30 Of The Good And The Bad Culture Shocks Non-Americans Experienced While In The US, As Shared In This Online Group

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I agree. Everything is geared toward the palette of a child, because guess what - they're the ones that tell mommy what to buy.

Some years back, Subway was no longer allowed to call their “bread” bread in Ireland. It contained so much sugar (more than 10% the weight of the flour!) that the law required them to call it confectionery. Ref: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-rules-subway-bread-is-not-bread

Artificial sweeteners do change your taste if too much overtime.

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Tired trope. You need to learn how to shop better

When I bake cookies (sugar again)I always use less. Same with salt

Clearly the point of the message is they don't see it wherever they are from and they saw it in the US. Why is everyone mad and saying "that's not the only place that has that!" about an answer to the specific question asked.

You see that on Earth. Not so much on Luna or Mars, yet

But this is about America….

76% of Australia is white (european). 85% of Britain is white (european). 90% of Germany is white (european). 60% of the USA is white (european). America is very diverse.

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This post is about America.

And UK

Depends... City? Yes. Country Town... not so much diversity as maybe T.Os and settlers, no one else.

And in Denmark

Ok, look up "White Australia". Government policy they only quietly changed when South Africa started catching heat in the 70s.

And in New Zealand, the UK too

Peaceful different colors of every ethnicity learning together makes teachers very happy in America from a teacher and educator. Kathi Fortney, B.A. Liberal Arts, Tutor for Voluntary Pre-K through 5th graders in English, Homework Completion, Daycare, Babysitting and Elementary Education teacher for hire, 352-406-5767.

Also in Brasil.

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Write a book

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and Britain

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You see this everywhere

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... and Germany.

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Diversity is the end of social cohesion

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No, we don’t want to become a divisive shithole like america

America is the nation of change, don’t mistake US people/media openly addressing race issues as the US not having racial harmony. We have problems but we address those problems quickly compared to the old stuck in their way countries in SAmerica Asia and Europe. America went from slavery to emancipation to civil rights movements to having a black president in less time than it would take for another country to make a single jump. Luckily the US culture is now the “western” culture as US dominates and exports its culture globally. The US does reflection and adaptation better and is more or less forcing the rest of the world to get on board, good or bad. Western ideas like this have permeated even super isolated and traditional places like Japan and are affecting their youth to change their cultures flaws, a big one being racism/xenophobia or suppression of individuality in Japan particularly.

And a lot of the entitled ones are the ones that actually get a good life afterwards, instead of the other, good ones :(

The one issue is, they would have to go through every military person individually and then that vet would have to tell them things they can't talk about(or can't recall due to ptsd). They all should have cheques every month till they die qnd they should NEVER have to pay for medical or therapy of any kind. I don't care what there history is. They go for many reasons. Many, not because they want to fight for the freedom. Each is different

My parents both served. It's tradition in the family to serve. We don't do entitlement. We serve the country, we don't ask for our butts to be kissed ----- is the short version of the family attitude.

Whataboutism at it's finest. 🙄 You take care of the men and women who serve their country. Period. Anyone can behave like an entitled jerk. Americans in general are especially good at it and the world is perfectly aware of it.

I feel the same way about cancer. Cancer sucks. It's a brutal fight. But sometimes assholes get cancer too. Having cancer doesn't automatically make you a brave hero.

Hmmm.....I must be one of the fortunate. I volunteered at a veterans organization for several years. I met many who were broken, both physically & mentally but not one who acted "entitled". I find the word to be overused and applied to anyone & anything in our society, often with little understanding.

I have never seen the entitlement you speak of, everyone is entitled to Respect.... Veterans are used abused and discarded by the system they deserve to be treated as human, Always.

I've met a few of the entitled ones, they are jerks.

You may not understand this issue fully. Every person who is a veteran deserves your respect because one day in a recruiting office they signed their name on a dotted line. That paper said that they were willing to die, if need be, to defend this country, the freedoms provided by our constitution and your way of life. There are jerks in every walk of life including the military. A Veteran's fight doesnt end when they come home or even while they are still active duty. They have to apply and often fight an uphill battle with VA to ever receive the benefits to which they are supposed to be given. Some work for years trying to get this done. It's not a free ride by any stretch. What these veterans deal with mentally, emotionally and so often physically is one of the things that also makes them deserving of your respect. For the few who act entitled there are millions who dont behave that way. My husband a Viet Nam combat veteran. He is 100% disabled. He dies a little every day.

Yes, there are a few out there like this. But I've seen the opposite more often. There are many vets out there that don't want you to know they served because they don't want to relive what they went through.

My stock response if anyone says "Thank you for your service" is "Don't thank me, thank my recruiter".

Most of them didn't even fight for their country, the fought for oil rights...

As a veteran, you'll get no downvote from me. "Hero" is not a job. It's an act in the moment. Nothing disgusts me more than vets who say people who haven't served don't have a right to an opinion. MFers, our role was to serve so they HAVE that right. So they have the freedom to choose whether to serve or not.

No doubt the US military is a mighty fighting force, but aside from Granada, the US has not 'won a war' since WWII and that was with help. Where the US military really excels is logistics. No one can move sh*t from one place to the other quickly like the US. No one is even close. So really 'thank you for your service' is like thanking Amazon for moving guns and bombs.

And this is why I hate that many ex-military are encouraged to go into law enforcement after they leave the service. The military teaches you to kill or be killed. Yes I'm aware there is a lot more to it, but the main thing you learn is how to kill and defend yourself. That does not belong in police stations.

I do agree that having “served” doesn’t make you an instant hero. Sadly, many were/are not good people (I was married to one who took the drugs & oxygen meant for wounded to get high) but that does not excuse the way our gov treats them. If you are honorably discharged you deserve to be taken care of as the laws provide. You should not be homeless, hungry or have to wait months for psychiatric or medical care. That’s not entitlement in the arrogant sense. That’s entitled in the sense that that’s what they should be receiving for the job they did. In other words, they fulfilled their end of the deal so why doesn’t our gov fulfill theirs? Because “out of service, out of mind.” It’s disgraceful!

It's not always that they feel entitled; they may have a chip on their shoulder because the most support common given is lip service. And of course, there are plenty of jerks on both sides. Most of what you get when you get out is indifference and unemployment.

Nicely thought out comment. I am no expert but I think the failure starts with the healthcare system and the assistance given to veteran and their familes. War leaves more than visible injuries behind. And mental health is still something not properly being addresse in the USA. Not just for veterans and their families but anyone with invisible medical conditions such as the ones many veterans and their loved ones.

Spot on. A family member just finished her tour was abused by her immediate superior. Not much worse than abuse of power.

They do get majorly entitled. One guy I went to school with has been in the Army for 9 years and he is a hardcore Republican that always talks about 'his sacrifice'......he has never seen combat and has stateside office-esque jobs his entire career.

I do think putting your life at risk is an automatic pass though…so the benefits shouldn’t be as big if given to some coast guard desk jockey who’s greatest struggle was where to get lunch. Even shitty entitled soldiers should be rewarded if they genuinely risked their lives in battle. My opinion anyway.

As a veteran I think you’re right. It wasn’t until I sat back and thought about how other jobs treat ex employees how it resonated with me. It made me more humble and I express that when dealing with those who have never served. I’m not GI Jane. I am just a female that served in the military my sacrifice came in all the things I missed with my family.

I definitely agree with your comment but what I really wanted to say was I don’t know anyone else that has watched Bojack Horseman!

My father and mother were both US Army officers. They would completely agree with this statement.

That old stupid Horse is right about this. Also, the episode is hilarious AF, that Sea Weasel or what was he ... ? ... is an entitled prick. Well, they're both, but in a different way.

Not weighing in on this hotbutton topic. Just a huge BoJack fan and wanted to give you props for the reference! Of course, the one thing I think we can all agree on is you never steal a meal from Neil McBeal the Navy Seal.

The gov't agrees with you. The vets don't always get amazing treatment and in can't imagine this it a shock to anyone reading this.

I'm right there with you

You just described life.

I have respect for anyone who fought for me to have freedom in this country if you can't wrap your head around that then you don't appreciate the sacrifice made for you to begin with. Respect and honor also doesn't mean you have to agree with every choice an individual makes. But you definitely can be thankful for what they have done. And if you can't maybe you should reevaluate if you really need to change your own life. I've also seen vets on the street and also see how hard these "entitled" people have it when they need help from VA hospitals

Same for police

Apparently not! 😌(The down vote)

It does from the quote.to see is to believe sometimes.

How did you receive so many upvotes for this hateful, ignorant comment?

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They didn't fight for their country. They invaded countries to secure the interests of American companies. None of the countries the US "liberated" were a threat to them. The only justifiable war the US fought was the war against the Nazis. And 75 years later they are about to lose the fight.