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Cold/mild lovers saying heat has a bad effect on people's temper.
Heat lovers (inc. myself) saying the opposite.
Boring, boring, boring.
It's human nature to experience mood irritation and aggravation when it's hot, hence the word hot-tempered. Why do you think aggression is associated with hot, while peace and serenity with cold. Cold and cloudy conditions usually make one feel more calm, downcast, and maybe depressed (using heat lovers biased terminology). Calmness and depression would make people too lethargic to display anger. Now do you understand why heat can fuel anger while cold does the job of mitigating it. It's easier to be in a bad mood when you are sweating, itching, smelly, and overall uncomfortable.
If the heat makes you more temperamental, just admit it. No big deal. Your preference for heat is not discredited if you experience the moody and snappy feeling associated with hot weather, because that's how the body works. If you can come up with such a mood as cold-temper, then I will raise both hands to you.
It's human nature to experience mood irritation and aggravation when it's hot, hence the word hot-tempered. Why do you think aggression is associated with hot, while peace and serenity with cold. Cold and cloudy conditions usually make one feel more calm and maybe depressed (using heat lovers biased terminology). Calmness and depression would make people too lethargic to display anger. Now do you understand why heat can fuel anger while cold does the job of mitigating it. It's easier to be in a bad mood when you are sweating, itching, smelly, and overall uncomfortable.
Ah, I was starting to miss your generalizations on "human nature" based on your own preferences. Well, I guess millions (if not billions, but let's just say millions) of people like me, including around half of this forum, who get the opposite feeling, are all undercover aliens
Well, if you want to talk about terminology. When someone is warm, it means they are friendly and kind. Conversely, someone cold is unpleasantly insensate, lacks sympathy and enthusiasm.
Ah, I was starting to miss your generalizations on "human nature" based on your own preferences. Well, I guess millions (if not billions, but let's just say millions) of people like me, including around half of this forum, who get the opposite feeling, are all undercover aliens
Well, if you want to talk about terminology. When someone is warm, it means they are friendly and kind. Conversely, someone cold is unpleasantly insensate, lacks sympathy and enthusiasm.
So much for your big linguistic argument
friendly, kind, or unsympathetic are personality traits, not mood, and cannot influenced by weather conditions. LOL
So much for your attempt to sound smart with a silly, invalid counterargument. LOL
friendly, kind, or unsympathetic are personality traits, not mood, and cannot influenced by weather conditions. LOL
So much for your attempt to sound smart with a silly, invalid counterargument. LOL
And why exactly is it invalid for personality traits while being absolutely valid for mood ? The whole point of this thread is to discuss it, that's what you have to prove, not pass it as an universal truth.
You're using English vocabulary to prove a point about human nature, I'm answering you on the same level to show you that what you said was irrelevant.
I do find myself getting more quick-tempered in extreme heat usually when its over 38C / 100F+ especially if its an extended heatwave, I'm sure climate does have some effect on temperament and the form of different cultures though its hard to quantify or determine the extent of its influence. Cold weather doesn't make me edgy like heat does, I'm probably not a heat fanatic but overall I'm warm-leaning
Interestingly there seems to be a link between riots and higher than average temperatures.
I would group the mild lovers with the cold haters rather than the heat lovers.
I would also describe them more as that myself, but there are many mild-lovers (Sophie for example) that are also heat-haters. What one loves and what one hates can lead to differing results on the spectrum .
It is my experience that heat worsens tempers and increases irritability; I've noticed increased aggression, speeding, and jerking on the roads for instance. It also brings out the riff-raff. Cold weather keeps down the vermin, human and otherwise.
Other than that I don't think weather or climate dictates temperament at all, if you're talking about the general population. Acclimatization also plays a role but not as much as some think. There's also the matter of specific groups such as ski bunnies and the solar-charged which will be affected by certain weather and climates, but such effects are distinct from the aggregate population.
I agree-the higher than average violent crime rate in the Deep South and Florida in particular might have something to do with the heat and endless summers. The heat and humidity are bad enough, but it's the sheer number of uncomfortable days that is the kicker.
I agree-the higher than average violent crime rate in the Deep South and Florida in particular might have something to do with the heat and endless summers. The heat and humidity are bad enough, but it's the sheer number of uncomfortable days that is the kicker.
The best way to check if one could find violent crime rate by season.
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