Bridgette Helms
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Bridgette Helms • upvoted 39 items 1 year ago
Everywhere You Can See Nature Swallowing Houses And Vehicles, The Things Left Behind When The People Fled
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Stores like Wal-Mart where you can buy everything that are open all the time. Groceries, alcohol, plants, medicine, tires, toys... The first time I went to Germany on a work trip it was a bank holiday and everything was closed. I live in Jerusalem now and there is a separate store for everything.Everywhere You Can See Nature Swallowing Houses And Vehicles, The Things Left Behind When The People Fled
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Stores like Wal-Mart where you can buy everything that are open all the time. Groceries, alcohol, plants, medicine, tires, toys... The first time I went to Germany on a work trip it was a bank holiday and everything was closed. I live in Jerusalem now and there is a separate store for everything.Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
Having to drive everywhere. I'm 27-years-old, not from the US and never learnt to drive. I've also never felt like I needed it.
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GoFundMe being an acceptable replacement for a health care system
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Literally being too poor to go to the doctor, but have too much income for any kind of assistanceWeird-American-Things-Just-In-America
Your toxic grind working culture. I find that Americans define their entire personality around their profession. It all feels so shallow and hollow way of living. Like I work so I can do the things I enjoy ( pre covid) I don't work because it defines me as a person.Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
I am from Europe and I have never seen in supermarkets scooters for people that are so obese they can't walk by themselves.Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
Those commercials featuring some sort of drug or medication. With the typical closing where the narrator states "Side effects includes blah blah blah...Discuss with your doctor about blah blah blah"
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Waiting like 8 weeks after your elections till the new guy comes in to power is pretty f****** weirdWeird-American-Things-Just-In-America
Red solo cups. My european cousins asked me if parties in the us really had those red cups.Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
It's pretty funny watching Americans moan over their super-cheap petrol prices. "But we drive everywhere, cars are fundamental to our society". Yep, same here in Australia, too. Your fuel is still incredibly cheap.
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The Imperial System, Fahrenheits, massive ad breaks. I swear i watched US Television once and i nearly had time to go take a s*** before the adbreak ended. And i'm one of those people that play on their phone while on the throne
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Food portion sizes... In EU you get food portions you can finish and are generally calculated to be pretty much fill/satisfy you over the entire meal. When I go to the US I can fill myself up with half of the appetizer
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I can't speak for the whole world, but having elections on a weekday seems crazy to me. We do it in the weekend so that people are off work anyway.
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Massive gaps on all sides of toilet cubicle doors, like why even bother with a door at all when people can see through so easilyWeird-American-Things-Just-In-America
This may be a shot in the dark but product prices not including tax when they’re displayed? Like if something says it’s $10 and you only have $10, what’s with the surprise tax at the till?Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
The use of the words junior, sophomore and senior in school. I don't think I have ever heard these outside of an American TV show or movie.
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I want to say for-profit prison systems. These things are f***** up. If the state doesn't keep up the prisoner quota they gotta pay a fine to the company they owns the prison. So this basically makes them try to keep existing prisoners
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Tipping as a wage subsidy. Many countries don’t have tipping and those that do generally tip a small amount for good service. Also displayed prices not including taxes or other fees.
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College sports, people do not care about nor have college sports like we do here.
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Having the restaurant take your credit card - in most countries it's considered impolite to disappear with the card as they might write the digits down to charge extra later. Therefore they normally bring a portable terminal to your table so you can keep the card in eyesight and have the (optional) tip actually charged when the card is run and not added after the fact.
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Everywhere You Can See Nature Swallowing Houses And Vehicles, The Things Left Behind When The People Fled
Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
Red solo cups. My european cousins asked me if parties in the us really had those red cups.Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
Stores like Wal-Mart where you can buy everything that are open all the time. Groceries, alcohol, plants, medicine, tires, toys... The first time I went to Germany on a work trip it was a bank holiday and everything was closed. I live in Jerusalem now and there is a separate store for everything.Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
Those commercials featuring some sort of drug or medication. With the typical closing where the narrator states "Side effects includes blah blah blah...Discuss with your doctor about blah blah blah"Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
It's pretty funny watching Americans moan over their super-cheap petrol prices. "But we drive everywhere, cars are fundamental to our society". Yep, same here in Australia, too. Your fuel is still incredibly cheap.Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
Having to drive everywhere. I'm 27-years-old, not from the US and never learnt to drive. I've also never felt like I needed it.Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
The use of the words junior, sophomore and senior in school. I don't think I have ever heard these outside of an American TV show or movie.Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
I can't speak for the whole world, but having elections on a weekday seems crazy to me. We do it in the weekend so that people are off work anyway.Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
Your toxic grind working culture. I find that Americans define their entire personality around their profession. It all feels so shallow and hollow way of living. Like I work so I can do the things I enjoy ( pre covid) I don't work because it defines me as a person.Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
Food portion sizes... In EU you get food portions you can finish and are generally calculated to be pretty much fill/satisfy you over the entire meal. When I go to the US I can fill myself up with half of the appetizerWeird-American-Things-Just-In-America
I am from Europe and I have never seen in supermarkets scooters for people that are so obese they can't walk by themselves.Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
This may be a shot in the dark but product prices not including tax when they’re displayed? Like if something says it’s $10 and you only have $10, what’s with the surprise tax at the till?Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
College sports, people do not care about nor have college sports like we do here.Weird-American-Things-Just-In-America
Massive gaps on all sides of toilet cubicle doors, like why even bother with a door at all when people can see through so easilyWeird-American-Things-Just-In-America
The Imperial System, Fahrenheits, massive ad breaks. I swear i watched US Television once and i nearly had time to go take a s*** before the adbreak ended. And i'm one of those people that play on their phone while on the throneWeird-American-Things-Just-In-America
Having the restaurant take your credit card - in most countries it's considered impolite to disappear with the card as they might write the digits down to charge extra later. Therefore they normally bring a portable terminal to your table so you can keep the card in eyesight and have the (optional) tip actually charged when the card is run and not added after the fact.This Panda hasn't followed anyone yet
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