Don't you think it was kind of weird?

I have this brother who's 18 years old.Last winter we went on a vacation to a place where the temperature dropped down to minus 47 degrees celsius.My brother got so cold that he started to cry.Don't you think it was a rather childish over-reaction on the part of an 18-year-old guy to cry just because he was cold?

 

not really. sometimes it really hurts to be that cold. your joints start locking up, and you freak out and panic and think you're never going to be able to get warm again. i've been there. i grew up in northern ohio.i was outside for almost an hour in -20 degrees.not fun. i cried after getting inside finally.

so yeah.i think crying would be perfectly normal in that situation. especially if your not used to that kind of weather.

 

man, we party naked in that kind of weather around here...what a wuss he is

 

People who have grown up around the cold are normally more tolerant of it, just like people who grow up in hot weather are more tolerant of hot weather.

I grew up in the Ohio Valley, I'm used to just about everything weather can dish out, except hurricanes.

 

I have an appreciation for cold weather (hate the summer ), but no, being really really cold and not being able to do anything about it really sucks.

 

I remember as a teenager, cycling home a couple of miles on a freezing winters night, .. no gloves, t-shirt i was completely chilled to the very marrow of my bones, cold handlebars, shivers that become spasms. I cried for a bit.
Yeah it does suck.

 

actually, once your core temperature drops below about 94F, and you start dipping below that. you're bordering in hypothermia, and one of the involuntary reactions is crying. It depends on cold tolerance, but here's something to consider - many martial arts students use the following for a pain tolerance test.

fill a cooler half full of ice, and fill the rest of the way with water, immerse an extremity (arm, for brevity, as it's one of the most common) in the water for as long as possible. Most people can't do more than 30-45 seconds before they're in very intense pain caused by the capillaries constricting to keep the core of your body warm. The bloodflow to the tissues is reduced, and causes the nerves to start firing pain signals to try and get you to stop whatever it is that you're doing. Over 45 seconds to a minute and a half or so, the urge to remove your arm becomes almost involuntary as the pain signals reach their peak, after that, your arm'll go numb, but you're risking tissue damage.

it really depends on cold tolerance, what they're used to, and not to mention their build.

hope that answers the question.

 

i hate crying as a general rule. but once i feel in a really bad position in the snow, and it took me forever to get up. i didn't have gloves on. my hands hurt so fucking bad that yes, i cried. my boyfriend was standing there, in his gloves, didn't help me out and looked irritated. that relationship didn't last much longer, the selfish bastard.

 

Haha, I hope you laughed your ass off when that happened and continue to give him a hard time about it.

What a choad!!

 

Your brother sounds like a real pussy

Back in 2003 we had a severe cold outbreak in february where the temperature went down to -30 degrees Fahrenheit (with wind chills of -50 F) some of you here in the northeast might remember the outbreak. anyway, I don’t remember seeing too may folks out there crying


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crying is a reaction to stress... I was running for about 20 minutes for a drill in the sun and I was getting so tired I almost cried

Karmalized pretty much summed it up