# Big Bang 9/21 - well that sucked!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 22, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-21-well-that-sucked/511078 "2009-09-22T13:49:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-21-well-that-sucked/511078/41 "2009-09-25T20:05:24Z")

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> [@jackdavinci](#):
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> I always wonder where this version of the meme came from. Yes huddling together for warmth can be necessary and embarrassing, but how does it help to huddle _naked_? Huddling together clothed is much more warmth producing. The only time it makes sense to get naked first other than as foreplay is if you’ve fallen in ice water and need to get out of wet clothes.

It’s fairly common advice for first aid when someone is suffering from hypothermia, not just when they are wet. I think the theory is that you want the person in direct contact with the heat source (the other person’s skin) with an outer layer wrapped around you both to keep heat in.  
See: [http://www.disability.vic.gov.au/dsonline/dsarticles.nsf/pages/Hypothermia?OpenDocument](http://www.disability.vic.gov.au/dsonline/dsarticles.nsf/pages/Hypothermia?OpenDocument)  
for one example.

Not sure it is recommended as a preventative measure.

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