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A day barely goes by on the Internet without Europeans and Americans having some lighthearted debate about their differences. A meme format was even created specifically for this purpose, called ‘The American/European Mind Can’t Comprehend This,’ that frequently resurfaces, sparking discussions between both sides of the pond over and over again. The memes have been making the rounds again, particularly poking fun at Americans, and our team at Bored Panda gathered them in one list for your entertainment. Scroll down to find them below, and don’t forget to let us know your opinions on these debates in the comments!
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CatD 7 months ago
Not only that, Europeans inoculate their chickens against salmonella.
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Multa Nocte 7 months ago
It was one of the things that initially blew my mind when I moved to France from the US, but after almost 4 years here, it seems weird to see people putting them in the fridge.
Penelope Orange 7 months ago
The reason for that is because eggs in the US are washed to prevent the growth of salmonella. I keep 5 hens on our property and don't refrigerate their unwashed eggs. This got me to thinking...why are commercial eggs in the US washed in the first place? I found this interesting read: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/09/11/336330502/why-the-u-s-chills-its-eggs-and-most-of-the-world-doesnt
Oerff On Tour 7 months ago
In Europe that's about $1.000. In the US, that stock would have been valued at $1.000.000
Katharina Sei. 7 months ago
Eggs for Easter. Usually precooced. Often sold throughout the year because who does not want to enjoy a hard egg without to worry to cook it.
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Jessica Rabbit 7 months ago
I have backyard chickens and most of my eggs are unwashed on the counter.
xp2yxtdfd5 3 weeks ago
The best before date on the carton is if the eggs are not refrigerated, in the fridge they last longer than that date.
Keith Lancaster 4 months ago
In the Uk the rule is that if you don't fridge eggs then that is fine. However, if you do fridge them then, you need to keep them fridged.
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Awkward lady 7 months ago
Likewise. I'm a pensioner, but it's free in Wales anyway.
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StrangeOne 7 months ago
I went to the clinic and the doctor just gave me an inhaler along with the additional chamber. Then gave me a refill prescription. Even I'm blown away how affordable it is. I don't mind paying out of pocket for it.
Robert T 7 months ago
Free in Scotland and Wales. Cost can be limited in England by buying a pre-payment certificate, so you pay max of about £12/month for unlimited prescriptions.
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Tiffany Sauter 7 months ago
When I had good insurance, it would be free. It all depends on what company you work for, which sucks.
Sarah Belt 7 months ago (edited)
Recent was $15 for a 90 day supply (US). Yes, plenty of prescriptions are ludicrously expensive, but not a lot of generics
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troufaki13 7 months ago
You should try one from a bakery where they bake all their bread at the back 😋🤤
Nannychachi 7 months ago
It depends on the bread that you buy. Some are sweeter than others, but not like cake. It's just denser and a little sweet tasting. Other bread is made with whole grains and not sweet at all. BUT, I'd love to have real German or French bread and not the Americanized version of them!
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howdylee 7 months ago
There is a bakery near my work... They sell a loaf of cinnamon bread for $8.
Sergy Yeltsen 7 months ago
TBF, American bread is literally cake, and you pay more for cake than bread in most countries.
nottheactualphoto 7 months ago (edited)
Because every kind of bread in the US is precisely identical. ETA: I forgot to say "literally"
Load More Replies... Petra Peitsch 7 months ago
To be fair, it's a quite good quality. The cheapeast ones, are those presliced and prepacked.
Load More Replies... The meme ‘The American Mind Can’t Comprehend This’ was born in late September of 2023 after Europeans flipped the joke on Americans who started ‘The European Mind Can’t Comprehend This’ meme in late July of 2023.
It all started when one X user shared a post of a Google Maps screenshot showing the time it takes to travel from New York City to Los Angeles by car (41 hours!) and captioned it ‘The European Mind Can’t Comprehend This.’ This image went viral and has amassed almost 31 million views, bringing a new meme format to life.
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Anon822209 7 months ago
American here. A pound of butter is going for around $8 where I am.
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Carl Roberts 7 months ago
Kerrygold is pricey in the U.S. because it has to be imported. That's basic economics. But let's compare home grown butter prices, shall we. OP is paying 2.49 for 250 grams = approx 1 cent per gram. We sell butter by the pound (454 grams) in the U.S., and where I live, butter is about $4 a pound, which is less than 1 cent per gram. Butter is cheaper here.
CatD 7 months ago
Kerrygold tastes better because it's from grass fed cows.
Load More Replies... Sarah Belt 7 months ago
Kerrygold is delicious. Cultured butter is a lovely treat I enjoy on fresh bread. I use my local Cabot butter (sweet cream-style/US) for cooking and baking.
Tom Wagner 7 months ago
$3.99/lb in LA. If I'm not mistaken, that's a considerable savings over Kerrygold.
#5
Na Schi 7 months ago
If this is the German Nutri-Score it is almost useless, as the political process to determine how food will get rated was not science- but instead absolutely lobby-ridden. One example I remember was the justification for it being the way it is, that otherwise a banana would get an E rating due to its (natural!) sugar content - completely neglecting that fresh food don't get a rating. So it is possible to have a fatty/salt-loaded pizza was a score of B, as it compares this pizza only to other pizzas/comparable food types. And when it has less fat/salt than the others (which still can be too much for a healthy diet) it gets a good rating 😡
Sarah Belt 7 months ago
Reminds me of the low fat fad in the 90s when everything was just pumped full of sugar, salt and stabilizers instead.
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Pernille 7 months ago
Shouldn't your username be the Scot instead? The Scottish will fry anything.
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Victor 7 months ago
This car is actually a no permit car that you can drive in Europe when you're 14 for the 28 mph version, or 16 for the 50 mph version. The ages are the French ages but I know other European countries have these cars too. The model is a Microlino Lite
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 7 months ago
Are those speeds correct? I thought it was 28km/h and 50km/h (about 20mph and 30 mph, respectively)
Load More Replies... Oerff On Tour 7 months ago (edited)
It's retro, modeled after a 50's car. Now electric, back then a 2-stroke, without reverse. Imagine overlooking a post in the ground. You hit it on the front, and you're trapped in the car. Door won't open, and you can't back up. Fortunately the new one has reverse gear. But still your knees are the crumplezone....
Tiffany Sauter 7 months ago
It would be run off the road or smashed by all the huge SUVs. I drive a eGolf and it is scary sometimes on the freeway.
Victor 7 months ago
Let me reassure you, this car is not allowed on the freeway
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Of course, the Europeans couldn’t help themselves and answered back with their own version of ‘The American Mind Can’t Comprehend This’ joke. The earliest example of this is an image showing a common German-style window being opened. Over two years, the post has amassed over 164,000 views.
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Marianne 7 months ago
I'm German and my mind also can't comprehend this. How did they organize evacuation routines and security? :D
Tom Wagner 7 months ago
It's incomprehensibly why anyone would WANT to be part of a rabble that huge.
David Clark 7 months ago
Rod Stewart holds the record, lady gaga the record for a female artist
Mint Sauce 4 months ago
I thought Jean-Michel Jarre managed 2.5 million back in 1990 with his LaDefense concert.
Kristin Nicole 7 months ago
Actual concert. Google the pics for it - it was insane, just a sea of people.
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The Lady M 6 months ago
It's amazing inside and outside...but only the building
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Random User 7 months ago (edited)
Architecture exists here too. It might not be as old as in Europe or as culturally authentic, but we can comprehend it when we see it. (Here's the Philadelphia City Hall, for example) 011234-682...96d57d.jpg 
Random User 7 months ago
Construction on the Hungarian Parliament building was started in 1885.
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Michael Largey 7 months ago
It reminds me of the Immaculate Conception Basilica in Washington DC.
Lil be lil 7 months ago
Are those pointy architectural protuburances designed to deter birds or drones from landing on the roof?
Petra Peitsch 7 months ago
Name one ex-hungarian colony. You are arrogant and ignorant at a Murican-level.
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RamiRudolph 7 months ago
If you click on the link beneath the pic, you can see the whole thing.
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Lazy Panda 2 7 months ago
My mind can't comprehend what I'm meant to comprehend. The plastic waste? The high calorie looking drink? The paving slabs?
Just recently, the meme was given a breath of new life when user @CigsMake shared an X post showing friends smoking and enjoying their drinks in a Spanish outdoor cafe and bar. The image went even more viral than the original one, amassing over 82.3 million views and 105,000 likes, as the meme continued to reach more people.
The post poked fun at the fact that Americans tend to be so caught up in their work that they don’t spend as much time enjoying being outside with their friends and family as Europeans, which quite a few commenters had a bone to pick with.
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SpiderWoman13 7 months ago (edited)
Needs trees. Nowhere's "nice" without trees...
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Kevin Smith 7 months ago
Might look nice, but I would prefer some trees. I can't stand it when they build like this in the US with no trees.
Bored Sailor 7 months ago
You are right in my area the whole center area would be grass and trees. This is so bad why ruin an other wise nice environment.
Ladislav Doležal 3 weeks ago
https://en.czech-unesco.org/telc/introduction/
Load More Replies... sbj 7 months ago
With so few people around this photo was either take very early in the morning or the image has been altered
Jonas Fisher 7 months ago
I guess I'm a little surprised. So many European cities are so tightly packed. It's usually US cities that have open spaces like this.
David Dillon 7 months ago
There is probably 100,000 towns in America that look like this Nothing to see here... Mic drop
ucp 7 months ago (edited)
There are around 19,500 cities, towns and villages in America (not 100,000). And pick your things up.
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Multa Nocte 7 months ago
The post office in my village in France has hours like this. It was a change (from the US), but then I just drive to the next village which is only about 8 km from here and they have different hours.
Goony 7 months ago
Americans cannot comprehend km. Please add the number of cubits so they understand the distance.
Load More Replies... Nota Robot 7 months ago
Yea, I gotta admit my Dutch mind is struggling as well.
Load More Replies... Tiffany Sauter 7 months ago
There are dress shops downtown that are like that. The clothes in the windows are so cute but I can never make it there when they are open.
Matthew Savestheworld 7 months ago
The only part my American mind struggles with is why this schedule starts on Tuesday
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Francois 7 months ago
Well to be fair no-one can. I think it has been designed by someone working a a local car body shop.
ucp 7 months ago
I’ve driven it many times (it’s in my home county). If you obey the rules of the road it makes a lot more sense approached from the ground. It gets heavy use, and keeps traffic moving.
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Phantom Phoenix 7 months ago
Enquiring Australian mind wants to know the advantage of having an inner secondary roundabout with traffic moving in the opposite direction... would anypanda care to enlighten me?
ucp 7 months ago (edited)
The Magic Roundabout! In Swindon. Despite that town, the county of Wiltshire is mostly designated an area of outstanding beauty. We also have Stonehenge, Salisbury, Avebury, Cranborne Chase, chalk streams, and beautiful countryside.
Tiffany Sauter 7 months ago
Our town installed a bunch of roundabouts and people are confused. They treat them like 4 ways stops.
Wendy Miller 7 months ago
That's annoying. The street that divides Indianapolis from Carmel, IN has tons of roundabouts. People don't seem to understand what yield means.
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Bi.Felicia 7 months ago
This American Masshole can definitely comprehend. I believe Mass is the only state that has these large roundabouts, we call them rotarys here. We have quite a few in my local area and I hate using them, especially during the summer, because I live in a very popular tourist destination and nobody knows how to fûcking drive around one. They recently painted a bunch of new lines and whatnot to try and help drivers use them correctly but I think it actually made it worse. We will find out soon if they improved anything, with tourist season starting this/Memorial Day weekend.
Then, Americans couldn’t help but joke back (all in good fun!) by editing the photo to be darker, referencing the electricity outage that occurred in Spain and Portugal, which left people without Internet access for many hours.
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Keith Lancaster 4 months ago
And in this cae thse the flow is straight down the toilet.
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Keith Handly (Ike) 7 months ago
Eurovision doesn't make any sense. It's fun! But trying to comprehend it is a mistake altogether.
Phantom Phoenix 7 months ago (edited)
I can't comprehend why tf Australia participates. (Australia is the one with the kangaroos. We're on the opposite side of the globe from Europe)
winterwidow87 7 months ago (edited)
Because Australia asked nicely if they could join and the EBU said yes. I don't mind australians partecipating, they're often fun and embrace the Eurovision spirit, it's "the other country that shall not be named" that shouldn't be there.
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boredkitten 7 months ago (edited)
And invite Milkshake man, then ask yourself What the hell just happened? 😁
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Rick Murray 7 months ago
The European mind can't comprehend going to a website, not being spammed by "we take your privacy seriously" pop-ups that involve finding where "Legitimate interest" is hidden to turn off a few dozen options to then manage to get to the site you wanted......only for it to then pop up something saying that you must either accept all of the invasive tracking or pay us. F'k that noise, the modern web is an absolute sh*tshow.
Dominik 7 months ago
there're bloody important reasons why privacy should be valued. The fact that you or many others don't seem to give a sh. proves it is important to tell you: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/why-privacy-matters/#sources https://privacyinternational.org/learning-resources/privacy-matters https://teachprivacy.com/10-reasons-privacy-matters/ Privacy has to be a choice, it is freedom.
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Fabulous chocolate cookie 7 months ago
These are rental bikes which you still have to pay for to use.
Andrew Burke 7 months ago
Those aren't unlocked. The battery box over the wheel blocks the wheel from turning. You need an App to unlock them.
StrangeOne 7 months ago
In North America, your bike can be locked still get stolen. Sometimes just the front wheel, or everything except the front wheel. Depends how you lock up your bike.
nottheactualphoto 7 months ago
The bike lock needs to go through the frame, through both wheels and through the thing you're locking to. Even then they might take your seat, handlebars, etc.
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Gunnar Strandt 7 months ago
They're neither unlocked nor free. You have to pay bx App and they will be released.
Tom Wagner 7 months ago
These are all over Los Angeles. And NOTHING is free. Just because you don't have to pay when you use them doesn't mean you aren't paying for them other ways whether you use them or not (that's really fair, huh?).
Also, on a recent but separate occasion, a British user shared a photo of a terraced, redbrick house with a caption, "Incredible to think that many Americans will look at this photo and think ‘poverty,’" that also garnered a lot of netizens’ attention since it pointed out another surprising difference between Americans and Europeans.
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ucp 7 months ago
A good tea; nice and strong. Crumpets roasted to just about crispy, loaded with butter. Dabbing the butter-crumpet condensation. Proper teatime treat.
Another Panda 7 months ago
I discovered how much better crumpets are than American English Muffins, but they do leak delicious butter all over my fingers!
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UKGrandad 7 months ago
It's wrong to toast more than two at the same time, because by the time you've eaten the second one the third will be cold. Toast two, eat the first, pop more into the toaster and eat the second while you're waiting.
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Je L 7 months ago
Having tasted your tea and crumpets i don't think you do
Load More Replies... and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 7 months ago
I love tea, I don’t like crumpets very much but that may just be that there aren’t good crumpets here.
Michael Henderson 6 days ago
As a born and raised American, from the South no less, I've got to say... What's not to comprehend? Looks like a great snack to me. Did I miss something?
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Petra Peitsch 7 months ago
Nope, even in high-end restaurants, cocktails are between 10-15 euro.
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Nate B 7 months ago (edited)
Of course we can understand “DVAJNgiUWJu3Fwd6QtAK3eQwRsBArtrz5cS8uK8Jpump”. That’s the sound of a modem connecting to the internet on a phone line.
Roland C. 7 months ago
It's the secure password Firefox keeps trying to give me.
Load More Replies... Bored Sailor 7 months ago
I prefer scenery, like trees maybe ocean. But I do still love Italy.
Lil be lil 7 months ago
I heard the Italy will be adding trees to their squares because of the unprecedented heat due to climate change.
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Lil be lil 7 months ago
I thought MS 13 was a Mexican or S American gang.
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Matthew Savestheworld 7 months ago
For the last time... Kinder Eggs are NOT banned in the US... We have kinder eggs. I have to get one for my son about once a week. The difference is only in the structure of the egg itself. The rules make it so that you cannot have the toy inside anything that a child might bite into.
Robert T 7 months ago
They are not Kinder EGGS. They have a different name. The "egg" is split in half, with one half the chocolate, the other the toy. In a proper egg, the toy is in a large yellow capsule inside a hollow egg. US food rules don't make allowance for this. We aren't allow to put random little bits of toy in food in the rest of the world either - it is only because of the capsule that it is allowed.
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Colleen Glim 7 months ago
Giant kinder eggs! Only available around Christmas and Easter. They had the BEST toys! My girls would ask for them every year. And the cat got to play with the Mylar wrapping
Terrace houses are a common sight in the UK, as they were built during the Industrial Revolution to house the growing city population. Since they are connected to each other and look completely the same, some might see it as a sign of poverty. However, under the post, the opinions on the topic seemed to be very divided.
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Fuket 7 months ago (edited)
To be fair... we can drive more than 12 hours in one direction and still be in our own country. NOW if we needed one to go to Vegas or Disneyland our % would go up.
Nate B 7 months ago (edited)
If you’re in Texas, you can drive for more than 12 hours in one direction and still be in the same state.
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Michael Largey 7 months ago
Some people don't have passports for the same reason they don't have appendectomies. The need for one has not arisen.
David 7 months ago
And when your country is bigger than the EU (https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/is-the-united-states-bigger-than-the-european-union.html) with every climate from Frozen Tundras, to Rain Forests, to Deserts, to beaches etc, with a huge range of food cultures and variety, most people do not feel the need to travel globally, as they can travel without a passport and explore so much variety. And with an enhanced ID, like mine, I can also visit Canada, Mexico, Jamaica, Bermuda, Bahamas and the DR without a passport. I have a passport, and I have been for business and vacation to other countries, but I also know to go on vacation, travel, etc, you dont need one as an American
nottheactualphoto 7 months ago
If the 60% don't have a passport, that doesn't mean they cannot comprehend it. I can comprehend owning a boat, even though I never have.
Ghostshaper 7 months ago
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." Mark Twain
BK BigFish 7 months ago
How about, the American mind cannot comprehend a national citizen registry, in which you become a registered citizen at birth, and have an ID assigned - all without standing in line at the DMV (and it also makes voting a lot easier).
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Matthew Savestheworld 7 months ago
Um....we have bricks. We make things from them. Like walls.
winterwidow87 7 months ago
Nope, because your walls are made of drywall. You try and punch a wall in Europe and these bad boys will break your fingers.
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Alexandra 7 months ago
Huh? Do Americans live in cardboard houses or something? Surely they build houses with bricks and mortar...
Anthony Elmore 7 months ago
It is generally rarer that they are built with brick walls and in almost all instances the interior walls are not brick. In a vast majority of instances, the walls are just a basic facade to the point that you can only hang heavier decorations along the portions of the walls that have wooden stud running up them. You'll see plenty of brick industrial buildings, though. We offset this by having guns to scare off any wolves that come to blow down our non-brick houses, but the guns have proved less effective against tornados.
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Katharina Sei. 7 months ago
To be fair, more and more houses are made of reinforced concrete and sheet rock.
Amanda Reinstatler 7 months ago
Yeah we have bricks here......you can find them in windshields in any downtown area
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Colleen Glim 7 months ago
I don’t comprehend it either. Is this a bus/train schedule of some form?
Pernille 7 months ago
Yes, from 15. arrondissement in Paris, to somewhere far out in the suburbs.
Load More Replies... George Costanza 7 months ago
You realize we do have cities with mass transit? Any of us from NYC, Boston, Chicago, DC, etc can figure this out easily.
Robert T 7 months ago
I thought I had that sussed - walk 13 mins, then Metro 10, Metro 8, Metro 14, Metro 13 and Tram T8, but what the hell are the snowflakes?
The Dave 7 months ago
Ummmi, if you live in basically ANY large city, you can. Except Houston. The public transit system is designed and run by morons. It’s inefficient and only really for people that can’t afford cars.
Bi.Felicia 7 months ago
As someone who is from Boston and unfortunately lived in the Houston area for a few years, I very much agree.
Load More Replies... There are plenty of examples of Europeans and Americans poking fun at each other, back and forth, over and over again. The last one we’re going to mention today, as we think it deserves more recognition, is a tweet by an American saying, “Europeans be like ‘time to go to the grocery store for the fifth time this week.’” It clearly references stereotypical differences in grocery shopping schedules between both sides of the pond.
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Sandra 7 months ago
I spent 4 years living in Great Britain and I still don't want to comprehend that pizza.
NetworkMan 7 months ago
I've lived here my entire life and don't want to comprehend this pizza.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 7 months ago
How the hell is this new? I used to eat that in the UK and I've not lived in the UK since 2002.
StrangeOne 7 months ago
I say anchovies surpasses pineapple. Does anyone actually order those on their pizzas? I never see it as an option on the Pizza Pizza order site.
Grumpy old man 2 months ago
Anchovies add umami and the trick is tiny amounts. I fkn hate ranch on pizza. Just the basics for me,: meat, olives, shrooms, and peppers
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Falafal salad 7 months ago
Seems like a horrible way to make cheap and cheerful beans on toast expensive.
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And i was like WTF!! 7 months ago
I cant comprehend this, charging for tap water, and i am European. In my country we dont do that
Rick Murray 7 months ago (edited)
Over here it's a law that fresh from the tap water must be provided if asked for (edit for clarity: for free). You don't get ice or lemons though.
Pernille 7 months ago
Only a very few Europeans can comprehend this, where I live tap water is free at restaurants, and even bars will give you a glass of water with your coffee if you ask.
Bianca Saville 7 months ago
Pubs have to give you tap water if you request it
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Claire Collymore 7 months ago
It is a legal requirement for all UK licensed premises to provide free tap water to customers.
StrangeOne 7 months ago (edited)
If this tap water was sold in bottles exported the from country of origin it would be labelled as exotic water from a majestic waterfall sold for $5 for 750 L.
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Nathan Lewis 7 months ago
which is only 272 years old. I think the point is that the bell is older than america
Load More Replies... And i was like WTF!! 7 months ago
Does the difference of over 400 years between those 2 bells and liberty bell sounds familiar to you, or are you american and just dont understand simple math?
Load More Replies...Naturally, the Europeans joked back, adding a picturesque walkway of a park covered in autumn leaves, saying, “Meanwhile, this is the 5 min walk to the grocery store… the American mind can’t comprehend.” The interaction overall received 15 million views, which just proves how invested and enthusiastic Americans and Europeans are in keeping each other on their toes.
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Pernille 7 months ago
For those that might be confused, this is UTH milk, and it doesn't have to be refrigerated.
Multa Nocte 7 months ago
I put mine in the fridge after I open each bottle. I love cold milk.
Load More Replies... Fat Harry (Oi / You) 7 months ago
UHT... the British mind doesn't like to comprehend that either. As it says in Father Ted "There's no demand for that, because it's shite".
Charles McChristy 7 months ago
You think we don't have milk that doesn't need to be refridgerated, too?!?! Bawhahahahahahaha!!!
Wang Zhuang 7 months ago
What I can't comprehend here is how people like drinking this kind of milk. I've never acquired a taste for UHT
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
I've not noticed a difference once it's been refrigerated. I can maybe tell a slight difference when it's opened and drunk straight off the shelf.
Load More Replies... George Costanza 7 months ago
We have unrefrigerated milk as well. It's sold in cardboard boxes in the aisle.
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Damned_Cat 7 months ago
That's called Mettbrochen. It's fresh raw minced beef and onion on pumpernickel. My German mother and grandma used to eat it all the time.
The_one_on_the_left 7 months ago
... I'm not sure that any non-German mind can process Mett (It's raw pork mince on bread with onions, salt and pepper for those who are wondering. It's not as bad as it sounds!)
Gabby M 7 months ago (edited)
American w/Armenian grandparents grew up eating raw lamb similar to Met called Kufta. I'm sure a lot of nationalities have something similar in a (non-lol) cookbook.
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Charles McChristy 7 months ago (edited)
FFS, we have steak tartare. The states in the central north live off of stuff like this.
Jesse 7 months ago
Nope, the Mett (mince) is heavily regulated in Germany. If you get food poisoning from it, you handled it improperly.
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ucp 7 months ago
Tbh, as a true Full-English-loving Brit, that all looks very low quality to me
Az Oz 7 months ago
My first thought was that the sausages look really cheap.
Load More Replies... Fat Harry (Oi / You) 7 months ago
Those are very, very cheap frozen sausages. They have no place in a fry up.
Faye Bosworth 4 months ago
Lol this is to share. Or it's a man vs food situation
Load More Replies... Matthew Savestheworld 7 months ago
The only part my american mind struggles with is how the English eat baked beans at breakfast. ....and I suppose blood sausage and the like are not widely consumed but are not unheard of. But the rest could fit right into a typical southern breakfast
Lil be lil 7 months ago
Baked beans No! But I do like to have a fried egg and refried beans for breakfast with some Mexican sauce!
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KnightOwl86 7 months ago
A full English is fine but I prefer a Scottish fry up, basically the same thing but with square sausages and potato scones. English fry ups just don't hit the same without them.
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Stephanie Did It 7 months ago
A score is just another way of saying "twenty." Lincoln's Gettysburg Address could just as easily have begun with "Eighty-seven years ago..."
Load More Replies... Johnnynatfan 7 months ago
We can’t comprehend fortnight? This is stupid like half of this list.
Steven Colvin 7 months ago
If a fortnight is too long we have a Scaramucci, which equals 11 days!
nottheactualphoto 7 months ago
Please. Everybody knows what a fortnight is. Even we Americans.
Michael Largey 7 months ago
Which sounds clearer? "Ten weeks from now" or "Five fortnights from now."
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
Fortnight isn't usually used like that, it would still be called 10 weeks. Fortnight is used more like 'I'll see you in a fortnight' or 'this occurs each fortnight'.
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nottheactualphoto 7 months ago
White asparagus is widely available in the US.
Load More Replies... Matthew Savestheworld 7 months ago
Okay this is stupid. We have white asparagus. Its just more expensive. What I do not understand is the lack of hollandaise in this picture
Dixie 4 months ago
What I don't understand is why this asparagus is not wrapped in bacon and baked or roasted or grilled, IMO it's the best way to eat asparagus. 😋
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Rick Murray 7 months ago
Wow, my three phase plugs and sockets are about twice the size of that thing.
Robert T 7 months ago
They would be. Half the voltage means twice the current.
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Calvin Smelliott 7 months ago
It's a plug. What’s so incomprehensible about that? Stick one piece into the other. 🤷🏼♂️
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RM 7 months ago
British person here and.... Ewww! Mushy peas are gross, and I have no desire to make all my chips soggy by dumping gravy all over them. Not all Brits like the traditional or stereotypical foods.
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Damned_Cat 7 months ago
Oh! It's mushy peas! My first take was poutine and guacamole. No, I couldn't wrap my head around that.
George Costanza 7 months ago
We don't want to. I want my fries crispy, not soggy covered in crappy gravy and mashed peas.
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Harlsen Chesterton 7 months ago
That's chucky egg. It's chopped up boiled egg seasoned with salt and pepper with butter. TBH most people in the UK wouldn't comprehend it either.
weatherwitch 6 months ago
It looks watery. Is that the amount of butter or something else? I'm UK, haven't heard of this 😕
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Annik Perrot 7 months ago
I proudly dip my buttered bread in my tea in the morning, and my "mouillettes" (soldiers) in my soft-boiled egg, but I wouldn't dip anything in that stuff.
Emilu 7 months ago
Depends what we’re dunking and what it’s being dunked into. As I can’t tell from the pic, I’m leaning towards no.
Gabby M 7 months ago
Looks like soft boiled eggs with Rye (?) toast. Used to have this as a kid but then Salmonella reared its ugly head ... add in the FDA and time I don't think it's around much these days.
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ucp 7 months ago
Too many sugars. Practically zero protein. I’d be asleep twenty minutes after that, then hungry again as soon as I woke up.
Load More Replies... Kristin Nicole 7 months ago
Some of these are weird. Americans can't comprehend.....breakfast? This one isn't even a stretch; a teen could make it.
KnightOwl86 7 months ago
I think it looks like jam (jelly to americans) most likely strawberry jam based on the colour.
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Sean Stimson 7 months ago
I LOVE raw onion on any kind of savory sandwich. Also love cheese and beer, and who doesn't love bread?! I'm american and I comprehend everything in this pic
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Huddo's sister 7 months ago
My Australian mind can't comprehend this! Not allowed to park in intersections, even corners and they are too close to pedestrian crossings.
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MalayDragon 7 months ago
Australian here... I comprehend the milk in a bag, my only question is why?
Andrew Burke 7 months ago
Despite being plastic, they are more environmentally friendly than tetra-packs which are expensive to recycle, and generally aren't even able to be recycled. And more environmentally friendly in shipping than glass bottles.
Load More Replies... Dame Cherry 3 weeks ago
they tried it in the uk in the 90's, my mum bought it all the time, much easier to transport, less waste, freezable. Unfortunately it didn't cath on (was in Sainsburys)
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StrangeOne 7 months ago
I don't know why, but milk in the bag just hit different. It's like drinking juice from those plastic cups from the 80s. Just had a different smell and taste that wasn't unpleasant. Kinda felt like pouring milk right from the cow's teet.
PataSata 7 months ago
Yes, here too. I guess novadays the milk is more filtered, so some flawor is lost, and the filtered stuff get used to makeother milk based products, and whatnot.
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Peter Lehman 7 months ago
Canadian here: What are all y'all's problems with milk in bags? The bags are recyclable and cheaper than jugs. Never understood jugs. Even bottles make more sense than jugs!
Grumpy old man 2 months ago
Jugs get recycled into other things. Its called redneck engineering
Load More Replies... Wang Zhuang 7 months ago
Nonsense. In my elementary school near Atlanta, Georgia, we drank milk from plastic bags every day.
Geoffrey Scott 5 months ago
Quality Dairy, Lansing Michigan late 60's early 70's. Pitcher was more elongated, but...
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Tiffany Sauter 7 months ago
Americans can comprehend those portions. We started those portions.
StrangeOne 7 months ago
If I didn't know any better I would have thought that is one of those slabs of meat for an eating contest at a deep south USA diner. Portions look to be right.
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
The only thing my sister ever orders from the pub bistro is schnitzel (though we never have ones this size in Australia) and will ask for extra lemon. Most of the time she has to flag a waiter down because it's still not enough!
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winterwidow87 7 months ago
For context the 1st of May is International Workers Day in many countries and you get a day off of work (if you have to work on that day you get paid more because it's considered a Holiday). I think in the USA it's celebrated in September so it's not that they can't comprehend it, they just celebrate it on a different day.
Matthew Savestheworld 7 months ago
point 1... We have labor day.. its just laster in the year. point 2. Most of us still have to work on that Labor day too
marcelo D. 7 months ago
So you cannot comprehend labor day being a holiday
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gilles rodrigue 6 months ago
- Labour Day, like in the United States, takes place on the first Monday of September. It is an official public holiday that honours the contributions of workers, often marked by parades, union gatherings, and community events. - International Workers’ Day is observed on May 1st, but it is not a public holiday in Canada. Nevertheless, it is celebrated by many unions, activist groups, and community organizations through demonstrations, speeches, and commemorative events.
Nosirrow 7 months ago
It's unfortunate in Poland, 1st is free, on the 3rd it's Constitution day, so the 2nd became the flag day. 3 days free for no good reason.
Squirrel Chaser 4 months ago
What are you, a bureaucrat? Sweatshop owner?
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WindySwede 7 months ago
Found an alleged comparison difteclats...us-uk2.png 
nottheactualphoto 7 months ago
No, no, no. The superior one is the one *I* prefer! By definition!
John Davidson 6 months ago
We reject superiority in all its forms. It's racist and oppressive. That key wreaks of supremacy so has probably been banned here. If it hasn't it should be - no one should be allowed to push anyone around with such a large patriarchal button!!
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
We sometimes have ones similar, but the long bit goes up iirc, in Australia but most of the time these days we have the 'American' version to save space. I don't see an issue with it.
Panda McPandaface 7 months ago
Well, to be fair, I'd never heard of one - now I've seen the photo I know I've seen one before. I'm a bit dumb though so... you know... just ignore me.
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weatherwitch 6 months ago
Until I read the comments I thought these were potatoes 🥔 🤦🏻♀️🤣🤣 I can't abide beans on toast it just makes the toast all soggy and gross 🤢
Matthew Savestheworld 7 months ago
Yeah... I will give you that. The baked beans on toast thing...I struggle to comprehend
#41
Matthew Savestheworld 7 months ago
Well I guess this is a winner. MY American mind does not see anything unusual
Robert T 7 months ago
Paper hand towel is often blue - it is thicker and doesn't flush well - there is normally a bin to put it in.
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Learner Panda 7 months ago
It's obviously a toilet room set up for disabled users. Is this not the same in the US?
Claire Collymore 7 months ago
Public toilets in the UK often have blue paper hand towels, which are not flushable.
weatherwitch 6 months ago
As a wheelchair user myself I can't see what the problem is? I mean I'm astounded that the loo is accessible And not stuffed with c**p blocking the ability to manoeuvre around in the room..... But I suspect that's a world wide issue 🤷🏻♀️
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Colleen Glim 7 months ago
Are those horrible push button taps? If they are, I don’t want to comprehend it. Especially in a shower
Oerff On Tour 7 months ago
Bathroom cut-off valves, one for cold, one for hot water. For maintenance purposes. So you can keep working with water in the kitchen, while replacing taps and stuff.
nottheactualphoto 7 months ago
In every place I've lived (US), the shutoff valves have handles so that you can, y'know, shut off the water. And the ones for the sink would be right under the sink, not off to the side like that.
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Kristin Nicole 7 months ago
Googling it, they look like a means to flush a toilet, but why are there two?
Brittania Kelli 7 months ago
Usually the two flushes are part of or closer to the toilet and one is smaller flush for liquids and one a larger flush for solids to save water.
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Steve Kadner 7 months ago
I wish people would quit making fun of our beloved vice-president! /s
ocean todd 7 months ago
Couche-tard is a French term that translates to "night owl" in English, referring to a person who tends to go to bed late. Just plain funny to say!
k1ddkanuck 7 months ago
I mean, Couche Tard owns Circle K now... and I am pretty sure are trying to buy 7 Eleven
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Robert T 7 months ago
Smarties are something else in the US. To us they are sugar coated chocolate in different colours.
Panda McPandaface 7 months ago
Yes, that's what in the picture. Different packaging maybe?
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Annik Perrot 7 months ago
Poire au vin. Whole pealed pear cooked in a mixture of red wine, sugar and spice (mostly cinnamon and clove).
Pernille 7 months ago
And when the pears are done, simmer the sirop until it has the consistency of runny honey, save it in a jar and eat it on yogurt, waffles, pancakes or french toast, it is delicious.
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weatherwitch 6 months ago
Is this post getting at the Americans for the fruit (because it's healthy) or because of the portion (also because it's healthy)? Is this two in one American-baiting?? 😶
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Michael Largey 7 months ago
‘England and America are two countries separated by a common language’ - G. B. Shaw
Jeremy James 7 months ago
In New England, we sometimes say, "cọcked," to mean, "drunk." Outside of New England, if you say, "I got wicked cọcked last night," people will look at you funny.
Greg Fraser 4 months ago
The censoring is so complete that the post becomes entirely useless (unless you are aware of the phrase already). Couldn't BP just do some articles on how parents can monitor and control what their kids see and also how to deal with anything they see that confuses or upsets them? Then the rest of us could just get on with life and reading a GD article without blacking out anything.
roddy 7 months ago
Given the use of "up" I think it must be the rooster one
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Bogdan C 7 months ago
It's the WhatsApp app logo! So I guess they're saying "What's up"!
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Careers Clyde 7 months ago
It blows my mind Americans don't use WhatsApp. An incredible communication tool that is superior to the hodgepodge applications we use in the US.
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Tom Wagner 7 months ago
This is nothing--just thrown together spur of the moment to make those who can't identify it feel stupid. Nice try, Europe, but pranks is OUR domain.
#49
WindySwede 7 months ago
Even the Swedish commentor was wondering what they where doing here! 😅🤔
Chewie Baron 7 months ago
They’re able to make weird shapes with their tongues.
Load More Replies... Robert T 7 months ago
Switzerland. They do some crazy things there. They'll be playing alpenhorns next. [they literally did!]
Jenni Howard 7 months ago
I didn't know LSD was made in Switzerland 😂 #TheMoreYouKnow
Load More Replies... Rebecca A. Corvello 7 months ago
Pretty sure every single biology class did a lesson on tongue rolling, so...
WildCard 7 months ago
This is getting weird, I have plenty of American friends who can do this.
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Huddo's sister 7 months ago
My guess too. In US I don't think they can have any opened alcohol in car and none in the front at all. In Australia, we can have opened ones, but only one per passenger, if there is more you're in trouble because the cops will assume it belongs to driver (I only know this because my sister often drinks while on the way to Rover scout camps, if she's not driving).
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nottheactualphoto 7 months ago
I comprehend that you'd better take that bottle out before closing the door, or else the beer will get all shaken up.
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Susie Elle 7 months ago
To be honest, there's a lot our European minds can't comprehend about the US either (good and cool things). I'd love to visit, the US is such a vibe. Maybe in the future :)
Johnnynatfan 7 months ago
Wait until Trump is out of office. Not that most Americans would not be welcoming to you because they will but the idiot agents at customs are acting like dickheads now to tourists.
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Johnnynatfan 7 months ago
Another list to bash Americans. Half of this list is completely ridiculous. We comprehend bricks? We can’t comprehend what a fortnight is? Come up with something original.
Robin Roper 7 months ago
Just because something isn't common doesn't mean it can't be comprehended. Unfamiliar and incomprehensible aren't the same thing.
Gavin Johnson 7 months ago
Visited the U.S. about 15 years ago, every day of my 14 there I discovered something that was different to my home country of England, weird eh? A different culture having different ways and mindsets. I only scratched a tiny part of the surface, obviously, and thoroughly enjoyed it. We visited a museum that had a mill, it that had been deconstructed in Wigan and then rebuilt inside the museum. We live about an hour away from Wigan and mills are all over our northern towns, we wondered what we’d take apart and move to the U.K., we never really answered that as everything we loved was either scenery or people, neither of which need taking apart or moving! The Americans there loved the old mill and it’s charm, we were slightly underwhelmed by it!
Susie Elle 7 months ago
To be honest, there's a lot our European minds can't comprehend about the US either (good and cool things). I'd love to visit, the US is such a vibe. Maybe in the future :)
Johnnynatfan 7 months ago
Wait until Trump is out of office. Not that most Americans would not be welcoming to you because they will but the idiot agents at customs are acting like dickheads now to tourists.
Load More Replies... Johnnynatfan 7 months ago
Another list to bash Americans. Half of this list is completely ridiculous. We comprehend bricks? We can’t comprehend what a fortnight is? Come up with something original.
Robin Roper 7 months ago
Just because something isn't common doesn't mean it can't be comprehended. Unfamiliar and incomprehensible aren't the same thing.
Gavin Johnson 7 months ago
Visited the U.S. about 15 years ago, every day of my 14 there I discovered something that was different to my home country of England, weird eh? A different culture having different ways and mindsets. I only scratched a tiny part of the surface, obviously, and thoroughly enjoyed it. We visited a museum that had a mill, it that had been deconstructed in Wigan and then rebuilt inside the museum. We live about an hour away from Wigan and mills are all over our northern towns, we wondered what we’d take apart and move to the U.K., we never really answered that as everything we loved was either scenery or people, neither of which need taking apart or moving! The Americans there loved the old mill and it’s charm, we were slightly underwhelmed by it!
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