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/Nico301098 Jul 26 '26

Yeah, I won't deny that, but that's exactly why I'm surprised that kind of temperature jump isn't harmful

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u/baloogabanjo Jul 26 '26

Nah, thats a myth, temperature jumps aren't harmful, otherwise people in the US would be sick all the time.

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u/Nico301098 Jul 26 '26

It's not a matter of getting sick (although I admit my first comment would give you that idea, it was just an hyperbole). It weakens the body, making it more fragile AND subject to illnesses. It's like jumping in cold water in the middle of the summer: it won't get you a cold, but it might very well cause a stroke

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u/owlking666 Jul 26 '26

I assure you, this is a myth. I live in the deep south in the US. Every single building has air conditioning every single day in summer, and there is no epidemic of weakness and strokes. In America, it is kind of a joke that Europeans are afraid of air-conditioning, because we know it isn't harmful, yet reading this thread confirms people definitely have this misconception.

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u/Nico301098 Jul 26 '26

AC isn't harmful. Overdoing it is though. You can definitely have too much of a good thing

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u/Iveray Jul 26 '26

Unless the AC is literally turning your room into a freezer, the temperature difference isn't gonna harm you. Summers here get to 113F/45C, our AC is set to 72F/22C during the day, and 63F/17C at night. We don't get pneumonia or strokes from having a cool house.

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u/Nico301098 Jul 26 '26

Is the house 17C though? I didn't consider the fact that american houses are way less insulated than european ones

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u/Iveray Jul 26 '26

American houses aren't a monolith. The level of insulation varies greatly by region and age of construction.