Anonymous
United States
Today, my roommate turned the thermostat down to 50 degrees. Why? Because she read that shivering burns calories. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
Anonymous
Ebersbach, Germany
Bit nippy out
Today, my mom wants to save money on both heating and electricity. Put into practice, this means that the temperature in my room is about the same as that in our fridge. FML
OfficeFatty
United States
Today, my skinny co-worker complained that sitting just underneath the AC vent was making her too cold. My boss had us switch places, because "your mass keeps you warm anyway". FML
Jograd
Sydney, Australia
Today, my roommate decided to turn off all appliances in the house to "save" electricity. This included the refrigerator. FML
madeline9322
Canada
Today, the lack of heating in my room has gotten to the point where I have to cuddle my clothes for the next day at night so they're not freezing when I wake up. FML
meh beard
This FML is from back in 2016 but it's good stuff
Bowmanville, Canada
I'm awake
Today, my roommate thought it was a good idea to set my beard on fire to wake me up. FML
anonymous
United States
Today, I burned my butt on the heater when I tried to warm up after my shower. FML
Anonymous
Iceland
Today, my mom made me go shopping with her. It was freezing out, but she didn't wear a coat, boasting that she doesn't feel the chill like I do. By the time we drove home she was whining about freezing to death, and now I'm stuck in a house whose heating is set to "inferno". FML
NoCirculation
Utrecht, Netherlands
Thermoregulation wars
Today, my boyfriend is wearing a t-shirt and shorts. I'm wearing leggings, sweatpants, a vest, t-shirt, jumper and hoodie. If we turn the heating any higher, he starts overheating and sweating. At the current level, I'm still shivering. FML
Frozen
United States
Today, the heater went out at work. I was shivering so hard that someone thought I was having a seizure. FML
wellhellothere
United States
Today, the fire alarm went off in my dorm. Not only was it 30 degrees outside, but I was in the shower. FML
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yfml90 3
Turn it up to 90 tell her sweating burns calories
sunkistfitch 4
FYL, I once read on the Internet, that everything on the Internet is true. BURN SOME CALORIES!
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Comments (151)
tj4234 36
50 degrees is boiling hot here in the UK. It's currently -2 degrees here...
RelaxingPlace 11
+10 degrees celsius!
ambitiousnygrl 17
-2 fahrenheit or celsius? Makes a huge difference since 0 degrees celsius = 32 degrees fahrenheit.
Steffi 26
OP meant fahrenheit.
Futacy 30
OP is from America, where we use Fahrenheit. 50 degrees Fahrenheit is about 10 degrees Celsius, which is freezing cold if you're still inside.
katties 27
Tell her that it works the other way: her body sense that it's too cold and makes more fat for isolation ;)
ChaoticBacon 6
Tell her to stand in the corner. *puts on sunglasses* It's 90 degrees.
Futacy 30
I'm not sure if that's a reference to something or just a badly thought out pun.
xxmollyxx 25
I liked it. Yay for maths.
bandofsand 10
I think it's quite clever.
rattusrattus 19
Technically true, although unless you top up your shivering with actual exercise you will probably only burn off a chocolate bar, and also make your body build up fat to survive the cold if you do it for a prolonged period of time.
GG1569 4
50 degrees ? That's warm in Minnesota !
TipOfTheHat 10
Thin and stupid!
KiddNYC1O 22
There go the wallet calories.
0utland 18
I keep forgetting that Americans use Fahrenheit and not Celsius, so here I was thinking "Oh my f'ing God, what did you have it on before she turned it down??" xD
ThatDemonChild 6
I did that too! Then I calculated approximately how cold that was in Celsius. 50 degree Fahrenheit isn't even bad...
Futacy 30
Are people today really so lazy that they are willing to try every technique that they can to lose weight without exercising? Well guess what? I'm shivering too. I'm shivering in fear at the sight of the obesity epidemic and low motivation that is destroying the overall well-being of Earth's people.
tylermt1999 17
If you think about it, it does. But probably not efficiently .