"Sweaters are cheaper than oil.", and so on. It's not about the character-building experience of being uncomfortable in less-than-amenable indoor temperatures, it's that climate control costs money, and it's some of the most ephemeral money one can spend, specifically for the purpose of comfort, so it feels extra-wasteful.
Note: I'm one of those people, although I will turn up the heat when company comes over.
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I'll put forward another possibility.
They're cheap.
"Sweaters are cheaper than oil.", and so on. It's not about the character-building experience of being uncomfortable in less-than-amenable indoor temperatures, it's that climate control costs money, and it's some of the most ephemeral money one can spend, specifically for the purpose of comfort, so it feels extra-wasteful.
Note: I'm one of those people, although I will turn up the heat when company comes over.