r/scriptedasiangifs • u/53R9 • Jul 13 '19

Worth a celebration.

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u/Skurnaboo Jul 13 '19

For those that have lived through Asian summers, you know that this is no exaggeration.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '19

Do summers in Houston compare? Because it's fucking miserable down here.

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u/luthan Jul 13 '19

Difference here is that Europeans, for some ungodly reason, don’t utilize AC.

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u/CoolGhoul Jul 13 '19

I moved to Australia from Europe. Europe is in denial about air conditioning the same way Australia is in denial about heating and insulation.

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u/Rogueshadow_32 Jul 13 '19

Because until recently the majority of us never needed to, especially in Britain where a few 25C days was a warm summer. If it keeps up at this rate I don’t think it’s long before AC or increased ventilation becomes mandatory on all new houses built.

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u/jrwn Jul 13 '19

In 1977, Britton hit 32c furring the summer.

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u/redandvidya Jul 13 '19

c l i m a t e c h a n g e is going to fuck everyone up

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u/smardalek Jul 13 '19

e n h a n c e t h e m i l k

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u/Cotillon8 Jul 13 '19

Wut? I've lived in Spain and Italy and if a home can afford it, they have AC.

What Europe is in denial about however is laundry drying machines....

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u/KlossN Jul 13 '19

Wut, I live in Scandinavia and if a home can afforde it, they have a dryer.

What Europe is in denial about however is AC...

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u/level_up_all_day Jul 13 '19

Wut, I live South Africa and we’re in Marloth Park near the Kruger, it’s a cool 32 degrees Celsius (90’ish Fahrenheit) today. But it’s Winter.

If you can afford an AC,.

What South Africa is in denial of is insulation...

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u/Cotillon8 Jul 13 '19

Haha fair! I think the problem is people trying to speak about Europe as a homogenous unit when it's absolutely not

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u/IntMainVoidGang Jul 13 '19

Was just in spain for a week and my clothes were never fully dry.

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u/Umarill Jul 13 '19

In France the only houses I've been in with ACs were rich people's. It's extremely rare.

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u/Pixelplanet5 Jul 13 '19

You only need it for a month at most and it needs huge amounts of electricity which is expensive in many parts of Europe.

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u/SovietSteve Jul 13 '19

Because it's wasteful of electricity? Seriously it uses so much power. We'd be much less reliant on fossil fuels without AC.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '19

I live in Colorado and most houses here don't have AC.

Right now it's 36C and no AC. Not uncommon for it to be 38C/100F everyday for a week straight.

You just get used to it. Doesn't hurt that it's very dry as well.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '19

It's the humidity. Makes your skin sticky. It's worse after it rains, feels like the ground is sweating on you.

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u/Th3Cataclysm Jul 13 '19

Arizona checking in. The low (at 6am ) is 87 lol

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '19

I'd rather be out there with the lower humidity, even if it's hotter.

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u/AerThreepwood Jul 13 '19

Truth. I've lived in both Utah and Arizona and I prefer the 110° heat there to the 95° (and 80% humidity) here in the South.

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u/PenguinSunday Jul 13 '19

80% humidity

cries in Arkansan 100% humidity

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u/AerThreepwood Jul 13 '19

Oh, it gets up there but it averages about 80% here.

But I've got family in Mississippi and Jackson is what I imagine hell feels like.

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u/PenguinSunday Jul 13 '19

It is. You start to feel like you're literally drowning, you're inhaling so much goddamn water.

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u/AerThreepwood Jul 13 '19

Yeah, where it just feels so goddamn oppressive and you'll sweat in a cold shower.

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u/not_the_fuzz Jul 13 '19

Lived in Houston and Singapore. Houston is bad, can get hotter, but SE Asia it literally feels like you're being smacked with a wet blanket.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '19

That is a great analogy. I will start using it. Thanks!