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by tvanantwerp 1706 days ago
I'm always surprised that more people don't do this. It will be a hot sunny day, and I'll see people standing at an intersection waiting to cross. They'll be out in the sun, when mere feet away are shady spots they could wait in. I don't understand how/why they tolerate the heat instead of expending the tiniest effort to get in the shade.
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Personally, I have a pretty wide range of tolerance thanks to a career of working in the field so unless it is truly unbearably hot I just may not bother to find shade if I'll only be standing there a minute or two waiting for the light to change for me, for example.
it’s pretty high on the hierarchy of needs, most people are just preoccupied… I tend to over analyze small optimizations like this to exert control over an otherwise chaotic reality
My kids gave it a name: shade hopping
Some people want to tan; others are trying to avoid it.