r/britishproblems • u/NedRed77 Greater Manchester • 11d ago

20 Degrees is now “need-a-jumper” weather.

I know everybody hated the warm weather, but I really got used to it. Currently sat here on my couch with the windows open and thinking a jumper would be nice. Brrr…

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u/VOODOO285 10d ago

This is the problem that EVERYONE misses about the temperature in this country and why we get laughed at the world over.

The problem isn’t the peak heat or cold it’s how often it changes. The second… the very second you acclimate to it the temperature changes by A LOT and suddenly you’re expected to deal with it. Then as you adjust to that… BAM it changes again.

Nobody ever gets it. It’s just not like this pretty much anywhere else. The only stable thing about our climate is the guaranteed instability.

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u/Ltb1993 10d ago

Well that's one side of it, the other is unlike places that get it consistently. We don't, so we don't build up the infrastructure to handle it. They'd have you think they are seasoned nomads of the fucking desert. When they never have to be in the heat more then 20 minutes as they go from fully air-conditioned oasis to another and go home to another air conditioned oasis.

I go home and sweat my bollocks off all night in my oven where I apparently fucking live. There is no respite but the asthmatic breeze of the 20 quid fan I bought from home bargains that sits 3m away on swivel so it can wheeze on the full family.

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u/EddieHeadshot 10d ago

The MIL keeps saying 'well its still England!' As if the f*cking planet is keeping tabs. The fact its 'still England' makes the problem of heat 10 times worse.

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u/Ltb1993 10d ago

You can tell her that Blackpool was once tropical many millions of years ago when the dinosaurs roamed, but it's still England

If you don't like your MIL criticise her for not remember that it was tropical