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Our cultural differences are what make us unique, and they’re what bond us with others alike. What we see as ordinary always depends on people, place, and context and surely it will differ from one person to another.

That becomes super obvious when we leave the comfort of our home behind our back and go on vacation. Ask travelers how often they've been in uncomfortable social situations, had weird conversations, and found themselves strangers in a foreign land, and they will tell numerous stories.

Now this Ask Reddit thread has recently gained a lot of attention, amassing a whopping 28.3k comments and 27.8k upvotes. “What things do Americans like and the rest of the world not so much?” someone asked and people started sharing their own experiences, impressions and stories that show us once again just how relative things can be.

#1

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Tipping culture.

It's crazy how much people defend an absolutely terrible system.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tipping. A way to continue slavery and make it legal to pay staff below the minimum wage.

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much MM-DD-YYYY Date format 😅

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lilylynx
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've never understood this, because doesn't it make sense that it would go shortest, middle, longest edit: longest to shortest makes a lot of sense as well

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Commercials about pharmaceutical pills. "Ask your doctor about taking xyz... side affects can include (everything).
Wild!

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JoJo Anisko
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is not "liked by Americans"; the pharmaceutical companies pay to air the commercials.

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Opinion signs outside their houses. Like "in this house we support...". I find it weird and unusual.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have a “Love is Love” sign in our yard, but only because a few houses down from us has a sign that’s pretty much the opposite meaning.

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#5

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much College sports. Particularly football and basketball.

The rest of the world loves soccer, but nobody gives a hoot about it at the university level.

Scrappy_Larue , football wife Report

#6

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Flags. So many American flags everywhere.

justmyfakename , Pramod Kotipalli Report

#7

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Walking inside the house with shoes on.

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#8

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Threatening to press charges on people....

And being suspicious of everyone.

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#9

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much imperial units
(edit: fahrenheit aswell as celsius are good for certain scenarios so ill omit the former)

Kirby_zzz , Ag PIC Report

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much ICE. Filled till the brim before you pour any drink.

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#11

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Cheerleaders

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Don't you wish you knew
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's definitely a sport and takes a lot of athleticism. People train from an early age to be on cheer squads.

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Driving everywhere. Anywhere you go, you go in a car.


But I suspect for many, other options are so rare they don't think about them even if they do exist.

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April Caron
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Soooo accurate! I work 50 minutes away from where I live (41 miles). Public transit isn’t an option. Even for close shopping… it’s not an option. The nearest bus line is 4 miles away.

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Peanut butter and jelly

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Mad Dragon
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of us were fed this as kids, so it tends to be a comfort food now.

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Agfox
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Australian here, chunky peanut butter & honey is delicious

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Hypoxia Smurf
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my impoverished early-adulthood, I worked manual-labor jobs for little pay. What nourished me? Visits to Dented Cans (aka Grocery Outlet) stores for case-fell-off-the-truck jars of peanut butter and honey. Mix similar amounts in a bowl; eat with spoon; return to work, energized. Them was the days. ;(

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James016
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

UK here, this is my son’s favourite sandwich. Though here it is peanut butter and jam. Jelly is something else entirely

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Camilla Koutsos
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nah, this is global. I'm a Kiwi, and I became a peanut butter and jam addict in the mid-70s, before we owned a TV. I thought I had invented it for about a year, then I started school, and found it was already out there XD

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a vegan in an omnivorous household, if I’m too tired to make two meals, pb&j is my go to.

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Heather
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had to stop reading to go make peanut butter & jelly😋 If you really wanna make your life worth livin, you gotta make toast and put crunchy peanut butter on so it gets a lil melty and then strawberry jalapeño jelly🤤

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol, I was wondering how many people might eat PB&J because of this thread.

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Blackheart
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's delicious! Try it! Peanut butter and honey is good too.

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Lee Henderson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Peanut butter is very popular here. It is cheap, nutricious and loaded with protein, making it good for poorer families. And it tastes great.

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RoanTheMad
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not american but I honestly love this combo. or peanut butter and chocolate with banana :3

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LotusFlower
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate this entire thread because PB&J is sacred. Better than vegimite or haggis.

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James Peters
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

PB&J is just plain good. But not as good as peanut butter, banana, honey sandwich.

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Satan Laughs
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are you mad? How is this confusing the “rest of the world?” It is so yummy!! Classic kid fare.

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The Veil of Fire
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

PB&J used to be a good food source for kids until they started to add in all the sugars and stuff. Yet, if you can go back to the natural source its still good for growing body.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We started buying the natural peanut butter. Tastes a little different but still good.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First you take the peanuts and you smash em, you smash em, you smash em smash em smash em.....

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Genuine question: is jelly different from jam? In Australia at least, jelly is the dessert stuff made of gelatin, and jam is the fruit spread. In America is this different, or did they call it peanut butter and jelly because it's a better name?

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Mad Dragon
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jelly is made from strained fruit juice, jam is made from mashed fruit, and preserves has large chunks or whole pieces of fruit as well as mashed fruit.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love peanutbutter. And I love jam. Combined on the same sandwish? I guess it's not poisonous. But it's a crime to my tastebuds.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the difference is jelly is made from fruit juice, where jam is made from the whole fruit. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm 40 and still never tried this, just doesn't appeal to me - maybe I'll give it a try one day but peanut butter isn't something I buy very often, usually only if a cake recipe needs it

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Js
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As an American, I can say that I do not like PB&J sandwiches. Thats likely because I don't like jelly in general though.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They don’t love it because they don’t know it. I had never even heard of peanut butter before I visited Canada. Now even my dad (who is generally wary of ‘foreign food’) makes PB&J sandwiches!

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Random Panda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I grew up with peanut butter and apricot jam sandwiches. Delicious. Not just an American thing.

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Ira Goldstein
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And we Yanks don't understand haggis. But we can all get along.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If it makes you feel better, you can call it jelly and peanut butter.

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Mary Tonningsen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm almost 70 yrs old and still eat 3 or 4 PB&J sandwiches a week! It's a staple here!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sure there are a great many beloved foods of other countries that people in the U.S. would find unappetizing.

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Justin Trouble
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What are you from England, where they eat gross beans for breakfast?

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Kennedy Kargeaux
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's weird you bring this up because EVERY SINGLE FRIEND I HAVE THAT LIVES IN EUROPE begs me to send them both of these all the damn time. When they come to visit they ship cases back home..... soooo..... why you talking s**t when y'all literally have a PB&J budget when you come visit here? LOL! My friend lives in Italy. She literally spends like $200-$300 on this s**t to send home to sell to her friends & family.

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Andrea Stone
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A regional food. No different than Marmite, Vegemite, or Chutney in other places. I would like to taste Vegemite some day, just for the heck of it

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't knock it till you've tried it. It's DELICIOUS.

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Jos Tiguidou
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WHAT? How is this weird??? It's the best invention since sliced bread (teehee)! You know what's weird?? Effin marmite!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where I'm from, we have peanut butter and jam. It's sooooo good.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I jolted upright the moment I read this I realized there is still a bit a patriotism in me deep deeep down.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

have never cared for. shud we talk some of your childhood comfort foods?

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Spooky Scary Skeletons
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't digest anything made from peanuts so I eat Biscoff Spread/Blueberry jam sandwiches instead. A total upgrade IMO.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Peanut butter and strawberry jelly!!! That's the stuff🤤🤤🤤🤤

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course, to many English speakers, that is jam, not jelly. Jelly wobbles.

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Steve Robert
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A toasted peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwich is delicious!

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Batwench
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it. I am Welsh, and it is lush.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On my first visit to the US, I decided to try this amongst other American classics. I won't bother again.

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Nizumi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, I've only ever heard Europeans make a thing about not liking peanut butter. Let it go. It's easy cheap healthy nutrition, so long as you eat the natural peanut butter; otherwise you're just eating icing sugar and palm oil.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beats a lot of the stuff I see foreigners eating. Snails, bugs, dogs, monkey brains etc.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I cannot possibly object to consuming a breakfast spread that tends to contain high amounts of protein, fiber, and similarly vital nutrients for the human body! I can imagine the objections of those who would be allergic to peanut butter or have other reasons why they would object, such as sensory processing issues like textural aversions to certain foods.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me quite-mature mate, when feeling bad, demands a toasted half-bagel skinned with chunky peanut butter and tart jam. So there!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jelly in Australia is what Americans call jello, so when I was little watching Brady Bunch and they talked about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, I was like WHAAAAAT??

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When your living off little money, this is a stable. In US most of peanut butter is sugary emulsified garbage, and the jelly is little better. However, no sugar PB is much more available now.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is that "delicacy" with fish heads popping outta the crust? Or eating fish marinated in lye for months? 🤮

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I take exception to this one! Don't knock it until you have actually tried it!

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Amy Manning
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the first thing I've seen on this list that I would actually defend. This stuff is delicious, especially on squishy white bread!

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m not American, but I love those. Peanut butter and banana sandwiches are delicious as well

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Cassondra Graser
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This about the only thing I can get my 3 yr old grandson to eat right now…

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The sandwiches or breads of my childhood were more on the butter, cheese and ham variety (Finnish style). Eating sweet spreads on bread still seems weird to me

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You really have to have a closed mind to start complaining about favorite foods in other countries. If you ever read the story of George Washington Carver, you would know why we eat so many things made from peanuts. But then you would be somewhat more enlightened, and we don't want that, do we?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like the combination - sweet and salty. Peanut butter on bread though, no jelly - no thanks.

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Angi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm an odd American I've never eaten one. It just sounds wrong to me.

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Melissa
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fluffernutter was what I grew up with. Peanut butter with marshmallow spread. I still can't eat marshmallows to this day.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Baked beans on toast seems strange for breakfast, but so does sugar with some fiber called cereal!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thats actually the one thing on this list so far that I absolutely get.

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Panda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is good actually. Being European, I never had eaten one but now my daughter asks for it and it tastes good.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

want something really good? make some cornbread (like i make it in the us) and put butter and jelly, preserves or jam on it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom was afraid of having sugar addicted children so we weren't allowed peanut butter and jelly. We were only allowed to have....wait for it....peanut butter and Miracle Whip. Not mayo. Instead weird hydrogenated faux mayo. Never had peanut butter and jelly til I hit college.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It has to be a terrible pb&j though. White bread, skippy peanut butter and smuckers jelly. Childhood in a sandwich

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Marmite is the only thing to have with peanut butter. (It's jam, not jelly.)

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Root beer and ranch dressing. I brought some to Germany and had my friends try it and they said the root beer tasted like medicine. They politely tasted the dressing with a celery and said "hmmm, interesting" but the look on their faces was that it was terrible ha.

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Garbage Disposals

Just shove that turkey carcass in the disposal and run some warm water behind it

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can’t put bones, meat, eggshells, or very fibrous fruits and veggies into the disposal. You can break the disposal or damage sewer lines.

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much God damn delis. At least out of all the places I’ve traveled to the US by far has the best delis. I don’t know if I can live somewhere without a great Jewish or Italian deli.

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Corn syrup

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a time and place for it like pecan pies and cheap pancake syrup. But not every where all the time.

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Waffles with chicken

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much This used to be much more prevalent in the US but food coloring. When I moved from Japan to the US, I was surprised at how colorful their foods were.

These days Americans are now more keen to organic natural stuff so I see it less but it took me a while to realize that blue raspberry is not a real thing.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They made them blue so they wouldn't be confused with the red ones (cherry or strawberry)

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much My mother [British] thought casseroles were weird and disgusting. Once her British friend came to visit, and asked that we not go to a restaurant "where all the food is mixed together in an awful jumble."

I love most casseroles.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Since casseroles were originally French, maybe she was just cherishing the ancient enmity

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much My sister is visiting the US from Europe and sent me a picture of a small coke and asked "why is it so big?" I could see old glory flapping in the wind, boys.

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Biscuits and gravy

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And you’ll get a bunch of different variations of somebody’s granny made it only a certain way…so that’s how you know it’s authentic! Bacon grease? Sausage? Strong black coffee? Just never say you made it from a powdered mix!

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Free public restrooms. I know they're gross but they are nice to have.

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1 year ago

Was gonna comment but changed my mind so I'll just say Have a great day pandas wherever you are!

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much

Handicap accessiblity. Old buildings/towns in Europe are nice, if both your legs work.

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much
24 hour stores. I was in Chicago working with a colleague from Switzerland who suddenly realized around midnight that he needed a network cable to configure a mobile router for a job the next morning.

I told him that I'd meet him in the hotel lobby to drive him out to Walmart.

He was happily surprised, as he had forgotten about the US's famous chain of Walmart stores.

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Amy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

24-hour Walmarts are not a thing anymore since covid, at least where I live.

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much

Bankruptcy laws. It's a major reason why America has historically had some of the highest rates of small business growth and entrepreneurship. America is one of the most forgiving countries when it comes to personal and corporate bankruptcy (student loans notwithstanding).

Comparatively, European countries are much more pro-creditor which severely hampers any sort of investment that's even somewhat risky.

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much
Americanized Chinese food. No one has us beat in that category.,

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I might get downvoted, but... Kind of wish people would stop complaining about "Americanized" Chinese food. Lots of dishes were invented by Chinese-Americans way back in the early 1900s because of the war. It may not be authentic Chinese food, but it is authentic Chinese-American food.

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Bumper stickers

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

See a fair few in the uk but we are more of a “baby on board” sticker nation

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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much I'd like to say optimism, even if it's blind sometimes. The CAN DO attitude is extremely strong. I would also put belligerence up there for better or worse. That "Get the f**k out of my face, I'm not paying for / doing that" attitude. Whether you actually can or not, the American culture makes you feel like you can really do anything. Again, it's a double edged sword but you'll seldom find an American who's just going to lay down and take someone's s**t or heed someone who says (to your aspirations) "You can't".

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