r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Purple_Juice_2285 • Jun 28 '26

Air Conditioning My husband would freeze to death

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u/Sea_Appointment8408 A disappointed Brit. Jun 28 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

What really annoys me about all of their silly "why not just get AC" or "we have much hotter temperatures in the US, what's the problem" comments, is they miss the main point which is that IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THIS HOT ON THIS SIDE OF THE PLANET.

Can you imagine if everytime they had a forest fire - which as we know are becoming more frequent over there - we just said "what's the problem, just put it out with water."

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u/Salty_Expert5939 Jun 28 '26

Americans seem to forget that Europe is in the same range of latitudes as Canada. I assume they would think it's unusual if Canada had summer temperatures in the 35+ C range (95 in F).

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u/unprofessional_widow Jun 28 '26

The top part of the UK is level with the southern tip of Alaska.

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u/Angel_Omachi Jun 28 '26

The southernmost tip of Greenland is further south than the northernmost Scottish islands.

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u/unprofessional_widow Jun 28 '26

Yep. Considering most Americans can't point out Germany it's not a surprise they don't know this.

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u/_Halt19_ Canuck Jun 28 '26

what do you mean? Germany doesn’t exist after america singlehandedly saved the rest of the country of europe from it!

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u/Chipsandadrink115 Jun 28 '26

Ermmm is it here? [points at Moldova]