35 Things Americans Didn’t Know The Rest Of The World Envies Them For

Oh, I want to see a real one! Does the novelty wear off? We have lots of hedgehogs here and yeah they can be noisy but always cute ^-^ (Edit: and dirty, no touchy. Like raccoons, I assume)

we dont have air con because it doesnt get hot enough that often to justify such an expense

Very good craftsmanship!!

I guess the equivalent in England would be a car boot sale?

Upvote from a Tagalongs and Thin Mints junkie.

Opp shops? That's a very regular thing in Australia

100% My sisters flatmate was feeling homesick, back in our Uni days, and it was Thanksgiving coming up. We researched, went all over town to get out of season ingredients etc. Learned to make pumpkin pie, and made a cornucopia. It was a wonderful experience in itself, sweetened by knowing it would help cheer him up

Don;t they exist elsewhere? Certainly in the UK there are public lending libraries in every town, even mobile ones (i.e.a van) in more remote areas.

we have the same regional differences...but, a lot of different geography...then again, you have red squirrels, hedgehogs, and castles...so, you're in pretty good shape

It’s such an artificial colour and taste BUT IT’S SO GOOOOOODD

Don't forget Blue Bell.

But they are still in America. Europeans can drive the equivalent distance and be in a different country, having passed through several on the way.

It's my favorite flavor from them after they discontinued Heath Bar Crunch.

The first year after I emigrated to the UK, I decorated the house 2 weeks before.....hubby was not happy! Was glad I had my decs shipped from my dad's to here. Just wish I could have shipped the life size coffin, built and decorated it myself. But hubs would have had a stroke (at that time, Halloween wasn't really a done thing over here) but the neighbourhoods kids enjoyed it.

possums are, indeed, awesome

????? didn't realise Park life, Glastonbury and Reading were in the US

Yes! My mind boggles at this! I would for sure use a bucket load of coupons to get those kind of discounts! We used to have coupons in the 90s, but nothing like the American ones I've seen (I must note, I've seen on the TV. Not heard from any actual Americans about it)

SAME WITH PASSPORTS!!!

its more candy than cereals....

If I was still having halloween parties I'd buy one of these 12 ft skeletons so fast... skeleton-1...5ba007.jpg

We have them in Australia, I used to be sent to them a lot 😂

We also have school lock down drills.

Pretty common here in Germany, too

Which kind of councilors, the ones for therapy or the twits that think they can plan out the rest of your higher education based on your grades? The only thing that matters to get into college are your SAT/ACT scores.

Many UK secondary schools have a trained ed psych on site, but if not they will have one on referral. The new government have pledged a designated mental health specialist in every school.

We also have school shootings, though

Ideally, they were meant to help the top whatever% of kids figure out where/how they were going to college. Now they just hand out pamplets and play solitaire on their school computer.

We have them in Poland too, and I was under impression they are ubiquitous.

You know why they do though? Because of America's for profit healthcare. Unlike Europeans/Australians/Brits, Americans can't just take their kids to an independent counselor because it costs a fortune.

Same here (but then again I go to a fancy private school so…)

Are you sure people don't get judged for shopping in their pajamas?

Ooooh, Trader Joe's! It's true. It's awesome!

OP never watched Wayne's World.

You can be jealous until you realize that most 16yo kids are nowhere prepared to drive in traffic.

Corn dogs are so easy. Just mix cornmeal and water (beat in an egg if you want), skewer a sausage on a stick, dip it in the batter you made (a tumbler or other tall glass is a good vessel for dipping a sausage in batter), and fry it! You can vary the recipe: The sausage you use doesn't have to be a hot dog - try a kielbasa or bratwurst. If you don't have cornmeal you can make other types of batter - like what you would use for fish and chips or schnitzel. If you aren't comfortable deep frying, you can pan fry if there's a lot of oil in the pan and it's very hot.

This one I feel. I think the variety of food from different heritages is so cool. In Germany it's a little like "only one food trend at a time"... As if we can't handle new food/taste. Like, till the maybe 2010s there where mostly Chinese restaurants beside greek and pizzerias. Then came sushi. Like two years ago Indian. In-between where Mongolian and wine others but they disappeared after the new trend wave in my observation. It's hard to find Mexican, African, Persian, Carribbean... But slowly it's becoming better. I enjoy discovering new tastes

I literally have a can of pain au chocolat dough in my fridge right now.

If you're ever in Escondido, CA, I highly recommend Peterson's donuts. Best I've ever had and I looooove donuts.

I can sometimes get next day shipping on Amazon, and I'm in the UK.

True, I never wore a school uniform in the US, but the downside is that kids get bullied and judged for wearing unfashionable clothes.

Speaking up and being socially bold is great if used correctly. But it's not limited to America.

Well we are getting close to an election.

You have bali around the corner! You are not allowed to complain! *edit: and all the additions below 😊

NGL Stockholm sounds pretty cool.

Haha yeah we have a lot of food

The eclipse happens everywhere, just different dates, so I'm not sure why the envy.

IHOP!!!! I NEED THATTT I WANNA HAVE PANCAKES WITHING 5 MINUTES OF GOING OUTSIDEEE

I used to buy a lot of the big cans in Mexico. Here you can barely find the basic flavour and it's tiny 😢

Target is pretty good.

Aren't all purchases made at the market price?

Would not wish to cause the downfall of your society, nor the resultant dental bills.

FYI..we do NOT get several weeks off throughout the school year. Couple weeks for xmas, one in the spring. Our year is based on the farmers needs, back in the day. That hay ain't gonna put itself up in the barn. Some schools in the south have several weeks throughout the year, but THEY have aircon.

This was in 2014, I don't think this is still true...

It's eu law.

U can get them at the supermarket in spain

Ha ha yes. We went to Olive Garden a couple of night ago. We shared 2 dishes between the 4 of us because the portions are huge. They also gave us 7 garlic baguettes to take away with us. They didn’t charge for those. FYI I am currently on holiday in Florida.

owned by aldi's but not ruined by aldi's...wish i could say that amazon did not ruin whole foods...