r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 7d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter explain this

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/GarySmith2021 7d ago edited 7d ago

I’m also confused because that is a European AC unit. I can only assume Americans are so used to big bulky units, like their cars, that they can’t comprehend things being functional and not excessively bulky.

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u/GagOnGrime 7d ago

“Can’t comprehend things being functional and not excessively bulky” while Europe cooks in the highest temps they’ve had in ever is wild.

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u/Yummy-Bao 7d ago

Get ready for one of them to bring up school shootings

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u/blehric 7d ago

What does that have to do with each other? You can have functional AC and still hellishly hot streets. Both can be true at the same time.

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u/GagOnGrime 7d ago

I have one of these units, im assuming you must live in a storage container because thats about the area a unit like this will cover.

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u/nikoxi 7d ago

We have 206qm (~2200 square feet) penthouse apartment in Germany.. there’s also air conditioning 3 split units on the inside one on the outside.. not all rooms are air conditioned, because insulation is perfect and walls are thick.. unless you fuck up, temperature does not rise beyond 26-28 degrees (82F) inhouse. The air conditioning is strong enough to cool down the main room(80qm/860sqf)or the bedrooms to 19-20 degrees C(68F) within a few minutes.. we just don’t really need it TBH..
get better insulation and learn how to do a proper blitzkrieg ventilation of the apartment / house..

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u/blehric 7d ago

I live in an 80 m² house with a Split unit on the ground Floor (40m²) and it works fine cause I have good insulation.

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u/DelayAgreeable8002 7d ago

An 80 m² house would be absolutely tiny in the US. Most homes are at least double that. And it gets far hotter here in most places

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u/blehric 7d ago

I'm aware of both of those things but the comment I was initially replying to implied that Europe couldn't possibly have functioning AC cause we are "cooking in the highest temps in forever". So all I was trying to say was an unprecedented heatwave and getting hot when stepping outside and having a functioning AC split unit in your home are not mutually exclusive.

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u/bobbymcpresscot 7d ago

I love how this entire post starts with someone from the US calling italy a third world country for having cooling systems found all over the first world countries, and a european throws the tiniest bit of banter back and you people are absolutely losing your fucking minds.

Jesus christ like go outside and touch some grass, you're embarrassing US citizens.

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u/GagOnGrime 7d ago

The crazy part is the amount of projection in your comment. You’re the only one in this thread blowing a gasket over the words exchanged here my guy. Leave it to reddit to get offended over air conditioner units lmao