--- title: This Game of Thrones Parody Video Highlights the Struggle of Office Air Conditioning description: For women, office's summer air conditioning can be more frigid than comfortably cool, which was highlighted in a Game of Thrones' parody video. canonical: https://time.com/4456162/college-humor-game-of-thrones-parody/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-17T17:54:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:35.913Z og:title: This 'Game of Thrones' Parody Sends Up Office A/C og:description: Women's winter is coming og:url: https://time.com/4456162/college-humor-game-of-thrones-parody/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This 'Game of Thrones' Parody Sends Up Office A/C twitter:description: Women's winter is coming twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Hilarious _Game of Thrones_ Parody Video About the Struggle of Office Air Conditioning > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 17, 2016 5:54 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 17, 2016 5:54 PM UTC For any woman who’s suffered through [the frigidity of summer air conditioning](http://time.com/4408512/air-conditioning-mistakes/) in her office (it turns out [ office temperatures were regulated on the metabolic rate of men from the days when wearing suits was par for the course](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/science/chilly-at-work-a-decades-old-formula-may-be-to-blame.html)), the struggle to stay warm often includes scarves, sweaters, and possibly even an office blanket. And while it may not provide any tangible warmth, the folks at _College Humor_ have taken it upon themselves to deliver a [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4383171/game-of-thrones-season-six-review/) parody video that perfectly sums up the real issue of freezing offices in the summer, appropriately titled, “Women’s Winter Is Coming.” The short video opens with the following narration: “When spring turns to summer and there’s blossom on the trees, the office air doth turns to ice and all the women freeze,” and shows three women shivering and shrouded in furs that would make the Stark family proud, while the men in the office are comfortably outfitted in shorts and short-sleeved shirts. Much like the North, these women have the odds stacked against them when it comes to the perils of office temperatures. 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