“Texas has this sort-of macho heat thing, that we’re ‘Texas tough’ and we’re not going to let a little heat stop us. Heat builds character and sweat is how you get tough,” Jeff Goodell said, adding that such attitudes are “really dangerous.”
Is it? I could have sworn high school football players were still ending up in the hospitals with heat related illnesses.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/when-is-too-hot-for-teen-football/
Back in my day, coaches didn’t let you have water, because it was a sign of weakness that you needed “a break”, and it was the water filling your stomach that actually caused the cramps…
Toxic climate change and toxic masculinity-- don’t mess with Toxas.
Luckily, Spanish already has the perfect word: Toxicos. Which just means toxic men. I think I may just sub that in whenever referring to the state :)
Messing with texas keeps getting less and less appealing.