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/Womb_Crusher Jun 26 '26

Doesn't that just mean more people are swimming because it's hot out? And the drownings increase in proportion to the higher amounts of people going swimming?

Heatstroke is a bitch but it's easy to manage when you can take a dip and cool off.

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u/theblueberrybard Jun 26 '26

Yes more people swimming leads to more drownings, and more people swim because it's hotter out. Thus, temperatures rising leads to more people swimming leads to more people drowning. Manmade climate change is the cause of the statistical increase in drowning.

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u/pmatus Jul 02 '26

by that train of thought discovering a cancer curing drug also increases heat related deaths, b/c more people are swimming when it gets hot and that means more drowning and all that jazz. France is cooked beyond weather if that's how you manage data.

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u/theblueberrybard Jul 03 '26

In my comment there's a direct cause and immediate effect that policy should actually account for in regards to day-to-day analysis of the impact of weather.

In your comment "a complete hypothetical in which more people are alive means more people can die" is giving "did you know everyone who drinks water dies". Have you graduated high school yet?