After Noticing These 30 Things Americans Do In Movies, People Are Wondering Whether They Do Them In Real Life

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.

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

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

the only thing in my locker is a mound of trash.

We also wear our shoes in bed as well.

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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".

It's supposed to help keep drains from blocking but people use it as an extra trash can which is EXTREMELY problematic. They put all kinds of things down the drain that should go in the trash.

Funny. In Europe people manage with out a "blender sink" easy. Put your trash in the trash.

I think they make smoothies out of the waste, so they can drink it later.

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Garbage disposals are not blenders. They are used to shred and dispose of soft matter like vegetable greens, fruit peels, etc., instead of putting them in the garbage. One advantage is they won't rot and smell bad. Personally I throw mine on the compost heap, but few people have room for those.

Here in Canada we call them Garborators. They're nice if you accidentally drop something down there and then you can use it to unclog the drain, but they aren't meant to be used as trash cans.

I think they are a good idea. You can just grind up and wash down most vegetable matter. Sure, composting would be ideal, but you can't do that in an apartment.

Because lots of them dont care about the environment and put trash in the sink :/

Really???? You,re as stupid as they are.

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Garbage disposals are illegal in Austria. They attract rats and overexert sewage plants.

It's called a garbage disposal - for fruit skins, some left-overs, etc. Better than a stinky trash can.

It's an old invention. I don't know too many people who still have them.

"Sink blenders" or garbage disposals are a 80's and 90's thing. Most places if improving a house or apartment rip them out now. They just end up clogging pipes because people think they can get rid of bodies in them.

They do always seem to have the disposals on tv. I've never lived in a house or apartment that had one though.

oh yeah we have those things in Australia as well, but they aren't too common but I had one once and it was really useful

Because we have them in real life. They're the garbage disposals.

I need to get mine replaced.

I'm British and my grandparents had a garbage disposal in their kitchen sink (it's the only place I've seen one irl). It terrified the living c**p out of me every single time. My Nan was brilliant at dropping her rings down there and we would have to endure horror-movie tension as they were fished out. Sometimes tea spoons would get accidentally washed down and we'd only realise when you switched it on and the screeching of shredding metal started.

UK here... my dad had one installed when he built his new house but I rarely (actually don't think I've ever) see him use it. Especially cos the dogs tend to get a lot of the scraps with their kibble! I wouldn't even know how to turn it on, but the nightmare still exists that it would eat my hand. The hole to it is huge! My aunt had one too, she used to take her wedding ring off to wash up and lost it down there one day (fell off the window sill). They got it back but I remember being a nervous wreck that someone would lose a hand.

The purpose of the garbage disposal is to keep food waste out of the garbage cans. This helps to keep away rats, raccoons and other vermin. It also keeps the trash from fermenting and stinking in hot weather.

You mean garbage disposal units.. yes it is a good way to break up debree left on a plate so it doesnt clog up the sink

When I had one I only used it for the boys of food that didn't get scraped off. No big deal.

only times I've ever seen those in movies/shows was when they used it for some kinda gore. like in Heroes where Claire drops a ring into it and blends her hand tryna fish it out.

I'm American and it's a select few who do that but it's not the norm.

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Yes, we do. It is the only access we have to water.

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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.

Millions of people eat this daily in the US.

In my family, we only use paper plates for gatherings.

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

We're tough! We don't need... er... pill lubricants?

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

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

Why? Hot water is hot water.

You don't?!?!!

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.

my sister has about 400. I have 2.

I believe this is mostly a southern trait.

Yes, we do. Or Fritos or Cheetos.

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