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American news makes headlines all over the world. But if we were to judge the US based entirely on what we read and hear on mass media, where the content is trying to manipulate us into clicking and scrolling, we could end up with a warped impression of the country. So let's see what average people have to say about it instead.

We at Bored Panda have searched the internet to compile a list of relevant memes about life in the United States, and are quite happy with what we found. These images made it to the forefront of social media platforms not because they were promoted by some publisher, but because they struck a chord with the users, and when put together, paint a pretty vivid picture of the place they come from.

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The affordability of health care is high on the public's list of the biggest issues in the United States today, with 56% of adults describing this as "a very big problem" and an additional 30% rating it "a moderately big problem," a 2021 survey by the Pew Research Center revealed.

In fact, health care cost is the only issue of the 15 asked on the survey seen as a very big problem by a majority of Americans, though about half say that the federal budget deficit (49%), violent crime (48%), illegal immigration (48%) and gun violence (48%) also qualify. 

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Speak English In America!!!

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Ivana Bašić
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me from a small country with a nightmare language waiting to ask her if she is going to learn the language of every country she ever travels to.

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As the Biden administration makes its case for massive new investment in the nation's infrastructure, its condition ranks relatively low on the list of major problems facing the country.

About a third of adults (34%) say the condition of infrastructure is a very big problem, four-in-ten say it is a moderately big problem, and a quarter say it is either a small problem (23%) or not a problem (2%).

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Though neither domestic nor international terrorism ranks among the public’s top problems, roughly a third of Americans (35%) say domestic terrorism remains a very big problem in the country while a smaller share (26%) say the same about international terrorism.

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America Fuck Yea!!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, old enough to be forced to give birth, not yet old enough to consume alcohol

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God Bless America

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wanna see me stick nine inch nails through each one of my eyelids?

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The data also illustrates the division between Americans. Republicans and Democrats are far apart on the biggest problems facing the country.

Gun violence, the affordability of health care, the coronavirus outbreak, and racism are each seen as very big problems by two-thirds or more Democrats and Democratic leaners.

But far fewer Republicans say these are major problems in the country. Four-in-ten think health care affordability is a very big problem, and only about two-in-ten rate the coronavirus and gun violence as very big problems.

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This Is America

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair this is off a freeway . our cities have subway Wal-Mart's and Starbucks. It's like a kit .

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This Is America

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No seriously. American here: my dad has genuinely said "I don't care if I have covid and I don't wear my mask and it kills someone, it just means it's their time to go" (but he thinks abortion is murder- insert major eye roll)

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And A Large Portion Of South America For That Matter.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you speak fluent is it still Spanish or do you graduate to just speaking 'Span'?

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It often seems no longer just Republican vs. Democrat, or liberal vs. conservative. There's also tension between the 1 percent and the 99 percent, or rural and urban. Religious folks are fighting atheists, climate doubters clash with believers. Bathrooms have become battlefields, borders are battle lines. Then there's sex, ethnicity... The list goes on and the melting pot seems to be boiling, with steam filling even TV studios.

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What Is America?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you guys need to get your s**t together before the rest of the world refuses to play with you and takes its ball home

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According to researchers behind the USC Polarization Index, a tool that helps organizations understand the level of discord in America and make more informed decisions about their own positions on various issues, the threats of destabilization are coming from within and outside of the country.

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Some of the fake news has been propagated by foreign countries such as Russia, while social media users have aided – at times unwittingly — in its spread. These examples include fake news stories and tweets questioning Hillary Clinton’s health in the runup-to the 2016 election. Days before Election Day, Russian-run accounts were sowing doubt about election integrity.

“Political scientists had opined in the middle of the 20th century that there was really no difference between the Republicans and Democrats,” said Jenkins of the USC Price School for Public Policy and director of the Bedrosian Center. “In 1950, they urged the parties to stake out distinct positions on issues so that citizens would get different perspectives. Jump ahead to today, and it’s clear that you have a real choice between the two parties.

“We look back now and wish that maybe we hadn’t asked for that,” said Jenkins, who has been studying polarization for more than 20 years.

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Hopefully, Americans can still come together. They need to if they want to tackle the biggest problems in their country.

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Why America?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol- I still struggle with this when I look at American date format- I mean I get it, but my knee jerk reaction is always "wait...........there aren't that many months in a year! Genuine question- why DOES America do this- it literally makes no logical sense to me- am I missing something?

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Hell Yeah America

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Brenda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ROTFLMAO! Friend married lady with a 5yo. He was the ring bearer, , only he thought it was Ring Bear,so he wore fluffy "bear" slippers for the ceremony

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I’m Sorry America, But I Never Really Understood You...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

30 degrees is not that cold. It's barely below freezing. What I wouldn't give for a 30 degree day right now! It's been 100 degrees for weeks with no rain, which feels a lot like the top picture!

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Freedom

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America Healthcare Bad

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

joke but not funny , why do you put up with it ? you seem to love a good protest , this seems worth protesting over does it not ??

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Has To Be America

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What on earth are Americans scared of? Aliens? The world ganging up on you for some s**t? Social amenities?

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Leaf Gets Rekt

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm in the USA but my birthday is on Canada Day. I always joke I'm Canadian because of it. I. Want. This. Cake.

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Gnihihi, America Bad

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

12 hamburgers times 3 bald eagles divided by the square root of guns equals apple pie.

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R/4chan Delivers Again

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You would require universal healthcare for her to be able to afford prosthetics

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The Us Is America, Right?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This "confusion" exists because we are taught diferent at school, in the USA and Canada they are taught that this huge chunk of land (from Canada to Argentina) is divided in 2 continents: North America and South America; and in the rest of this chunk of land we are taught that it is 1 continent called America; so you will often hear any latinamerican calling themselves Americans and not North/South Americans; and to add more confusion to the subject we (latinos) split the continent in 3 sections North/Central/South America.

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Brenda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those from the US are called Americans. Canada, Mexico and the US are in the North American continent. I've never heard anyone call themselves North American

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Mexico, there are those who call the US people Americans, and those who call them “estadunidenses” (meaning “from the United States”), and also those who call them “norteamericanos” (“North Americans”). The latter is falling out of common usage cause it's actually a misnomer, as you point out. The first is also a misnomer, but duh, it's as the US people call themselves.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love telling US citizens that people who live in Mexico are Americans

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Felix Feline
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try entering a country as a Mexican and telling the border agents that you are an "American" when asked to declare nationality.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I haven't done this, but I've heard this and had to explain to my fellow Americans that we live in the US/USA as a country, the continent is North America, and that yes there is a difference.

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Kay Kelly
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Big pet peeve with me! Can't stand it when I. S. citizens refer to themselves as Americans, forgetting (or ignoring) the fact that that America is a continent.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's no short word to describe people who live in the US. At least not a common one. Spain = Spaniards, France = French, Germany = Germans, US = USians? USAtions? Here in Spain the term used is Estadounidense.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You mean you live in North America, Central America, or South America?

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Jose Carlo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

America is from Alaska to the the end of Argentina. The UNITED STATES is part of AMERICA!

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Michael Sanders
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my US school we learned the difference and differentiated between. The only time I say “American” is in here or talking to Europeans, which are the same thing.

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any rei
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Europe here: I've learned North-, Central- and South America in school. North America is Canada, the US and Mexico

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yep, i’m american and puerto rican, (which is an island and territory of the usa if u didn’t know) and the amount of people that think puerto rico+more aren’t or shouldn’t be part of america is crazy.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just something for everyone to know, the bottom of Argentina/Chile is called Patagonia, for future references

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

North America is Canada, USA, and Mexico. Central America is south of Mexico to Panama. South America is Colombia and the rest. 2 of 7 continents. I for one know that you can live in North America and not live in Canada, US, or Mexico. Central America is part of North America.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This though is a cultural difference. In geography, the most common models are the 5, 6, 7 continent models. In the 5 continent model, north and south america are called just America, and this one is taught in the majority of Europe ( also Asia if I recall correctly). While in the 7 continent model, taught in the US, north and south america are considered separate

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This might be a regional thing but I have never once heard a (US) American say “I’m from America”. We say we’re from “the US”.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So either a different part or North, Central or South America or an American territory which is not a state - did I get it?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

America is one whole continent. The fact that the US is called America shows how imposing and arrogant they are.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's because we in the U.S. are extremely self-centered and don't really understand that there are other countries in "America".

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

From a South American perspective: we are taught that there are 6 continents, America being the whole land mass. We do use South, Central and North to differentiate (as you would do Eastern and Western Europe) - but we usually group Mexico in both central and North america. I've studied in Europe and they follow the same rule. Most Americans (from the continent, not the country) don't actually consider European territories as being part of the Americas, except French Guiana, but we don't consider it "France". We don't think ourselves as being Americans. Where I come from, we were for a long time United States of Brazil, as is Mexico. We hold no grudge the fact tha US citizens call themselves Americans. What amazes us really is the fact that we aren't considered by many as Western countries! We are physically in the west, were allied on both wars, contrary to any other colony we were once a Capital of Europe for more than a decade.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The scary thing is, I bet most 'muricans think Central America is a continent.🤦🏻‍♀️

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While in Ecuador my mom was gently reminded that they are Americans too.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When we say Americans, as in the people from the USA, we are shortening the name United States of America, into just America. So when people from North America say American we mean someone from the USA. Americans(USA) especially do this.

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Me All The Time

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some of us remain abnormal due to brain damage. If USA had a brain, we might know where to assign blame.

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This Is America Maggot

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When an American says 'you have scary socialist healthcare because we have defense', the truth is: the US spends more per capita than any other country on healthcare, yet coverage is less than third world level. For shame.

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America Are You Ok?

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