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Does the heat make anyone else feel like they are living in a Salvador Dali painting?

11 replies

BakedPotatoBeansCheeseColeslaw · 09/07/2026 07:54

Life just does not feel real.

Can’t get anything done. Household chores schedule is out the window and dictated by whether I can face getting sweaty or not.

Haven’t been to the gym for weeks because the aircon is broken.

Not eating our normal dinners because it’s too hot.

Living in a hot sweaty fug it feels like you are on holiday except there is no aircon anywhere and I have shit to do.

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SassyLemonFish · 09/07/2026 08:08

I’m with you but you will get trashed for this. Lots of people will be telling you that people cope just fine in Basra with its 48 degrees. They will ask if you’ve tried dunking your feet in cold water or getting up at 4am to do your chores?

I just can’t concentrate working from home. I have a perma-headache. I need a little sit down after hoovering. Sleeping? Forget it. I yearn for a cool crisp icy blast of weather. Instead, it’s like there’s an oven door at the top of africa and someone’s left it open to blast hot air into Britain.

KissKissByeBye · 09/07/2026 08:09

What, has your watch melted?

Bubblebathbefore8 · 09/07/2026 08:10

Im more Francis Bacon tbh

likelysuspect · 09/07/2026 08:17

Yes my face feels like its melting off itself

Even my laptop is on a go slow, the work laptop is impossible, nothing responding, everything buffering for ages, click on something nothing happens, network issues, wanting a restart, restart it over and over again, no change

Norugratsatall · 09/07/2026 19:05

Yes, feel like I’m Wading through treacle. Productivity levels are at almost zero. Mood is low, everything has a slightly surreal quality to it. Roll on lower temps at the weekend….

LlynTegid · 09/07/2026 19:06

Hope you have stopped paying for the gym because they won't provide the facilities.

WhatNoRaisins · 09/07/2026 19:09

I really hate the limitations that the heat puts on me. I'm trying to not care that the house is messier and the kids are probably going to have more screen time but it's really depressing.

BiteSizedLife · 09/07/2026 19:14

Currently starkers on the sofa reading with a fan directly on me . YANBU. Except i cannot concentrate on my book. Too hot you see.

Might make a banana milkshake for dinner (frozen banana, ice + milk)

Oh and I've been hoarding ice cubes for a month.

BakedPotatoBeansCheeseColeslaw · 09/07/2026 19:50

LlynTegid · 09/07/2026 19:06

Hope you have stopped paying for the gym because they won't provide the facilities.

i’ve been using the pool!

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pattricatheone · 09/07/2026 19:54

Yes!

pattricatheone · 09/07/2026 19:55

Bubblebathbefore8 · 09/07/2026 08:10

Im more Francis Bacon tbh

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