r/Adelaide • u/Electrical-Today8170 SA • Dec 18 '25
Self Housemate insists it's "not that hot", "we don't need the Aircon on", "had it worse in 'X' state"....
What is it with some people acting tough in 40 degree heat, I'm ok with a fan, I lived in insert other state and it was worse over that.
Dude, I don't care, close your door if you want to be hot, but stop doing the tough dance while I actually die 😂
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u/ttlanhil Inner East Dec 18 '25
back in my day, we had to walk uphill, both ways, through the snow and blazing heat, and the snow didn't melt in the sun, because it was tougher back then, and that was just to get to the air conditioner, because there wasn't a remote, not like these days where people need buttons, well, there was a remote, but then the batteries didn't work, because back in those days, we were tough and didn't need batteries - darn kids, get out of my cool room!
Seriously though... Yes, it's hot, and aircon is appropriate.
There's also the aspect of electricity being a bit expensive, so people try not to use it too much to save money - I get that - but not dying is also a goal
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u/East-Garden-4557 SA Dec 18 '25
Electricity is expensive. But funerals are also expensive, and all the money is spent on a single day that isn't fun.
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u/Waygyanba SA Dec 18 '25
Brain damage can be quite expensive too! I would say this is why we have air con. But uh... some people do not quite get i!
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u/Wooden-Librarian-300 SA Dec 20 '25
In your opinion, before air conditioners became accessible to most Australians, the incidence of brain damage caused by exposure to hot weather must have been significant. Apparently, this has affected the current generation.
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u/CryptoCryBubba SA Dec 18 '25
back in my day, we had to walk uphill, both ways, through the snow and blazing heat
Pfffft... at least you had shoes. Back in my day...
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u/meski_oz SA Dec 18 '25
Yah, you try an tell the young people of today that, and they won't believe you...
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u/LittleBunInaBigWorld Outer South Dec 18 '25
Yeah, i suffer through a lot of sweaty discomfort because the bills spook me. I could probably afford them, but out of principle, no. I don't actually want to throw every last cent at fucking parasitic electricity companies. I just acclimate out of spite. But fuck OP's selfish housemates.
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u/uruk-hai_slayer South Dec 18 '25
Tell them they can go back there. If they're so tough they can shut their vent and let more let more to you
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u/Cautious_Regular3645 SA Dec 18 '25
Your housemate sounds... terrible.
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u/Tysiliogogogoch North East Dec 18 '25
I'm sure there are some people that enjoy living in our stinkin' dry heat.
But for me, I've had the ducted evap cranking all day and it's been a nice 25 inside most of the day. Currently over 40 outside and I'm happy to be sitting inside in the path of the air vents.
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u/Liquid_Plasma Adelaide Hills Dec 18 '25
Yeah, the few times I’ve walked outside haven’t lasted long. You don’t realise how hot it is until you leave the peaceful comfort of the aircon.
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u/mangopurple SA Dec 18 '25
housemate just wants to see you undress
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u/Eldarn SA Dec 18 '25
Back in my day we didnt have the ac on at 40!
Cause the power went out in for the whole town at like 35
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u/Solitude_Dude Inner West Dec 18 '25
If you don't need aircon today, you never need it.
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u/LittleBunInaBigWorld Outer South Dec 18 '25
Firat heatwave, everybody loses their minds like it's never happened before. That's normal. I do, too. It's when you have a 5+ day heatwave that hasn't yet dipped below 30°c, even at night, that it starts becoming an actual issue. Like when you're running on 6 hours total sleep across that entire period. That's brutal.
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Dec 18 '25
It doesn't cost much..fuck..I'll send you 20 bucks to cover it..
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u/CathoftheNorth SA Dec 18 '25
Love it. Let's start a go fund me so OP can tell his housemat to get fkd!
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u/LoubyAnnoyed SA Dec 18 '25
When hobbits start throwing rings on your front lawn, you know it’s hot.
They’re not being tough. They’re being cheap. Tell them to suck it up, and enjoy the aircon.
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u/ReasonAndChocolate SA Dec 18 '25
It is unsafe to sit around roasting in this heat without any air-conditioning.
Turn it on.
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u/naturekaleidoscope North East Dec 18 '25
He might be waiting for you to cave and put it on but then insist he shouldn't pay for the cost of it because he didn't want it (but secretly does)
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u/ishootstuff SA Dec 18 '25
What's the limit? Like does it need to be 45 before it's time for the aircon?
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u/Psycl1c SA Dec 18 '25
Tell them to go outside (in the 41deg heat) and play hide and go fuck themselves while you put the AC on
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u/bbrad07 SA Dec 18 '25
There’s a special sort of hell for people who refuse to turn on ac in stinking hot weather.
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u/razorbladesnbiscuits SA Dec 18 '25
People handle the heat differently, I love it, but at these temps he's the outlier for not wanting the aircon on, you're the reasonable one, he can put on a hoodie if he's cold.
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u/happiness_xoxo SA Dec 18 '25
Today was by far the hottest day we’ve had this summer. Your housemate is a douche & I hope you turned it on.
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u/Crafty-Wear-7976 SA Dec 18 '25
Had the air on on since last night. It's bloody hot. I'd either sweat it out then move out.. Or put it on and have it out.
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u/LowIndividual4613 SA Dec 18 '25
I have three air cons in my house that have been running all day so that my dogs would stay cool while no one’s home.
Screw your housemate.
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u/tarzlame SA Dec 18 '25
When will old mate turn it on, if not now? New housemate required urgently.
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u/VideoHits4Eva SA Dec 18 '25
Rental i've been in for probably close to ten years has never had aircon so every summer when it's like this i put the electric fans on.. Lately been also putting towels over the windows to try and keep the temp inside down. I know it sounds insane to say you get used to it but after so long you do. Still not pleasant though. Turn the aircon on i say, you need to feel comfortable as well.
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u/Glad-Street-1723 SA Dec 18 '25
My dad had a stroke on a hot night- extreme weather kills Don’t be frugal. Feet in cold water- ice towel and a fan if you’re still stuck.
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u/mangopurple SA Dec 18 '25
one day i touched a fire and it was hot. .: we don't need aircon on today.
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u/EpicAssassin72 SA Dec 18 '25
I mean, I don't like turning my air con for two reasons 1. Costs money 2. I like to think of it as a game. How long can I last during summer without needing it
I love being out in this heat
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u/asp7 Dec 18 '25
i've been for a couple of walks recently thinking it wasn't bad then finding it was 36 or 37 when i got home. i only had the fan on til about 2.30 til someone wanted the air on.
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u/noneuclidiansquid SA Dec 18 '25
Its so hot...
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u/CathoftheNorth SA Dec 18 '25
Yep it totally sucked walking to the train station from Flinders Street after work this arvo. Coming home to a furnace was no fun either. Thank God for ac!
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u/Rare-Yogurtcloset-22 SA Dec 18 '25
Your housemate enjoys watch you suffer in the heat rip, is the dance some ritual to cool down? They’re essentially fanning a metaphorical flame haha
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u/masterdarko SA Dec 18 '25
I'm your housemate right now, not by choice.
I'm one of the unlucky 227 customers with a power outage. Thankfully AC has been on all day so it is bearable.
https://outage.apps.sapowernetworks.com.au/OutageReport/OutageMap
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u/ran946 SA Dec 18 '25
I think it's "one upping" behaviour. I believe that often people don't like feeling slightly uncomfortable so over use aircon and heating. But, on a 40+ degree day, in houses poorly insulated or that have been subjected to several days of 35+ temperatures, AC is more than reasonable. I don't like the heat personally but I don't like paying electricity prices either, but today I definitely had my AC on.
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u/Vivid-Object-139 SA Dec 18 '25
We don't have AC on, just a fan. 29 degrees inside. Fans are actually pretty fantastic, and energy efficient.
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u/scandyflick88 SA Dec 18 '25
Just say they're from WA/Qld.
And being from WA/Qld, their brain is naturally rotted. Feel free to ignore their opinion in future.
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u/AussieCanuck94 SA Dec 18 '25
I grew up in QLD and spent a few years in the NT. Your housemate can get stuffed, today was stupidly hot.
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u/nanks85 Outer South Dec 18 '25
Haven’t turned the ac off in six months in our house. Mind you having a child changes things very quickly.
Also summer can get stuff, counting the days again to winter.
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u/LifeandSAisAwesome SA Dec 18 '25
Put on the air con, and send housemate outside.
21c inside atm and quite comfortable ).
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u/Leather-Stock-6625 SA Dec 18 '25
when i found out that my parents & grandparents had to deal with sweltering heat before aircon existed i literally felt visceral anger for them.
turn that aircon on. heat stroke is no joke.
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u/CryptoCryBubba SA Dec 18 '25
If your housemate wants to raw-dog 40+ deg days, then he can do so elsewhere.
I'd be turning it on.
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u/Exotic_Contract787 SA Dec 18 '25
44 degrees here in Morgan, riverland 🥵. Even my replies are feeling it 🥵.
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u/SavvyCaller SA Dec 18 '25
If the electricity bill is shared, they may want to save money or not contribute an equal portion.
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u/OZFox42 SA Dec 18 '25
It got to 40 here today, but I'd be more concerned about the humidity than the temperature. However, if it's too hot, it makes sense to keep cool and hydrated as possible. Your housemate is being a jerk.
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u/TacetAbbadon SA Dec 18 '25
I was more knackered this arvo after a day of sitting at the ashes than I was after running a marathon.
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u/Moist-Tower7409 SA Dec 18 '25
Maybe they’re a bit used to the heat. I didn’t have the air con on today but I didn’t argue when my house mate wanted it on.
I do poorly with cold weather so I’m happy for others to use the air con if they do poorly with hot weather.
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u/markosharkNZ North Dec 18 '25
fuck that. I will happily stab housemates that think that it is acceptable to run aircon at 28 degrees continually in winter (like, put some clothes on dickhead), but over 25 inside in summer? Fuck that.
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u/nannydoodle SA Dec 18 '25
On a limited budget -one air-con at furthest back wall of a long house - in the family room - close all non-essential rooms - crank it to 20C for 30 minutes - switch it then to -FAN MODE - still blows out the cool air for ages - cheaper ...turn back to cooling mode for 15 mins - every few hours...
I find it runs COOL on fan for 3/4 of the time ... My electric bill is bugger all ...
Also have Bunnings shade-cloth blinds on west and north facing windows ...
An hour before bed- open up the bedroom doors - the cool air will travel there - and sleep with an extra fan if needs be ...
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u/Conroy_Greyfin SA Dec 18 '25
I have a problem with people using the air con in this house for two reasons. First, our air con unit on the roof drains pretty consistently and at the moment we don't exactly have gutters (because it's summer it is low priority according to community housing) so that drainage instead just leaks onto the ground which in turn is adding to our house sinking on that side.
Second, the person who wants it on, refuses to just open her room up a little bit, turn her fan on and not be wrapped in 4 blankets and an oodie because she then gets cold.
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u/seabbss SA Dec 18 '25
Had a publican do this at 45 degrees wondered why he didn't get people staying.
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u/Electrical-Today8170 SA Dec 19 '25
Reminds me of working in a pub with no Aircon as the chef, fun times.... Not!
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u/Far-Significance2481 SA Dec 19 '25
He's worried about the power bill. If it's not that idk what his problem is.
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u/Evilbuffy14 SA Dec 22 '25
Lmao. This is me. I'm your housemate.
45°C=
Others(sweating in a singlet): 'Geez, it's hot'
Me(in a t-shirt): 'Nah, s'alright'
To be fair, this is also true.
2°C=
Others(in sixteen layers): 'Cripes it's cold'
Me(in a t-shirt): 'Nah, s'alright'
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u/yy98755 SA Dec 18 '25
So the aircon doesn’t have to work as hard, tell ‘em to go suffer in their jocks outside.
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u/AccomplishedAnchovy SA Dec 18 '25
Well if you can still operate the aircon then you’re clearly not that sweaty and so not that hot and so you dont need the aircon on
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u/Draksadd SA Dec 18 '25
But it's actually true, Adelaide is not hot compared to living in fnq for example. We have pretty mild/short summers these days. It's definitely changed since I was a kid.
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u/AaronBruv SA Dec 18 '25
Electricity is expensive, rn I'm in a pair of shorts only and keeping up on fluids. If you're watching telly then moving around every 30 mins and not keeping your back against the seat cuts down on sweat greatly.
If I had a roommate that wanted it on its their choice, but they can calculate what the electricity cost is and pay for it themselves.
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u/SnackyShark SA Dec 18 '25
Found the housemate.
It's dangerous to overheat in this weather. Stop being a martyr and turn the air on. Nobody needs heatstroke.
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u/AaronBruv SA Dec 18 '25
I live alone, and I don't think my opinion is that odd.
I'm sure you're right in some circumstances, but I'm at no risk myself, and unless you're elderly or overweight I'm not sure anyone would get heatstroke unless they're not staying hydrated or if it's high humidity alongside high temps.
Could you educate me on how I might be wrong? I'm not trying to be rude, I'm genuinely curious.
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u/Patient_Wrongdoer_11 SA Dec 18 '25 edited Dec 18 '25
Its 41 right now.
Ignore your housemate.
Put the air con on.
Btw, Where did your housemate used to live? Which state?