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What’s totally acceptable and completely normal in one country might get you some funny looks elsewhere. Or, in other words, welcome to Planet Earth where there are loads of different countries and cultures that are bound to blow your mind when you travel.
This time, we’re looking at the differences between the United States and the United Kingdom. Even though both countries have a ‘special relationship’ (not to mention a rocky initial history together), far from everything is the same there. Hopping ‘over the pond’ means traveling a large distance both physically and culturally, too. Like you'd expect when going to any new country when you fly abroad.
Redditor TownImmediate9060 went on r/AskReddit and wanted to find out what’s socially acceptable in the US but would be horrifying in the UK. The thread went viral and the responses made us seriously realize the extent of the differences between the two allies. Check out some of the best answers below and remember to upvote your fave ones, dear Pandas.
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#1
Healthcare that bankrupts you
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#2
Paying more than the price you see on a price tag in a shop due to taxes. WTF just put how much it costs!
#3
Cashiers being forced to stand... give them a chair you masochists
Britain continues to use soft power to spread its influence abroad. Its cultural impact is off the charts. Just consider how influential the Harry Potter books, musicians like Ed Sheeran, and football entities like the Premier League really are.
They’re known and respected globally. As such, the UK’s able to draw in plenty of tourists (global pandemic notwithstanding because it’s hit everyone badly) and students from abroad because it remains at the forefront of people’s minds.
#5
New mothers going back to work almost immediately after giving birth, because they don’t have paid maternity leave
#6
An $800, four-block ambulance ride.
Downunderdude 4 years ago
Anything about the so-called American health system is a mystery to the rest of the world.
However, research shows that the confusion and uncertainty around the long-term effects that Brexit, the UK’s exit from the European Union, will have slightly dampened the country’s influence abroad.
Meanwhile, the British Council found that it’s actually culture, not politics, that deepens the ties between the UK and the US. And it’s culture that’s going to play a vital role in the future of both nations as well.
#7
That whole thing where American kids pledge their allegiance to the flag. That is completely weird and scarily totalitarian to us Brits.
#8
Overworking. It's rewarded and encouraged in the U.S., but during my time in the U.K. my colleagues were horrified by the long hours and lack of holidays that was the norm in the U.S.
Downunderdude 4 years ago
What an awful soulless place. And I'm guessing the only reason they give them what looks like expensive chairs is so they don't get sued for workplace injury.
#9
Greeters in supermarkets. Just feels fake.
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
Are greeters real? I thought the Simpson's was exaggerating. I guess in a country so massive, you gta find a way to stand out? Still seems weird tho
“Culture and history were the two top rated factors contributing to the UK’s attractiveness among American respondents, with 43% identifying ‘cultural and historic attractions’ as a major draw and 42% identifying ‘history,’” the British Council explains what it discovered in its research.
#10
Driving everywhere.
In the UK it's perfectly normal to have your kid walk to school and walking to the shops to do your shopping.
#11
Offering full-time employees anything less than 28 days of paid holidays per year - it's not only socially unacceptable - it's illegal!
#12
Bragging about how expensive something was. In the US "this is a $100 shirt" ...smug face In the UK "can you believe I got this whole suit for £25!" ...smug face
Despite some of the more superficial cultural differences between the US and the UK, both nations appear to care about pretty much the same issues.
“The research showed a high degree of shared concern about global issues among young people in both countries with poverty, extremism/terrorism, and climate change as the top factors chosen by young people in both the US and UK,” the British Council found. “The research suggests the relationship between the two countries is at root a cultural as much as a political phenomenon, and viewed in those terms it is indeed special.”
#13
Labelling the winner of a sports tournament that only your country plays as ‘World Champions’ Calling Football ‘Soccer’
Paul Davis 4 years ago
We're not the only ones doing that. No one seems to blink at the audacity of the Miss Universe beauty contest, where Earth seems to win every time.
#14
A rubber in England is not the same as a rubber in the US.
Downunderdude 4 years ago
In the UK, a durex is (or used to be) a condom. In Australia, it's sticky tape. Best not to get them confused.
Ironically, the actual term ‘special relationship’ sees very little use in the US, primarily being a British way of categorizing the tight bonds between the two nations. However, this doesn’t change the fact that both countries are very much skipping along arm-in-arm, primarily admiring each other’s cultural output (leaving politics a secondary concern).
#16
Making tea in a microwave.
#17
When my Brit friends were visiting, they were horrified when the waiter took their credit card to swipe back at the terminal. This made them REALLY uncomfortable.
#18
Cutting lines for things, I’ve seen some people when going to Disney world trying to cut lines for random reasons. Queueing in the uk is like our national sport
Redditor TownImmediate9060’s thread about the differences between the US and the UK was a roaring success. It got more than 67.7k upvotes in just over a week. What’s more, the thread got over 51k comments which just goes to show that the OP hit the nail on the head and chose a niche topic that plenty of folks were interested in.
The thread also got over 300 awards, proving that TownImmediate9060’s fellow Reddit users really appreciated them asking the question in the first place.
#19
My (British) partner & I (American) were in London, running late to meet our friends. Just as we get to the tube station, I see our train has just pulled in; we haul ass across platform and I yell, “HOLD THE DOOR.” Someone does, we make the train, I don’t see a problem. My partner, by contrast, is mortified. This was 4-5 years ago & he is still mortified. Apparently we were meant to just...let the train leave? Without us?? & wait for the next one???
Linus Nilsson 4 years ago
On the tube, there's absolutely no reason to "hold the door". The next one will be in in a few minutes, and you will just be a little late. By holding, everyone on the train will be late, and there is actually a possibility that it travels down the line, delaying several trains.
#20
Asking new neighbors, "Have you found a church yet?"
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Thereby identifying themselves as neighbours you might want to avoid
Norah 4 years ago
Ahw my fave church in the world (I'm an atheist). This is the church in a tiny Icelandic town where I lived: Seydisfjordur
Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
I want to convert it to my house. The style with that background...
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Raven Sheridan 4 years ago
Answer that you've just joined, The Church of Satan. That'll shut em up!
Dilly Millandry 4 years ago
Also tell them you prefer to worship naked in the garden.
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Tim Fountain 4 years ago
And the look of horror as said neighbors find out you don't go to church or participate in organized religion.
Tim Haight 4 years ago
Told a couple of LDS missionaries I dont follow any religion because the last church I was in spoke in tounges and brought out live rattlesnakes
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Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
I mean, I'm a Christian so I'd expect my family to ask me that when I move, but I would never ask that of my new neigbours.
Johanna McMahan 4 years ago
I'm American and I hate when people ask me about religion. It's none of their business.
Torz Lloyd 4 years ago
I think it must be a rule for us brits : don't talk about religion or politics at family meal or to random people.
*me* 4 years ago
What if their atheists? What if they’re Muslim? They might be Jewish. Never assume, Christians.
Analyn Lahr 4 years ago
No where have I moved has anyone asked that. Maybe it's a Southern thing, sounds like it.
Mary Peace 4 years ago
I'm a Christian but I've never asked anyone this. The only people that asked me were friends who knew I go to Church.
Crochet lady 4 years ago
I knew we have moved into the wrong neighborhood when two different sets of neighbors came to introduce themselves and asked if I played tennis. No, I have 3 children under the age of 4, I do NOT play tennis. Haha.
Paul Davis 4 years ago
I grew up in the U.S., was SEVERELY abused by evangelicals, and nosy people trying to ask me things like this really trigger me.
Lynn Biasini McElfresh 4 years ago
When we first moved to the Charlotte, NC area, a complete stranger (elderly female) in the grocery store, after a few very casual words, asked me, "so, what church to you go to?" WTH???? "None", I said. "Oh, you SHOULD", she said. I politely excused myself.
M Kate McCulloch 4 years ago
No. Haven't been back since the preacher at the church my mother forced me to go to turned out to be the guy with the hairspray, makeup, silk suit and 18k gold and diamond rolex. Can't help the congregation financially but helps himself just fine... after that - f**k church.
Tim Haight 4 years ago
I live in the US. was never asked this other than when the mormons come around. Great joke, Why do mormons/7th day adventits/any other missionary that bugs you at your door, have inverted nipples. Its from poking them in the chest, telling them to get off your porch.
Megan Johnson 4 years ago
Bonus round: you’re an atheist moving to rural Texas. That was a real scary conversation killer.
స్టీఫెన్ ఆండ్రూ 4 years ago
WTF? That's messed up. Why would you care about your neighbours' religion?
InfectedVoice 4 years ago
I would reveal a Deicide t-shirt with an inverted cross on the back and the words "Christ Crusher" in bold letters and say "probably not my crowd pal".
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
I *hate* it when that happens to me. It's so pushy, and warns me against the local attitudes right away.
Paul Budhram 4 years ago
wait that's really stupid i've never heard of it and if I was asked this I would be extremely offended, being a jew
Vanessa Galvan 4 years ago
I don't feel like anyone even talks to their neighbors anymore I et alone ask them what church they go to
Dillon Hughes 4 years ago
Would it be weirder to ask if they found a cool bar. Really just depends on who your asking. I don't think either one is weird, conversation starter.
Tabernus 4 years ago
If a neighbour asked me that I'd make a mental note to write them a christmas card but to avoid them at every other opportunity,
danielw 4 years ago
make sure the xmas card has all the ideas listed above on it.
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Sista of the moon 4 years ago
Yeah, I have never heard this being asked in my life.
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#21
Huge portion sizes. Kids meal in U.S is like a adult meal in U.K.
What’s your opinion about the relationship between the US and the UK, dear Readers? What, in your opinion, makes this relationship between the two special? What do you think are the main cultural differences between Americans and Brits? Let us know what you think in the comment section below. We’d absolutely love to get your take on this, especially if you’re currently living in the US or the UK.
#22
I was in Japan once and there was a vending machine selling beer outside my hotel room. So, being British, I bought a can and went to the elevator where I shared an excruciating couple of minutes with two American business men. They were horrified at my early day drinking, and I at their willingness to express this.
#23
As a Brit in the US, this is a fun one! Pharmaceutical adverts on the TV are still weird af to me The length and frequency of commercial breaks in general on TV is shocking Low hanging fruit, but anything relating to child beauty pageants just makes me feel physically sick Here's a nice one: taking 20+ minutes to help a complete stranger who is struggling with something. The amount of times a total stranger has stopped to assist me or someone I know? Y'all really make my heart melt!
A Cat Named Dragon 4 years ago
This happens in the UK too. I am a woman and I traveled by train with a suitcase too heavy for me to lift and always some lovely man immediately assisted me with getting on and off.
#24
Spray on cheese
#25
Addressing a stranger as ‘Sir’
chi-wei shen 4 years ago
To me, this sounds like a good style. How would you address a stranger in the UK?
#26
Responding to work emails while on leave/vacation.
N G 4 years ago
I fear this one may be culturally appropriated - I'm in the UK and have worked for people who have done this, and been "encouraged" to do this myself. I have offered once (but that was because it was a big, serious project, and my time off was looking after the MIL's house for two days and I was BORED!)
#27
high fructose corn syrup
David Beaulieu 4 years ago
What else should we do with all this corn we grow? Feed the world? Bio-fuel these machines? Nope. Lets make something like sugar, but way worse for you.
#28
Chanting the acronym of your country at any given opportunity.
#29
I don’t know how common it actually is there, but going fucking wild at the cinema during a hugely popular film like Avengers: Endgame or a Star Wars film. There’s a bunch of videos on YouTube of the audience reactions to various big franchise films and I don’t know how anybody lasts more than a few minutes in that room. When I saw The Force Awakens, like two people half-heartedly cheered when the title screen came up and then someone immediately told them to shut up.
Linus Nilsson 4 years ago
While talking about american cinemas, why don't they have seat reservation? In Sweden, we book in advance, choosing our seats by how many we are, where the screen is and availability.
#32
Not wanting to call for an ambulance if hurt
#34
Chatting with a stranger on the street. I do it all the time. My best friend is English. It horrifies him. I said “how do you meet new people, like to date?” “Oh, we get positively trashed in a pub and then it can happen.”
A Cat Named Dragon 4 years ago
As an American, I first learned this on Bored Panda! That Americans are the only people who talk to strangers. I thought that people talk to strangers in every country that I’ve ever been in. It’s only now that I think back and wonder if it was really only just me engaging strangers in other countries in conversations and them humoring me by politely talking back?
#35
Chatting casually at the lift.
#36
Not pronouncing the 'h' in 'herbs'.
A Cat Named Dragon 4 years ago
And the extra “I” in aluminium : ) and I heard a new one recently that I am not sure about. Americans pronounce “router” to rhyme with “outer” but I recently heard someone on the Beeb say it rhyming with “scooter” Is that how it is said in British English? I couldn’t even focus on the rest of the story because I kept thinking... “ did he say rooter?”
#37
Not horrifying but pausing a show or event to ask members of the military to stand up for an applause would be weird over here.
troufaki13 4 years ago
Τhey create wars on the other side of the world, send people over there to kill and be killed and then welcome them back as heroes who defended their country...
#38
The fake enthusiasm that everyone knows is fake but everyone buys into and plays along with. I'm Irish but work for a company that has a very large UK client and a very large US client and I don't really see that fake enthusiasm coming from the Brits. You might get the odd person but everyone will just think they're a wanker where as with the yanks it's on a whole other level. Gets pretty dry when absolutely everything is "awesome".
#39
Talking so loud that everyone within 100 meters can hear what you are saying. Whooping. Just don't Chad, you aren't on a bucka-roo now. Listing your positive qualities like you are in a job interview, but in a normal conversation. You must only speak ill of yourself.
JennyLaRue 4 years ago
When I went to Venice, which seemed to have an awful lot of loud American tourists, listening to their conversations in restaurants was our entertainment. I would call it eavesdropping, but they were so loud it was impossible not to hear.
#40
Americans will ask 'How ya doing?' but not really expect an answer.
A Cat Named Dragon 4 years ago
I mean this goes both ways though. In UK countryside, they ask “Are you all right?” And I’m always taken aback like, “shouldn’t I be?”
#41
Naming your child Randy. British people ITT: wait, people don't really name their child Randy, do they? Americans: what's wrong with Randy?
#42
As I found out is done in another thread the other day "eating sandwiches without butter on the bread" being from the UK this horrifies me.
#43
Coming from the perspective of a British guy, your style of customer service. Not universally, but very commonly, it’s way too over the top for us.
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
The US knows how to do customer service properly. Sure, it may be a little over the top at times, but it's better than being treated like s**t by some teenager who's more interested in their phone or gossip with their colleagues, when all you want to do is give then money!
#44
I’ve learned from my British friends that you have to be very careful giving peace signs. If you have your hand facing a certain way, it’s like a “f**k you” in the UK basically, whereas in the US it doesn’t matter which way it’s facing really. Several years ago I sent them a picture with me doing an “incorrect” peace sign and they were appalled
ETA: The offensive version is where your palm is facing inwards
Downunderdude 4 years ago
If my memory serves me correctly, the origin of the two-fingered f**k you was this. In the middle ages, English archers were much feared by enemies for their deadly accuracy. When English archers were captured, the French used to cut off their two bow string fingers. In battles, English archers (who hadn't been captured) would stick up their two fingers at the opposing French forces to show they still had them.
#45
When somebody says you should come to their house sometime, actually going by their house sometime.
#47
Saying “hello” when you pass people.
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
Why not? You can tell if someone is open to a smile or "hi", by looking at them. Well through trial and error you can XD
#48
Calling "Where's Wally" "Where's Waldo".
#49
strangers asking "where" not if you go to church.
A Cat Named Dragon 4 years ago
Is this common in the US? I have lived here my whole life and I don’t know that anyone has ever asked me that.
#50
When someone says, 'make yourself at home' actually making yourself at home
les 4 years ago
I was meeting a friend at his house one day, but when i got there he was still in the shower. His mum was just heading out and said to make myself at home, so I rearranged her living room to how mine was. My friend was horrified but his mum couldn't stop laughing when she got back
#51
A lot of ice in drinks. My grandfather visited Ireland and asked for ice in his drink. He said the people at the restaurant were confused and gave him two ice cubes.
#52
"Bum bag", not "fanny pack".
#53
Saying someone has a lot of spunk
#55
Looking around someone's house and complimenting things
What do you think ?
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
Tsk. Honestly did they not read the comments under the 'look at weird Americans" article from like 24 hours ago? Enough pls BP give us a break, or stagger them out. Not every day.
Ren Karlej 4 years ago
Only just come onto BP today and came straight to the comments section instead of reading the article. ENOUGH ALREADY! Are we going from weekly to daily US bashing now Bored Panda? I downvoted the whole post and I rarely do that. Bored Panda - PACK IT IN.
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Mimi M 4 years ago
Another 'ridiculous/bad/weird Americans' post. We are sick of them. How about making a post of nice things about the US for every time you have made a post of the opposite. It's enough already.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Here's an idea; Things the whole world thinks are weird about the UK! .... I'll start... Blood pudding.
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Sanne H. 4 years ago (edited)
For me as a Dutch person with several Flemish acquaintances it’s funny to read about these differences. The habits of our two neighboring countries (Netherlands and Flanders) are more or less the same, but we have misunderstanding in expressions sometimes, like buitenwipper (Fl: bouncer, Du: someone having sex outside), aftrekker (Fl: Corkscrew, Du: someone who’s jerking off) and poepen (fl: having sex, du: to defecate), to name the three most shocking ones 😀
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
See this is great, I liked learning this ^-^ I wonder how the words came to have such different meanings between neighbouring countries
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Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
Having visited the US of As I can share a positive. Americans are very generous. If you have an accent you will be bought drinks in a bar by those who claim to have ancestors from Scotland or Ireland.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
And almost everyone in the US has either Irish or Scottish ancestry, or thinks they do! :-D
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Julie C Rose 4 years ago
Same. Knock it off, BP (and I say this as a non-American myself.)
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Logic and Reason 4 years ago
This bullshit is so played out. I’m seriously considering leaving the site, it seems like for every entertaining article there’s 5 of these “aMeRiCa BaD” posts.
Daphne Williams 4 years ago
Here's another list about how the different ways different cultures do things is horrifying and terrible. Please downvote this s**t. Upvote art, upvote kindness, upvote cute and funny animal, upvote comedy.
Alex Bailey 4 years ago
I downvoted. I have been to the US a few times. Met many US people and most were lovely. Just how you'd expect in any country. A mixed bag but mostly fine. STOP picking on the US Bored Panda - and we KNOW you read the comments. FFS.
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I think all countries have some ridiculous ads, just varies as to product, LOL.
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CatWoman312 4 years ago
I thought one a week was too much, but back to back days now? BP must really hate the US, sorry United States of America. Don’t want to use the abbreviation constantly since we apparently do that according to one of the posts.
Virgil Sanders 4 years ago
i'm so tired of all the posts about america...ok we get it, you hate america, blah blah blah. give us something different to read please!
Anony Mouse 4 years ago
FFS. Please stop posting the same article. It used to be every two weeks. Now it's daily. Did you not notice the entire comment section yesterday?
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
DEAR WORLD: From an American. Yes, we shock, horrify, and appall you. We know. Sometimes you do the same to others, too. We all have our cultural quirks. I hope the world is enjoying its schadenfreude. When you're done? Let the US know. Maybe we can hvae a discussion about how to solve problems? Peace out, An American
Dorothy Cloud 4 years ago
According to these comments, everyone in the world thinks Americans are just horrible and with no manners. BUT, we still get people wanting to immigrate here, sneak over our borders....both North & South. If you don't like it, don't visit, don't live here.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Really tired of these shitposts, BP. How would you feel if I habitually made fun of your culture and country whilst ignoring the amazing things, people, and experiences?
Daniel Atkins 4 years ago
Apparently every staff writer must write one of these America Bad posts once a week every week. Man I miss the photo galleries of unusual places animals etc.
Ricky Omo 4 years ago
This post was informative. I didn't realise Americans didn't use kettles..... Yeah this is very informative.
Aria Whitaker 4 years ago (edited)
Of course we use Kettles. I have one on my stove as we speak. We carry both the electric and stovetop varieties. It was far from "informative" and more "I met two Americans and now think all 330 million are the same".....
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
How dare we not all comply with the UK version of everything! *gasp/faint*.... Seriously, for people who complain constantly that the US is too expectant that the world should be like the US, isn't the UK kinda doing the same? Everyone should do/know/speak the way they do in the UK? ...
Isaac7lego 4 years ago
Wtf!!!! Did they not read the comments on "Americans are doing _____" article?????
angie but who cares 4 years ago
ok but do people in the uk not talk to people at all i have never been but if that's the case it sounds a bit boring ]:
Stargazer66 3 years ago
I agree with you on the pledge of allegiance. That's something fascists (hello Hitler) countries do (Hello Kim Jung).
Tom Spade 4 years ago (edited)
Sensitive ass people. You don't even realize how indoctrinated some people are until they speak. Compared to many places, we are f****d up here. I'm from the Midwest, my fellow countryfolks, and even I can look around and see that we have huge issues here. No one else is getting butthurt over their countries being roasted, but here are some Americans, the most roastable people on earth, getting sensitive. Ok. You bunch of Richard Gere movie loving fucktards, show me your best sensitivity. I'll certainly use it as my first submission article for BP. Brothers and sisters, if our s**t was all that, we wouldn't be featured so heavily, now would we? Lighten the f**k up, people are just people, but true is true. No place or people are perfect, we're all messed up according to someone else. Take your s**t on the chin like the rest of us, and do feel free to have a sense of humor about it. If you'd like to stop showing up as a world meme, stop voting for divisive assholes. Biden and Trump...
Sheree Hyde 4 years ago
Our differences are what makes life interesting! Nothing but interesting to me. My future son in law is Australian and my daughters ex boyfriend was British. Loved them both and yes, somethings they say or do was weird here in the US, but fun none the less. They found us equally entertaining !
Leslie Burleson 4 years ago
Seriously BP. I love you , but it's getting old reading "let's s**t on America " posts. I'm bettering Americans are a big percentage of your readers . I'm honestly about to just delete the app. Every country has problems. We're not getting on here and making fun of other places
W. 5 4 years ago
I love reading stuff like this because global thinking made us already know all our similarities but the differences are sometimes so amazing and interesting. I don't read it as a bashing. It's just fascinating that things I consider boringly normal are unknown or weird to other people.
Aria Whitaker 4 years ago (edited)
It is not bashing when we get these things every so often...but they have these all the time now. And not for ANY other country but America. Can we see some for France vs Germany? Or Latvia VS Poland? Peru vs Australia? Sri Lanka vs Russia? When these are only posted to show how "weird" one country or culture is compared to the other 178 countries in the world...its past "fascinating" and into "bias".
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ScarlettofHydraIsland 4 years ago
We get, we suck. Now how about something entertaining about the US, Florida Man.
Colin Matthews 4 years ago
F***y. Quite a different meaning in the USA vs many other places...
angie but who cares 4 years ago
oh i didn't think of that let me tell more than a million people to what use butter on there bread or not talk to strangers got it all knowing one /s
Load More Replies... Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
Tsk. Honestly did they not read the comments under the 'look at weird Americans" article from like 24 hours ago? Enough pls BP give us a break, or stagger them out. Not every day.
Ren Karlej 4 years ago
Only just come onto BP today and came straight to the comments section instead of reading the article. ENOUGH ALREADY! Are we going from weekly to daily US bashing now Bored Panda? I downvoted the whole post and I rarely do that. Bored Panda - PACK IT IN.
Load More Replies... Mimi M 4 years ago
Another 'ridiculous/bad/weird Americans' post. We are sick of them. How about making a post of nice things about the US for every time you have made a post of the opposite. It's enough already.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Here's an idea; Things the whole world thinks are weird about the UK! .... I'll start... Blood pudding.
Load More Replies... Sanne H. 4 years ago (edited)
For me as a Dutch person with several Flemish acquaintances it’s funny to read about these differences. The habits of our two neighboring countries (Netherlands and Flanders) are more or less the same, but we have misunderstanding in expressions sometimes, like buitenwipper (Fl: bouncer, Du: someone having sex outside), aftrekker (Fl: Corkscrew, Du: someone who’s jerking off) and poepen (fl: having sex, du: to defecate), to name the three most shocking ones 😀
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
See this is great, I liked learning this ^-^ I wonder how the words came to have such different meanings between neighbouring countries
Load More Replies... Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
Having visited the US of As I can share a positive. Americans are very generous. If you have an accent you will be bought drinks in a bar by those who claim to have ancestors from Scotland or Ireland.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
And almost everyone in the US has either Irish or Scottish ancestry, or thinks they do! :-D
Load More Replies... Julie C Rose 4 years ago
Same. Knock it off, BP (and I say this as a non-American myself.)
Load More Replies... Logic and Reason 4 years ago
This bullshit is so played out. I’m seriously considering leaving the site, it seems like for every entertaining article there’s 5 of these “aMeRiCa BaD” posts.
Daphne Williams 4 years ago
Here's another list about how the different ways different cultures do things is horrifying and terrible. Please downvote this s**t. Upvote art, upvote kindness, upvote cute and funny animal, upvote comedy.
Alex Bailey 4 years ago
I downvoted. I have been to the US a few times. Met many US people and most were lovely. Just how you'd expect in any country. A mixed bag but mostly fine. STOP picking on the US Bored Panda - and we KNOW you read the comments. FFS.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I think all countries have some ridiculous ads, just varies as to product, LOL.
Load More Replies... CatWoman312 4 years ago
I thought one a week was too much, but back to back days now? BP must really hate the US, sorry United States of America. Don’t want to use the abbreviation constantly since we apparently do that according to one of the posts.
Virgil Sanders 4 years ago
i'm so tired of all the posts about america...ok we get it, you hate america, blah blah blah. give us something different to read please!
Anony Mouse 4 years ago
FFS. Please stop posting the same article. It used to be every two weeks. Now it's daily. Did you not notice the entire comment section yesterday?
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
DEAR WORLD: From an American. Yes, we shock, horrify, and appall you. We know. Sometimes you do the same to others, too. We all have our cultural quirks. I hope the world is enjoying its schadenfreude. When you're done? Let the US know. Maybe we can hvae a discussion about how to solve problems? Peace out, An American
Dorothy Cloud 4 years ago
According to these comments, everyone in the world thinks Americans are just horrible and with no manners. BUT, we still get people wanting to immigrate here, sneak over our borders....both North & South. If you don't like it, don't visit, don't live here.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Really tired of these shitposts, BP. How would you feel if I habitually made fun of your culture and country whilst ignoring the amazing things, people, and experiences?
Daniel Atkins 4 years ago
Apparently every staff writer must write one of these America Bad posts once a week every week. Man I miss the photo galleries of unusual places animals etc.
Ricky Omo 4 years ago
This post was informative. I didn't realise Americans didn't use kettles..... Yeah this is very informative.
Aria Whitaker 4 years ago (edited)
Of course we use Kettles. I have one on my stove as we speak. We carry both the electric and stovetop varieties. It was far from "informative" and more "I met two Americans and now think all 330 million are the same".....
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
How dare we not all comply with the UK version of everything! *gasp/faint*.... Seriously, for people who complain constantly that the US is too expectant that the world should be like the US, isn't the UK kinda doing the same? Everyone should do/know/speak the way they do in the UK? ...
Isaac7lego 4 years ago
Wtf!!!! Did they not read the comments on "Americans are doing _____" article?????
angie but who cares 4 years ago
ok but do people in the uk not talk to people at all i have never been but if that's the case it sounds a bit boring ]:
Stargazer66 3 years ago
I agree with you on the pledge of allegiance. That's something fascists (hello Hitler) countries do (Hello Kim Jung).
Tom Spade 4 years ago (edited)
Sensitive ass people. You don't even realize how indoctrinated some people are until they speak. Compared to many places, we are f****d up here. I'm from the Midwest, my fellow countryfolks, and even I can look around and see that we have huge issues here. No one else is getting butthurt over their countries being roasted, but here are some Americans, the most roastable people on earth, getting sensitive. Ok. You bunch of Richard Gere movie loving fucktards, show me your best sensitivity. I'll certainly use it as my first submission article for BP. Brothers and sisters, if our s**t was all that, we wouldn't be featured so heavily, now would we? Lighten the f**k up, people are just people, but true is true. No place or people are perfect, we're all messed up according to someone else. Take your s**t on the chin like the rest of us, and do feel free to have a sense of humor about it. If you'd like to stop showing up as a world meme, stop voting for divisive assholes. Biden and Trump...
Sheree Hyde 4 years ago
Our differences are what makes life interesting! Nothing but interesting to me. My future son in law is Australian and my daughters ex boyfriend was British. Loved them both and yes, somethings they say or do was weird here in the US, but fun none the less. They found us equally entertaining !
Leslie Burleson 4 years ago
Seriously BP. I love you , but it's getting old reading "let's s**t on America " posts. I'm bettering Americans are a big percentage of your readers . I'm honestly about to just delete the app. Every country has problems. We're not getting on here and making fun of other places
W. 5 4 years ago
I love reading stuff like this because global thinking made us already know all our similarities but the differences are sometimes so amazing and interesting. I don't read it as a bashing. It's just fascinating that things I consider boringly normal are unknown or weird to other people.
Aria Whitaker 4 years ago (edited)
It is not bashing when we get these things every so often...but they have these all the time now. And not for ANY other country but America. Can we see some for France vs Germany? Or Latvia VS Poland? Peru vs Australia? Sri Lanka vs Russia? When these are only posted to show how "weird" one country or culture is compared to the other 178 countries in the world...its past "fascinating" and into "bias".
Load More Replies... ScarlettofHydraIsland 4 years ago
We get, we suck. Now how about something entertaining about the US, Florida Man.
Colin Matthews 4 years ago
F***y. Quite a different meaning in the USA vs many other places...
angie but who cares 4 years ago
oh i didn't think of that let me tell more than a million people to what use butter on there bread or not talk to strangers got it all knowing one /s
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