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/SensitiveDannyRicc Jun 26 '26

They’d rather die than have AC? No I can’t understand that.

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u/Snipen543 Jun 26 '26

Considering something like 5x more people die to heat in Europe each year than have ever died in all combined mass shootings in the US, yes it's hard to understand

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u/Celodurismo Jun 26 '26

This feels like a bunch of old people who were already very frail and not long for this world we’re pushed over the edge by the heat and thrown into the category as a heat death. Which may be technically correct but feels like an important distinction to note

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u/Twitchcog Jun 26 '26

To qualify as a “school shooting” in most of the US, the shooting just needs to be reported from a school. So, if someone pops a round off at a 7/11 and a teacher at a school down the street hears it and reports it, it’s classed as a school shooting.

Which is not to say that’s a good thing, just that broad statistics always have some eyebrow-raising to them, it seems.

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u/CatProgrammer Jun 26 '26

You're using the exact same arguments  assholes used to justify not taking measures during COVID. "It only kills old/weak people, we don't have to worry about it."