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Nobody’s perfect, and everyone has knowledge blind spots. It’s healthy to recognize your shortcomings and be able to laugh at them. Sometimes, that means chuckling at yourself after you get called out online for saying something, well… less than smart.
Bored Panda has collected some of the funniest moments when Europeans gently roasted Americans for writing bizarre comments online, from all over the internet. Scroll down to see some of the most cringy insights and witty takedowns.
Just keep in mind that none of this is meant to promote meanness. It’s all for the sake of lighthearted humor. We all say dumb things from time to time, no matter where we’re from.
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#1
Ratio In TikTok
CP 2 days ago
The "pro life" crowd in America doesn't care that guns are responsible for the most child deaths in America.
Jayjay 2 days ago
This is really flabbergasting for Europeans...... denying women abortions because of "pro life" and at the same time letting them be targets for any idiot with a gun. I don't think I'll ever be able to comprehend that.
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Rick Murray 2 days ago
Lily, hun, putting "MAGA" in brackets after your name isn't the flex you think it is, ESPECIALLY AS AN EXPAT. 🤦
Jayjay 2 days ago
Well, it is nice to have the confirmation that she is an ignorant i******e!
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Brian Droste 2 days ago
Guns are not as readily available as in Europe as they are in America. Am I right?
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#2
Hope Y’all Are Enjoying Those Gas Prices
Jalunney 2 days ago
Americans commenting on gas prices always makes me chuckle. Like for like car in europe vs America, ours go twice as far on the same amount of fuel. Guess what you're buying a sub standard product and they just says it cheaper. My God no wonder they get away with all the things they do to their citizens.
Jayna Mooney 1 day ago
I'm a born & bred US citizen, and I totally agree with you! (Simply bcuz I can't & won't deny the truth!!🥹🥺🤷♀️
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Anne Roberts 2 days ago
I live in Florida, one of the few states that voted against increased Medicaid funding. I just heard that over 260,000 Floridians list their insurance through the ACA because of ridiculous price hikes. The US could definitely take some lessons from Europe.
#3
Non US Flag In Username Yet Still Assumed To Be American
Ruth Harper 2 days ago
Unfortunately yes. Too many people decided a narcissistic, racist, incompetent white man was a better choice than a competent black woman.
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Just another idiot 2 days ago
In reality, I think it'll turn out that Putin has been the real president of the US since 2024.
Rick Murray 2 days ago
Legend has it that Buried in Vegas is still poring over a map to try to work out if "Estonia" is in one of those nasty blue states...
Chris the Bobcat 2 days ago
The orange traitor does NOT reflect my views. trumpy people are NOT my friends. I am ashamed of so many of my countrymen now.
Jessica Daus-Warner 2 days ago
Americans will literally travel the world and get mad that everyone doesn't speak english. Honestly, if a tsunami took us out, it would do the world a favor.
Tom Hardeveld 2 days ago
but remember, america is 4% of the world so therefore it IS the world
Asher Tye 9 hours ago
They always say "he's your president" like that somehow means he's not a public servant and I'm not allowed to ridicule his idiocy. As if him being president isnt a reason to be embarrassed by him.
dan gerene 3 hours ago
It's like having j*****s in-laws. You got them by default.
Load More Replies...Learning to respect other cultures doesn’t happen overnight. It requires dedication, open-mindedness, and a willingness to acknowledge your own biases and knowledge blind spots. Traveling abroad, doing research about other countries’ histories, and talking to people from different backgrounds and with different perspectives can help broaden your mind. As a rule of thumb, if you can recognize that you’ve said some dumb things in the past, it shows that you’re maturing and that your self-awareness is growing
When traveling, it’s not enough to put on a silly tourist hat, grab your camera, and enjoy the sights. It’s best to go abroad with empathy and curiosity, instead of demanding the rest of the world conform to your expectations and assumptions.
#4
America Is The Reason You Have Cars
Geoffrey Scott 2 days ago
Yeah, America is the place where the workers who build them were/are exploited. 'Course it's our fault for assuming the owners have our best interests at heart.
BeesEelsAndPups 2 days ago
Not entirely your fault friend. When I moved to the US as a kid I was surprised to be taught that Henry Ford "invented" the modern assembly line. While he did introduce it to the US auto industry, assembly lines existed long before the Industrial Revolution. The concept was even discussed in the Wealth of Nations, a book by the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published in the late 18th Century. Hell Xenophon describes the creation of highly specialized divisions of labor in his work Cyropaedia, written in the 4th century BCE. There he observes that as cities grow, labor becomes more specialized into narrower aspects of production. That he envisions that as the complexity of production grows, he could foresee these specializations continue to narrow in such a way that a single item would be produced by a group of highly specialized professionals, rather than a single person from start to finish. Of course, he was a politician and a military leader, not a factory owner.
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John Leavitt 2 days ago
True, but, Duryea brothers were building automobiles in Massachusetts not long after (1895)
#5
Person Forgets Not Everyone Is American
Chich the witch 2 days ago
Shouldn't squawk too much. Have you ever listened to some of those southern US types? I'm not sure they speak English.
Nichole Harris 2 days ago
My English is just fine thank you...... My accent on the other hand........ Now that's a different row of corn🤣
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marianne eliza 2 days ago
As an exchange student to Germany in 1976 I learned that German students were required to take 7 years of English. Yep, 7. So when you hear a person whose English skills are not up to your standards, ask yourself how well you speak their language.
Si Da 1 day ago
Dear American Dude, just EVERYONE in Europe speaks English. Plus 2 or more other languages. My favorite encounter (being at a bar in Seattle): ''What. you German? And you know the Beatles? But how can you understand the lyrics?" We had been talking in English for quite some time before his.
nm 2 days ago
The thread is NOT about English accents spoken around the world, but the stiupid demand of some rasist USans for everybody in US to speak English. No, you facking mooran. US has no official language. Nobody can force me to speak whatever language I like. Besides that never heard in any other country someone to demand all to speak the native language.
pelemele 2 days ago (edited)
@nm, Just about your last sentence : In Europe (and throughout the world for that matter) throughout history and quite frequently, regional languages or dialects have been banned in order to impose an official language. Or perhaps I misunderstood what you meant.
Load More Replies... Norfolk and good 2 days ago
It says a lot that the US had to form a simplified spelling board to make English easier, as they found it difficult to spell or prononuce a lot of British English words.
#6
Do Germans Even Need A Refrigerator? They Literally Live In Snow Most Of The Time Of The Year
Trillian 2 days ago
We actually DID have a few days of snow last week and the whole country broke down. No long distance trains, no school. It was like 5-10 cm of snow, mind you.
Colleen Glim 1 day ago
*laughs in canadian* So barely enough to make a footprint?
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Rali Meyer 2 days ago
actually it rains all year, that's why germans have rain-power plants an no solar power plants
General Anaesthesia 2 days ago
They're (there? their?) called hydro-electric power plants, just to sound fancy.
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Billo66 2 days ago (edited)
Wow I feel attacked. I've been so nice to you folks too. I just live here man, I don't run things. Trumps not my fault, they won't let me vote. I got in trouble in 2007 for umm, Bolivian Marching Powder. So, ironically, you can run a country as a convicted felon, just can't vote for one.
GalPalAl 2 days ago
I am American and like to say I have moments when I feel stupid but not ignorant. Ignorant to me means not fact checking, or assuming you are correct without knowledge when communicating with others.
BeesEelsAndPups 2 days ago
From what I remember working in Germany was that it was always wet. Not always raining, but yet somehow wet. I was only there for the month of March though.
Doug Moyer 2 days ago
I've only been to Germany a total of maybe a couple months over the years, but I have never seen snow once. I was mostly in Hamburg.
Nicole Weymann 1 day ago
Bad timing. You should have been here about two weeks ago. You'd have had a three days time window for snow in Hamburg. 😂Next time may take a couple of years. We do have some actual snow and even ski resorts the farther away from the North Sea you get, but the North West gets slush at best.
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It’s very likely that you’ve personally witnessed some awful, disrespectful tourist behavior in your home country. Meanwhile, it’s probably also safe to say that you’ve also met foreigners who were kind, friendly, and respectful of both your culture and other travelers.
According to Go Abroad, you should strive to minimize the amount of bad tourist behaviors. In short, you have to be mindful of the local community, as well as the environment and wildlife.
For example, this can be as simple as not being noisy at night or respecting local religious traditions.
#7
Americans Really Do Have A Habit Of Assuming That Everyone Celebrates Thanksgiving
Clown fish 2 days ago
They are English. We like calling people wet wipe 😂😂
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
Hey, now, Canada has Thanksgiving, so to speak, just in a completely different month than Murican Thanksgiving XD (I'm being an áss, don't take me seriously!)
The Other Guest 2 days ago
My dad used to time his visits to Canadian friends & relatives to coincide with Canadian Thanksgiving, then come home again in time for US Thanksgiving so that he'd get two turkey dinners.
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Lotekguy 2 days ago
But England bestowed more Independence Days around the world to celebrate than anyone else.
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Michael Largey 2 days ago
People outside of America have excellent reasons for giving thanks. Their head of state, for example, in most cases.
Julia H 7 hours ago
Kind of makes me sad if other countries don't have a holiday geared toward family and friends. Perhaps the original meaning of Thanksgiving was based on id10ts who had no idea how to feed themselves. Then later k1lled their benefactors. For me now it's the day my small family gathers to party with food, share hugs and chat about anything that comes to mind.
#8
Do Italians Drive To Malta To Fill Up Their Tanks?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
I have a friend who lives in Norway, and she apparently drives to Sweden every once in a while to do cheaper grocery shopping there! It was a bit of a mental adjustment to me to understand going to another COUNTRY for cheaper groceries. I live in California, which is one of America's larger states, so it was hard to wrap my head around it at first! XD
zatrisha 2 days ago (edited)
This is pretty normal if you live near the border. I go to the Netherlands every now and then and buy coffee and cheese. In Poland you get particularly good sausage, in France good wine and so on, no depending on where you live everything is at most a day trip away. 🙂
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TonjaLasagne 2 days ago
Well, it's just like the Canadians who USED to come down to my state (I live in Washington) or any other border state to go our Costcos. With the Orange Menace in office, businesses along the border have been suffering but I wouldn't want to come down here either. Elbows Up!
S Bow 1 day ago
You sound just like my auntie in Toronto. She used to drive to Buffalo to Costco and also says "elbows up!". Being American I had to ask what that phrase meant.
Load More Replies... BeesEelsAndPups 2 days ago
In fairness, there is a ferry from Catania in Sicily. It connects to both mainland Italy and Malta, so you could sort of drive to Malta from Italy, it would just take a long time.
London Paris 2 days ago
We lived in Germany and often drove to the Netherlands to buy from their excellent Hypermarkets. We'd start the day off early and go visit a tourist spot for most of the day then head to our preferred store, grab a meal at a local restaurant then head back over the border to home, once or twice a month. Long but fun day.
Cristi nah 9 hours ago
Years ago people went from Spain to Portugal to buy towels-and to Gibraltar to buy tobacco
Terri Robinson 1 day ago
my aunt in chattanooga TN used to drive to chickamauga GA because no taxes on groceries in GA but taxed in TN
#9
Americans Are "Foreign" Now?
WindySwede 2 days ago (edited)
Doctor: "How did this happen? Did you fell on it?"
Load More Replies... It should be common sense, but seeing as it’s in particularly short supply these days, it’s important to remember not to litter or damage landmarks. Not only is this immoral behavior, but depending on the country, you can get in some serious legal trouble, too.
Furthermore, during your travels, try to avoid taking part in activities that exploit other people or animals.
#10
"It's Color Not Colour"
Robert Larson, LPN, JD 2 days ago
I've started using the "u" where the King's English would place it. My personal protest in America against what is happening here.
Rick Murray 2 days ago
Be sure to say it like "koo-leuuuuuuurrrrhhhhh". ;)
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Rob Stevens 2 days ago
And in this case it is "it's", not "its". I know, I know. That's a whole lot of punctuation for some of you to figure out.
Rebecca Joan 2 days ago
I got caught in a grammar snafu. I called someone out for saying “spelt” instead of “spelled…” apparently outside the Stars and Bars, “spelt” is a perfectly acceptable past tense of spell and not just a type of grain…
Artistic Amnesia 1 day ago
At least you can admit when you make a mistake.
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#11
For The Local People $1 Is A Lot Of Money
Ellie Ahmed 2 days ago
I swear some Americans think every other country is part of the developing world. The saviour energy in that comment is unreal. Like, do you think giving somebody in Greece 1 US dollar is going to feed their whole f*****g village or something?
Nadine Debard 2 days ago (edited)
We usually frame them (or we used to do it when the USA were cool)
Am I Funny? Maybe or maybe not 2 days ago
You are accused of framing the president.
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"Is There A Setting To Change From Military To Standard" Time?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
It do, but my dumb American brain has a lot of trouble parsing "military time" XD I have issues with math/numbers in general (dyscalculia) so I can't easily look at the clock and see it says 17:30 and be like "oh, it's 5:30pm!" I've honestly tried to get better at it, it's not a laziness thing XD But here in Murica we're taught 12-hr time and we're taught the Imperial measurements, not metric. I know a lot of non-Americans think we're stupid for using Imperial and/or 12-hr time, but it's taught to us in school and all of our systems are set up to be displayed in Imperial units and 12-hr time. I promise we're not all idiots, just scréwed over by our education system XD
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Binky Melnik 2 days ago
It’s used in coding, by hospitals, researchers, astronauts … Americans think it belongs to the military and are unable to subtract twelve when the hours are more than twelve. (banging head on desk)
Load More Replies... Ellie Ahmed 2 days ago
Leaving aside the 24 vs 12 hour debate, what on Earth do they mean “is there a setting”? What about this picture would suggest that’s even a remote possibility you could change it? It’s very obviously a stationary metal sculpture
Annica 2 days ago (edited)
I googled it and I think it's tiny and 3D-printed.
Load More Replies... Geoffrey Scott 2 days ago
My wife when I prank her and switch the clock in her car to 24hr mode "It's 16 o'clock, that's not riiiiight!"
Dragon Ashes 1 day ago
I got into a whole discussion with someone who thought "military time" and the 24 hour clock were the same thing. They thought they were different because occasionally someone in the military will say something like 1300 instead of 13:00. Didn't see to realize no one writes 1300. I don't think I ever managed to convince him they were the exact same thing.
Meanwhile, becoming a better tourist is definitely possible with a bit of effort. You might not change how others perceive you, but you can ensure that you’ve done everything that you can to be respectful.
The first thing you should do is focus on research about the place you’ll be visiting. Read up on the local culture, customs, traditions, laws, and religions. Go through other travelers’ accounts about the challenges they faced. The more time you spend on research, the better prepared you’ll be. Of course, we all make mistakes eventually, but at least you’ll have a solid foundation for your trip.
#13
In Europe You Can't Buy Utility Knifes
Verena 2 days ago
*staring into the crate with dead cheap utility knives at the cashiers in any random European DIY-store*
Rali Meyer 2 days ago
For €1.00! And, our walls are brick. Imagine, even inside...
Load More Replies... L.V 2 days ago
I don't think I'd want to live somewhere where you can remove a wall with a knife...
Nicole Weymann 1 day ago
Especially considering the very loose gun safety standards over there. Granted, it's an interior wall, but the exterior walls don't seem to be that much more robust (from what - admittedly biased - social media says).
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Crystalwitch60 2 days ago
Apparently not , or mine , who’s gonna tell them 😂
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Debby Keir 2 days ago
Who TF wants to be able to remove their wall with just a knife???? Insulation, sound barrier, doesn't fall down when the pigs huff and puff????
Bewitched One 2 days ago
I don’t think it was an American bragging about being able to, but rather a European criticizing American homes. Then the response about not being able to buy utility knives in Europe was an American. The last response was from someone else who I assume is also somewhere in Europe
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Happy Onion 11 hours ago
Had a conversation with a couple of Americans about Cuba and how nice a vacation spot it was. They were STUNNED. They thought Cubans lived in huts. Actual huts.
#14
"England Doesn't Speak English They Speak British. America Speaks English"
Am I Funny? Maybe or maybe not 2 days ago
England does not speak english is like saying spain does not speak spanish, which Americans do claim
KatSaidThat 2 days ago
Yes, but then I was laughed at in Costa Rica for trying to speak European Spanish to a Latin Spanish person. Lol. She gave me points for trying though.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 days ago
When I was a kid, a UK visitor kept correcting people who called her English - "I speak English. I am British!" She was Welsh, so understandable.
Julie S 2 days ago (edited)
I only ever call myself British if I'm here on BP just because I know the Americans always call us British, but I always refer to myself as English any other time.
Michael Largey 2 days ago
I usually refer to a UK citizen as British if I don't know which part of the country they're from. Being called English does not appeal to the Scots, the Welsh, and particularly my Belfast cousins.
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Michael Largey 2 days ago
We speak Murican. If it was good enough for the Bible, it's good enough for us.
Load More Replies... Cuppa tea? 2 days ago
Wrong all of them. The only correct statement is people in England speaks Unitedkingdomish
#15
Every Video On The Internet Must Be Recorded In The US
Andrew Tranter 2 days ago
A ford is a shallow section of a river or stream where it may be crossed by wading, on horseback, or inside a vehicle. A ford may occur naturally or be constructed Many towns in the UK have ford in their name for just this reason, they were built around river crossings, Oxford, Stratford, Wallingford, etc - it's a big list
Chris the Bobcat 2 days ago
For a second, I thought 'ford' referred to Ford Motor Company. Oh god, I am American.
Brian Droste 2 days ago
Why would it matter where this vehicle was fillmed or from what country it was filmed in? A lot of comments, stories here on BP are from other countries.
Go Abroad also suggests eating, shopping, and staying locally for a more authentic experience. On top of that, you’ll also end up supporting local businesses and, potentially, save money.
In the meantime, broaden your horizons and visit other places aside from must-see, super popular touristy destinations.
“When possible, try traveling more off-the-beaten path or visiting a destination in the off season. Slow travel also helps one discover a place and its culture more meaningfully.”
#16
American Thinks Everyone Should Be Using Fahrenheit
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
I admit I only "know" Fahrenheit (am American) but whenever I'm telling friends/people online a temperature (whether it's the temp outside where I live or something else) I do a quick Google of "What is 75F in C" and post the temperature as both measurements, like "It's 75F/24C outside and it's January! Friggin SoCal!" It's easy and takes approximately three seconds to do XD
Rali Meyer 2 days ago
How hard can it be: Water freezes at 0°C and boils at 100°C. Body temperature is 37°C. Room temperature is defined as 20°C. You don't need much more than that. Unless you bake. I live in both worlds, imperial and metric.
Unicorn 2 days ago
In the range of oven temperatures, it's close enough just to halve the number of Fahrenheit degrees.
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John Vandyke 2 days ago
We tried it in 1975. Most of us were too stupid to grasp the concept of "10."
Lotekguy 2 days ago
Only half of the ones who bothered to vote... or lived where their votes weren't obstructed.
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NJ P 1 day ago
Actually putting your oven on 25 deg is just room temp. So just leave potato out on the counter.
#17
If We (Americans) Stop Visiting, The UK Will Have An Economic Depression Tidal Wave
Andy Frobig 2 days ago
Considering how few Americans even have passports, we aren't the main tourists to any country but Mexico and Canada, most likely
Awenpotato 2 days ago (edited)
Yes please, don't visit, you're too loud and mostly too ignorant
Doug Moyer 2 days ago
Trying to convince my son to go to grad school in London or Berlin (MA Directing), just to get a wider perspective of life. (He's travelled to UK, France, Spain, Mexico, Germany, Panama, but a visit isn't the same as living somewhere.)
Multa Nocte 2 days ago
"The greatest number of estimated visits to Great Britain (GB) in 2024 were made by residents of the United States (5.6 million visits), followed by residents of France (3.6 million visits) and Germany (3.3 million visits)." ---> Office for National Statistics, Great Britain
Jonas Fisher 1 day ago
According to Statista, US tourists clock almost 6 million visitors to the UK, and account for 20% of all visitor spending. They are the most valuable foreign market for UK tourism.
#18
Don't Use A Spanish Word Because Of US Race Issues?
Laszlo Larthlanc 2 days ago
Somehow, the American institution UNCF -- United Negro College Fund -- still exists, has not been forced to change its name, and still does more good for American Blacks that the entire Federal government.
Brick Rockstone 2 days ago
In The Netherlands people from Afrika are/were called "Neger" and it is still said
Ode 12 hours ago
What do you mean it is still said? I'm pretty sure it is not a word decent people use. The difference is that in Spanish negro means the colour black and doesn't have the same derogatory past as with many other European languages
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
I was adopted at birth into a Hispanic/Mexican-American family, and when I was a little kid, my great-grandma (who immigrated to the US from Mexico) had a little black dog whose name was "Négro". My great-grandma didn't speak much English and had NO idea that the word was offensive in English/American. Similarly, I used to get a lot of Christmas and birthday gifts of Mexican marker and crayon sets from my Mexican relatives, and yep, the black markers/crayons were labeled "négro" XD It's not an offensive term in Spanish because it's LITERALLY the word for "black" the color, but one must be aware and careful speaking Spanish in America as it IS an offensive racial slur in English.
BeesEelsAndPups 2 days ago
In Spanish and Portuguese there are two words for Black. We both have "negro(a)", of course. But we have a second word that specifically refers to people of black skin. In spanish it is "prieto(a)" and in portuguese it's "preto(a)". These are considered offensive in our countries, though. However, at least in Brazil, it is common hear "preto" used to describe objects. Like that is a "carro preto" (black car). Race and racism are complicated topics in Brazil though, especially when so many people identify as "pardo" (brown) or mixed race, and we have such a deep and unsettling history with slavery.
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Crystalwitch60 2 days ago
On that thinking ,how does one go n by black paint then ? Or own a black car or a black dog or cat 🤔
Philenzortia 2 days ago
Also refering to someone as "negro" is an term of endearment and can be friendly too. I have a friend that we call "el negro" and it is not intendend as an insult.
The Guardian also stresses that slow tourism can be a great idea.
“Slow tourism is about spending more time in a destination, engaging in the local culture and getting to know local people,” Dr. Peter Robinson, the head of the Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Management at Leeds Beckett University, told The Guardian. You could mix things up and go to the countryside instead of only visiting major cities.
#19
"No One Counts Eastern Europe. We're Not Visiting That"
Am I Funny? Maybe or maybe not 2 days ago
We're not visiting USA for the foreseeable future either
Sian E 2 days ago
If anybody has been even just a little bit mean to the orange toddler on social media, they're not visiting the US either.
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Alexia 2 days ago
they did visit Eastern Europe, just not in large numbers 😄
Load More Replies... Chich the witch 2 days ago
If a texan ever brags about how long it takes to drive across the state just nod and say " Yeah, I had a car like that once"
Rali Meyer 2 days ago
and in Texas you have like 7 attractions to visit by traveling endless hours while in EU you have 7.000. Choose your pic
Rick Murray 2 days ago
As I understand it, and please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Romania have some bloody amazing castles?
Multa Nocte 2 days ago
Romania is an amazing place and yes it does have some incredible castles.
Load More Replies... BeesEelsAndPups 2 days ago
Nobody visits the Midwest, not even other Americans. They are literally known as fly-over states because that's what people do. They fly over those places to get somewhere interesting. Preparing to get down-votes from midwesterners
Michael Largey 2 days ago
Oh, there are people who come here to visit the Midwest. Places like Branson Missouri and the Indianapolis 500 attract a lot of a sort of people you'll be glad don't show up in your area. So if you can't give the Midwest respect, at least a little gratitude and sympathy are called for.
Load More Replies... Cuppa tea? 2 days ago
The distance from Gibraltar to Nordkamp is significantly bigger than distance from Florida to St.John in Labrador.
Charlotte 2 days ago
Please don't encourage people from Florida to cross the border...
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"He Looks Very White For A Spanish Guy"
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
When I was a kid, we had an exchange student from Spain stay with us for a year. His name was Carlos, and he was as pale-skinned as I was (I'm adopted and white af) and he had blue eyes and blonde hair. My adoptive family is Mexican, and I grew up speaking Spanish, so I do admit that, as a child, I was initially shocked that Carlos looked "white". I honestly thought Spanish people looked similar to Mexican people because they both spoke versions of the Spanish language. My dad taught me about Spain and its cultural and ancestral history after that, so I learned a thing XD But I admit, when I was 9, it was a bit of a shock!
BeesEelsAndPups 2 days ago
I am a Brazilian. Born in Brazil to parents born in Brazil. I have pale skin with dark brown hair (well, grey now) and dark brown eyes. I have a niece who's even more pale than I am. I have a sister-in-law from São Paulo who is of Japanese descent, and has VERY pale skin. And I have an aunt who is as dark as mahogany. When I lived in Mexico City I briefly dated a Mexican girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, and covered in freckles. I have a friend from Costa Rica with ginger hair and green eyes. We come in all shades in Latin America.
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TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 2 days ago
half of my DNA is from mexico, but because my great grandfather was from spain, i am also part spanish, and its resulted in me having dark brown hair and pale skin. just in the past 3 years, ive been asked if im jewish, if im japanese, and if im albino
Dragon Ashes 1 day ago
I want to do an experiment with my kids and their cousins. "Which three of the six kids are not Mexican." I'm sure they'd miss at least two of them.
WhatEvenIsLife 2 days ago
My husband's family has a lot of Spanish heritage. There's a mixture of dark skinned and light skinned Hispanic people in his family. I honestly thought he was white when I first met him; it's a lot more obvious to me now, with the high Aztec cheekbones and nose, but I didn't think about it too closely back in the day. He's got light skin with olive green eyes. Neither of our sons look the least bit Hispanic aside from bone structure, but funnily enough, their cousins are much more dark skinned. Genetics are interesting.
#21
Speaks With An Ireland Accent
Rick Murray 2 days ago
I think the correct response to this would be: Go ndéana an diabhal dréimire de cnámh do dhroma ag piocadh úll i ngairdín Ifrinn.
Bewitched One 2 days ago
May the devil make a ladder of your backbone while picking apples in the garden of Hell! ?
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Dragons Exist 2 days ago
Ireland is country, Irish is the demonym. Which is the dumbest thing I've ever seen someone not understand
Sarah 2 days ago (edited)
A American tourist told me he was amazed he could understand me because I was speaking Irish . In Ireland . Granted.. long before Wi-Fi and internet.. but guide books still existed
Some of the screenshots that we’re featuring today have been shared by members of the popular ‘[Stuff] Americans Say’ subreddit. This is an online community that was founded all the way back in early 2013.
At the time of writing, this group boasts 391k members, or, as the moderators jokingly and ironically call them, ‘commie socialists.’ Meanwhile, currently online members are wittily referred to as ‘hating freedom.’
These are both sarcastic comments about how some Americans have incredibly biased, non-factual, bizarre perspectives about life in European countries.
#22
America Has 50 States. Europe Only 27
Nota Robot 2 days ago
This cimment section has the potency to quickly evolve into a raging debate about the nuances between a state, a province and a county. I'll make some popcorn in anticipation.
Deborah Coalter 2 days ago
Please do not judge all Americans for the poor language skills of some Americans.
Jessica Daus-Warner 2 days ago
I don't understand why they felt the need to argue this in the first place?
#23
We Have Trees Older Than Europe Itself
Earonn - 2 days ago
"Europe" is the continent. No, the USA don't have trees several hundred million years old (let's count from the splitting of Pangaea)
emorinelli49 2 days ago
What is the point of saying something like that? “ we have trees older than Europe”? As an American again this embarrasses me because don’t people understand that we’re only 250 years old? There are pubs in Europe that were established before Columbus came here and every now and then you find a structure that was established before even the Norsemen came here.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
I'm adopted, and there's a reason why I embraced my Scottish and Irish ancestry as a teenager, when I found out my genetic heritage via one of those ancestry sites XD America is a very young country and we don't really have any "cultural heritage" of our own. I was adopted into a Hispanic family, and I do embrace a lot of the Hispanic/Mexican traditions (I had a Quinceañera even though I'm white af, lol.) My ex is Chinese and we used to have long talks about the thousands of years of culture and history of his parents' home country XD I do think a lot of Americans cling to the shallow "YEEHAW MURICA!!!" thing because we simply feel the lack of cultural history deep in our hearts and it makes us sad XD
#24
"If America Is 250 Years Old How Is Denmark Sending Mail For 400"
Crystalwitch60 2 days ago
Our village pub is older than America lmao it’s over three hundred yrs old 😂
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Rali Meyer 2 days ago
I walk past a wine cellar often which had been established in the year 330 (Trier). Alas, Germany as today didn't exist then. Yet, it's a German town.
Ravenkbh 2 days ago
I live in a small town. It takes roughly three hundred years for a letter to get here
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#25
They Didn’t Even Try
Man in the mirror 2 days ago
To be fair native american's closest relative in the old world are in Siberia.
Verena 2 days ago
Somehow the fact that Russia borders the US seems not to be taught at school in the US.
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 2 days ago
She is beautiful and I can only imagine the beauty of her creations. I'm about to jump down a rabbit hole unless someone saves me with some info.
Cheese 2 hours ago
I know this is late, but this is Snow Raven, or Suor. She is one of the Sakha people from Arctic Siberia, as well as a musician.
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#26
"Although My Ancestry DNA Gives Me Zero Italian DNA On My Dad's Side, I'll Stick With Being 1/4 Italian"
Andy Frobig 2 days ago
My dad had a Sicilian grandmother. He was upset when his DNA came back 0% Italian. He didn't understand that there wasn't an Italy until about a generation before his grandmother was born, or that Sicily is the crossroads of the Mediterranean. He wasn't a dummy but he did have blind spots
Kali Chaos 2 days ago
You got me with that last one, I cackled out loud enough to startle the dogs.
Load More Replies... Earonn - 2 days ago
Can't help it, this "I'm X% Italian / Swiss / Swedish (oh, wait, no, it's "Viking") / Irish (or "Celtic") is a compensation for some serious inferiority complex on the respective USian's side.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
Most of us know, deep down, that our country has ZERO cultural history, and we're sad and angry and jealous about it, so we grab on to our genetic ethnicity in order to fill that sad empty cultural hole within ourselves XD (I actually hate the "HURR I'M TOTALLY IRISH" type of thing, but it's legit that a lot of Americans either embrace "HELL YEAH!! MURICA!!" culture for this reason, or cling to "I'm 1/8th Irish and that makes me Irish!!" - we have very little culture and history of our own.)
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emorinelli49 2 days ago
Plus the Moors occupied Sicily for a couple hundred years so there should be African genes as well.
More Information 2 days ago (edited)
So if your dad is italian, but you aren't.. am I understanding that part right, too?
Trillian 2 days ago
My great-grandfather is from Italy and it does show in my Ancestry DNA but not in my sister's (who is my full sister even according to them).
Marie 2 days ago
Ancestry DNA is just a bunch of statistics held together with duct tape. They break down your DNA in pieces and associate each with the area where it is most commonly found. But nothing in DNA is really exclusive from a region. It can be useful on a population and historical level to track the flow of people. And even nowadays it's not quite relevant anymore. But as a single person... It's a lottery.
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#27
It’s “I Could Care Less”
FoxThatHasFennecaphobia 2 days ago
Don't want a nation under the new media
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nottheactualphoto 2 days ago
Probably when my wife left me and took the kids.
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Rali Meyer 2 days ago
It is such a shame that those idiotic comments are over-present on the web, while there are so many (millions!) of lovey US Americans out there.
Bewitched One 2 days ago
So “I had a great meal” is changed to “I had great” according to their example? Huh? What an idiot. Even “I had great meal” is not right? 🤦🏼♀️
Andi Evans 2 days ago
Things like this make me wonder why I became an English teacher (in America). Was anyone listening???
A Jones 2 days ago
Just the one's that care about not talking like a 2 year old.
Load More Replies... Debby Keir 2 days ago
I had meal means that I had porridge (or other grains) but I prefer a proper meal.
Shelley DuVal 17 hours ago
And that last statement is exactly why the rest of the world thinks a lot of Americans are uneducated.
On top of that, the mods stress that you shouldn’t automatically assume that someone is an American because they “said something silly or they messed up geography.”
They also encourage their members to avoid low-hanging fruit. Certain topics are only allowed to be discussed in a weekly thread. Furthermore, it’s best to focus on more lighthearted posts.
#28
‘Texas Is Like Twice The Size Of Europe Alone’
Tucker Cahooter 2 days ago
Is Texas the standard unit of area size for Americans? This is I think the third one of these I have seen in this thread so far. And just in case you still think Texas is the biggest bigly thing in the whole world, you could put Texas three times into Western Australia and there would still be space left over
L.V 2 days ago
I thought their standard size of units were bananas and football fields...
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Stardust she/her 2 days ago
Did you know that Texas is so big that you can fit Texas inside it?
Verena 2 days ago
Thinking about how many hours we spent on maps and globes at school, covering various topics from geography to climate, economics, politics - do US American kids ever get shown a world map or globe?
Kimberley McMillan 2 days ago
lol, the province of BC is over 100k square miles bigger than the state of Texas and that's not even our biggest province.
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 2 days ago
Fun fact: Western Australia is over 3 x the size of Texas
Bartlet for world domination 2 days ago
Texas is almost exactly twice the size of Germany. Blows my mind living in Germany's tiny neighbor, because in Europe, Germany is a very large country.
Lotekguy 1 day ago
Less than half the square mileage of Alaska actually, but good luck trying to get a Texan acknowledge that.
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#29
It Might Be A Texas Thing
The Other Guest 2 days ago
Perhaps they have difficulty reading mirror images & thought the "Tesko" on the man's shirt was "Texas."
nottheactualphoto 2 days ago
Those mirror images serve no purpose. I can't stand them.
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Michael Largey 2 days ago
Hearing a non-American accent does not mean that you're not in America. We have immigrants, as our president refers to from time to time.
Kimberley McMillan 2 days ago
We don't even have the same drinking age across Canada. It's 19 in some provinces and 18 in others.
#30
"We Rank Higher Than Most Countries In Food Health And Safety"
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
I'm American and - I am not being facetious - 99% of my family members are overweight/obese/morbidly obese. Fast food is everywhere and easy to get, and there is sugar added to EVERYTHING - our ketchup, our bread, etc. SO many of my relatives have Type II diabetes. One of my cousins died aged 24 due to massive kidney failure from his diabetes that he refused to deal with/treat. My aunt's mom had to have her arm amputated due to diabetes-caused gangrene. So many of my family members have died due to diabetes-related causes or complications from morbid obesity. My younger cousin was obese by the time she was 6. It's absolutely heartbreaking. (And it's 100% self-caused obesity in my family, not from PCOS or other health issues.) We used to have a huge family, and there are only about a dozen of my close relatives left alive at this point. It s***s. Not blaming Murica entirely as my family members had full control over what they ate (and we don't live in a food desert), but man.
Load More Replies... RomanceRadish 2 days ago
It's so hard to avoid sugar or corn syrup in USA. It's added to things it has no business being in.
S Bow 1 day ago
A good example: the coffee creamer I use touts Zero Sugar on the label. However, a quick look at the ingredient list shows corn syrup as the first ingredient. 🙄
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🇫🇮 Goth Nurse 🇫🇮 2 days ago
My (Finnish) son visited US for a month last year, he had diarrhea the whole trip. Corn syrup in EVERYTHING.
Jonas Fisher 1 day ago
According to the Economist’s rankings, the US is 13th out of 113 countries when it comes to “Quality and Safety.” So, yeah, that guy was exactly right: We definitely and measurably do rank higher than most countries on food health and safety.
Oskar vanZandt 2 days ago
The standards in The UK are also not on par with Europe anymore... Have bought a number of products recently that clearly had "Not for EU Consumption" printed on the packet.
martin734 13 hours ago
That is b******t. The UK has harmonized it's food and animal welfare standards with the EU. If it hadn't it would not have been allowed to export to the UK.
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#31
The Size Of A State
#32
“North America Law Is Law Across The World”
lise duhamel (That_U_Scully) 2 days ago
And I'll double double that "NO"!
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Geoffrey Scott 2 days ago
Ironically enough, the Pope roots for 'da bearss' and STILL doesn't want the President there.
#33
Celebrating A Foreign Holiday Is A Requirement
#34
"Can You Do This Report With Someone Who Doesn't Have That British Accent"
Crystalwitch60 2 days ago
Let’s make it really fun lol all of us over here , one from each wales Scotland Britain Ireland , n really mess with their heads , oh n make sure the drunk Scotsman is a Glaswegian too just for added effect 😂
FireWithFire 1 day ago
Scotland and Wales form part of the island of 'Britain' you jibbering harridan.
Load More Replies... Norfolk and good 2 days ago
When Americans say they love the British accent, what they really mean is they love the way Tom Hiddleston and Daniel Craig sound.
#35
Assumes The Accents Of The American Newscasters Is The Default Global English
JoNo 2 days ago
When visiting USA from Australia, a common comment is "I love your accent". My standard reply is "Thanks, I like your accent too". I can see the "Wait, what?" look cross their face as they contemplate that they, too, have an accent.
kikinlivi 2 days ago
It is actually weird to think of yourself as having an accent when surrounded by people who sound just like you. True, but weird.
Load More Replies... nottheactualphoto 2 days ago
Everyone, speaking any language, has an accent. Saying you have no accent is like saying there is no weather.
Michael P. 1 day ago
Peter Jennings from ABC News, Robert MacNeil of the "MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour" (currently the PBS Newshour), Alex Trebek, the late host of "Jeopardy", Ali Velshi of NBC News. All of whom are Canadians who worked in American media.
Load More Replies... Roberta Surprenant 2 days ago
Californian once married to a Virginian. His mother thought I has "the cutest little accent"...
Doug Moyer 2 days ago
I was training a young engineer from deep Virginia. We were commissioning some cranes in Tacoma, Washington. One night at dinner, a waitress told him that she loved his accent. He was immediately confused. "Wait. I have an accent?". Of course, you do, buddy!
Michael Largey 2 days ago
The fact that he pronounced "accent" as "ache-sent" may have been a clue.
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He Speaks English And Says Euros
marianne eliza 2 days ago
Only to those terribly undereducated red state folks.
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Awenpotato 2 days ago
Hmm England, where English originated, then the Americans dumbed it down
Lotekguy 2 days ago
We made it more efficient, eliminating things like the u in color, and the s in math.
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#37
"They May Have Created The Language But We Perfected It"
#38
Do Americans Not Use 24 Hour Format Or Get Taught About It Or What?
Miki 2 days ago
Serious question to americans here: you are so proud of your military and are constantly bragging about it. So what's the issue with the "military time"? Why you don't think it's cool or smh?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
Here in Murica we're taught 12-hr time in school, NOT "military time". (Similarly, we're taught the Imperial measurements, not metric, in school.) I know a lot of non-Americans think we're stupid for using Imperial and/or 12-hr time, but it's taught to us in school and all of our systems are set up to be displayed in Imperial units and 12-hr time. I promise we're not all idiots, just scréwed over by our education system XD For the most part, ONLY the military uses "military time" - our clocks and everything else uses the 12-hr system, not the 24-hr system. It has nothing to do with being proud of the military or not - we're not taught 24-hr time in school, so most of us have a hard time parsing it easily.
Load More Replies... Billo66 2 days ago
I'm more concerned they don't teach analog clocks anymore, and cursive is on the way out.
highwaycrossingfrog 2 days ago
Genuine question; why are people so obsessed with being able to write in cursive?
Load More Replies... nottheactualphoto 2 days ago
The military uses it, but that doesn't make it military. It would be like calling diesel "military fuel."
Silje Rodahl 18 hours ago
Guessing that the military uses the 24 hour clock to be able to collaborate with the rest of the world without unnecessary and dangerous mistakes.
Load More Replies... Unicorn 2 days ago
I get confused. a.m. = ante meridiem = before noon, p.m. = post meridiem = after noon. But 12 o'clock is noon, so it's neither before nor after. And midnight is equidistant from the previous and the next noon, so presumably it's both before and after.
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Binky Melnik 2 days ago (edited)
You’re doing it wrong. Subtract 12 to get to the 12-hour time, which in your example is 10:11pm.
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Global Default Measurements
Chich the witch 2 days ago
Saw a post wondering why the US does not use the metric system as they've been using 9mm in schools for years.
Colin Roach 2 days ago
Wow, that is possibly the best and simultaneously most tragic comment I've ever read about this. I would give you more upvotes if I could.
Load More Replies... Doug Moyer 2 days ago
In the US, we proudly buy a 2-liter bottle of soda and a half gallon of milk on the same trip to the grocery...
Troy Parr 1 day ago (edited)
Here in the UK our pint is 20 fluid oz, yours is only 16 fluid oz. So when you buy what you call half a gallon you're just getting 64 fluid oz instead of the 80 fluid oz that we get. That's right, your gallon weighs just 8lbs but our (proper) gallon weighs 10lbs. Still proud?
Load More Replies... LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
We're taught Imperial measurements, not metric, in school. I know a lot of non-Americans think Americans are stupid for using Imperial units, but it's taught to us in school and ALL of our systems are set up to be displayed in Imperial units (gasoline, tape measures, rulers, etc.) I promise we're not all idiots, just scréwed over by our education system XD And most sane Americans aren't like the ditz in the post above who thinks American culture is the "default". Most of us know we're the outcasts in terms of measurement units XD
Lady Eowyn 2 days ago
Why don't we just stop using words like "normal" when describing things like measurements? Or the spelling of certain words. We are using what is normal in our country. Most Americans are intelligent enough to recognize that other countries use other systems. It may be different. It's not abnormal.
Andrew Keir 10 hours ago
Not fair. US citizens have a wide variety of abilities, as do people in other countries. It's not helpful to pretend that "All people from X country are Y". You just lose potential friends that way.
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7 Days In Europe
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
To be fair, some cities in America are completely unwalkable/un-cycle-able. Things are just too spread out and too far apart. We're a car-centric country, sadly, and a lot of cities are laid out to make it impossible to easily walk to get groceries, go to the laundromat, etc. However, we all should be walking for EXERCISE XD
Earonn - 2 days ago
Honestly, that's what these threads are good for - I never knew that in the USA for many walking to work is basically impossible, even if it's just a few kilometres / miles away!
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Doug Moyer 2 days ago
One thing that I like about Long Beach, California (where I live), is that it is very walkable. It would only be about a 30-40 minute walk to work, but that isn't feasible because I'm not supposed to be walking through the container terminal...
Nikole 1 day ago
OMG I don't understand how people can bike through downtown Chicago!!!
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Lacy 2 days ago
I'm gonna object on this one. A lot of places in the US are unwalkable and even hostile to pedestrians.
Alexia 2 days ago
So was our part of the city years ago, plus parked cars everywhere, holes in the sidewalk, no lanes for bikes. We organized and demanded the mayor to make it walkable and livable. We even had protests (and some of us were fined by the police) 😄 But now we have larger, new sidewalks with benches and trees and playgrounds for children. I'd say it's up to the residents to change things.
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#41
American Wants To Move To Europe On An 'United States Of America' Visa
MoBeLa 2 days ago
This whole thread reinforces my embarrassment of my birth country. So many dumba$$es here actually think they can move anywhere in the world without restrictions, but WE (the U.S.) mustn’t let people from any other country move here without going through literal hell.
Lotekguy 2 days ago
Anybody who now wants to relocate to the US from any country that's even semi-stable should be required to take a mental health exam. We ain't what we used to be, folks.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 2 days ago
Many years ago, overheard some young female adults in a McDonald's in rural France talking quite loudly about how their visa was coming to an end, but "they won't kick us out because we're American". Sadly I never got to find out how it went, but I was mentally facepalming myself.
Je L 1 day ago
I saw a post from an American woman who told UK immigration officers at Calais that she intended to look for work whilst on a tourist visa. She was then surprised that she had her passport taken whilst they detained and questioned her. Apparently this was inhumane, meanwhile the US were doing much worse over a Facebook post.
Charlotte 2 days ago (edited)
Sadly this is not just Americans., Canadians can be as bad. E.g. Coworker announced she was moving to Australia. I asked how she managed to get a work visa, she assured me "you don't need one". Couple of weeks later we heard she was asking for her job back because... Yeah, turns out she did need a work visa
#42
“Isn’t This A Violation Of FAA Regulations?”
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 days ago
Nor is it subject to TSA. An issue that astounds Americans. Some try to bring in weapons, too.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
As an American, I am constantly appalled and astounded (and not in a good way) by my fellow countrymen who visit other countries and pay zero attention and/or DGAF about the laws and rules of that country - so they try to waltz off the plane with a kilo of weed or other substances, or weapons, etc. - things that MIGHT be legal here in the States but are absolutely NOT legal in other countries. I vaguely recall some athlete traveling to a country where weed is very, VERY illegal (I think Indonesia?) and he brought weed with him and got caught. IIRC he WAS jailed for it and got all píssy about "his rights" and how weed wasn't illegal in America so it was totally acceptable for him to have it, because HE was American. Absolutely shameful.
Load More Replies... Jonas Fisher 1 day ago
They are when they fly in and out of the US. Who knows what the context of this original conversation might have been?
#43
I’m German... But I Never Spoke German (On A Danish Video)
Ace 2 days ago
I love them claiming to be German, then in the next sentence stating they're American. Which is it?
Doug Moyer 2 days ago
Many Americans strongly identify with their heritage (although more than a few of them haven't looked at their entire genealogy and just go with the family folklore). I sometimes make jokes about my German ancestors being disappointed in me for not liking sauerkraut or mustard, but don't identify as "German-American". (My family were all Mennonites in Pennsylvania and until WW1/WW2, all spoke an old version of German.)
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
You can't be German if you're American XD Sigh. I apologize on behalf of my countrymen who act like this. Sane Americans understand that you have genetic HERITAGE that is German, but it doesn't make you "German". You're American. XD
Lady Eowyn 2 days ago
Exactly. I'm American. My ancestry is several Eastern European countries.
Load More Replies... Robert T 7 hours ago (edited)
Take a Swede. Get him roaring drunk. Bingo, Danish! :D
Load More Replies... Zig Zag Wanderer 2 days ago
Hmmm. A German person who never spoke German? Sounds like an American to me!
#44
Where Do They Live? Norway
#45
"Your Little Countries Are Not Big Enough To Be Recognised Separately"
Nota Robot 2 days ago
I'm sad 'they' consider such people functional adults. That is not restricted to any nationality, by the way.
Load More Replies... AC 2 days ago
Everything's bigger in Texas, apart from brains and judging by the size of the trucks, the mens junk too
Michael Largey 2 days ago
Yes, everything is bigger in Texas - the misogyny, the racism, the childhood mortality rate, the authoritarianism, the poverty, the incarceration rate, etc.
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David Paterson 2 days ago
I got into a lot of argument over whether Wales is a country. Or whether the UK is a country.
#46
On A Post About Snow In Norway On 4.1.2024
Nirdavo 1 day ago
For sorting purposes yyyy-mm-dd is the best format. In everyday situations, dd-mm-yyyy is the easiest, since you can leave off the parts not needed.
Load More Replies... Judes 2 days ago
China also uses this format, as do some other parts of Asia. It's the best format for ordering files by date.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 2 days ago
Upvote, because why not? So today is 12/00/1626 - perfectly cromulent. 😂
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Anony Mouse 2 days ago
Especially for dates on computer file names - keeps everything in order by name.
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Spannidandoolar 2 days ago
I always think of the American date as like stating the time as mm:hh:ss and then trying to justify it by saying "You say 15 minutes past 4"
KatSaidThat 2 days ago
We had to reconfigure our ECG machines because they had American date format....
Doug Moyer 2 days ago
For work, I always use yyyy/mm/dd because it is easier for sorting, etc.
#47
"Your Biggest Trail Is Still Smaller Than Our Smallest"
Daisydaisy 2 days ago
It seems odd to me that "biggest" is assumed by so many people to equal "superior. A little 3 km walk might be the most delightful walk you've ever had in your life. What is all this boasting about biggest states, countries etc? So meaningless!
Earonn - 2 days ago
What is this weird American need to brag with "we have the biggest" about? Overcompensating for something or what?
Anne Edwards 23 hours ago
Canada once again enters the chat. I'm sure there have to be Russians somewhere saying we are #1, the biggest. Canada is happy to be 2nd.
Load More Replies... Verena 2 days ago
In Europe twelve official, marked, long distance international hiking routes can be enjoyed. The shortest is 1500km, the longest 12000km. Wikipedia has a very neat page about them. One of them, E9, runs alobg the village I live in. But unlike Bill Bryson with the Appalachian trail, I am not tempted to walk it.
Oskar vanZandt 2 days ago
I enjoy Bill Bryson's travel writing- incuding "A Walk In The Woods"... he's got some unique ways of describing his experiences and I often found myself chuckling while reading.
Load More Replies... WindySwede 2 days ago
You are kidding me right now, The longest here (that I could fins with 1 min of Googling) is 450 km, The "King's trail" direct translated,, other countries must have longer ones, 🤔 (exchanged every dot to not get hidden-censored by BP)
KatSaidThat 2 days ago
12 seconds would have found you john o groats to lands end.
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"Isn't America First?"
Lara Verne 2 days ago
It's funny because some people dislike when Europeans call USA "America"
#49
English Please, Reddit Is An American Website (German Subreddit)
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
I love when Murican Pandas get all het up about BP and "laws" etc. - BP is a Lithuanian website, it's not bound by Murican internet rules! XD
General Anaesthesia 2 days ago (edited)
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Chewie Baron 4 hours ago
But not the World Wide Web. That was invented by a Brit, Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
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“Europe Is Hardly A Continent”
Michael Largey 2 days ago
Not yet, anyway. but the Orange Plague is working on it.
Load More Replies... Jaya 2 days ago
Where do Americans get the idea that Europe is smaller than an American state, when in fact it's bigger than the whole US?
Anne Edwards 23 hours ago
They just aren't very bright. Look to their president.
Load More Replies... Anony Mouse 2 days ago
No, no no - stupid, arrogant or ignorant are big contenders too 😃
Load More Replies... Am I Funny? Maybe or maybe not 2 days ago
Why does Australia keep doing that. You know, just to not be confused, i consider Oceania the continent (not the one in 1984)
Load More Replies... Andrew Keir 10 hours ago
Oh, I've got a word for Russia, but it wouldn't make it past the BP c*ns*rs
Load More Replies... Tom Hardeveld 2 days ago
Europe is slightly larger than the United States in total land area, with Europe covering about 10.5 million sq km (4 million sq mi) compared to the US's roughly 9.8-9.9 million sq km (3.8 million sq mi), making Europe a bit bigger
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Peeka_Mimi 2 days ago (edited)
As an educated, well-read, well-spoken, and multilingual American, this is painfully embarrassing.
Nikole 1 day ago
Same (although I'm not multilingual). There are many of us and we're starting to get louder.
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IORN 2 days ago
Well, all countries have their share of fools. The US is easy to pick on, especially in the current situation...
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Paul C. 2 days ago
Can anyone explain why some comments have "This comment is hidden. Click here to view." even when they are not in minus points?
Tyke 2 days ago
I can't explain it. However, I have noticed it a lot this week and there seems to be no rhyme or reason. And it seems any post where BP star what they deem as an unacceptable word is also now hidden. They're making this site unreadable
Load More Replies... Did I say that out loud? 2 days ago
If you weren't so thick, you'd realise that we generally don't give a fúck.
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The_Nicest_Misanthrope 2 days ago
The first few made me laugh, then feel superior. But then before I even got to the tenth, it just kinda made me wanna die a little bit?
Chris the Bobcat 2 days ago
I had to stop halfway through. It's depressing to live in a country with so many willfully ignorant people. It's even more depressing that because of my nationality, I get lumped in with them. I hope to leave someday when I have the funds to d o so, and I hope the folks where I go can look past my American origins.
nm 11 hours ago
The high number of ignorant is everywhere, not only in US. In my country there is only one serious party, of right-center, supported by one third of voters. Another third of citizens are not interested/don't know and the remaining third is occupied by 7 parties of: extreme right , left and extreme left, whose leaders hate each other and pass as saviors of the country.
Load More Replies... Peeka_Mimi 2 days ago (edited)
As an educated, well-read, well-spoken, and multilingual American, this is painfully embarrassing.
Nikole 1 day ago
Same (although I'm not multilingual). There are many of us and we're starting to get louder.
Load More Replies... IORN 2 days ago
Well, all countries have their share of fools. The US is easy to pick on, especially in the current situation...
Load More Replies... Paul C. 2 days ago
Can anyone explain why some comments have "This comment is hidden. Click here to view." even when they are not in minus points?
Tyke 2 days ago
I can't explain it. However, I have noticed it a lot this week and there seems to be no rhyme or reason. And it seems any post where BP star what they deem as an unacceptable word is also now hidden. They're making this site unreadable
Load More Replies... Did I say that out loud? 2 days ago
If you weren't so thick, you'd realise that we generally don't give a fúck.
Load More Replies... The_Nicest_Misanthrope 2 days ago
The first few made me laugh, then feel superior. But then before I even got to the tenth, it just kinda made me wanna die a little bit?
Chris the Bobcat 2 days ago
I had to stop halfway through. It's depressing to live in a country with so many willfully ignorant people. It's even more depressing that because of my nationality, I get lumped in with them. I hope to leave someday when I have the funds to d o so, and I hope the folks where I go can look past my American origins.
nm 11 hours ago
The high number of ignorant is everywhere, not only in US. In my country there is only one serious party, of right-center, supported by one third of voters. Another third of citizens are not interested/don't know and the remaining third is occupied by 7 parties of: extreme right , left and extreme left, whose leaders hate each other and pass as saviors of the country.
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