[carlosjobim]

Europeans generally don't purchase the things they want, they purchase the things they are supposed to be wanting, after having long deliberations together with relatives and friends. So then they'll only look at specs and price and not how useful a product is or how pleasant it is to use.

Europeans are in general very weird about money. They are as greedy as anybody, but what do they do then with that money? They think turning on the air conditioner will ruin them financially and they count how many cents each person owes each other.

[rewgs]

> They think turning on the air conditioner will ruin them financially

Literally laughed out loud at this, it’s so accurate.

[theragra]

This is pretty dumb generalization. In baltics, where I live, nobody counts cents or limits appliance use, despite low overall income.