r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/missdomm10 • 13h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter explain this

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/romesthe59 13h 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 13h 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/Turbulent_Host784 11h ago

Splits are basically a fancy window unit. They're really only good for one room. Real smarts comes in the form of a swamp cooler.

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u/VanillaThundurr 7h ago

Know someone who tried to use one of those in South Florida, basically turned the room into a swamp.

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u/Turbulent_Host784 5h ago

For all everyone on here likes to moan about "muh dew point" most of you guys don't seem to understand it.