30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group

YES!! I ALWAYS have peanut butter!!!!

Probably every house has both but it depends on where you live and the time of year whether you can line-dry or not. Where I live I can technically line-dry all year but can't do so when it's windy and dust is blowing.

Depends on where you live. I grew up in WA state, and it's not common there. I also lived in Alaska; no one has it in their homes. Where I live now, you wouldn't survive summer without it.

You think this is unique to America? I've got news for you...

The proper use of a garbage disposal is for those food scraps that inadvertently gets in the sink during food prep or clean up. So convenient to turn on the tap. Run the disposal for a moment, and the mess is gone, theoretically won't clog the drain. Most food scrap should go in the compost at best, bin at worst, but it is nice to not have to muck about with cleaning a nasty drain strainer for the bits that make it to the drain.

I mean, it's not like we have stacks of drywall just laying around the house. They're usually hanging around the walls and ceilings.

We do like our cold drinks and our convenience. So, I guess I do resemble this comment.

Isn't it because in the US they wash the protective layer off before sale?

Made popular by working class for durability few hundred years later they come with holes already f*****g in them

some but not most

Yeah, we in the U.S. never have warmed up to shelf stable milk, and milk does go well with the cereal mentioned in another post.

Or a cat!

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There is not any cereal in the photo. One a bag of 'Cereal Toppers', not sure what it is

You ever try homemade baked Mac and cheese?? SO GOOD!

Garage freezer yes. Fridge no.

A dishwasher cycle can often be more conservative of water than hand washing and rinsing. A gallon or two versus quite possibly many more!

This one depends a bit on how you define "weird".

So........only Americans have microwaves?

Or, in real life, faces the massive TV

and they suck too...because they frequently go off balance in the spin cycle.

Always have cheese n the fridge and peanut butter in the cupboard

T-shirts for everyone as you have the right to bare arms.

We have a mountain of stuffed animals instead of pillows. Much more cuddly.

I have a mountain of blankets... You achieve superior sleep when you're cocooned snuggly in blankets and the outside world is cold (Warning: waking is not superior with this method)

I feel like every picture of a bed that you see on the internet has a giant pile of pillows, but no one I know actually does this. You'd have to kick the pillows out every night! :)

Not me, and I don't get having a bunch of pillows you have to pile somewhere in order to use the bed.

I have pillows that I actually use. I don't have any decorative pillows, though. Personally, I find them annoying, but they are a thing for a lot of people that like more decorated spaces. If you watch home shows here, good lord so many pillows. I don't go into a lot of people's bedrooms, but I rarely see nearly as many pillows on someone's sofa as I will on an HGTV show.

I do; I sleep with 5 standard size pillows - very comfy.

I don't understand this fascination of a mountain of pillows. I don't want to have to take pillows off my bed or sofa to either sleep or sit. Ridiculous waste of money.

There are 2 pillows on our bed and they are used every night. Not sure whose bedroom you are looking at.

I wanted to, but grew out of that phase.

Not me. One pillow is all I need.

This would be my husband, me on the other hand i frigging hate it, I want to go to a clean bed with a comfortable pillow maybe two at most, but when i have so many that I can't find my bed it becomes annoying.

Nope

I just had 2

Nope. Two pillows, that's it. I refuse to have all those useless "decorative" pillows. I don't even have more than two for the sofa.

Yes, but mine are all functional for sleeping.

Never been my thing. We have 4 pillows... 2 for sleeping on, 2 for placing in front of those for aesthetics

Nope, this is another thing I cant stand. Only have the pillows that will be used on the bed.

Do residents of any nation overload their beds with sex toys instead of pillows?

It's a staple in my household.

There's a maternity clothing store near me called "Pickles and Peanut Butter." The owner said that's what she always craved while pregnant.

I don't use the pre-programmed settings. For some reason I just don't trust they will do what I want.

solo cups

Alternatively, an ever increasing pile of reusable and paper bags when people forget certain places have banned plastic bags.

Compared to Singapore?? LOL They would individually wrap grapes if they could LOL

No, Utz is not a good brand, and cheeseballs taste rank.

This OP thinks we still live in a 1950s sitcom and not a capitalist dystopia over here.

"a garbage shredder thing in the sink". I love this. Also, I'm my house, it's mom's ugly comphy chair that was inherited from a grandma

"A thermostat" is a rather obscure inclusion. It's the logical component of a heating/cooling system to prevent them from running out of control. Not much different than those in refrigerators, ovens, space heaters. etc. Heating/cooling systems might be more apropos here...

They used to taste better than they do now. I suspect the manufacturer swapped out good ingredients for cheap s**t to increase profits, and basically ruined a good thing.

Diabetes is a human malady. It doesn’t care about artificial lines drawn on maps.