hate waking up sweating because the morning is not as cold as the night and now I have too many blankets
Memory foam traps heat.
And is your blood sugar good?
It might not be either of these things, but they are worth crossing off the list of reasons. Along with what the other poster said about synthetic fabrics.
Hate the laws of thermodynamics? Put that hatred to good use and become a mechanical engineer! Doesn’t matter if it’s aerospace or manufacturing! We all hate that doing fun stuff generates heat, so we design complicated systems to make things like 1% more thermodynamically efficient 👍
(This sounded funnier in my head)
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You may be suffering from synthetic fibers, check your clothing and bedding for polyester. It has very poor characteristics for comfort and feeling hot and sweaty is a key characteristic. This isn’t some hippie shit, you’ll genuinely be much more comfortable in real non-plastic fibres and you’ll significantly reduce your microplastic generation and exposure as a direct byproduct.
After abandoning plastic fibers, I can’t even put on a polyester jumper in winter without overheating and getting sweaty. Real organic fibres are so much more comfortable and only marginally more expensive.
Preach!
With some very specific exceptions, natural fibers are far better.
Give me a wool blanket or sweater (jumper in your terms I believe).
Wool is freakin magic.
My only exception is workout gear - the specialty synthetics are fantastic.
I love my linnen bedsheets in the summer, expensive as hell, but damn, they have the perfect temp for me.
Some basic math - we’re a species who’s body generates heat, so works best in conditions with a temperature lower than our body temp. Otherwise we need to sweat to efficiently transfer heat.
Sweat is a perfectly normal process, though. Being able to sweat a lot and having it evaporate quickly (little bodyhair compared to most other mammals) is one of humanity’s big evolutionairy advantages.
I like to think I’m not sweaty - I’m just an effective endurance hunter.
Endurance hunting FTW.
Ah yes, damn our natural state of multiple blankets
blankets don’t generate heat
But you do, and the blankets retain it.
yeah, it retains, and as I said, our natural body temperature is uncomfortable for us, and that’s bullshit design
Anything which produces heat needs cooling to maintain an even temperature. What’s uncomfortable for you is when your temperature is higher than your natural temperature due to lack of cooling.
