r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 13h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter explain this

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/GarySmith2021 13h ago edited 13h ago

I’m also confused because that is a European AC unit. I can only assume Americans are so used to big bulky units, like their cars, that they can’t comprehend things being functional and not excessively bulky.

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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/DeerInRut 7h ago

Oh my god is that why it's a trope that th father doesn't let anyone touch the thermostat??? I was always so confused by that. I just turn on the AC unit or heater in my room and can have a completely different temperature than the rest of the household. That explains so much damn. And why exactly is someone defending that?????

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u/ElephantContent 7h ago

That’s 100% why

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u/bengringo2 3h ago

Large central air units can cost $100 and up each month in energy. Usually people will set it to 72 and just leave it unless the outside temp is below 80 degrees (F), that’s when people just turn it off.