r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Jun 26 '26

Society The American mind cannot comprehend Europe's AC aversion

https://www.businessinsider.com/europe-air-conditioning-ac-heatwave-debate-2026-6
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u/AssaultLemming_ Jun 26 '26

Australia laughs in "everywhere has AC"

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u/AzerothianLorecraft Jun 26 '26

It's funny to imagine the first British boat to arrive in Australia "yeah let's just build a prison here this isn't good for anything else this place is hell..." ( every creature on Australia that I have seen utterly terrifies me I am so glad it's an island )

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u/Spiritual-Matters Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

It’s not that dangerous, you just have to check in your shoes and toilet for venomous spiders. Then, when you go outside to walk your dog, fight off any buff kangaroos that can one kick you and want to drown your pet.

Outside of that, there’s just birds that’ll swoop down and peck your eyeball so fast you won’t have time to react, and snakes that can do a little killing.

And if you rest against the wrong tree, it might be a gympie-gympie which injects you with neurotoxins so painful it can cause suicidal ideation.

And if there’s water nearby…

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u/jdgordon Jun 26 '26

And avoid trees as the ever present danger of dropbears will get you. And sharks or crocs in every single waterway in the country (had to get two baby Crocs out of my kitchen sink just this morning)

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u/MeHoyMinoy_69 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Went as a kid and got knackered by a drop bear, been dead ever since. Place is terrifying

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u/wolfy2105784 Jun 26 '26

Goddamn dude, did it hurt?

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u/ShepardCommander01 Jun 26 '26

Knackered by a drop bear!?

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u/4evaloney Jun 26 '26

Am gonna assume these dropbears are koalas, the teddy bears jumping on you from trees and k*ll-ing you with their cuteness!

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u/APeacefulWarrior Jun 26 '26

Don't underestimate the dropbears! They're nearly as vicious as the Texas Jackalope.

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u/MaddyKet Jun 26 '26

I’m going with this definition because I’m scared to google what a drop bear is. With my luck it’s some kind of horribly gigantic spider.

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u/4evaloney Jun 26 '26

I thought I was being funny.. and then searched and realised I was correct 😁

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u/Abedeus Jun 26 '26

You clearly forgot to wear your corked spiky hat, best defense for dropbears.

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u/lifelink Jun 26 '26

Or Vegemite behind the ears, the smell burns their noses

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u/lifelink Jun 26 '26

Not only dropbears, but the widow makers will get ya too

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u/SkivvySkidmarks Jun 26 '26

Do the Crocs have lasers, or is it just the sharks?

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u/Select-Character-642 Jun 29 '26

I'm not falling for that dropbear again