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Title: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:44:17
The AC makes me cold and eat alot of High Energy foods..

Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: demik on Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:46:10
Terrible eating habits is making us fat
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: noisyturtle on Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:48:43
this is making you fat:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=83600.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=83600.0)
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=83636.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=83636.0)
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: Belfong on Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:51:57
I live in the tropics. So I am in a/c almost 15 hours/day. And I weigh 73kg for a 5"11 person... yeah, don't blame the a/c!
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: digi on Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:52:41
I live in the tropics. So I am in a/c almost 15 hours/day. And I weigh 73kg for a 5"11 person... yeah, don't blame the a/c!

Who else google'd "73kg to pounds"? :D
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:56:29
I live in the tropics. So I am in a/c almost 15 hours/day. And I weigh 73kg for a 5"11 person... yeah, don't blame the a/c!

Who else google'd "73kg to pounds"? :D

n00b..

A good engineer would know 2.2 to 1
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:57:03
this is making you fat:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=83600.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=83600.0)
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=83636.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=83636.0)

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Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: Belfong on Mon, 25 July 2016, 21:57:21
I live in the tropics. So I am in a/c almost 15 hours/day. And I weigh 73kg for a 5"11 person... yeah, don't blame the a/c!

Who else google'd "73kg to pounds"? :D
lol, that's the reason I put height in Imperial and weigh in Metrics, to encourage Googling!
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: nugglets on Mon, 25 July 2016, 22:00:07
I live in the tropics. So I am in a/c almost 15 hours/day. And I weigh 73kg for a 5"11 person... yeah, don't blame the a/c!

Who else google'd "73kg to pounds"? :D
lol, that's the reason I put height in Imperial and weigh in Metrics, to encourage Googling!

At least you didn't say 11,5 stone.
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: FrostyToast on Mon, 25 July 2016, 22:00:57
If you turn the A/C off you might go bald and gain possibly unwanted superhuman abilities.
Do as you please at your own risk.
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: Belfong on Mon, 25 July 2016, 22:05:59
I live in the tropics. So I am in a/c almost 15 hours/day. And I weigh 73kg for a 5"11 person... yeah, don't blame the a/c!

Who else google'd "73kg to pounds"? :D
lol, that's the reason I put height in Imperial and weigh in Metrics, to encourage Googling!

At least you didn't say 11,5 stone.
LOL! wow, I have not heard of "stones" for the longest time!  :thumb:
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 25 July 2016, 22:09:30
If you turn the A/C off you might go bald and gain possibly unwanted superhuman abilities.
Do as you please at your own risk.

After I watched the anime..

Admitedly I was very pumped by the CONCEPT..


Then I turned off the AC for about 2 hours..  Then I made peace with the fact that I will not be getting super powers.
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: ThoughtArtist on Mon, 25 July 2016, 22:46:40
Fat people's lives matter
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 25 July 2016, 22:48:58
Fat people's lives matter

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Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: digi on Mon, 25 July 2016, 22:54:20
Is fat making us air conditioning?
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: kenmai9 on Mon, 25 July 2016, 23:11:36
no, being fat and lazy makes you fat
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: noisyturtle on Mon, 25 July 2016, 23:12:18
no, being fat and lazy makes you fat

and ice cream.
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: kenmai9 on Mon, 25 July 2016, 23:12:58
no, being fat and lazy makes you fat

and ice cream.

im supposed to be on a keto diet, but i've been cheating since friday.

my inner fatass is back.

****.

i just froze a snickers. i shouldn't eat it.
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 25 July 2016, 23:34:51
no, being fat and lazy makes you fat

Vicious cycle.
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: noisyturtle on Tue, 26 July 2016, 00:13:50
no, being fat and lazy makes you fat

and ice cream.

im supposed to be on a keto diet, but i've been cheating since friday.

my inner fatass is back.

****.

i just froze a snickers. i shouldn't eat it.

ohh Snickers Ice Cream is not to be trifled with either. can't by the boxes anymore, can't be trusted with them. singles only 'round here!
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: chyros on Tue, 26 July 2016, 03:22:58
I live in the tropics. So I am in a/c almost 15 hours/day. And I weigh 73kg for a 5"11 person... yeah, don't blame the a/c!

Who else google'd "73kg to pounds"? :D
JUST GET ON THE BANDWAGON AND USE NORMAL UNITS GODDAMMIT :P
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 26 July 2016, 05:16:46
I live in the tropics. So I am in a/c almost 15 hours/day. And I weigh 73kg for a 5"11 person... yeah, don't blame the a/c!

Who else google'd "73kg to pounds"? :D

Countries (in red) that have not adopted metric measurements:

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Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 26 July 2016, 12:02:37
I wasn't even hungry this morning.. then the AC turned on.. and I'm like.. Ramen , I need Ramen..

Thermal Energy.. (http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/cheer3-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862495)
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: romevi on Tue, 26 July 2016, 12:19:16
The air conditioning, I've discovered, makes me stay inside more. We live on the third floor of an old house so the heat rises to us and so we're constantly blasting the air. We've (or, rather, I've) become acclimated to the conditioned air, so I rarely go outside.
Incidentally, during the time we've been at this place, I've gained the most weight and have become the most tired. It's a combination of my poor sleeping habits as well, however, so I don't have the energy to be climbing the stairs each time I want to go out or stay in. So in I stay.

But with a toddler that's not a choice. Either constantly clean the place because of the disaster or go outside. :thinking-emoji:

My wife and I had a discussion the other day on whether the temperature has risen over the years because as kids we'd be fine with the temperature. Sure, we'd whine about being too hot or something, but it was never something we'd go to the edge about. Nowadays, I can't stand summers in Chicago, so I always suggest moving. It may be because I've become accustomed to the air conditioning now and don't want to live otherwise.
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 26 July 2016, 13:18:30
The air conditioning, I've discovered, makes me stay inside more. We live on the third floor of an old house so the heat rises to us and so we're constantly blasting the air. We've (or, rather, I've) become acclimated to the conditioned air, so I rarely go outside.
Incidentally, during the time we've been at this place, I've gained the most weight and have become the most tired. It's a combination of my poor sleeping habits as well, however, so I don't have the energy to be climbing the stairs each time I want to go out or stay in. So in I stay.

But with a toddler that's not a choice. Either constantly clean the place because of the disaster or go outside. :thinking-emoji:

My wife and I had a discussion the other day on whether the temperature has risen over the years because as kids we'd be fine with the temperature. Sure, we'd whine about being too hot or something, but it was never something we'd go to the edge about. Nowadays, I can't stand summers in Chicago, so I always suggest moving. It may be because I've become accustomed to the air conditioning now and don't want to live otherwise.

I don't remember ever complaining about temperature as a kid..

I was super skinny , vs how fat I am now..


So perhaps skinny body's ability to dissipate heat,  Ontop of general childhood neglect of personal comfort, lead to total ignorance of high temperatures....



But anytime I get hit with 80+ now.... (http://img.emoticonplus.com/nwde8.gif)


Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 26 July 2016, 18:32:27
Heating has the same effect.

Back when, there was less heating so people tended to move around more to keep warm, and thus burned off any excess fat.

These days the whole house is generally heated, so people just sit around doing not much all the time and the fat builds up.
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: BondEric2 on Tue, 28 July 2020, 05:14:48
I don't think so. after all, the air conditioner provides us with comfort, thanks to the air conditioner, we are happy to be in the apartment.
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: Leslieann on Tue, 28 July 2020, 06:55:38
Countries (in red) that have not adopted metric measurements:
Actually the US is way more metric than people realize, it's just not official, obvious, or even sanctioned.

We snuck it in when no one was looking.
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: ddrfraser1 on Tue, 28 July 2020, 08:33:25
I live in the tropics. So I am in a/c almost 15 hours/day. And I weigh 73kg for a 5"11 person... yeah, don't blame the a/c!

Who else google'd "73kg to pounds"? :D

Countries (in red) that have not adopted metric measurements:

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But don't you guys know 'Murica is riding an unstoppable speed train toward destiny and no socialist commies with their maternity leaves, their free healthcares or their snowflake metric systems are gonna stop us?  :p
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: Darthbaggins on Tue, 28 July 2020, 10:45:58
Yup we're stuck using Freedom units for measurement, even though I confuse the crap out of co-workers when I use Metric measurements and have all clocks set in 24hr format lol.
Title: Re: Is air conditioning making us fat ?
Post by: Shapey Fiend on Tue, 28 July 2020, 10:47:14
Pretty much what you guys are saying. I'm trying to walk all the time instead of watching tv/poking at the computer at home. Also trying never eat out. Losing weight as you get older is unmercifully slow.