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@PID_NCC @pissoffmatey @PH11122 @DaOfficialVigil Food standards are a whole other aspect and I’m all for adopting European standards However that requires government bureaucracy rather than individual decision

@ScoutingAlong @pissoffmatey @PH11122 @DaOfficialVigil Genuine question. If Americans have a way to combat that. Why don't they? Why is your food standards so poor?

>“My local pub is older than the United States hahahah” >Looks inside >No air conditioning

@raineruption @jaxonloid The difference is that Canadians actually do something about it and have AC

@jaxonloid (note, i mean ontario)

We are now at the stage of arguing about 'is the UK cold actually cold'

@Negatrev @The1TrueMark @hnhypnotoad Fair enough

@ScoutingAlong @The1TrueMark @hnhypnotoad No-one said it was a flex🤷 They were just correcting someone reporting a blatant lie 🙄

@The1TrueMark @hnhypnotoad You should look at New England in the US before you think that’s a flex

@PID_NCC @PH11122 @pissoffmatey @DaOfficialVigil channel4.com/news/factcheck…

@ScoutingAlong @PH11122 @pissoffmatey @DaOfficialVigil Can't really compare the 2 can you. In the UK we have had 0 school shootings since 1996 and as a whole nation we've had 1

@pissoffmatey @PID_NCC @PH11122 @DaOfficialVigil Yes we have an obesity problem And we have a way for individuals to combat that: dieting and cardio, and people make use of this So why don’t Europeans make use of the way for individuals to combat the heat?

@ScoutingAlong @PID_NCC @PH11122 @DaOfficialVigil more people die in the US from obesity in a year than people die from heat stroke in Europe. by 10 fold.

@hops333 @OdjnBluefire @salmongriller @JhonPork420tp @blerghthrice It only takes like $200 for an AC unit We aren’t telling you to get central air Also the East Coast of the US is as or more humid than the UK Also an AC dehumidifies the air

@OdjnBluefire @salmongriller @JhonPork420tp @blerghthrice but what would be the point spending thousands on an AC unit when we can just complain about the heat for 2 weeks and then the shit weather comes back? it’s the humidity that’s the issue. feels like sitting in a microwave. just stick the fan on

less than 5% of uk houses have AC. you’d need to be really rich

@salmongriller @JhonPork420tp @blerghthrice It only costs $200

@JhonPork420tp @blerghthrice Spending $2500 on a unit that we're gonna use for 14 days a year?

@JasparColeman @LydDoesAnima @evelyncunt @Cobra_The_One @blerghthrice You do realize American houses have even better insulation than most UK houses right? Insulation actually helps cool down a house because it traps cool air inside

@LydDoesAnima @evelyncunt @Cobra_The_One @blerghthrice Not to mention our houses and buildings are made to trap heat, not disperse it. Meaning that inside, it's often well above the temperature outside

@Cambria_Light As if building from materials other than wood would really protect that much more from floods, tornadoes, or hurricanes Also rebuilding a house is a different beast than buying a $200 piece of machinery.

Americans complain every year about natural disasters like storms, floods and tornadoes and refuse to build houses from anything stronger than carton box

@N1k57 Poor people have been using AC units during the summer in the US for a long long time

No, Patrick, that's not how weather works in Europe. If there's only hot and dry air, a fan it's useless. And using AC all the time, it costs too much for poor people. If someone it's making fun of Europe, 100% that person is from North America.

@PID_NCC @PH11122 @pissoffmatey @DaOfficialVigil More people die in Europe from heat stroke in a year than people die from gun violence in the US

@PH11122 @pissoffmatey @DaOfficialVigil Notice how they're alive

@Momus_47 @DaOfficialVigil So why don’t they buy it?

@DaOfficialVigil Yes. You have no culture and piss-shallow history, but you have something that anyone in the UK can buy for, like.. £200. Nice one, fatty.

@The__Goomba @kryfton That’s not how it works Most homes, even in Texas, have insulation. Insulation doesn’t just keep hot air in, it also keeps cool air in. The Northeast gets hot during the summers and even colder than England during the winters.

@kryfton Yep, like we know it’s hotter there but you and your homes are both built for it. Transport my exact home to Texas and I legit think I’d die 🤣

I’m tired of this same conversation every damn year. Like yeah I’m sure the heat isn’t that bad when you’re perfectly chilled like a lettuce indoors instead of it being a hotter version of outside🙄 Just let me complain about the 15° above average for May heat spike in peace🤣

@Skinny200996 @Coach_Frogg @Cyn1calCrusader You’re joking right? Like there’s no way you believe that right?

@Coach_Frogg @Cyn1calCrusader Yes because it doesn't, Britain gets about double the humidity levels of Florida

So, jokes aside, to understand why the heat is worse in the UK than say Arizona for example, the answer is quite long... First it's the Humidity, it's far higher here. The UK's island location and prevailing south-westerly winds bring moist sea air, so heatwaves are often humid rather than dry. In contrast, many of the hottest US states (e.g., Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico) have dry desert heat where sweat evaporates quickly, so you actually feel cooler despite higher temperatures. Even humid US regions (like the Southeast) usually have widespread air conditioning to offset it. Second, the buildings and Infrastructure that we have all are designed to Trap Heat, not Release It. UK homes are built for cold, damp winters: thick brick/stone walls, heavy insulation, small windows, and designs that retain warmth. During a heatwave, they turn into ovens, solar gain through windows builds up, and there is poor ventilation or passive cooling features like overhangs, shutters, or light-coloured roofs. Plus, poor air conditioning: Only about 5% of UK homes have AC (vs. ~90% in the US). It's not standard because it's rarely needed most of the year, but during spikes it's a nightmare. Also, retrofitting is expensive and tricky in old terraced houses or listed buildings. This extended to public transport, schools, offices, and even hospitals as they often lack cooling. Finally, most importantly, we have zero acclimatisation. Meaning it's just as hot at night as it is during the day. Britons aren't physiologically or culturally used to sustained heat. We're properly white! So, a sudden jump from typical UK summer temps feels extreme, and the body struggles more without gradual adaptation. Heatwaves often bring "tropical nights" (temps staying above 20 °C), so homes don't cool down overnight. You can't sleep, recover, or anything which just compounds fatigue, dehydration, etc. Drier US heat often cools significantly at night. That is all topped up with the fact that we have longer summer daylight at the UK's higher latitude meaning more hours of solar heating. Hope this long explanation that no one wanted clears this right up...

@yellowish69er @kangaroobixcube @Cyn1calCrusader American homes have better insulation than UK ones

@kangaroobixcube @Cyn1calCrusader That's great, did you read ANY of the parts that say our buildings KEEP heat and we don't have ac because putting it into an already built house made if 2 layers of brick and insulation is expensive? Our walls are a foot thick in places, no heat leaves.

@yellowish69er @aksedterisk @kangaroobixcube @Cyn1calCrusader That’s not how that works

@aksedterisk @kangaroobixcube @Cyn1calCrusader Great, now the rain gets in, mold grows and you get sick

@wiltedechoes @ipnotjcaa That’s part of what frustrates us, you can easily get a window-based unit for pretty cheap

@ipnotjcaa And also, it’s not like all households have AC’s here omfg

can countries that have nothing to do with europe stop talking about how we handle the heat 😭 because they don't take into account THE HUMIDITY AND THE FACT THAT IT'S SUFFOCATING AND IT'S NOT NORMAL IT'S ONLY MAY

@ipnotjcaa @starlunalight So there’s this big stretch of land in the US called the East Coast, where it gets hotter than England and it’s as or more humid than England

@starlunalight FRRRR

@CertainTeaa My guy, US houses have better insulation than UK houses We have fiberglass insulation

Uk has houses older than America. Houses were built for cold and damp weather. TO RETAIN HEAT, I don’t wanna hear another America speak on this. Arrogant asshats

@CorinthianJax @DARKWEB21 @Creepyleaky @Peannut_Butter In fact fiberglass insulation helps prevent fires from burning down whole neighborhoods. Before that, Asbestos insulation was used (and was originally invented for the express purpose of being fireproof) but we know how that turned out.

@CorinthianJax @DARKWEB21 @Creepyleaky @Peannut_Butter Uh Fiberglass insulation can’t burn…. It’s literally glass.

here come the americans talking about some "let me, someone who doesn't live in the UK, explain to you why this really isn't that bad!"