That's definitely the start of it - and I can understand getting defensive about people shocked that anyone would think 25 deg C is a danger zone. But I haven't seen that in my spaces for awhile, I think most people in international parts of the internet have figured out that different places have different danger scales. Now I'm seeing people pre-emptively defending themselves, but doing it in ways that make it clear they don't understand other countries' climates or cultures around climate either. (This time I was seeing a bunch of europeans saying "You don't understand! We have cold winters! Our houses are *insulated*!" Oh honey. A) insulation is also a good idea when it's hot! B) large parts of the US that have very hot summers get down to -10 deg C on a regular basis, we also deal with cold, that's not the problem.
I get that with snow, too - in my area we shut down for 2" on a regular basis and the people from snowier areas mock us until they get here and realize that 2" of snow for us is usually actually 2" of mixed snow, sleet, and freezing rain over an invisible substrate of frozen slush and black ice and they can't drive on it either. (This is completely separate from the problem where nobody in my area knows how to drive safely at all. It's complicated!)
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I get that with snow, too - in my area we shut down for 2" on a regular basis and the people from snowier areas mock us until they get here and realize that 2" of snow for us is usually actually 2" of mixed snow, sleet, and freezing rain over an invisible substrate of frozen slush and black ice and they can't drive on it either. (This is completely separate from the problem where nobody in my area knows how to drive safely at all. It's complicated!)