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Not everyone is cut out for book-learning and that’s ok. Realistically, being able to name, say, every capital city in the world isn’t actually that useful. However, knowing the difference between a city, a continent and a country is possibly the bare minimum someone should still be aware of.
We’ve gathered some of the most wild examples of the Americans saying things that are simply an indictment of their education system. So get comfortable as you scroll through, prepare to be deeply confused and disturbed, be sure to upvote your favorites, and share your thoughts in the comments below.
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#1
French, Spanish, Latin Are Dead Languages
Chris B 5 months ago
ASL should be taught to people in the USA. Post is probably badly written but it's a valid point.
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Sally Moen 5 months ago
If the OP was trying to make a point that schools ought to offer ASL as a language option, I agree. Also I agree that ASL won't help you communicate to other deaf folks in other countries, just rudimentary stuff. ASL was developed by a French guy teaching at a Washington DC college for the deaf, and ASL is somewhat related to French sign language. ASL is completely worth learning, you never know when you might meet somebody who uses it
AsylumWalker 5 months ago
Or we could just learn the sign language thats in our own countriws ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Oerff On Tour 5 months ago
Not all countries need sign language. Italians already have sign language embedded into their regular language
Sam Trudeau 5 months ago
For those who aren't aware, French-Canadians have a slight bit of difference from European French
Nova Rook 5 months ago
Sometimes we get a chuckle in france because our accents sound old fashioned. Tabarnak! (bet that one is not censored!)
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Meredith Brasca 5 months ago
Latin is a dead language. That is plain to see. It killed off all the Romans And now it’s killing me.
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
Tbh being from uk I totally agree that sign language should be taught in school,s although wtf is he on with Spanish etc being dead languages lol only Latin is that 😂to funny
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#2
America Is The Reason You Have Cars
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
😂😂😂😂 I mean like look who they voted in the White House 😂😂n they think we rate em lol yupNOPE !
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Jonas Fisher 5 months ago
While it's idiotic to attempt to "flex" on this, the OP does have at least a smidgen of a point. Ford's choice to bring replaceable parts and the assembly line to car manufacturing certainly helped make cars both more affordable and more feasible.
Thomas51 4 months ago
I would point you towards the Springfield Armoury during the Civil War.
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Thomas51 4 months ago
No, it was a British Army Major who got VW restarted after WW2.
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#3
"It's Color Not Colour"
Learner Panda 5 months ago
Is it impossible for Americans to acknowledge other countries have different spellings?
Tom Brincefield 5 months ago
It hard enough getting a lot of us to acknowledge that other countries exist.
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 5 months ago
I am unreasonably irritated that the “upgrade” to Office 365 at work has changed the default language to English (USA) as opposed to English (UK). Taking me far too long to change it in all the applications and convince it to keep it that way.
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
ITS COLOUR !!! 🤦♀️how to tell they American without telling us lol
doredde 5 months ago (edited)
@ CP: is that an abbreviation for Cymberleigh Patricieau ? I get where you come from. Maybe you are so used to all this abbreviations like: AITA, TIL, DIY that you don´t trust your own ability to spell out a grammatical correct sentence? Plus, you make it hard for non-US citizens to understand what you want to say. So, now I see myself out and return to my Donaudampschifffahrtskapitänausbildungszentrum.
Jay 5 months ago
When we moved from south Africa it took me forever to spell color without the u
Americans come to the world with the same enthusiasm that they bring to all-you-can-eat buffets: idealistic, in good intentions, and blissfully unaware of what they've loaded onto their plate. Part of the reason is simply geographical size. In a nation where driving to the next decent supermarket can take three hours (hyperbole, but still), boarding a train to another country and crossing borders seems as distant as taking a camel through Death Valley.
Most people grow up wandering beaches in Florida or Montana's small towns and believe that "world travel" is merely a longer car trip, tolls optional. Another baddie is our school curriculum that sometimes treats world history as an appendix to learning about American history. Students can rattle off the causes of the Civil War in excruciating detail but stall when asked who governed India prior to 1947.
#4
In Europe You Can't Buy Utility Knifes
Ann Kapoxeet 5 months ago
America (US)...where people walk around carrying a*****t rifles like they're lunch boxes 😱
Zoe Vokes 5 months ago
Yeah. I thought the comment was saying “America: where our walls are thin like cardboard.”
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Ylime 5 months ago
What the heck are walls made of in other countries? Walls are like that in Canada, too. It's drywall/sheetrock or lathe and plaster depending on the age of the house.
Libby Tailor 5 months ago
Bricks. At least in my country. And all over Europe.
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
There’s u in USA shoot first n don’t bother asking questions later !! n yes we can buy Stanley knives here in uk to ! But we cannot carry them , bar for work nor can we own guns they banned ,, we are far more civilised!!
Isabel Galvez 5 months ago
We have utility knives, but we still can't remove the walls with them.
#5
"England Doesn't Speak English They Speak British. America Speaks English"
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
Oh dear oh dear oh dear 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️we speak bloody English you idiot 😂Britain is a country !! Like wales Scotland Ireland is get educated d*****s 😂
David Shaw 5 months ago
If Britain's speak British then, surely, Americans must speak Americish.
#6
“No One That Speaks English Writes In Celsius.”
Robin Roper 5 months ago
To be honest, the dote who posted this probably thinks Canada is the 51st state.
KatSaidWhat 5 months ago
Samuel L Jackson has something that could help them with that...
Load More Replies... Rosecrucian Roeth 5 months ago
I wonder what it's like to be a delusional country.............most countries only have a few delusionals, Murica seems to mostly populated with them.
Tom Brincefield 5 months ago
Ask Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. He's the guy that designed the system.
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Hippopotamuses 5 months ago (edited)
The UK seems to call it centigrade, rather than celcius. I don't know why. NZ used to, but we changed the name over many years ago.
Auntriarch 5 months ago (edited)
It did officially change some time ago, while I was in school (ok a long time ago 😂) but both are used, and people also just say C
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Rachel Smith 4 months ago
And Australia, NZ, majority of Asia, Europe.everythings is in tenths, mm,cm,kilogram, kilometre, blah, blah. 50 years old, I can easily convert. So much d**n easier.
Inservio Smurf 5 months ago (edited)
Not one of. THE. Since... 2003 I think it was that the UK threw this nonsense out? Now it's literally uniquely american, like school shooting training for children.
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 months ago
We're mostly comprised of MAGA Morons - who probably can't even spell MAGA. Those of us with actually function brains can do the math, just sayin'
It's not really a conspiracy and is more cramming all factoids about domestic politics into textbooks that would make War and Peace seem short. When foreign capitals and cultures get a paragraph wedged at the rear of the book, it's easy to graduate with honors in U.S. geography and a passing mark in "Everybody Else's Land."
#7
This Is Self Explanatory
Ellinor 5 months ago (edited)
American forgetting that other countries exist part : 12659506586127654289725244
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
😂nope we do not in uk or thanksgiving lol one bloody Xmas day is more than enough
Load More Replies... Mreoww 5 months ago
I’m not American and had zero clue what Memorial Day is. Nobody has ever mentioned it anywhere where I live.
Sam Trudeau 5 months ago
In Canada we have Remembrance day where people wear poppies (pins of them, anyway) in memorial
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Auntriarch 5 months ago
In other news, I'm going out with former colleagues on 4th July, to a Greek restaurant.
Jenni Howard 5 months ago
Can we just let Israel/Iran/USA get into their d**k swinging contest & leave the civilised world out of it???
dollh h 5 months ago
Can you not assume the worst of everyone in another country? Most Americans do not want war. Most Iranians also do not want it. I won't speak for Israel.
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
Erm in uk Memorial Day is on A SUNDAY!! Oh boy these are getting worse lol
#8
Solar Panels Run Off Power Plants Which Are Powered By Fossil Fuels
Sally Moen 5 months ago
Depends on where you live. Alot of power plants do run on petroleum products. Used to be there were coal-burning power plants, most were replaced but I believe our current President wants more coal-burning plants. In the Seattle area, our electricity is mainly snowmelt-powered
Tom Brincefield 5 months ago
You apparently missed the part where he said he had solar power.
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Jay 5 months ago
Electric cars are cool for around the city but it doesn't work for me unless they put some more charging stations out in the cou try. We do got a solar powered hybrid truck though
Maxime Lopez 5 months ago
This is partially accurate. The electricity for a normal electric car needs energy produced from somewhere, and that somewhere might be a power plant using fossil fuels. The solar car uses the sun obvs
Jk 5 months ago
To be fair, if you had solar panels only on your car, it would probably take about a month to fully charge the battery. If you have them on a roof of a house, it's more about how many you have vs how much energy you need. If you don't have enough, then you'll likely need power from the city electrical grid, which is often produced with natural gas.
#9
Modern Europe, Japan And China Is Less Than 75 Years Old
liam newton-harding 5 months ago
It should hurt, to be this dumb…in a just World there should be consequences.
Hippopotamuses 5 months ago
This has got to be rage bait. No one could be this stupid, and survive long enough to learn to write.
Gavin Johnson 5 months ago
Sat here wondering how my 400 year old house got rebuilt after WWII, they did a great job rebuilding my town so it LOOKS really old….
And then there's the media bubble. Turn on most cable news channels or social media feeds, and you’ll find a nonstop loop of domestic stories punctuated by headlines like “Trade Talks with Some Country You’ve Never Heard Of.”
#10
I Figured Out How European Time Works And It Was Like A Lightbulb Went Off In My Brain
Robin Roper 5 months ago
How to say you've not served in the military or been outside of the continental US without saying you've not served in the military or been outside of the continental US.
GalPalAl 5 months ago
If this person just made the connection and feels proud of that, why do you have to post something nasty at their expense in return. Better they realized that sooner. The comment that was posted by someone who wrote ffs, you should be ashamed of yourself for acting like a Karen.
#11
"France Has Like 100 People In It"
On a video talking about US insurance and healthcare
Ellinor 5 months ago (edited)
I come from a city of 1 080 000 habitants and in my current town we are 7 000 and it's a very small town, what is that person talking about ??
Jaya 5 months ago
I just love the idea that someone thinks France has only a 100 people. I would be super impressed that France has pulled off so many achievements with only 100 people. Also, I would be impressed at the insane ratio of famous talented people in France. If there's only a 100 people, the average French inhabitant must be an Olympic medal winner ánd a famous singer ánd an important scientist, all at the same time 😄
Michael Largey 5 months ago
"50 Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong". Particularly if there's only a hundred of them.
joseph legatt 5 months ago
One must always make allowances for the education system in the U.S.
Paul Kinnear 5 months ago
Staggering that so many Americans have been duped into defending the fact that they DON'T have free healthcare at the point of use
dollh h 5 months ago
It isn't duped. We have no choice, and it's criminal. No one likes it.
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Tom Hutcherson 5 months ago
Whatever this person is talking about, they should really move their wallet. It makes them mumble.
#12
Ah Yes, The Ever Trusty No-Internet WiFi Technology
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
The post is pathetic lmao the replies are freaking hilarious 😂😂😂love em 👍
Catherine Spencer-Mills 5 months ago
Try being IT and attempting to explain wifi and internet and ... oh, never mind.
Inservio Smurf 5 months ago
I'm in IT. This is frighteningly common among that particular population.
International coverage often pauses long enough to mention a crisis before switching back to celebrity gossip, political theatrics, and sports highlights. With algorithms serving up more of what keeps viewers clicking, little wonder that an average American might recognize every Kardashian but not the prime minister of a neighboring country.
#13
No One Goes To Europe For The Food
Jonas Fisher 5 months ago
I've traveled and lived abroad. I will say that (in my experience) the US has a higher median quality of international foods than many of the places I've traveled. Sure, if you want the best Chinese, go to China, or if you want Italian, go to Italy. But if you are in China, you're not going to find much good Italian. The US (due to such a robust immigrant population) has a higher average quality of many culinary traditions. And as a small note, US barbecue is a wonderful and delicious culinary style.
ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 5 months ago (edited)
I see what you mean, Jonas. Here in Ohio (city of 2m metro area) I have, within 6 or so blocks of my house, authentic and delicious Mexican, middle Eastern, Greek, Indian, Italian and Texas bbq, all made by people from those regions. I'm a short bus ride away from fantastic Vietnamese, sushi and French. I can't recall such diversity or such quality in my stays in neighborhoods in Europe.
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michael Chock 5 months ago (edited)
To be fair, potatoes, tomatoes, corn, cocoa, vanilla, peanuts and hot peppers are just some of Americas contributions to world cuisine.
Sam Trudeau 5 months ago
Speaking of Americans pretending they invented something that's from other countries, he-who-must-not-be-named made an app called "[he-who-must-not-be-named] mobile" and brags it's American when it's Chinese and tariffed
Tom Brincefield 5 months ago
And you can get it on Amazon for like $300 less.
Load More Replies... Sally Moen 5 months ago
Hmm, I guess that tv series Emily in Paris is all about fashion and nothing about French pastries
Kathryn Burnett 5 months ago
*Britain* not Europe. Britain. No one goes to Britain for the food.
#14
On A Post With A Recipe That Measures With Grams
Gavin Johnson 5 months ago
I sent a teleounce earlier, I’m going to school to improve my ouncemer so I ensure my sentences are ouncematically correct.
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Hippopotamuses 5 months ago
The USA. Right up the with Burma/Myanmar and Liberia. What a group to belong to.
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
What is with Americans thinking they are the only people in the world .. only inhumans maybe lol but omg
Inservio Smurf 5 months ago
Imagine measuring weight in volume, with no mention of density. Oops.
Learner Panda 5 months ago
Most (intelligent) people can use weight scales that show both metric and imperial measures.
#15
Americans With Water vs. Europeans With Water
Upstaged75 5 months ago
You mean they don't carry around 10 pound Stanley bottles like a status symbol?
CP 5 months ago
You can find cheap ones for like $10 that are just as good.
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dollh h 5 months ago
Um, American here. I've never paid to use a public restroom. Just where were you, that you encountered only pay toilets?
Load More Replies... Auntriarch 5 months ago
I've noticed people carrying water around in UK, and I don't understand that either. I'm just never that far from a tap, and I can go whole hours without drinking. Though I do keep a bottle in the car, jic.
dollh h 5 months ago (edited)
Depends where you live. I live in the high desert, like 6000 feet up. We don't have stores or taps everywhere, The state is sparsely populated, it's mostly just open gorgeous land. And no buildings for miles, or kilometers if you prefer, so yes, you need to bring your water, if you don't want to unalive yourself.
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Diane Tucker 5 months ago
Oy. One of the differences is that more of the urban and suburban US is a car culture. Way easier to haul a huge metal water bottle around in your *car*. I live in a large Canadian city and don't drive; always looking to make my transit-load lighter.
TheGreaterDebater 5 months ago
Europeans charging for water in restaurants though is just pure insanity. My country charges more for water than beers, Margheritas, and even some appetizers.
Jude Laskowski 5 months ago
I was shopping for clothes in a moderately upscale store (before Covid when we had stores). Watching women carrying two liter bottles of water even though there were water fountains all around. Preparing for the drought maybe?
Language plays its part too. In many European countries, you’re more likely to encounter people who speak three or four languages by high school graduation. In the USA, however, learning something besides English is typically presented as an after-school elective for extra credit rather than as a required ability. Why bother, after all, if everyone else "speaks English"?
#16
“Pretty Sure Scale Wise The Entireity Of Europe Would Fit Between NY And Chicago.”
Michael Largey 5 months ago
This is what I call The Pretty Sure Principle. No true statement has ever followed those two words.
Charlie the Cat 5 months ago
United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, while Europe is approximately 10,180,000 sq km, making Europe 4% larger than United States.
Zoe Vokes 5 months ago
I’m always surprised that people on the internet write statements that are incredibly wrong without taking ten seconds to Google it and check. They’re always so confident about their entirely made up facts.
Load More Replies... Sally Moen 5 months ago
American train tracks aren't maintained as good as European nations' tracks. Funding for infrastructure was approved a couple of years ago but DOGE has concealed projects
Mike Price 5 months ago
The density in Britain looks impressive but in the 1950s - 60s there was something like double the present mileage (kilometreage?). I dunno about the rest of Europe but there have certainly been many closures there too, I think.
BK BigFish 5 months ago
China is about the size of the US. 20 years ago, China had zero miles of high speed rail. Today, it has 30,000 miles. (Let's say high speed is greater than 125 mph / 200 kph) The US had maybe a few hundred miles. Since then, it has added ... 20 miles. Note that the 20 miles is not split between freight and passenger :)
TotallyNOTAFox 5 months ago
A factor would be warfare - pretty much from the 19th century onwards the train networks in Europe were build up massively. A lot of rails are also compatible since a lot of nations bought german trains before WW2 and tracks were converted during it
#17
'Im Proud To Be Irish'
Ru Bee 5 months ago
Oh got it, If each of his father's grand parents had one Irish parent each 3 grandparent would be 1/2 irish with one being not leading to him being 1 1/2 Irish + 2 1/2 not Irish.... That's about the closest I can get this time in the morning.
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michael Chock 5 months ago
Not even Irish American. If your parents were born in the US then you are 100% American.
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 5 months ago
Me, having eaten a potato: "You know, I'm something of an Irishman myself."
Don't listen to me 5 months ago
Not even Irish American. His biggest inheritance is Native American. And maybe 1 sixth Irish?
Only Me 5 months ago
Sad that their native American ancestors barely get a mention. Wouldn't you be proud of that?
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Jenni Howard 5 months ago
'irish American' is a MASSIVE STRETCH when only one of your parents is just a THIRD Irish. Embarrassing to even contemplate adopting that as your identity
#18
"They May Have Created The Language But We Perfected It"
Blue Bunny of Happiness 5 months ago
England didn’t invent it, we stole most of it (alone with a heck of a lot of other stuff from other nations)
Aaron Miller 5 months ago
Languages almost exclusively are developed or evolve over time .They are not invented.
This monolingual concept can make visitors lost not just because they can't read signs and menus, but because they've lost the mental exercise of navigating the world in another language.
#19
"Euro-Poors Do Not Believe In Refrigeration"
Charles McChristy 5 months ago
Nah, it's because you don't have +100°F weather for half of the year.
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Bored Seb 5 months ago
When I see what ICE is doing in the US now, I'm very happy that no one else has ICE...
Sam Trudeau 5 months ago
If it's "ice caps" it's good. If it's "ICE in caps" it's bad
Load More Replies... Hippopotamuses 5 months ago
Love the Fourth World comment. Clearly someone doesn't know shīt from clay when it comes to geo-politics.
Trillian 5 months ago (edited)
I absolutely dislike ACs especially how in the US you have to bring a sweater with you to go shopping in summer. But since we don't build our houses out of cardboard they don't get that hot, even in summer. Also, drinks are served cold because we have fridges. Not need to fill a glass with ice to pay a lot of money for 3 sips of the actual beverage. That is a scam and you think it's something to brag about?
Dori 5 months ago
I lived in a flat in Bristol, UK that had such thin walls it might as well have been built out of cardboard. Don't know about the rest of Europe but building standards in the 90s plummeted.
Load More Replies... TheGreaterDebater 5 months ago
The reason why the US uses ACs is because half of their climate is the same as North Africa. Also, most of southern Europe is FILLED with AC.
dollh h 5 months ago (edited)
Over 2300 people die each year from heat, and lack of hydration in the US. It can get up to 56 C in some places here. It's no joke, but it seems you're with this many dying.
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#20
“Our American Language”
Suzie 5 months ago
Always amazes me how Americans forget they are the immigrants and English is not American
Tom Brincefield 5 months ago
He said American, English is what those blokes in Britain talk, with all the funny spelling.
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Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
Erm he is the freaking pope ! They speak in bloody Latin in the catholic places ffs another yank as needs to get EDUCATED !
Inservio Smurf 5 months ago
The man isn't even american.... this whole ordeal feels like an Ali G interview with a politician that doesn't understand satire.
#21
Calls People Out For Bad Grammar. Also, Has Bad Grammar
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
I loath grammer cops lol they all inhuman trolls but it’s hilarious when they can’t even spell 😂
Noyfb noyfb 5 months ago
Spelling is not grammar. It’s orthography. Usage is not grammar. It’s lexicography. Regional dialects are not grammar. People who speak of correct or incorrect “grammar” are usually referring to some other function of language.
Inservio Smurf 5 months ago
I don't know why neolinguistics bothers me so much, but I need a joint to keep reading this, or my laptop is going to have a blowhole in the screen.
Financial and logistical barriers erect a last shell of insulation. Passports used to be trinkets rather than necessities, and the cost and inconvenience of visas even deter inquiring minds. Holiday budgets are spent on the cost of flights, little left to go and visit museums or chat with locals when you're there. It's easier and cheaper to binge-watch a foreign drama on Netflix than to fly to its filming location, and you get subtitles instead of jet lag.
#22
The Holy Trinity Of Trying To Teach Someone What Prefixes Are
JSMart26 5 months ago
Like, y'know, "pre-" means before, but sometimes a prefix comes at the end of the word instead, so then what do you do? Pretty much nuthin', cuz like right there in the word "pretty" you can see that the p-r-e must not mean before, y'know? Like I'm pretty sure I'm right, and I'm right sure that I'm pretty. Or what if you sign a pre-nuptial agreement AFTER the wedding... then it's not PRE anymore, so I just don't trust prefixes. I get my fixes in other ways!
Richienotsorich 5 months ago
Orange has a point...bisexual used to mean having s*x with either (two) gender!
#23
You Can’t Arrest Somebody Without Their Consent In Europe
nuberiffic 5 months ago
"you're under arrest for the murder of Jane Doe!" "No thanks" "righto, carry on". Police in Europe apparently
Jumping Jellyfishes 5 months ago
“You can’t arrest somebody without their consent”?! I can’t even…
KatSaidWhat 5 months ago
Yeah, cops in America don't need or bother with facts before arrests/shooting.
Vermonta 5 months ago
I think they get scared. They usually have to deal with people with nothing to lose. I'm not condoning it. I could never be a cop. And if they shoot the gun its investigated.
Load More Replies... Gavin Johnson 5 months ago
Haha the joke is on you, Greenland uses the continent loophole, it’s part of the North American continent. Geopolitically they are European but for arrest purposes they don’t use European rules! Might even shoot first and ask questions later if they are feeling truly American.
Maxime Lopez 5 months ago
The fact that he’s verified is even scarier. It means people would actually trust him
#24
There Is Not, And Never Has Been Fascism In America
Under a post about American scientist who wants to move to Europe.
Frank Newton 5 months ago
Problem is.....they did. They just picked the wrong one.
Load More Replies... Geoffrey Scott 5 months ago
The chilling sight for me was him standing on a veranda of the White House, with his adoring throngs below (1st term).
Paulina 5 months ago
*ekhm* American N**i Party and their later names up until today *ekhm*
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 5 months ago (edited)
IS THERE. NOT , where they get that idea from 😂oh wait they invented it didn’t they lol n put an orange psycho in power , n they slate us lot ok then 😂
Nancy Parker 5 months ago
N**i Germany learned a lot from us. There has been a strong strain of fascism in the US all along.
Richienotsorich 5 months ago
"Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, and the suppression of opposition"...is that not EXACTLY what's happening in the States right now?!
There are such barriers, though, that there is hope: every American who finally gets that Europe is not a Midwestern state, or that Africa is a continent, not a country, gets closer to being a world citizen. A spoonful of humility, a sense of humor, and the ability to say you've been blissfully unaware are where it begins. And who knows, once you observe the world doesn't end at your state line, you might find that the smorgasbord of human experience tastes a lot more delectable than you ever imagined.
#25
“It Is Spelt ‘Payed’ Outside Of America As In Australia, Brittain, And Other English Speaking Non American Countries”
Zoey Bear 5 months ago
Ok, I just need to know where this term is from. I love it and will start using it. 😀
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Dori 5 months ago
I think most Americans are taught spelled these days. Spelt is old fashioned, and also shares a spelling with a particular cereal grain which is uncommonly (I think) grown here.
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Mike Arclight 5 months ago
This one depends on the context; as in were you paid for making sure the ropes were payed out?
Janice Brown 5 months ago
Can't even spell 'Britain' right - no hope of spelling 'paid' correctly. B*****d.
#26
“NYC Has Better Asian Food Than Asia Does.”
No Man 5 months ago
Just so everyone knows, Flushing is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City
RamiRudolph 5 months ago
Thank you, I was indeed thinking of something else.
Load More Replies... No Man 5 months ago
Not back when Iived there... It was mainly Italians. Over the decades, Flushing has undergone at least 4 ethnic turnovers.
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Power puff scientist 5 months ago
had to listen to an American rant this week about how Italian pizza isn't real pizza because all the American variaties are so much better.
Zoe Vokes 5 months ago
I saw a comment on the internet where a lady was complaining about the pizza in Italy and how they had no ranch dressing.
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SheamusFanFrom1987 5 months ago (edited)
We'll see about that. I just hope I remember how good NYC Asian food is rather than Flushing it down the toilet through the other end later, but I have my doubts...
KatSaidWhat 5 months ago
All Asian food is flushing. Some Indian food faster than others.
Load More Replies... Tom Brincefield 5 months ago
I can't speak for the Asian food comparison, but the Indian food is definitely better in India. Although it was very good at the Indian restaurant on 3rd Ave. Everyone there was from India and the chef was excellent.
Suzie 5 months ago
Do they not know that the restaurants change the ingredients and taste to cater for the american / british/European palate. Some dont but ingredients for authentic can be hard to find out of Asia etc.. so the op is probably eating Asian food that's been modified for the usa pallet
Zoe Vokes 5 months ago
I know in the UK if you go out for a curry it’s a lot sweeter and / or spicier than you get in India. There are so many people who want curry to be as spicy as they can make it rather than just enjoy the flavours.
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#27
La Has A Bigger Economy Than The Whole Of Europe
LilliVB 5 months ago
It's already happening. In Europe lots of governments, corporations etc are taking steps towards eliminating American products and components in order to diminish or avoid to have economical exchanges with the USA. They are actively trying to cut off the USA economically wise. And I'm talking just about Europe, a place I know. I can assume other continents can/will do the same. Granted, the USA has a huge worldwide economy, but it can't beat all the world. The people that are going to have it worse, are the American ones.
Load More Replies... Caffeinated Ape 5 months ago
While the claim here is false, California overall has a staggeringly large economy. Per Wikipedia: "If California was an independent nation, it would rank as the fourth largest economy in the world in nominal terms, behind Germany and ahead of Japan."
Richienotsorich 5 months ago
'Behind Germany'!!! Hence, California doesn't have a larger economy than the ~50 European countries as it is already behind one of them. If only the dumbªss who wrote that second comment had taken a second to check Wikipedia!!! SMH.
Load More Replies... Jeffe 5 months ago (edited)
America is the country with the most disposable income, an aďɗiction to credit card debt and feels as if they need everything that they see. That's why all other countries market there. It would be silly to market to those who either dont have the money or the insatiable desire to buy literally every useless thing.
KatSaidWhat 5 months ago
I'd say less than 50% have "disposable" income but happy to be corrected on that. Too hot (London today) to do any real researching.
Load More Replies... Vermonta 5 months ago
Why waste time with a semi-colon? Americans like acronyms.
Load More Replies... Inservio Smurf 5 months ago
Suuuuure let's pretend Antwerp doesn't exist and diamond trading isn't a thing. Nor does switzerland, because banking is just a fever dream in this scenario. Monaco, same thing. I could go on.
Doug Moyer 5 months ago
EU GDP: $18.59 trillion USD in 2023. LA County's GDP (2023 est.): ~$950 billion. This is only 5% of the EU GDP. That said, it is larger than the GDP of the following European countries: Austria, Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Switzerland.
Richienotsorich 5 months ago
That's just the EU. There are as many countries in Europe that aren't in the EU, albeit most of them have a lower GDP.
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Keep That Commie Frenchness Away From Us
Spidercat 5 months ago
Wow...an American who's never heard of a 9mm round. Wonders will never cease.
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
Actual as a 60 yr old woman in uk lol I hate metric 😂I always work in feet n inches m pounds n ounces so much easier ,so I agree either way him here , another reason we left the eu !!
Mike Price 5 months ago
Here in Canada we drive in km/hr, buy milk and gasoline in litres and cheese and butter in grams, but we still use inch-sized lumber in house construction, and plywood in 4ft x 8ft sheets . . . .
Mike Price 5 months ago
( - and a 2x4 wall stud is really one-and-a-half x three-and-a-half inches - (my computer keyboard doesn't do fractions)).
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“Niche Dialects Like British English”
Hippopotamuses 5 months ago
Oh really. I didn't know that. I wonder why! Untitled-6...e5ec3e.jpg 
Tom Brincefield 5 months ago (edited)
Have to disagree with the map somewhat. Canada, Australia, and India all have their own flavors of English, just like America does.
Load More Replies... Gavin Johnson 5 months ago
I’m definitely going to refer to my native language as ‘niche English’ from now on!
Marsha Hultberg 5 months ago
And they dare post this stuff... I hope they aren't bearing children!!
#30
American Freedom And Liberty
Hippopotamuses 5 months ago
Is US history not taught in US schools? It's self-evident that geography isn't. But you'd think in such a dazzling world leader, their own history would be.
Nathan Lewis 5 months ago
it is, but its hard to hear the teacher over the gunshots
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#31
A Classic Celcius, Fahrenheit Thing
Inservio Smurf 5 months ago
Again, not SOME. Literally every other nation on the planet uses metric
Sam Trudeau 5 months ago
The internet is technically international territory no matter where you are
#32
"Europe Is The Size Of An American Parking Lot". It Was A Video Of Cities In Europe vs. The Us
Rosecrucian Roeth 5 months ago
Murica, the great something........................just not sure what exactly though.
Load More Replies... Gavin Johnson 5 months ago
I’m not sure if this says something about the size of Europe or the size of American parking lots.
Sam Trudeau 5 months ago
To anyone who mentions "Europe could fit in Texas" just know that Canada is the second largest country (with Russia being #1)
Wild Cream 5 months ago
Yeah my Canadian province is larger than Texas (most of our provinces are actually) 😂
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Natalia 5 months ago
Wtf are they teaching in US schools...other than active shooter drills, obviously?
Lizabeth 5 months ago
And world champeen everything that only exists in America.
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Miracle Max 5 months ago
Hyperbole - Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Perhaps you've heard of it?
#33
Steve Irwin Is An American Hero From Australia
Jaya 5 months ago
To be fair, they could have meant it like "He's a hero to us Americans, all Americans adore him" or "He is such an amazing hero that we grant him the status of American hero despite not even being American, his coolness transcends borders".
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
He’s NOT American pfft n Steve will always be a hero even here in uk , !, he’s much missed
#34
My Brain Hurts
Michael Largey 5 months ago (edited)
Teacher: "A double negative makes a positive. but a double positive never makes a negative." Student: "Yeah, sure."
Paulina 5 months ago
That's one of my all time favorite jokes 😂 Especially since it works both in English and my native Polish 😁
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Mreoww 5 months ago
‘Couldn’t’ is a contraction of ‘could not’. Where’d the second ‘not’ come from?
#35
“Alaska And Puerto Rico”
Robin Roper 5 months ago
live in NC and would be happy to have my area become a part of Canada. Can we secede?
Ace 5 months ago
Yeah, You guys go with New England to Canada, California merges with Mexico and we let the Mid-West and the Deep South fight it out among themselves...
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Auntriarch 5 months ago
I wouldn't bother, people like that don't do the listening thing. Whichever country they're from.
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Fred L. 5 months ago
Puerto Rico could be a U.S. state first but of course the Republicans can't have that happen either.
Jeffe 5 months ago
Puerto Rico i can assure would like America to take care of its problems rather than just be a territory with no voting rights and no care given to their standard of living or well being
Tom Brincefield 5 months ago
Unfortunately, Puerto Rico seems to be unable to get together on exactly what they want to do. Last time I looked, about a third want to keep things the way they are, a third want independence, and a third want statehood. The 2024 referendum did have a majority voting for statehood, but several political parties called for boycotting the vote, since it didn't include maintaining the status quo.
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Darkmaiden 5 months ago
Puertorrican here, the current government is pushing for statehood but most of us don't want to forgo our customs and traditions.
#36
Idiotic Commenter Doesn’t Know That Opposite-Sex Fraternal Twins Exist
Depressed Lesbian(she/they/he) 5 months ago
Idk. My aunt and uncle aren’t if yall arent!
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Fahrenheit Is The Only Measurement
Auntriarch 5 months ago
Fair point about politeness though, it's rude call someone dumb. Especially if they are.
Kasey V. 5 months ago
I finally lost it in the comment sections on tiktok recently and in the crash out I called like 13 people idiots. My account (which had 21k) is now permanently banned 😆 but to be fair, they WERE being idiots and they were doing it so loudly.
Load More Replies... Mreoww 5 months ago
Please, 38 degrees Celsius is definitely a hot day. It’s a quite sweaty day.
Wild Cream 5 months ago
38 degrees is the kind of day where you don’t leave the house because that’s dangerous levels of heat 😅 even in the dead of summer where I’m from it only gets to like 27-28
Load More Replies... Richienotsorich 5 months ago
Can you imagine if the rest of the World weren't given permission to use whatever app this is from? Unregulated and unchallenged Americanism!
#38
American Math
Robert Millar 5 months ago
Yes, if they used maths instead they could get it right. After all, it's mathematics and not mathematic.
Inservio Smurf 5 months ago
The toy on the left looks like it would get stuck inside you! Who on earth designs this nonsense?
#39
The USA Invented... Peace On Earth
Hippopotamuses 5 months ago
This has got to be rage bait (Probably another US American invention)
Oerff On Tour 5 months ago
Post WWII: VIETNAM, CUBA (Bay of Pigs), GRENADA, IRAK, AFGHANISTAN. All started BY the US. Bringing Peace? Actively supporting and providing arms to Israel in its War efforts.
OnlySometimes 5 months ago
The US has genuinely invented many things, so it's interesting how many they missed.
#40
"Europe Doesn't Even Have Gasoline And Electricity Rn"
Rosecrucian Roeth 5 months ago
From the womb of a teenage girl from the hills of Tennessee!
Load More Replies... Mreoww 5 months ago
“Europe doesn’t even have gasoline or electricity rn” -some ignorant kid who’s never been to Europe.
Spencer's slave no longer 5 months ago
They're talking about Fallout, the game. It's set in various continents and countries.
Tom Brincefield 5 months ago
Someone who heard about various sanctions from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and doesn't understand anything about modern societies.
#41
"No One Counts Eastern Europe. We're Not Visiting That"
Scott Rackley 5 months ago (edited)
"No one counts eastern Europe" Eastern Europe. Eastern...EUROPE. I have to wade through pools of d*****s like this daily. d u m b a s s
Oerff On Tour 5 months ago
No one counts the Great Plaines in the US, as it's only inhabited by cattle and Injuns
Sam Trudeau 5 months ago
Canada is larger than Texas, and Canada is below Russia, which is technically part of Europe and Asia, and the largest country.
Inservio Smurf 5 months ago
Then we don't count "flyover states" as you like to call them. Tit for tat.
#42
"Your Little Countries Are Not Big Enough To Be Recognised Separately."
Greg Hedley 5 months ago
Texas is smaller than NSW, the third largest state in Australia.WA ,the largest state,is a million square miles. Texas? Alaska? Tiny by comparison. Blame the Mercator maps that led your weird boss to think Greenland was huge.
Judes 5 months ago
NSW is the fourth largest state in Australia. WA, QLD and SA are bigger than NSW. Also, NT is bigger than SA, although of course NT is not a state.
Load More Replies... Hippopotamuses 5 months ago (edited)
And the USA is a confederation. Made up of a whole lot of little countries, as well. Except, of course, Texas!
TotallyNOTAFox 5 months ago
Weird, I always thought it's 50 Third World countries in a trenchcoat
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Astrobloom (she/they) 5 months ago
Russia is bigger than the USA. Therefore, the US doesn’t exist. The countries no longer exist, we will only every refer to it as the continent of North America /s
#43
“Does Anyone Know Where Portugal Is Actually Located?”
Gavin Johnson 5 months ago
Toured Europe a few years ago, got to the western side of Spain and drove straight into the Atlantic Ocean, I asked myself exactly the same question, where is Portugal located?
Rosecrucian Roeth 5 months ago
If president sees this, he's not going to know wtf is going on...................one needs brains for that!
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
See now the Portuguese ain’t stupid lol , they hide their country so well none of us know where is is , it’s invisible to Americans 😂n we ain’t gonna tell you ! That orange lunatic ain’t getting his hands on it so there 😜
Nancy Parker 5 months ago
Oh, are we admitting that tariffs are taxes? Now, just a little farther... they are taxes ON US, THE CONSUMER.
Inservio Smurf 5 months ago
That is not taxation. Leader of country A has no say in the affairs of country B. Look up the word "sovereign"
#44
“50 Of Whatever Weird Currency The Aussies Use Is Is Probably Like A Dollar American”
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 5 months ago
30 USD an hour to restock shelves sounds amazing (keep in mind I'm a broke 18 year old)
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Laura Lawson 5 months ago
Plus we have little things called laws that actually protect workers. Minimum wage is around $25/hr for this job. Plus an extra percentage for working between 7pm & 7am (as this person would, they ate a night stocker). And if it's a Saturday, that's time & a half. Sundays get double time. So, yep, $45/hr sounds about right. Any Americans get this much for stocking shelves??
Lizabeth 5 months ago (edited)
Australia here. But let's not forget the cost of living here is way higher than what you have to pay. Our petrol (gas) at the moment where I live is $1.59 per litre which is 3.78 gallons so we are paying roughly $6.00 a gallon for gas. Our food prices are pretty high as are our houses. Health care is fantastic though. Our rent prices for a 3 bedroom house is roughly $500 per week and that's at the lower end of the scale. So you will excuse us if we get more in wages. The lucky people are the people who already own their own house which is increasingly hard to buy. A normal house in our area which is a 3 bedder (ours for instance if we wanted to sell it) you would have to pay $750,000.00 which is what we had it last valued at but Sydney prices, you would be paying in the millions. We usually have to pay roughly $6.00 for a large cup of coffee and a burger in a take away would cost you about $11.00. Even McDonalds and any kind of fast food place is pretty expensive now compared to a few years ago.
#45
"I Learned That In Europe, When Locals Asked Where I Was From And I Said “Minnesota, USA”…turns Out They Don’t Know Where That Is"
Depressed Lesbian(she/they/he) 5 months ago
Yeah and if a Canadian said they were from Alberta, you wouldn’t know where that was.
Wild Cream 5 months ago
I’m from Vancouver Island. Whenever I say that, the Americans think I’m talking about the city of Vancouver 😂 which is not on Vancouver Island at all.
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Gavin Johnson 5 months ago
Years ago I visited the U.S., my nearest city to where I live is Manchester, inevitably my English accent would give me away, I’d explain where I came from, lost count of how many times I then had to explain that I didn’t know David Beckham.
Ellinor 5 months ago
Well I'm from Haute-Garonne France, I would love that guy to point it on a map.
Pernille 5 months ago
Hello neighbour, I live next door in l' Aude, although I'm danish.
Load More Replies... nuberiffic 5 months ago
I noticed on a recent holiday overseas, that when in a group and introducing ourselves while most people said what country they're from, people from the US always just tell you what city theyre from.
Astrobloom (she/they) 5 months ago
Next time I encounter something like this, I’m going to just pretend I haven’t heard of the US “Where are you from?” “Charlotte,” “And what country is that in?” “The USA,” “Oh, that’s funny. I’ve never heard of that! Is that in Europe?” “…” “Wow, it sounds so exotic and unique!”
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#46
Being An American In Any European Country Feels Like Being The Only Playable Character Around A Bunch Of Npcs
Joe Reaves 5 months ago
And in Europe it's legal to do that, but in America it's jaywalking. Also I don't know where the f**k in Europe he was, but the only time people wait for the green light in the UK when there's no traffic is if there are small kids around (can't give them a bad example lol).
Nay Wilson 5 months ago
I always wait for the green light but I’m partially sighted so that’s why. I don’t want to get hit by a car
Load More Replies... LilliVB 5 months ago
Indeed. Actually the first time I read the word jaywalking, I had to look for it and not just because it is an English word, but also because the concept was so foreign to me.
Load More Replies... Depressed Lesbian(she/they/he) 5 months ago
lol in NYC no one followed the rules. Def a culture shock.
Mreoww 5 months ago
In India, theres no such thing as jawalking or zebra crossing and green lights and stuff. Everybody just runs ahead whenever there’s a gap in the traffic, in the middle of the road. Many people also go the opposite way in a one way road 🤷🏻♀️
Tom Brincefield 5 months ago
When I was in various parts of India, that's how the vehicles treated the traffic signals. If they didn't see anything bigger coming, they just zoomed on through.
Load More Replies... Cydney Golden 5 months ago
Clearly he's never walked around Manhattan where all those Midwestern and southern tourists block the curbs waiting for permission from the light to cross.
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
Please please please don’t visit the uk !! we don’t want u idiots on the bloody rods thank you , you have no respect for the law what so ever so stay in us GOT IT LOL
#47
Europe - No Ice Cubes
Upstaged75 5 months ago
Our choice?? Not going to have many of those left with the way things are going....
Kristiina Männiste 5 months ago
When I was in USA I noticed, that people were polite ONLY if tip was an option. Where you were not expected to tip you got worse treatment than by the legendary unfriendly soviet sales babushkas. But where tip was expected you got treated like their new BBF. It was so confusing - I newer knew what to expect. At home you can at least tell by the looks of the establishment- when you see 30 year old decor you get the babushkas, when you see new stuff and young people you know that the staff has min 100 hours of training on how to treat clients, increase sales and keep the public image of the company.
Jane Doe-Doe 3 weeks ago
I don’t have to worry about sending my child to school not knowing if they will be alive at the end of the day
Bjørn Langbakk 3 weeks ago
Jeg vil gå på et toalett der det ser pent ut, og da vil jeg betale for det også.
JSMart26 5 months ago
Vs. public transportation, subsidized college, subsidized daycare, nearly zero mass killings, better food quality standards, better water, better beer, cafe culture, no healthcare bankruptcies, consumer protection from rapacious corporations, cheaper cell phone plans, ... I could go on...
#48
Only The USA Is A Full Democracy, Rest Of The Democratic Nations Are Behind
Marc 5 months ago
Actually, it's one of the few OECD nations that has a flawed democracy rather than a full democracy.
Ace 5 months ago
TBF a lot of them are flawed to various degrees as well, but mostly much less so than the US system.
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Australia has mandatory voting. Everyone enrolled has not only the right to vote, but the obligation to vote. Countries where there is no obligation to vote, like the US, can end up with 20% of the population electing a president. How democratic is that? Just saying.
Kalikima 5 months ago
I think this is the first time I wished I lived in Australia. Even with the bugs. Better than the Fanta Fúckér.
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Rosecrucian Roeth 5 months ago
Right now, democracy is not a word I would use in the same sentence as USA.......................................................far from it!
Lizabeth 5 months ago
I'm sorry to say that there is no such thing as democracy. Just a made up word that lets you pretend you have say in what happens to you.
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Nancy Parker 5 months ago
We are very far from a full democracy now. We even have an entire political party bad-mouthing democracy.
#49
"Is This Military Time? What Country U In?"
DC 5 months ago
The saddest part of this is, they actually believe that "Freedom" simply equals "Murrican". Idenitical to all the other irrational equalizations of the brainwashed.
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Tom Brincefield 5 months ago
It isn't widely used in the US. Most people here only encounter it in military movies and don't know how it works.
Load More Replies... Inservio Smurf 5 months ago
Imagine being in bed for fourteen hours before falling asleep. The poor man!
#50
Rugby Players Are Just Big Guys That Didn't Make It To The NFL
Michael Largey 5 months ago
Rugby is for people who feel there are not enough injuries in (American) football.
KatSaidWhat 5 months ago
Rugby is a lot safer than it was with very specific rules against bad tackles and particularly high tackles.
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detective miller's hat 5 months ago
My family moved to the US when I was 12 and the first time I watched American football, I thought it was a joke, that they were having a laugh or something before they started playing an actual sport. And then they kept going. xD
#51
"23 Stands For The Month"
Mike Arclight 5 months ago (edited)
We just had a post about US vs EU date formats, and this fvckwit comes out of left field and introduces yy/mm/dd format ... but wrong? Wtf?!
#52
Remember Who Won The War Champ
michael Chock 5 months ago
Yyyy/mm/dd makes the most sense. Then your alphabetized files are in the correct order.
Gavin Johnson 5 months ago
If DD/MM/YY makes sense (and I believe it does) then why isn’t time SS/MM/HH?
Suzie 5 months ago
Is it me ? If Americans are decendents of mainly for sake of argument .. British.. their wars and Fallings out still makes them British by decent ? Genealogy etc .. so their founding is British.. aside from the poor poor natives .. this part makes me ashamed to be British but also laugh that Americans think they are not immigrants !!
Mike Arclight 5 months ago
We use.MM/DD/YYYY b/c that's the way it is said (with rare exception) verbally. New Yews Day is said as January 1st, thought Independance Day is also know as the 4th of July. For us, it makes more sense to keep our verbal and written forms in sync with each other.
Judes 5 months ago
So why not be in sync by saying 1st ofJanuary and using the DD/MM/YY format?
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On A Post About Not Microwaving Metal
Annabelle 5 months ago
I can't read this anymore, but TIL people show off wealth with cutlery.
Gavin Johnson 5 months ago
I own an olive spoon and some cake forks, I think my cake forks might even be silver, I’m off to the microwave to test them, wish me luck, I hope I’m wealthy!
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#55
Europeans Eat Melted Cheese Over Boiled Potatoes And Call It Luxury. In A Discussion Over Whether A Volvo Is Considered A Luxury Vehicle
Ace 5 months ago
Or French, TBF. More accurately, just call it Savoyarde, Sitting just a couple of hundred metres from the border we don't generally make much of a national distinction. Even the "French" bread and croissants in our Swiss bakery are actually as good as real French ones, albeit a little bit more expensive...
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"USA Allows France To Exist"
Under a post on the french politician Glucksmann demanding back the statue of liberty..
Joe Reaves 5 months ago
USA exists because of France. Have they said thank you? I bet he's not even wearing a suit...
Geoffrey Scott 5 months ago
LOVED the threat Canada's Doug Ford made when Trump first announced Canadian tariffs. Essentially, "Yeah, you know that electricity we produce, that you guys buy? We're flipping the switch off"..Michigan, New York, etc.. LOST THEIR MINDS. Well played sir ;)
Sam Trudeau 5 months ago
And our counter-tariffs pay back the business suffering from US tariffs. As for the well played, know that Canadians normally are nice, wartime Canadians are not, but god forbid you're in the rink with Canadian hockey players
Load More Replies... Kristiina Männiste 5 months ago
Big country logic - we get that from russian propagandists all the time. That my country should be thankful that russia allows it exist. Nope my country exists 1. because its people 2. because we beat your soviet asses in 1920. 3. because we beat your soviet asses AGAIN in 1992 by JUST SINGING and finally 4. We still have high defence spending AND still practice singing and will fking defend ourselves and sing agan if you try anything. And this time we have them good amps
Sam Trudeau 5 months ago
More like France allowing USA to exist. Also, "leftist" countries have human rights. Also, the "USA strong" reminded me of "Apes together strong"
Scott Rackley 5 months ago
Yeah, it's called paying your debts, something we used to take pride in.
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#57
"Being Born In America Doesn’t Make You American"
Ace 5 months ago
Tell me you're an idiot, you mean. Oh sorry, that's what you said.
Load More Replies... Sam Trudeau 5 months ago
So THAT'S where the "Italian-Americans are Italian" stuff comes up. (Btw, a school project once required me to look up Irish customs, it said "Irish-American isn't Irish)
rmandevi831 5 months ago
Or, with zero implied stupidity, tell me you're Apache without telling me you're Apache.
#58
“No World War Nothing”
Mike Arclight 5 months ago
Yes, actually, and precisely b/c of that pizzpoor showing. Our mil looked to be what we call 'sandbagging' (ie having a do-the-bare-minimum, dragging your feet attitude) in that parade. We have graduating boot camps, from this year, that march better than those in the parade. They were told to treat it as a ruck march (more of an extreme hike and less like a formal honor guard). It is noted that our mil was quietly reluctant about this parade; and it showed.
Load More Replies... Charlie the Cat 5 months ago
The United States military couldn't take on the Taliban, let alone the entire world 🙄
TotallyNOTAFox 5 months ago (edited)
To be fair, being humane doesn't help against insurgents using guerilla tactics and the afghans didn't really wanted change anyways
Load More Replies... David Shaw 5 months ago
A certain person by the name of Adolf thought something very similar...
Learner Panda 5 months ago
With their current president, the US will be the ones to start WW3.
#59
"If Not For United States, Canadians Would Be Drinking German Alcohol And Stiff Arm Saluting!"
Wild Cream 5 months ago
Some Americans really love insisting that they’re the most important people in the world and everyone “needs” the US. It’s funny that no one ever agrees with them 😂
Sam Trudeau 5 months ago
I've been told that they really don't like having to comprehend they aren't the only ones in WW2
#60
“Literally All The Medicine Those Countries Use Is Developed Here.”
CP 5 months ago
The medicine Big Pharma charges you for was researched at tax payer funded universities and labs.
Ace 5 months ago
I'm sitting in one of the smaller countries in Europe, home to the worlds largest pharmaceutical company, with most of the others in the top ten based here or in neighbouring countries.
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LillieMean 5 months ago
The hormonal IUD Mirena was developed in Finland. The copper IUD in Germany. I think quite a few people should use one or the other because it's terrible that dense people are multiplying.
DC 5 months ago
Let's see ... the world leading virologist during Corona was a ... german. Oxycodone was developed in ... germany. And, btw, we don't have thousands a week dying because they somehow are too stupid to use it. There's a huge span between the highest enjoyable dose and the lowest dangerous one, where stuff starts to taste weird and such ... wtf are you doing over there? Anyway, guess where H****n and Aspirin originate? They're both brands registered by Bayer in the late 19th century. Where's Bayer located? Yes. The earliest actually useful antibiotica came from the UK ... vaccinations in general have been developed, pre-understanding the nature of infections, in the Chinese Empire, Ottoman Empire and in northwest Africa, and may even predate the Eurofication of Murrika. Today's US citizens, mostly, are descendants of 19th century immigrants from ... Europe. Those who didn't make it here, one could add by bad intent, but nobody needs that.
#61
"Isolate Us Statistics To White Wealthy Neighborhoods And We Match Anywhere In The World"
On a thread about the Finnish education system.
Wild Cream 5 months ago
“If you cherry pick the data and ignore most of the country, it makes us look really good!”
#62
"Completely Dominant In 5 Years"
Auntriarch 5 months ago
When you have effectively got a continent's worth of people to choose from, it is to be expected.
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"This Is Going To Sound Really Stupid, But Outlet Plugs"
#64
"State Owned Grocery Store"
Greenkitty 5 months ago
Sure, after 50 year you might get 5 weeks vacation, maybe if you ain't dead.
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#65
"Pizza Is An American Invention, Not Invented In Italy"
Vinny DaPooh 5 months ago
American style pizza was indeed invented in NYC. However Italy had pizza long before that. And most Mediterranean nations have some variant of a flatbread meal.
Ace 5 months ago (edited)
There are regional variants of pizza both within the US, think Chicago vs NY, and Italy. Rome and Naples fiercely debate whose style is better. The answer, of course, is both of them.
Load More Replies... Wild Cream 5 months ago
If people from Chicago can’t handle world history facts, that’s their own problem 🤷♀️
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The Cherry On Top
Auntriarch 5 months ago (edited)
When someone is so determined to be outraged, there is no hope
#67
Do Titles Really Matter?
Schrödinger's Douchebag 5 months ago
I bet this person doesn't know about the bottom end holes either.
#68
Correcting Someone’s Spelling
#69
Absence Of Humour Detected
#70
Our Poop Is Solid
Hippopotamuses 5 months ago
Thank God. I thought that most Americans believed that they were indoor drinking fountains. What a relief.
Rosecrucian Roeth 5 months ago
Just when I thought they couldn't get any dumber..............................I'm proven wrong ...again!
#71
If You Remove USA, The World Would Have No Culture
#72
All European Countries Are Poorer Than The Poorest Us State
Schrödinger's Douchebag 5 months ago
Says someone who has never left the poorest state in the US.
#73
Ya’ll Are Poor, How Do You Even Have A Phone?
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 5 months ago
Reminds me of that one post wondering how a homeless person had a house and someone replied "You don't understand that a phone costs less than a house?" Makes me wonder if Europeans my age (college students) worry that they'll never be able to afford a house the way Americans my age do...
#74
"Most History Is Us History That's Why"
Hippopotamuses 5 months ago
If most history is US history, why do they clearly not teach in in US schools?
Mike Arclight 5 months ago
"I hate communism, socialism, and I'm a proud ethnocentrist" The first is understandable; the second is concerning; and the last is worrisome. The rest is just the forgettable, everyday kind of stupid you find on the internet.
T'Mar of Vulcan 5 months ago
To be fair, I had no idea an American could even spell "ethnocentrist"...
Igor914624 5 months ago
When I was in High School (US), I realized that what we were taught as "World History" was actually just a brief overview of European history. The only time countries outside of Europe were mentioned was when some European country made contact with them. I admit that the education system here is a bit lacking.
#75
When Irish People Speak English, They Refer To It As Irish
Hippopotamuses 5 months ago
It's moments like this that really wish that the group who allegedly petitioned the US government in the late 18th century to make German the official language had been successful.
Mike Arclight 5 months ago
Why, so the Irish could speak German and call it Irish? (Sorry, couldn't help myself in making this little jape)
Load More Replies... Zoe Vokes 5 months ago
Irish (Gaelic) is a different language than English. It’s not English pronounced differently, it’s a separate, incredibly old language. Most Irish people can speak English, like most Welsh people can speak English, but they have their own full languages and are proud of them, teach them in schools… I like the fact that British countries are all different from each other.
#76
It's Like Only One Country Exists
#77
Main Character Of The World
#78
“Everyone Wants To Come To America”
Michael Largey 5 months ago
It's called the American Dream because you have to have your eyes closed to see it.
Charlie the Cat 5 months ago
I'm sorry U.S Pandas, but I do not want to go to your country right now. My country isn't perfect (UK), but WTF is going on over there? I know that most of you aren't as stupid as these posts portray you to be. I hope things get better for you.
Greengrass 5 months ago
That is heartwarmingly fair minded and kind. Nice one BP
Load More Replies... Geoffrey Scott 5 months ago
ie: illegal immigration..Home Depot CEO "No one wants to work any more"...someone in Guatemala..."wanna bet?" Ergo, the influx of illegally present immigrants are due to American CEO's.
Learner Panda 5 months ago
That has certainly changed since the orange dump truck entered politics.
#79
America Has Objectively Done More Good For The World Than Any Other Nation
Yer Maw Lorna 5 months ago
I live in a small place in Scotland that happens to be the birthplace of Alexander Fleming, the guy who discovered penicillin which is in the top 5 life saving inventions of all time. Along with inventions like the hypodermic needle, refrigerator, steam engine, tv, telephone, mri, atm’s, anaesthesia, insulin not to mention irn bru 😂 even fried chicken can be traced to Scottish roots.even the American navy was created by John Paul Jones, who’s Scottish. For a tiny country our ancestors impact has been massive.
les 5 months ago
except when we tried to have a south american colony, lol
Load More Replies... Rosecrucian Roeth 5 months ago
Muricans are so full of themselves that they cannot ever digest it........................think about that for a minute:)
#80
‘6.5mm Of Gas’
#81
Raw Milk Is The Newest Body “Cleanse”
Diane Tucker 5 months ago
My daughter got E. coli poisoning when she was 5 and almost died of it. Her kidneys shut down and her life was saved only by two blood transfusions. Oh and we didn't have to worry about having her treated because health care is paid for by taxes where I live. Lord have mercy on this poster's kids.
Ange Marsden 5 months ago
1 million children who died in Victorian-Era Briton from drinking unpasteurized milk would like to disagree
Zoe Vokes 5 months ago
I’m not arguing that raw milk is good for you, but Victorian Era Britain is a bad comparison because we now have refrigeration, better storage containers, better farm health practices… I’m sure raw milk now and raw milk 100 years ago is different simply because of how it’s stored. I still wouldn’t drink it.
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#82
Mario Is Not Italian
Zoe Vokes 5 months ago
He was designed by a Japanese game designer but the character is canonically an Italian plumber. In the beginning Mario and Luigi were from New York then later they were taken to The Mushroom Kingdom. They always were designed to be Italian characters though, hence why they went for very typical sounding Italian names.
Sam Trudeau 5 months ago
Kirby was named after the lawyer who helped Nintendo win a lawsuit with Universal over Donkey Kong
#83
Apparently Only People In America Watch Stranger Things
Zoe Vokes 5 months ago
In no countries is it already 2026, so I think the American is right to correct the year here.
Wild Cream 5 months ago
If it’s, say, 4:00pm on New Year’s Eve in America, there will be other countries who are already in 2026.
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"More Complex Games Such As Football"
detective miller's hat 5 months ago
yes, soccer sucks so much 2 countries actually went to war over it.
#85
"It's Mine Boggling That People Don't Understand That Canada Would Cease To Exist Without The United States."
#86
“Just Because We Been Around For 200 Years And Are Better Than Everyone Else”
#87
"My Family Has Been In America For Nearly 400 Years, But My DNA Results Are Still 100% English"
Caitlin Davenport 5 months ago
There were white people in what is now America 400 years ago.
Load More Replies... Geoffrey Scott 5 months ago
Person I was talking to; "Them immigrants need to go back to their own country"..."And what tribe are you descended from?".."I have no indigenous blood".."then GTF out".
michael Chock 5 months ago (edited)
If your family has been in America for 400 years, you are 100% American. That's what your birthday certificate and passport say.
#88
“Why Nobody Wear Socks But Americans?”
#89
Well That's The Correct Format So
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 5 months ago
I understood the mistake up until the "Well that's the correct format" comment- When you're used to using one system, it's fair to make mistakes or not realize someone is using a different system
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Forrest Hobbs 5 months ago
I have to wonder if some of these stupid comments were actually meant as satire.Then again, as has been observed: you know how dumb the average person is? Well, half the population is even more stupid than that. 😁
Dekker451 5 months ago (edited)
Strictly speaking, the dumber half is below the statistical median, not the average, though they are often close together.
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Peeka_Mimi 5 months ago
I am an American who actually reads books, studies history and geography and I lived in Germany for a few years. This was totally embarrassing.
B Jean the Jelly Bean 5 months ago
No. They only cherry plc what suits their purpose!
Load More Replies... Jonas Fisher 5 months ago
It's hypocritical that folks around the world dislike Americans who are reductionist and wrong, but then judge all of America based on exaggeration and a few loudmouthed idiots. It's maddeningly frustrating.
David Andrews 5 months ago (edited)
To be fair, it's also pretty frustrating when the US gives a few loudmouthed idiots the keys to power and free reign to interfere and inflict their nonsense on the rest of the world
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Onan Hag All 5 months ago
This level of gross stupidity is unsustainable. The USA will soon slide into mediocrity.
Dariusz M. D. 5 months ago
As funny as it has been, it gets a bit old. I have a suggestion. BP please select another country to showcase its people stupidity. How about Lithuania?
B Jean the Jelly Bean 5 months ago
I'm very tired of the slams directed at America. We are not perfect,, but we are there when other countries need us. I have lived in other countries, they are not superior! So bugger off!
Forrest Hobbs 5 months ago
I have to wonder if some of these stupid comments were actually meant as satire.Then again, as has been observed: you know how dumb the average person is? Well, half the population is even more stupid than that. 😁
Dekker451 5 months ago (edited)
Strictly speaking, the dumber half is below the statistical median, not the average, though they are often close together.
Load More Replies... Peeka_Mimi 5 months ago
I am an American who actually reads books, studies history and geography and I lived in Germany for a few years. This was totally embarrassing.
B Jean the Jelly Bean 5 months ago
No. They only cherry plc what suits their purpose!
Load More Replies... Jonas Fisher 5 months ago
It's hypocritical that folks around the world dislike Americans who are reductionist and wrong, but then judge all of America based on exaggeration and a few loudmouthed idiots. It's maddeningly frustrating.
David Andrews 5 months ago (edited)
To be fair, it's also pretty frustrating when the US gives a few loudmouthed idiots the keys to power and free reign to interfere and inflict their nonsense on the rest of the world
Load More Replies... Onan Hag All 5 months ago
This level of gross stupidity is unsustainable. The USA will soon slide into mediocrity.
Dariusz M. D. 5 months ago
As funny as it has been, it gets a bit old. I have a suggestion. BP please select another country to showcase its people stupidity. How about Lithuania?
B Jean the Jelly Bean 5 months ago
I'm very tired of the slams directed at America. We are not perfect,, but we are there when other countries need us. I have lived in other countries, they are not superior! So bugger off!
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