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@simon_cocteau @Janeanon13 That’s not the metric they’re using. 51% of Americans have a valid passport. 80% obtain one at some point in their lives.

@Janeanon13 Strawmanning. The intent of "Doesn't even have a passport" doesn't include "once had a passport" and you know that, so just chose to waste everyone's time with an idiotic post.

I don’t currently have a passport. I’ve been to Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Mexico, Jamaica, and Australia. Obviously not the most well traveled, but just because you don’t have a passport doesn’t mean you haven’t left the US.

@Judeemma Yes. But once said passport expires, you’ve still been. I don’t have a passport. Still been to England, France, Iceland, Italy, and Canada.

Sorry but you need a passport to get into Australia. And Denmark.

@Laista @ChrisMartzWX Servers don’t want one. They make far more money in tips.

@ChrisMartzWX Try pay a wage to your waiters instead .

A typical conversation with a Northern European. EURO: “It’s too hot! We are dying in this 27°C heat!” AMERICAN: “Okay, install some A/C. There is a solution.” EURO: “It’s too expensive for us to only run it a few days per year!” AMERICAN: “You can buy a portable one on Amazon for <$200 (~€171 or ~£150). Also, both Washington and Oregon have similar climates to northwestern Europe, and >50% of residents have A/C. Maybe if y’all weren’t taxed into oblivion, y’all would have some money to spend on an A/C unit.” EURO: “I don’t want your American A/C. We don’t need your solutions!” AMERICAN: “Then complain, suffer, and die, I don’t care.”

@RudeOnion 51% at any given time.

Me: According to the Pew Research Center, 76% of Americans have traveled outside of America. 'Tard: Nuh uh! Only 51% of Americans have a passport! Me: That may be true, but passports expire, so both points can be accurate at the same time. 'Tard: Only 51% of Americans have a passport, so less than that have ever traveled outside the country! Me: I literally just... Look, passports expire. If my passport expires today, that doesn't delete the trip I took to China in 2017. I still traveled outside the country. It still counts. 'Tard: Look here's an article that said only 51% of Americans have a passport! CHECKMATE! Me: You know Canada didn't mandate a passport from Americans until 2009, right? Mexico in 2010. And apparently closed-loop cruises still don't mandate them. And the military doesn't require them for international travel either. 'Tard: ...Hey look here's ANOTHER article that confirms that 51% number! Me: ...I give up

@BasienqaL @LiberaNos_AMalo @number_pizza111 Same is true of California and Idaho.

@LiberaNos_AMalo @number_pizza111 Ever been in those 2 cities ? Even their language origin is different to start with. Centuries of history are different. Their literature, art, food, music are so so different.

You would be hard-pressed to find another region of 330 million people with as little political, cultural, and economic diversity as America.

@Freyy_is Because fresh aromatics taste better.

there are people out here cooking without garlic powder and onion powder and i genuinely need to understand the why?

@the_ason @DastDn True poverty simply doesn’t exist here.

@DastDn People can't wrap their head around the fact that the Americans are so wealthy that what we consider extreme poverty is still wealthier than the majority of the rest of the planet

There will never be a society without extreme poverty because "poverty" like "wealth" is a positional not an absolute good, defined by comparing it to what someone else has. Extreme poverty in the US is high comfort in Afghanistan.

@DocomanDaveo @Dravarden If you violate a law across state lines it becomes a federal offense.

@Dravarden bro, every country has different laws in different states but americans uniquely make a big deal about it. I watched a youtube video where the dude goes "and sometimes they even cross state lines" as if thats something to care about.

whats with Americans and being obsessed with the idea of "crossing state lines"

@Dravarden @DocomanDaveo We’re not one country. We’re a federation of states.

@DocomanDaveo because americans are retarded and have stupid state only laws as if they aren't one country

@tantrumblue1 Technically that’s a swamp cooler. It might help. A little. But they’re really better suited for arid environments.

It’s interesting they don’t know about AC units that just stand up in a room. No drilling needed. No window. Just stands right up. And move it from room to room. Less than $100

@mtntallpaul @ALifeAfterTech I mean. I did it. But I also got a sizable inheritance and a sugar mama.

@ALifeAfterTech You haven't shown anything but a claim.

So, you think you can acquire enough by age 40 to live off the interest? Go for it. Good luck.

@SnookerJudge @HiddenYorkshire We have our own French dialect too.

@HiddenYorkshire 'Niche', 'Boise', 'Des Moines' - it's like they're actively trying to piss off the French.

Sorry, not going to listen to Americans complain about pronunciation when they pronounce "niche" as "nitch"

@Proximity71 @HiddenYorkshire And the silent Ts in French words. For some weird reason.

@HiddenYorkshire Yet the British insist on putting the "h" onto words like "herb" just so no one thinks they're dropping their aitches.

@HiddenYorkshire That’s not even English.

@Y40IFRQTTING @EleonorGil59745 You think we don’t?

@EleonorGil59745 In Europe you have spaces like this accessible to literally everyone even in small towns

So the past week has revealed that Europeans like to casually go outside and Americans do not

@ChasMVent @mtntallpaul I mean. It’s doable. It helps to lock in your housing costs when you’re just starting out, so you can add more contributions as income increases. Also helps to get a sizable inheritance.

@mtntallpaul You'd need to do one of two things, get lucky, or learn things definitely not taught in school. I did the latter and went from dirt poor to millionaire before 40. Too bad a million isn't enough anymore.

@VineOfNorthLDN @mtntallpaul @OldCavalry @genericnam94703 @RefinedPopulist Once the heat source is removed, stone sheds heat pretty quick. Just ask anyone who’s had to clean a pizza oven.

Exactly. And a traditional British brick house during a heatwave acts just like a giant greenhouse. The windows let the solar radiation in, and the massive thermal weight of the bricks absorbs and holds that heat for days. Thank you for finally agreeing that these houses trap and retain heat. Glad we got there.

The weather you’re crashing-out about is America’s everyday weather for half the year. That’s why we’re laughing at you. You’d have a point if those winter storms were typical of a British January. But they’re not. So you’re just retarded.

@VineOfNorthLDN @mtntallpaul @OldCavalry @genericnam94703 @RefinedPopulist Heavily insulated green houses, which have the same heat source, can hold that heat for days.

You just proved my original point. If a small car with plastic interiors takes an hour to cool down in a fully shaded garage, how long do you think an 1800s British house made of 50 tons of solid brick takes to cool down after a heatwave? Days. The bricks act as a massive thermal battery. They absorb the heat all day and radiate it inside all night. The house traps the warmth.

@VineOfNorthLDN @mtntallpaul @OldCavalry @genericnam94703 @RefinedPopulist The temperature drops upward of 30° in a matter of minutes. Still enough heat pumping in to keep it hot, but not nearly as much. Move it to an insulated garage, it’ll reach equilibrium in less than an hour. Because cars do have some insulation. Just not much.

That is entirely false. If you move a hot car into the shade, it stays sweltering inside for a long time. The temperature drops gradually, not immediately. Moving it to the shade just stops new heat from entering, like turning off an oven, but the heat already inside is still trapped by the glass and retained by the thermal mass of the interior. Also, "that's not retention, just absorption" is thermodynamic nonsense. Absorbing thermal energy is retaining it until it slowly dissipates.

@VineOfNorthLDN @mtntallpaul @OldCavalry @genericnam94703 @RefinedPopulist That’s not how thermodynamics works. Move the car to the shade, the temperature immediately drops, because there’s nothing holding it in. That’s not retention, just absorption.

You're ignoring basic thermodynamics. First, heat doesn't "flow right back out" of glass. Sunlight enters as shortwave radiation, heats the interior, and turns into longwave infrared. Standard glass blocks infrared from escaping. That's literally the greenhouse effect. Second, UK brick homes have incredibly high thermal mass. They act like thermal batteries. The bricks absorb the sun's heat all day and radiate it inward long after the sun goes down. That's exactly why British homes stay sweltering at 2 AM. The heat didn't leave. The bricks trapped it.