Yeah, well, it’s also excruciatingly hot down here. 98 degrees and 100% humidity makes you want to do nothing but sit on your ass with a tall glass o’ iced tea (that’s sweet tea for y’all in the north).
Anyone who grew up in rural areas of the south is generally on the lookout for chiggers, ringworms, ticks, hookworms, and pinworms.
Which for those who may not know is a fungus, not an actual worm
No idea what I had, but we did run around barefoot outside and I did until I was around 12-13 when I stepped on a rusty can and damn near cut my pinkie toe off.
That or there were eggs on some food you ate.
98 °F wet-bulb temperature (which is equal to the air temperature at 100% relative humidity) will literally kill you. That's higher than anything listed on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature#Highest_r...
We have a saying here, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity", but if you're from a place where 85 is hot, you won't agree. When it's still over 80 at 11 o'clock at night, it takes some adjusting.
Bless their hearts.
Or so I've been told by my southern relatives. I can't really taste a difference.
You can practically feel the diabetes when you drink sweet tea in the south.
That’s the South I know and love. I salute you.