My partner has no idea that I have performed a totally scientific test last week that proved that the temperature display on my air conditioner and the temperature we actually enjoy are two different things. You too can betray your loved one using this simple trick!
THE ACT
For four nights in a row I set the room to a colder temperature but manipulated the stated temperature on the A/C remote display and no arguments or conversations were had about me lowering the temperature.
INSTRUCTIONS
\- Point the remote the A/C and set the temperature you want, as you normally would, then!
\- Point the remote to your stomach and set the temperature that they like.
If you do it right, it won’t register on the unit but the display will change. Tada!
CLOSE CALL
After the sun went down she look at the wall-mounted remote and said “huh” and didn’t touch it! What this proved to me is she was more concerned about the electric bill than being comfortable. If you have other thermometers in the house, you’ll want to move or hide them or you’ll get busted.
When the bill does inevitably come in, pray for me.
Until then, a pleasant July.
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What you have probably managed to do is gaslight your partner when they felt cold.
If you want another Shitty life pro tips.
A lot of recent A/C have an app.
Let your SO set up the AC, go to the app and swap to what you want. They won’t know you’ve changed stuff since the remote did not move, obviously the display on the remote did not change either.
Get ready to lose trust in your S.O. When they reverse social engineer you with an opposite experience or findout when the bill comes.
I’ve been doing this trick for years. Never once been caught.
This is devious, but you should consider that temperatures feel colder to women if you value your marriage. Compromise by a degree and a half.
Stop gaspanicking your partner!
What do you mean? At this time of the year my Japanese air conditioner is my loved one.
My wife and I have this system where we talk to each other about it. We decided on a comfortable temperature (~21°C) is good and set it at that.
OP, at this point of your relationship, I think that it’s time to move to another room. You already had children, so there’s no reason to sleep together anymore.
I do the same thing at work in the workshop, set it to a cooler temperature then change the display so it displays 28 as per company rules
Have her put on another layer of clothes if she’s cold. You can only do so much to beat the heat, relatively easy to stay warm.
Lol been doing this for a long long time to my parents
Alternatively, you can do the opposite,
Set the temp high like 28C, then set the remote to 24C.
This MAD method makes them feel the air con should be set lower than that to actually get cold. A better way as this trained them to lower it.
Ha! I can’t do this because I always crank it to max. My spouse would kill me since it would be obvious the 27 on the remote is not the 16 in the room. Haha.
I dated a woman once who was super thin and would set the AC to 22. …Wife material, that one.
OK, this is only tangentially realated to this post and I don’t recommenmd fooling your partner about the temperature (the truth will come out in the end and we don’t need any more divorce advice threads) BUT..
The way these AC remotes have an internal temperature state separate from the unit kind of bothers me and I’m not ever sure I can trust it. Sometimes I mis-shoot, so I shoot into my hand (don’t go there) in the opposite direction then back up at the AC.
My question is.. does the infrared code the AC unit get say ‘move the temperature up/down by 0.5’ or does it say ‘set temperature to 24C’. It must be the latter, right? Otherwise it could go wildly out of sync or cause trouble if you have two remotes floating around?
I’ve been too lazy to test this myself, but surely someone here knows / hast test it before?
This is brilliant. We’ve been having arguements about this many times. 25 degrees is too hot! 22 is perfect
Does she exercise? After getting my wife to go jogging with me I’ve noticed she can tolerate the aircon a lot more… I think it’s poor blood circulation as to why she’s so afraid of the cold…
What are you gonna do when she feels cold and turns it up a degree or two tho
I would also just suggest getting a real temperature monitor and agree to set at the real temp. Ignore the AC remote temperature, it’s never right imo.
I’m gonna get downvoted but who cares
I’m like you. I can’t stand the heat and I need the air on cold once it gets to 28C or hotter. My husband is the same way, unfortunately he’s a cheapskate. We both make a decent amount of money, so that’s not the issue.
Anyways, when the heatwave began, I turned on the air and bought the fan to our room. During the night, he gets up, turns off the AC and fan and open the windows. I would wake up in a sweaty and sticky mess. I tolerated it all but 2.5 days. I told him on beginning of day 2 that I’d pay all the electric bills for the summer months because I refuse to be uncomfortable. He said he didn’t care about that but “keep it off to save money”. I reiterated again that if I pay the electric, I wanna keep it on. He finally gave in. We turned on the AC to 24C and turned on the fan. 4 hours later (almost halfway through day 2 of the AC battle), he turned it up to 29C. I said wth was he doing and he said “to save money, turn it to the temperature closest to the weather outside “
I finally put my foot down and argued “if the AC doesn’t stay on 24C from now until September, no マンコ until September.
Aaaand down the AC went back to 24C. It’s been on 24C since and hasn’t been touched. Apartment feels nice 😌
He should have known I was lying my ass off when I said that. Guess he didn’t wanna risk not getting any for 2 months 🤷🏽♀️
Money is there to make out life comfortable.
When my wife and daughter gave pushback about the low temp of the AC, I just told them to put on a sweater. When they argued further I offered to take clothes off instead.
Their choice; put on a sweater, or have a naked man walking around and sitting on everything.
I don’t get many comments on the AC anymore. That said, this is a great tip.
Nice try, my spouse has thermometers inexplicably tacked to nearly every room in the house. Even the bathroom.
Our AC units in our house have the ability to connect to them remotely via an app, obviously as well as the remote control too.
If your AC units have that ability, and your significant other is not too tech savvy you could probably set that up without telling them and just adjust in the comfort of your own phone.
Tell them that NASA sets all space environments to 22C because they figured out that the perfect environmental operating temperature for humans is between 21c and 24c. If they argue just simply ask “Are you trying to say NASA doesn’t know what they are talking about?”
You’re a genius. My wife is constantly changing the wind strength to しずか.
I once brought a rant to a close, by my wife that ‘You Canadians are spoiled, and it isn’t that hot inside’, rubbing my sweaty, hairy arm on her face. Stopped her mid-sentence. Now I just remind her, from time to time.
Unfortunately my spouse checks the electricity usage online daily and I have to explain any spikes
I live alone, so I just have to argue with my bank when I pay more than I can afford. They are coming to take away the furniture next week. At least I don’t have to great them in underwear.
It sounds like the cold bothered her anyways.
I’ve been doing this trick for years. Unfortunately doesn’t work if your control is wall-mounted.
My wife begins sneezing if the temp is too cold! We have an electric device that lays on the box spring. It heats her up while I turn down the temp on the A/C. It works okay.
> What this proved to me is she was more concerned about the electric bill than being comfortable.
Or a mixture of both… that she wants to meet a sweet spot between comfort and the environment/economics. I don’t get why you care. There’s always a sweet spot at which any point beyond increases your bill (plus carbon footprint) exponentially.
At least you can use yours! My ex treated it like a museum display – Behold! The mysterious Aysee Box. No one knows what it does but it looks pretty and cost a lot of money. Observe! Its silence and total lack of operation. Beware! The fate of any man foolish enough to try and operate it for it will betray those who seek to unlock its mysteries with a loud beep, and summon the dark master of the remote to silence the great Aycee box.
Doesn’t work. My wife has a built in thermostat that could be used for quantum temperature experiments.
Best option for AC in the summer is to be single. No one to complain or turn it off/down.
yall never heard of setsuden?
@Oshirihurihuri another option to feel better in your home without running full on AC this killing you in electric cost…
除湿器 run dehumidifying mode. It literally sucks tons of moisture from the living space but at a fraction of the cost of full air conditioning. Most of the “heat” feeling comes from the humid air (inside or outside).