[HN Gopher] Corn sweat is real, and it's made heat in the Midwes...
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Corn sweat is real, and it's made heat in the Midwest even more
uncomfortable
Author : speckx
Score : 13 points
Date : 2024-10-09 20:03 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| tedunangst wrote:
| What should we replace the corn with?
| JellyBeanThief wrote:
| We don't necessarily need to replace it with anything. The
| problem isn't the corn. The problem is it's too humid. We're a
| grownup species, we can deliberately change the environment if
| we really want to.
| mikestew wrote:
| Grew up in Indiana literally surrounded by fields, which often
| contained corn. Also ran track and cross country in Indiana.
| Running on a hot August day when the corn was up was miserable,
| both because of the humidity exacerbated by the corn, and the
| fact that 2m tall corn blocks whatever breeze might otherwise be
| blowing.
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