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Tourists tend to stand out, gawking at sights that are commonplace for locals, getting confused by public transportation, and pointing at things a lot. An annoyance or economic opportunity, you be the judge, but one constant is that American tourists stand head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to baffling actions and requests.

So one TikToker gathers all the stories her viewer's share of bizarre encounters with American tourists who often do not understand that being in a foreign country means things are done differently. Prepare to laugh and roll your eyes as you scroll through and be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your own experiences below. 

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Karri Berkowitz
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a Haitian friend that gets corrected all the time cuz people don't understand why she doesn't go by "African American".

David
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some people love to be PC police. I have black friends (here in America) who refer to themselves as black. I'll do my best to refer to people however they like but in person I've never heard anyone refer to themselves as "African American" or "Caucasian". They say black and white. It seems to be limited mainly to check boxes on some forms and people speaking publicly (news reporters, politicians) who are worried they will be judged for saying it wrong.

Julie Snelling
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Obviously no other country uses the term African American but also no other country uses the term Caucasian that seems to be just an American thing.

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Shyla Bouche
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How about just my friend? Fur color doesn't matter to cats.

BC
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m not a big fan of the current trend to bash the seppos (septic tank-> yank, Aussie WWII slang), but this one is quite fun. It reminds me of when Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy was asked by a journalist what it was like being black and Irish. He responded, “I feel like a Guinness”. Awesome.

over it already
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Funny. I am all about bashing Americans as I am one myself, but I want to make sure I understood you. Seppos (referring to septics tanks) is a slang term for Americans? If so, that's gold & I'm going to use it bc no one here would understand it.

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Elio
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm American and that's weird. It's ok here to refer to people as black or white. African-American is fine too, but obviously wouldn't apply to a black person who isn't an American.

Jp@nda
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No... You can't be American and educated/s

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OhnoI’vebeencensored
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Irish-African-American then, if you insist.

Joroches
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not all Africans are black, Elon Musk for example, so the term African American as interchangeable for black is just inaccurate.

Mmmm
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i know that nobody asked but my english teacher met elon musks dad before elon was rich and famous. she’s from south africa.

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David Hopkins
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I refuse to use the term "African-American." Africa is neither a country nor a culture and is made up of several races, cultures, etc. African-American tells me nothing.

DJR
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It also assumes someone's citizenship.

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    Kazza
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm going to start barking at people

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    Donna Peluda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once was riding my bike down from Madrid to Málaga. I stop to suit up cos it was getting chilly. As I getting dressed up a bus of Japanese pull up. The guid came over a ask me if I minded if they took a photo. I agreed and next thing about 50 Nikon's were clicking away. Still makes me laugh every time I stop there. There's a Japanese family showing the photos of there holiday to Spain and me proudly standing by my BMW. I'm not even Spanish.

    Xenon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would complain to the bus service for stopping outside your house!

    Jp@nda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be the most effective thing to do, but it's easier to get mad at the people who think what they were doing is okay to do. Ya know, or put up a no trespassing sign, throw eggs, instead of just letting busloads of people wreck your s**t

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    L. Murphy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm American and I am ashamed at how many of them behave as if every inch of their surroundings are their personal playground and trespass.

    over it already
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they (obligatory I'm also American) do it so LOUDLY! Years ago I was in London and you could identify Americans by volume and their insistence to take up space without yielding no matter what well before you could actually hear & distinguish the accent. It's embarrassing.

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    BC
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad used to do this when people came onto our farm! (Announced or unannounced, it didn’t matter to Dad…)

    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do you have a 'big stack of turf'? Why do they want it?

    Verena
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At a certain point in history (on some islands and remote areas well into the 60s) it was the only means to have a fire going on for heating and cooking. Turf is a pre-stage to coal, after some million years (?) it will turn to coal.

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    PupperPanda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm going to start barking at people when my dogs start barking. Let's see how they like it.

    similarly
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a person who has lived in Japan for 25 years, I have an easier time believing that Evie has confused Japanese people with people from another culture and country than believing that Japanese people went into someone's private property and touched something. Japanese people, in my experience, tend to be very conservative about other people's space, property and belongings. I've seen people in Japan walk past money lying on the ground because it isn't theirs and the owner might come back for it.

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    Karen Clark
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg! Did you see any of my relatives? 😄 I'm Danish American.

    Richard Salisbury
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sweden and Denmark are different countries entirely. Congratulations, you just 'Muricaned.

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    Elizabeth Elliot
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "No, they've completely cracked down on our pillaging!"

    Jp@nda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about the r**ing? That's still cool though right?! Lol

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    Panda Kicki
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had it been a Sami village the question had been most relevant. The swedish governments treatment of Sami people is shameful.

    Mike Y
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If not, we invade England.

    Mr. Toast
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You need to mess with people like this. Say appearing very genuinely the Swedes invaded around the 17th century, set about the systematic genocide of the indigenous Vikings, killing off their main food source the reindeer and forcing any surviving Vikings into Viking villages where they were exploited by the Swedish Government agencies.

    VikingAbroad
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, aren't that how the Sami was treated?

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    Dominique Somers
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    American tourist visited the old city of Bruges in Belgium. Asked what time it closed. Thought it was a theme park.

    VikingAbroad
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But are you treating yourself well back in the homecountry?

    Turanga Leela
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lemme guess, you're a born and bred American who got some Scandinavian % on a DNA test and now introduces themselves as "Swedish"?

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    Sonja
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah because everyone knows about the great invasion of people into the lands of the Vikings, limiting them to some reservations and taking over /s

    tmw
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    pardon my ignorance, looking for a real answer, didn't the swedish gov't do that to the saami?

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    At the root of many of these bizarre encounters is the deep-seated belief in American exceptionalism. Whether directly or indirectly, many Americans do think their nation is different, set apart and this, over time, leads to a stunning degree of ignorance about the outside world. In some ways, they are right, the United States is a very, very unique place and one worth visiting for anyone who hasn’t been. 

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    The idea that America is an exception, ironically, is not American in origin. In fact, it was the French aristocrat, diplomat, and political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville who first called it an “exceptional” place. The United States is very big, after all, encompassing multiple biomes, cultures, and religions, how could it not be special? 

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    Pandaroo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh, its illegal to print your own money now? welp, looks like imma gonna have to go hide the evidence now...

    MontanaMariner
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our money makes no sense compared to most of the world. Bills are all green, and coin value isn't relevant to size. Silly.

    tabithapaquette98
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh man. I'm an American and all of these are making me ashamed of my country! Freaking idiots?

    over it already
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Welcome to the club, friend. If we manage to get enough members, maybe we can turn this around. Side note : I am NOT optimistic about this happening.

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    Garry Cowan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair we get that a lot with Scottish bank notes when we try to use them in England so it's not just an American thing

    Meredith Gossland
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now I understand Why so many Americans voted for Trump.

    Jeremy James
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He literally said, "I love the poorly educated!" back in 2016.

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    CrystalM Albert
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a Plains Cree citizen residing in Treaty #6 Territory I hope there’s a basic understanding of the underlying Oates with this entire article!!!

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is what we've been telling our so-called 'Australian government', but do they take a bit of notice?

    William Hamilton
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *whistling* - quietly closing the door to the printing room.

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    Kiki’sNotLookingBack
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you failed geography and it shows:

    Nea
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet you mansplain to a woman.

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    D. Pitbull
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The biggest unfairness in the world... is that it's **THESE** people who are making enough money to fly to another country for vacation.

    Alycia
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg we are embarrassing

    ShyWahine
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am embarrassed.... my sincere apologies for his ignorance and arrogance on telling you how to pronounce your own country 😧

    jiajun xiao
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This guy went on to watch Three Colours White and left a 1 star review complaining that characters did not speak American /s

    Temporary Dork
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like when I said I'm Dutch and an American insisted I meant German. "You're Deutsch" - No, I'm not.

    ibyishimo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to uni in England, and when I said I came from Iowa, they said that here, they pronounced it "Ohio." Ignorance is everywhere. And we really can't expect everyone to know everything.

    Ashley Greer
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He failed Social Studies and Geography.

    Thomas Dickson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Pronounced' is spelled wrong so maybe he was on to something...

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    David Wambold
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take the Police Box with the blinky light on the top to 1888.

    Michael P (Perthaussieguy)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I won't go to America because of all the guns and morons. They don't mix and it shows :(

    OwenHasADHD
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree with Pickles, American stereotypes are wayyy exaggerated. It’s a couple loud idiots to a thousand sane, rational, hardworking Americans.

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    never snarky
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being a big Sherlock Holmes fan, I love this!

    Mistiekim
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m going to London in September and am terrified of what stupid things I will do there as an American. My only hope is to offend as few people as possible.

    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of the people you see won't be Londoners

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    Chuck Freiman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You'd think that Jack was too old now to do any murdering 🤦🏻

    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell her Jack is a zombie these days so he moves kind of slow / easy to get away from.

    Zoe Stanley
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then she'll just be afraid of Moriarty

    suptho
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nobody wants to get stabbed with a rusty knife.

    Tobias Reaper
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well considering he killed prostitutes and the friend is worried about him guess we know their job then

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    And in many other ways, the US is an outlier, a republic founded in an age of monarchies, not an economic giant, and probably the largest melting pot of cultures, music, food, and style in the world. A person could travel around the United States and its territories and have a good variety of holidays, from nature excursions to world-class museums and a wonderful selection of food. Indeed, many Americans never even leave the country, let alone their home state. 

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    MontanaMariner
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    UK tourists in America doing this would have been shot. Very different worlds.

    Jessiebean
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Shoot First, Ask Questions After.” US motto 😁😁

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    Gay Waffle
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is terrifying! Imagine finding some strangers just chillin' in your house D:

    Alecto76
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where are these "Americans" from. Maybe I'm in the wrong state or social circles, but I don't know anyone this stupid.

    over it already
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cool. You're smart enough to not attract idiots! Edit: sounded sarcastic but wasn't meant that way

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    Mabelbabel
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister lives in a listed cottage in a tiny village in the Yorkshire Dales (listed means it's considered historically important and she's not allowed to make any structural changes like changing window frames or doors without permission and any changes have to be done using traditional techniques and materials). Anyway, it's a very pretty cottage, but its also her full time home. During the summer months, she is absolutely plagued by tourists. They take photos and try and look in her windows, some just walk on in, thinking its some sort of museum. She has notices up about it being private property, trespassers will be prosecuted etc, but these are just ignored. She got the local village association to put a notice on their website, saying that the village welcomes tourists, but they must be respectful of private homes and property, but that hasn't helped. She's now at the stage where she keeps the gate padlocked, the door locked and curtains drawn all day.

    over it already
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell her to try a motion-sensor lawn sprinkler or two. And to please video the results and upload to the internet. 😁

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    Marzipanda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's hospitality for you. See if I ever squat here again 😆

    Al Joy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mmmm, no. First, we are coffee drinker. Second, we are "Karens" and would have demanded to speak with the manager.

    tabithapaquette98
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wtf? How stupid are people? I really hope she starts locking up.

    Tee Rat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did she at least give them food poisoning before kicking them out.

    rullyman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have this fear in Japan. In some of the traditional buildings in places like Kyoto businesses aren't super obvious if you don't know the signs to look for. So I err on the side of caution!

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    MontanaMariner
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Geographically, yes. Like I live in Montana, basically Canada.

    Remi (He/Him)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm from Finland. If someone said to me it's basically Russia I don't know how well I might be able to hold back punching the person. If someone claimed we're basically Sweden, that I would think to be humorous.

    L hill
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They mustve been one of those far right republicans that support russia's invasion. Yes. They do exist.

    Sonja
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, sadly they're not just limited to one country either. It could indeed be a political statement trying to legitimate the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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    Pride Bean️‍
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's kind of messed up though. Ukraine and Russia are separate countries with separate cultures and separate languages.

    Виталий Конкин
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True, but a good part of Ukraine, including the city I spent most of my life in, speaks Russian. And though cultures and languages are different, there's a lot in common.

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    LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m embarrassed but trying hard not to be typical USA. I work with a doctor from Russia, a doc from Ukraine, one from Romania and one from Croatia. And I’ve mixed up their countries more than once. Kicking myself when I made that mistake and do it less every year. So…progress?

    mooshoflove
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This irritates me as well .. my family is from Ukraine and I hated it when people would introduce me as their, "Russian friend," when we first immigrated. Real friends know the difference.

    Spanish Cat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm ukrainian and i hate people who say this

    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not even from Ukraine and this s**t pisses me off. Ukraine is Ukraine and Russia is Russia. I've come across people who've "corrected" me when trying to explain it's not the same countries. Their argument is "Ukraine is not a real country. It didn't exist before USSR. The culture and language are the same." NO. STOP. All WRONG. In Canada there was a politician who got reamed out by the public for calling Ukrainians "Little Russians". *Patoowie*

    Sue User
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had a friend who was from the Czech Republic. Was stopped by a New Jersey trooper ( police). Trooper did recognise the country name ( tthey had just split from being Czechoslovachia) and asked my friend if he was a Russian spy because of his accent.

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    TheMagicOfBeingMia
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Say it with me everyone, JESUS👏WAS👏FROM👏THE👏MIDDLE👏EAST👏

    Natty Tempest
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No wonder they nailed him to a tree. Only white guy out there, speaking about this religion that didn't exist yet to all them Jews. Heck, y'all tell me he didn't own a gun next!

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    Marzipanda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Get real and learn Aramaic, hippie!

    MontanaMariner
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The dumbest irony and contradiction in America is Jesus. Most Americans hate every other refugee/immigrant from the Middle East.

    ninjaTrashPandaBoom
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, not most...it's only the dumb ones....dang, yeah, you're right /s (I'm American)

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    Frances Pitchounetta
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, everyone knows what Jesus said when he arrived near his apostles and disciples at the last supper: "Howdy!" (Matthieu 22 : 37-40)

    Severus S
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He would have spokenm Aramaic/Hebrew

    L hill
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Blonde hair blue eyed jesus.

    David Paterson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a joke, man. You don't like jokes about Jesus? Perhaps it's too soon after his death.

    Richard Salisbury
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The pope might be french but Jesus is English!" Best. Line. Ever.

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    The result could be a sort of “Americentrism,” which might be the driving factor behind many of these encounters. For example, the style of English writing more often than not now reflects how Americans might do it, leaving British English behind. Why wouldn’t things abroad be like “back home,” if everyone understands your English? This is deeply incorrect, but some people can be forgiven for thinking this way. 

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    foxgirl158
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Genuine question from a super naive American teen here, what are people of color called in other countries? In America we use African American, Chinese American, and so on and so forth. I'm so sorry if this is offensive to anyone and I am not trying to be rude or racist, I just dont know and am genuinely curious

    Iva Markovska
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    European here. We call them by their names! Steve, Maria, etc. We don't have the need or society expectation to define someone based on their race or where their ancestors came frim. That's a thing in the US, but not here. I don't have in my passport or government ID a field that says "Caucasian" and I don't see a beed for that.

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    Soton_Sherpa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should native Americans be referred to as American Americans? 🤔

    Fish Fingers
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, but I firmly believe that anyone who isn't Native should officially be referred to as a Non-Native American. Because half the country would explode and it would be marvelous to see the mental gymnastics as they try to argue the point!

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    Alexander Arizmendi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🙄 with this “we don’t have labels here” nonsense. If a white dude snagged a purse and took off down the street, you’re not going to tell the cops “it was a Steve-ish looking fellow in a red shirt.”

    Historyharlot93
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As an American, the term was hammered into us in school. If you refer to someone as black, you’re a racist pig, and there will be consequences. Im not sure what, but there it is. To this day I can’t say “a black person” but automatically say “African American”. I was talking with a medical student about a mission she went to in AFRICA!! I asked her how the health of her African American patients were compared to white ones. Now it POC-people of color, so Im not sure what to call anyone anymore. I don’t want to show up on YouTube or Reddit as “Racist Karen describes me as black at restaurant when asked which lady the coffee goes to” or something like that. Or have these comments show up there as “Racist Karen complains about using the term ‘African American’.

    TomasL
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This term, “ African Americans “, was coined by black Americans and the news media and those that thought they were being p.c. latched onto it. It is mostly not used in the U.S. any longer, but ‘black’.

    Heather Menard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm an American and I think this is strange also

    Henrietta Dotson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a "hillbilly" from USA/Ky... therefore considered too stupid to comment much. Black, Asian, Latino, Brit, Ossie, whatever... you're all just people to me. Oh, nice to know that the rest of the earth's people mostly consider American's as "hillbillies", basically. Much love to you all but... I think I'll just stay at home.

    Rali Meyer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Check "Coloureds" on wikipedia

    Pam Page
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the USA, our government/media strives for division. That's why we are "required" to refer to our neighbors with such terms as "African-American" when they are just plain ole Americans.

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    L hill
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I talk more gooder than you.

    PandaGoPanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With a group of Japanese friends in England, I spoke to the waiter about a few requests and one of my friends complimented my English and asked how I got so fluent. Admittedly we usually talk together in Japanese, but ... because I'm English maybe? It did give everyone a laugh though.

    tmw
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ha. when I was in teacher's college in canada and people would ask me what I wanted to teach I would say "I want to go to Australia and teach English as a second language" and very few people would catch on that English is the official lang of AUS. Would they just assume that AUS spoke another lang?

    Petra Schaap
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    im Dutch. My mom was told in South Africa that she has a funny accent.

    Hiro Lee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get told my English is very good, hardly any accent. Considering it's the only language I speak and I've been in the US my entire life, with only English speaking parents, I'm quite proud of my mastery of the language. Yes, I am Asian.

    Costa Villaras
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    B. Shaw: "At some point in time it was decided that English be the language of the Americas; nobody knows why that decision was never carried out."

    Ivana Bašić
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    - Your English is so good! - Thanks, I used to teach. - Oh, you mean learn? - No.

    Philly Bobcat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I talks in American because it costs cheaper...

    Katie Lutesinger
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm Australian and once had a Canadian ask me if I could "turn my accent off". Um, what?

    sylvantic
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unrelated but Australian actors appear to be uncannily good at accents. British actors doing American accents often have tells. American actors can’t do British accents perfectly either. Australian actors can do both perfectly in my and my mother’s experience. Hugh Jackman sounds like a Brit in Les Miserables. He sounds like an American in Greatesr Showman. How is he doing this? Magic? I can’t even do the accent of someone from other regions of the US…

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    Dingooo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bilingual? Is it the same as gay?

    OhnoI’vebeencensored
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, they’ve got two tongues (you don’t want to know what they do with them)

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    Marzipanda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How do you say "non sequitur" in Bilingualese?

    Duolingobird
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once I was speaking chinese o my mom (half my family is from China so I speak Chinese) and someone (forgot who I think some kid I know) asked “were you speaking Spanish?”

    सूफ़ीया ज़मीर
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm Pakistani but I'm confused a lot for being Hispanic. For kicks, I decided to learn Spanish, so I'm fluent in Spanish as well. Some Karen overheard me talking to someone in Spanish and started ranting about bl00dy Mexicans. I said, who? Me? I'm Asian. Still relish the brief look of her utter confusion on her face before she launched into a rant about how I couldnt be Asian.

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    sylvantic
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Learning Spanish as a second language. I like it more than English. I would not complain if it took over, assuming my Spanish is good enough by then for me to understand the world around me.

    Anxious&Bored Bear
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm trying to learn, but my hearing isn't as good as it used to be. But I can speak (with an accent and grammatical errors) some simple sentences.

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    similarly
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My favorite joke on this was from comedian Paul Rodriguez, who joked that he was in an elevator when a bunch of Chinese businessmen got in and started speaking to each other in Chinese "And you know they were talking about ME!" And finally, he can't stand it anymore and turns around and yells "Hey! Stop! This is America! Speak Spanish!"

    Gustav Gallifrey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Australia. Someone commented that my work colleague's English was not very good (she was from Vietnam). I explained that she had a lot to remember, what with her being able to speak Vietnamese, English, French, and Chinese.

    TMoxraaar
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am so done with those people. English is NOT American. There is ONE American language - ASL. These pitiful excuses for "patriots" seem to forget that. And as far as this anger at other languages, let me interpret that for you "I am really insecure that I'm too impatient and xenophobic to learn a second language. I am also afraid you are talking s**t about me because that's what I'd do to you."

    M.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lmao we don't have an official language.

    Mmmm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    in their defense they must be stupid

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    Despite the old phrase that “when in Rome, do as the Romans do,” certain tourists prefer to do things their way. Now, in their defense, the Americans in question may not actually know how the Romans do things. Living in a place and visiting a historic center while staying in a hotel is so vastly different that one could be forgiven for missing many of the intricacies. Similarly, unless one is from a more multilingual area, it’s easy to forget that there are lots of languages out there. 

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    Morag Connor
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't you just mean their bloody stupid

    Erik Ivan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Easy, just accept US dollars as payment. Then claim the exchange rate is 10 dollars to the pound.

    Majungasaurus
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My last bar ONLY took US cash at par, because of the inconvenience. Our dollar was much less than the US at the time, but Americans were used to not bothering to exchange their money to our local currency, for some reason. Lots of businesses in southern Canada will take USD, but it’s extra work for us and was starting to be really annoying so my boss finally said screw it. Loved the look on their faces whenever I told them their $30 CAD meal was going to cost them $30 USD (like $40 CAD at the time - free money for me! My boss always let us keep the difference as a tip because he was cool) It’s the little petty wins that keep me going haha

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    Zoe Stanley
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I swear we don't all suck this much ...

    Roan The Demon Kitty
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, if they give you $5 instead of £5 ... well, the answer would be "you owe me another few dollars" because $5 is only about £3.50 iirc.

    Adrian
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm from England and worked in Silicon Valley. A coworker was going to England for the first time and asked for some tips. I suggested that she get some GBP before leaving so she'd have some cash when she got off the plane for a taxi or a coffee or whatever and she looked blanky at me and said, "They don't take dollars?"

    David
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    tell them because you are not a third world country. Most third world countries I have been to love to get their hands on US dollars. Not all, but it's a lot more common. But go to Japan, Australia, Italy etc and they know their own money is worth something so they would prefer you don't complicate things.

    L. Murphy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would love to travel outside America and it enrages me that such stupid, rude, classless people have this much money to trek around disrespecting other countries and cultures.

    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, Edinburg, Texas accepts greenbacks, so why not ye, lassie? FLASHES WAD OF REAL MONEY IN DOLLY'S FACE (good for free escort service to outside of city center) 😆🤑

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    RavenTheCat
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Im American and i don't Join, i refuse to elaborate further to avoid being down voted for my opinion though . Edit: okay wow I did not expect your support like that o.o so the truth is i had a history teacher tell me the pledge is patriotic brainwash. Personally, and this is me personally i agreed 100%. Another reason i stopped, and ive heard they changed it but can't confirm. I am not Christian, im more a spiritualist and when id hear "one nation under god" it honestly insulted me. Not just to myself but to other religions out there. If we are a land of free belief thats not a good way to imply it in my opinion. Okay rants done thank you so much again i read so many of your comments ^^

    PlatinumTheCat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are certain things about the pledge that make me refuse to say it

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    Alecto76
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its been a long time since I was asked to say the Pledge. But I would refuse. I staunchly believe in the separation of church and state, so no to the religious elements. And until there is fairness, justice and absolute equality, its all a meaningless charade. Give me secular equality for all (all without exception), then sure, I'll pledge. Once and again Americans, vote in our interests.

    Brainmas
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Disney does a flag ceremony? I've never seen that, fricken weird.

    Karri Berkowitz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Disney pass member here, I have never seen nor heard of this happening at Disney (in Florida).

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    MontanaMariner
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of the tenants of the pledge of allegiance are completely lost on most Americans, along with it's national anthem. I only stand for it at sporting events to honor the servicemen/women that gave me the right to sit or stand, and to avoid confrontation.

    XenoMurph
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did killing kids thousands of miles away give you any rights? *tenets

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    The Jokester (she/her)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh you mean we still do that cult s**t, even outside of school? So they do it at school, and then Disneyland, both places where children frequent. Definitely some brainwashing s**t going on, and someone gets yelled at whenever they refuse? Damnnnnn

    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No soup or liberty or justice for you!

    MontanaMariner
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This feels wrong to say, but the only good Nazi is the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld.

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    never snarky
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, you should show respect by not talking during it, but you certainly don't have to join in.

    Beck
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do not talk during it because I am not rude, not out of respect of the flag. I am with the kneelers as well.

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    Delta Dawn
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Kenya they will arrest you if you don’t stand for the national anthem, regardless of where you are from. That’s different from a pledge of allegiance, of course.

    J R
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG! This drives me crazy. It is truly disturbing how enraged people get if you do not say the Pledge. In American schools, kids need to say it every single day. When I was a teen, I went through a period where I didn't want to; you would have thought I had declared I was a spy for another nation. Kids and teachers alike looked at it as if it was treason. Most Americans truly don't understand how indoctrinated they are and how cult-like it is to make kids pledge alleigance every single day.

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    Kiki’sNotLookingBack
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How rude of you! Leprechauns are offended.

    David Paterson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The Leprechaun and Fairy Cavern is located in a folklore park on the shores of Carlingford Lough, County Louth. The experience begins with a fully seated introduction to the story, followed by a visit to the Leprechaun and Fairy Cavern below the earth."

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    David
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    kudos for honest answer. seems like it may have been tempting to send them on a goose chase.

    Sabs
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should have folder her to follow the rainbow…

    David Wambold
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a tour leaving in about 15 minutes from the bus station. If you hurry you can catch it.

    Mike Fitzpatrick
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Between the Easter Bunny's house and Santa's castle, of course!

    Con O Cuinn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In fairness, there is a leprechaun museum designed specifically to con yanks out of their money

    Alecto76
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What do all these idiots do for a living that they can run around Europe acting like this? I'm decently intelligent, have a good job, and have only been able to afford to go overseas twice in my 46 years. is there and idiot pass I'm missing? Edit: And I'm saying "Europe" because given the cost of getting over there, we gotta hit more than 1 country.

    over it already
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This! My sentiment exactly (except you got me by 2 yrs, but...)

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    Thomas Dickson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would have made something up for sure.

    Philly Bobcat
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After a few Jameson's you'll see them. And they'll be in assorted colors too! The number C being the best!

    ThatRandomGuy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm half irish and half American: if I had a dollar for every potato, leprechaun, or other joke made towards me, I would be richer than Elon musk

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    Americentrism has all sorts of other “fun” effects, like US ad texts using terms like “everywhere” when just referring to the United States, or Americans using US name brands to refer to objects like calling a hot tub a Jacuzzi (which is a brand, not a generic name,) or chapstick, kleenex, and popsicles. This is more a result of a lack of alternatives and the ubiquity of marketing in US life than “ignorance.” 

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    Karen Clark
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahahaha! Well that's just rude! They should know better.....we ask the sheep politely to please cough it up when it is properly cooked, of course.

    OhnoI’vebeencensored
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn’t the traditional answer to American tourists that the haggis is a small animal native to Scotland often seen waddling around the glens and grazing by the lochs?

    Joey Marlin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are two different kinds of haggis, one with a longer set of legs on the left side which can only run clockwise and the other type with a longer set of right legs which run anti-clockwise. Wild haggis have longer legs on one side of their body so they can easily run around the hills.

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    Spittnimage
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could've been a joke, but you were hell bent on thinking they were stupid.

    Trophy Husband
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, now I'm thinking of a pot made out of a sheep's stomach in which you boil water and then put pasta in...

    Historyharlot93
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That sounds like a dad joke. I could see my husband saying it.

    Garry Cowan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's be honest here I'm 100% Scottish and I'd rather dive head first into boiling oil than eat haggis...sorry not sorry

    BC
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is when you weep for humanity…

    David
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must have been a PETA tourist

    Gay Waffle
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is very stupid but also kind of wholesome.

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    Board Pan, duh.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

    Emotional Support Velociraptor
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can we all just pause for a minute and appreciate this amazing username?

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    Sonja
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, American pizza is quite different from Italian pizza. But that's no excuse for believing that the dish originated in America

    WindySwede
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same in Sweden, we put alot of good stuff on pizzas, which would be rejected by most Italians!

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    Mr. Toast
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Having watched a few documentaries about pizza there is blurred line here. Yes pizza is Italian but you do get American Pizza. And who put cheese on first. Bit like curry because not just Indian. The big difference is British Indian Restaurant Curry which is nothing like Indian Curry but curry for English people. Supposedly at one stage a big export to India was Tikka Masala sauce as did not exist in India. It originates in England supposedly when an Indian chef added tomato soup to a curry as an English customer wanted "gravy" in his curry.

    Jrog
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cheese on pizza is documented by Alexandre Dumas Pere (author of the Count of Montecristo), in the book "Il Corricolo" when he visited Naples in early 1800s and wrote about the common pizza styles: "Pizza is a mixed dish: Pizza is with oil, with speck [a kind of cured ham], with lardons, with cheese, with tomato, with fish or minnows; Pizza reflects the going of the market, price going up or down depending on the price of those ingredients, according to abundance or scarcity. [...] Pizza is a winter food, on 1st of May it gives way to the watermelon. The seller does not change, only the merchandise does." All of this predates the first pizza ever baked in the USA by at least six decades.

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    Pandaroo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I cant facepalm hard enough, so i'm going to go to the shad and do it with the hammer

    Frances Pitchounetta
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where was he the day of the distribution of brains?!?

    Laura Tasciato
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate to say this, but isn't the origin of pizza kind of an argument? Some say Naples, some China, some Egypt? Granted, none of these places is the US.

    Mr.Li
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are living in america, america, america is wunderbar.....

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    MontanaMariner
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact: that tsunami changed the fish stick and fishing industry for years and years. Cheap, processed fish products used a whiting called Hake. It was largely caught between Australia and Indonesia, Phillipines, etc. until thousands of people were washed out to sea no one wanted to eat fish that fed on humans. I was a commercial fisherman in Alaska at the time. Pollock prices went through the roof. I also made a ton of money off the Japanese tsunami that destroyed their black cod fishery.

    Remi (He/Him)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our (Finland) fish sticks have always been arctic fish, but I didn't know that the price jump back then came from that. Btw. The current Finnish president barely survived the tsunami. He was in Thailand at the time and ended up hanging on to a palm tree that was occasionally submerged. Also a family friend probably became fish food, he's remains were never found.

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    Pandaroo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes facepalma just aren't enough. Im gonna have to facehammer at this rate

    Erik Ivan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents-in-laws were supposed to be in the worst affected area in Thailand when the tsunami hit. They had not told anybody here at home that they didn't like the hotell and had jumped on a train inland just before the wall of water hit the place.

    never snarky
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, geography isn't relevant. So, stop teaching it. Oh, I guess they did stop.

    MontanaMariner
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again, not at all surprised my the amount of ignorance, arrogance, and panty twisting there is in this comment section. Y'all are f@cking ridiculous!

    Robert T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not half as much trouble as the Netherlands.

    Upil
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Regardless of the low mark on that friends geography, at least she genuinely care for op.

    Pam Page
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We were in Italy when Katrina hit New Orleans. MANY kind-hearted Italians asked me if our house was safe. I live in Florida.

    cryssH
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The schools ought to at least teach kids how to Google.

    TotallyNOTaFox
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The timeshift it caused really messed up my sleep schedule! (Days are around 0.2 milliseconds longer since that earthquake)

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    However, in the age of the internet and global media, it’s hard to excuse this level of ignorance. First and foremost, one can just Google anything, or if they have some more time, ask the internet through the multiple dedicated forums out there. The travel subreddit, r/Travel, is quite popular for this very reason. Similarly, “silly American tourists,” is such a popular subgenre of internet content that one would think they could learn something from it. 

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    Alecto76
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, I'm an American. I just don't understand what if the people of a country or city etc... says the name is X why in other languages is it Y. For example, why would certain people call their country Deutschland, but I'm told its "Germany." If you are telling me your country is called Italia, that is what I should be saying, regardless of what my own language is. I don't understand this.

    Majungasaurus
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely agree! Why am I calling it Japan if it’s Nippon? Etc

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    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And don't get me started with 'Venezia" when you really mean "Venice"! 🤪

    rullyman
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me in Vienna: what is this Wien I keep seeing?

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    StumblingThroughLife
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Worcestershire and Leicestershire (Lestershuh - how I say it in the West Midlands) are my favourites re: mispronunciations o/s of UK, which is understandable. Here's a few more. mispronoun...0b6799.jpg mispronounced-names-648d7fb0b6799.jpg

    pico diablo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Torquay ... Ta-key (learned from Faulty Towers)

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    any rei
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or why we say Deutschland and not Germany...

    Yili Lai
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg Firenze is just so much sexier

    Roborowski
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are wrong, Firenze is a centaur! 😉

    ShyWahine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why would you question and correct how someone calls/pronounces their OWN hometown/city?

    Paddling Panda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like Munich is München, The Hague is den Haag, etc...

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    Phoenix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do evolution a favor and tell them they are on a vegan diet so it's safe to pet them.

    Remi (He/Him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let the morons run wild and let Darwin sort out the resulting mess

    Nay Wilson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Felines can’t be vegan. They’re obligate carnivores

    sbj
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should have thrown them to the lions

    L. Murphy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I very much hate vegans who think their dogs and cats can survive on tofu.

    Daniel Heys
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The amount of stuff people think about south africa is crazy. Like yes i have water. There might have been a drought a few years ago but i still have water. Also no I didn’t live in a dirt hut.

    D. Pitbull
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should have said "They are... they only eat the vegan tourists."

    Ashley Greer
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s when you explain that usually you all let them out to feed on tourists for population control but due to the birth decline your lawyers advised you to stop that.

    Kat Hoth
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because they are obligate carnivores?

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    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOLOLOL I am guessing someone told this person how when you are south of the equator you see different stars. then they ran with that and decided it must also include a different moon.

    Donna Peluda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You should have said yes and the Americans haven't been to this one yet either.

    any rei
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This hurts so much. Like how do they think the solar system works? Every kindergarten kid knows that

    Rae Ramirez
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn’t it upside down in the southern hemisphere? Compared to what it looks like in the northern hemisphere?

    John Bell
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes because it orbits the equator so in the south you are looking north at the moon. You are upside down compared to someone north of the equator.

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    pico diablo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Although ... If a crescent moon (with its 'horns' pointing LEFT) is seen rising in the EAST in the Northern Hemisphere ... QUESTIONS ... (1) Will its 'horns' still point to the left in the southern hemisphere/South Africa (2) will it rise in the east or the west? ... so ... is it the "same" moon?

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, but the constellations will be different. Will that do?

    ShyWahine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, is it? Asking for a friend....

    L. Murphy
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our schools really have gone to s**t if this person made it through grade school and did not understand moon basics. For starters, Earth has one and only one so far.

    Duolingobird
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ….HOW MANY MOONS DO YOU THINK EARTH HAS

    Mmmm
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    one for each country ofc 🙄 obviously kidding

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    Phoenix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should've asked them what it was like to live in a country with no brains. (I'm American btw)

    Tee Rat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We share one brain except nobody can find it.

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    Garry Cowan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Scottish Hebrides has some of the most beautiful beaches on the planet

    SkyBlueandBlack
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *sigh* I apologize, most surfers tend to be a little more well travelled. But on the other hand, if Hermosa is his home break, he's a s**t surfer, anyway.

    Bored Templar
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, I also live in the UK and I can tell you we have water, not beaches. Even on the hottest day of summer the water is freaking freezing!

    Mr. Toast
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should have freaked him out and pointed out that there are some very good surf beaches in the UK...

    Katrina Nixon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd say it was awful! Then start running around like a dog and acting like you'd never been to one.

    Sapna Sarfare
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they had no beaches, how did your English ancestors come to USA? How are you that stupid?

    JK
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Torquay, Devon? Stunning! And FULL of surfers!!

    pico diablo
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the OP could have stopped at his, "surf dude" description and we all would have gotten the joke ... thinking of you Spicoli

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    Bernie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remember that Texas governor who said we, South Africans bought the Omicron variant to the state because South Africans entered that state illegally by swimming😔

    OhBlahDi OhBlahDa
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've actually gotten this one as well. I was dumbfounded. Me: "it's... in AFRICA". Them: "oh cool, where in Africa?" I thought they were taking the p**s but they were actually genuinely curious.

    never snarky
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to the post office to mail a package to Peru. The postal worker looked under South Africa to find the correct country code and couldn't figure out why she was having trouble.

    Delta Dawn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    tell them it’s right next to South Carolina and watch their heads explode

    Ram Lastname
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, as a feeble apology for them, British Columbia isn’t in DC...

    TMoxraaar
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Confuse them and say "It's surrounds Lesotho"

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    Groaver Andout
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah but there's been bugger all on it worth watching ever since!

    Robert T
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except Rab C Nesbit, and that's finished.

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    mcborge1
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup, invented by John Logie Baird.

    Severus S
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same, Scottish here, was once asked in the early chat room days 2000's if we had electricity in Scotland, she knew I was in a chat room on my computer, I told her I had 500 hamsters powering the dam thing...

    Got Myself 4 Pandas
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Years ago I was on holiday in Great Yarmouth in England (me Scottish) and was talking to this family who were from England and they were asking about music in Scotland, and if we heard of the band oasis…..sure they’re an English band, but they were signed in king tuts wah wah hut in Glasgow back in 1993 - even the folk in the neighbouring country know nothing about Scotland in general really. Imagine asking if someone who lives in the same island as you if you’ve heard of one of the biggest bands (this would’ve been around 2010ish)

    Rachknits
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When we moved to Scotland from England in 2010 my dad asked my how I'd manage without the Internet

    Donna Peluda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A guide I know who used to pickup American group to tour Europe told me that in Madrid they were surprised to see cars and not donkeys and some couldn't figure out how Spain was in Europe if Spain is a latin american country. This was in the 80s

    Benita Valdez
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was a little kid it blew my mind watching TV when visiting Uruguay. I was amazed all the American actors spoke Spanish and so confused how different they sounded speaking Spanish 😂 i mentioned it to dad and that's how I learned about dubbing

    Tee Rat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't what year we stopped teaching general knowledge, but somewhere around the beginnings of the internet it all fell apart.

    Mike Y
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, the Scots are responsible for the great wasteland.

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    MontanaMariner
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Huh, Germany has higher standards for signage on their road systems than most countries. These idiots surely drove by dozens and dozens of speed limit signs

    Remi (He/Him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She should come to Finland. Someone just got an over 100k€ ticket for speeding, because they're calculated by how much you make per day multiplied by how badly you effed up.

    Fabian Bernard
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And also not every autobahn are without speed limit

    Erik Ivan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To sad he didn't got caught speeding in Finland. The fines there are in relation to your income. It can get very, very expensive.

    Ashley Greer
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In middle school I was told by my German teacher that there is no speed limit. I would never driver in another country because I know I would mess that up but we are being told information from people that don’t keep up with how things are today.

    Sue User
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I was travelking for business in UK. Took trains/ taxis. When I submitted to receipts , they said it would have been cheaper to rent a car. I replied" not if i wrecked it. And i would 100% get in an accident if i tried to drive on left"

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    Kaci Corrigan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It makes it even worse that she didn’t figure it out after the first ticket.

    onivdsrapowijap
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The tickets probably all arrived after the actual speeding incident because they were caught on cameras or something so it took a few days to get the tickets

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    Thomas Dickson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn't they have figured it out after the first one?

    Verena Abt
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahaha, German here. This has just cracked me up!

    dbildbo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like B.S. after the first ticket.

    Panda Pants
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems like they should have caught on after the first ticket.

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    Gay Waffle
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idi Amin claimed to be the king of Scotland, maybe these two are soulmates!

    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the Brit who demanded a Muslim woman and her son speak English, since they were in the UK. Another passenger spoke up, "We're in Wales, and she's speaking Welsh, you idiot."

    Cooking Panda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    U sure he's not a nigerian prince?

    Got Myself 4 Pandas
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had an American dude tell me he was more Scottish than I because he was a direct descendant of William Wallace and also he therefore had a claim on the British crown….100% this dude thought brave heart was historically accurate.

    Remi (He/Him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Welsh would be a fun language to try learning

    Ana Ferreira
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone watched King Ralph and thought it was a documentary.

    Mike Y
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was Charles III on the down low,....

    Wondering Alice
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Charles has a fairly decent grasp of Welsh, so he wouldn't have been bothered by that. As part of the UK, we already pay taxes - so we don't owe back pay.

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    Blma1025
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a similar thing happen. The entitlement is real.

    MontanaMariner
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We aren't all terrible. I do my best to try to blend in and respect the locals when I travel.

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    Mr. Toast
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fight usual starts after "well you were late to the last two World Wars so you shouldn't mind waiting"

    Phoenix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm so embarrassed to be an American right now 😳

    A girl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Geez. American here that is finally taking a trip abroad. My husband and I are researching cultural faux pas. Down to stuff like not wearing orange when visiting a pub in Belfast and not faking an accent. We're guests. We'll behave.

    Petra Schaap
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you can wear all the orange you want in the Netherlands :-D

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    Alycia
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg we are so embarressing

    never snarky
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Karen. Disgusting. I apologize for her.

    MontanaMariner
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm glad that American wasn't in America for a while. I hope they got lost and didn't make it back.

    Trophy Husband
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That type of person does the same thing in America, they will just give a different reason for being an a*s depending on where they are.

    ThatG
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “We’d be more grateful if you used that exit over there…”

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    Andyruss
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The math isn't mathing here

    MontanaMariner
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the silliest internet arguments I've ever been apart of started when I used math as a verb and some internet Scrooge wasn't having that. I learned a lot about engaging with idiots that day.

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    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, you so young! Conditions at the camp probably have improved since WWII 🤦‍♂️

    Trophy Husband
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I learned in school that WW2 was a miserable war until America went in and sorted everything out. I was about 25 before I learned that other countries had a hand in that win. I learned about slavery and all that, bit when I did a report in 3rd or 4th grade about Abraham Lincoln and I said he was a slave owner who had iligimate children with his slaves, my teacher told me that wasn't true. I learned about America putting the Japanese in camps during WW1 from a talk that George Takai have at comic con about 5 years ago. I don't want to accuse the country I live in of white washing history, but we literally invented the term white washing...

    PowellSkier
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Japanese were US Allies during WW I. Why would the US lock up their allies?

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    Mike Y
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You look so really good for at 90

    Beatrice Fairchild
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Huh, I guess the after the fall of Nazi Germany, nothing changed whatsoever in Poland. I bet these people can't wait to shake hands with Hitler! /s

    Natty Tempest
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably harder than when they grabbed their rifles and took to the trenches and the bombers. Also, they need to get home soon because their mommy told them not to be out after dark.

    Ur worth it
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I cannot brain today. I had the dumb. Anyone recognize it,,?

    karen Young
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least they aren't denying the Holocaust. They just super stupid.

    Nichole Harris
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey... To be fair.... Maybe she looked 100 when viewed thru all the dumb

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    David Wambold
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most Americans don't realize the English spoken abroad is largely English English not American English.

    Remi (He/Him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The feeling when you were taught mostly British English, but also the US variety and you try to ask your brain if it's spelled color or colour and gray or grey and your brain just says: Yes

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    StitchIsCuteAndFluffy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First off, I would never be rude like that. (I’m an American.) I would actually be super grateful she translated the thick accent, because I have trouble understanding people with accents anyway (I’m deaf but I wear Cochlear Implants and different accents are just difficult for me).

    Lesley Relph
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha, a lot of English people have trouble understanding Glaswegian.

    David Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The worst English speakers of all come from Britain. I've met Indian, Chinese, Malaysian, Iraqi, people who speak better English than the English. They think that just because they invented it, they have a monopoly on how it's pronounced. In London, even, the accent changes from one street to the next.

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    Roan The Demon Kitty
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At that point, I'd have done the slow stupid voice, and directed them to the airport.

    Argie Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The "I am speaking slowly because you are stupid" voice?

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    Dana Ondráčková
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am Czech understanding english. I had a few surprised of Americans when I answered their rudé comments towards me. But truth to be said some were nice comments And I just said "thanks thsts nice" And They went in shock 😅

    William Hamilton
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was approached in France by Americans who haltingly read out French from a phrasebook. I replied in French (they had made an effort.) I had to wait until they were out of earshot before I laughed my head off - in English.

    Iva Kazalova
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And she needs the brain part, that was excised during the lobotomy, back. Along with some f****n manners and gratitude that someone was willing to help her at all!

    Stannous Flouride
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lots of ads in the US are narrated by working class Brits because most Americans think any British accent is posh.

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    Phoenix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait until they find out about the gay penguins in the South Pole

    PlatinumTheCat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think a lot of these people left their common sense at home before they left America

    Jill
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They have obviously never seen the absolute fabulous movie, "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"! ...and don't tell them that there a several big name actors in it because it will confuse them even more.

    Lukas (he/him, it/its)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn I've got some awkward news for my partner then

    never snarky
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That sure is going to surprise a lot of people in the non-American world.

    MontanaMariner
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe they were proud to be a gay American. 🤔

    Ken Beattie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's because Australians are actually ʎɐƃ not gay

    Satan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Americans feeling the gay drain out of them once they leave the country:

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    Susan Robinson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t be ashamed you can’t swim very well!

    Delta Dawn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She needed you to draw her a picture with crayons 🖍️

    OnlyMe
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We're witnessing the decline of the human species. Starting first with Americans.

    Ram Lastname
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Among the funniest things about Americans’ poor geographical knowledge is how little they know about England or the UK. You probably know that there exist Americans who have asked English people what language they speak in ENGland, for f’s sake.

    ShyWahine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not worth explaining it to her....

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    Minnie Not Mouse
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats just racisist at this point.

    Karen Clark
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry I can't resist........your last name is Streak...so.... To streak: an act of running naked in a public place so as to shock or amuse others.....😄

    Brainmas
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Met a guy from SA and he said he was speaking in a classroom and the TEACHER asked him what it was like to live in a hut.

    T'Mar of Vulcan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew a family that moved here (Johannesburg) from Birmingham (England). They really did think they were going to live in a mud hut.

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    PandaGoPanda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel the airline staff might have had something to say if you'd travelled all the way from SA in the buff.

    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, your last name is Streak. /S

    gotham-panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a white South African friend who was told she couldn't possibly be South African, because she wasn't black. Because apparently only black people live in Africa. (And in addition, Egypt isn't in Africa, it's in the "Middle East" according to those people.) They were also quite perplexed later when she mentioned how her black aunt had to hide her relationship with my friend's uncle for decades and that they only officially married three decades after they met. Apparently, world geography, culture, and history aren't taught in some US schools?

    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, clothes are amazing. Everyone should try them.🙄 Or not!

    Trophy Husband
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone saw The Gods Must Be Crazy and had never seen any other movie, article, etc about Africa?

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I'm on vacation from modelling with National Geographic magazine photographers."

    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had a co-worker from Canada..told her "must be quite a culture shock for you"...she replied "oh no, our cultures are quite similar". I replied "yes, but now you must wear socks and shoes" ..never seen someone's jaw literally drop that far. She was a good sport about it though.

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    never snarky
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You should have asked the tourist why she quit school at such a young age that she didn't learn anything.

    vennyp0o
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are PhDs who are plenty capable of asking the dumbest of questions as well.

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    StitchIsCuteAndFluffy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s summer here and I am enjoying my freedom. Somewhat unrelated to the post, but anyway

    KittyGaming
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my goodness why are people this way

    Ken Beattie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A bit condescending but not as bad as some of the others. Not entirely surprising to be unaware of local holidays.

    Vera S
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    everyone knows jamaican schools don't have summer vacation. that's why. (joke)

    Melissa Powell
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am American. Are these really true?

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    Onan Hag All
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Living in Cornwall I once was told by an American that we should pave or tarmac the South West Coast path, and hire buggies, so that "normal" (i.e. grossly obese Americans,) could enjoy it. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/south-west-coast-path

    rullyman
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people don't seem to realise "don't touch" is the default. Life is not a video game and you should not be pressing A to interact with everything just because you can!

    ShyWahine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So GTFO my private property....

    Jp@nda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a woman park her car directly in front of my driveway and when I came out and told her she couldn't park there she said the same freaking thing. "Well I didn't see a sign saying I couldn't park here"...🤔🤯 I just had to stare at her after that, like you took a test for your license and I'm pretty sure that's on there. Now there's no sign saying that you can't go around shooting people, but we all know that you can't do that. Idiots

    Cathy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That cheeky little bugger

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    CrazyKnitter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm totally down for some purple sheep 🐑🐑!

    PlatinumTheCat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s just like the morons that think chocolate milk comes from brown cows

    MontanaMariner
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chocolate Milk comes from milk with blood in it. Fun fact.

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    Fxnglhl
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i'm guessing they're 5 years old and have only seen minecraft sheep

    Fxnglhl
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    CONTEXT: if you dye a sheep in minecraft and shear it, the wool grows back with whatever colour you dyed it with

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    Timmy Pillinger
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tie the spray paint to the tup's belly.

    rullyman
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They do use crayons in harnesses to show who's sired who. Plus the farmers markings! I regularly see colourful sheep.

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    Philly Bobcat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hear it takes 3 sheep to make a sweater... never knew sheep could knit!

    Dana Ondráčková
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Minecraft logic taught me thats how you multiple your wool blocks

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure, and chocolate milk comes from brown cows. Right.

    MontanaMariner
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chocolate milk actually comes from cows that produce milk with blood in it.

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    Robert T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually sheep do come in different colours, just not gaudy ones.

    Nichole Harris
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But.... hypothetically.... Could we maybe do some colorful sheep

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    Phoenix
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nationality and ethnicity are often confused here in America. We are not usually asked our nationality but are frequently asked our ethnicity

    Jessiebean
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Worked with a guy who said his nationality was Polish after he got his DNA test result. I gently corrected him and said he meant ethnicity/heritage since we worked for the federal government so his nationality is obviously American. (Have to be a US citizen and no dual citizenship allowed.) He got so angry and argued that it’s nationality, not ethnicity. He’s an immigration officer, you’d think he’d know the difference.

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    SkyBlueandBlack
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, sadly, the "race/ethnicity" category lets you choose pretty much any background, unless you're white or Middle Eastern. According to the census, I'm not Anglo-Saxon, I'm the same ethnicity as Serj from System of a Down. *shrug* It's all idiotic.

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This reminded me of something. It may not apply to all situations and documents, but having worked in market research, when working on studies there would be all these demographic questions. For the Canadian studies the question asking about ethnicity included a more detailed list of nationalities along with "caucasian/white, African/Jamaican/Black, Southeast Asian, West Asian, East Asian, Russian, British, West European, Metis, Aboriginal, etc, you get the point". On American studies the same question just entailed race, like "White, Black, American Indian, Chinese, East Indian, Other." Just something interesting I had observed. But there has been a shift in Canadian going the American route.

    jjdubs W
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the US, people often identify their nationality by their heritage. My friend once told our work landlord that in her country (Italy) they did X (I don't remember what). I'm not sure she had ever been to her "country" at that point. Another friend took his dad on an international trip to Japan. When asked the dad's nationality, he said "Norwegian." Friend quickly reminded father they were American 🤦‍♀️

    Shelley Dawson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You would be surprised by the number of people whom, when asked what is your nationality say, White British. Only ever White British!

    Timbob
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ask a stupid question………..!

    Iridian
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    2 years ago

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    RavenTheCat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually i have had to put that as an answer before, not that i wanted to but thet instead of a check box for Caucasian, thats what it said

    Gay Waffle
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You had to write that your nationality is "white"?

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    MontanaMariner
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those multi syllable word, like nationality, are hard for 'Muricans.

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    OhnoI’vebeencensored
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plot twist: they actually did know each other

    Ripley
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember someone relating a story along the lines of "Oh you're Australian, do you know Steve?" After a bit of discussion it turned out that amongst 25 million other Australians, this person did actually know the Steve in question.

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    Bob Brooce
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Germany couldn't possibly be a small town in Canada, because Canada is a small town in Kentucky, about 100 miles from London and 4 miles from Sidney.

    Annik Perrot
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Happened to friends of my parents' in the 60s. They were travelling through the US and at à highway stop, someone asked them "Are you French? From Paris? So you must know [another of my parents' friends, who also travelled a lot]. Well, they did. Must have comforted the guy's opinion that Paris was a village...

    Pan Narrans
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    America is a city in The Netherlands. Imagine telling Americans they're Dutch.

    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the nations version of what I used to get in the navy. ME: (in the navy) Some random person's grandmother that I don't know; "Oh, you're in the navy? Do you know (name of some relative).

    PlatinumTheCat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That the only thing to do in that situation

    William Hamilton
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In New York: "Oh, you're from London. Do you know Gary?"

    UncleJon_TheMadScientist
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was living in Texas people asked me if I knew the Fonz or Laverne & Shirley when they found out I grew up in Milwaukee...

    Verena Fiori-Jambor
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was an exchange student in the US I was asked shockingly often if Hitler was still our president

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    OhnoI’vebeencensored
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, what else are African American Norwegians for?

    Delta Dawn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can keep that one - we don’t need them back.

    PlatinumTheCat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t know, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it is, I hear enough of it at school, so I know that humans don’t really care what they say

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    Far Cough Khan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    u should say they used to be black, but too much snow exposure turned them white.

    Knittin'Kitten
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean... It is kind of true that most of these jobs, such as cleaning lady, construction worker, bus driver, etc, are usually not done by Norwegians, but people who moved there from other countries. "Being white" doesn't really mean anything in Europe, they can just as easily be Polish or Hungarian :) I lived in Norway for a while, I met so many people who originally were doctors or engineers in their own country, but in Norway they could only get a job as a bus driver. I'm not saying it's always like this, but it's quite common.

    Wondering Alice
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't decide if the American thinks white people should not work in cafeterias, or is worried that Norwegians are refusing to give jobs to non whites. I suspect it's the latter, and if so not that bad really. If you grow up in a very mixed community it can seem wierd if everyone looks similar.

    Tristan J
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whether positive or negative discrimination, either can jog on.

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    The Starsong Princess
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of when parents rented a house in Florida for the winter. My mother was pruning some flowers in the front garden. A neighbor told her that she shouldn’t do that because “that’s what Mexicans are for”.

    Glen Ellyn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What color were they expecting the workers to be? Purple??

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    Rose the Cook
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do Australians riding kangaroos have to give way to Norwegians on polar bears?

    Downunderdude
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The trouble with riding kangabloodyroos is that it's hard not to spill your bloody beer.

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    David
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The part about riding the polar bears in the streets makes sense. If you rode them on the sidewalks they'd probably knock over pedestrians.

    Jill
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Riding polar bears in the streets is what the Icelanders do! How could they get thar wrong! Norwegians ride either reign deer or moose...come on Americans get it right. JK

    Twizzle Sticks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reign deer? Are they Royal members of the Cervidae family?

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    CanadianDimes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a British woman argue with me that I can’t be bilingual because when I speak French, I have an Anglo accent. This while we were surrounded by bilingual non-native English speakers from various other European countries. It remains one of the dumbest conversations I ever had to be part of.

    Jesse Setliffe
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now I'm picturing Norwegian calvary units on polar bears fighting various battles throughout history, up to and including World War 2.

    Princess Mar-li Cathryn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly with the amount of ice covering your sidewalks, perhaps the polar bears would help

    Remi (He/Him)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Get winter tyre style add ons for your shoes. The winters in Finland have been extra icy lately (effing climate change) too and sometimes those things are a literal life saver.

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    never snarky
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How fortunate you are to have furry white transport.

    Vera S
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    as a bilingual person..............yup

    Shy Dragon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only place in Norway where there are polar bears is Svalbard. That’s an island

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    StitchIsCuteAndFluffy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, because English is the default language for the entire world, of course /s

    Annik Perrot
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And other English-speaking countries only have weird dialects not REAL English /s

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    Robert T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We used to joke that the Danes only spoke Danish when we were in the office, and that they spoke English when we weren't there. Their English was that good. My Danish is terrible.

    Duolingobird
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then kids who speak Estonian will be asking how kids in America learn English

    Frank Ropen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The question isn't how but why?

    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WTF? How do people like that manage to remember to breathe?

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    David
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This thread is painful. I swear to God rest of the world - we at not all MORONS. :)

    Snorkeldorf
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Big company where I used to work. Mail room called my coworker one day because they were preparing an express package for him. This was in the days before computers and the internet. Needed help filling out the label and wanted to know if Italy was a city or a state.

    Norm Gilmore
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So that explains why we are always left off maps...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omission_of_New_Zealand_from_maps#:~:text=New%20Zealand%20has%20been%20excluded,a%20world%20map%20seal%20at

    TotallyNOTaFox
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The one that never got conquered, thanks to the Bob Semple tank!

    AK to LV
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    American have a hard time understandering why Alaska is so cold because it's below Hawaii and Hawaii is warm. Note: Classroom maps of the US show the contiguous US, the 48 states, then have small inserts for Hawaii and Alaska below Hawaii.

    OnlyMe
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was asked if Maori wore grass skirts. So I said yes, and don't p**s them off or they'll spear you with their taiaha and cook you in their hangi for their dinner.

    Ken Beattie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    C'mon! Everyone knows NZ is part of Australia (apologies to any Kiwis on the site).

    Gustav Gallifrey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, let's remember Denmark and Greenland.

    Camber Hollywood
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Simple explanation: He was from the alternate reality in "The Man in the High Castle" where the whole world was either Germany or Japan. Easy mistake to make.

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    Ace
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TBF Portuguese (as spoken in Portugal) has a unique sound, completely different from the other Latin languages across Europe, so this one's perhaps a little more forgivable (although 'Jewish' as a language...).

    Marie Dahme
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly ! They could Jewish speaking Hebrew or Yiddish but they are not speaking Jewish. Oy vey. Lol

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    Frances Pitchounetta
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because everyone knows that the Jews speak "Jewish" (By the way i was being sarcastic)

    SkyBlueandBlack
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, but in all fairness, Portuguese doesn't sound like anything we usually hear. I mean, it doesn't sound like Hebrew either, but... actually, it does sound a little like Ladino, come to think of it. So it sounds silly, but it's a valid question.

    Annik Perrot
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brazilians would conform that yes, it does sound à little latino...

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    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And what is "oy vey" in Portuguese?

    vennyp0o
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmmm... thinking sentiment...probably 'caralho'.

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    Donna Peluda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Say yes and get your space laser out.

    Twizzle Sticks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got that reference. MTG may very we’ll be the American that all these posts are about! Well her and Boebert, and Gaetz, and Trump, and Johnson, and Cruz, and Comer, and Biggs, and Pence, and Jordan, the list of dumb, self-centered, arrogant, self-entitled Americans goes on and on

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    Duolingobird
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me and my mom were speaking Chinese (through my watch phone thing) random kid asks if we’re speaking Spanish

    Silke
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She must’ve thought you were discussing where to place the space lasers

    Vera S
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the profile pic matches

    Nosirrow
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hebrew is such a fascinating language. Some words are pronounced almost identically in Hebrew and Polish, like pacjent and technologia.

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    Aboredpanda
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She should go to Tromsø, in Norway. There's a place called Åsgård there (Asgard). The most exciting thing in Åsgård is a Psychiatric hospital. (I'm sure she could even meet some gods there.)

    Remi (He/Him)
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    New Asgård in the movies was in Tønsberg, Norway, so _theoretically_ you could find a route there. Edit: looks like taking a train to Göteborg and Switching to one to Mosseporten, will bring you close to the boat terminal that has departures to the Tønsberg area

    Fairytails From Other Worlds
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Classic from Helsinki, Finland: “When Lapland is going to be open?” Well, it’s open 24/7, just drive 10-11 hours that way and you find it. FYI: The province of Lapland is Finland's northernmost, largest and least populated province.

    Valaun
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is easy. Tell her to go out, stand in the middle of the tracks with her eyes tightly closed. When she hears a loud horn and feels a rumbling beneath her feet she is getting g close. Just after that, she can open her eyes and look around. Welcome to Asgard. Then give her the warning that it is a one way trip.

    Massiel Rufino
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only way to reach Asgard is to die valiantly in battle💀

    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought I remembered what asgard is but I had to google just to be sure because... who the hell would ask that?

    Go Ddeau
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    tbf if she would have asked for the train to Westeros she would have been fine :D not all of sweden is unimaginary :D

    Lena Flising
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can't take a train to Asgard, that's like taking a train to Heaven; that's where the Aesir Gods and Goddesses live.

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    MadOrca99
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    PAY ATTENTION IN DUCKING GEOGRAPHY

    SkyBlueandBlack
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a college class. And not one that's required.

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    David Paterson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Come to think of it, is all of Egypt in Africa? Do you know the answer to that one?

    Trophy Husband
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    American here, I learned this in college. I didn't do particularly well in geography, but I did pass, so once again I'm not sure if I'm making fun of American education or myself. I need to go to bed!

    Nichole Harris
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG I argued with my mom about this!!!! She swore it was in Saudi!

    Niki A
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My geography students thought it was in Paris, Europe, Mexico, South America, and China.

    ShyWahine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ignorance is alive and well among some Americans...SMH

    RajunCajun
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    a lot of Americans can't find their own state on a map.

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    RabidChild
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would say just turn on the subtitles but that would require this person to have reading comprehension skills, so...

    StitchIsCuteAndFluffy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my gosh I, as a deaf person with Cochlear Implants, wish people could walk around with subtitles — whether they have accents or not! (I think there’s a way to do it with technology — an iPad or something that will type out what people are saying, kind of like Siri — or so I’ve heard at my last appointment, but I don’t have it)

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    Got Myself 4 Pandas
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My accent instantly gets stronger and more Scottish slang thrown in for good measure, perhaps a touch of Scots, if anyone says that to me. Turn of my accent you say? Haud yer wheesht

    Donna Peluda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    English here. I struggle to understand some Scotts. Special after a few scotch.

    PlatinumTheCat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I could turn on and off accents

    David Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You probably can. So what if the result is a glorious travesty.

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    Mistiekim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think sometimes movies can be blamed for this kind of thinking, as stupid as it is. Actors and actresses can alter their speech to remove their true speaking pattern (accent) for their roles. I’m guessing some not so…intelligent people think everybody with an accent can do that.

    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just turn off the one people who was asking.

    never snarky
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell him to put a fish in his ear.

    Vera S
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    bwahhaha once after going inside I did a double take because my brain told me I didn't turn off the sun and that would waste electricity

    Cathleen Cummings
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    pretty dumb things like "I was talking with one people...."?

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    Phoenix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're not required to do that in the US either. It is permitted, not required.

    Delta Dawn
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this one is still going over a few Americans’ heads. You drive on the left-hand side in the UK, y’all. A right-hand turn would take you directly into oncoming traffic (the way a left-hand turn at a red light would in the US).

    OhnoI’vebeencensored
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be an exceptionally dangerous manoeuvre in London! I expect that American crashed shortly thereafter.

    Fenchurch
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm reminded of the bloody stupid American b***h ambassadors wife who killed a motorcyclist, by forgetting what side of the road she was meant to be driving on and then fled the country.

    PandaGoPanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sheesh, I hope he didn't cause an accident by trying that one later.

    Haywood Jablome
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always wondered if you can turn left on a red in left-side driving areas

    PandaGoPanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, you can't. As far as I know, in the countries which drive on the left, you must stop at a red light. Some traffic lights in UK and Japan at least have filter lights (like arrows) and you can turn left when the arrow is green even if the main light is red

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    Twizzle Sticks
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    2 years ago

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    Hire car. Sounds stupid at first. But then it makes sense to use that term instead of creating a whole new word, taxi or cab, to describe the same thing.

    Colleen Glim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it was meant to be a rental car. Not a taxi

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    Marzipanda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure, why not! One president for all of Latin America! Just like we have one Miss Universe and, uh, Elon Musk, future Governor of Mars.

    Bernie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some Americans think Africa is a country.

    Zoe Vokes
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can kind of understand that (and for South America). They’re used to states making up a big country. They’re probably assuming that all the countries are like states. I know Scotland and Wales not being part of England often blows their minds.

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    Delta Dawn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Silly American! They’re all different Mexican countries down there, according to Fox News anyway.

    Tee Rat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These same people can barely find their own state on a map.

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    Urbane Gorilla
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well... Remember, Donald Trump was president in 2017 and he said this: "I met with the president of the Virgin Islands.".... The Virgin Islands is a protectorate of the US.. Don was the president of the Virgin Islands... LOL!

    Stannous Flouride
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they don't even speak Latin there!

    Elchinero
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "USA, Canada, and Mexico having the same president" buncha people will NOT be amused ....

    Colleen Glim
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Amen to that! Trudeau ain’t great but at least he isn’t trump

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    David Paterson
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's probably trying to remember the name Simon Bolivar.

    Twizzle Sticks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait a minute, didn’t the former US Prez, George W Bush, once famously lament that no Latin countries speak Latin anymore?

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    Gay Waffle
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe they're neo-Nazis and meant exactly that?

    Historyharlot93
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    Premium
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do all these ignorant stupid people get to travel and I’m stuck in the US? I’d be the perfect tourist, humble and respectful and so grateful to be there. The proverb “some people have more money than sense “ is true!

    StitchIsCuteAndFluffy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, I had this kid in class who has German descent, and they were called a Nazi when they were younger just because they had German ancestors. (They are not).

    Timmy Pillinger
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Let's spread racially pure folk across a continent murdering and displacing the existing folks" l wonder what the Nazis were modelling Thier empire on?

    John George
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Nazis did in fact model concentration camps on US treatment of indigenous Americans.

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    Duane Ringlein
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My late wife who was Scottish, volunteered to work at the base hospital at Lackland AFB in the pharmacy handing out medication, she told me all the time that patients always asked her if she was German.

    H Nunya
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean…technically literally anyone from anywhere could have Nazi ancestors. Not that the tourist was likely thinking that.

    Cat Coco
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a German- American, happened to me too 😂

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    Jill Rhodry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if they ever found out that AccaDacca's an Australian band, and that the Youngs were born in Scotland - mind would've exploded!

    Sonja
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if they know that the Beatles were not Americans

    tabithapaquette98
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who knew that the Beatles were American? Lol

    SkyBlueandBlack
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. Just... maybe my experience isn't average. You meet a lot of Israeli draft dodgers in LA.

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    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The correct term is not 'black' . it is "albino challenged'

    CanadianDimes
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I lived in the US, I was asked multiple times, with genuine sincerity, if we have summer in Canada. I had to explain it’s not like GoT and summer doesn’t just stop at the Canadian border. I’d often then get asked “but it doesn’t get hot, right?” Well if you consider 30-35 (about 85-90F) not hot, then no.

    Twizzle Sticks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Next question out of that tourist’s mouth as he/she gasps, “do you have Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, Pakistani, and all those other kinds too? Well I’ll be!”

    Duolingobird
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They thought ALL of you were albino? I’ve been to Canada and I can assure you that they are not

    KittyGaming
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Albino means your body doesn't create enough melanin and vitiligo means some spots have more melanin the most of the body. Get those words in your vocabulary. Thank you 😀

    A girl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Canada was Xanadu for black people during US slave trade years.

    Doug
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    2 years ago

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    The irony of posting about Americans being ignorant in another country and then following up with an ignorant post about your own... mackplichta1, please don't be one of the many Ontarians moving to Alberta, we don't want your backwards stereotypes here.

    roddy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the connection was in the similarity between the words albino and Alberta, they couldn't otherwise see why the tourist might think Canadians were albinos. btb, Ontarian here, why would you assume there are negative stereotypes about Albertans? It's thought of here as the most beautiful province in the country.

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    Phoenix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I must be Filipino then

    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On average we're all average. So you're 5'3", now sit down!! 😂🤦‍♂️

    Benita Valdez
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People here have a hard time accepting Philippines is Asian and not Spanish.

    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure where they got 5-3. Most Filipinos are shorter than me (I'm 5 10). At least in the south - Cebu, Subic type areas. But I've seen some taller than me and plenty taller than 5 3

    Riche White
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ask him if he knows who The Rock is? I'm pretty sure he's over 5'3"

    Urbane Gorilla
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Rock's heritage is a bit more complicated than that... "Johnson's family belongs to a multicultural ethnicity, with Johnson considering himself half-Black Nova Scotian from his father's side and half-Samoan (Polynesian) from his maternal side."

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    Jill Bussey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More likely he didn't really understand, due to the low level of education in the US.

    KittyGaming
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    4th of July is AMERICAN independence day other countries dont celebrate it. The people in my country can be so dumb and or entitled sometimes

    David Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The British should have won. Might have if it wasn't for that fellow called Washington. But other countries stayed in the Commonwealth after independence.

    TotallyNOTaFox
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It wasn't really Washington but the prussian officer Freidrich von Steuben who drilled the US troops in modern (for that time) warfare.

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    LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A patient of mine a few years ago had a beautiful Spanish accent. I learned Spanish in Guatemala and I’ve been to Spain, Mexico, DR, Costa Rica, Nicaragua. A nurse I work with said obviously the patient was from Mexico because of Spanish. Like no one else speaks Spanish. I talked to the patient and he was Peruvian. (Most beautiful accent I had ever heard)

    Red_panda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spanish accents really are beautiful. My daughter has a very Hispanic sounding name (she was named after her daddy's nina), and we were talking with some people from Mexico City awhile back. The way they said her name was absolutely beautiful.

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    Gay Waffle
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've had to explain before that Spain and Portugal are located in Europe and not in South America

    Benita Valdez
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm born and raised in NY, my dad was an immigrant and I learned Spanish from him. In school the Spanish class teacher repeatedly corrected my pronunciation because she couldn't grasp the concept of dialects. She was not pleased when I told her Spain Spanish isn't the only type there is; I did not do well in her class.

    Dozingdahlias
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aren’t language courses required to graduate 😭

    Donna Peluda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah yes Spain the beautiful country south of Mexico. They speak mexican there too

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    Phoenix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ummm, we have squirrels here too.

    MadOrca99
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Quite a few of these have nothing to do with America, just a sheer level of stupidity

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    ShyWahine
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun Fact: there no squirrels in Hawaii

    Duolingobird
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The other day a really fat squirrel came and ate all the bird food from the bird feeder in the backyard and then it broke into the back of bird food sitting on the outside table and ate that too and me and my siblings first thought it was a possum Bc it was so chubby

    never snarky
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll have to tell that to the squirrels and rabbits in my back yard.

    Sea Squirrel
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ha, that tourist fooled you! I bet he also told you that American squirrels are sea creatures?

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    Wondering Alice
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair here, I have had similar responses in Europe. A lot of people assume all of the UK speaks English, and Welsh is just a dialect of English. They are surprised to find it is an entirely different language. Wierd to actually argue with someone about their own country, but it's not only Americans.

    Roan The Demon Kitty
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    to be fair.. sometimes Welsh DOES sound like a madeup language. Or at least it does when trying to read some of it. Then again, Irish can be just as bad...

    LocalLizard3
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey! I've done the same thing, I eventually just gave up and let her believe that Wales was a made up country.

    Richard Salisbury
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair all languages are essentially made up...

    David Paterson
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    2 years ago

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    Especially Welsh, Esperanto and spoken Hebrew.

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    Bernie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend works at the airport and had an American tourist come back inside the airport to ask"Where is all the animals? "Guy thought aminals roam the streets freely in South Africa.

    Benita Valdez
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No no no. Everyone knows outside of Venice Italians ride mopeds 😂

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    PlatinumTheCat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good for him, he won’t have to deal with them

    Timmy Pillinger
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Non. En France parle vous François. Mon français est terrible, mais...

    Nevid
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfUmW_Mf5qc

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    Camilla Koutsos
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right wing Americans don't believe that the vast majority of Kiwis understood, agreed with, and supported the government's approach to the pandemic. The number of patronising MAGA Americans who "sympathised" with me on Twitter was astounding. Arrogant sods.

    Zelda McLink
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live in Melbourne, Oz. Got the same b******t.

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    Norm Gilmore
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is so funny. On the Economist Democracy Index New Zealand rates at Number 2 (full democracy) America is at Number 30 (flawed democracy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index

    Spencer's slave
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And Aotearoa New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the vote!

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    Geoffrey Scott
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why...because Jacinda cared about her people? We had the same thing here in Mich

    OnlyMe
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really? Most americans I've met think we're part of Aussie.

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    never snarky
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Finns and Koreans are so much alike.

    Phoenix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What? Who does this?! I can't imagine having the audacity to tell someone else what their nationality is.

    Con O Cuinn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Conspiracy theory that Finland doesn't actually exist, that it's a conspiracy by Japan to hide pristine fishing grounds from the rest of the world. According to this, there isn't even any land where Finland supposedly is, just ocean

    snicksnocksnack
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hm, I guess I'm Korea right now then. Wonder which one.

    Jill Bussey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, because Finland and Korea are right next door to each other?

    Gabriela Cink
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heh, Santa Claus is supposed to have base in Lapland in Finland, no? But from Korea he would have it closer i guess :D

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    PlatinumTheCat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really want to slap these people across the face

    Isaac Nemo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I really want to provide you an alibi. What the heck is wrong with some of these people!?

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    David Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't hear about the Magyar language much. I doubt that many people know that Hungarian comes from the Uralic region of Asia and belongs to the Finno-Ugric language group, meaning its closest relatives are Finnish and Estonian.

    UpupaEpops
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While simultaneously sounding nothing like either of those languages.

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    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, it is a difficult language to learn. Should've told him "Menj sárkányrepülni, ahol nem süt a nap, seggfej!" or equivalent.

    accidentalearthling
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh dear. I love Magyar. My favorite language to study. I don't find it difficult, just different and beautiful, like the country and people.

    Mr.Li
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When i travelled to hungaria, i was really surprised, how fluid german my guide could speak

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    Phoenix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This makes sense since everything was originally imported from America to Europe /s

    Annik Perrot
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The French Pyrenean bears were all but eradicated and some had to be imported from Eastern Europe, like Croatia, to revive the genetic stock.

    Soton_Sherpa
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They think this because "everybody" has the right to bear arms (and legs, heads etc)!

    David Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is true of black bears. Whether it's true of grizzly bears depends on whether or not you consider grizzlies as a separate subspecies of brown bear.

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    Mike Fitzpatrick
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, go out to the corner and turn right...

    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    11,087 km per google. lol

    never snarky
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When taking your tricycle, be sure to pack a warm sweater and lunch.

    ShyWahine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh that's easy- Head east from Iguazu Falls, then kayak up north about 5,500 miles.....

    Benita Valdez
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With exchanges and layovers it can take up to 24 hours; I did not enjoy that. But really it can be just a 13 to 15 hour flight

    Frances Pitchounetta
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Barcelona, Argentina, tomato, tomatoes, same thing

    David Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just a minor brain malfunction, anyone could mistake Buenos Aires for Barcelona. ;-)

    Phoenix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, about 6,900 miles. Give or take.

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    Jill
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually Asien eyes, as in the eyeball itself, have a different "shape" that differs from Caucasians. So there are different contacts that try to take this into account. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28370187/

    Juririn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On the flip side, I was asked how come I need glasses when my eyes are so big ( I am a European living in Asia 😄 )

    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fair enough. If the lens fits, buy the pair!

    Duolingobird
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She probably thinks that Bc a lot of our eyes have sharper looking points at the end that make them look small while Americans have rounder eyes that make them look big

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    Queen Bee
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously, knives and forks....they must have been joking - that is beyond ignorant!

    JuJu
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exchange students from Texas asked if we had electricity, plumbing and radiators since we just survived hitler. They were very surprised when they arrived.

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    T'Mar of Vulcan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a born and bred white chick from the south of Johannesburg with the accent to match. Overseas, people think I'm from New Zealand.

    Lauren Caswell
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kiwi here, I've heard the reverse in essense! apparently we both sound 'gutteral', but because I'm used to the kiwi accent, and have friends from across south Africa, I can not really hear a similarity

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    Camilla Koutsos
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have to wonder how many people think Sean Bean is a Kiwi then, or where they think Karl Urban, Taika Waititi, Sam Neill, etc. come from.

    Em
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can normally identify a NZ accent, but Taika Waititi's accent did initially strike me as British, for some reason.

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    PandaGoPanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not only do we HAVE knees and forks in England, we actually USE them to eat our food .. unlike the majority of Americans I've come across (they cut all the food up first and then eat with a fork only). Apologies to those of you in the States who do actually use both!

    Eithne Griffiths
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Watch "Talking to Americans " with Rick Mercer. He is a Canadian comedian.

    Lace Neil
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, we use knives and forks; Americans just use a shovel.

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    OhnoI’vebeencensored
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of a post I saw where a clueless American said $50,000 would make you like a millionaire in the UK or Europe… when both those currencies are worth (nominally) more than the dollar

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    Karen Clark
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh no! It's not? Gasp! If I want to see Nessie, guess I'll have to take a wee flight from Oregon to Scotland.......sigh....would love to.

    Remi (He/Him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    to be fair, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a New Loch Ness in America somewhere

    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sasquatch, maybe. But even he is as elusive as loch ness, kraken, leprechauns, unicorns, and Mariners' pennant.

    ShyWahine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I head to Scotland to see Big Foot? Did they trade residence's?

    Groaver Andout
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Groundskeeper Willie has his holiday home there too..

    SkyBlueandBlack
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't there a lake in BC that's supposed to have its own monster, though? Like Champ in Lake Champlain?

    Frances Pitchounetta
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because Nessie lived her grunge period during the 90s

    David Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a movie title. "Loch Ness Monster of Seattle (2022) Loch Ness Monster of Seattle ... A giant sea serpent invades the coastal waters of Seattle and kills and terrorizes residents while an angry hunter tries to track ..."

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    Lyyyy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, when I was learning English in school, I confused Austria and Australia quite a few times… In my native language, the names of countries don’t sound similar at all. They are called ”Eastern realm” and Australia.

    LazyStream
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm Australian and have watched the tracking on an international package as it went to Austria

    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She hops from one topic to another, much like an Austrian kangaroo.

    Mark Mark
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew an American back in 2008 who was going mental saying he had to go back home because Russia had invaded the state of Georgia. Didn't realise it was a country 🤣

    Cathy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still want someone to bring me that t-shirt that says: 'there are no kangaroos in Austria'

    Bernie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She thought an African language was spoken in Austria??

    Rose the Cook
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did she actually speak swahili though or just think it was the language of Australia (or Austria)?

    Benita Valdez
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I commented on another but people also seem to confuse South America with Africa too. It's rough trying to explain I have Hispanic heritage and not African and yes I was still born in the US and not all people with Hispanic roots are tan; many are indeed pale and pasty

    Moosy Girl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s why I have a mug that says “no kangooroos in Austria” to remind me. :p

    Tucker Cahooter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Happens all the time, and it's not just Americans. There's a picture on the internet of a doll representing Julia Gillard (the Aussie Prime Minister from a few years ago) at some summit in South Korea where they had dressed it in what they thought was Australian national dress. It was in fact a dirndl, as worn in Austria

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    Delta Dawn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your first mistake was taking a holiday in Tennessee

    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yea, should know it by heart, like the Pledge of Allegiance 😝

    Dozingdahlias
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m American and I don’t know it smh

    Eliyahu Rooff
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm American and a 74 year old musician, and I've never heard of it either.

    Mr.Li
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are living in america, america, america is wunderbar

    ShyWahine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Insist she sing, "God Save the Queen" anthem because EVERYONE knows that song.....

    Frank Ropen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The best in gun violence and incarcerated citizens

    LocalLizard3
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone who lives in the US, I've never heard it before...

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They didn't give an actual title. The just decribed it as belonging to the "America Is the Best" type of song. It could have beeen "God Bless America", "America the Beautiful", "My Country Tis of Thee", etc.

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    Elchinero
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Leave N'ville puedner bars ASAP

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    ShyWahine
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because at dusk, they bust out a 75-foot movie screen and transform the national park into a huge outdoor movie theatre - complete with popcorn and other concession stands... (insert eye roll here). Seriously though, was able to visit the historical fortress last year - checking it off my travel bucket list! Very impressive to see the ruins of King Herod's Palace, the remains of Roman Bath houses and mosaic floors.

    David Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It wasn't a movie, it was a TV miniseries. Ignoramus.

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    Sonja
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had American exchange students who also were concerned about the 'lax' security on campus and that the 'campus' was not a close cluster of buildings but several small buildings scattered all over town and fully part of that town, with regular businesses on the regular streets surrounding the buildings and sometimes even sharing them. Like the fact that the main campus hall had a fine dining restaurant at the rooftop where regular people would come to or an art supply shop that was also fully open to business to anyone wanting to buy art supplies. They were completely baffled when they saw a woman training her dog in an open place and couldn't understand that she was allowed to do that. They couldn't comprehend that the city owns the buildings and everything is allowed to use the facilities. They're public spaces. There's no way to prevent people from using them

    Fat Harry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That, and we don't need people around to stop shootings at our unis.

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    David Paterson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Australia the universities don't have much security and there is negligible theft. In London, the university I studied at had heaps of security which proved absolutely useless in halting a massive theft problem.

    Haywood Jablome
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In America education is a for-profit business, which is why we need security to prevent shoplifting in our universities. Please chalk this one up to standard culture-shock

    Downunderdude
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, sir, there's no security because it's only America that has a school shooting every week

    Natty Tempest
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The land of the free usually have extra limits. Must be scary to find there's neither the protection, nor the lunatics to be protected from.

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    Em
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can at least understand the first one. Pound coin is to England as dollar is to America. She was essentially asking "this is one money, right?"

    rullyman
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a silly way to ask, but yes, sounds like she was asking "this is roughly the same as a dollar, right?". And it is in terms of purchasing power in the respective country (or was before crazy covid inflation). Like a fast food meal in the UK might be £7 and be $7 in the USA.

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    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ouch. So you'd prefer a whole pound of dollar bills 😜

    never snarky
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People used to throw pennies to the kids with llamas in Peru. They are supposed to get paid to have their picture taken. That's how the family eats.

    David Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do you have tip jars in England? That's an American thing.

    Moosy Girl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tip jars are not an American thing, having your living wage come from the content of tip jars is the American thing. :p

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    Mike Fitzpatrick
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not been repainted for summer yet.

    Xandra
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Santa's Village near Rovaniemi (can't remember how it's spelled, sorry), in Finland, there is a line actually painted on the ground where the Polar Circle is. A few meters only, of course. I loved that place (and we were a bunch of adults visiting, no children lol)

    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same goes for the Equator Line. It seems to have faded over time.

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "We're flying too high to see it. Take these parachutes. Stand by the emergency exit door, and wait for my signal."

    Susan Robinson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please be a joke…please be a joke…

    Frank Ropen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Climate change and rising sea levels

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    Robin Roper
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a US American and have been to Kruger - amazing park. So happy to have had this experience. Sorry for the dumb Americans.

    Richard Salisbury
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm going to throw this one in; don't apologise, we're all having a laugh but gods know we've all got thick people in our respective countries. I used to work with a lady in an office who only realised at the age of 26 that wood came from trees, her mother was in the same team as us and the look on her face that her own father was that dim was priceless...

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    Sapna Sarfare
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Offended as an Indian Bengal Tiger

    Lord Mysticlaw
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Listen, I somewhat understand people who confuse leopards and cheetahs. But leopards and tigers? One has spots and the other one has stripes, it's really not difficult?

    T'Mar of Vulcan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine how confused people were a few months ago when two different tigers escaped from two different enclosures in Johannesburg. "You don't get tigers in Africa!" Hon, have you heard of zoos?

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    Content Wombat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's much easier for a government to control an uneducated population.

    David Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just out of interest, which Ireland were they talking about? The Republic of Ireland or the Island of Ireland?

    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    School them about Australia! Country or continent? 🤯

    ShyWahine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All these submissions get more appalling the further down I read....

    Martin
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm genuinely surprised that they didn't know that Ireland was real considering many U.S. Senators and Congressmen/women donated weapons and money to both sides of the Sectarian Divide in Northern Ireland for 30 years.

    That Goth Demon (zey/zem)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didnt know the difference between a country and a continent until year 3.

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    MadOrca99
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alright, as an Orca I’m f*****g annoyed at this level of stupidity

    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But you mustn't interfere with orcas laying their eggs!

    A girl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Class: Mammalia. No external eggs. I'm embarrassed these Americans exist AND some how can afford to travel.

    Natalie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    omg this is so bizarre it cannot be made upp

    never snarky
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you tell them to just wait and watch?

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    Rats Inc
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    im sorry but what grade were the students in question?

    foxymoley
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think I would admit to being their teacher! 😂

    Aboredpanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Emmigrate! Emmigrate is when YOU move to one country from another. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Emmigrate

    Fenchurch
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Makes you worry about the education their pupils were getting doesn't it!

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    MontanaMariner
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My ancestors immigrated from Sweden and I was born in Texas.

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    Fat Harry
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, we all sit around waving finger puppets and talking about leprechauns.

    Jill Bussey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have these ignorant Americans heard of Titanic and where it was built?

    ShyWahine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And why wouldn't there be movie theatres in Ireland? Ignorant people need to think before speaking.../

    Richard Salisbury
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Down with this sort of thing." "Easy now."

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    StitchIsCuteAndFluffy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Latin. Latin is a dead language. You meant Latin.

    Mark Mark
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably confusing it with Latin. Easy to do if you're dumb.

    Manusha Kanis
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this one was close to being smart and was told about Old Greek. (I'm not sure if you say Old Greek, it's called 'oud Grieks' in the Netherlands) My dad studied it, could not be used in Greece since it is to different from modern Greek.

    David
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Definitely not dead. Used to frequent a small family owned Greek restaurant and sometimes they would argue loudly at each other in Greek back in the kitchen. Sadly they moved back to Greece. I miss that place.

    Wondering Alice
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The confusion here is surly with ancient Greek. This is quite different to modern Greek. I worked with a guy who was studying ancient Greek, at the start of his course he was really confused why I couldn't help him - I'm not completely fluent in Greek, but I do have a good level. He assumed I had made up speaking Greek. I brought him an ancient Greek book, and a modern Greek book. He had thought the difference would be just like us reading old English, like Chaucer.

    Fenchurch
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean Chaucer is middle English and understandable to modern English readers, old English isn't.

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    Queen Bee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Surely not, they must have had a martini lunch to ask such a stupid question.

    PlatinumTheCat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You‘ll be surprised how stupid humans can be, sober or not

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    Marzipanda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't worry. Be happy that we chained them down extra tight just for you.

    ShyWahine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, we gather up unsuspecting American tourists as anchors....

    Charity Angel
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've got to admit, it took me a while to realise that islands are anchored to the seabed. I also remember being terrified of earthquakes because they split open the ground. I was maybe 9 of 10 by the time I worked out the island thing, but the earthquake one took me a little while longer. I was 14 and studying the Kobe earthquake in Geography before I realised that the photo that instilled my terror was a collapsed elevated freeway. The embarrassing part with the island thing? I'm British - I literally live on an island

    Haywood Jablome
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe they didn't understand an idiom, and the American didn't mean to literally chain the island

    David Paterson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "chain the island down" is just shortspeak for "chain the contents of the island down". Like "secure the boat" is shortspeak for "secure the contents of the boat". So, how did you prepare for a hurricane on your Caribbean Island?

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    Lord of the laserprinter.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The same way they always mix Sweden with Switzerland.

    Donna Peluda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think things are that simple..Venezuela has a corrupt incompetent totalitarian government. Nothing to do with socialism. Countries like Sweden, Denmark Finland etc have socialist societies and they do very well. When I lived in UK we had free education, free school meals, books transport to school. Now people leave their studies with tens of thousands in debt.

    Juririn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like oh-so-many, you confound socialism with social-democracy. What you describe is social democracy. Socialism is, all property, down to where you where live, the tools you use, etc. belong to the state. Oh no, I should have said "the people".😑

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    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, they have a lot of snow in Minnesota. And a lot of snow comes from South America. So ...

    Delta Dawn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And being an American she likely meant socialist like in Sweden, which is to say centrist.

    Ricardo Ferreira
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I "love" 1st World lefistists - they think socialism/communism is like they have it now, but with free things to everybody!

    Ann Dennis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So obvious...the names of both countries have 9 letters. So easy to confuse!

    ShyWahine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's naive and ignorant - and has the gall to call you dumb?

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    jjdubs W
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This makes less than zero sense.

    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, the British beat us in Vietnam - by refusing to get involved in the first place.

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    Jessiebean
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I lived in DC a Texas tourist did the same thing! She kept insisting I’m Hispanic and not Asian because I looked nothing like her asian friends. Lol

    Benita Valdez
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If Philippino then I understand the stupidity because everyone here always think Philippines is Spanish. I don't get it but again, our education system is a joke; teachers don't have the damn resources they need

    Hiro Lee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't you know we all look alike?!

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    Delta Dawn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To some of our most clueless Americans, anything south of the US border is a “Mexican” country, or just part of Mexico itself. Also apparently the *US state* of New Mexico is a part of Mexico, or at least a separate country. The stupid runs deep with these ones.

    Benita Valdez
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's always either Mexico or Puerto Rico; the real smarties may even say Dominican Republic. Our education system is a big failure with geography

    UpQuarkDownQuark
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To many of my ignorant compatriots, everything south of the US border is Mexico.

    PandaGoPanda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's actually the mildest confusion I've seen on here so far.

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    Phoenix
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, I'm looking for the leprechaun petting zoo. /j

    Benita Valdez
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would probably be in a red-light type of district 😂

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    Brainmas
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because Americans eat bread with knives?

    Marzipanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yea, for cutting. It's the best thing since, uh... sliced bread 😂

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    Delta Dawn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s because you’re all hobbits, duh. /s

    Charity Angel
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hobbits are, of course, famously uninterested in food and its accoutrements.

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    badger
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    isn't that what tricksy hobbitses do ?

    ShyWahine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, that technology hasn't been developed yet in New Zealand....

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    Vera Diblikova
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is a Black country (non-American here)?

    Mary Mulligan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Black Country is an ill-defined area of the West Midlands, not including Birmingham, regarded as the powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution. The place was famed for it's coal and steel industries and was black from coal, smoke and soot.

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    Andyruss
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok that has to have been some really convoluted sarcasm or something because there's no way he thought Norway has no school. Especially because it has one of the world's best education systems

    Delta Dawn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people really are that ignorant, though they don’t usually make it far from their home town. Maybe this was an online convo?

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    Wondering Alice
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cousin's daughter got in to trouble in her American school for disagreeing with the teacher who was certain that pensioners in most of Europe -and definitely in the UK- are largely illiterate because no one went to school back then. After getting an after school detention for this, my cousin went in to the school to find out why (assuming her daughter must have been uncharacteristically rude to be in trouble) the teacher though was angry the chil was trying to 'spread untruths to undermine america' and was very angry my cousin was joining in by insisting that people over the age of 70 in Britain can in fact read (she is British).

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

    Well, judging from this person's English I tend to agree.

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    MontanaMariner
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    CIA might have some interest in that, but I doubt either have any actual jurisdiction there.

    Lisa Hathaway
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    CIA never has legitimate jurisdiction but is understood to operate outside of the United States. If CIA could exploit the wildfire situation to prop up a puppet government they probably would intervene.

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    Groaver Andout
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No but the French Foreign Legion and Interpol are working on it.

    Elchinero
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    " doubt either have any actual jurisdiction there." Never stopped em before!

    Urbane Gorilla
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ahhhhh.. Yeah.. Well, our Congressman, elected by the people of Texas, Louie Gohmert, asked whether there was anything the U.S. Forest Service could do "to change the course of the moon's orbit or the Earth's orbit around the sun."... You know.. Like maybe tie a rope to it and drag it around behind a pick up truck.... ROFL!

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    Wietse Pot
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not as wrong as most of the others in this post. 😂

    Puck
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, it had also something to do with dikes and mills/ pumping stations and a lot of engineering....

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    Verena
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is actually sort of correct. 30 to 50% of the surface is inhabitable due to artifical islands (eg Flevoland) and the dikes (Deltaplan), which is sort of dumping sand in the sea. And lots and lots of pumps.

    Cathy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah but we did that ourselves right? Or maybe this American was of Dutch descent?

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    Urbane Gorilla
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL.. Well.. He was probably referring to this: "The Netherlands has about 2,700 square miles of land that have been reclaimed from what were once seas, marshes, lakes, and swamps. For this reason, much of the coastline areas of the country are also below sea level. "

    Alfonsothenerdyalpaca
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That the they? Are we listing words that start with T? I will give a few more: Tricycle Triangular and a double whammy to finish it off… Teeter-totter!

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    Gay Waffle
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been asked how old my house is... I live in a recent-ish flat. I think Americans just assume all our buildings are old!

    Bart
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Living in Wallis (Swiss Alps) and a guy from Illinois asked me how they build the mountains, I was too baffled to understand the question and explained about the ski slopes, but no, the actual mountains...

    David Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about "we push Italy northwards and it causes the land to the north of it to crumple up."

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    Tjoori Vids
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I grew up in a house that was built around 1410 (give or take) Went to the US to visit friends and we visited some "Ancient" buildings (1850's or so) and I was asked if I'd ever been in anything "that old". I said yes, my house is about 600 years old. "Ha, sure. Nothing is that old." Well, yeah... not in the US. Europe? Some buildings (mostly cathedrals etc) are over 1000 years old.

    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you yodel your answers?

    Gabriela Cink
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahahah, I wish we have such grass as in Swizerland.

    David Paterson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No snow in Switzerland! I am surprised.

    Delta Dawn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Easy, you just roll down the mountaintop where you all live to the school. /s

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    motherbanana
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not me but a friend from Germany was studying abroad and was asked by his american classmates if it is correct that there's a big wall around Berlin city where all the Jews are in. This epic historic mix-up made the questions for houses and electricity in Germany not seem so stupid anymore 😅😭

    David Paterson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet he was surprised to learn that Malaysia has a space agency and satellites. I was when I visited.

    TotallyNOTaFox
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, wouldn't have guessed them to have a space agency either - but thinking about it, probably every nation has one

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    Oerff On Tour
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    America is the third world country.

    Natty Tempest
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aww... No leaf skirts? Had my hopes up and everything...

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    Delta Dawn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well how else would he connect from the American Express to the Polar Express?

    Urbane Gorilla
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There actually is an issue with 'Debit Cards', which was probably a matter of confusion for him: "Most debit cards issued by non-Canadian banks will not work in Canada to make retail purchases, but some debit cards issued outside of Canada will work at point-of-purchase terminals in the country."

    Lori T Wisconsin
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    2 years ago

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    I highly doubt a doctor is that ignorant. Make up a better story next time.

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    jjdubs W
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who demands ranch pizza? 🤮

    David Paterson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is "Ranch"? (Check web) Well, would you look at that, my normal supermarket does stock "Ranch". I live and learn.

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    PlatinumTheCat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, they fall from the sky, everyone knows that

    Moosy Girl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I can’t really make fun of that because I only recently connected pine nuts to pine cones from pine trees… >.>

    Princess Mar-li Cathryn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't realize those people were smart enough to figure out how to get on a plane

    Natty Tempest
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, they come from parrot feed! Durr!

    Frances Pitchounetta
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, it's the storks who bring them in the cabbage

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    Mike Fitzpatrick
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hell, those same idiots ask that question here!

    Mark Mark
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If there's someone here called Patrick Fitzmichael you should get married.

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    PlatinumTheCat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You’ll need to get a wonka-vator for that one

    Al Jameson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, the lifts on the Enterprise went horizontally, why don't yours?

    TotallyNOTaFox
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Obviously not yet. Thyssen-Krupp work on developing those though