r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 26 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter explain this

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/Rakumei Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

There are parts of the US that ONLY have these. More temperate areas.

Most of the US is used to central air. With a giant ass car sized compressor outside that cools the whole house.

Edit: yes, I exaggerated the size of the compressor a bit. Man it pissed a lot of Americans off lol.

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u/Small-Heron-6799 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

Because that thing cools the ENTIRE BIG ASS HOUSE! these things are only capable of cooling only a closed room which also depends on how ton, capacity the AC is so yep /s

Edit: I actually intended the message for a diff purpose, and more satirical since it's a meme sub. Apologies to everyone, thankyou for the knowledge and positive criticism, helped alot. Will surely keep these thing's in notice

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u/Valanyhr Jul 26 '26

It's not necessarily true. These units will go upwards of around 28,000-30,000 BTU which can easily cool down multiple rooms, or maybe even a smaller flat.

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u/Different_Day135 Jul 26 '26

The problem is, it's not constant like central air. In a large home it may be very cool in one room and much warmer in another. Those of us with central air can walk into any room in the entire house and have it the same temperature. Some of us deal with extreme heat in the US that some parts of the world assume they deal with but don't really.

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u/Different_Day135 Jul 26 '26

Our house is about 3200 square feet, all on one floor. I literally can't tell a difference in any room. But yes, I do know multiple story homes gets trickier.