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Americans have long been exporting their pop culture to the world. With TV shows and movies being among the most consumed global American exports, it's no surprise that US actors and directors are recognized all around the globe. However, for all of us non-Americans out there, sometimes the silver screens get us all dazed and confused. Do American people really drink from those red plastic cups at parties? Do they really wear shoes inside their houses? Is homecoming really such a big thing as movies make it out to be?

But we're gonna need a true expert's opinion on the matter—our Bored Panda readers living in the US! So scroll down below to read all the questions that people had about the things they saw on TV and feel free to share your answers!

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Felix Feline
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Living in a college town I can attest that yes they do. It's all anyone talks about, and the traffic jams are awful. High school football here is just as bad.

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Andres Tejeda
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Its the easiest reference for us and a football field is 100yards or 300 feet or 91.44 meters.

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Kristin Scarbrough
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We say goodbye, or something like it. It's an idiosyncrasy of script writing, not Americans.

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Vanta Black
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you ever become a cop, your captain will compare it to a dumpster in the Philippines.

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April Simnel
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The inside of my school locker as an 80s teenager was a small mirror, because sometimes you need it and don't want to go to the girls bathroom, and a couple of cutout pictures from magazines of my then-fave rock stars. I don't understand what's supposed to be so crazy about that.

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Laura Land
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tv. Many schools are not using lockers in their schools anymore.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my locker, there's never pictures of my crush. There is, however, a large paper Baby Yoda, a Hunger Games mini poster, and a whole ton of feathers I collected off the school football field.

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Karon Sheffield
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It all depends on the person's personality. Back in the late 80s and early 90s we did. Now our kids don't have lockers for safety reasons.

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John Bell
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My locker at work is covered in stuff my kid drew and pics of her and dilbert comics.

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Norah Bruce
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We don't even get lockers any more because all the school shootings.

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CORRINE STANLEY
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I put pics of me with my friends in my locker and a cup holder for candy and pencils and stuff. some people are weird and out mini rugs and mini chandeliers

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Ziya (Wenny) Liu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do't even have a locker... in the movies and books everyone has lockers as tall as them. I use a backpack :'(

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ROSSELAIRA EUGENIE CRUZ
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All I have in my locker is a locker shelf, my school stuff, and some pics of me and my friends. No mirrors, posters, or pics of my crush (I don't even HAVE one).

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Amazon QT
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I did it in high school... don’t do it now for my work locker!!!

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Randy Roberts
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, girls and yes even some boys like hanging stuff in their locker that they think looks cool or will get them noticed.

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Karasu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you have five minutes or less to get your s**t and get to the other end of the building, you don't spend a lot of time decorating.

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Mary Kelly
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

some girls do...the stores even sell a bunch of c**p especially designed for this purpose

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Living_Shadow
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't have time for that. It's just the movies. No one cares what their locker looks like

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KLo
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course, teens from the best, most fun decades decorated their lockers as so. Pictures of crush, best friend, magazine cut outs, small square mirror....:

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Errrmm - 'nonce' is the British slang term for 'paedophile'! Although, that actually doesn't make sense. A teen crushing on other teens and/or young adults isn't paedophilia... That's just called 'normal', lol! (and yes, I know North Americans spell it 'pedophile', not 'paedophile')

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Bunzilla
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Back when I went to high school, I had a magnetic mirror hanging on the door. Other than that? Not much. My lockers were always far too far away from all my classes to ever be practical to use between classes.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

as an american: When I was in school I decorated mine with my schedule

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SAF saf
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had cars and comic book pages actually but newer schools aren't building lockers in anymore.

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Zoe
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Posters and mirrors, yes. Usually pictures of friends

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savannah burrows
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

honestly a lot of middle schools don't really have lockers. high schools do but are very rarely decorated

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Daria B
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not an American, but I would have probably decorated my locker too, had we had them back at school. I mean, my office cubicle looks like a kindergarten. ♡

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elfin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some do, some don't. Or did. Because of all the school shootings many schools have done away with lockers and students carry backpacks instead. Now, with the pandemic, gun sales are way up. A large portion of our population is crazy.

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Tabitha L
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a mirror and pictures in my locker in middle school.

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CaptainDinosaur
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine had picture of a Corvette Stingray and another of Chuck Yeager, plus fifty band stickers, but yeah.

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Peter Showers
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would say mostly middle and high school girls do this. Not all girls, but some do and I’ve seen it in school

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Sarah Grape
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I decorate it, but where would a not psycho person get a pic of their crush?

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Alexander Brior
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of my friends made his locker demon-themed because he has locker 666.

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Beth Arriaga
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually many high schools stopped using lockers because it was too easy to hide 'contraband' (drugs, alcohol etc) in them. My kids had to carry their books- for all classes- around all day and to and from school.

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Ava Lewis
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i mean i know a few people with stuff liek that in their locker i only have pens and stuff

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Pippa Runs
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our school lockers were removed in the 90s because of weapons 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Emily Smith
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

High school in the 80's and 90's it was a popular trend. Now I think kids more more into organization with shelves and pencil holders, etc.

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Katherine Gilleland
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In middle school EVERY girls locker was like this. In high school no one used their lockers because you didn’t have time to stop at them. At the end of the year when they have us clean out our lockers I always had to have a janitor unlock it because I didn’t know the combo

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Tina Scogin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is probably something from "back in the day". When I was in HS back in the 80s, yes, you were judged by how awesome you decorated the inside of your locker. Some even wrapped the outside of theirs.

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Inés Sanz
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Spain we don't have lockers. An American student came to study for a few months and she was crazy about this. We carry our books and staff in our backpacks.

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Erin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When my relatives from Ireland come to visit, they love to play with the garbage disposal. Even the people in their 60's think it is hilarious. They refer to it as "the murder sink".

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Erin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was in school, it was hard boiled eggs. Now they have high-tech baby dolls called Baby Think About it. It is a Life Skills class that teaches you how to be an adult.

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Kristy P
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The "funeral" is usually in a church and then a burial service graveside.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is especially true in small towns. The largest parking lot in town is the local teen hangout

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, Homecoming is really big here in the US. Celebrating at high school and university.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because Americans have been sold the lie (mostly by Nestle, thank you!) that bottled water is better than tap water in some way. In truth most of the bottled water IS tap water.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We do call them Kleenex all the time probably because that brand is what we used.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that is to avoid accidental advertising? I'd think that in most (industrialized) countries, the typical bags offered by stores have the store logo all over them...

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I guess it depends. My family and friends only do photoshoots for weddings, 18th birthdays (girls), 21st birthdays (boys), or someone's first birthday.

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Erin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chicken and waffles is a religious experience. I live in the Midwest and some of the best chicken and waffles in the world is right here in Indianapolis at Maxine's Chicken and Waffles. Another awesome place is in Harlem (where chicken and waffles was invented).

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's ground meat with binders like egg and breadcrumbs, and can also have minced onions and peppers (capsicum), and seasonings that's all mixed together and baked in a loaf pan in the oven. Most people make it with just ground beef, but when I was little in the 70s, in our home it was made with ground beef, pork, and veal, and we had it maybe once a month with homemade mashed potatoes and brown gravy, and a green vegetable. I don't eat meatloaf now. It's not horrible, it's just not my first choice for comfort food.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the big cities, all you need to do is raise your arm on a busy street. I've lived in NYC almost 30 years now, and no one yells "TAXI!" here. I grew up in a smaller town, though, and in the smaller places, you pretty much have to call a taxi in advance. I never flagged a cab until I moved to NYC.

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