• @Retrograde
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      1210 months ago

      It is truly bizarre how Europeans never use screens, make it make sense!!

      • Ataraxia
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        710 months ago

        We had them in Italy. But we also didn’t have these weird windows. Also stop acting like Europe is a small town on an island.

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          I honestly don’t think of Europe as a small town, I promise- I’m just saying I’ve been in many brilliant countries across Europe and I swear to you that I’ve never seen a screen. Where is the spider protection, I ask you?!

          This should be particularly important, I think, in the Scottish Highlands, land of midges, who want nothing more than to feast on your flesh. Still, not a screen in sight, although I must admit you certifiably need a very fine screen to prohibit those pesky wee bastards. There seems to be a sort of gentlemen’s alliance though because it seems that the midge rarely enters a human dwelling, maybe out of fear of pure Scottish fury, but mark my words … they sit and wait.

          I will digress also that in our defense, Scots do use midge nets when camping unless we’re on our 10th Tennant’s, in which case it’s really no bother

      • @[email protected]
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        410 months ago

        Its not like the few mosquitoes we have would be smart enough to enter my room through the sides of a lightly tilted window.

    • @Aux
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      210 months ago

      There are no mosquitoes in the UK. And moths are rare. Would be lucky to see a fly.

      • @PurplebeanZ
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        510 months ago

        There are definitely mosquitos in the UK. They piss me off every summer.

        • @Aux
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          110 months ago

          Well, compared to my home country mosquitos in the UK don’t really exist…

      • @[email protected]
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        No wonder your country is a superpower. We have the other windows in the USA because we do get these flying bastards.