If you live your whole life inside an air-conditioned glass tower and never go outside, you may have yet to notice the crazy heat that the rest of us are just trying to get through right now. We’re not sure if it’s just because it comes so abruptly after that recent cooldown, but this particular heat wave is really getting us down. Sure, there are plenty of ways to cool off, but we’ve come to the conclusion that it’s just too hot—and these signs are how we know.
1. The breeze from the subway grate is a welcome, cooling respite on your walk to work.
2. You actually hope for traffic to be bad so you can spend more time in your air conditioned car.
3. The coastal forecast is looking like a typical forecast for the Valley.
4. Pho doesn't sound like a good lunch choice for once.
5. Guys are just walking around shirtless, and not just in the South Bay.
6. You see more than one person with a seatbelt clasp-shaped welt from burning themselves in their cars.
7. The entire city is sold out of box fans.
8. Any fresh, post-shower feeling is gone within three minutes.
9. Not even your favorite taco truck is worth standing in line for outside.
10. The glare off the Disney Concert Hall looks like it might be melting the Broad.
11. You find yourself Googling “DIY swamp cooler.”
12. Crop tops and short shorts seem like an excellent fashion choice.
13. That girl you secretly hate starts looking like a best friend when she mentions having a pool.
14. When you finally plug in the new air conditioner you waited five years to buy, it causes a blackout in your neighborhood.
15. Even the wild parrots in Echo Park keep telling themselves, “But at least it’s a dry heat.”
16. You're suffering permanent brain freeze from trying to eat ice cream fast enough to finish it in the 90 seconds before it melts.
17. You take an Uber to your parked car because it's too hot to walk.