“Pavement Just Randomly Ends”: 30 Common USA Things That Confuse Foreigners

Gun apologists often cite Switzerland as an example that more guns do not lead to more violence. What they fail to mention is that while the average Swiss citizen owns a gun, the sale of ammo is heavily regulated (next to impossible to attain for a private citizen outside a shooting range without special permits), and neither open nor concealed carry is a thing (again: permits very difficult to come by). It is a part of their civil defense concept, not a mysterious "right to shoot whom I please...".

That's two to three servings/meals for me. Just because you get it all doesn't mean you have to eat it all at once.

The "walkable city" is deemed an ideal of future living in large parts of Europe. Shops, Workplace (if even neccessary bc of WFH), parks and recreation, cultural institutions, learning, all in walkable distance. Cars taken out fo the picture as much as possible (underground parking garages if necessary but mostly parking outside the area, combined with really good public transport - in this model many people will opt not to own a car). Unfortunately this ideal will not realistically be archieved in the next decades.

And religion. More hatred is caused by religious bigotry than anything else.

Why America? No one else is this inconsiderate towards others privacy...

As a non American I don't get what is wrong with loving or taking Pride in your countries military. I mean there are protecting you. They are the reason why you have freedom. This should not be weird. I am open to other views . So feel free to welllll.. you know internet do your thing

It's like the US is a large theme park where the goal is to survive, and you buy memorabilia with US flags on them in the gift shop on the way out

Wyoming looking a little like they gave their last dollars to a billionaire, rusty car much?

I have a butcher near my house (Europe) who offers a whole series of sausages prepared with different elements such as wild garlic, tarragon, chilli,... All absolutely delicious.

Bad taste is not a country-thing…

You do know he is a fictional character, right?

I have never seen this and I live in farm country (Nebraska) probably a holiday celebration.

This is a sport?

This type of cookie is sold in every grocery store and has different color frosting depending on the season/holiday. Chances are this was around 4th of July, US Independence Day

I mean, you are allowed to drink a cup and keep the rest for later....

I hate the whole "flavouring" concept. I love spices and herbs, which add a mixture of natural flavours and smells, but I hate all these products that taste like something else, like bacon-flavoured crisps, or shrimp-flavoured pasta, with all those chemical artificial flavours. They don't even taste remotely similar to the real thing.

What's the problem here? These people are traveling by motorcycle. Chaps are protective. Not a single flag or eagle in site, yet we're gonna throw those emojis on the comment? OP sounds like a jerk.

As old as time, they've always been around in some form in most civilisations.

They grow them over old nuclear testing sites? I don't know, ask Monsanto what they are putting in the fertiliser...

Reading about firearms is still better than accumulating them.

Where can these be purchased?! I want!! LoL

*Walks in with grenade*

me and my friends getting 20 nuggets for 20 dollars (Australian currency)

It's hard to be an atheist in America

we all had fake guns when we were young, not only in the US

Not tacky at all .......

The company is named "IT'S SUGAR". You don't say....

Peanut pretty much lasts a long time. Again, price per unit, this is less expensive than buying smaller containers multiple times. Also more time effective.

F U!! diabetes is NOT caused by overeating junk, ‘type 2 diabetes’ is in some cases, there are 7 types of diabetes and all of them except type 2 and gestational diabetes are down to genetics, they are autoimmune conditions. Hate that it is ok to mock and joke about diabetics being fat and unhealthy when it’s factually inaccurate you are talking about a proportion of type 2 sufferers and you are bringing every other person with every other type into that, it’s wrong. You wouldn’t write ‘now I know why y’all have cancer’ despite some cancers being caused by lifestyle choices. Diabetes is a very hard condition to have and deal with day in and day out, posts like this only push the inaccurate stereotype and make it all the hard for sufferers to be taken seriously, respected and treated right. A health/medical condition SHOULD NEVER BE THE PUNCHLINE OF A JOKE

?? Ever make tacos for 12-15 people at one meal?

The price...we would get less than a quarter of that size in Australia for that price.

get a picky dog and you'll realize that even walmart doesn't have everything you need.

My house was built like this. It's modular construction. The halves/quarters/whathaveyou are built in a warehouse, to code, then transported like this to the land where the foundation is already in place and utilities are waiting, then it is assembled via crane. Then finish work is completed. It's efficient in time, dollars, fuel, and weather concerns.

I've tried Oreos, sent to me by an American friend. They are not that special

None of use want to drive 20 plus minutes to the store everyday.

Chick-fil-A is an oppressive religious establishment. They force their religious beliefs on their employees. Don't eat there.

Are we not supposed to have parties? Are we not supposed to serve tortilla chips at parties? Is this just some weird assumption that fat, glutinous Americans can't resist eating entire packages of food, no matter how large, in a single sitting?

? you don't like cheetos or you're just jealous?

Don't let the bottom fall out of your world, eat at chipotle and let the world fall out of your bottom!

These are international and would come in all shapes and sizes, it's hit and miss surely?

What's the problem here? It just looks like 3L milk, which we can get in Australia too.

There's no such thing as too much cheese, we've been over this already, sheesh

Whats the problem with Target now????