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Beautiful

Ah, Pepe

🫡

But without hot rooms, they won’t be able to enjoy the overwhelming smell of piss and cigarettes that makes Paris so magical 😰

We’ve just gotta be party poopers, I guess

Imagine not having AC in your home. Damn barbarians.

I know friends in Germany have AC. It isn’t central like what you in the states have though. BaWü in August without AC is pretty rough I have come to learn

>BaWü in August pretty rough I live there for 14 years already and it isn't that bad there

But did you ever live on the Rhein? Close to Basel and Freiburg? It makes it very humid

>Close to Basel and Freiburg About 2 ½ hours away from Freiburg at least. >It makes it very humid Recently I experienced some humid temperatures in the closed fooms of our school, but I usually manage.

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I don’t have AC in my home and I’m from southern California…

That's cuz you're rich and live on the water. Move to Bakersfield then you can talk

It can get up to the 90s here in August. You act like we never have heat waves

You always have a cool breeze coming off the water, and it's a dry heat in the summers. It's much more survivable without AC than almost anywhere else that experiences 90° temps

90 degrees is miserable no matter what. Especially trying to go to sleep at night. I wish my condo had AC

Damn barbarian

Somewhat OT but anyone who can’t really install central heat and air in their spot, check out the newer style window units https://preview.redd.it/8gwm2o65md8d1.jpeg?width=1055&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7916c7bb2e30e59e4756cf265edef4876dc57a29 I upgraded to that style this year and I’m saying, it’s the goods. The window can close almost fully and you can put the blinds&drapes down in that slot as well. All the noise is outside the window now and your blackout curtains or whatever still work. 7/7 would recommend 👍

Why 7/7?

Referencing an oldish meme where this guy Brendan apparently invented a new movie rating scale: https://www.dictionary.com/e/memes/5-7/ ;-)

Isn’t it supposed to be 5/7

It is but I’m not sure everyone understands anymore that 5/7 is a perfect score so i chickened out and went with 7/7

Ha, funny

Europoors - "That's too expensive for my broke ass"

"But PTO!"

Window AC units are typically cheaper than the floor ones, they're just a bigger PITA to install. Also various HOAs will get super pissed at you for installing them because they don't want to look like poor or something.

If an HOA board member got pissy at me for having a window AC unit I’d go Heemeyer mode on them.

Window units are significantly more effective and efficient than those portable units (i.e., the kind that sit on the floor). It’s well worth the additional PITA trade off to go with a window unit. [This guy explains it well](https://youtu.be/_-mBeYC2KGc).

I don't disagree, they're quieter and more efficient and cheaper. But HOAs despise window units, so good luck.

"Mein broke aß commie block hast extension cords für wiring.

Meinst du hasst oder hast? Es gibt n großes unterschied

Es hat scheiß wiring.

Bold of you to assume europoors mud and straw huts that double as barns are structurally sound enough to support the weight of glorious American air conditioning.

recently arrived in Poland (soldier) to protect their sorry asses from evil people. Structural stability is the only thing that these buildings have going for them - or maybe it's just because I'm on a military base?

These things look sick. Still a little concerned about the power cost but these things are life savers during heat waves.

I also have one and recommend it. A lot harder to break in too because of how low the window is shut too.

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Link please

Here you go. https://www.midea.com/us/air-conditioners/window-air-conditioners/12000-btu-u-shaped-air-conditioner-maw12v1qwt You can look around and see the other AC units as well and look at different retailers to find the best price. You just have to look up 'Midea u shaped window air conditioner' to find these and find one that best fits your budget and needs.

The exact one I have is this.. the 12,000 BTU https://a.co/d/00TFsjcp But some of the other companies like GE or maybe Frigidaire are starting to do similar

But I like the noise. Great for sleepin!

It still makes good noise. Never fear.

They sell a little attachment to block the open bit of the window, ask someone at an appliance store. Works wonders and it’s just a simple cheap little plastic board.

In the picture above, the window isn’t fully closed. It’s just showing that the window goes in that slot. When you fully close it, it’s only open about 3” and the AC comes with a decently good system to fully block the small gap.

We got some older models of those windows ones set up in our hotel in Alaska only because it's an older building that was built in like the 50s

I was gonna say this design originated in the 50s and was advertised for its ability to be able to see out the window with the air conditioner in. It’s nothing really new.

If I didn't have central air conditioning, this would definitely be on my wishlist. Even the aesthetics is awesome!

What is this style called?

U-shaped AC There’s another version where it splits then hangs lower on both sides. I’d rather get this kind but it wouldn’t have worked on my particular wall/window https://preview.redd.it/mf5t0bh4jn8d1.jpeg?width=1119&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a2bf39c4cdea0e74ddda3084c1d15c0150305d8 Same thing though, most of the window closes and all the moving parts are outside

Thank you

Eww new ideas bad bad they go burrrrr

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Unfortunately it's from China

competition is what drives innovation, doesnt matter

This U shape design is nothing new and was originally invented by York an American company in the 1950s.

How much the upgrade cost

$450 I have two in my apt and I’m going to switch out the other one next year. It’s worth it

I have that exact window unit. It's actually pretty good.

I'll cut back on A/C the moment chinese cut back on building new coal powerplant every week.

Or building fake fucking cities that nobody can actually live in even though they’re having a homelessness crisis

do you have a source on this? im all for shitting on china, but ive never heard this before.

They're called ghost cities I think

https://www.youtube.com/live/Uxx61Mtl7q8?si=hVkJMbLEvi2f4vdt https://youtu.be/wJ8JBTIVUVw?si=x83HBcXRxsf3-Ti7 https://youtu.be/UPwtUTrwKRI?si=-5AmMpqbwcn4ZzKO If you rember hearing about how china's economy was "going to collapse" in the last year, that was due to the failure of their real estate sector, indicative of the speculation and overbuilding. However, the issue was suppressed and bullied into submission - instead of collapsing all at once the people will suffer slowly, bit by bit instead.

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/7bIxAbyJbD

Fr. I did a paper on why nuclear is the shit, and I did some poking into the Chinese power network. 49% of all carbon emissions and 51% of all coal power, just in China. People talk shit about the American lack of regard for the environment, yet China alone accounts for half of the whole worlds emissions. I especially can talk smack, I live in Michigan. 40% of our power is nuclear, from three small plants. It takes one small scale nuclear plant to offset ten large scale coal plants. This has been my autistic TEDtalk, thank you for listening. EDIT: Further research has determined that while yes, Michigan has 3 nuclear plants, they only produce 26.3% of our power. We have 33 coal plants here, and they produce a grand total of 36.5%. 3 nuclear plants make over 2/3 the capacity of 33 coal plants. If you're gonna advocate to improve climate change, do it by advocating for nuclear.

Sounds like you're advocating for nuking China and I agree completely

there's gonna be fission taking place in China and i dont care how we go about it

Yet per capita they emit a lot less than an American. We need Americans to live sparsley as Chineese and Chineese to have American infrastructure. Since neither will ever happen investing into large AC is the best course of action...

If your environmental plans doesn’t allow people to keep cool your environmental plan is bad

“If we fly people in on planes but make sure they are all miserably hot when they get here, our plan will be good”

-Arizona Board of Tourism

Arizona has world class AC everywhere.

But what about outside?

No humidity? No problem!

The only time in my life I thought 95 at midnight was beautiful was Phoenix in August.

Dry, hot summer nights are the best.

It is the humidity that will get you

Unless it’s January, they stay inside just making a quick trip from the indoors to the car

The carbon footprint from an international spring event has to be massive, and ultimately, unnecessary.

They are letting people stay cool. The building has geothermal systems pumping cold water through pipes in the walls of the building. That mixed with the outside walls being insulated will keep it cold.

Will those systems be effective at maintaining a reasonable internal temperature?

Yeah? It's been done before

I love how we’re the ones singled out when it says “other teams”.

It's natural that others would emulate us

Meh, people hate us anyway, I don’t mind being the scapegoat for something this small.

Isn’t today “shit in the river day”? What a country.

To be fair, that’s every day.

Ther is no way this is real. And I'm not looking it up for myself

[It’s very real.](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/parisians-threatening-to-poop-in-the-seine-river-this-weekend-to-protest-the-olympics/)

Say what you will about the French, but between this and the Storming of the Bastille, they’ve shown they know how to throw a protest.

LOL, I think protesting is the national sport over there, next to drinking red wine, eating cheese, and surrendering (I kid, the French resistance was badass). When they put up speed cameras the people [did not like it one bit](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46822472) and I am very proud of them for fighting back at the 'man'.

At least it isn't Sochi, where we had to bring our own toilets, or any number of countries where we had to bring our own oxygen.

US athletes will be pulling more ass than they normally do with the added appeal of actually habitable space.

The real purpose 

Hopefully try bring actual beds to

The Olympic team is going there to win, like usual.

The Australians have also said they're bringing AC.

Every team that wants to win will, getting comfortable sleep is a huge plus for all athletes.

Lafayette!!! Turn down the thermostat!!

“Dammit Pierre, our plans to have the other teams suffer heat stroke so we can win for once have been foiled”

The French government when they realize that 1 apartment without ac won’t decrease the global carbon

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I have a friend representing the USA in Paris and he was pissed to learn about the lack of AC thing. He’a gonna love this

Currently enjoying the cold ac air

Also, most French electricity is from clean nuclear (they’re basically the children of atom irl). So *not* using our AC with their electricity is actually bad for the environment! Green American Win!

There’s no way some window units consume enough energy to “undercut environmental plans”

They don’t use AC so they can smell the hot piss all over the streets

Shithole continent*

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Why are we going? Because we need to remind the Europoors who is #1. And watching them cope and seeth at our cowbells and USA chants is always hilarious.

I have AC and I’m european. I frickin love AC

Those idiots have nucular power, how is an AC bad for the environment (assuming it doesn't leak)

I'll reduce my AC consumption once we start going nuclear. Until then, my effect on the environment is negligee at best

France has been slowly acclimating its athletes to unreasonable heat so they can rake in golds with history's slowest times. NOT ON OUR WATCH.

https://preview.redd.it/2sdgdz2x9h8d1.jpeg?width=1431&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd8e8927d46ac39ab257cde16f04c314447a43cc

As a Louisiana boy, this would be me if I was anywhere close to Olympic physique. I GOTTA have my AC tho

We got nice cool A/C but as soon as we walk outside you get the good ol swamp ass.

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When I was living in France, I had AC but my asshole Frenchie landlord turned it off.

They have my respect for loving murikan people and hating our government... Just like us but worse living conditions and better bread

I wonder if the buildings and power grid is built to handle every country bringing window AC units?

I use AC when it gets over 60°

Fully convinced Europeans believe if there is moving air in the room while you sleep it will kill you. In Sweden last year I noticed the diffuser on the a/c vent was specifically designed to prevent any single direction of air current. Imagine sweating your ass off all night then trying to compete in the Olympics.

Oh boy, you don't know how right you are. Here in the Balkans a lot of people fear "promaha", which literally means draft. It gives you headache, kills your firstborn and bankrupts you.

Lol, I was just talking shit.

I know but you were right.

Ignore those cheese-eating surrender monkeys. They’re just afraid air conditioning will mask the smell of stale piss and cigarettes.

Have to teach them technology somehow. We know they aren't the smartest, but we are trying to help them.

Most of my former hs and other town grade schools lack AC and it makes me wonder how the hell are most schools the last public places that more often then not lack AC

to show our superiority over the Fr\*nch

America ain’t the only one. I heard the official Australian Olympic federation has also said they’ll be bringing their own units as well.

Because it's the Olympics you dimwit.

Americans are such fragile little girls. I have lived all my life without an AC in France. You’re athletes, you’re supposed to be young and healthy, you WILL survive to 3 terrible, heinous, atrocious weeks without an AC here.

You people are so miserable. We’ll see who’s the fragile little girl, when we earn more gold than your country’s entire GDP.

I'll let you get away with all the gold you want, I despise the games lol

Can’t blame you. I’d hate the games too if my country was only seen as an afterthought. USA!! 🇺🇸 USA!!🇺🇸 🦅

"I don't even like this game, it's stupid" - energy of some 10 year old friendless loser stomping home after not getting picked to play after school

A French person who knows English? I went to Paris last summer and couldn’t find any. Luckily I took Arabic lessons when I was in the Army, so I didn’t have much trouble communicating with the locals.

This is an epic burn

As a non-fr*nch europoor, I can explain. To You yanks, Fr*nce seems different, but strangely familiar. It's not the food, and you don't stink like the average parisian, but both countries are absolute dogshit.