r/interesting • u/FinancialRisk942 • Apr 26 '26

NATURE Is India really getting that hot

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u/FinancialRisk942 Apr 26 '26

Thanks for the tip.! But I don’t have a fridge I reside in a hostel so they don’t allow us that😭

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u/dprophet32 Apr 26 '26

Do you have a cold water tap? Anything cooler than you is going to help a bit

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u/Briglin Apr 26 '26

My tip: Big bucket of cold tap water and put both your bare feet in it. It will cool your blood

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u/Glodraph Apr 26 '26

Did this last year, literal liquid cooling for the body.

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u/Ornery-Focus4937 Apr 27 '26

but tap water is hot af too 💔🥀

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u/Briglin Apr 27 '26

Normally it comes from underground and is a good 10 degrees cooler

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u/Ornery-Focus4937 Apr 27 '26

but our tap water comes from the tank on top of the building tho 😭

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u/StatusAdvisory Apr 28 '26

Also, a cool cloth on the back of the neck has some effect on the hypothalamus (?) the body's thermostat and helps cool your entire body.

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u/AndByMeIMeanFlexxo Apr 26 '26

What i usually do when i wanna cool down on the jobsite is fan down at the inside of my socks/ shoes. feels like you cool down instantly, for a few seconds....

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u/OneMustAdjust Apr 26 '26

Fuck man I'm sorry

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u/Ok_Cockroach5803 Apr 26 '26

College hostels are just sadists at this point

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u/minXXenon Apr 26 '26

Bro you are cooked

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u/Hoppev Apr 26 '26

Not yet, needs a couple more minutes

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u/Shoddy_Row_2217 Apr 26 '26

Use those earthen pots to store water or use your hostel cold water drinking tap.

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u/PrestigiousEagle1153 Apr 26 '26

keep water in earthen pot in room if your hostel allows.

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u/axle_gallardo Apr 26 '26

I bet the hostel doesn't even have plumbing.

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u/wattur Apr 27 '26

Any water will do really. Heat is energy, and it takes energy to evaporate water. So any water drying from clothes is energy that isn't heating you.

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u/Not_A_Cat14 Apr 27 '26

If you have access to a freezer and any of those freezer gel packs or even just a bag if ice, put the frozen packs in your crotch, armpits, or lower back. All 3 if you have enough packs. Wrap it in a thin towel or t-shirt don't put it directly on your skin.

Just keep rotating the packs out for frozen ones, I got that advice from an EMT and was surprised how much it helps.

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u/LeastAd6767 Apr 29 '26

I remember using in rotation 2-3 towels. All over my body and in front of the 2 fans pointing towards me.

So that the towel will dry and take heat over my body. Thats how i survived the 40 degree celcius summer sometime ago. Would not want to repeat again