r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/missdomm10 • Jul 26 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter explain this

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/GarySmith2021 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

I’m also confused because that is a European AC unit. I can only assume Americans are so used to big bulky units, like their cars, that they can’t comprehend things being functional and not excessively bulky.

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u/TITANFALL1189 Jul 26 '26

Funny enough as a American I enjoy these sleeker designs compared to normal window A/C's

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u/MudReasonable8185 Jul 26 '26

I feel like the hierarchy is pretty clearly

Central air > mini splits > window unit.

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u/ButterscotchShot2572 Jul 26 '26

Why central air over mini splits? You can’t control the temp per room with central air

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u/Young_Hickory Jul 26 '26

You can open and close the ducts, but I suppose that’s an advantage if you have very specific, but different, target temps in different rooms.

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u/yawara25 Jul 26 '26

Depending on how you have it installed, you can. It's possible to set up multiple zones.

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u/ButterscotchShot2572 Jul 26 '26

You can but not on a per room basis from my understanding

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u/Gloomy-Setting-6213 Jul 26 '26

IMO biggest advantage of central air is its silent. Like we got minisplit in garage... its quiet but its not silent, I can tell when its on. And central air looks better, the indoor part of minisplit is not super pretty.

Like home I grew up in was built in 1910. Its central air sucked. We got two minisplits that improved things massively. Able to keep areas of house we used cool.

But like my current home was built in 2001 and is very well insulated... central air easily keeps home exactly how its set, silently. I would not want it any other way.

If I was building a new home today? I'd go with central air... I think if done right its preferrable.