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Now that we live in such a global environment, there is nothing weird in admitting that we’re influenced by various cultures. Naturally, by being interested and learning about other countries' customs, habits, foods, and other things, we learn about their everyday life, and how it’s similar or different from our own. One of the most interesting, often talked about and compared places is the United States. Having this in mind, Reddit user @u/Ryrylx was curious to find out what are some of the things that non-American people have noticed and now are convinced that these items are in every American house.

Whether it’s picked up from shows or movies or seen in one of their travels, users online were quick to provide their answers to the question that received almost 48K responses. While some people reminded everyone of some American “classics” such as peanut butter or the variety of dressings and sodas found in one’s fridge, other users were fascinated by the garbage disposal installed in the sink and “washing machines where you put everything in the top”.

What are some of the things that you think every American has in their home? Leave your suggestions in the comments down below! 

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group Laundry dryer. In my country almost everyone dries their laundry on a wire outside, so the concept of a dryer is baffling to me. I only see them in American Movies & shows. Do majority of you have it or not?

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Frando Bone
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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

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Frando Bone
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group Every American household have a drawer full with random s**t (died batteries, screws, shoelace etc)

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group That garbage disposal thing I always see in shows and movies

Edit/update: In ten 10 hours, I've gotten nearly 20k upvotes and 317 replies. Some of you dudes and dudettes have very passionate opinions about your garbage disposals, I love it

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group Fridge with ice dispenser built in

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

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sturmwesen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group A gallon of milk in the refrigerator

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group A garage fridge. Filled with beer and frozen boxes of c**p from Costco.

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group multiple different types of weird sauces

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group Oh oh, the washing machines where you put everything in the top! This fascinated me when we visited the states. They’re huge!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group Just a literal block of cheese just chilling in the fridge. I'm certain they woke up randomly at 3am and go 'Omg cheese sounds good right now.'

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group A musket for home defence, just as the founding fathers intended.

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group I’m convinced almost every american has a mountain of pillows on their bed

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Well-Dressed Wolf
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same! Many are from my childhood and are 30+ years old XD Pride of place goes to Chace, the stuffed German Shepherd I got when I was 5.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

American here. No. I hate all those pillows on a bed. More trouble than they’re aesthetically worth. Where TF are you supposed to put them when you actually want to sleep? Not a frou-frou kind of person, I think simplest is best—-especially since they’d just be even more I’d have to clean. Plus I have pets, so even if I liked the idea, they wouldn’t stay pretty for long. Hard pass for me.

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Jo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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)

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Memere
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same - I have a couple of those plush fleece blankets + a down comforter. Those plus good flannel sheets are the best for cold weather sleep!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am US, I do not have a mound of pillows on my bed. I do, however have peanut butter in my kitchen.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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! :)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We do have those in hotel rooms and I really hate it; they end on the floor because I need the sofa and won't take the time to move all those pillows around. In our bedroom we have upright skinny pillows to use as headboard because we have a shelf instead, one pillow each and I have 2 mini pillows to hold my arm at night (it's crooked after a terrible accident and need the support while I sleep). When I make the bed, it looks normal.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

None are decorative. My sister has a bunch to prop herself up because of heartburn and acid reflux. I have three; one for my head, one for between my knees and one for under arm. I'm a stomach/side sleeper with medical issues so I need the two extra; we don't have useless pillows

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I confess to being lazy. Piling stuff up on the bed in the morning is too much work before I have coffee.

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Collette Moisan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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HelloKitty1015
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do you have a better suggestion for stopping your significant others snoring?

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RafCo (he/him)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have one pillow for me, and one for my wife. Why would I need more?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair, yes. Of course, the dogs do tend to steal them....and the cat has his own pillow...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolutely. And mine are all real pillows of varying hard and softness. I don't waste space with that decorative throw pillow c**p.

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Memere
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Amy Taylor
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This only occurs in the media and households with too much free time. When you're working two jobs, moving nonfunctional pillows to get in bed does not happen.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nah, no extraneous pillows. I don't want to spend time moving c**p around just to get into my bed at night.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group Apparently americans are rather fond of Pickles and Peanut Butter. Is that a fair assumption to make?

Edit: I meant either or not both at the same time. ☠️

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group Popcorn setting on their microwave!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group Something that is individually wrapped that doesn’t need to be individually wrapped

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Things That Are An Integral Part Of An American House, As Assumed By Non-Americans In This Online Group One of those giant containers of orange ball food.

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