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Why Do We Sleep Under Blankets, Even on the Hottest Nights? (2017)
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Re: Why Do We Sleep Under Blankets, Even on the Hottest Nights? (2017)
#22Standard Western bigotry. Here in he middle part of the earth (ie near the equator) it’s super common for people to sleep without any cover. It’s still considered more “proper” to use blanks because that’s how westerners do it, but it needs to be learned. People don’t do it automatically, and kids kicking off their blankets is a common theme between parents. Your hottest nights are just not hot enough.
Also, I live in SE Asia. Our nights are hot, but we have fans and use very thin blankets. (Not even sure if they're called blankets, but they're very light weight and maybe should be called sheets)
Re: Why Do We Sleep Under Blankets, Even on the Hottest Nights? (2017)
#23If it's too hot, I use a sheet. I think the explanation is pretty simple: crawly things that may come and bite us.
How would a sheet help with that?
Re: Why Do We Sleep Under Blankets, Even on the Hottest Nights? (2017)
#24Standard Western bigotry. Here in he middle part of the earth (ie near the equator) it’s super common for people to sleep without any cover. It’s still considered more “proper” to use blanks because that’s how westerners do it, but it needs to be learned. People don’t do it automatically, and kids kicking off their blankets is a common theme between parents. Your hottest nights are just not hot enough.
Also, I live in SE Asia. Our nights are hot, but we have fans and use very thin blankets. (Not even sure if they're called blankets, but they're very light weight and maybe should be called sheets)
In Canada during the summer it's common to use a sheet (yeah, a super thin cover).
It has nothing to do with temperature. It keeps any breeze of my skin. For me at least, this is much more comfortable because there's simply less stimulus. A breeze really distracts me.
Re: Why Do We Sleep Under Blankets, Even on the Hottest Nights? (2017)
#25It isn't on/off for me. Every night is a bit different, even though my thermostat has the same setting day by day. One foot uncovered. Or two. Or neither. Thick blanket, or thin, or both. Many options and throughout the night the configuration changes.
Re: Why Do We Sleep Under Blankets, Even on the Hottest Nights? (2017)
#26I need something covering me. I’m sure it’s a culture/childhood thing to an extent, but I can’t sleep without a layer. It’s another reason why I always wear shorts and a t-shirt to bed too (plus I can’t stand the idea of making my sheets filthy even more quickly by wearing less).
I cannot sleep with any layer, very uncomfortable indeed. To be honest, I cannot stand the idea of getting irritated by clothing during my sleep. Not only that, even the faintest bit of light or even the slightest periodic ticking of the clock (or anything for that matter) annoys me. A thin blanket will do in the summer, but usually tucked to the side when hot, and a second blanket of the same material in the winter, a third blanket of the same material as a bed sheet. Everything needs to be dead quiet and super dark when I'm sleeping. I'm trying to achieve the darkness to the point where the capability of the human eye adaptation to low-level ambient light won't matter (absolute pitch black).
Re: Why Do We Sleep Under Blankets, Even on the Hottest Nights? (2017)
#27Re: Why Do We Sleep Under Blankets, Even on the Hottest Nights? (2017)
#28Standard Western bigotry. Here in he middle part of the earth (ie near the equator) it’s super common for people to sleep without any cover. It’s still considered more “proper” to use blanks because that’s how westerners do it, but it needs to be learned. People don’t do it automatically, and kids kicking off their blankets is a common theme between parents. Your hottest nights are just not hot enough.
Bigotry?
Re: Why Do We Sleep Under Blankets, Even on the Hottest Nights? (2017)
#29Come to Hawaii in the summer. Not in a hotel, just in a normal apartment like a normal person. You'll ditch any covers whatsoever.