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Even though both Europe and the USA belong to the Western World and agree on most fundamental democratic principles, they don't see eye-to-eye on everything. According to a recent study, Americans and Europeans often have different perspectives on the way of life - individualism, the role of government, free expression, religion, and morality.

However, Reddit user IBringTheGinger wanted to know how these differences manifest themselves in everyday life. So they created a post, asking Europeans to list the funny problems that are too American for them to understand. It immediately blew up, and, as of this article, has nearly 64K upvotes and 57,5K comments. Scroll down to read some of the most popular first world problems and let us know if you agree with them!

#1

Here is one I can't understand:

Strong violence on tv: No one bats an eye...

Nipple slip: Everybody loses their minds.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also everyone having guns is not a problem, but a girl daring to wear a sleeveless shirt to school when it's a super hot day? Everyone loses their minds

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"Since Reddit is US-centric, I've seen many posts and comments about problems that seemed typically American to me such as being broke because of student debt or postponing going to the doctor because you can't afford it. So I was curious to see if other Europeans like myself ever felt the same way or if they had heard about other 'American problems' that I didn't know about," IBringTheGinger told Bored Panda.

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Why doesn't the guy with the most votes just win the election?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know, it's not actually democracy if it doesn't work like this

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The amount of attention their post got really surprised IBringTheGinger. "From what I've seen on r/AskReddit, how many upvotes you get can be extremely random depending on the day and hour you post at and there's nothing you can do about it. I never managed to get past like 300 upvotes before. Almost 60k comments is just crazy."

Even though they knew a lot of the things that were mentioned in the replies such as problems in the healthcare system or excessive swearing-censoring on the TV, they made IBringTheGinger understand the different culture better. "I learned about others and seeing all those issues combined in one place really made me realize I'd never want to chase the American dream myself. Well, not if I wouldn't be hugely compensated for it at least, like a job offer or something. But I doubt that would ever happen anyway."

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#4

Why tipping is considered part of someone's paycheck.

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#5

You Americans eat like you've got free health care.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Have you seen the ridiculous large portions we get here? In most European countries that's considered a meal for at least a family of 4 at minimum!

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#6

Why the big amount of flat-earth and antivax people?? Is your education system not doing well??

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#8

21 Drinking age like whaaaat you can vote , go join the army , get married , have children and drive but you're too immature to drink ???!!???!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one I also don't understand. I'm not "a drunk" myself, but it's BECAUSE nobody was strict about it with me.

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#9

The idolization of politicians. They are public servants, similar to a courthouse clerk or a city hall coordinator. They are not rock stars. You don't need to scream their name, buy their merch, fully commit your life to them and believe everything they say. Just... treat them like public servants. Sure, they get power and position but hold them accountable when they abuse it. Don't let corporations and politicians take over, the political system is created by the people, FOR the people. It just... boggles the mind.

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#10

Not being able to afford to study

Not being able to afford to pay medical bills

Not being able to afford school lunch

Not being able to have schools without security guards

Not being able to drink water straight from the tap

Not being able to walk because you are morbidly obese

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#11

Their obsession with celebrities, media and “perfect” looks. How often do I read comments from Americans saying:”Bad European teeth“ while in reality they are totally healthy, just aren’t bleached.

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People going bankrupt for getting sick. Stupidly expensive "education". Gun control. No repercussion for police brutality.

Why are you paying taxes for?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's crazy that American police can straight up murder people based on their skin colour and there's no repercussions for it. In my country if the police uses a gun even once, even to just injure a suspect, there's massive investigation launched into whether that use of force was called for

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I'm too European to understand how swearing and curse words are such a big deal in movies and songs, but violence and guns are taken with a grain of salt

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That whole "right to bear arms" thing was written when it took 15 seconds to load one shot of round lead, haha. They didn't envision AR15's. They need to revisit those laws. Badly.

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#14

You have $4.50 in your pocket. The fancy drink is advertised at $3.99. Do you have enough money to buy it? Dunno!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You have to always calculate tax and tip like we're some kind of math geniuses or something!

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#15

The lack of maternity rights and maternity leave.

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#16

The American Dream. Basically every other developed county is living the ‘American Dream’ while Americans really just think they are, but if you describe the way their country works to someone it sounds like you’re describing a third world country.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And whenever to tell someone that there’s something wrong with how the USA does things, people do one or more of the following: A. Yell at you “if you don’t like it, then leave!” (mindless nationalism, not patriotism)... B.They refuse to believe it’s better anywhere else... C. They tell you that any place with a seemingly better system is still actually worse because it’s “socialism” (and they are fully convinced by obsolete and never correct Cold War propaganda to reject anything that has the scent of “USSR” on it, whether legit or not)... D. They go as far as comparing the USA to some third-world hellhole or theocracy just to make the USA seem better by comparison (sinking to that low a bar is really f*****g revealing!!!).

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#17

The confusing Imperial measurements system and US customary units.

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#18

I don't understand the concept of punching holes in the wall. If you tried that here in Ireland, you'd just break your hand.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same here, are American houses just made out of cardboard or what?

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#19

Double standards. E.g. being prude but having the largest porn industry in the world, praising religion but disregarding Christian values IRL.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many American Christians are so weird, yelling things like "Jesus hates f**s" when if they'd read the bible they would know Jesus never said anything about homosexuality

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#20

The fact that Americans refer to a 24h clock as “military time” you mean just regular time?

Also, suing culture. Got injured? Sue! Fell down some stairs? Sue! Fight with neighbour? Sue!

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#21

Paying for an ambulance. Seriously, like wtf?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We all pay for ambulances. The problem with the American healthcare system is how it's handled and the strange effect of liability beyond anyone's control on the prices

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#22

I will NEVER understand why you guys allow children to not be guaranteed free health care and dental care! Why aren't you up in arms over this, protesting in the streets? They're CHILDREN, why on earth would a rich country not guarantee free health care to all children?! I don't get it.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They won't even protect their children from getting shot dead. We had one school shooting in the UK and even gun owners were so sickened they supported the changes in the law. In the US children getting shot in the face is less horrifying than not being allowed to walk around showing off a gun.

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#23

Having to take out a second mortage because you twisted your ankle in the wrong state.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Flying to Europe and paying full private hospital fees would still be cheaper!

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#24

Not having taxes already put into the prices of items at stores

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Australia we do have goods and services tax. The item price shown on the shelf / advertising is exactly what you will pay.

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#25

Why Americans are so proud of being American and their obsession with military. Like what did they do other than being born American? What good does military do other than wasting money they could use for e.g. health care.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It took me a while to wrap my head around the fact that, if they say that the US is the best country in the world, it's not a joke! THEY ACTUALLY MEAN THAT!!! 😱

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think people are always proud of where they're from, regardless of whether their country really is all that great. I'm American, not proud of the military, nor healthcare. But I still can't imagine living anywhere else.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think that counts for Europeans the same as it does for Americans. We've had too much problems with nationalism (first world War, kolonisation, the second world War), so we've become more careful in general. Sure, we love our country, but most would never ever say that it's "the best". In fact, in Germany most wouldn't even dare to call themselves nationalist. Instead, we look over our borders and say stuff like: "yeah, we've got it pretty good, but we don't have the paternity leave Sweden does / the Spanish Costa / the Italian cuisine / etc." We nuance the hell out of it. (Until it's time for the world cup though, then we can go crazy)

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The worshipping of the armed forces goes beyond bizarre. Yes, these people take risks that the rest of us don't, and they sacrifice time with their families, but then so do fishermen out in the Baring Strait, it's not a unique situation and it is a choice. The idea of being expected to go up to everyone in uniform and continually abase yourself while intoning 'thank you for your service' is like brain washing.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well if u don’t have the military and there’s a war...we will technically die...right?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many Americans feel the same way! Not all of us are obsessed with the military, and are angry that so much money is spent on "defense" instead of health care, programs for poor people, education, helping the homeless, etc. etc.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I lived down there for a while and generally found the individuals are no prouder than anywhere else (I was in Massachusettes), but there are definitely some that are over the top. Keep in mind their media is quite the propaganda machine and their education system is also pretty inwardly focused, so some of them just don't know any better.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Excellent points Doug. Spot on about the… Well, everything! Especially the media being propaganda machine’s. Man that’s one of our biggest problems, affects all of society usually in a negative way unfortunately

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

99% of the people here who think the US is the best country have never been to another country, they are just xenophobic and racist AF

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have been to more countries than I have been in states. I see you left 1% to be able to support your argument but I find that you just generalized a lot of people which regarding your statement is quite ironic don't you think?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We are patriotic and love our country. What's so bad with loving your own country? I don't even think Western Europeans love their own countries!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still like the american way of life and the people are very friendly, so i got a green card, saw how broken many things were and revoked it to remain in germany, which is not perfect at all, but far better for the daily life of normal mid- and working class people. And in the end this more honest and important than an american dream far less then 1% can reach.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Moreover, America is the continent between Canada and Tierra de Fuego (Argentina), not only the US.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Johnny, whose butts did you save? if you mean the WW's forget it, the GI's were of little help. That is a big problem in the USA, the powers that be fill the residents heads with propaganda on how great they are when 80% is purely untrue, just how they see themselves not how they actually are. I think Megan Markle is a prime example.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They've been eating and drinking this propaganda since birth...

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think in the entire history of the U.S.they have not been at war for a maximum 40 years

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The maximum is only 4 years. The U.S.A. has been in a military conflict for almost all of its entire history.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Listen. This one doesn't apply to every American. Don't generalize please. Not everyone is MAGA Trump ok? Also, people in the Military volunteer to do it so that not all Americans are forced to do it at age 18. We no longer have mandatory drafts. We pay Military big bucks because they have a high rate of coming home seriously injured, dead or with some nasty PTSD. We thank, support & appreciate these people for literally putting thier lives on the line voluntarily so that we aren't forced to.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love you even if you hate me for being pro Trump. (Black BTW) In case people were about to spin up to call me racist ect.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only some, my friend, only some. The rest of us are not jingoistic.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Without that mentality, our military wouldn't be so powerful and we'd need to enact the draft again. No one wants that.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a left over from WWII and some are still riding that Victory wave out.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perhaps. Your view is kind of a stretch though. I’m thinking it’s more about the last 40 years. That fits a lot better, doesn’t it?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Your comment is ludicrous and shows your abject ignorance. Hardly worthy of even this response. Educate yourself, and do it quickly,.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Europe exist today because of the US military. Wait until the next problem and see who they call. The US is far from perfect but it is an amazing place and a gift to this crazy world

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Europe has been around far longer than the US. It's only Americans that think the world owes them.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Welp they carry out 70% of the work load answering to world interest conflict wile all your military's twiddle their thumbs. seek the NATO budget for evidence. Also we have the worlds top 3 Air forces by size. USAF,USN,USMC were kind of a big deal.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, I don’t know, maybe provide security against foreign aggression? Help to defend allied nations from the same? Health care is great, but unless that foreign nation who decides to annex where you live and subjugate the people decides that health care is something they value, it’s pretty helpful to have a national defense budget.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're living in a dream world if you believe that Europe's defense spending wouldn't DRASTICALLY increase if the United States closed all of their military bases there.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So true. We should remove all funding for other countries safety. We would save a great deal!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hell yea! maybe we could try this "free" health care Europe likes to rub in our faces so much while not speaking German!

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I'm proud of our military because my grandfather fought the Nazis in WWII. He was so proud of his service. His pictures, his stories were amazing. He helped with the opening of the D Day museum in New Orleans. I'm sorry if being proud of WWII vets is hard to understand.

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What good has the US military ever done for Europe? How about taking out Hitler and then protecting your a*s from Russia?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do you mean when the Soviet army stormed the Reichstag and defeated Germany? You are so American.

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Wow. This is soooo awful for so many reasons. Our military members are revered because they Chose to take an oath yonprotectvthecrestvof is snd the governing principles of our country - our freedoms— with Thur very life. And they do this at home and in far away places, away from their own families, to keep us safe. AND regardless of the problems any developing modern country experiences, we are still a nation of the brightest, most creative, most inventive, most humanitarian, bravest peoples in the world. So yea, we are proud of that.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What makes you think Americans are any Brighter, more inventive, brave, etc. than anywhere else in the world?

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Wow who does every country call when they get in trouble? Ghostbusters? No America and if you are a citizen and don't support our troops get out and don't let the door hit you on the way.

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who cares? I doubt you were in the troops back then, nothing for you to brag about. War is nothing to be proud of, slaughtering people is nothing to be proud of, whether you won or lost

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European here, why are all your houses made from cardboard if you have a problem with hurricanes? My country has no natural problems and our houses are made from reinforced cement.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well, if i recall it right, the idea is, that it is cheaper to rebuild your cardboard house after every event. The materials are a lot cheaper. but those events will happen more often so i think it is just plain stupid now!

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Not using the metric system. Counting in football fields/moon landings instead... I don't get it.

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Why do you guys wear shoes in the house??

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or put their feet with the shoes on, on the bed!! I mean, hygiene people!!

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While watching Chelsea vs Manchester United yesterday on NBCSN, during halftime there was a Good Rx commercial where the guy is asking a woman if she would like to fill her prescription, he pulled up the phone and showed her that the same pill can cost from $10 to $90 depending on the area. And that Good Rx can help her fill the prescription with the cheapest prices. Now someone please explain to me how in the ever-loving f**k is it possible for a drug to cost 10x more depending on your location !? Don't they have constant prices like in the rest of the civilized world !?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First off: What makes you think we have a civilized world here? The Civil war here is still going on in some people's mind albeit not physically. In answer to your question about the Rx pricing: Yes, it does depends where you live because we here live the good life of out of control predatory greed.

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Joining the army for college money and free healthcare. Also how religious they are

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The religion stuff has always bugged me. It annoys me how people dont see freedom from religion as part of our freedom to religion. Not to mention Christianity is everywhere

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Expensive required textbooks that you HAVE to buy to take a university class

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I did uni in Finland for five years, never had to buy a single textbook, my library provided all the textbooks for free

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How much do I tip? 10%? 15%? Do I tip everywhere? Why isn’t the tax included? Why does the tip vary? Why are the waiters so underpaid?
Also, why do you have to do your tax bill? You could literally go to prison but it’s like a guessing game from what I heard?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the Netherlands we do our annual taxes in an online app where most of the data is already entered. All you need to do is check, enter your deductibles and hit "Send" and you're done. But that isn't possible in the US because some greedy software companies managed to block the IRS from setting up a similar system as a free service.

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How strongly Americans feel about the flag. I saw a photographer get torn to pieces online because someone was standing on the tiniest bit of the flag and people went fuc**ng ape s*it. In the UK most people probably couldn’t spot if the Union Flag was round the wrong way.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also children having to pledge allegiance to the flag in school sounds like some North Korea s**t to me. The only time in my country we give a s**t about the flag in school is independence day and even then no one is forced to pledge allegiance to it or sing to it

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Nipples, or in general the hyper-sexualization of nudity.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love going to my local sauna. Everyone is naked. Boys and girls. You might see your boss or teacher naked. It's just completely normal, and I love it. But for my American friends, when I tell them, the first thing they ask is if people have sex orgies there or how I avoid getting a boner. 😖

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#36

Don't know if it's already mentioned but your delivery drivers just leaving packages outside your front door. I can't wrap my mind around this, how did this ever came acceptable?

Here you sign for deliveries. If you're not there they'll leave a note when they'll come again. If still not delivered you can pick it up yourself. Also if you didn't sign for delivery it's marked as not delivered.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is not an american problem, it happens as well in Europe..Trust me, I am working in the logistics business for over 30 years :-)

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Student debt. I pay €20/Semester tuition in Austria.

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Ole Peder Amrud Hagen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We do have student loans in Norway, too, but that's to pay for food and rent. The interest rates are low, however, and I've never heard of anyone not being able to pay it back.

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#38

Many people do not vote because they cannot get time off work to do so.

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Anne
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have voting leave! (not so useful anymore, but used to be voting was 8-6 so if you worked, you couldn't make it, so you get to come late/leave early so you can vote - now voting is 6-22 most places so no need anymore)

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#39

Why people censor swears that are totally obvious

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know who censoring is supposed to be for, especially in written the text. It doesn't matter whether I write f**k or f*ck, children aren't stupid, they know what the word actually is

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#40

30 degrees fahrenheit

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They say "it's like 70 degrees outside" and I never understand if it's cold or hot!

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