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When it comes to one’s perspective on individualism, free expression, government, religion, and morality, Europeans and Americans are worlds apart, according to Pew Center. But to really grasp some of these cultural differences, you don’t need to look far.

Think of red Solo cups, free refills, air conditioning, and something as simple as bulk shopping. Now think of Europe, for example, France, where daily trips to local grocers for fresh produce are common, and Italy, where air conditioning is a rare sight unless it’s in hotels meant for tourists.

So when someone put up a question “Europeans who’ve visited the US, what made you go 'What The Heck'?” on Reddit, people had a lot to share about their experiences. 33.8k comments later, the answers are in right below, and it will surely put some much-loved all-American things into a very different European perspective.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Was staying with the nicest family ever. They worked extremely long hours and lived in the suburbs. I wanted to cook for them as a surprise and set out to the store on foot, with an empty backpack for the groceries. Had to walk along the curb of, and then cross, an 8 lane highway to get to the store. Had to stop a really really old man from bagging the groceries. Then was stopped by police on the way back. They were very friendly, just wanted to know where my car had broken down. Ended up explaining to me that there was basically zero infrastructure for walking out in the burbs. They took me home. On the way, I saw a sign "gas 99 cents a gallon, Bud's Xmas Gift to the Community", blew my dad's mind when I told him later. Got home, thanked the nice officers, made a vegetable casserole. When my wonderful host family came home, they were blown away but also extremely worried. All in all, I would say that no matter how crazy America may be or seem, Americans make up for all of it. They are some of the friendliest, most welcoming people I have ever met.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We stayed in the US and were gobsmacked that you couldn't just walk to the convenience store. Neither of us could drive at the time - it cost a fortune in taxis just for a handful of groceries.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread The cheerful, smiling faces on a medication TV add while the voice over mentioned that death is a possible side effect.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Roadside billboards scattered along the interstates in the South.

Billboard # 1: JESUS

Billboard # 2: PORN AND BOOZE, NEXT EXIT

Billboard # 3: GUNS! GUNS! GUNS!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so accurate. Billboard #4 Biscuits. (US biscuits, not cookies.)

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To find out more about what it’s really like for a European to move to the US for studies and life, Bored Panda reached out to New York-based filmmaker and video producer at NYL Studio 51 Ieva Lukauskaite. Ieva, who spent her school days in Lithuania before immigrating to the US, said that as a European living in the US, she has noticed a lot of cultural differences, some good and some bad.

“The thing that perplexes me the most is the lack of selectiveness and authenticity when it comes to creative education. Everybody knows the United States as the land of Hollywood and legendary cinema; however, when it comes to teaching cinematic art, it falls short.”

Having obtained her BFA at a respectable American art college, Ieva said she was surprised by the curriculum and the mix of students. “A creative portfolio or any proof of your creative process is optional to get in, all you need is decent grades from high school. Of course, that attracts a colorful assortment of students, like the guy in my Intro to Film class who told me that he chose to study film because he was 'bad at math.'"

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Especially as a bloody introverted Finnish person (stereotypes kicking in) it was terrifying how people had a ton of chitchat and were really talkative. Wished me a good day and asked about useless stuff

DON'T TALK TO ME PLEASE I AM NOT QUALIFIED FOR THIS

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#5

Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread The political ads on TV that do not promote but instead demonize candidates!

“So and so is a devil from hell that will eat your newborn for breakfast if you vote for them! Don’t do it if you love America!” Scary music and black and white footage included. Weird, very weird.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

. . . And we HATE those ads SO much but they don't stop until the election.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Was on an exchange. 2 most memorable questions were "Can you see the moon in Europe" and "Do you have Pizza in Europe". Something else I'll never forget was the map of Europe in the school I went to which still showed the country of Yugoslavia (which doesnt exist anymore) and all the borders were messed up. A map IN THE SCHOOL.

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However, Ieva believes that some higher education establishments may have low standards on purpose. “With the ridiculously high tuition costs, they gain quite a bit of profit cycling through misguided students who go through the years switching majors, repeating classes, or dropping out altogether,” she commented.

Another big difference that surprised the NY-based producer was that in US film education, you are taught more technical trade than an art subject. “The focus is on what kind of software you can use and which equipment you can name and operate. This is not necessarily a negative difference because most students will never get to be very creative in their future careers anyway.”

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With all that being said, Ieva concluded that American film education is more focused on future employability through technical skills instead of abstract concepts like inspiration or unique story building. “The approach does usually result in a better-paying job than in Europe,” Ieva concluded.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread The amount of obese people. Obese people riding electric scooters at shopping places. Being handicapped because you are obese.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You don’t really see the type of morbid obesity in a lot of other parts of the world that you do here. Those other countries have the same illnesses and diseases we do so it’s really down to a matter of lifestyle, including eating habits, not diseases that’s causing the obesity.

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-Everyone drives everywhere
-Toilet bowl has a lot of water
-Toilet stalls have large gaps
-Portion sizes in restaurants are huge
-Advertising anti-depressants etc. drugs on tv and billboards
-Bumper sticker politics
-Liquor stores everywhere
-Jesus everywhere
-Lot of homeless people
-Most people have manners and are friendly

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Went there as a german soldier on a semi work related trip, wearing uniform. The sheer number and the way people thanked me for my service (apparently as a german I qualify for this by extension), gave me discounts or even stuff for free (Starbucks) was astonishing. In germany, the public treats its servicemen with what one federal president called "a friendly non-interest". The US showed me a different world... But I also gotta admit that it was frightening to a certain degree. It feels like... a bit too much of everything. Too much admiration, too much trust in what the uniform stands for, too much "automatic repetition" of the phrases and as a result too little normality. Still a memorable and enjoyable one-time experience

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are huge amounts of patriotism behind this. Americans are normally told that we need soldiers and constant military action, otherwise we would be speaking Chinese and slaving away to an emperor/dictator. Frankly speaking, police and judges do more every day to protect our livelihood, but it's just not as "heroic" as our image of soldiers.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Almost all food tastes sweet, including bread.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yup. Subway sells bread in the Netherlands but due to the sugar content it is taxed as cake! And therefore has a higher tax. Bread is considered staple food, cake luxury food.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread The Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas absolutely blew my mind. The fact that outside it they have what looks like a scale for use on a farm, but for weighing people, and if they weigh over 350lbs they eat for free, was horrendous and it took me ages to get my English mind around it.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread I ate a blue slurpee ice-drink thing in a theme park and three hours later, I kid you not, I did a VIBRANTLY BLUE [POOP].

No food in Europe has ever contained an ingredient that made my [poop] come out blue.

That made me go go "WTF" - I was WTFing so hard that eleven years later I still remember that blue [poop].

Thanks America! Fond memories...

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Went to L.A. a week last year for work.

Things like portion sizes, the average weight of people, quality of food and commercials etc. are just what I thought they would be. But the surprises for me:

1. I do know the modeled Los Santos in GTA from L.A. but I didn't realise how well they did it. People talk and behave basically the same way. The sound, the light, the landscape, the frickin RADIO! I thought a big part of it was just exaggeration. Nope! This was actually kind of fun, driving around looking at things going "oh wow this is where that thing happened in the game". Awesome!

2. There are a lot of homeless people and you can tell a lot of them are sick and/or have psychological problems. This sure doesn't remove any of my prejudice about american healthcare and social security...

3. The extreme differences between neighbourhoods that are right next to each other. Sure, I understand why one street might have houses that look nice and are well taken care of and another not so much. But why is there a difference in how well paved the road is? Why is the "poor" street in such decay with lots of potholes and the "rich" street so clean and free from pot holes? Aren't things like fixing the roads the responsibility of the city? Mind boggling that they care more about rich neighbourhoods and the poor ones. If they did that so blatantly back here there'd be some things and a big fan involved.

Generally the social class differences are of a magnitude I've never seen before. Honestly I thought the things I heard before where somewhat exaggerated. I was wrong. And it is right in front of you basically all of the time! Really really sad to see.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Generally speaking, this is why city folk tend towards liberal/welfare views: They see it every day. Even if you keep your head forward and just continue your role in your social standing, you'll still see it. Living in rural areas separates people from the variety, diversity and disparity of individuals in our country.

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French married to a US citizen here. The one thing that surprised me most, apart from the portion sizes and the overload of sugar eveywhere that everyone mentions, is the convenience culture.
As long as you have a car, you can go buy anything and everything at virtually any time of day or night. And, oh, the amount of stuff you can have delivered at your place in less than an hour ! The workers do not seem to enjoy such a huge quality of life. Who would, if they had to work the 2am-12pm shift in a fast food place for minimum wage ?

On top of that, one other thing is how people are proud of working themselves to death, picking up all the overtime they can and not sleeping. Some of them have to to make ends meet, but most I know do not need the overtime and could use it to catch up on sleep, but don't. Instead, they drink coffee... It seems like companies managed to make the people link personal worth and pride to how much one works. Not the quality of it or the enjoyment of the job, but simply the amount of hours.

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On the first day of our US roadtrip we stopped for lunch at a roadside restaurant south of San Francisco. When we tried to pay the waiter told us that another customer that just had left paid for our meals and whished us a nice trip.

WTF, who does that. So nice! Totally made my day and honestly the whole vacation.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in San Francisco and I am so pleased to know that. Most of us here really do love visitors from other places and I am so proud to know that my neighbors welcomed you and treated you so well!

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Tax not included in the price tag. It's...weird!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's bad enough for normal retail items. Then there are dozens of industries which have carved out their own special "fees". Hotels will add a "room tax" and "city tax" on top of "sales tax"; Restaurants require a tip as if the service is an optional extra; car dealerships will add maintenance and destination fees, etc. The bottom line is: there is no way to pay the advertised price and get the advertised item.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread It’ a minor thing, but everyone asking “how are you” without wanting to know the answer.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The worst part is when you ask someone, 'How's it going?' and then the start to tell you.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Flags everywhere. Not just in front of people's homes, but in front of everything. I even saw a US flag in front of a supermarket. WTF.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It wasn't like that before 9-11. Just a normal amount of flags and proper flag displays. Now people stick them in trees and on cars and all kinds of places.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Ads for prescription medicines. Like what the actual hell.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is where anti vaxxer were born... The Americans all think they know better because ads have made it seem so. They start telling doctors which medication they want since they saw it on tv

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Extreme air conditioning — like fridge temperature inside.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agreed. 65F/18C in my office blows my mind! Are sweaters and air conditioners made by the same company?

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Portion sizes, vehicle sizes, road sizes, house sizes.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But you're filling that space with your oversized people consuming all the oversize "soda's" and burgers

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On the road sizes, we have an interstate highway system and our country from Maine to California is over 3,000 miles. The house thing to me is weird. I don't know why you need 6500 square feet of space for a family of four people. My family of five lived comfortably in a 2500 square foot three bedroom house.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's about 230 squared meters for us Europeans. I've said it before: the average family home in the Netherlands is 120-130 squared meters. Usually lived in by families with 1 to 3 kids.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I drove an 11 tonne (!) RV through the USA 3 times. Big m**o. Still looked other drivers in the eye. Car drivers. Fuel economics, economy sized car? Pah...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

they ve got a lot of space, it is quite normal to me. Not like London

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stupidity is getting the big drink when you can just get a small and unlimited refills cheaper.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was also weirded out by the HUGE portion sizes, like I can’t eat a bagel in the morning that is the size of my HEAD or a pasta dish that has two servings or I frigging die. Also, who wants a huge coffee which is halfway through cold? The amount of sugar in coffee when I didn’t even ask it was also so annoying.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Americans have a phrase: "Go Big or Go Home" They take this very seriously.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've seen a video about fast food soft drink sizes between USA and Japan and surpisely Japan have smallest size

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember my sister in law in San Diego saying that a new 800 home housing estate had to be shelved because the feeder road to it was only an 8 lane highway!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Portion sizes: once I ordered a kids veggie burger and I thought they had misheard me and given me an adults burger.....

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, I just want to make it clear them not ALL Americans are fat and eat junk all of their time. I eat decent stuff and I am active and I know many people who also are, it’s just a lifestyle them people choose to live, but everyone in their comments said them Americans are obese and are not active which really triggered me because I mean that is their way their world sees up and I’m just angry.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that looks like a Canadian mcdonalds drink ( the french language on there)

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread I thought the gap in bathroom stall doors was a myth until I visited the US. Didn’t get privacy for my five-day stay. How do you s**t when someone can look you in the eye?!

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Seeing an 80 year old woman working behind the register at a supermarket

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a friend who is 92. She goes to 'work' everyday. She volunteers for 2 hours at a school. She doesn't want to stop. It is her life. It is her routine.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread The general weirdness surrounding alcohol. Us Brits went for a drink at lunchtime once and our American friends were referring us to AA

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean in my home country the alchool is allowed to 18+ costumers and America to 21+

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread The choices of cereal at the breakfast in the hotel all had at least 20% sugar.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Was there a law that almost banned food companies to use cartoon characters in snacks for advertisment to children?

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Australian here.

I did a lot of hiking in America around Cali and the south west. My first comment is how amazing your national parks are, backed up by an organised park service. I haven’t seen camp sites in Australia half as organised as yours.

Second was how cheap food is! as i was road tripping I originally planned to cook for myself out the back of my van. But honestly it was cheaper to eat at Denny’s, where I only had to hit breakfast and dinner and I was set for the day - the portion sizes were huge.

Third. Wtf is with your toilets! They are filled to the brim with water, and your poo just sorta floats around until you flush where it then goes around in circles until it goes down the drain. My first few poops in your great nation was really unsettling. But I got used to it by the end.

Fourth. The disparity between rich and poor. Like you see it in Australia a between suburbs bit - but it was just so pronounced in America.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The poop comment made me laugh. But why would poop float anyway? Doesn't it sink to the bottom?

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread When in Boston someone realised we were British and came over to have a conversation:

"Oh my god, I have a friend in England. She lives in London. Do you know her?"



Hmm, there are 9 million people who live in London, and 65 million in the UK. The chance of me knowing one individual is quite remote!

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread The amount of homeless people. People straight-up walking past an elderly woman living on the streets to get to the 7-Eleven.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our homeless problem, IMHO, has more to do with American's contempt for what they perceive as failure. We venerate success, but have no tolerance for poor people because they are failures. But, we give money and aid to other countries, aid we don't give ourselves, because that proves the idea of American Exceptionalism. We are better than they are and they need us to survive. So it reinforces the belief in most Americans that we are the best. But, poor people are an affront to that. They prove the idea most people have of America is wrong, so we have nothing but contempt for them.

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I saw a woman put sugar in her coke at Ihop for breakfast. I've been told that's gross even for other Americans.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once I saw a family on the Greyhound, with a cute kid (about 1 -1.5 year old) I was shocked to see the parents put coke cola in the feeding bottle and feed the kid! Please tell me this is not normal.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Indoors feels colder than being naked in the winter

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah I never got this. Why set the temp to like 18 degrees celcius if it's 35 outside. Set it to 25 or something. That's still a 10 degree difference. which is huge!

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Went to Mc Donalds and ordered what i always order. But it tasted completely different. And fanta was just weird orange juice Syrup.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

McDonald's fries in the UK have 3 ingredients - potato, oil, salt (sometimes a tiny amount of dextrose). McDonald's fries in the USA have 14 ingredients.

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The sheer size of the place is amazing. Each state is its own little country. I lived there for 7 years and visited some different places, and each time I crossed a state line it was like crossing a border in Europe — everything was different again.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Part of why we’re “uncultured.” You can vacation here forever and see tons of different things but still be in America. Of course it’s not nearly the same as international travel, and of course as the years go by, things in the US have become more homogeneous and lame.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread How low down the toilets are compared to here in the UK. Went to sit on one, dropped as I thought I'd missed the darned thing then felt like I'd broken my ass on impact. It's like missing the bottom step of the stairs, but even worse.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never noticed a big difference when I was in Europe. But, I think the holes in the floor in Korea would freak this person out.

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During my first visit, I was astonished at the number of small airports and incredible number of small aircraft. So much freedom to fly across a vast country. Amazing.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s a really interesting perspective that I have never heard anyone say before. Thank you for that!

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Tipping being obligatory, whether it was good service or not.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The federally-mandated minimum wage for servers is maybe 15% of a living wage -often just enough to cover income taxes. This allows the restaurant industry to effectively outsource labor costs. The diner pays the restaurant for the food, and pays the server separately for the service. It's a horrible system, and income varies widely from business to business according to the clientele. But until the system is changed, tip your server!

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Movies set in New York prepare you for everything except the smell of [poop].

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It doesn't even smell that bad....I mean here and there but it's not like you have to walk around holding your breath

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I was going to count the number of American flags I saw on my two weeks in Florida.

I gave up on the ride from Miami Airport to South Beach.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am probably going to get down voted, but I think it’s good to be proud of who you are and where you’re from. I don’t like it when we turn that healthy enthusiasm into boastful nonsense, but I think all of us should be proud of ourselves, our families and our communities.

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Jay walking and the lack of pavement/sidewalk on many roads. I found it so hard to just get from one place to another.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As I Brit watching US tv/movies I always wondered what "Jay walking" meant. We have no such thing over here. When I found out I was like "You can get arrested for crossing a road??" Mind blown. How are you supposed to walk anywhere? I guess you can't. Another reason they have an obesity problem.

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1. You guys do not seem to have have touch and go card payment systems. A lot of places still rely on signatures.

2. Almost all food tastes sweet, including bread.

3. Credit history anywhere outside of the US isn’t considered “real” and will not hep prove you’re a real person when you want to open a bank account.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've heard some crazy stories in Suze Orman show about "my mom opened a credit card in my name and didn't pay".........isn't there checks and balances in place?

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Europeans Reveal Their 40 Most "WTF" Moments From Visiting America In This Viral Thread Perfect strangers asking me how I am doing.

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