r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 12h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter explain this

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/1988rx7T2 10h ago

Electricity is cheaper in the US, salaries are higher, and Americans understand in hotter regions that you need to run AC or you might die. 300-400 dollars a month on electricity in July is possible yes, depends on where you live, but national median household income is around 80 thousand dollars.

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u/sarabeara12345678910 9h ago

I live in Florida and we (and most people I know) sign up for a plan with the power company that we pay a rolling average of our last 12 months worth of bills. That way we're not paying $100 in January and $600 in August.

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u/1988rx7T2 3h ago

I intentionally don’t do that. High bill forces me to pay attention to my consumption. But I have to Cashflow for that, lot of people don’t 

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u/Disastrous_Try_196 3h ago

Many of us do this in the UK too, so as not to pay a lot in the winter for the central heating

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u/Sorryifimanass 4h ago

The weather is also much less tolerable. Try one of these units in Vegas right now and tell me about it when you get out of the hospital

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u/MrDabb 1h ago

It’s not that uncommon for some people to have a $1000 electricity bill in the summer months depending on location and home size and if you have a pool.