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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Healthcare that bankrupts you
Paying more than the price you see on a price tag in a shop due to taxes. WTF just put how much it costs!
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.
New mothers going back to work almost immediately after giving birth, because they don’t have paid maternity leave
An $800, four-block ambulance ride.
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.
That whole thing where American kids pledge their allegiance to the flag. That is completely weird and scarily totalitarian to us Brits.
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.
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.
Greeters in supermarkets. Just feels fake.
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.
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.
Offering full-time employees anything less than 28 days of paid holidays per year - it's not only socially unacceptable - it's illegal!
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.”
Labelling the winner of a sports tournament that only your country plays as ‘World Champions’
Calling Football ‘Soccer’
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.
A rubber in England is not the same as a rubber in the US.
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).
Making tea in a microwave.
Canadian here. The idea of microwaved “tea” distressed me greatly
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Is that really normal in the US? I've lived here my whole life and never seen this done.
As an American, I confess that am guilty of this…but no more as I’ve purchased a proper kettle and have put an end to the misuse full stop. Now, I use the micro for what is intended…popcorn.
Ooooo! popcorn. But I must admit, to me stove popped corn tastes better. However I will never turn down microwave popcorn.
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I would love to blind taste-test someone that denounces this. Warm up water in a microwave vs kettle (or whatever they think is "right") and then dip the tea bag in and let them taste. I'll give ya $100 out of my wallet if you convince me you can taste a difference.
It depends on the cleanliness of the microwave. Unless brand new, only used to heat water, you may not have an issue. Even microwaves that look spick and span have odors that end up in the heated water.
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Unpopular opinion: I don't want a kettle... I don't like things sitting on my stove and don't really have room in my kitchen for something that large that has one job - to warm water. I like tea and will microwave the water in a pinch, but generally save drinking it for when I'm at work and can get hot water straight from the coffee machine.
Do you own a toaster? Or, is this actually a reaction to feeling gas-lit when people tell you they can taste the difference between microwave or kettle tea? I can't tell the difference myself, and don't like tea for that matter, but lots of things in the house and kitchen require hot water, and I use my electric kettle daily....
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I can't speak for everyone on this side of the pond but I use the microwave just to heat the water for my tea. I then pour that water over the leaves. The leaves are never microwaved. Would someone please explain to me why should I need a special kettle just to boil water for the ONE (1) mug of hot tea I drink per day? I would be happy to comply if someone can give me a really good reason.
The temperature of the hot water affects the tannins in the tea leaves. When water temperature is too hot, the tannins are dissolved and other desirable compounds are destroyed. It will also taste bitter and astringent. When water temperature is too cold, the compounds are not released and the tea lacks balance and taste. You may need to experiment a little to find what temperature suits you best because the perfect water temperature is often a matter of personal preference. I'm not a tea snob - do what suits you but kettles make it easier to get the temperature of the water right and that's the only reason. Microwaves are very varied - alter the amount of water in the mug by a small amount and it can change the temperature up and down by a sufficient amount to impact taste. So, there's the reason - but just do what you want. 👍
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As an American, I've never even heard of or seen an electric kettle until just recently, on this site actually. We rarely drink hot tea here. And the stove takes ages to warm water, so why not microwave? Hot water is hot water.
We don't make tea in the microwave; we boil water in the microwave. Why would it matter how the water gets boiled? Why would I waste an entire teakettle of water for one cuppa? Now, if I had people over for tea, I'd use my teakettle and teapot like a normal person.
I'm American and I cannot stand the taste of water that's been heated in the microwave. I'm a huge tea drinker and I have both stove top and electric kettles.
There's nothing wrong with heating water in a microwave. I wouldn't put the tea in it at the same time though.
I don't know why this one always makes me irrationally angry, but it does. Just such a stupid thing to be "unacceptable". It's leaf water. Coffee is bean water. Who honestly cares how its made as long as you enjoy it?
When I am in a hurry I may heat water in the microwave (takes 2 minutes) and let is seep, Otherwise I will brew a 12 cup pot
As a tea snob in America, I find it horrifying that people use microwaves to boil the water. I also find it horrifying to use tea bags and to NOT match the water temp to the kind of tea. We have British friends who boil the kettle and pour it over every kind of tea bag -- black, white, green, oolong. But that's not the proper way, y'all. Green, white and oolong are best at lower temps, and even black shouldn't be steeped with full boiling water. Love my electrical kettle that lets me choose the right temp for the right tea.
I've warmed water in the microwave to make tea. I don't understand why this is weird. Hot water is hot water.
We're just built different. Love us or hate us. Make up your mind.
I used to boil the water in the microwave once. Of course not with the teabag in it.
I guess I am not understanding this. What is the difference if you heat water on the stove in a pot, in the microwave or in a kettle? Isn't it all hot water to put a tea bag in? This is a serious question. No one actually puts a tea bag in the microwave.
Accuracy of temperature. As I've said elsewhere (and I genuinely don't care how people do it) The temperature of the hot water affects the tannins in the tea leaves. When water temperature is too hot, the tannins are dissolved and other desirable compounds are destroyed. It will also taste bitter and astringent. When water temperature is too cold, the compounds are not released and the tea lacks balance and taste. You may need to experiment a little to find what temperature suits you best because the perfect water temperature is often a matter of personal preference. Honestly, do what suits you but kettles make it easier to get the temperature of the water right and that's the only reason. Microwaves are very varied - alter the amount of water in the mug by a small amount and it can change the temperature up and down by a sufficient amount to impact taste. Hope that helps explain the reasoning. Personally I prefer coffee. 😀
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Who makes tea in the microwave? Heat the awter, fine, but who puts the tea in there? I'm in the US and never saw this in my life. Mug of water, yes. Mug with tea in it, no.
Boil the kettle, put the tea bag into the mug, pour the boiling water into the mug and jiggle the tea bag for a short time, Take the milk from the fridge and pour some into the tea until your brew is just right, Put the milk back in the fridge, Remove your tea bag and enjoy your tea. Not a Microwave in sight.
I've been making my tea in microwave since 2004. I'm in neither US nor UK.
I brew mine. I have a cuisinart 12 cup coffe maker and brew it 12 cups at a time.
Nobody does this, seriously. I've never seen it done. Heating the water for tea in a microwave, yes, making the tea in a microwave, no.
I heat the water in the microwave and add the teabag after the water is hot.
I have some tea in k-cup form for my Keurig. Is that better or worse than using a microwave?
The only person I've ever seen microwave tea was British. I have an electric kettle.
I dont know why this is always on the list. The majority of American's think this is horrible too. It's not as widespread as people think.
Please clarify- are brits grossed out by water boiled in the microwave or are we talking about a monster actually putting the tea in a cup of water and then putting the whole thing in the microwave? (Yeah that doesn’t taste good) I boil water in the microwave and then pour that into a cup with tea - I don’t see what’s wrong with that method.
'merican here, don't even have a microwave, it makes food taste horrible. Coffee is made in a cowboy percolator, tea in a teapot.
This is mind blowing to me. My family has had an electric kettle since I was a teen. Before that one on the stove. I'm American. Who raised these people?
EXCUSE ME???? This is beacuse its's so much harder to boil or put the kettle on? I don't understand?
This one is actually not a problem. You can boil water for tea just fine in a microwave. Actually, it is more efficient, less waste of energy. And a preventive clarification in case you have seen that "research" from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. If you complain about the uniformity of the temperature, then the problem is not the microwave, it is that you need to learn to use the microwave. Everything can be used wrong.
yeah I will sometimes say 'what would nonna say' to people about to do weird things like that, with the idea that everyone has an Italian grandma on their shoulder tsk-ing as they do it
most of us just heat the water in the microwave, and then brew the tea as normal. (i bring it to a boil and let it cool down to proper temperature first. functionally no different than a whistling kettle...)
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I gave a sort of masterclass to some American friends online, and they all agreed the way I taught them how to make tea was a million times better than the 'microwave' method. I think I posted a cut down version on Bored Panda some time ago in the comments of another post
I don’t think I could bring myself to do this, even in an emergency situation
Huh??? Oh no! I'm a brit by decent and American by birth... this is sacrilege!
Let's make something clear..not all people in the USA are heathens when it comes to making tea. Microwave tea is gross. Get an electric kettle you slackers!!
I'm American, I never microwave water for tea. Ew! Maybe because I grew up among tea drinkers who brewed properly well before microwaves were in every home. My husband doesn't understand it though, he doesn't believe me when I tell him it tastes different.
The only acceptable thing to make in a microwave is scrambled eggs, nothing else, making tea in a microwave here will get you cut mate.
We're NOT making tea in the microwave. We're boiling water for tea. What's the big deal? Boiled water is boiled water; stovetop, microwave, electric kettle, exhaust manifold, or campfire.
I don't know anyone who does this and I'm 58 years old. We have always had an electric kettle for tea.
...well i would think they boil water or kettle(idk I'm not a brit ).....but not a microwave :/
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Trust me, Canadians are horrified by this too. No microwave tea!!!
No, please, no. Making tea in the microwave is horrifying. How does anybody do this!?
0-0 people do this (excuse my stupidity) I'm is the U.S but :/ literally boiling water isn't hard... ;w; No hate on people that do this but...why 0-o? i understand no stove or it's faster but ^^||| it's a stove...not hard to heat up water
Yes, I'd much rather burn gas with my gas stove and my broken kettle (it broke a while ago and my mom has no intention of buying a new one... and I ain't buying one any time soon cuz I'm broke as a joke) to make some tea rather than throwing a cup into the microwave. I don't really see what's so bad about making tea in the microwave o/-\o
As an American I don't get what the big deal is, both ways get your water hot?
as an American, I can assure you, if you include the tea bag in the water before heating it, you most certainly should not be drinking tea.
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I find this horrifying🥴. Have patience my friends! Good things come to those who wait. Water that has just settled from boiling, let it steep for a few minutes. And yes, this is part of the instructions: enjoy!
Coffee is just gross, and I personally have a not uncommon reaction to tea that makes me vomit. Great people of culture get a gourd, a bombilla and drink delicious yerba mate. ;)
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What's the difference ? Water molecules get excited by electrically produced heat either way
Water doesn't heat evenly and you can't really set temperature to, say, 70-80 C. Not all tea should be made with boiling water, like green tea. White tea is ok with 50C, while black tea requires 100C.
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Okay, as an american and tea enthusiast, I agree. Tea made in the microwave is an atrocity. However, what you have to understand is that tea is not all that common of a drink over here, so most people don't know it's bad to do that, or they just don't care. Just how it is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This came up some time ago in a Bored Panda thread. I said it was gross and someone called me all kinds of names and said "it's boiling water, it's no different". I beg to disagree.
You can disagree all you want. It makes no difference for boiling the water, except that in the microwave it wastes less energy. Your disagreement is not based on any factual information. Only, on the feeling that it should be right, because you have seen people saying that it is right.
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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.
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.
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???
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.
Asking new neighbors, "Have you found a church yet?"
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.
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.
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!
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.
Addressing a stranger as ‘Sir’
To me, this sounds like a good style. How would you address a stranger in the UK?
Responding to work emails while on leave/vacation.
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!)
high fructose corn syrup
Chanting the acronym of your country at any given opportunity.
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.
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.
Refuse a drink to a grown-ass taxpaying 20 year old
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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.
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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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.
Here's an idea; Things the whole world thinks are weird about the UK! .... I'll start... Blood pudding.
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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 😀
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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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.
And almost everyone in the US has either Irish or Scottish ancestry, or thinks they do! :-D
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Same. Knock it off, BP (and I say this as a non-American myself.)
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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.
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.
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... I think all countries have some ridiculous ads, just varies as to product, LOL.
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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.
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!
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?
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
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.
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?
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.
This post was informative. I didn't realise Americans didn't use kettles..... Yeah this is very informative.
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... 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? ...
Wtf!!!! Did they not read the comments on "Americans are doing _____" article?????
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 ]:
I agree with you on the pledge of allegiance. That's something fascists (hello Hitler) countries do (Hello Kim Jung).
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...
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 !
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
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.
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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We get, we suck. Now how about something entertaining about the US, Florida Man.
F***y. Quite a different meaning in the USA vs many other places...
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... 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.
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... 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.
Here's an idea; Things the whole world thinks are weird about the UK! .... I'll start... Blood pudding.
Load More Replies... 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 😀
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... 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.
And almost everyone in the US has either Irish or Scottish ancestry, or thinks they do! :-D
Load More Replies... Same. Knock it off, BP (and I say this as a non-American myself.)
Load More Replies... 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.
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.
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... I think all countries have some ridiculous ads, just varies as to product, LOL.
Load More Replies... 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.
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!
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?
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
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.
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?
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.
This post was informative. I didn't realise Americans didn't use kettles..... Yeah this is very informative.
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... 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? ...
Wtf!!!! Did they not read the comments on "Americans are doing _____" article?????
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 ]:
I agree with you on the pledge of allegiance. That's something fascists (hello Hitler) countries do (Hello Kim Jung).
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...
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 !
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
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.
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... We get, we suck. Now how about something entertaining about the US, Florida Man.
F***y. Quite a different meaning in the USA vs many other places...
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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