Darcy
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People joke around a lot about how wimpy the UK is during heat waves bc of how hot it gets elsewhere. But I genuinely I have a lot of empathy for them. Their infrastructure is NOT built for heat at all, and they’re reaching dangerous wet bulb temps without AC in most buildings
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@Namek623016 @PopBase infrastructure in phoenix are made for hot weather but european infrastructure are not, we actually not supposed to go over 25-30·C
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France recorded its hottest-ever day yesterday with an average temperature of 29.8°C
Around 40 people are confirmed to have drowned while swimming in efforts to cool down.
(theguardian.com/world/2026/jun…)
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@snootpants @joshhfm @ayeejuju Them not having ac is a choice. They can get it just as easily as we can.
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@njkoospanda "Fans exist" my fan is doing NOTHING. It's so hot, the wind my fan is creating is doing literally nothing because it's just warm air
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you do know that the temperatures are measured in the shade… right?
The Different Lens@J_TheExplorer
Can Europeans please shut up about a few hot days a year? Fans exist. Portable ACs exist. Shade exists. You're not being forced to survive in the Sahara. Most of the world deals with far higher temperatures for months, not days. People still work, go outside, and live their lives. They adapt instead of treating every summer like an extinction event. Please stop whining.
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like how are we supposed to find refuge in the shade when the temperatures are measured in the shade, you moron
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@7_e_2_1 @aledornell I went outside today and saw hundreds of people. Why do you people think we don’t go outside?
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@aledornell I think a lot of the disconnect comes from Americans just not really going outside (except for some that do it as a primary activity). In europe people just spend a lot more time outdoors.
For cold weather it doesn't matter. If its -15c you just put on another layer of clothes.
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Do Europeans also refuse to use heating in the winter because “it doesn’t make the outside warmer”
Cllr Wayne Kerr ⬅️@Woke_Tankie
AC DOESN’T MAKE THE OUTSIDE COOLER YOU STUPID YANK CUNT.
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@19MM76 @aledornell Then stop complaining about the heat. It’s not even that hot outside there.
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@aledornell The argument is being made because we don't want to lock ourselves inside with an ac. Here 4-5 months of the year you may as well call "grey season" where we are very lucky to have a day in between without clouds. So when those skies open up we want to be outside much as possible
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@CastleJust @ZaidJilani There is no need to retrofit anything. AC is similarly priced in the majority of Europe as it is in the US. It’s just a bunch of dumb excuses.
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@ZaidJilani They don't, but the retrofit into old buildings is often prohibitively expensive. Add in conservation rules and even if you could afford it, you can't do it.
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Their infrastructure is built to deal with high temperatures. They get more breeze etc due to not having as many buildings made of concrete etc and built in AC everywhere.
40/50° doesn’t feel as bad outside the UK.
Shafeeq@Y2SHAF
I can’t wrap my head around how normal life works in places where it’s 40°C for weeks. Do people just restructure their entire existence around not being outside?
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Why do Europeans think they have bad humidity? And like they’re the only ones with it? It’s not even bad most places there …
Prem@btrmasaladosa
@Y2SHAF it's not as bad as 35 in Europe because it's not humid. Also, they go from air conditioned room to AC cabs to air conditioned cafes
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@btrmasaladosa @Y2SHAF You don’t think it’s humid anywhere but Europe?
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@LiberalBang @GH0STOFSAB I just looked it up. Your country is tiny 🤣
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@LiberalBang @GH0STOFSAB My state is bigger than a lot of your countries.
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AC DOESN’T MAKE THE OUTSIDE COOLER YOU STUPID YANK CUNT.
Simon Maechling@simonmaechling
How it feels in France right now.
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I work mostly outside and my work vans don’t have AC.
Americans shut the fuck up.
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@T4LKINGTOMY23LF No one said air conditioning helps outside. You do realize we have outside here too, don’t you? Why are you people so stupid?
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i love when europeans complain about the hwat and americans start yapping about aircon like that’s all well and good however we actually go outside and aircon isn’t going to make it any cooler when i have to walk to the shop
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