How do people in hot countries continue to populate?

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Honestly, even just the thought of having sex in this heat has me running away in sweat drenched disgust. I have under boob sweat, arsehole sweat, my knickers are gross, my hair is wet, I feel disgusting and I am far far too hot! How do hot countries manage? I couldn't think of anything worse than sex right now! Thankfully my OH is in complete agreement 🤣 we can barely tolerate our clothes touching our body never mind sharing heat 🤣
What's the consensus? Does the heat affect your libido? Or are you lot all lying in a pool of combined sweat and continuing as normal?
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Careful. Next you'll be suggesting window screens to keep the bugs out. 🤣

There should be more...

Air con!

It's what you're used to, as well.

I don't find 30 particularly hot. 40 is hot, but I'd just slow down a bit and stay out of direct sun, I wouldn't be banging on about sweaty arseholes.

You probably tolerate cold a lot better than I do.

🙄

This is absolutely right. Not sure why some posters are making snarky comments?! Air con is very bad for climate change

They are not wrong though.
I agree that we need AC but it is concerning. The thing that cools us down is ultimately making heatwaves worse. 😯

3k is alot to most of us.

This is at the heart of our discomfort.

I have ceiling fans (UK), I don't know why everyone doesn't. It's not much more expensive than fitting a ceiling light. I have some portable air cons which I haven't needed since leaving London.

Literally the whole point.

Have sex in the shower?

The heat with AC and swimming pools is entirely different. If you can keep cool for much of the day, you can put up with a few hours in temperatures which would otherwise be uncomfortable.

I felt heatwaves a lot less when I worked in an airconned office for much of the day. My flat was a little uncomfortable but I slept better at night even so, then now when there is no chance to cool down.

If you're at home, shut the curtains and open the windows. If you have to commute, that's trickier and all sympathy. Find the cool side of your house if there is one. Back of my house faces north so we're fine, really. I quite like a bit of sun and it'll be raining soon enough. Are you in a flat, OP? They can be like ovens.

Not a fan of air con so I guess there are people like me. Mostly I find it set far too cold and it's very noisy (at least in hotels).

Absolutely, a bit of sunshine makes you horny 🍆🌞🌝

Bore off love 🙄

Shower before and shower after.

Cheaper than air-con, we have a ceiling fan above the bed and it's fabulous in hot sticky weather.

We do it in the pool.

Obvs we have our own pool, not a public one where we would get arrested for indecent exposure.

😂

I love that we think everyone in hot countries have air-conditioning. Developing countries most people don't (Asia Africa for example)
My parents lived in rural Spain for 20 years, all the expats had air-conditioning, majority of normal Spaniards didn't. They do sensible things like open doors and windows on the cool parts of the day. Close windows and shutters or curtains when the sun is high, drink plenty, long lunch breaks, sty inside in the heat of the day.

Yes this. I do not have air conditioning in my house. Electricity prices are scary high, so to run one on the grid all day is shockingly expensive anyway.

Our houses are tiled though, IF anyone has carpets they would usually only ever be in a bedroom.

We have ceiling fans. These help a lot so I am not sure why more people don't install these in UK houses.

its 19C in my house and I do not have AC what is this heat you are talking about? I do live up North

Sounds like you're overweight if you have all these sweating issues.

I live in the Middle East and it can hit 50 in the summer. We have AC on all year round, our home has high ceilings and is made of concrete.