Ed
Girl on the NetPeople, I am begging you, if you have air con in your flat please PUT IT ON YOUR DATING PROFILE.
Tom@girlonthenet hahahaha that did make me laugh. Maybe I should flaunt that I live in a very old converted stable that doesn't trap heat. I'm sure *someone* might appreciate it
@Erased_Citizen I think the vast majority of people would!
@girlonthenet I may have been flaunting my server room access at work for similar air conditioning reasons. So far, a lot of offers of payment
@Erased_Citizen server room party!
@girlonthenet ha! Not a massive amount of room, could quickly get cosy
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Haha! Just sitting still is sweaty enough, without all that jiggy nonsense!
cpoffers@girlonthenet The air has been one big con today. I had a breeze come in through my window and it was *warm*. Shouldn't be allowed
@cpoffers agreed, let's ban it. I'll start a petition.
Nora Reed 
@cpoffers @girlonthenet its been like 25 years but i remember the first time i felt a hot breeze and feeling the exact same kind of indignation, you have my sympathy
Sparkly Dom / good boy
EZA@girlonthenet At this point, "has AC" is less a preference and more a survival requirement. 🥵😂
Benny from the Block@girlonthenet "Sweaty women in your area are waiting for you..."
Wraithe
Mactonex
Natsura 
@girlonthenet people would really choose who to date based on air con...instead of personality/interests? xD
"Oh you are a shit person, but you are literally the only person I have met that has an air con, so yeah... for that cold air I will date you to get to that sweet SWEET air con" XD
"Oh you are a shit person, but you are literally the only person I have met that has an air con, so yeah... for that cold air I will date you to get to that sweet SWEET air con" XD
@Natsura yes, that's the joke
@girlonthenet i get it though... we all gotta do shitty things to survive sometimes.
@Natsura I also cannot stress enough: it is a joke
Tattie
Ganondalf
@jn ( -- ) #6118 DEO JMP2r@Natsura @girlonthenet desperate times (second european heat wave of 2026) require desperate measures (meeting only airconditioned people)
@jn @girlonthenet yeah i get it.. i spent nearly a month in Switzerland last July, and I swear it was hot as hell... and my fiance's flat doesn't have air conditioning, so I would have taken a grapist if it meant having air conditioning NGL
mjc0961
@girlonthenet 
i see, i learned something today
i see, i learned something today
lertsenem@girlonthenet Air con is hot ig.❤️🔥
Martin Owens 
Heat pump! Heat pump! Heat pump!
Magnus Ahltorp@doctormo @girlonthenet ”Lick My Heat Pump”
Giles of the Jungle@girlonthenet I was in our local Budgens earlier. They had their AC cranked up to insane levels. It was icy cold. Utterly brilliant.
Admittedly, they'd probably frown upon you doing date night kinda activities in aisle 2.
Neil BrownIt's generally polite to start with aisle 1, and only move to aisle 2 once trust has been established.
@neil @gilester45 👌 Incredible
Paul L
I_give_u_worms@girlonthenet "preferred thermostat setting" match making
Netzblockierer@girlonthenet same goes for Employers:
- If your office doesn't have an A/C, I won't even consider entering it…
nixCraft 🐧@girlonthenet got it. so now i have two tips:
1. pic with my dog (substitute dog with kitten or any other furry frens you have)
2. pic with my air con
Mx Verda
Josh
Simon ZerafaI could probably sort out a tent in front of the open refrigerator, if that might be tempting? 😉
Adam Trickett 
@girlonthenet Strictly speaking a properly insulated building, such as a passive house should need neither heating or cooling, so no A/C required.
It still needs to move air about and be properly constructed, but it shouldn't need A/C to stay cool.
gnate@gnate @girlonthenet most of us don't because most politicians believe it's more important to build cheap houses, than it is to build houses people can afford to heat or cool...
Trying to give insulation away is almost impossible, but the second energy prices go up in a cold snap or we get a heatwave, people complain...
We did what we could with our houses and it makes a difference, though it's more effective in a new build.
@drajt @girlonthenet
Quite honestly, I've never seen houses that didn't need either active heating or cooling (or both.)
I'm aware of some clever designs, like Roman/Spanish villas (and igloos for that matter), but nothing modern. Are there some I'm missing out on?
@gnate @girlonthenet the Germans developed the passive house standard, where you have a highly insulated house which uses heat exchangers to keep the internal temperature constant without any active heating at all.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_house
The technique has been around for quite a few years but is constantly ignored by politicians.
@drajt @girlonthenet
Ah neat! Thanks for sharing that. I wasn't aware that Passive House was a specific term. I'm all for seeing more of these, but I let go of hope for living in one. As it is, the "new" house I'm in is only 60 years old instead of 140.
I imagine careful design is necessary with such airtightness, considering potential for CO2 buildup.
(It's also seems there's some leeway in the passive vs active terminology that added to my confusion. "Passive" can still use >0 energy.)
@gnate @girlonthenet I'd love to have a passive house, but our first house was about 70 years old and our current house is over 200 years old.
We've done what we can but it's never going to be enough, given what we started with.
@drajt @girlonthenet
Balcony solar may be the next step for me here, not owning the building and all.
Balcony solar may be the next step for me here, not owning the building and all.
@gnate @girlonthenet yes where local laws and regulations permit. It seems to be the smart thing to do.
🇵🇸 em mohamed 🍉@drajt @gnate @girlonthenet Solar energy is better than electricity... I wish I had one... because there's no electricity here.
Sjaak K. 🇳🇱🇪🇺🍋
Breizh@girlonthenet The question is "is it a positive or negative fact" 🤔.
Daria 
@girlonthenet you just gave me an idea... (I don't have AC ://///)
steve mookie kong@[email protected]
I've got it for a whole house. That's gotta count for something right?
@[email protected]
I've got it for a whole house. That's gotta count for something right?
@[email protected]
Maurice@girlonthenet Icepack in the bedpan?
Michiel@girlonthenet ok, in the Netherlands it may mean you like wasting energy (unless you have solar panels) and therefore hate the world and like to drive over puppies and kittens as a sport in your free time. But hey, if you’re going for that type, yeah, power to you!
B-TR3E@girlonthenet I don't have a dating profile. nor AC but I'm a con. Want to chill?
Interpipes 💙@girlonthenet how about heavy thermal curtains we've left closed alllllll day
sarah tonin 
@girlonthenet i have a fan aimed at my cheeks when i sleep, close enough
jamo@girlonthenet air-conners the new catfishing
Anthony Brian Mallgren@girlonthenet Damn, I knew of food whores. I knew of hobosexuals. This is the first time I've considered AC prostitutes. Next, males' time may become valuable to females, then we'll really have issues in countries where prostitution is illegal.