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Isn't that not just another word for AC in this context?
Here's the thing. You said a "heatpump is a A/C."
Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.
As someone who is a scientist who studies A/C's, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls heat pumps A/C's. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.
If you're saying "A/C family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of HVACae, which includes things from fans to swamp coolers to radiators.
So your reasoning for calling a heat pump a A/C is because random people "call the heat exchanger thingies A/C?" Let's get refridgerators and freezers in there, then, too.
Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A heat pump is a heat pump and a member of the A/C family. But that's not what you said. You said a heat pump is a A/C, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the heat exchanger family A/C's, which means you'd call refridgerators, freezers, and other heat exchangers A/C's, too. Which you said you don't.
It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?
Know anything about jackdaws...?
Er... No?
I said "In this context" (using it to keep a room cool), a heat pump is AC.
No generalization, specifically just this usecase.
And while the rest of your rant is not wrong, it just does not apply to what I actually said...
Here is the context of this copy-pasta: I am referencing an old redditor named Unidan, and this post was his downfall. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/unidan
It is fun to take the copy-pasta and modify it to fit any all X are Y but not all Y are X type situations, to reference this bit of our shared internet history in a tongue in cheek manner. I don't actually have any problem with calling heat pumps multi-purpose A/Cs.
Oh... So... LOL!
Thanks for the explanation, now this is actually really funny.
And you also did a pretty good job adapting it to the topic, thought you to be an actual ranting air conditioning nerd! :-)
Thank you ;-D
My AC does sound like a murder of crows…
Brave of you to bring a reddit copypasta here
I've been doing it throughout. "Take what you like and leave the rest"
I like it.