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“Can Someone Please Tell Me”: American Says They Are “Confused” By These 30 Things In Britain
Even though Britain and America share the same language, these two countries couldn’t be more different. Whether it’s their quirky accent, absurd sense of humor, or baffling obsession with tea and the weather, Brits have a gift of leaving people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean scratching their heads from confusion.
So when swfinds moved across the pond, they began noticing all the things in the UK that "puzzle" them. Getting to a new country and immersing in its culture left the American so baffled, they started a satirical TikTok account to create hilariously exaggerated videos and to make others laugh.
Bored Panda collected some of the "weirdest" things the user has posted. Check them out below and make sure to upvote the most comical ones. And if you have a funny explanation on hand, don’t be shy and share it with us in the comments!
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Alexis Perold 3 years ago
Cos mousies need homes with fancy schmancy front doors. In the UK the mice don't live like peasants. They be fancy AF. And it's cute.
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Naturally, every country has its quirks that immediately strike you as different. But this time around, Great Britain deserves special recognition. From wondering what those yellow bins on the side of the road are to asking why the subway is called underground when it’s actually above ground, swfinds bio humorously states: “So many things in the UK confuse me!”
The user regularly posts exaggerated clips of "weird" things they encounter in the UK. Many people seem to find them entertaining since the creator has gathered more than 34.6K followers and 2.6M likes in just a few months. The simple and sometimes silly questions have irritated some Brits and Americans, leading to commenters saying that the account is in fact satire.
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Virgil Blue 3 years ago
Here in Holland they are giant concrete balls and here they are meant to deter motorists from driving on the sidewalks. So I guess same but with metal cones?
While moving overseas can be a thrilling experience—meeting new people, tasting traditional foods, exploring unfamiliar cities—it can also be a difficult and overwhelming time. Although some people can fit in quite easily, others might take longer to familiarize themselves with the new country.
According to UWS London, we experience culture shock because of the specific challenges we face when we first move and how we deal with losing our familiar surroundings. So if your new environment is similar to the one you came from or if you have lived in another country before, you might be able to adapt quite smoothly.
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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
True story, America did try to adopt them by pretending they invented them and calling them something like pastry dogs only to be called out globally for their bullsh*t
However, if you’re a foreign student or a first-time expat who has never lived abroad before, you might face some challenges. There are four stages of culture shock that you could experience in one year. Of course, every person has different experiences, and some process the changes quicker than others, but most people share similar feelings.
First is the honeymoon phase. When you move somewhere new, you can have great fun and enjoy unexpected things around you. It is also known as the “tourist” stage: [It] often includes the feelings of excitement that you have as you look forward to the new journey you are starting.”
Yet, the honeymoon eventually ends, and you have to deal with the reality. This is the negotiation stage, probably the worst one of your whole adventure. “You may feel exhausted and constantly tired of the discoveries you have been making. You may also feel frustrated by how different things are from what you are used to,” UWS London explained. "The aspects of your new life that you found endearing at first, may feel irritating or confusing when you’re in the negotiation stage.”
After that, you begin to adjust to your current living situation and learn how to manage your feelings. Your baffling thoughts that are trying to make sense of how and why things are so different, suddenly become clearer. “During this stage, you may still experience problems and negative feelings” but you begin to understand more about your surroundings.
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The final stage of culture shock is adaptation and acceptance. Even if you may never fully accept your new home, you no longer feel isolated or lonely and are used to your day-to-day life and activities with friends. In this phase, “many people can permanently say goodbye to culture shock and feel happier and more secure in their environment long-term.”
Try to remember that the feelings you’re going through are completely normal and that most expats go through this too. Culture shock is not a sign things are going badly, but a part of the whole experience. One day, you will probably look back on this time and see that it was full of sweet moments.
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Virgil Blue 3 years ago
Because they were often houses or shops that were converted to be restaurants by the look of it.
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Perry Sologia 3 years ago
These are very unusual: possibly 2 on the country. The one in the town of Slough is known as the "magic roundabout".
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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
Sometimes the crime rate is so high that the courts just put a tag on the whole town to save time
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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
Feudal Realty. The seller chooses as many realty companies as they like and the best champions are chosen to represent them in the arena and fight to the death until either one survives or the house gets sold
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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago (edited)
Because we aren't as fat so we actually fit in. Plus most toilets aren't this small
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JustAnother Soul 3 years ago
One is hot. The plumber who installed this ran out of hot labeled taps.
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M 3 years ago
cheddar is never orange - you mean red leicester - American Cheese is not something anyone from Europe recognises as 'cheese'
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
"American Cheese" is not cheese. CHeese made in America, however, can be quite good, and I say that as a cheese fanatic, who makes her own. Beecher's cheddar would meet UK standards. Cascadia's Sofia is a lovely one, too. And I'll take our (more or less local) MeadowCreek goat cheese right along any from the EU.
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Virgil Blue 3 years ago
Ah, if I recall right it's just coloring, but the fun bit is that US cheddar (or maybe another "cheese") isn't even considered real cheese in europe
Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago
You're thinking American "cheese". There's plenty of real American cheddars that aren't mass produced that would satisfy a picky palate. Not all Americans are ignorant enough to think that cheese is supposed to be orange and plasticky.
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Tiffany Sparks 3 years ago
So is New York sharp cheddar also not proper cheese because it's white and not this weird yellow color? Muenster produced in the US has white with orange rind. Proper or no? Orange dye to cheese was for ID purposes, "American cheese" isn't even cheese it's "pasteurized prepared cheese product" because it's derived from cheese but masses of oil makes it nearly non-food
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Phil Jones 3 years ago
cheddar is not orange because in the USA you add so many additives to make it orange!!
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
The US-made cheddar I get is not, in fact, orange. It's white.
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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
"Your"? Hey, cut some of us some slack. Also, the "slab of easy-melt crap" is, I agree, awful. But many cheeses made in the US are very good, and some are available at least regionally if not nationally. Also, if you want to afford cheese, that "goo" is about all most can afford, presliced and eye-catchingly yellow-orange.
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Traci Kincaid Kiter 3 years ago
As an American (I apologize, truly), I have to agree that American cheese is NOT cheese. My preferred cheddar is always cheddar. The yellow cheddar is only yellow because it's been dyed that color. No cheese should ever come in individually wrapped sliced. *shudder*
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Sharon Ingram 3 years ago
You’re supposed to take the wrapper off. (humor)
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Jill Bussey 3 years ago
Americans can't make cheese. And don't threaten Cheddar (note the capital letter, please). If it's not the same as "your" cheese, then it's you who are in the wrong.
Olga Aftyka 3 years ago
If we are talking real proper cheese then Mimolette can it a bit orange-ish. Never cheddar. learn your cheeses American peasant ;p
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
American cheese has 25% cellulose (wood pulp) added to bulk it out for profit, that's why American cheese bends instead of crumbles.
Matteo Lussana 3 years ago
Because in red Leicester/gummy American cheese they add a atto for dye them up
JustAnother Soul 3 years ago
Normal cheddar isn’t so overly processed to resemble orange plastic. American cheese is not cheese as the rest of the world understands it. Cheese is made from milk, milk is not orange.
D A 3 years ago
American Style "cheese" isn't even considered cheese here in the USA. It's called a cheese food product. Did you know what's called "American Cheese" actually originated in Switzerland?
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Tracey Stammers 1 week ago
Cheddar, created in the village/town called Cheddar in Somerset in England. Pale because we do not insist on unnatural colouring!!
Michael Wadsworth 1 year ago
Thanks to the soil in Cheddar(the city), milk from cows raised there has a yellow/orange tint. American cheddar has a dye added to(originally) make it look the same as the British cheese, then something terrible happened, culturally speaking, turning once lightly dyed cheese into orange bricks. That's why white and orange American cheddars taste the same.
Steve Allingham 1 year ago
The cheese situation in the US has greatly improved in the last twenty years with lots of artisan producers, although outside of the big cities if you are looking for a specific type you are still going to struggle. However, on no planet in this galaxy should chedder be orange.
Brent Wambold 1 year ago
We add different amounts of rennet and or other coloring - we have white cheddar, too
Jonathan Dowell 1 year ago
Truth - cheddar cheese is in fact white; the orange colour comes from annatto, a natural food colouring. A Brit added it to make his cheddar stand out from the crowd.
Debbie Burton 3 years ago
Because they eat real cheese.... not fake plastic cheese. You do realise it is not it's natural colouring
Debra McGeorge 3 years ago
There's as much real cheese in America as there are "cheese foods." Many Americans buy the latter because it's cheaper.
Jason ramirez 3 years ago
I'm embarrassed by this. American walks into a Dublin pub and asks for Coors light. Im sorry UK. We're not all like this.
Dawn Duckworth 3 years ago
Cheddar in the US usually has annetto added (vegatable coloring) to give it the orange color.
NeonDisco 3 years ago
Because, unlike America, Britain has certain laws banning the use of artificial orange food colourings due to its links to behavioural issues in children. The fact american food is full of additives and chemicals kinda explains why majority are so highly strung and trigger happy.
Johan Plane 3 years ago
Natural original cheddar IS crumbly, the thing Americans call cheddar is a processed product made to resemble cheese.
Jeffrey Diehl 3 years ago
Because it is real cheese not something extruded from the a**e end of a machine.
GramDB 3 years ago (edited)
Natural 'cheddar' is white … US colors it to separate it from all the other white cheeses. "AMERICAN CHEESE" is a brand name for a cheaper blended 'cheese-product' created during WW2 when the real thing was not available. We enjoy 'real' cheeses here and produce some of the worlds finest!
Catherine Spencer-Mills 3 years ago
The deeper color is from adding annato. Almost tasteless and adds the darker color. And it is crumbly if you buy cheddar and not that American weird stuff. (I really do live in the US)
Baali Venomax 3 years ago
Most cheese are yellow. Red Leicester is a sort of golden yellow closer to orange and blue cheese is yellow white with blue lines running through it. Not all cheese just one colour, we have all different types, made differently from different places in the world.
MotherofGuineaPigs 3 years ago
Originally the natural color of Cheddar cheese depends on what the cows eat. If the grass/hay is high in beta carotene it will be and orangish color now coloring is added to keep the brand uniform (this was actually started in the UK to differentiate their "higher quality' Cheddar from the cheese made in New England and New York. Not to be ever confused with American cheese - a cheese product with cheese, milk and other additives to keep it creamy and easy to melt - why it it called Processed cheese. If you really want to try an abomination - try Provel cheese from the St. louis area - Processed that is a combination of cheddar, Swiss, and provolone
Russell Styles 3 years ago
Americans dyed their local made cheddar orange back before the American revolution so that buyers could tell it from British cheddar, which has not been dyed.
Firkin Dirkin 3 years ago
American cheese is made from recycled suntan lotion, hence it's colour - UK cheddar is made from the milk of very, very old cows hnce the slight aroma of urine.
Beth G Cox 3 years ago
Actually, American cheese is cheese, but it's too expensive, so there's "cheese food". Got to check the label. Agree it's not as tasty as other cheeses, even if you get real American cheese.
Damon Tripodi 3 years ago
Reminds me of being a kid I was so used to real peanut butter that when I was served Skippy for the first time I was like da f*** is this?
Amy Pattie 3 years ago
This poster is such a troll. I know if I was from the US I’d be embarrassed and I’d be annoyed if I was from the UK, but I’m just finding this hilarious
Cecily Holland 3 years ago
Because unlike the US the UK have actual cheese not recycled plastic
Sara-Elita Boismenu 3 years ago
Orange American cheese is processed oil crap. It's not real cheese. That orange "cheese" is actually illegal in some Canadian provinces
Krysta Pandoo 3 years ago
That's because it's food. Proper cheese. Yours is closer to plastic.
Panda Parade 3 years ago
Europe has ACTUAL cheese, for the record. Sorry it didn't come from a spray can, Kyle.
Phill Healey 3 years ago
FFS It literally comes from England. I think you'll find our Cheddar is the "normal" stuff
Glynn Reid 3 years ago
Cheddar cheese is named for Cheddar Gorge. It's an actual place and a really good day out. If your cheddar isn't from this area of England, it's not really cheddar.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Ugh. Among the areas where I must disagree with my countrymen is cheese. Real Cheddar is aged and crumbly, quite strong in flavor and smell, and often contains tiny bits of crystallized calcium lactate. And, yes, it can be bought nearly everywhere in the US. The orange rubbery stuff she's talking about has been processed, is only slightly aged, and is colored by adding annatto, i.e., it's not real Cheddar.
D A 3 years ago
Although they may not have understood the science of cheese, people knew that yellow cheddar had a better flavor than other white cheeses. Cheddar became so popular, in fact, that cheese shops were able to charge more for their cheddar cheese. Unfortunately, it wasn't long before sneaky cheese makers realized that by adding a bit of dye to their white cheeses, they could trick people into thinking they were getting authentic cheddar cheese. The more yellow the color of the cheese, the higher the price. Centuries later, Americans still recognize cheddar cheese as the orange cheese in the dairy aisle. It gets its color from the annatto tree, which grows in tropical regions in Central and South America. Annatto seeds are ground into a red powder and used for coloring foods. Used to dye cheese for more than 200 years, annatto gives cheddar cheese the same color year-round. Cheddar cheeses that have not been dyed orange are often referred to as "white cheddar" or "Vermont cheddar,"
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
FYI, the biggest rewason is that cheese in the US cannot be made with raw milk. THat's my theory, and my grandma's, and given the difference in quality between her hard homemade yellow and the average "cheddar" in stores here? Yeah, it's the milk.
Peej Maybe 3 years ago
There are very few times where American cheese works. In a burger is about the only one I can think of. Real mature cheddar is like the food of the gods compared to what the US consider as 'cheese' (sorry lovely US folks, I love everything else about your food except your cheese!)
Malicity D'Obscuro 3 years ago
I moved to the USA and think I see the problem. In the UK, the cows produce white milk, which is then turned into cheese. In the US, the companies produce flavourings, colourings, bindings and such, which are then added to a bit of milk and sold as cheese. So, in America you can get what passes for cheese that is so orange, that you might think that the milk only comes from Highland cattle, along with "White American Cheese", for people who are perhaps not thrilled about the colourants.
J Adams 3 years ago
In Europe there are certain foods that can only be named after a location if they are actually made there, cheddar cheese is one of them (only allowed to be called cheddar if it’s made in cheddar) Parma ham is another and even champagne can only be called such if it is made in the champagne region of France otherwise it has to be ‘sparkling wine’
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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
Stop calling things "dangerous" that you don't understand! The top bit is metal so that it IS safe
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Virgil Blue 3 years ago
We in europe don't wash the eggs the way the US does. So the layer that is naturally on the egg to prevent infection isn't broken and its safe to keep them out if you want.
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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
That's a detonator cap. Makes the entire bottle of alcohol into an instant Molotov cocktail
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Groundcontroltomajortom 3 years ago
Blasphemy!!!! HP sauce is legendary and an English kitchen cupboard must have.
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King Joffrey 3 years ago
These are English muffins - totally different from 'cakey' muffins (which we also have).
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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
In case America invades. We also all carry black powder and cannonballs around just in case
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Phil Jones 3 years ago
Not a lot people know that they are actually portals to secret universes that are set in the 1950s...
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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
They do on almost all of them, how long did it take you to find one without?
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GreatFlyingSpatula 3 years ago
I know this must be trolling, but my blood pressure as a Brit has sky rocketed
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
It was all meant to just be a joke. Remember this 'calm down dear? For once Michael Winner ( also used by David Cameron with typically poor judgement in the House of Commons) has a point.
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Myrtille rat 3 years ago
I'm amazed at how people are jumping on their horses about these ..common the guy is just making light jokes and trying to be fun. and find it even weirder if British people who are well known for their great sense of humor calls the dude an idiot or such
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
I forcused on the joke responses, much more the British way!
Load More Replies... Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Sorry pandas - but I really don't know how some of these questions (some are legit) but the majority must be asked by people who can't tie their own shoelaces! (I know down votes will be on most of my comments but geeze use your heads)
Jo Choto 3 years ago
I know he's trying to be funny, but the whole post could be summed up as "Why isn't Britain America?"
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago (edited)
Why isn't America Britain?, alternatively.
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Rob Chapman 3 years ago
I get that he's joking. I mean, it says right there in the title of the article that he's trying to be sarcastic. But....he failed miserably.
Carrie Laughs 3 years ago
Yes, it is a piss-take. If you read the blurb at the beginning it clearly explains it is meant to be satire. You aren't alone in missing that apparently!
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BasedWang 3 years ago (edited)
Lmao at people getting heated but flappin their electronic lips every time a post is about America. Chill the f**k out and get over yourself
Red Riding Hood 3 years ago
Please note* Not ALL Americans are this dense. Clearly, our American education system failed this silly one. Smh
Scarlett 3 years ago
I’m pretty sure this is why we’re known for being one of the least educated countries out there (I’m a American myself, don’t come for my head)
Liam Walsh 3 years ago
Don't be too hard on yourselves. All countries are a mix of abilities. It's meant to be a joke account - it might not be to many people's tastes but I certainly don't think it's representative of the average American. All the ones I've met in my travels have been smart, kind and funny.
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zak 3 years ago
Can someone please tell me why I wasted 3 minutes of my life reading this post?
Dave Smith 3 years ago
Did you really question everyone why you made a choice? OK here's my shot, your life is boring so you blankly stare at a screen and wonder why..
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DruidsRock 2025 3 years ago
Me, too, the only thing was the wand. I'm surprised he didn't recognize the mouse house door, though, and who goes noseying around a friend's home like that?
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Not Proud British 3 years ago
It's just some very bored kid trying to annoy us Brits. I'm surprised they didn't take a photo of the Victorian actor outside the Baker St Holmes museum and ask why all Brits dress like that. Perhaps one of us should take similar idiotic pictures in the US and post them all over TikTok and Reddit. See how long it takes to get onto Bored Panda.
NsG 3 years ago
About 37 minutes I reckon. Especially given the number of comments complaining that BP is a US-bashing site. BP: come for the funny pics, stay for the rampant xenophobia
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Kelly C Bundy II 2 years ago
I know two of these, mabey three. but these are LEGIT questions by Americans. british eggs aren't stripped with LYE to clean them, and don't have to take a week or two getting to market. the bricked over windows are because your property tax used to be done by your window count! they have seperate taps because they used to have rooftop storage tanks that critters would crawl into and die in; it was a way to have at least ONE tap of clean water. those biscuts aren't for breakfast, they're for tea and dessert. british cheddar is ACTUAL cheddar, not American processed cheeze (and brits, american chedder is bright yellow 'cause it wouldn' be recognized as cheddar if it wasn't). and obviouly, the washing machine is in the kitchen 'cause of limited space and so you don't have to run more plumbing.
Dalton McCord 3 years ago
USA eggs have cuticle, a natural protective layer on the egg, washed off, USDA regulations required. European eggs have to retain the cuticle. Thus US eggs would be illegal and vise versa
Buzz Covington 3 years ago
I am so disappointed. I recently moved back to the states from the UK and had many of the same questions, only to find a bunch of smart assed answers that think they are funny.
Wim Cossement 3 years ago
Can someone explain why they have so many guns in the US? It's so dangerous!
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
I feel like everything went from lighthearted to a hatefest. I usually come to connect and laugh but wow, so not the thread I guess.
TexN 3 years ago
As an American, I agree these posts are annoying.I really enjoyed the pics though! I admit I've never seen some of that stuff but you can figure it out if you use your head lol. Would love to visit someday!
TexN 3 years ago
Ps.. Also have never heard of New York buns 🤣 and author thinking everything is "'dangerous"'! 🤣 I can't
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Joseph Hamm 3 years ago
I think the questions in the above article weren't written by an American. The tip off was the inquiry attached to #20. We call the items shown in #20 shopping carts. We do not call them trolleys. I've never heard these vehicles called trolleys in the US. Trolley is used by Brits. BTW, isn't the whole point of being a tourist in another land, to discover the other culture's oddities, traditions, culture? So if a tourist actually has these questions, why wouldn't it be considered normal?
Tim 3 years ago
Can someone please tell me why most of the posts are from the same dumbass tiktoker? I mean for f**k sake I'm an American and I recognized what and why most of these things were.
DruidsRock 2025 3 years ago
It's his account, his story, his channel...pick one🤦♀️
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Pezor Zass 3 years ago
The problem is that there's a mix of legit questions and legit trolling, so of course people don't know what to do with it. Not a good idea to use this one, BP
Samantha J 3 years ago
Well, uh, they don't seem to be American considering that they used "trolley" when they were talking about a shopping cart.. so.. maybe rethink that one, dude. And no, Americans are not stupid, ffs. I knew most of those.
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Whitney keen 3 years ago
You guys really hate americans. Sorry our country isnt thousands of years old and attached to 20 other countries. Sorry we have so much undeveloped land we dont have to reuse buildings from before cars existed (except in places like new york). Sorry our depression era caused us to make shitty, overly sugary foods we still eat. Really sorry people lost interest in politics allowing politicians to run around like the kids in Lord of the Flies. Sorry we measure s**t weird, dont pay our servers, have the worst healthcare on the planet, talk loudly and have no concept of world geography. I am. But ya'll being snobby af. Acting like the "popular" kids at school and looking down your nose at us wont make us want to be your friend. Or learn about your culture.
Kai David 3 years ago
No, this op is a typical American. Americans have an imperial attitude and complete ignorance of the rest of the world
Liam Walsh 3 years ago
Did you not read the opening info? It is a joke account and not meant to be taken seriously. Granted it isn't that funny but I've also seen worse.
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Joey Marlin 3 years ago
Or it is a satirical account as explained at the start.
Load More Replies... Mir Adwari 3 years ago
It does say right at the start that it is a satirical TikTok account to create hilariously exaggerated videos. They haven't managed the 'hilarious' part but they do seem to me to have got it right with 'exaggerated'.
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GreatFlyingSpatula 3 years ago
I know this must be trolling, but my blood pressure as a Brit has sky rocketed
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
It was all meant to just be a joke. Remember this 'calm down dear? For once Michael Winner ( also used by David Cameron with typically poor judgement in the House of Commons) has a point.
Load More Replies... Myrtille rat 3 years ago
I'm amazed at how people are jumping on their horses about these ..common the guy is just making light jokes and trying to be fun. and find it even weirder if British people who are well known for their great sense of humor calls the dude an idiot or such
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
I forcused on the joke responses, much more the British way!
Load More Replies... Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Sorry pandas - but I really don't know how some of these questions (some are legit) but the majority must be asked by people who can't tie their own shoelaces! (I know down votes will be on most of my comments but geeze use your heads)
Jo Choto 3 years ago
I know he's trying to be funny, but the whole post could be summed up as "Why isn't Britain America?"
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago (edited)
Why isn't America Britain?, alternatively.
Load More Replies... Rob Chapman 3 years ago
I get that he's joking. I mean, it says right there in the title of the article that he's trying to be sarcastic. But....he failed miserably.
Carrie Laughs 3 years ago
Yes, it is a piss-take. If you read the blurb at the beginning it clearly explains it is meant to be satire. You aren't alone in missing that apparently!
Load More Replies... BasedWang 3 years ago (edited)
Lmao at people getting heated but flappin their electronic lips every time a post is about America. Chill the f**k out and get over yourself
Red Riding Hood 3 years ago
Please note* Not ALL Americans are this dense. Clearly, our American education system failed this silly one. Smh
Scarlett 3 years ago
I’m pretty sure this is why we’re known for being one of the least educated countries out there (I’m a American myself, don’t come for my head)
Liam Walsh 3 years ago
Don't be too hard on yourselves. All countries are a mix of abilities. It's meant to be a joke account - it might not be to many people's tastes but I certainly don't think it's representative of the average American. All the ones I've met in my travels have been smart, kind and funny.
Load More Replies... zak 3 years ago
Can someone please tell me why I wasted 3 minutes of my life reading this post?
Dave Smith 3 years ago
Did you really question everyone why you made a choice? OK here's my shot, your life is boring so you blankly stare at a screen and wonder why..
Load More Replies... DruidsRock 2025 3 years ago
Me, too, the only thing was the wand. I'm surprised he didn't recognize the mouse house door, though, and who goes noseying around a friend's home like that?
Load More Replies... Not Proud British 3 years ago
It's just some very bored kid trying to annoy us Brits. I'm surprised they didn't take a photo of the Victorian actor outside the Baker St Holmes museum and ask why all Brits dress like that. Perhaps one of us should take similar idiotic pictures in the US and post them all over TikTok and Reddit. See how long it takes to get onto Bored Panda.
NsG 3 years ago
About 37 minutes I reckon. Especially given the number of comments complaining that BP is a US-bashing site. BP: come for the funny pics, stay for the rampant xenophobia
Load More Replies... Kelly C Bundy II 2 years ago
I know two of these, mabey three. but these are LEGIT questions by Americans. british eggs aren't stripped with LYE to clean them, and don't have to take a week or two getting to market. the bricked over windows are because your property tax used to be done by your window count! they have seperate taps because they used to have rooftop storage tanks that critters would crawl into and die in; it was a way to have at least ONE tap of clean water. those biscuts aren't for breakfast, they're for tea and dessert. british cheddar is ACTUAL cheddar, not American processed cheeze (and brits, american chedder is bright yellow 'cause it wouldn' be recognized as cheddar if it wasn't). and obviouly, the washing machine is in the kitchen 'cause of limited space and so you don't have to run more plumbing.
Dalton McCord 3 years ago
USA eggs have cuticle, a natural protective layer on the egg, washed off, USDA regulations required. European eggs have to retain the cuticle. Thus US eggs would be illegal and vise versa
Buzz Covington 3 years ago
I am so disappointed. I recently moved back to the states from the UK and had many of the same questions, only to find a bunch of smart assed answers that think they are funny.
Wim Cossement 3 years ago
Can someone explain why they have so many guns in the US? It's so dangerous!
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
I feel like everything went from lighthearted to a hatefest. I usually come to connect and laugh but wow, so not the thread I guess.
TexN 3 years ago
As an American, I agree these posts are annoying.I really enjoyed the pics though! I admit I've never seen some of that stuff but you can figure it out if you use your head lol. Would love to visit someday!
TexN 3 years ago
Ps.. Also have never heard of New York buns 🤣 and author thinking everything is "'dangerous"'! 🤣 I can't
Load More Replies... Joseph Hamm 3 years ago
I think the questions in the above article weren't written by an American. The tip off was the inquiry attached to #20. We call the items shown in #20 shopping carts. We do not call them trolleys. I've never heard these vehicles called trolleys in the US. Trolley is used by Brits. BTW, isn't the whole point of being a tourist in another land, to discover the other culture's oddities, traditions, culture? So if a tourist actually has these questions, why wouldn't it be considered normal?
Tim 3 years ago
Can someone please tell me why most of the posts are from the same dumbass tiktoker? I mean for f**k sake I'm an American and I recognized what and why most of these things were.
DruidsRock 2025 3 years ago
It's his account, his story, his channel...pick one🤦♀️
Load More Replies... Pezor Zass 3 years ago
The problem is that there's a mix of legit questions and legit trolling, so of course people don't know what to do with it. Not a good idea to use this one, BP
Samantha J 3 years ago
Well, uh, they don't seem to be American considering that they used "trolley" when they were talking about a shopping cart.. so.. maybe rethink that one, dude. And no, Americans are not stupid, ffs. I knew most of those.
Load More Replies... Whitney keen 3 years ago
You guys really hate americans. Sorry our country isnt thousands of years old and attached to 20 other countries. Sorry we have so much undeveloped land we dont have to reuse buildings from before cars existed (except in places like new york). Sorry our depression era caused us to make shitty, overly sugary foods we still eat. Really sorry people lost interest in politics allowing politicians to run around like the kids in Lord of the Flies. Sorry we measure s**t weird, dont pay our servers, have the worst healthcare on the planet, talk loudly and have no concept of world geography. I am. But ya'll being snobby af. Acting like the "popular" kids at school and looking down your nose at us wont make us want to be your friend. Or learn about your culture.
Kai David 3 years ago
No, this op is a typical American. Americans have an imperial attitude and complete ignorance of the rest of the world
Liam Walsh 3 years ago
Did you not read the opening info? It is a joke account and not meant to be taken seriously. Granted it isn't that funny but I've also seen worse.
Load More Replies... Joey Marlin 3 years ago
Or it is a satirical account as explained at the start.
Load More Replies... Mir Adwari 3 years ago
It does say right at the start that it is a satirical TikTok account to create hilariously exaggerated videos. They haven't managed the 'hilarious' part but they do seem to me to have got it right with 'exaggerated'.
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