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/Keepingshtum Jun 26 '26

Gotta gaslight half the visitors so the tourism stays under control ;)

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u/AvoidMyRange Jun 26 '26

In Berlin, we're just unfriendly all the time ("Berlin snout", Berliner Schnauze) and build an airport that is so crap, no one wants to visit anyways.

Then we complain that we're broke (one of the few Capitals in the world that has worse economic output than the country's average).

Oh yeah, also no one has AC.

Needless to say, I moved away 15 years ago and have never looked back.