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AIBU to be fed up with the heatwave panic?

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Iwanttobeafraser · 26/05/2026 16:42

I'm fully aware that ots of people are goign to tell me I am BU but my god, I am so tired of the trauma over this heatwave.

The endless facebook posts (and MN) about if someone dares to take a dog out in the heat - my local page had pictures of three dogs, looking pretty relaxed, albeit with their tongues hanging out, and a story about how she cornered the woman who had gone into the shop (to buy fags! [gasp]. If that's even true.) and then the woman was rude to her and basically 500 posts agreeing how awful those poor dogs must be finding things.

The people who can't leave the house because it's too hot.

The trauma about whether the kids should be allowed out because it's too hot for them.

Blah blah blah.

It's hot. Yes, it means you have to adjust a few things. Yes, you might not lke it. But it's not the end of the bloody world. I don't like the cold. But it doesn't cause me to be completely unable to do anything, go anywhere, or let my children do anything.

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Fiftyandme · Yesterday 11:02

I’m not panicked - just sick to the fucking back teeth of looking like I’ve wet myself after sitting interviewing a patient in boiling hot MHS wards or turning up to assess someone sweating my tits off in a fucking greenhouse on wheels even with the windows down. It’s fucking hideous.

TheCrenchinglyMcQuaffenBrothers · Yesterday 11:04

But it's not the end of the bloody world

Well, it might be….. maybe not this week but…..

KitTea3 · Yesterday 11:55

Hard disagree and YABU

Just cos it doesn't affect you'd doesn't mean it doesn't affect others.

The first heatwave I very very nearly ended up being hospitalised due to the fact I'm on 3 different medications that make me very susceptible to heatstroke. It was absolutely terrifying, I thought I was going to die. And I'm not elderly, I'm 39.

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