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Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It gets to be 90°F with a dew point of ~75°F where I am.

You can swim in the air with those numbers and absolutely suffer heat stroke. Fans just circulate the humid as fuck hot air. :(

[–] kalpol@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And that's a bit of a break here. We hit 100+F regularly over the summer, and its 82 F and 85% humidity in the mornings. No AC is bad.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Guys, I've literally lived on a tropic. Not talking about specific places where heat in times of climate change is a real health issue.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess I got triggered by "northerners" lol I'm from long Island NY and it gets absolutely brutal in the summer. The NE gets surprisingly gross in the summer months

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sorry for the confusion. I used it loosely as in "people from the north hemisphere well above the tropic", even though, the A/C comment is in reference to the USA in general.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

the A/C comment is in reference to the USA in general.

But what we are all saying is that it doesn't apply to the USA in general, it's different in different parts.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

it's also worth noting the secondary purpose of air conditioning is to remove humidity, as it's bad for the house.

High humidity is not a good thing to have. Especially for more northern climates where the summers are brutal and the winters are also brutal.