r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Jun 26 '26

Society The American mind cannot comprehend Europe's AC aversion

https://www.businessinsider.com/europe-air-conditioning-ac-heatwave-debate-2026-6
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u/AssaultLemming_ Jun 26 '26

Australia laughs in "everywhere has AC"

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u/AzerothianLorecraft Jun 26 '26

It's funny to imagine the first British boat to arrive in Australia "yeah let's just build a prison here this isn't good for anything else this place is hell..." ( every creature on Australia that I have seen utterly terrifies me I am so glad it's an island )

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u/Spiritual-Matters Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

It’s not that dangerous, you just have to check in your shoes and toilet for venomous spiders. Then, when you go outside to walk your dog, fight off any buff kangaroos that can one kick you and want to drown your pet.

Outside of that, there’s just birds that’ll swoop down and peck your eyeball so fast you won’t have time to react, and snakes that can do a little killing.

And if you rest against the wrong tree, it might be a gympie-gympie which injects you with neurotoxins so painful it can cause suicidal ideation.

And if there’s water nearby…

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u/AndreasVesalius Jun 26 '26

Ok, but a dingo actually did eat her baby

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u/Arlitto Jun 26 '26

So sad she became a punchline after this tragedy, and years of no one believing her :(

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u/Alt_AC_2023 Jun 26 '26

It makes me question the band t-shirt, on the one side excellent Buffy reference, on the other hand .. too soon... always going to be too soon.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 Jun 26 '26

what a way to go...

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u/tenmilez Jun 26 '26

Except for the spiders that hide in the visors and come out while you’re on the highway.

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u/KFelts910 Jun 26 '26

I saw a separate reddit thread this week a some poor bloke commented they had discoverer a poisonous spider under their visor while driving a bunch of times.