In the world of social media, you'll occasionally stumble upon a gem that makes you laugh and facepalm simultaneously at the situation. Today’s topic also revolves around that but from an American’s perspective on certain things. What sort of things you might be thinking? Well, think of something along the lines of English spelling that twists the American mind into a flurry of confusion at times. The British "realise" with an 's' might just as well be a whole new language for some.
Oh, and clocks, those ticking conundrums, which, apparently, in Europe, have evolved beyond the need for numbers... Some Americans might gaze in bafflement at that, wondering if the Europeans have a special temporal sixth sense. And well, well, well, who could forget the heated debates over Celsius and Fahrenheit? "Boiling water at 100 degrees? Surely not!" Only to be gently nudged towards the revelation that temperature, like tea preferences, varies greatly from one side of the Atlantic to the other.
The said cultural differences have clearly turned into a form of amusing content, spawning memes that travel faster than the speed of light—or should we say the speed of 'misunderstandings going viral'?
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A True Patriot
flower petal, it sounds like this person is full of their Bible, but equally full of something else. (This is a euphemism for a word BP doesn't like, but it's an anagram of 'hits'.)
Load More Replies...Here we go again. US vs the rest. Why keep feeding this conflict? Getting a bit fed up with this nonsense.
I agree and I'm not even American. The whole bash the USA stuff is getting old BP.
Load More Replies...And your guns. Don't forget your guns. Oh, and your MAGA cap. There, you're all set now.
🇮🇸🇰🇭🇵🇷🇸🇮🇸🇰🇫🇰🇫🇴🇳🇿🇵🇦 🇱🇷what do you mean.... They're all red white and blue and therefore American.
Some people (Donald Trump) Probably haven't even READ the bible. But they loudly proclaim their Christian American-ness
European vs. US Party System
Yeah - January 6, 2021, was a great example for a total lack of chaos and mayhem.
Totally normal tourist visit pooping in the rotunda /s
Load More Replies...It tends to actually be the other way around. Having a two party system often contributes to a ‘us against them’ sort of thinking, and focus tends to be on what differentiates the two groups of people, instead of what they have in common. In countries with a two party system (US, UK, Australia et c.) this can lead to an increase in political conflicts, to a ‘blaming everything on the other side’ type of thinking and to whataboutism (“no, we’re not perfect but what about them, they’re even worse!”) All of this can contribute to an inefficient political decision making process, and can slow progress down.
I was agreeing with you right up until you said the UK was a two-party system. It Isn't, we currently have Members of Parliament from; The Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Reform, The Green Party, the Scottish National Party, Sinn Fein, Social and Democratic Labour Party, Plaid Cymru, the Democratic Unionist Party, Alba Party, Alliance Party, the Workers Party of Britain and we have 18 Members of Parliament who are independent and not members of any political party.
Load More Replies...Our two party system has been highly unstable for about 60 years. The current chaos is not unprecedented. There are some weird echos of 1968 in fact. There were riots at the Democratic national convention in Chicago, same place it's happening this year. The OG Robert Kennedy was running for president. Damn shame somebody shot him. Just a couple of small things but still weird.
To be fair, there's a fair chance that we'd be better off if RFK jr wasn't also a presidential candidate.
Hope Y’all Are Enjoying Those Gas Prices
I love how they mention "gas prices" and expect everyone to fawn over how great the USA is? From escalating, life ruining student loans to a live threatening lack of affordable medical care the USA is neck deep in problems.
It’s truly amazing how many Americans are completely oblivious to the fact that high gas prices and inflation is happening all over the world.
Load More Replies...As we mentioned previously, social media is full of moments where we just have to shake our heads and laugh at certain situations. Americans sometimes give everyone a good laugh without meaning to, just by being themselves. Like when someone asks why all screenshots are in a "European language" and gets the reply that, yep, there's a whole world out there beyond the U.S. borders. It’s a bit like realizing your neighborhood is way bigger than you thought!
It’s Well Known That 5/4 People Have Problems With Fractions
Do they not teach about signs for comparison? The crocodile always goes to the bigger number
Education is spotty in the US it depends on what street you live on (I'm quite serious)
Load More Replies...The 1/3 pounder failure is one of the saddest examples I’ve seen of the failure of the American educational system 😣
It is my favorite example of the failure of the education system. All of the other examples are too depressing.
Load More Replies...The party about the 1/3 Pounder and the reason it failed is true. It was from A&w, came out right after the Quarter Pounder.
Load More Replies...Two Types Of Nations: Those Who Use Metric, And Those Who Went To The Moon
No, in Amsterdam they charge (er, I believe...)
Load More Replies...Just China, Soviet Union, India, Israel. In case you can't do the math, that's a total of 5.
And they crashed a lander into Mars because they forgot to do the conversion...
Load More Replies...Not every country worships flags anyway. Put it on the moon, don't put it on the moon, no big deal to me
Came here to look if someone pointed it out. They indeed did and still do. Just like any other engineering organisation
Load More Replies...Free abortion, 6 weeks paid vacation, hospitals are free and so on and so on ...
Mandatory paid parental leave (often for fathers as well) makes us more free than a flag on the moon.
Oh, and when talking about more examples (specifically talking about content in this post) there are some times when someone's showing off their American pride, but oops, they've actually tweeted the Liberian flag—talk about a geography oopsie! Or when people are arguing about politics and someone points out the mess right now, and all you can do is laugh (or cry a little). It’s all in good fun, though.
Because The English Language Comes From America
'MURICA. THE LAND OF THE FREE, HOME OF JESUS AND THE BIRTHPLACE OF ENGLISH/s
I hate people who feel superior because of the way they spell things, not going to stop!
Load More Replies...You'd be amazed how often yanks try to "correct" words that are spelt correctly. I could not catalogue all of them.
I started using 'u' in 10th grade in words like colour, rumour, etc. My English teacher told me I couldn't spell it that way. I said, 'If I were an exchange student from England, you would allow it right?' and she said 'Well....yes...' and I said, 'Then you admit it's an accepted spelling?' Crestfallen she said, 'Yessss.' lol
Commenting as an English person, well done you. I've never heard of an American person deciding to do that. I've used so many websites etc that are American, I don't cringe at those spellings any more.
Load More Replies...its not like there is another country speaks same language, nope. with a bit diff ofc
"Our Music Is By Far Superior"
Kanye is right down there with Bieber. Both should be banned.
Load More Replies...America has a history of stealing. The founding fathers stole the Natives land, Edision stole European inventions and now Americans are stealing music
I won't argue, but do you know where the Beatles and the Stones got their musical inspiration?
Load More Replies...I promise not all Americans are like this -_- they give us a bad name
and I promise most of us really do know that! We should just laugh at these and accept that these are examples of idiots who really could have been born anywhere.
Load More Replies...I lost all respect and interest in the comment after he mentioned Taylor Swift.
Celsius, Pennsylvania. Duh
It actually depends on your altitude. The boiling poing decreses by a point for every 1000 feet (or meter)
Yup. There are definitely places where water will boil at 100ºF. There are also places where it won't boil at 212ºF. Close to sea level the change is about 2ºF per 1000'.
Load More Replies...Who is this Kelvin you speak of? My friend's son is called Kelvin, but it isn't him! /jk
Load More Replies...Unfortunately for some Americans though, the internet is a place that doesn’t let anyone forget these slip-ups. They turn into memes and jokes that zip around the globe. We all get a kick out of it, whether we're from the U.S. or somewhere else. Honestly, these little situations seem to show up every day, and they remind us that perhaps... America's got its own way of seeing things.
I’m At A Loss For Words With This One
*Sad native but not native to the place where their native to noises*/s
I suppose, technically, if all humans originated in Africa, then they're not native to anywhere else.
Now here's an interesting thought, when does a group of people count as native? Like, how many generations in?
Load More Replies...And here I am, embarrassed to be an American. Again...still..God help us..
I agree. PLEASE folks do not judge all American's based on the 10% of the population that even us American's make fun of.
Load More Replies...It's "technically correct" (as far as current science understands). But I think they we're here long enough before Europeans to "establish citizenship."
Honest question... does the American education system have a common curriculum? Where I live (Ontario) teachers are required to teach the same concepts for each grade.... so every grade 7 student learns xyz about Canadian history. Is the curriculum in the US decided at the federal level, or by state (or by county?)? It just seems that some people missed a whole chunk of education.
I'm going to go with no. Public schools are relatively uniform across each state in terms of curriculum. Private schools, homeschools, and charter schools do not follow the same curriculum. Sometimes a different order of doing things, sometimes a different pace, and sometimes just totally different.
Load More Replies...Me saying I'm a native of Africa isn't right. I'm native to America, but like many others, my ancestors came here only a few hundred years ago from Europe. I am also not native to Europe. Native Americans here for countless centuries, longer than America or many European or Asian or African countries have even existed, have lost their African, and Asian, roots long ago. Long enough to evolve to their climates, develop languages and distinct cultures, religions, philosophies based on their surroundings, leading a deep understanding of their natural world. Yeah we all "from" Africa, which is awesome! But that's not the whole story. It's like saying we all from ocean originally so we are not native to land, we are amoebas
Load More Replies...American Jesus
There are actually plenty of people out there wearing T-shirts that say ‘Jesus was an American’, and a portrait of him with guns in his hands.. The brown skinned, Middle Eastern, non English speaking pacifist guy.. 🫨
Best bumper sticker I've ever seen... "Jesus was a liberal".
Load More Replies...In fact he was probably born in Ancient Palestine. So yeah, Jesus was most likely a Palestinian Jew.
Joe Bangles is a spoof by a Brit called Alan Pender, a retired cheesemonger who is on a mission to discover the cheese preferences of the entire human race. That tweet to Trump was definitely meant as a joke at Trump's and his supporters' expense. His Twitter persona is a Spooneresque play on the legendary Bo Jangles. https://joebangles.co.uk/
Somebody explain the rules to me. If I get to make up a diety (or child of one) can't I make them, say, Martian if I want.
At least he was (hopefully) talking about Biden. Good intentions, bad execution.
The Greatest You Say?
So the greatest fighting force the world has ever known fought in exactly one war, which it lost?
At least they weren't fighting emus.
Load More Replies...The CSA failed hard. They never had a chance. Also YES Virginia it WAS about slavery.
If the Civil War wasn't about slavery, someone needs to hop in a time machine and tell the confederacy that because it's mentioned in their official documents all the time.
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Load More Replies...I vote for Lichtenstein. They came back from war with one person more than they left with. (Is it then or than? I‘m so sorry I am always struggling whith these two)
Than for comparisons. Then for time or order. 😊
Load More Replies...Had they one the civil war, america would be divided. But they didnt, so how are they the most powerful again? The union ultimatley outsmartd them and won the war.
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Load More Replies...Ah yes, the racist traitors who committed treason and sedition. Who erected statues of and named places after these traitors in response to civil rights advancements. Who began to and continue to fly the "Confederate flag" for similar reasons. No other enemy of the US has killed more Americans. That's your heritage and your hate. There are great things about the South, the Confederacy was amongst the worst.
And to add to this whole debate, let's not forget that Americans talk about their weight in pounds, so folks from other places might scratch their heads, because they're all about those kilograms, you know? Then there’s the temperature talk that sends everyone into a tizzy. Say "It's thirty degrees outside" to someone from the States, and they might just think you're in the middle of a snowstorm, not a nice spring day.
Person Forgets That Not Everyone Is American
I remember when commenting something here in BP mentioning my profession. Being called an imposter for that person felt the vocabulary I used was somewhat off and not like that of people of that profession she was used to. The idea I may not BE a native speaker never even crossed her mind!
I’ve noticed a few people make rude comments here not realizing it’s an international website and it’s so rude! I’m sorry that happened to you.
Load More Replies...Yes, and some Americans speak German. And English, French, Latvian, etc. Get out there, the wider world is available.
Don't any of those people know English is not a requirement to live in America. There is no official language of America, our founding fathers never mentioned one. So there ignorant and embarrassing Americans
Love the German guy in a video telling how BMW and other German car names are REALLY pronounced.
Not sure he's really speaking German though. Because, -like-, nowadays, especial on the -handy- there -random- have to be at least -real talk- several English expressions, often used -for real- with a slightly -cringe- different meaning. US guy would have understood some words, I guess? Without English expressions -random- -spawning-, it will be hard to qualify it as -for real bro- German.
Middle Hemisphere
This person, probably unintentionally, illustrates the problem with the thinking of these kinds of idiots: they’ve been brainwashed to believe that America is “the center of the world”, symbolically and/or literally, and they don’t think past that point. I’ve read literally thousands of posts of this kind 🫥
And they are totally wrong. I am the center of my universe.
Load More Replies...some schools have dropped it, but Earth Science is usually a standard part of the US school curriculum, and usually taught in 8th or 9th grade. Of course some people who take it aren't very bright.
Load More Replies...Ooops! I’ve been calling it “the world’s 🫏🕳️.” I’m stupider than the flat earth earthers, aren’t I? 😰
Load More Replies...Yes „oh my god“. I really don‘t know what is more disturbing. That they think the US is the center of the earth or that everything else is copying the US INCLUDING the seasons!
"Copies" was just their really bad way of saying experiences the same thing.
Load More Replies...An American In London
Idk. I live in the US desert. I’ve had other Americans ask me how often I have to fight the Indians and Mexicans off my land. These people genuinely believe that us desert dwellers live like it’s still 1850.
Load More Replies......Americans are familiar with Roman numerals, buddy. Rambo I....Rambo III....Rocky VI....
...but could you not read a clock if it didn't have numbers? The hand positions are usually enough
I remember when Movado's most popular watch model had a diamond at 12 and nothing else. Good looking watch
Load More Replies...Dude my clock has cats on it instead of numbers and I can still tell the time.
I'll take a martini...it's Persian past tabby somewhere!
Load More Replies...I learned how to read analog clocks with roman numerals when i was like 7. Not ALL americans are stupid. (a lot nowadays are though)
Look at the comments. Hardly anyone thinks they are THAT stupid ;)
Load More Replies...I've seen Roman-numeral clocks in the US all my life. I own at least one watch with strange lines
My friends 13 year old could not read an analog clock. She was not even kind of interested. She said they don't teach it in schools anymore, in Billings, MT anyway.
My youngest, in Germany, was supposed to learn how to read analog clocks during Covid school closure. He still avoids it and is terrible at it, while we find it hard to remove all the digital clocks.
Load More Replies...Not Everybody Is American
americans assuming all music artists are american is my favorite genre of stupidity
Yanks in general. In the Metalhead groups I'm in, especially the 80s groups, the US Metalheads ~know~ which countries bands are from, including bands from Asia and Africa.
Load More Replies...I can understand not knowing System of a Down is Armenian. I can't understand thinking CHARITY (not government aid, not Karen laws, but charity) should be domestic-only.
While they are of Armenian descent, only their bassist was actually born in Armenia. Serj was born in Lebanon and others were born in America, so this one is kind of difficult. My parents are from Italy but I was born in California so although I am Italian-American, I primarily identify as from the USA
John Dolmayan (the drummer who replaced Andy after he left) was also born in Lebanon with Armenian descent. I'm Romanian-Irish but live in the UK, but I identify as both being british as I've lived here so long, but also with my heritage. *edit since it cut the rest of the comment* - so I understand them wanting to give to their parents/grandparents and their own heritage.
Load More Replies...Jinjer encountered the same problem, ignorant idiots not realizing they're Ukrainian.
Serj Tankian is a Lebanese-Armenian (born in Lebanon) and their bassist was born in Armenia. The rest, I believe, had Armenian parents but were born in America. Either way, up to them where they want money raised to go!
Load More Replies...Semi related... Whenever I see someone say - "Let's help our own country first!!!"? As in thinly veiled racism when they go onto elaborate further... It's - "Okay, Sweetcheeks? When was the last time that YOU did any volunteer work with anyone or for anything to help out?"... 🤔
Armenian but they still suck. Chop Suey is the greatest unintentionally hilarious video of all time.
They Are Never Foreign, Because The Whole World Is 'Murica
When you use "foreign" as a pejorative, of course you never want to hear it used on you
It Should Have 52 Stars Not 1
Yes they do, my school library had a flag in front of it.
I do like the stupidity that he compared the Liberian flag to this droopy conservatives flag with the big X
And I wondered how agent orange could have been elected.... not anymore. Looked up how many voted for it, 74 million. Will someone adopt me if November turns out with it back in office? Please....
I do like that they think that out of the two flags that were the options back then, they think the one with 50 stars represents what they probably believe.
Yes, but this person isn't playing with a full deck either. ;-)
Load More Replies...As did mine. I could draw it when I was six. These folk can't count that far
The Entitlement Of Some Of These Tourists
I think that depending on their position, an airport employee should be able to speak some amount of English if they’re dealing with foreign travellers
Are airport employees in US able to speak some amount of Chinese too? Classic American entitlement.
Load More Replies...The language of international travel is English - all airline crew and air traffic controllers have to converse in it. It's a reasonable expectation that everyone who deals with the public has it as a language.
Airline crew and air control, yes, primarily for the safety of having one understood language to decrease misunderstandings, but this sounds like an employee in the airport itself.
Load More Replies..."someone get a translator. We speak limited American, passable English but nothing in STUPID!"
They probably do speak English, they just don't want to speak to her!
They usually are pretty fluent but can very reasonably get tired of people who insist on English, while making no attempt to speak local language.
English is, and has been, the international "language of flight," for whatever reason. SOMEONE in that airport would have spoken English, but certainly not everyone. WHY do so many Americans expect everyone to speak English in foreign countries? As an American, I offer my deepest apologies to ALL those who have shaken their heads in disbelief. We are not ALL like that, I promise.
Why didn't she try to learn even a little bit of Chinese before going on a trip to China?
American Flag
The Trump avatar tells you all you need to know about that poster.
Load More Replies...Once again, as a Malaysian, I disown this dingus as well -_-" Seriously, how dense can you get by mixing up your own flag...???
Not that I'm defending people like this, but the wrong flag could have been used due to posting it on a phone. Those flags are tiny, it would be easy to select the wrong one. I have to be careful if I'm ever adding an Australian flag to a post, as there's many countries with the Union Jack in the top left corner. Heck, New Zealand has 4 stars while Australia has 5, that's the only difference. Though these people most likely don't know there are other flags similar to the USA flag and I do know there are ones like Australia's.
Will their be a third? Lets find out, in the next eposide of Bored Panda!
Load More Replies...At this point in the list I do have to wonder how so many still view all of these as indications of actual American intelligence when a fair amount of them are clearly parody.
But this "person" does not claim that he is best at anything, just that his country is.
Spain In Pain
It will blow his mind probably to hear that Dutch is spoken in The Netherlands, also incorrectly known worldwide as Holland. And that it has tropical beaches.
What do you expect from people learning that "the native americans invited the pioneers and shared their land".
Wow, how a small country can be a really big issue :) Why don't you talk about the Deltaworks, renowned worldwide for its water control? Then it doesn't matter whether you call it the Low lands, Holland, Netherlands, whatever. Even in the more elevated parts of the "Nederlanden" we control the water flows from rivers (coming from Germany, France, etc) and we do that really well. "Dutch" is an anglicised form of "Deutsch" meaning German. Although many Germans come to our beaches declaring "Holland" (the west part of the Netherlands) as a German province, we are stil very much an autonomous nation.
On the flip side, my Spanish-ethnic, Spanish-fluent wife triggered violent rage when she answered that she was Hispanic to a classroom of ESL students.
Well, at least now Spanish is not only a language... it's some advancement.
In America, 42% Is The Majority
And even if you think you won, the cat will find you
Load More Replies...Please don't downvote me, but the majority of Americans don't get/use passports because of the sheer size of the country. Basically every type of landscape is present within the borders. Want mountains? Colorado. Want a desert? Arizona. Beaches? Florida. Vacationing as an American is wonderfully easy
As a citizen of the European Union I can travel to many countries without a passport too. We have beaches and mountains too. There are some dry and hot parts, but no real deserts. But the best part are all the different cultures. Well, it is good to have an ID.
Load More Replies...Wait, do I need to get a passport for my cat? I will actually be moving across the ocean with her next year
Yup, we had to get both of our dogs passports when we moved to Europe.
Load More Replies...Yes, we do. It's the instructors in the "Don't be a f*****g liar" courses who are failing us.
Load More Replies...i wish i had a passport so i could get the f**k out of america and go somewhere that doesn’t make laws that make my life harder
I'm loving the style of putting some of us Americans in their place. Go world !
Just not being American already puts you ahead of 99% of the rest of the planet.
I Would Have Answered Him In Light-Years Since It's A Unit Recognised By Everyone
Queen Is America's Answer To The UK Beatles
I think listening to the Radio has made him/her a bit too GaGa, GooGoo...
If they had come from America, they'd have been called President.
I'll give you half a point. He was born in Zanzibar, which later became Tanzania.
Load More Replies...im sorry if this was a joke question I'm not good at telling these things but theyre talking about the band queen
Load More Replies...Some Responses By Americans On A Reel, Where Comedian Michael McIntyre Was Joking About The Differences Between US English And UK English During An Interview
Tim Berners-Lee invented the web, which started what we call internet today and still is the most important part. Americans designed The Internet Protocol as a common communication method for all computers in the world, widely known as TCP/IP. Both magnificent works.
Yeah. Mainframe computer, definitely, but that's a long way from a PC.
Load More Replies...Quick question: No 1,000-pound note? Is this why suitcases of money are a thing?
No £1,000 note and no £100 note the biggest note we have in the UK is £50
Load More Replies...I think I could manage to have a nice meal with a 1,000 pound note.
Bell invented the phone while he was living in Brantford. Ontario. Canada. Where would you be without the Canadian invention of peanut butter? Film? Canadian. Basketball, too. Pacemaker. Insulin. Lightbulb by Woodward and Evans- Toronto, Ontario in 1874. America did not invention a lot of things they take credit for.
There were a few people involved in the invention of the telephone.
Load More Replies...Do Italians Drive To Malta To Fill Up Their Tanks?
"Dad, where are we going?" "To that Malta of course! We can save $2.40 a gallon there." "But its across the Mediterranea-" "Did I f*****g stutter?"
Well, to be fair...I'm not sure if I'd recognise islands of Canada, if you just gave me some names. And I suspect a fair amount of Europeans might not be aware of Malta being an island, unfortunately.
Don't You Just Love It When Someone Tries To Correct Your Already Correct Spelling
Look world! It turns out that our own spelling was wrong the entire time!
Oh dam it now I realise my mix up that it's not normalised to not memorises the in correct spelling and I shall apologise 😜😂
Load More Replies...Australians spell the British way, Americans created their own dictionary.
*America, where things are normal* - is that a real country? Never heard of it :-)
I can’t imagine these people speaking in Spanish, if they are fighting over one letter imagine with an entire word. For example for straw each country has their own word: bombilla-🇨🇱Chile, pajita-🇺🇾Uruguay, pitillo-🇨🇴Colombia, Cañita- 🇵🇪Peru, popote-🇲🇽México, etc….
Travels To A Country In Another Continent, But Expects To Find The Same Brands That Are In The US
This is why I know all the proper non-brand names of the d***s I might need. Tylenol = Acetaminophen. Claritin = Loratadine. Advil = Ibuprofen. And about a dozen others.
An American scared of chemicals in other countries when the regulations in his are so effed up that you get cancer from playing in a fkn sandbox
I would. Overall Europe has more protective laws related to medication/ what c**p can be in food.
That's a very big difference between Europe and the US - We europeans call them by their agents while in the US it's more common to call them by brands
I don't trust the 'merican product regulations though.... people, correct me if I'm wrong, could just mix something up and sell it without having to register the product and don't have to get it tested before throwing it on the market...
Plus: I would wager that European medicine might be safer, what with the differences in „allowed only when proven safe“ and „allowed until proven unsafe“.
N-acetyl-para-aminophenol is the chemical name which both Paracetamol and acetaminophen are derived from.
For Reference, Longitude Is A Music Festival In Ireland And The Drinking Age Here Is 18
What country would allow the U.S. to dictate their drinking rules? We have different ages here in Canada, depends what province you're in.
Imagine being educated in the richest nation on Earth, and coming out of it thinking that the government runs the entire world. It's like meta levels of dystopian.
And yet being firmly against the mythical New World Order...
Load More Replies...16yo in Austria, Denmark, and Switzerland. Also in Russia and much of Eastern Europe they start serving Kvass, a small beer with around 0.5%-2.0% alcohol as soon as they can drink from a mug.
16 also in Germany for beer and wine - spirits and such is 18+ though
Load More Replies...In what universe does the US Congress decide anything for the entire World?
Just in that one idiot’s brain (the OP). Now please tell me you didn’t fall for this? 😰
Load More Replies...Even if there was a "world drinking age" it surely would not be set by congress :-P
Drinking in Sweden - usually 18. Buying it yourself from the store - 20.
I'm From Ireland And Hearing Someone Call Munster A County Just Makes Me Cringe
And Münster is a more bigger town in Germany, while the Münster in Ulm is the tallest church in the world.
Load More Replies...It's also a place in Alsace (which the smelly Munster cheese is related to)
Load More Replies...Irish man checking in to applaud the use of the word gowl wherever possible
This is the struggle I have with "mansplaining". It's 100% a thing, and I really try to avoid it and ask first before just jumping into a condescending and unnecessary explanation......but sometimes I'm right?
Hey, sarcastic person! Here’s an attempt at “womansplaining mansplaining”. Simplest version: If you’re a man trying to explain how my internal plumbing should work when I’m telling you, “no, I can’t cross my legs and hold it in like pee”, that’s mansplaining. More complicated version: Some guy explaining technology to me as if I’m stupid because I have breasts, and he’s getting it wrong. Also mansplaining. Most complicated version: Correcting a woman who trots out incorrect information, no matter what it pertains to, NOT mansplaining… unless you’re being overly condescending towards her because she’s a woman. I wish you luck with the most complicated version because people of every gender struggle with being told they’re wrong.
Load More Replies...The Good Old Universal "British Accent"
The British accent changes every ten minutes away from central london that you travel. Also, the direction you travel in changes those accents as well.
ABC is also the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - so there's that.
Load More Replies...The British Accent is actually just a random accent that someone once used in Britian. Infact, their apperantily are more then one British accent
Which British accent? Scouse, Geordie, Welsh, Northern Irish, Scottish?
As was pointed out on another copy of this post recently, BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation, not company.
Wait, people exist that don't love a British accent? I can't imagine that, I love it!
Just Wait Until They Realise That GPU And CPU Temperatures Are Measured In C And Not F
Just so everyone knows, there are a lot of us Americans that would really like us to switch to metric like everyone else in the world.
The thing is, a lot of us have to use both anyway. I've read that mechanics objected to having to buy a whole new set of tools if we converted to metric, but by the mid 80s, a mechanic would have starved without metric tools
Load More Replies...Ooh, boy, today I'm going to do a simple caculation in the Imperial system. Ok, so its 5/83209402380498230948i2039jr234908i092480923809280928409 to the power of 438. Should be simple enough
That is much more simple, but it could be easier. Could you convert it to football fields, please?
Absolutely! Because ALL bananas grow to the exact same size, shape, and weight!
Load More Replies...Spain Doesn't Exist, It Is A State Of Mind
Forthably you can’t speak the lenguage of Spanish as it’s not American
Load More Replies...I live in Barcelona , but maybe I am living in a limbo out of the real world, Neo.
Oh please, we all know that the Iberian Peninsula is completely occupied by Portugal /s
Load More Replies...I'm spanish, from Spain. In New York, in the late 80's different People argued to me that Spain is a southern state of Mexico. They didnt't believe me, they said I was a liar bc i'm so White I couldn't be mexican :-D
My mom's family is also from Spain and they're all very fair skinned. A lot of people from Spain are. People hear Spanish and think we're all brown.
Load More Replies...Reminds me of the time a co-worker insisted the word is "supposively" not "supposedly." 🙄🤭
Load More Replies...Question: if Spanish is only a language and not a nationality, from which country did it come? Oh yes, Spain.
I Posted A Picture About A River In The Country Georgia, And This Person Had A Lot To Say
The fact that the flag he posts isn't an American flag is the icing on the cake. That's the flag of Malaysia BTW.
Their like, a hemisphere apart, roughly on the oppiste sides of the world
Load More Replies...I'm from Malaysia, and I disown this dingus throwing my country's flag around XP XD
Explain why there's a Paris in France. Where did New York gets its name. New Hampshire. There are hundreds and all of them named after the original places in Europe/UK/Ireland.
There's Georgia, a state in the USA, Georgia a country near Armenia and South Georgia, an island in the south Atlantic Ocean. SORRY, if I forgot another one.
America Is Old
Almost every one of these posts just illustrates how insular most Americans are...
I think most Americans are normal, intelligent human beings. It's just that the dumb ones get the most attention and are therefore a bit more vocal.
Load More Replies...I’ve been feeling i’m not smart enough for so many ppl to be this dumb since adulthood.
Load More Replies...I understand exactly how he feels. I can't believe it either.
Americans thinking the "counter" started when America became a country... So today America should be (almost) 2024 years old. :))
By your statement, the US starts counting from the declaration of independence. That's a different moment from the birth of Jesus, which gives us 2024 as the year we live in.
Load More Replies...'America' is possibly millions of years old. The USA was founded in 1776. (Yes, the colonies were older.) I know this as an Australian, but a US citizen somehow does NOT? SAD!
If you don't think this is a joke I suspect it may mean that you're dumb enough to believe he US is 2020 years old.
Other continents and countries are much older than modernAmerica.
Oh look. The thing that doesn’t exist: modern America’s prehistoric culture!
Two thousand years ago isn't "prehistoric" in most of the world because "prehistoric" means "before written history"
Load More Replies...Comment Section Of A Sunscreen Ad
Okay. Some sunscreen does actually contain ingredients that do cause cancer. That's why you should buy sun screen that doesn't have that in it, not boycott sunscreen altogether.
I think there's quite a diverse genre of posts online that go: "This specific historical personality(or people generally in some historic period, also an often subject) didn't have that and they're fine" "Actually they had that and/or they were not fine"
This numbskull is totally unaware that clothing blocks the Sun? How is that possible? He’s never noticed that his privâtes remain fish belly-white because solar radiation doesn’t go through his bathing suit?
Both of you are correct. After the introduction of SPF in sun products did skin cancer really take off....
Imagine all the people that you could have randomly picked, and you happen to pick one that did. Yikes. You're wrong either way, but epically wrong with that pick.
Mount Everest Has Relocated To South Dakota
OK I was thinking, maybe there's another Mt Everest that happens to be in South Dakota, bu t no. I found a list of the highest peaks in SD and NONE of them are named Everest. Had to check because Everest is not an uncommon name so it was possible but NOPE.
The brain trust from this post was likely thinking of Mt. Rushmore, a formerly beautiful mountainside that was disfigured with carvings of several US presidents.
Load More Replies...If only there was an actual American monument in South Dakota, instead of stealing the Himalayas (fyi it's where Mount Rushmore is)
They both have lots of famous Indians from nearby.
Load More Replies...Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota I believe. No snow leopards though, in the wild anyway.
I don't know geography OR directions and even I know this is wrong its in nepal (I think)
Gotta Love It When You Back Them Into A Corner So They End Up Just Straight Lying
I've always found it weird how we use a weird date format for everything except our independence day
The film title, on IMDB, is "Born on the Fourth of July". BTW, the rest of the world uses the DD/MM/YYYY format. Even US immigration forms!
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam born on July fourth. La la la etc
On One Side - Single Digit. On The Other Side - Wacky Numbers, All With Lots Of Extra Numbers At The End
It's interesting that people can still be so dumb, despite having more access to knowledge than any other point in history.
That might be the problem. We have instant access to basically everything. So instead of actually learning and remembering things, we just rely on internet to always be there.
Load More Replies...How does the imperial system even work? What is it based on? Why is 1 foot 12 inch, but 1 yard 3 feet and then 1 mile is 1760 yards because? And why is an inch divided into 16??? I looked it up, and it made it worse: “a yard is based on the distance from nose to fingertip”, what? How? Whose nose? “A league is the distance a traveler covers in an hour.” Like… a briskly walking traveler or my mom traveling?
Nose-to-fingertip is interesting because a yard is *almost* a meter.
Load More Replies...1 centimeter = 0.3937 inch... and so on! Talk about wacky numbers! :))
Well, yeah, but we divide by 10, 100 and sometimes 1000 and you divide by 16.5
I believe the problem is many Americans seem to think they'll have to convert measurements back and forth between the two systems. They seem to ignore the fact that once you're on metric, you're ON metric - no conversions needed. But then, there are also many people who just don't like change. 🙄 They're against anything they don't think they'll like.
If the cubit was good enough for Noah, one of America’s greatest heroes, then it’s good enough for me! 🇱🇷🇲🇾
And then you'll confuse us Americans by using "." where we use ","
Load More Replies...America Is Really Obsessed With People's Race, Why Even Comment On The Person's Skin At All
Spain is real... but is located in South America, duuuh.
Load More Replies...People in the USA are asked if they are Hispanic because racists in the US realized there were Latin Americans who could pass for white. But obviously, if they or their ancestors spoke Spanish, they must be from South of the border. 🙄 No idea if they thought Spain was in South America or if they just forgot it existed.
Texas Is Bigger Than Everything
As opposed to "in America," where we realize that if you split Alaska into two states of equal sizes, Texas would become the THIRD largest state in the country,
Load More Replies...I guess you can take comfort in not being the only one who doesn't understand the relationship of the title to the post .
Load More Replies...The last time there was a 'Texas is big' thing on BP, I checked Google maps. If you simply look at the highest and lowest latitudes of the UK and Texas, the UK is longer than Texas. UK has about 1/3 of the land area, but wins when it comes to water/sea. The UK has more than double the population.
Texas is quite big but I swear a lot of it is filled with cows.
Load More Replies...Texas - 695,662 km²; Europe - 10.53 million km². (That's 10,530,000 km², btw.)
Russia is just under twice the size of the US. Or is that Russain propaganda? 🧐🤔
Americans Thinking Ethnicities Have Different Stats Like This Is A Video Game
Clearly my genetic has been messed up. I am born and raised by a german family in Germany but still can get drunk and have a hangover.
I'm half-german half-irish and whenever I get drunk I end up annexing half of my neighbour's yard and planting potatoes.
Welp, some indigenous tribes (North America, Australia) have a low tolerance to alcohol so....
Well I mean d***s can have different effects on different ethnicities, but not to the extent where you don’t get hungover
Germans! It looks like you don't need the word "Kater" anymore. Please, put it in the correct container (your elder neighbor is watching, but you already know).
And now I’m legitmately curious about what stats everyone would have if life really was one of those Civilisation games.
Asians- Ten percent chance of finding important item at the start of the game, but 20 percant chance of using it right (gunpowder, firecrackers, etc) Europeans- Plus 50 percent chance of becoming strong and building capitial, but 50 percent of collapsing due to it Oceanians- Plus 90 percent chance of being able to work with nature and coexist, but 90 percent chance of being conqured by someone who dosn't care about it Africans- Plus 50 percent chance of making great and beatifull architechture, but 60 percent chance that its destroyed Americans- Plus 65 percent chance of manifest destiny, 50 percent chance of it resulting in a failure of a empire. Stuff like that?
Load More Replies...Probably one of those guys that also order Beer-Cheese in a "german" restaurant (No seriously, wtf is that and why is it labeled as german food in the US?)
I have no idea, but I've also seen beer cheese soup. Literally just drinking a bowl of some weird cheese like something.
Load More Replies...That's why siblings always have the same hangover episodes as each other/s
This Comment On A Video Explaining Why European Road System Is Better
Wait, what? I'll inform the tax authorities that they can get their taxes from the USA. I wish you told me sooner.
I'm starting to think that the Boredpanda editors have a meeting once a week where they decide what totally harmless word they will add to the censorship list just to píss us all off.
Load More Replies...So many of these examples of dumb comments aren't even grammatically correct, yikes
How could you expect grammatically correct idiocy?
Load More Replies...Is that Oude Kerk on the right? If so then you are looking at the Red Light District my friends...
Chinas also joining in the high speed train fun to! Lets both s**t on American traffic!
How, precisely, is it freedom to cancel the speech of Asna Tabassum? Just because you might not agree?
The "This Is The Internet, Not America" Moment
It's like a city in mexico, where downhill and uphill look like they're uphill and downhill, videos shows people walking while leaning in ways that make them look like they're acting.
Load More Replies...Even if you don't know it's not a state, it's really easy to type Dunedin, nz into a map app and just like magic it shows you where it is. Very useful. Would recommend.
Have been there. It didn't blow me away, but I would not have volunteered to walk up it!
That is a Great Picture! I'm looking at it, marvelling that the hedges are trimmed to agree with the sidewalk rather than the buildings. Reasonable, I suppose, but also mind-bending.
On A Post Comparing US And UK Fanta
Yup! Here in MURICA we only speak in MURICANNNNNNN!!!!111!!11!!!11!!11! *Eagle sounds in background while guns go off and tanks fire*
Except the "eagle sounds" are recordings or red tailed hawks, because that sounds more fierce than actual eagle sounds.
Load More Replies...Yes, American, the language. How dare they copy our language over there in England! 😁
At least the flag's right(such a low bar but the above posts have lowered it more)
I Guess Aztecs Are Not Native To The Americas
Considering Mirella (I’m assuming) is Latine, this has many layers of sadness.
Actually, Aztecs could not hold a Mexican flag because they disappeared long before Mexico ever came to be as a country, and the population with Native American ancestry here (American as in the continent, not the US) are descended from other indigenous groups who did not die from plagues and whatnot, unlike the "Aztecs", whose actual name was Mexica.
Most of the Southern usa (which is different to south america. confusing) actually used to be mexico until the usa annexed it
Clean Hands For Sure Will Heal Broken Bones
Well, of course! Just use soap and plenty of warm water when you have a heart attack.. Problem solved, easy peasy.
My thyroid magically grew back with washing my hands, my knee injury is now magically cured with a shower, my cancer cured with water. Who would’ve knew???? (PS I’m an American and I’m joking)
Load More Replies...Oh, grandma has cancer. Doesn't matter, let's just flush her down our free toilets.
This is so stupid but maybe not entirely incorrect. I read that during the lock down a lot of diseases that normally hits at that time of the year didn't. Because we were very attentive to hand washing and keeping distance maybe.
Never ever been to a free bathroom ever. I am European and I've been to lots of other European country and never ever saw anything for free.
Big Brain
This is most likely sarcasm. I live in NYC and most New Yorkers have a discussion for the rest of America.
Maybe she's visiting York for the first time, and so it's new to her?
He Is Right. We Have Parking Meters And Water Meters, But We Also Have Meters As In The Length
UK uses metres for measuring length and meters for parking, water, etc.
Interestingly the meter for measuring something derives via Old English through Germanic roots, which also give us the verb mete as in to measure something out. Metre as the length measure was much recently coined from the French. So the differentiated spelling in UK English more accurately reflects the origin and meaning of the words.
Load More Replies...Huh, almost as if you should be able to know a basic and almost universal measuring system
Nate Bargatze had an amazing skit on SNL where he plays George Washington. He goes on and on about his dream from a new measurement system. It is so good! Check it out if you can.
This poster should study for their ham radio exam. Study for it... but not take it... they have no business broadcasting anything. :D
Wait Until They Hear About Canada
TBF there are many Europeans too who fail to realise what the continent of North America actually comprises.
TBF, those Europeans don’t live on the same continent as Americans. It’s pretty embarrassing when my fellow Americans don’t know anything about their own continent.
Load More Replies...Two continents named America. So Mexicans are, in fact, Americans. So is everyone living in South America, Canada, Greenland...
No, because Americans live in the United States of AMERICA. I don't think you want to call a Mexican living in Mexico an American or she might punch you in the face.
Load More Replies...Oh hunny. Mexico borders America and are on the same continent. North America. Central America is not a continent.
Load More Replies...Europe Is My Favorite Country
Man, this entire thread is making me feel like a proper genius. I honestly feel as though, all these stupid people in America, are on their way or possibly already have, become the majority. I'm know I'm technically not a genius but I fear getting older and retiring in a country that will have to depend on these morons. It also sucks being associated with these idiots, just because I'm American, I must be dumb, to the rest of the world. These posts used to be funny to me, but now it's just sad.
I feel ya . I am not 'Murican but I live here and I tremble in my itty bitty Docs.
Load More Replies...I'm not sure if I get that one. America doesn't have walkable cities I think?
"Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time." - Steven Wright
Load More Replies...“Attempting to walk”? 🤔 I’ve been to Europe quite a few times and they walk just fine, save for those with disabilities but that’s the same all over the world. What exactly is his moron trying to describe?
They are probably alluding to the fact that America is in a lot of places very car centric. To the point you can't safely walk from the suburbs to a city centre.
Load More Replies...How can you even be aware of pedestrian-friendly infrastructure when the majority of your country has hardly had any?
In The Comments Of A Video About Americans Being Bad At Geography
Easy! South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania! (Not including Territories)
Cool! I actually didn’t know that Australia had states!
Load More Replies...OK, without cheating. Oklahoma is the pointy finger looking state, just above Texas? Australian states: Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland(???), Western Australia, I think there is another two but can't remember them.
Correct! I might expect some foreigners to recognize the distinctively-shaped and/or pop-culture relevant states (California, Florida, Texas, etc.). Having absolutely no idea when it comes to the broadly rectangular ones is no problem at all.
Load More Replies...It's actually pretty easy because there are only six. Western, Northern, South, and you already got half of them. Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria and ban you're done.
Six states and two territories. Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria. You forgot Tasmania and ACT.
Load More Replies...I feel like this one is fine, I also just found out that Australia had states, and I feel like those Europeans that couldn't find Oklahoma in a map of Oklahoma are probably a lot like the Americans we ask specifically to name other countries.
Those Must Be Some Pretty Sketchy Sources
I wish people wouldn't confuse "apart" with "a part (of)". They're mean completely the opposite thing!
As one UK friend used to tell Americans "I SPEAK English. I AM British."
Doesn't Make Sense For Smaller Countries To Be Divided Into States, Since They Are Already The Size Of A State
So many people?? Use question?? marks?? when they're??? making a statement????????
Switzerland has "states", cantons to be precise, and it is very small. America being big just means it has more subdivisions
The smallest Germany state (by population), Bremen, is large than Wyoming and Vermont. The next largest is Saarland, is also larger than the District of Columbia, Alaska and the Dakotas. Let's skip ahead to the largest German state, by population, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is bigger than... No, that would take too long. The only states in the USA bigger than the largest German state are New York, Florida, Texas and California.
Took a few tries for my brain to understand by population. Because I was like, but Wyoming is so big! Sheesh. Sometimes I'm really worried about you brain....mumbles...
Load More Replies...Not different here in Germany though, we call them "Landkreise" (Land circles)
Load More Replies...Wait until they find out that our states are subdivided into counties (p**q off, Louisiana), and our counties are subdivided into townships.
Yes indeed, other countries should divide up according to American rules.
Even states are divided into counties/parishes and then into municipalities, districts, etc. for simplicity of management. Don't know why he was so surprised.
Americans Love To Flip-Flop Between Claiming That Their Country Is The Greatest On Earth, And Claiming That They Actually Come From Somewhere Else
"I'm Irish because my great great great grandmother went to Dublin on a day trip once." 🙄
"I'm German becouse my uncles friends fish owners great great great uncles dads friends brothers bosses pet came from Germany"
Load More Replies...Claim to love their European ancestry, but also hate immigrants...the cognitive disconnect is breath-taking.
Oh no, they only hate immigrants from "terrible countries". They'd be fine with immigrants from Norway or Switzerland... (Although, I wonder if they'd be fine with Norwegians whose skin doesn't match the stereotype?)
Load More Replies...There was a tale of one American who was claiming to be European. All 16 great, great grandparents were from Norway. Fourteen of them had moved to the USA as adults, and two had continued living in Norway, and it was their child who had moved. They had all taken their language, stories and customs with them, and passed them down to the next generations. What this person couldn't grasp was the Norway of his great, great grandparents (and two great grandparents) is not the same Norway of now. Huge changes have happen in the lifestyles and cultures. He has a snapshot of a much older Norway. That's without mentioning all of the American culture he has assimilated just by being born and living in the country. He most definitely has Norwegian heritage, but he's not Norwegian by a long way.
Just Love How US Is The Center Of Everything
The Internet was invented in Geneva, Switzerland, Karen. Relatively speaking you’re the foreigner. 🙃
Many, many things are foreign to this person. Thought, perspective, manners, ...
Cursed Flag
Lets look at the war statistics shall we? France: 173 wins, 49 defeats, 41 other results (such as a truce). USA: 79 Wins, 13 Defeats, 12 other results. Yeah, those French are real wimps(!).
Under the monarchy, when France was doing quite well militarily, the French flag was white.
I have to admit, this one made me laugh. Out loud, even. No disrespect to my French friends.
I don't get the joke. I'd think aliens thought we were surrendering...
That's the joke. Americans make fun of the French for allegedly surrendering a lot because of World War 1&2, and Vietnam. Interestingly this is a stereotype some Japanese people have about Italy because of World War 2.
Load More Replies...An Interesting One
The thought of Trumpsters having dental procedures without anesthetic because they're ignorant troglodytes tickles me no end. Oh yes, please do suffer the pains of Hell you so richly deserve because you're a clueless nitwit.
Why would you not want Anesthesia? It makes it so you don't feel the pain of the procedure and you're funnier afterwards!
Load More Replies...If we start saying all food is GM modified with RNA, all water has chemicals especially chlorine 'THEY don't even deny putting it in there'. And all medicine has microchips. They won't be able to survive!
Easy to be against numbing shots when it's another person needing them
Oh dear, I read dumbing shots, I should probably go to bed
Load More Replies...People this *stupid* ? *ignorant* ? *dumb* ? defy Darwin's law of natural selection. I am truly embarrassed to be an American.
Our state's dental clinics don't use Lidocaine here in Türkiye. If anyone forces their child get injected in gum without that wonderful d**g, they should get beaten twice. First to put them in hospital, second when they have been discharged. As you can guess, I'm totally against violence.
You do realise you first have to be injected without lidocaine, in order to get the lidocaine, as it's administered via injection? Unless with kids a numbing gel is used first before the injection, idk. The injections only sting a little, though. My dentist does as much as she can without anaesthetic (fillings, with my permission, and if it's too painful she will use a bit - she isn't barbaric) as I have unpredictable reactions. But I have a high pain threshold, am used to dealing with dental pain, and psychologically I'm not stressed at all by dental visits. If you need an alibi for the beatings, hit me up.
Load More Replies...“It’s ok nurse, I’ll use the old ‘oh look at that over there’ trick and whip it out before they realise “
Wow, This Is A Whole New Level
The racism always. Being dumb is always better than being a bad human being.
Load More Replies...Actually Tacos were invented in Antarctica in 2020; When an Indian Naan bread froze in 'U' shape, at the same time that a frozen steak was dropped and shattered into tiny pieces. Not wanting to waste the food, they decided to combine the 2 and bunged it into an air fryer.
Growing up in Mexico City back in the 1980s, I learned a lot of vulgarities that I'm suddenly remembering.
After I found out that 30-50 % of people apparently don’t have an internal monologue, claims like this started to make more sense to me. Sad sense, but still.
Lack of internal monologue doesn't mean lack of thinking capability.
Load More Replies...Oh no! I've lived in Mexico for more than twelve years just to realize I've been scammed all along! I've never had real tacos and no one has in the hundreds of thousands of taquerías in the country! I guess I'll have to go get me some taco shells and step up my game working extra hours so I can afford real meat then...
They Are In The Confused State
Ah, yes, the American state of Budapest, which is totally not in Hungary anymore.
You misunderstood - they were Hungary and the lady paid.
Load More Replies...Be fair, here. There's probably thousands of Budapests in the USA - how should this woman know it's not one of them but the one in Hungary? If someone talked about living in Rome, I'd assume they were talking about the one in Italy, not Rome, Wisconsin, because that's closer to my own experiences than Wisconsin would be. It's just about what you are more used to.
I can't believe I'm still reading these posts of twatbasketness! Most of them have got to be wind-ups!
Just Wait Until He Tries To Charge His Phone And Realizes Plugs Are Different There Too
At least he/she sounds generally confused and naive, unlike some other posts on here.
Right. At least OP is *asking*, instead of just making stupid remarks
Load More Replies...I once saw an American tourist in Australia insist he should be allowed to buy the water bottle at the cafe he was at (the one for the table). The waitress said the bottle was not for sale, but he pulled out a handful of US notes and said "Listen to me, I have REAL money"
I don't think this is that bad. They're asking before they go rather than assuming.
Just use a credit card like everybody else. I accidentally came home with a couple of pounds and a Euro. Can't use them for anything, but maybe when I visit again!
If There's That Many "Misspellings" You'd Think You'd Start To Wonder If Just, Perhaps, A Different Version Of English Is Being Used
Just FYI in case you didn't know. 'Storey' is only spelled that way when relating to the levels of a building. Books tell a Story. If you really wanted to, you could read a story on the 3rd storey.
Maybe they just found it helpful to know that it was UK English not American English.
Load More Replies...One of the things I like about British English is pronouncing French loanwords like the French, for example garage and fiancée. Much prettier than the American version.
The times I've heard a Brit say "garage," it didn't sound French at all. One of those Brits being Joe Strummer
Load More Replies...And this is why I am struggling getting these right. Sometimes it is written this way, sometimes that way. Crazy!
Comments On A Video About An American Living In Australia And Telling Other Americans To Educate Themselves
They might have used the correct flag, at least... can't see the stars tho. Why do so many people believe this about good old 'murrica? The US is barely even 300 years old
See this is why people hate us. The obnoxious Americans are always the most confident in their ignorance.
Honestly I've NEVER met an US American as dumb as any in these posts. And I've met a lot. Though I will say I've learned quite quickly NOT to discuss politics 😅
Load More Replies...Doesn't like Americans? HA! There are members in teams I'm a part of that don't like me just because I'm an American and don't speak their language. I'm sorry, one of YOUR leaders asked me to be on your team, I didn't just pop in of my own accord. People are generally nice but something I've learned is no matter where you go in the world, there's always an a$$hole in the crowd that thinks they are better than everyone else.
I've travelled for half my life, and I haven't found Americans to be any more or less annoying than any other nationality. I have found them to be pretty much universally disliked or disparaged. Which says slightly less about the Americans than it does about the snipers.
On A Post About Someone Selling Something For 1000 Francs / 1035 US Dollars On Facebook. French Francs Were Gone Years Before Facebook Was Invented
Yeah... I think you got that a little backwards. It takes more swiss francs to get to $1000, meaning the franc is less valuable than the dollar.
Load More Replies...The Worst Possible Outcome Of This Situation Is The Population Becoming More Highly Educated
As if that wasn't already the case. "Our table waiters and burger flippers need 10 years of experience and a PHD!!"
I kind of like how this implies that we also pay to laugh in America, I'd believe it.
Load More Replies...this is actually a truism in employment history - its a sort of employment expectation inflation : the same jobs in the civil service for example now require degrees that once needed just A levels. Same with nursing. There is an argument that it means the jobs are more 'professional' but it does is create a class of lower paid unskilled workers to do the lower ends of the work.
I mean, it's not actually wrong...in the UK so many people graduate annually from university with a degree and no experience that it's next to worthless unless it's vocational. At unskilled levels a degree is detrimental as people have unrealistic expectations of their employability, at skilled levels they lack experience as all their practice is theoretical.
"That's not how this works! That's not how ANY of this works!"
Can't think any place that thinks a high school diploma means anything anymore.
I mean.... it's pretty obvious the powers that be in the US desperately want to keep most of the population as uneducated as possible.
He Even Says It Right And Still Gets It Wrong. We Live In The "Americas", Plural, These Two Continents Are Not Just "America", And "North America" Is Also Not Just "America"
I noticed it too! Which subreddit do you think has enough stupidity in enough people to get this as the result?
Load More Replies...The answer is also wrong... There are 3 Americas, North, Central and South...
Can we rename it Mexicanadimerica? Or will that upset Belize and Panama and Cuba and all their friends and neighbours on the same tectonic plate?
I'm curious! For me the answer is wrong because there is only one american continent (I'm from south America, a subcontinent, following ONU's model). But i know for others there are 2 or even 3. What have you being taught?
Tectonic plates, in the UK. South America is drifting from North America, which includes the "central" America and Carribbean islands.
Load More Replies...Isn't it a fair question though? If you were in Canada then it would be weird to say "I am in America". In fact, I definitely would think you were in the USA if you said that to me. Sure, technically the reply is correct, but it would still be a strange and misleading thing to say "I am in America" when you are in Canada.
Lucky For Me, I Live In The United States Of America
Hagrid’s beard is smarter than this commentator! 🪄🏴 (RIP Robbie Coltrane 💙🤍)
Who is the moron? He obviously doesn't even know what USA stands for. I'm so embarrassed.
Oxford. Worse Than A Community College
Community College sounds like a great thing in the US, particularly due to the costs of higher education. But thinking that CC is better than the second best university in the world is delusional.
Actually, the poster is correct. He is much more likely to be found attending a community college than Oxford.
... and don't even get me started on Japan. I'd be willing to bet that US College graduates couldn't pass the Japanese college entrance exams.
Ah Yes, Boredom. The Resolving Factor In All Wars
"Miss Saigon" was the instruction to American bomber pilots.
Load More Replies...Yeah those people being evacuated from the Embassy in Saigon by helicopter from the roof look soooooo bored. Just bored as hell and not fleeing for their damn lives. "Oh humm the Vietcong are conquering the city. What a surprise. My god this is so boring. I'm sure this helicopter won't be blown out of the sky. Where's the fun in that?" Said ABSOLUTELY NO ONE!
I bet that's one of those people that listen to Bruce Springsteen's Born In The USA and believe it's patriotic.
And believe that Bruce is just a working class guy from a low income family..
Load More Replies...The only wars yanks "win" are those where the opponent is so weak it has no chance (e.g. Grenada) or all the other countries did the heavy lifting while the yanks cowered on the sidelines for years (e.g. WW1, WW2). And the yanks have lost plenty, gotten their posteriors handed back to them and run away (e.g. Lebanon in 1983, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Iraq, etc.).
America bombs makes war with and it’s own citizens, Birmingham, Alabama was dynamited so often it was called Bombingham, it bombed Tulsa Oklahoma, even Philadelphia. T is most definitely a sh*t hole country.
Load More Replies...The Powder River expedition and war. The Paiwan war. The US/Great Brittan war of 1812. 2nd Samoa war. Korean War. Vietnam. Cuban invasion (AKA bay of pigs). Afghanistan.
Whala
"Voila" is a French word meaning 'there it is'. And most Americans use it incorrectly anyways
Those are words I understand but I have no idea what that person was trying to say.
Isn't the instrument a Viola? Wallah is like saying I promise or I swear in a lot of Arabic countries.
lol it’s supposed to be voila and most Americans pronounce it “wallah.”and yes, viola is the instrument.
Load More Replies...The way Americans pronounce “voila” but this person missed the memo
Load More Replies...Everyone Has An Accent
Accents are weird! Where I grew up in Ireland nobody had an accent either. After moving to England in my teens, I still didn't have an accent but when I went back home, they all had Irish accents!
Tell me you've never left the Midwest without telling me you've never left the Midwest.
The midwestern accent is a neutral accent to most living in the USA. It's a default for people in the media when trying to lose a strong regional accent. Not the colloquialisms, but pronunciations. But to the rest of the English-speaking world, yes, it is an accent.
Load More Replies...You have umpteen accents. I don't know them all but I can differentiate between NYC, Florida, California, the area including the Carolinas and Virginias. I could probably figure out a few more like the Pacific Northwest and the northeast of the U.S. And then there's the various accents the Natives have.
Make sure we don’t introduce dialects to him!
Load More Replies...Yeah, someone just made a law that forced everyone to stop speaking with an accent.... XD
the whole thing about the american accent being the original english accent is easily disproven when you consider the fact the Geordie dialect/accent is in fact, the oldest surviving accent in the country that is a continuation of the anglo-saxon dialect spoken there in the 5th century. And trust me, American't don't sound like geordies. xD
I read about a linguist who studied Southern accents, because most Americans consider that accent as a sign of low intelligence ( not wrong in many cases) but if you sped it up it sounded British. I think some relics of the vocabulary was also maintained. I Haven’t investigated it yet.
Load More Replies...He Made That Argument Yet He Can't Even Speak His Own Language Properly
As someone who's a German native speaker, I see this as an absolute win!
Honestly as an American I’d be cool with this, German has so many cool words
Load More Replies...The Soviet Union, Great Britian, The Sons of the Empire, nearlly all of Europe and the United Front (Tawain and Communist China): Am I a joke to you?
England: ummmmm look over here please, I’m literally NAMED the language!
Life is short, so tell the important people in your life that you love them. but life is also terrifying, so shout it at them in german.
There's no way British people would ever be able to learn another language.
Would Love To Hear Their Reason For This
Does it matter? They're going to believe it anyway.
Load More Replies...I'm trying to figure out if they confused it with a state, every once in a while I try to believe that we aren't this stupid.
Just Because I'm Italian And French, I'm Supposed To Know The Language?
Ditto from the Australian, my 5 times grandparents were Prussian, I am not Prussian.
Load More Replies...My granddad was a an airline pilot, should I turn up at Heathrow and try my luck?
Actually...my mum is English and Dad was Pakistani. I grew up in England and Dad always spoke english unless he was with Pakistani friends. So I can't speak urdu. I'm annoyed my parents didn't teach me but it's not my fault.
I will never get this attitude. Everyone's relatives (unless you're Native American) came from somewhere else. That doesn't make you French or Italian. We're Americans! Although I'm not particularly proud to admit that. ;)
My mother is Ukrainian, I am not. Neither did I grow up in Ukraine nor did I learn the language (unfortunately). Happens.
This is very American. Since most of us have roots abroad. We have long categorized each other by our roots. There are a lot of "italians" in the US that do not speak Italian
I'm honest, my great-grandparents were born in many different countries. I'm an American mutt.
I love this, it's like how far back can we push it? I'm quarter Lithuanian ethnicity, 100% English culturally, do I stop at say the Vikings or Normans or do I push on back to the Romano-British and claim to be ancient Greek as a result? Or spin the Lithuanian side and claim my Prussian ancestry, push it back to the Tatars and say actually I'm ethnically Mongolian? Is there a time limit? Someone get me a 'murican, quickly!
A Woman (Red) Commented This On A Post About A 2-Year-Old Girl Currently Dying Of A Super Rare Cancer
It is not. Radiopharmaceuticals are something else and soon may start replacing chemo.
Load More Replies...I Found This Dude Saying That Native Americans Are Illegal Immigrants. This Is A New Level
Look! The people that have been living here for more the thousands of years are now illegal immigraents!
To be honest, we whites are the illegal ones, we didn't have the right documents.
Load More Replies...The Native Americans invented democracy! The Iroquois Confederacy from 1142 is the oldest living participatory democracy on Earth. In 1988 the US Senate acknowledged that the confederation of the original 13 colonies into one republic was influenced by the Iroquois Confederacy, as were many other democratic principles in America. Many aspects of the modern America rests on a foundation laid by the Native American Six Nations.
Kinda remained with Columbus there if they still call them indians instead of naive Americans too. The people here on BP told me that's actually offensive
Wait were they talking about Native Americans? I thought they were talking about people from India.
Omg. OMG. How can people be so ignorant to our history. You don't even need specific dates to understand. People here. Colonization. New people here. Indian act. Genocide. Reservations.
white America has made laws against truth. Don’t be surprised.
Country Has Existed For Just Under 250 Years, And They Think They’re Responsible For 90% Of The World’s Advancements?
And their habit of claiming what was invented/created/developed by others. In other countries.
As a Canadian it's particularly annoying when they make movies about wars Canadians fought in and steal their stories and pretend it was them doing the saving..
Load More Replies...How does the second comment have more upvotes? What is wrong with people?
They Have A Way Of Simplifying Things By Reducing Everything To America. It's Hard To Not Respect
She is a bit dim not the smartest crayon in the box
Load More Replies...The National Gallery opened in 1824. The National Gallery in Canada opened in 1880. The one in Washington only opened in 1941. You weren't 1st.
This Smart American Guy's Opinion On Ireland's Free Healthcare. Invoking Slave Labor As An Explanation Is Ridiculous
No, the goverment just uses tax payer money more efficentily instead of just throwing it into a firepit
Although of course this person’s “point” is that taxes are tantamount to slavery.
Load More Replies..."I'd rather my tax dollars go towards blowing up brown children in a country I can't name than to be wasted on helping poor people like myself pay medical bills. That's what Jesus would do. Says so in the Bible... I think. I've never read it." -the majority of US voters
Again, ? Sorry for getting bamfoozmuckled but where do these idiocies originate? Is there someone deliberately sitting in a dark corner, starved of everything, creating them?
Only The US Has Any Claim To The Word "America"
Walking around Epcot in a military uniform does not count as military travels, just saying.
The Americas. We're the only country to be called United States of America. Because we're the United States of the Americas.
We mainly just called ourselves American because "United States of American" is too damned long.... and then after that we just got stupid
Reminds me a of a guy i worked with, arguing with me about something in NZ. He was in the Navy and had been there once so he "knew" it all. On the other hand I had a friend born, raised and living in NZ their whole life sending me video proof that coworker was 100% wrong. Coworker also believed that because he was in the Navy, everything the government told them was true because, you know, the government never lies about anything, especially to the enlisted.
I mean, the final poster is wrong, but at least he's confidently wrong!
"I'm Not Actually From France, But I’m Sure I Understand The Language Better Than You!" (For The Record, Yellow Is French While Red And Green Are From The US)
*you're FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST *****YOU'RE is everyone just switching to "your" now???? drives me up the bloody wall
There is no wrong or right. Everyone should acknowledge that the word "baguette" that we all use for the long narrow bread comes from the original french "wand of bread".
Only English Comments, Please
Ha… nē, paldies. Tas ir ļoti stulbi bet ļoti smieklīgi. (Possibly very poor Latvian from a Latvian who grew up in the UK for: ‘No, thanks. That is very stupid but very funny’)
Ir labi. Nemaz nav slikti uzrakstīts (neņemot vērā interpunkciju, latviešu valodā pirms ,,bet” vienmēr lieto komatu)
Load More Replies...From "Luoja", I'd guess the writer is actually Finnish ("Luoja" = "Creator").
you're right, but Luoja also means the same in Estonian iirc (the two languages have a fair number of similarities, eg: "Lumi" meaning snow, "Puu" meaning tree. Estonian "jõgi" and Finnish "joki" meaning river...
Load More Replies...Oh, look guys! We have now all converted into another language because someone said so!
What Are They Cooking That They Have To Use Micrograms?
Thats how wo cook, take 2 Meters of Spaghetti, add 10000 Micrograms Salt to a pot of water...
I actually heard it was because having to change the highway road measurement markers was too expensive. So they just stuck with miles, but I heard this in my middle school history class so not sure how correct that is. Too tired to look rn. Will later.
In Scotland, There Are No Rights Or Personal Freedom Like In America
Oooh, yes please. I could do with some exercise. I have my battle ladle ready, and a spare frying pan in my bag. Let's go educate some people.
Load More Replies...Maaaate! A Scot will F you up without a weapon, could you imagine them being armed? Maybe you could be the first person to get a concussion from a battered mars bar?
Move to Scotland - less chance of being shot, can walk to your heart's content, free world class healthcare, etc.
*Standing there getting punched in the face in Glasgow*: 'I sure wish I could use some self defence right about now...'
*Sigh* We DO have the right to self defence. You think if some guy started to punch me, I wouldn't punch back?
You're not allowed to castle in Scotland? I'm telling the Chess Federation! 0-0 FTW! (At least until Bouche bats the chess pieces under the sofa)
Self defence? We have enough defence, cuz guns are illegal. No ppl running round with guns here! Yay! Also we have amazing water.
America's codes of law and its judicial system are almost entirely derived from British common law. (We did skip the courtroom wigs, though. Solid move.)
I Always Enjoy Seeing Americans Display Their Prowess In The Field Of Geography
The State of Delusion, which is bigger than Alaska apparently
Load More Replies...Well, population of Europe is ~700 million, size of Texas is ~700 square kilometers (or 700 million square meters), so if we put all Europeans in Texas, there would ~1 European per one square meter. Or one European per every 10 square feet of Texas. That would be damn crowded!
It's called being ignorant, an area where many Americans excel!
Load More Replies...Oh dear, heave they decided they own the entire western hemisphere now , Portugal is the 51st state I guess
United States is around the same size as Europe. Europe is approximately 10,180,000 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 96.6% the size of Europe. So Europe is bigger then...
They Always Compare Canadian Money To Monopoly Money
What possible difference could that make? It's not a US institution so WHY should anyone outside of Canada give a good fat rat's @ss?
Load More Replies...Superior Intellect Separates Me From The Rest
Yes, seven. Huh? Three on top inside, then three inside the big one and the overall-triangle. *shrugs* Am I wrong? If so, please help me get smarter instead Edit - no, now I've got ten? I think I need to recount. Sorry!
Load More Replies...You are counting the external one twice, which is what I did the first time.
Load More Replies...Guy Can't Immediately Find American Flag Emoji And Gets Mad Thinking Apple Ditched It, Only To Be Told He Didn't Scroll Far Enough
Oh, like not putting concrete into tomato sauce?
Load More Replies......and that first flag, in the upper left corner... the flag of France. 😆
No, that's the flag Armstrong and Aldrin left on the Moon.
Load More Replies...You mean 'MURICA!1!111111!!!!11!! *Eagles noises, gun shots and tanks being fired echo in the background*
Load More Replies...Comment On Yorkshire Pudding vs. American Popover Reel. Love How British English Is The Hillbilly Dialect
A pudding is not a muffin. A muffin tends to be a sweet treat. Pudding can have meat in it and be a good meal.
Lancashire oven bottom muffins are not a sweet treat!
Load More Replies...and 99% of "american" food simply is not american in origin. (pizza, bagels, apple pie, doughnuts, hamburgers etc)
Jesus wept...a pudding is anything cooked by steam. Pick up a dictionary...
I hate to be that person, but what is now known as "English" started out a Germanic language that was spoken by the Anglos and the Saxons who shipped over from what-is-now-Germany to what-is-now-the-British-Isles and they combined, with the native Celts, to the colloquial Anglo-Saxons. Originally, "English" stems from a Germanic language, an offspring of the Lower German language. It's really interesting if you know some "modern" Lower German to occasionally find the same words in English. "Goose" in English is "Goos" in Lower German, although of course spoken differently. And then there 's quite a few Romanic influences in the English language, too. Truly fascinating subject!
But it's true the British English changed. They used to say fall, then changed it to autumn. The British in America continued using the old word. If I'm not mistaken, the same thing happened to the word herb.
We also used to spell "colour" as "color", etc., the "-ize" ending predates "-ise", we've dropped "gotten" as the past participle of "get", and a whole host of other things.
Load More Replies...I'm wondering which bit you are referring to as being true? William the Conqueror was not actually French per-se (he was a descendant of the original Britons and spoke a Norman dialect). He went over in 1066, and began adapting the language to Anglo-Norman. Modern English started it's roots in the 15th Century. The British colonies in the Americas didn't start until the 17th century (and there has been no French kings during that time). And by the 18th Century Modern English was established around the British Empire. In the 1800's Webster published the American Dictionary to establish American English as separate from English by quite literally trying to simplify it. Both deviated from the English of the time, with a lot of Americans doing what is known as /t/ Flapping and /d/ flapping, and the Brits having minor grammar changes.
Load More Replies...America Is #1 In Population Per Capita
Oh my god. Sometimes I just want to go and grab people and give them the longest geography lesson ever
The states of Confusion, Denial, Distress, Shock, Liquid, Solid, and Gas are not represented on the flag.
Load More Replies...Since when does the US have 57 states? I must've missed something!
Muricans have their cranium inserted so far up their colons that they will never be able to get it out and see the world as it really is!
This Idea That People Don't Round Up When Talking Casually Just Doesn't Make Sense. Nobody Would Say "I Walked 4.8 Km" Unless That Information Is Somehow Relevant
I saw a post about the real reason the Americans use their weird measurements: the aesthetics. A mile sounds nicer and more romantic than a kilometer. I mean, it's true.
In German, we actually use "Meilen", too, sometimes. Mostly when it's not about accuracy but the fact that something is very long. "Ich bin meilenweit gelaufen um zu dir zu kommen" (I walked miles long to get to you). So yes, it does look nicer (and sounds nicer, too) to say miles instead of kilometers.
Load More Replies...And yet all their military use the moniker "Klicks" to mean kilometers
You forgot the 37.85412 litre cowboy hats. And don't tell me it's "liter", Shirley.
It's when you start from imperial! You could compare "I walked 3km to get here' with "I walked 1.864117 miles to get here!" I'm gonna cry! 😭😭😭
You know what's convenient? A kilometer is a 10 minute walk.
Ask them how many furlongs it is and see if they actually know imperial or are just whining...
The sad part is that this Nate Silver was the go-to guy for polling numbers and election math in 2016
Found In The Wild On A Documentary About Ancient Celts On YouTube
The original poster posted that they are descended from Irish celts, somebody replied that they must be American. This person replied with this gem. I suppose we Europeans, who are still here, are the weaklings.
Sadly, for a lot of Celts it was the very real choice of 'remain here, and die of starvation, or get on the boat to America'. Perhaps the person should read up on things like the Highland Clearances in Scotland and the Great Famine in Ireland. The government in London could have solved these problems but decided to get rid of the poor and destitute.
Ancestors came over in one if the infamous "coffin boats". But if someone asks, I'm an American. Never understood the whole "I'm XX" when you were born here.
Load More Replies...Switzerland sent their poorest people to the US because it was cheaper than funding them. So much about brave and strong ...
Do they realize only the very poor moved to the US and the rich ones stayed here?
There were also people who were being persecuted and wanted freedom. And on the other side, people who wanted to be ultra dogmatic, and persecute others, but those liberal Europeans stopped them having 'fun'.
Load More Replies...Actually, Everywhere But America Drinks Beer Warm
Hey, I'm from Milwaukee. Please let us have our beer. We have so little else...
Load More Replies...Joke I heard once. Why is American beer like s.e.x in a canoe? They’re both f’ing close to water. 😂
You will get slapped if you try to serve a warm beer here in Australia
Brit here, I actually microwave my beer, cold beer is just too much for my weak European stomach
👍 also for all non germans that would be mulled beer
Load More Replies...It's called cellar temperature! It's not warm. American beer has to be served at freezing temperatures because it doesn't have a palatable flavour to drink at the normal temperature. And I mean like Coors.not microbrews bc some of them are really good.
On A Post About Italian-Americans Using The Figure Of Columbus To Integrate In The US
Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. The Spanish were the ones who gave him the money to explore.
Italy didn't exist until almost 400 years after Columbus was born.
Load More Replies...Clearly Well Travelled Patriot Comments On The Discussion Of Ice In Water
They are often filthy, though. They need to be cleaned and serviced regularly, but often aren't. At the last restaurant I worked, the ice machine was so choked with mold when I removed the front panel that my throat was sore by the time I finished cleaning it. According to the log, it hadn't been serviced in 5 years.
Load More Replies...Flint doesn't count (in some American minds, anyway) because it's majority minority.
Apparently Writing Your Name In Capital Letters Turns You Into A Different Person
Each word by itself makes perfect sense, but when all those words are jammed together, the sense vanishes. What incoherent witchery is this??
Sovereign Citizenship. If you want to go down a rabbit hole, look it up, but make sure you have a life line and a sensible person holding it before you go too deep.
Load More Replies...Can't argue your description. The entire thing is one of the cornerstones of the Sovereign Citizen movement. They interpret US law the same way Flat Earthers interpret science.
Load More Replies...Looks that way. There's gorgeous compilations of these fools getting destroyed in courts on YT
Load More Replies..."Real English Is The American English And British English Is Just A Dialect"
I just googled this (took 10 seconds) to see if experts consider British English as the standard English. Nope both dialects and there are over 150 dialects of English.
Wouldn't Be Surprised If US Had Corn Syrup In Their Tap Water
I feel like she's being facetious. ie this doesn't belong here
Corn syrup in everything is one of the main reasons why people in America get fat - it is very unhealthy and I'm glad it is barely used at all in Europe
The third ingredient in each is some form of sugar. I have a feeling the UK version isn't great for you either.
True , however typically British would be brown sugar which is at least a marginally better variety than corn syrup
Load More Replies...I wonder which of those the Orange Menace would find more aerodynamic 🤔🍅
When a tomato needs to study for an exam. They concentrate.
Load More Replies...Just A Reminder Not To Take Your American Freedom For Granted
I'm actually curious, whats the diffrence between hate speach and free speach were you say you don't like something?
Load More Replies...Hate speech isn't allowed here either. Free speech, yes. Hate speech, no. Think about the difference. signed, Canada.
This has now become reality in Scotland. The world is laughing at them.
I'm British and the prime minister is a silly poopy head. I'm living dangerously
Wait what? Hate speech and free speech aren't legally the same in every country.
"Europeans Will Never Get To Experience Having Grown Men Yell At The Screen Like They’re Coaching The Team Watching Football"
Different kind of football, where they catually use their feet, but still the same.
The thing that stays the same across sports is that the spectators are ready to kill each other.
Load More Replies...Imagine an European grown man yelling at the TV like if he's coaching the team...
I agree with handegg, the second one...yeah that's fine, but it's long.
Load More Replies...They literally put fans of opposing teams in different parts of the stadiums because of the fights they get into...they are very violent when watching football...
A couple matches of the european championship are played in my city this year. I have arranged my schedule so I don't have to leave the house on these days for safety reasons.
Load More Replies...The word order in this is weird. There's a team watching football and grown men yell at the screen like they're coaching them?
USA Is The Only Country In The Americas
Yeah, it's almost like this list was dedicated to finding ignorant Americans.
Load More Replies...Thinking Is Critical
That's why these photos are SO IMPRESSIVE. just let your mind be blown by the craziness that is the universe. not everything is a conspiracy.
Florida And Oregon Still Speak The Same Language, Good Luck Understanding Finns If You Are Italian
The confidence these people have when they make clueless, false claims never ceases to amaze me.
I really wish these people were only in America, but outside this list, people can be stupid anywhere, just seems to be more in this train wreck of a country.
Load More Replies...Are there ANY languages that are closely related to Finnish? I thought it was fairly insular as a language.
I've actually had this argument before, maybe even on Bored Panda. It's some returning idea that "Europe" is all just one big country where everyone is the same and looks the same and has no culture. *sigh*
Can It Be Measured By Euro?
If you are, then why are you calling the military you dolt? You should be solving world hunger and climate change
What's interesting is most people with really high IQs /intelligence, don't ever say they have IQs /intelligence. It's people with kinda high that have to tell people that they're smart. I forget which studies are about that.....
His IQ is immeasurable in the sense that you can't count the number of unicorns in a herd.
Yeah, they probably keep special files on wackos like him.
Load More Replies...Thinking That The Metric System Is Just For Scientist And That The US Customary System Is Purpose-Driven
Only three countries out of hundreds use the Imperial system, but it's "customary".
I do a lot of sewing and let me tell you it's WAY easier in metric. a 5mm seam allowance you say? Much easier to mark and measure that 0.19 inches.
Sidebar on that. I crochet and everything is metric sized. Much easier.
Load More Replies...I want to mock the people supporting the imperial system but I am crying instead because here in UK we still use the imperial system in many cases 🥲
Not only is the majority of our fellow Pandas bored...no, even annoyed by these articles (and btw: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone...), a good number of the entries are recycled....several times...from previous articles. How about Wholesome, Humanity content? Or dogs? Or delicous food? Things that bring us together...not the other way around.
I just like funny things, and sometimes insults are funny, but when you have an entire list of them dedicated to insulting you, it starts feeling wrong!
Load More Replies...I do appreciate that most people understand this isn't representative of all of us in the US. It gets really irritating from those who don't understand that comment on Every.Single.Stupid with "Murica". Especially when there is no indication of it being a US stupid person or obvious that it isn't. Just calling us all that feels very bigoted.
Load More Replies...Well, I guess it was time for another US-bashing article. After all, we haven't seen one since yesterday.
Have you ever considered that y'all have it coming? The US causes a lot of problems for a lot of countries.
Load More Replies...I thought this is going to be so funny, but half way through I was so tired with stupidity I could not finish :(
I am very ashamed of the US a disturbing amount of the time. Our schooling system is ultimate trash. Though they're funny, it does seem unnecessary to ONLY post roasts on the US. Other countries have their issues too!
Not only is the majority of our fellow Pandas bored...no, even annoyed by these articles (and btw: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone...), a good number of the entries are recycled....several times...from previous articles. How about Wholesome, Humanity content? Or dogs? Or delicous food? Things that bring us together...not the other way around.
I just like funny things, and sometimes insults are funny, but when you have an entire list of them dedicated to insulting you, it starts feeling wrong!
Load More Replies...I do appreciate that most people understand this isn't representative of all of us in the US. It gets really irritating from those who don't understand that comment on Every.Single.Stupid with "Murica". Especially when there is no indication of it being a US stupid person or obvious that it isn't. Just calling us all that feels very bigoted.
Load More Replies...Well, I guess it was time for another US-bashing article. After all, we haven't seen one since yesterday.
Have you ever considered that y'all have it coming? The US causes a lot of problems for a lot of countries.
Load More Replies...I thought this is going to be so funny, but half way through I was so tired with stupidity I could not finish :(
I am very ashamed of the US a disturbing amount of the time. Our schooling system is ultimate trash. Though they're funny, it does seem unnecessary to ONLY post roasts on the US. Other countries have their issues too!
