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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: why do things like metal and water feel 
cooler than the room temperature when all 
other things are at same temperature as well?
gpt
What you feel isn't temperature, but *heat transfer*. Metal and water transfer heat better than, say, wood, so they feel colder at the same temperature. (Below your body temperature, at least; above, metal and water feel *hotter* than wood at the same temperature.)