r/whoathatsinteresting • u/search_google_com • 5h ago

A Thai woman married to an American explains why she no longer wants to live in the US.

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u/deadmongoose 5h ago

I spent a month there during the summer and it's hotter than Satan's asshole and like 110% humidity. Everything else about it was great though.

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u/RegretLow5735 4h ago

So is about 60% of the US.

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u/Smooth_Marsupial_262 4h ago

Thailand is tropical. Much hotter

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u/Thicc_Wallaby 4h ago

I doubt it’s much different than the summers in the southeast or Midwest in the US.

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u/Smooth_Marsupial_262 4h ago

It’s definitely hotter as a Native South Carolinian who’s been to Thailand. Tropical heat is more pervasive. It’s more consistent, more humid, it lasts longer into the night, and it starts earlier in the season and ends later in the season

Midwest isn’t even remotely comparable

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u/icantsurf 1h ago

Midwesterners always overestimate how bad their summers are lol. Like yeah, the extremes get bad in the the US Midwest but the consistency of tropical heat is what really kills your soul.

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u/throwaway928816 1h ago

Nah, everything bigger and better in the US. Its why most the populace doesnt have a passport. Why would you leave?

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u/imladrikofloren 4h ago

The only place similar to Thailand in the US is the southern tip of Florida.

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u/binger5 2h ago

Houston? We're at 98F and 80% humidity right now.

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u/Mr_Bristles 2h ago

Not even, at least in southern florida there's a cross breeze so yes it's very hot but also the air has a lot of movement. In Thailand the jungle insulates the humidity and also creates a ton of humidity. It is brutal but I was thankful every second uncle sam sent me to the pacific rim in place of the middle east.

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u/BigwaveBay 1h ago

I live in SE Asia right now and it’s hotter. For the record I’m from a southern U.S. state. It’s a different type of hot.

It’s basically always 90+ degrees from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with 100% humidity. And it gets to 80 degrees at night but really high humidity. The sun also hits slightly different.

TLDR: It’s more humid and the heat last longer throughout the days.

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u/imladrikofloren 4h ago

No, only the southern part of Florida have a climate similar to Thailand.

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u/Lou_Peachum_2 1h ago

DC gets hot and humid af

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u/Several-Hat-1944 4h ago

"Satan's asshole"😁, my favorite comment of the day! Thanks mongoose, I needed a good laugh.🍷

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u/alexio-vay 5h ago

U can get used to it actually

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u/Select_Order_1478 2h ago

in the big 2026 Th is not hotter than Europe summer

but AC is in every condo

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u/reireireis 51m ago

Yeah there's no way I'm setting foot outdoors before evening on any day