“The Toilet Gap”: 40 Normal American Things That Make The Rest Of The World Confused

You want to live? You're not going to like the price.

It's on the top of every single f*****g list BP ever published. Every last one. Five times a day, five days a week, 52 weeks a year.

Ironically, yep.

Yeah, but if you don't how will they ever become prom/homecoming queen? They won't marry the HS Quarterback. They won't give you the perfect grandchild. They won't continue the cycle. I say mandatory beauty pageants for every child - let them know where they stand! Too many beauty pageant winners have sacrificed so much to contribute to make this universe a better place for us to disrespect this tradition. I need to know how an 18yo Sephora regular will solve the Russia/Ukraine war. Show some respect. (I didn't even mention baton twirling -useful skills people!)

It subjects those children to extreme risk of SA - your child can gain whatever pageant positives exist by having them.do debate! Yes my child's primary school (she's 8) has debate! It's fantastic. But they don't need to wear makeup & get all gussied up to learn those skills

I don't understand how anybody likes this... except pedos

Are these still allowed? I thought all "beauty" pageants, adult and child, faded away in the noughties.

Let's remember that the approval rating of fathers is very low and that this is almost entirely the real of s****y cis het mothers. It's the toxic equivalent of Dads forcing their sons to focus only on sports

There is no way that anyone could get elected president here without being Christian, and that sucks. And some of them just pretend to be it. And they hold bibles upside down.

As an Aussie, I cringe. Cannot imagine why God (assuming he/she exists) would bless the USA in preference to any other country.

Blame the Red hysteria of the 1950's. God was included into the pledge of allegiance to prove that the USA was more "godly" than those nasty Soviet Union commies. Which was fortified by the vile McCarthy trials that destroyed so many lives. By including god into everything, it proves to the world that we are Right! and they are nothing but barbarians. The irony? Jesus was more of a Socialist than a capitalist, but that ain't gonna stop the US from beating the drum.

The whole 'God bless America', saluting the flag, singing the anthem, idolising the military thing always seems like it should belong in some communist state rather than the so-called land of the free.

I agtree. When American politicians say that it makes me cringe. Are they not aware of all of the persecution over religions in the past?

Yeah, those cashiers in wheelchairs? Lazy jerks. (Sarcasm) Companies will spend hundreds of dollars on mats that are better for people who stand on cash all day instead of buying a 10 dollar stool because some "Karen" might come in and complain about how they are offended by you not standing to press buttons on the debit terminal for the 500th time today. I don't care if my cashier is swimming behind the cash register. I don't care if they are doing a head stand - process my transaction right, be friendly, do the job and I'm fine. If customers had to spend one day (dealing with jerk customers) on cash they might understand that taking a seat even once in a while isn't a big ask.

I used to do demo at Whole Foods, and called to ask one if I could come in a sit because I had a broken foot, and they said no. I lost work because I couldn't sit to offer people free samples of garbage sodas for 3 hours.

Been on your feet for 10 hours without sitting down is awful

Worked at nordstrom for three months. Three months is pretty short, right? Well, reason being, I have different physical problems that make it hard for me to stand. They always put the blame on me. Told me to wear more comfortable shoes. That I shouldn't have taken the job if I couldn't handle it. How was I supposed to know? You didn't sit me down before hiring me (on the spot at the interview-🚩) and tell me that if there was nothing to do I would have to unfold towels and fold them again so that the customers will think I am always ready to serve them? I felt inhuman there. I would stand all day, greet costumers, unfold and fold things and then get criticized for not making enough sales. The final straw was when I checked my phone during work because my mother had covid and I was texting her to make sure she was doing okay. The manager comes and tells me that if he catches me on the phone one more time, he will have to "send me home." see reply on this comment

I am sure it's not US only thing. Still dumb as f**k.