“In many parts of the world, a lack in economic development might be to blame for a widespread absence of air-conditioning at the moment. However, that doesn’t explain why even most Europeans ridicule Americans for their love of cooling and lack of heat tolerance.” According to WaPo, Europeans think the American love affair with air conditioning is stupid. (And many Americans didn’t even notice that criticism because they were distracted by how close Europeans were standing to them when it was delivered.)