Shorts in the freezing.

Or a hairy monster

You get used to wearing shorts in the cold handy enough.

Like, ladies wear skirts in the same conditions.

It doesn't stop them looking silly though.

Particularly stupid looking when worn with a coat, hat, scarf and gloves.

Or couldn't afford a decent yoke to cover yarself.Drink and drugs(legal)would come first

Sunny = shorts weather. If there's a stiff breeze maybe not but if it's a brisk sunny day and I'm out for a walk my legs will be much more comfortable in shorts than sweaty jeans or something. Bit of extra skin to soak up that vitamin D can't be bad for you either.

Are they people that drive everywhere?

I don't mind checking out an nice pair of legs in winter - warms me up.

Lovely feeling to have cold air on your legs, I like it, cold doesn't affect the legs too much, I wear shorts if I feel like it.

Yes but we also wear a pair of tights or a couple of pairs depending on how cold it is with our skirts in the cold weather.

Yes the young ones these days seem to have thicker skin. Good for them. I like to have tights on.

The people who I know who wear shorts a lot fall into different categories.

Some are just always bouncing around the place and can't sit still.

Another is fellas who like to show there a hard man.

Some just do it to follow the trend.

Another is some of these guys have very hot houses. They throw a coat on if there going to the shop in the car.

It's an interesting topic for sure.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22423982.2022.2111789#abstract

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(21)00266-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2666379121002664%3Fshowall%3Dtrue&ref=selfreliantman.net

It's mainly, like most of these thing, in the mind. I tend to drip dry to and rarely shiver. I still find it hard every time I walk in but despite the very significant heat loss i feel really warm 10 mins later when drying.

Much like lifting heavy stuff, HIIT training etc, which are all involve acute short term discomfort, cold exposure also is really good for you.

I cycle all year round without gloves or legwarmers unless its under 2 or so degree and I'm going to the mountains where its colder. A friend who cycles wears gloves with heaters in them.

I convinced him that because he finds the cold so difficult he would benefit even more from cold exposure. If you are not finding it really difficult then you are not really getting the benefit.

Monday to Friday now that man is in the sea first thing every morning at 7am.

Huberman on a podcast with Soberg (author of one the linked studies) says the neurological benefit ( as in 6 hrs or so of feel good factor) can't be replicated by any drug and there is no downside or addiction issues.

The biology is fascinating, with adaptations shared with all mammals; they are that old and hard wired.

Good description from Guyenet here.

https://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2013/07/brown-fat-its-big-deal.html

Absolutely, I've practised the Wim Hof for 8 years now. I also cold shower, I've prob had less than 10 warm showers in those years, I do use the sauna a, few times a week. I like the cold feeling, even through my school days, hated wearing jackets, disliked warm stuff rooms, even now, I prefer to hear the house with a fire rather than use radiators (for the most part). It's not some hard man thing, not for others to see me, it's purely for me,i just like that cold fresh feeling.