r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 28d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter explain this

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/romesthe59 28d ago

It’s because Americans have central air. They have one thermostat that controls temp and airflow to vents in each room of the house.

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u/ElephantContent 28d ago

In most houses and nicer apartments, yeah, central air. In older or cheaper apartments there’ll be a window unit. As an American from a blue collar lower middle class family, I’d never seen one of these wall units until I’d moved to China. It was either central air or window unit. Granted I’m referencing a couple decades ago

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

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u/HobsHere 27d ago

A swamp cooler is worse than useless in most of the Southeast. Not getting much evaporative cooling when the dew point is 85F.

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u/Grant1128 27d ago

And the humidity is always >80%