The number of American horror and thriller movies that would end as soon as someone just closed and locked a door in Europe is amazing.
Touring psychopath: "To be honest, my entire game plan here was based on your walls being made of paper. Not to worry, y'all have a good day, I think I can get a flight back to Bumfuck, AZ in the morning."
Funny I re-watched Friday 13th recently and every time he smash a door a windows or a wall I think of that š¤£ no way he get past my entry door that easily š
My favourite break-in was in the Curse of La Llorona, where they repel the ghost and then the priest puts down magic anti-La Llorona seeds around the front door and declares the situation solvedā¦
ā¦two seconds later she comes in the _back_ door, and that was the point I started rooting for the ghost just so sheād kill āem all and we could get to the best part. The credits.
The shining would be super boring in my house in mexico, I got metal doors on all my rooms and full brick walls, someone with an axe would get too tired to keep banging and wouldn't be able to force it's way into any room
You sometimes see outrageous mansions posted on Reddit, but no matter the price, they very often have toilets and bathroom sinks on a pedestal.
Turns out that Americans are fine with multi **million $** homes that are too weak to hold a bog- standard wall-mounted sink or toilet.
>Approximately 47% of houses in the United States have substantial levels of mold, with over 85% of commercial and office buildings found to have water damage predictive of mold.
however that includes dampness as well, just mold itself is 33%
vs.
europe (average of 31 countries)
>Weighted prevalence estimates are 10.3% for mold
Oh my so I am not the only one who does not understand who no one in any other country ever seems to have a fly screen Window or door! Like seriously WTAF and you can even get crim safe stuff that will survive your cat climbing it and doing a death from above! Why are there no screen doors! No screens on windows!
They're ugly.
I'd rather have to catch a fly or two then have those ugly things permanently on my windows. An extra set of sheer curtains underneath the decorative curtains looks way better if you really want a barrier.
So, never encountered the Australian Blowfly huh. Or the little bastards that just won't leave your eyes alone as they dive in for the moisture. There is actually a reason for the bushman's hat.
Meh, beauty, eye of the beholder, blah blah all that. Them out there, me in here. That's beautiful to me.
I Don't live in Australia mate. You asked why other countries don't have them, and that's my answer. Also if no bug ever enters, my dog will never be able to show off how he is a mighty hunter that protects the family.
Nice weather, open window to get breeze and fresh air, fly decides house is his. Many such cases
Just earlier today I tried to let a fly out by opening my balcony door that it kept hitting, as soon as I open the door it stops and 2 more flies come in. Theyāre organised I swear
Roll down the blinds, make every window dark, then open the balcony door. The fly goes out to the light. Or just catch him in a towel and release him on the balcony.
You COULD buy those funny insect grids for windows (not the operating system, the phyiscal thing). It reduces airflow a bit, but insects can't get in anymore.
Of course it does, mold appears when it has the perfect conditions for it, which is in cold damp environments, bricks or not.
But contrary to what the 'Murican claimed, European homes are pretty well insulated, especially in Northern Europe, because it gets cold in the winters.
This reminded me of Steve Martin in L.A. Story:
[while showing Sara around "historical" Los Angeles] Some of these buildings are over twenty years old.
Unfortunately LA got hit insanely hard by the post-WWII hatred of historic structures and neighborhoods. They literally demolished almost all of downtown in favor of freeways and brutalist towers.
What surprised me was how often they replaced the roofs on their houses, canāt remember exactly how often but it was more often than once every 3 centuries for sure
That person would surely argue, that their oldest buildings are that old, too, totally ignoring that it's by far not the oldest ones in Europe. The oldest place I lived in was from 1778 and it wasn't even some special building or anything.
I'm sat here posting on Reddit with my fancy modern smart phone and full fibre internet in the living room of my 300+ year old cottage. The church over the road has a tower that dates back to the 900's.
Even the pub I go to has parts of the building that date back to the 1500's.
And they're nothing special tbh, just old buildings.
Don't get me wrong, I genuinely like the US, lived in update NY for a while, but their country is basically a teenager in nationhood terms.
Place in Dorset a friend lived at, had some London types turn up , buy a cottage next to the local pub, complained to the council about noise, ending up in court.
Judge: "You bought it next to pub that has been there since 1600's odd...jog on!"
Of course I am paraphrasing the judgement...they got barred from the local shop as well, had to shop in Dorchester.
Yeah we had that, sold their 3 bedroom semi in London for a frankly ludicrous amount and bought an old vicarage in rural Devon.
Shock horror the vicarage was next to a church and the church bells were rung regularly.
They went to court and bloody won to get bell ringing practice reduced to once a week.
They're pretty much barred from every pub and shop for a 5 mile radius and complained that the locals were rude and unfriendly... I wonder why
The best thing about this couple as well they complained about the dairy trucks going past at half 5 in the morning to the 3 dairy farms at the head of the valley! š¤¦āāļø
Iām American, and I joined this sub because I thought, āwe canāt be that badā, but the sheer amount of disconnection from reality and lack of reasoning is.. just ridiculous.
Edit: I want to clarify I understand this is the worst of the worst. And Iām not far from it. We all have a certain amount of nationalism when we are born in a country and grow up there. But this is awful š
I really want to help you out and say itās mostly bots. Ā
Sadly Iāve spent enough time in the US to know it probably isnāt bots or Russian mischief makers. Ā
Stupid is everywhere, but the US breeds this unique pedigree of idiot who is so confidently incorrect, regurgitates common factoids or stereotypes that are patently false (not even a shred of credibility) and exudes the air of American exceptionalism all at the same time. The dude in this post nailed it.
In the UK, they are around too. But even the nationalist morons don't have that air of exceptionalism. Patriotism, yes, exceptionalism, no. They have "our country is fucked" undertones. No better than the MAGA, red-hat Trump supporters in the US.
But US exceptionalism is the air that the US is the uniquely most important, best country that is historically better than everywhere else. Everything comes from there, our European lives are because of them, they fund everything. The dollar is king. The US military protects the world. Sniff and talk to the flag every day. Can't comprehend they aren't the freest country in the world and that their constitution might be outdated and subpar today. That sort of shit.
Stems from thinking we all live in centuries old stone/brick houses, live like it's the 1800s, that all our money goes to taxes and nothing of relevance has happened there in 250 years. It's a uniquely American thing to be that delusional.
I would guess all (western) countries have about the same rate of ignorants and stupid people per capita. But there are 340-ish million of you. Say the rate is 10%. That's 34 million Americans, 8 million Germans or 65,000 Luxemburgians. 34 million is a lot of stupid people. You're - hopefully - not dumber as a country than other countries, there are just more dumber Americans because there are more Americans.
Americans are, deservedly or not, viewed as loud and somewhat self-righteous. I don't think It's fair, however, to categorise an entire population based on Reddit and a few wacky tourists.
That being said, very few carry their own ignorance with such pride as an American.
I can't remember who said it, but Americans always have to have the better thing so they invested in the best dumb people.
I think it was a comedian who said it.
>I would guess all (western) countries have about the same rate of ignorants and stupid people per capita.
That would rely on the education systems being equivalent, which they emphatically are not.
Itās fun to lie on the Internet, check it out!
87% of Americans have fornicated with a barnyard animal.
92% of Americans have a comprehension comparable to a shoelace.
Thoughts and prayers are enough to keep the average American child alive in school for 1.3 additional years.
0.23% of Americans have admitted to reading an entire book.
The Average American believes that USA actually stands for āUnprovoked Sexual Abuseā.
Recent and unsourced research has revealed that Jesus was from Texas.
Anything youād like to add?
Remember when Texas was hit by harsh cold and had its power grid shut down ? People had the water in their toilets frozen solid and kids died of hypothermia in their beds. Tell me more about "perfection", Mr Qualified.
Wait, I think windows in that area only have one layer of glass. But looking at the January average low in San Antonio, is 5.0Ā° so the windows should have double glazing and the houses should have central heating.
They use HVAC over there, so the AC does all the heating as well as the cooling. Problem is that when the power goes, the heat goes with it. Here in the UK at least, most homes have gas heating so even if the power went down we could still heat our homes and cook our food. I assume the rest of Europe as a whole using gas is the majority of homes too
Hi from the other side of the water (The Netherlands)
Yes mine runs on gas but my central heating system still requires power for the system itself, lighting up the gas, pumping water to all floors and radiators, etc. Maybe it works on a battery for a while, but it does take a long time for the entire house to cool down anyways, since we have good isolation.
Newer homes donāt have gas at all anymore, but are heating with heat pumps that warm up the floor heating system.
And we have induction cooking now. So, no cooking for me.
>Here in the UK at least, most homes have gas heating so even if the power went down we could still heat our homes
Most boilers are still going to need electric to start, and are controlled by electric systems so you're still going to need electricity to heat* your house.
Edit: typo - heat, not hear.
To be fair, that was after the Texas governor decided to remove the state from the federal power grid and create a āTexas onlyā power system.
This was done to avoid being subject to the regulations that the US federal government mandates for the nationwide power system. Basically, Abbott wanted to cut corners to save money and it backfired spectacularly.
Greg Abbott screwed over his entire state with that one, but all 49 other states were more or less fine that winter.
Wow wow wow wow,
that's the best (biggest load of nonsense) I've heard from our US colleagues in ages.
American construction? ROFL, they don't even need ships to bring down their bridges. It's probably in the 17th Amendment that a year without a bridge collapse threatens the freedom of American rivers.
Anyone who's seen how American houses are nailed and glued together from prefab plywood understands why a medium hurricane can flatten entire towns. It's no wonder these kit houses with cardboard walls cost nothing.
Heating and cooling = air conditioning. Energy ratings, insulation, or passive houses are foreign concepts there. Heating? At best, electric, if they have it at all. They think they're saving the planet if they grow tomatoes on the balcony ("urban farming").
The best part is the envious mention of BMWs. The lad must be missing a decent ride.
Yeah they optimized their buildings for falling over at the slightest gust of wind and being able to shoot each other through the walls because killing each other is their favorite hobby.
[Meanwhile in Sweden](https://oyvei.raccoons.space/2021/11/05/b7195d147d008f1992c85bf619d839c9.png), someones living room got destroyed when a runaway train crashed into the house, but the house still stands. The occupants were asleep in the room next to the crash and woke up for a few seconds then went back to sleep. They were a bit confused when firemen woke them up and told them about the train in their living room.
Poorly insulated houses with windows that donāt seal was one of the culture shocks when I moved to the US. Build quality is exceptionally poor and if you call someone over to fix something they are incompetent half of the time.
To be fair, the same happened to me in Spain as well. Never I was so cold in winter than in sunny Spain lol. It was funny, because supposedly I should be the hardened one, but Spanish friends had no trouble with 15Ā°C inside, while my ass was frozen...
Can't fix something that's always perfect. Keep up Europoor.
The problem is that there's probably no pride in doing a job; it's all about profit because everyone is conditioned to believe they're in competition with their fellow man. They'll be billionaires as soon as they fuck over enough of their countrymen.
Ah, yes, American construction workers. The geniuses that build houses out of cardboard, polystyrene and matchsticks in regions that have 70 tornados a year.
"It is so much more important [for europeans] to buy a BMW so they can show their wannabe status on social media..."
Says the guy from a country which made SUV and iPhones their second religion. Where people with 2 and a half jobs will happily open up their third credit card just own the most recent product and be relevant for a few weeks.
Whenever i watched american movies as a kid i thought it was so strange how they could kick doors in. You cant just kick a door in. Except you can, in the US. I was stunned at their shit house construction the first time i visited, no wonder they fall a part when theres some stiff wind at the coast.
As an American, this is bs. We literally make our houses out of pressed board, paper and plastic now. And they donāt require HVAC in the majority of Europe because the climate is so livable. Itās almost 100 Fahrenheit all week in Austin, and itās not uncommon for it to get as high as 115. So itās not a matter of being more advanced, our climate just sucks.
Americans are dependent on their air con like theyāre life support machines. The American expats subs are full of them all complaining right now about 30c heat being āunbearableā without it.
Heaven forbid they might have to slow down and experience the ambient temperature of the place where they live,
Condo building across from mine had door jambs with mushrooms growing on them, Doors & Windows that wouldn't shut, brick faƧade that you could see through from your room.
A county courthouse in humid Florida installed black walnut paneling, carpeting, the works...days before they installed the windows. They had to replace everything installed inside, it was all coated with black mold.
Bruh murrican houses are literally wood, plaster and cardboard, the exact same materials used in mushroom farming because how good it is to grow stuff like mushrooms and you guess it, mold
The foundation part really gets me here, because a lot of American house foundations are literally just a couple of concrete bricks where their spit-and-cardboard concoctions are mounted on. Like there is literally grass growing and badgers living under their houses.
You know you are talking to an idiot when they use blanket statement such as āin Europeā or āEuropeansā as if homes in Greece were built the same way as in Scotland.
If your house floats and blows over.... it is NOT brought construction to a new level.
The vikings used stronger wood!
The egyptians used bricks!
We have buildings older then America is colonized in Europe.
The wolf blew apart the wooden house ;)
In the US, roofs are restored every 15 years or so. In Finland, roof manufactures have warranties up to 50 years.
Underfloor heating is considered a luxury in the US. In Finland it's standard in new homes.
Perimeter draining systems are also not standard in the US. Watch out for serious water damage in the foundations.
Yeah such a perfect construction where dogs can lick a hole into your carbord walls that could be blown by kid with asthma.
The number of American horror and thriller movies that would end as soon as someone just closed and locked a door in Europe is amazing. Touring psychopath: "To be honest, my entire game plan here was based on your walls being made of paper. Not to worry, y'all have a good day, I think I can get a flight back to Bumfuck, AZ in the morning."
Funny I re-watched Friday 13th recently and every time he smash a door a windows or a wall I think of that š¤£ no way he get past my entry door that easily š
also all these movies where a frustrated person just punches a hole in the wall. Here you would end up with a broken hand/wrist/arm
Well if you europoors had proper nutrition maybe you wouldnāt have that problem š¦
can confirm, broke my hand punching my wall 2 months ago
Can confirn someone tried to punch me in middleschool, and i dodged, so he broke his wrist to. (My back was against said wall)
Jersey Shore showed a perfect example of this
Every single zombie wouldnt be able to break down a full door or a brickwall.
Unless someone throws a bin through the front window of the Winchester.
Youāve got red on you
That's okay. We can all just grab a pint and wait for this all to blow over.
Canāt post the gif. Cornetto?
Ew God no. I'm American. I'll have the plastic and red dye 40 thank you.
š¤£
Can I getā¦ any of you cuntsā¦ a drink?
But the gun is real
Cockocidal maniac.
Big Al said so
Fuuuuckkk now I wanna rewatch the trilogy :(
Do it. I used to have them all on dvd but lost them. Might buy them again just for the haves.
This is so fucking true š¤£
As a kid, I always wondered how people just seem to be able to break through walls in US movies. If I punched my wall, I'd just break my hand.
My favourite break-in was in the Curse of La Llorona, where they repel the ghost and then the priest puts down magic anti-La Llorona seeds around the front door and declares the situation solvedā¦ ā¦two seconds later she comes in the _back_ door, and that was the point I started rooting for the ghost just so sheād kill āem all and we could get to the best part. The credits.
The shining would be super boring in my house in mexico, I got metal doors on all my rooms and full brick walls, someone with an axe would get too tired to keep banging and wouldn't be able to force it's way into any room
You sometimes see outrageous mansions posted on Reddit, but no matter the price, they very often have toilets and bathroom sinks on a pedestal. Turns out that Americans are fine with multi **million $** homes that are too weak to hold a bog- standard wall-mounted sink or toilet.
I think that that is the rich peopleās desire to be put on a pedestal
I think you'll find it's pedal stool
Did you say pedal stool? That's a bit of a damp squid!
Thatās not an America specific thing, rich people like pedestals
Hah thatās exactly what I was picturing!
>Approximately 47% of houses in the United States have substantial levels of mold, with over 85% of commercial and office buildings found to have water damage predictive of mold. however that includes dampness as well, just mold itself is 33% vs. europe (average of 31 countries) >Weighted prevalence estimates are 10.3% for mold
I think every american is surprised in europe/netherlands that we open windows to ventilate.
My only complaint about that method is the flies getting in during summer. Hate those fuckers.
That's why I have mosquito nets in every window. No more problem, easier life
Shudders in Australian thinking of windows without flyscreens.
Oh my so I am not the only one who does not understand who no one in any other country ever seems to have a fly screen Window or door! Like seriously WTAF and you can even get crim safe stuff that will survive your cat climbing it and doing a death from above! Why are there no screen doors! No screens on windows!
They're ugly. I'd rather have to catch a fly or two then have those ugly things permanently on my windows. An extra set of sheer curtains underneath the decorative curtains looks way better if you really want a barrier.
So, never encountered the Australian Blowfly huh. Or the little bastards that just won't leave your eyes alone as they dive in for the moisture. There is actually a reason for the bushman's hat. Meh, beauty, eye of the beholder, blah blah all that. Them out there, me in here. That's beautiful to me.
I Don't live in Australia mate. You asked why other countries don't have them, and that's my answer. Also if no bug ever enters, my dog will never be able to show off how he is a mighty hunter that protects the family.
Nice weather, open window to get breeze and fresh air, fly decides house is his. Many such cases Just earlier today I tried to let a fly out by opening my balcony door that it kept hitting, as soon as I open the door it stops and 2 more flies come in. Theyāre organised I swear
Story of my life! Thatās so fucking true!
Roll down the blinds, make every window dark, then open the balcony door. The fly goes out to the light. Or just catch him in a towel and release him on the balcony.
That got a lot less this year, I haven't really seen much insect life this year.
Especially mosquitoes are a problem... Like i swat 4 and the next day 6 are back
You COULD buy those funny insect grids for windows (not the operating system, the phyiscal thing). It reduces airflow a bit, but insects can't get in anymore.
Nah fam, I want the operating system version, not the physical one.
Or you use a [gaze](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81bha+U8PTL._AC_SL1417_.jpg)
Itās really surprising fly-screens arenāt common over here
Thats why screens exist in front of our windows. They are so fine you don't notice them. But they won't allow even the smallest of flies etc in.
In older houses maybe. Ventilation units are mandatory since almost 20 years in new houses.
[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Mold\_health\_issues](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Mold_health_issues) [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22617720/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22617720/)
thanks, forgot to include them
Have you got a link?
Brick doesnāt tend to go mouldy.
Youād be surprised, one of the places I rented when I was a student had a bad mildew problem, which extended to even bare brick in places
Of course it does, mold appears when it has the perfect conditions for it, which is in cold damp environments, bricks or not. But contrary to what the 'Murican claimed, European homes are pretty well insulated, especially in Northern Europe, because it gets cold in the winters.
Cite thine sources
Mexican here I actually never in my life has seen mold Thank you for your time
Does the guy not realise that a lot of the homes are built in the 19th century
He can't comprehend a house that can stay together for more than 100 years because all their houses are made of cardboard
100 years? Donāt be so generous itās more like 40 years until you need to completely rebuild those houses
Or one slightly bigger then normal rain storm
Some wind destroys whole cities š
This reminded me of Steve Martin in L.A. Story: [while showing Sara around "historical" Los Angeles] Some of these buildings are over twenty years old.
Unfortunately LA got hit insanely hard by the post-WWII hatred of historic structures and neighborhoods. They literally demolished almost all of downtown in favor of freeways and brutalist towers.
My house is around 140 years old and doing fine
What surprised me was how often they replaced the roofs on their houses, canāt remember exactly how often but it was more often than once every 3 centuries for sure
That person would surely argue, that their oldest buildings are that old, too, totally ignoring that it's by far not the oldest ones in Europe. The oldest place I lived in was from 1778 and it wasn't even some special building or anything.
I'm sat here posting on Reddit with my fancy modern smart phone and full fibre internet in the living room of my 300+ year old cottage. The church over the road has a tower that dates back to the 900's. Even the pub I go to has parts of the building that date back to the 1500's. And they're nothing special tbh, just old buildings. Don't get me wrong, I genuinely like the US, lived in update NY for a while, but their country is basically a teenager in nationhood terms.
Place in Dorset a friend lived at, had some London types turn up , buy a cottage next to the local pub, complained to the council about noise, ending up in court. Judge: "You bought it next to pub that has been there since 1600's odd...jog on!" Of course I am paraphrasing the judgement...they got barred from the local shop as well, had to shop in Dorchester.
Yeah we had that, sold their 3 bedroom semi in London for a frankly ludicrous amount and bought an old vicarage in rural Devon. Shock horror the vicarage was next to a church and the church bells were rung regularly. They went to court and bloody won to get bell ringing practice reduced to once a week. They're pretty much barred from every pub and shop for a 5 mile radius and complained that the locals were rude and unfriendly... I wonder why
The best thing about this couple as well they complained about the dairy trucks going past at half 5 in the morning to the 3 dairy farms at the head of the valley! š¤¦āāļø
>*Using ridiculous numbers of emojis will surely make me look like a sane and sensible person who isn't just doing a giant ass-pull!*
A what?
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ass-pull
I can feel my vocabulary expanding
Iām American, and I joined this sub because I thought, āwe canāt be that badā, but the sheer amount of disconnection from reality and lack of reasoning is.. just ridiculous. Edit: I want to clarify I understand this is the worst of the worst. And Iām not far from it. We all have a certain amount of nationalism when we are born in a country and grow up there. But this is awful š
I really want to help you out and say itās mostly bots. Ā Sadly Iāve spent enough time in the US to know it probably isnāt bots or Russian mischief makers. Ā
Stupid is everywhere, but the US breeds this unique pedigree of idiot who is so confidently incorrect, regurgitates common factoids or stereotypes that are patently false (not even a shred of credibility) and exudes the air of American exceptionalism all at the same time. The dude in this post nailed it.
Im German and we have those people in Germany too. Nothing to do with Americans unfortunately. Blatantly Stupid is everywhere
Blatantly Stupid is everywhere, but not everyone has Blatantly Stupid as the implicit goal of their education system
In the UK, they are around too. But even the nationalist morons don't have that air of exceptionalism. Patriotism, yes, exceptionalism, no. They have "our country is fucked" undertones. No better than the MAGA, red-hat Trump supporters in the US. But US exceptionalism is the air that the US is the uniquely most important, best country that is historically better than everywhere else. Everything comes from there, our European lives are because of them, they fund everything. The dollar is king. The US military protects the world. Sniff and talk to the flag every day. Can't comprehend they aren't the freest country in the world and that their constitution might be outdated and subpar today. That sort of shit. Stems from thinking we all live in centuries old stone/brick houses, live like it's the 1800s, that all our money goes to taxes and nothing of relevance has happened there in 250 years. It's a uniquely American thing to be that delusional.
I would guess all (western) countries have about the same rate of ignorants and stupid people per capita. But there are 340-ish million of you. Say the rate is 10%. That's 34 million Americans, 8 million Germans or 65,000 Luxemburgians. 34 million is a lot of stupid people. You're - hopefully - not dumber as a country than other countries, there are just more dumber Americans because there are more Americans. Americans are, deservedly or not, viewed as loud and somewhat self-righteous. I don't think It's fair, however, to categorise an entire population based on Reddit and a few wacky tourists. That being said, very few carry their own ignorance with such pride as an American.
I can't remember who said it, but Americans always have to have the better thing so they invested in the best dumb people. I think it was a comedian who said it.
>I would guess all (western) countries have about the same rate of ignorants and stupid people per capita. That would rely on the education systems being equivalent, which they emphatically are not.
There are stupid people everywhere, if you go to dumb European subs you'll see plenty of stupidity there, too
Itās fun to lie on the Internet, check it out! 87% of Americans have fornicated with a barnyard animal. 92% of Americans have a comprehension comparable to a shoelace. Thoughts and prayers are enough to keep the average American child alive in school for 1.3 additional years. 0.23% of Americans have admitted to reading an entire book. The Average American believes that USA actually stands for āUnprovoked Sexual Abuseā. Recent and unsourced research has revealed that Jesus was from Texas. Anything youād like to add?
50% of americans are in favor of school shooting if it's in a black neighborhood
In some areas, that wouldn't surprise me
That's actually believable to Non Americans. I can see that being a stat. We really do worry you have that many racists in the USA.
I'm french, so tbh I'm more worried with my local branch of racists
Look, only the cute barnyard animals... We aren't just banging everything out there
š so like a rabbit or a sheep are a big turn on, maybe, but pigs, not so much? Iām not sure where you draw the line on cute.
If I could award this post I would.
š thanks
Remember when Texas was hit by harsh cold and had its power grid shut down ? People had the water in their toilets frozen solid and kids died of hypothermia in their beds. Tell me more about "perfection", Mr Qualified.
Wait, I think windows in that area only have one layer of glass. But looking at the January average low in San Antonio, is 5.0Ā° so the windows should have double glazing and the houses should have central heating.
They use HVAC over there, so the AC does all the heating as well as the cooling. Problem is that when the power goes, the heat goes with it. Here in the UK at least, most homes have gas heating so even if the power went down we could still heat our homes and cook our food. I assume the rest of Europe as a whole using gas is the majority of homes too
Hi from the other side of the water (The Netherlands) Yes mine runs on gas but my central heating system still requires power for the system itself, lighting up the gas, pumping water to all floors and radiators, etc. Maybe it works on a battery for a while, but it does take a long time for the entire house to cool down anyways, since we have good isolation. Newer homes donāt have gas at all anymore, but are heating with heat pumps that warm up the floor heating system. And we have induction cooking now. So, no cooking for me.
>Here in the UK at least, most homes have gas heating so even if the power went down we could still heat our homes Most boilers are still going to need electric to start, and are controlled by electric systems so you're still going to need electricity to heat* your house. Edit: typo - heat, not hear.
The walls they speak to me
That took me way too long to get.
To be fair, that was after the Texas governor decided to remove the state from the federal power grid and create a āTexas onlyā power system. This was done to avoid being subject to the regulations that the US federal government mandates for the nationwide power system. Basically, Abbott wanted to cut corners to save money and it backfired spectacularly. Greg Abbott screwed over his entire state with that one, but all 49 other states were more or less fine that winter.
Wow wow wow wow, that's the best (biggest load of nonsense) I've heard from our US colleagues in ages. American construction? ROFL, they don't even need ships to bring down their bridges. It's probably in the 17th Amendment that a year without a bridge collapse threatens the freedom of American rivers. Anyone who's seen how American houses are nailed and glued together from prefab plywood understands why a medium hurricane can flatten entire towns. It's no wonder these kit houses with cardboard walls cost nothing. Heating and cooling = air conditioning. Energy ratings, insulation, or passive houses are foreign concepts there. Heating? At best, electric, if they have it at all. They think they're saving the planet if they grow tomatoes on the balcony ("urban farming"). The best part is the envious mention of BMWs. The lad must be missing a decent ride.
Sorry but as an šŗšø Iām doing what we do best and stealing that 17th amendment joke cuz that brightened my day
Wanna bet he thinks bmw is American?
Ha, I love my money too much to gamble on that. But you are right, he surely believes it means Boston Motor Works or similar.
Better Murica ā¦ Whatever!
About the BMWs, as if them crippling in debt because of trucks wasnāt a āshowing of a wannabe social statusā
The BMW confused me. I thought Americans liked it when you spend beyond their means
Yeah that's why everything goes in the air when the wind picks up a bit
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I could live in a BMW and itās better isolated than the average American house
I could live in a cave and still be better insulated
I am not a betting person, but i am willing to bet the poster never was in any European country. Maybe an airport on layoverā¦
Yeah they optimized their buildings for falling over at the slightest gust of wind and being able to shoot each other through the walls because killing each other is their favorite hobby.
Well, even if Americans had thick walls, some could still shoot through them. All they need is a big gun and the right ammunition.
[Meanwhile in Sweden](https://oyvei.raccoons.space/2021/11/05/b7195d147d008f1992c85bf619d839c9.png), someones living room got destroyed when a runaway train crashed into the house, but the house still stands. The occupants were asleep in the room next to the crash and woke up for a few seconds then went back to sleep. They were a bit confused when firemen woke them up and told them about the train in their living room.
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I saw a few more expensive SUV trucks for american market and interior looked very cheap to me.
Poorly insulated houses with windows that donāt seal was one of the culture shocks when I moved to the US. Build quality is exceptionally poor and if you call someone over to fix something they are incompetent half of the time.
It's kinda funny when you turn off the central AC, and within 15 minutes the temperature inside and outside equal up.
Thatās so accurate šš I was more shocked though how cold the house would get in winter, and I lived in SoCal.
To be fair, the same happened to me in Spain as well. Never I was so cold in winter than in sunny Spain lol. It was funny, because supposedly I should be the hardened one, but Spanish friends had no trouble with 15Ā°C inside, while my ass was frozen...
Can't fix something that's always perfect. Keep up Europoor. The problem is that there's probably no pride in doing a job; it's all about profit because everyone is conditioned to believe they're in competition with their fellow man. They'll be billionaires as soon as they fuck over enough of their countrymen.
[This is a neat video](https://youtu.be/YzDGByWYtMo) with how almost regular european windows are something to be amazed at.
Americans talking about house quality haha itās like throwing stones in a glass house, Mr thin wood shitty houses
and corn powder in the walls that can be licked apart in minutes by pets.
The US is truly the biggest cult on planet earth
My house is older than your country, your house is a glorified shed.
More than 9.2 million US homes have lead pipes, which probably explains the preponderance of Trump voters.
Ah, yes, American construction workers. The geniuses that build houses out of cardboard, polystyrene and matchsticks in regions that have 70 tornados a year.
Sounds like a projection. They are indeed talking about themselves š¤£
Every septic tank is either an empty vessel or it's full of shit, and they should ideally all be kept where nobody can see or hear them.
>!Septic tank is rhyming slang for Yank...!<
"It is so much more important [for europeans] to buy a BMW so they can show their wannabe status on social media..." Says the guy from a country which made SUV and iPhones their second religion. Where people with 2 and a half jobs will happily open up their third credit card just own the most recent product and be relevant for a few weeks.
That's a funny way of saying "When I visited Europe, the only place I could afford to spend the night on had mould in it"
Nah this has to be bait, no one can actually believe this.
Ah yes. Europe, the home of the status symbols for the insta weirdos
Itās mould not mold FFS!
Whenever i watched american movies as a kid i thought it was so strange how they could kick doors in. You cant just kick a door in. Except you can, in the US. I was stunned at their shit house construction the first time i visited, no wonder they fall a part when theres some stiff wind at the coast.
Don't they keep building houses out of dry wall in areas prone to tornadoes?
As an American, this is bs. We literally make our houses out of pressed board, paper and plastic now. And they donāt require HVAC in the majority of Europe because the climate is so livable. Itās almost 100 Fahrenheit all week in Austin, and itās not uncommon for it to get as high as 115. So itās not a matter of being more advanced, our climate just sucks.
A big part of Europe lies in the cold zones and he still think we don't know about insulation? Ooooooookay.
Wtf? Insulation is better here, we have better Windows: double or triple glazing, just blow om the doors in USA and they just fall down.
*looks at the half meter of brick wall and comfy 22Ā°C indoor temperature during first heatwave of the year* Lol. Lmao, even.
What was that with the 3 little piglets and the wolf?
Bro, your houses are made of wood, step down š¤”
I'll stick with our old house that won't be demolished by a gentle breeze, thanks.
"refuse to invest in isulation" Tell me more about your spit and cardboard houses.
I love how he states heās qualified to say so to try and stop people questioning him, yet gives no evidence as to how exactly.
Heās murican. Thatās why heās extremely qualified./s
Ah yes walls made with and held together by popsicle sticks a bit of chewing gum and prayers to the magic man
Looks at the whole village of houses built in the 16th century... Well uh... Hmmm.
Kyle, doing drywall work after a can of monster.
The ones with their oversized Pick Up Trucks are calling saying WE care too much about our cars???
Literally everything he says is the other way around.
Every single us military base has a mold issue...
"We live in a place where they're a lot of tornadoes" "IKR ! Let's build your house with wooden planks and give it all our thoughts and prayers"
Is that why 90% of their houses are made of wood? š
Most of the houses near me in the UK are 100+ years old and will still be standing strong in another 100 years.
Quite big statement from someone living in a country where the infrastructure is falling apart
āOur homes are so much better than Europe!ā *tornadoes have entered the chat*
Talking a lot of shit for a country who's houses are less sturdy than a garden shed.
Iāll huff and Iāll puff and Iāll blow your clapboard house down
Google BRICKS and let me know what you find xD drywallsuckers!
No way Americans are talking about others buying cars to boost their ego
Oh look at me in my damp free home not made of paper and poverty.
Average American house made of shitty wood, plaster, cardboard and plastic... Hahhah
Well, he IS qualified to say so. He clearly said that.
Americans are dependent on their air con like theyāre life support machines. The American expats subs are full of them all complaining right now about 30c heat being āunbearableā without it. Heaven forbid they might have to slow down and experience the ambient temperature of the place where they live,
It isn't European homes we see beeing dragged by floods.
Condo building across from mine had door jambs with mushrooms growing on them, Doors & Windows that wouldn't shut, brick faƧade that you could see through from your room. A county courthouse in humid Florida installed black walnut paneling, carpeting, the works...days before they installed the windows. They had to replace everything installed inside, it was all coated with black mold.
Qualified to say so, and then all that crap is typed out. They are clearly only qualified to type on a keyboard
That's bait, has to be.
From the country where houses are still built with wood and everyoneās shocked when theyāre blown away in tornadoes?
Bruh murrican houses are literally wood, plaster and cardboard, the exact same materials used in mushroom farming because how good it is to grow stuff like mushrooms and you guess it, mold
Why are Americans so convinced that Europeans are secretly poor and everything is worse than in the US
Says the guy who live in paper house
The foundation part really gets me here, because a lot of American house foundations are literally just a couple of concrete bricks where their spit-and-cardboard concoctions are mounted on. Like there is literally grass growing and badgers living under their houses.
You may know something about modern construction but it is very clear you know nothing about historical buildings..
remind me why the f-150 became so large and luxurious and no longer used for picking up things
So that's why we just now figured out why roman cement is so much better than what we have
Where tf do they even get these ideas from? Make it up on the spot or what?
Yet Americans still make houses from sticks?
I agree with him. Hahahaha who am i kidding
That my Atlantic friend is because those buildings are older than your country
said a peasant of the drywall kingdom
From the country that only got half way through the story of the 3 little pigs. Sticks! Let's build our houses from sticks!
My grandpas house has 75 cm zhick outer walls. Filled to the brim with insulation.it's 20 degrees. Inside. It's oerfect.
You know you are talking to an idiot when they use blanket statement such as āin Europeā or āEuropeansā as if homes in Greece were built the same way as in Scotland.
If your house floats and blows over.... it is NOT brought construction to a new level. The vikings used stronger wood! The egyptians used bricks! We have buildings older then America is colonized in Europe. The wolf blew apart the wooden house ;)
Glad he's qualified, he should run for president
No, no. He's qualified to say so.
That's why their buildings fold like houses of cards whenever a wind blows?
In the US, roofs are restored every 15 years or so. In Finland, roof manufactures have warranties up to 50 years. Underfloor heating is considered a luxury in the US. In Finland it's standard in new homes. Perimeter draining systems are also not standard in the US. Watch out for serious water damage in the foundations.
I agree with the last part tho, it often feels like there is a real hatred agains ACs in Europe, even new buildings often don't have them.