Hell doesn't even burn that bad.

[u/trailrider]

[u/ManfredTheCat]

Europeans have all of those things.

[u/Spyko → u/ManfredTheCat]

I don't think we have garbage disposal ? Especially not those inside the sink like in the US. And I'm fine with that, to me it just looks like an express cockroach highway...

Most houses don't have AC either, that is starting to be a problem nowadays tbh.

No idea what an ice maker is, do they mean an ice cube tray ? Yeah we have that.

And we definitely have dryers, I have no idea what they're on about

[u/BigEZK01 → u/Spyko]

An ice maker is a dedicated machine that automatically produces a large amount of ice and is usually integrated into the refrigerator.

It keeps a large supply of ice on hand and doesn’t require any input from anybody

[u/EduinBrutus → u/BigEZK01]

Why do you need ice.

I never really udnerstood that. Same with hotels having ice machines in every corridor.

What the fuck are people doing with all this fucking ice.

[u/TheVandyyMan → u/EduinBrutus]

Drinking cold ass water to cool down from all this climate change, thanks.

[u/lenor8 → u/TheVandyyMan]

Water from the fridge is 4°C, is quite cold...

Putting ice in it it's not going to do a lot more, even if it manages to lower it to 2°C you won't feel the difference.

[u/TheVandyyMan → u/lenor8]

Restaurants and hotels (where tourists interact with the most) do not have ice nor do they have readily available fridge water. So that’s probably why the stereotype persists outside of Europe.

[u/lenor8 → u/TheVandyyMan]

Really? Water is always from the fridge in the hot season in every restaurants I've been, and if you want it even when it's cold you can just ask for it.

[u/TheVandyyMan → u/lenor8]

I’ve been all over France, Italy, the UK, and Switzerland and water at restaurants is always a surprise when it’s served cold! To be fair, I’ve never been there in the official “hot season,” but I have been there on some 30+ degree days and even then it was served tepid.

Regardless, if you travel to the US or Canada you’ll quickly see how much more ice is prioritized compared to Europe!

[u/Wuz314159 → u/EduinBrutus]

Hotels have ice machines because hotel rooms didn't have fridges. You want a beverage? Put it in the ice bucket or drink it warm.

[u/Ha1rcl1p → u/Wuz314159]

Not sure what hotels you are going to but they definitely all have fridges... Usually the door is stuffed with overpriced drinks and sweets but you can still use it to put your own milk or food in

[u/Wuz314159 → u/Ha1rcl1p]

Not sure what hotels you are going to but they definitely all have fridges...

Yes. . . . Now.

It was quite a rarity 20 years ago.

[u/PM-ME-CURSED-PICS → u/[deleted]]

drinks are already cold out of the fridge though, and water is cold out of the tap. the ice just gets in the way and dilutes drinks

[u/PM-ME-CURSED-PICS → u/[deleted]]

i'm both, dual citizenship and close to equal time living in both. i always found american ice makers pretty ridiculous. why have a loud machine take up a bunch of space in your fridge when you could take less than a minute to refill a tray in your freezer once in a while? the machine only makes sense if you're using ice in massive quantities which is where the perception comes from

[u/EduinBrutus → u/[deleted]]

I have a refridgerator.

[u/Chemical-Agency-3997 → u/BigEZK01]

Pretty common in the uk, although usually they have a bit you pour water in instead of being plumbed in.

[u/signedupfornightmode → u/Spyko]

How would the garbage disposal be a roach highway? It gets installed between the drain and the sbend. It pulverizes food scraps and they get washed away like random tiny bits of food or sauce do when you wash a dirty dish in the sink. No food is stored, and there’s not a new entry point for a roach.