycles that we are used to: such as day/night, summer/winter; and some we are not: like 'younger dryas vs older dryas' and the orbit eccentricity cycle. But that's all stuff better documented by smarter people in less vivacious and weighted language.  I'll just go ahead and say it: if you can't stand the heat move north or go for a swim or harden up a bit. Complaining only makes you warmer because it takes up energy.

My advice about heat?
Don't sweat it!