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The United States of America is the land of the free and full of opportunities. It is one of the largest economies in the world and it has always amassed people for the life one can create there. But, like every country, it has its own way of functioning and the people living there have their own culture. And if you are also attracted to this country and would like to travel to the United States or you are planning of moving there, you should expect to encounter things you‘ve never seen before or things done differently to what you are used to.

A few days ago, Reddit user Ymij asked people to share some things Americans don‘t realize exist only in the United States. And people had a lot to say. The post got more than 10k answers and Bored Panda gathered a list of some of the most upvoted responses.

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group GoFundMe being an acceptable replacement for a health care system

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group Literally being too poor to go to the doctor, but have too much income for any kind of assistance

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THIS! I remember a time that my dad had gotten laid off and my mum was dealing with health issues. They were simply down on their luck and filed for food stamps. Due to their Canadian pension they only qualified for $18 in food stamps a month and made too much to have health insurance, just adding to the health issues.

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group Tipping as a wage subsidy. Many countries don’t have tipping and those that do generally tip a small amount for good service.

Also displayed prices not including taxes or other fees.

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group Pronouncing corruption as "lobbying"

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group Assuming that everyone on the internet is American until proven otherwise.

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Helena R
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everything in American-English too rather than British-English. things that are translated from almost any other language into American-English rather than British-English regardless of the subject matter

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group The pledge of allegiance. If you tell people here that in America they make kids stand up and recite some prayer to a flag every single morning, they'll look at you like you just grew a third arm.

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Karl Baxter
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We’d call that indoctrination in the UK. I remember speaking with an elderly Italian man who was a child when Mussolini came to power. He told me they were forced to do similar things at school.

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group I want to say for-profit prison systems.

These things are f***** up. If the state doesn't keep up the prisoner quota they gotta pay a fine to the company they owns the prison.

So this basically makes them try to keep existing prisoners

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group People who angrily DO NOT WANT healthcare.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's so much more than that. It's not that they dont want healthcare, they dont want to pay for SOMEONE ELSE'S healthcare.

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group Having the restaurant take your credit card - in most countries it's considered impolite to disappear with the card as they might write the digits down to charge extra later. Therefore they normally bring a portable terminal to your table so you can keep the card in eyesight and have the (optional) tip actually charged when the card is run and not added after the fact.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most places use chip-and-pin where they *have* to take the card at the table since you need to enter your PIN. USA credit card banks decided Americans aren't smart enough for chip-and-pin, so we just have chip and an archaic signature.

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Foxxy (The Original)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If a bill is less than $100 in Aus then you don’t need to sign or put in a PIN number. You just scan your card and that’s it. It is a stupid system coz it is so much easier for people to commit fraud. It is actually not acceptable for anyone to touch your bank card.

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Scott
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or the fact that we rely on random scribbles (aka a signature) for security when needed. I know Canada has used PIN numbers with credit cards for decades, but I guess that makes too much sense?

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Tuna Fish
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Umm, I've always had chip and pin. Now I also often get an email asking if I made the purchase after the fact. I can request it be run as credit if I want it to and then I get a chip and sign receipt, but if I run it as a debit card it requires a pin every time. Where do you live?

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David Retsler
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jokes on them. My card is maxed out so they can't use it either.

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Kiki
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom told me to always check they entered the proper amount before paying because they can enter more. Let's all listen to moms ^^

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BG
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They don't actually enter it until you leave the restaurant. That's how adding a tip to the bill works.

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NinjaWolfy94
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't even know what is happening here :') Sorry xD I live in Aus, and I've been to many restaurants, pubs (eating in, not drinking), all of that. And they give you a table or say you can choose one (if you don't need to book first) you order, eat your food, then when you leave, you go pay at the front desk (or at the bar in the pubs). They keep track of which table ordered what, and you pay just like you would at any shop. (Card, cash etc.) Course, I'm not speaking for all of Australia, just what I've seen. Never had to 'ask for the bill', while still sitting at the table, in my life.

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Lucas
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Probably depends on the type of restaurant. Family vs fine dining for example. If you're in a place with silver service they are definitely going to be bringing you the bill.

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Mimi777
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once the server i had added a 1 in front of my tip on the receipt I signed after i had left. I noticed it on my bank statement. My food total was like $20 i left an 8 dollar tip but apparently that wasn't enough for her. I spoke to the manager of the restaurant and he verified that yes it showed 18 not 8 on the tip line. Super shady. I just pay with cash now.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've always thought about this one! America is honestly way behind on credit cards just in general. Only recently we got the "tap" type, but I remember that being available in the UK for a while now. For sure it took a looooong time to get the chip. When I went to the UK to visit, I mentioned that to a worker there and they looked shocked haha. They said something like "Wow, America really is behind..." :X

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Curry on...
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This. When I went out (before the pandemic) with friends, I took cash, because I didn't want some stranger handling my card out of my view.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Especially since all of the "security measures" (expiration date and security number) are all there directly on the card. Everyone who has had access to the card, has the option to rob you blind anytime later.

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Eemeli Saarelainen (Molter)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here in Finland most online payments via Visa Secure etc. require an approval via online bank. So you are less likely to be robbed blind unless the person knows the login details for your online bank. In which case you would be screwed anyway. 😄

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's why debit cards are way more common outside US. They cannot charge you afterwards.

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Eemeli Saarelainen (Molter)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, that's one of the reasons. Another is that outside US having debit is considered more responsible money usage than using a credit card. In USA, having a credit card and using it often it is seen as a good thing by the banks.

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Mark Kelly
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We’ve had portable credit card terminals for a while here in Canada

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Bruce Douglas
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A related gripe-in 2000,was buying groceries with an American Express Travellers Cheque. When asked for I'D used Mt US passport-they wouldn't accept (maybe never seen? ),asked for,to them, the usual driving licence. As I don't drive had to leave the food behind-till person said foreign license also not accepted...suppose as apart fro Mexican ones people wouldn't know a fake from a genuine one !

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Simon Lyngbo
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chip payment? Wow that's so 2008. Europe has had touchless payments for 5+ years. And Asia for even longer..

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CatWoman312
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most banks have fraud alert and online banking. It’s easily traceable if they do anything that stupid

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Max L.
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wireless terminals are somewhat new, as well as many "new" credit cards scams

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Gabby M
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow I've never even thought about this. I guess I just always trusted the waiter.

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Daphne Williams
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It seems like the U.S. is better in this regard, since we don't ever worry about that? There's a fundamental level of trust in your server?

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deanna woods
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That doesn't happen at the place I work at, we take the card to swipe it,but the customer is there during the whole transaction.

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jamie1707
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

before portable terminals, good restaurants would do the transactions at a desk on the way out.

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Robert T
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well this was the norm in most countries, but we have since moved on with the advent of Chip-and-Pin. Last time I was in the States, they were still using the imprint machines to make an impression of the card on carbon paper and then got you to sign in - do they still do that?

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Matheus Oliveira
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now that we have contactless payment in so many places around the world, do they bring the portable terminal?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perhaps it's more polite to assume that people are not thieves on every occasion.

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3 years ago

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Do stores do that a lot in Europe, I mean steal your credit card info?

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3 years ago

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So let me get this straight...it's odd for Americans to trust their servers to not steal their credit card info? I fail to see how this fits with the rest of the America bashing in these comments. Come on Pandas, be consistent with your vitriol.

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Canada is in NORTH AMERICA we have the waitress or hostess bring the machine to you to pay with your card. Did some idiot from another continent make this post?

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Callum McLeod
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're the person who doesn't understand the post, fellow canadien, try reading the post again, will you?

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#11

45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group The Imperial System, Fahrenheits, massive ad breaks. I swear i watched US Television once and i nearly had time to go take a s*** before the adbreak ended. And i'm one of those people that play on their phone while on the throne

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I am from Europe and I have never seen in supermarkets scooters for people that are so obese they can't walk by themselves.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Add "who is paying their debt while also stopping treatment because they can't continue accruing more debt"

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group Waiting like 8 weeks after your elections till the new guy comes in to power is pretty f****** weird

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group Massive gaps on all sides of toilet cubicle doors, like why even bother with a door at all when people can see through so easily

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i know- you can literally stare someone in the face while they are going to the bathroom

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group Flags. Everywhere

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How else can they keep up the illusion that they live in a country worth celebrating?

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This may be a shot in the dark but product prices not including tax when they’re displayed? Like if something says it’s $10 and you only have $10, what’s with the surprise tax at the till?

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Your toxic grind working culture. I find that Americans define their entire personality around their profession. It all feels so shallow and hollow way of living. Like I work so I can do the things I enjoy ( pre covid) I don't work because it defines me as a person.

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group Absurdly long election campaigns. In most countries I've been to election campaigns last a month or two, in the US they seem to go for a full year.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

we get sooo many ads too; they're literally everywhere and most of them are attack ads with questionable information

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group College sports, people do not care about nor have college sports like we do here.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it's disgusting the amount of money my school spends on sports, and we're not even remotely a sporty school

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group Food portion sizes... In EU you get food portions you can finish and are generally calculated to be pretty much fill/satisfy you over the entire meal.

When I go to the US I can fill myself up with half of the appetizer

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah in my country, if you don't take your minimum of 5 weeks of holiday per year, it will be scheduled for you. Literally your manager will force you to relax :D.

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The use of the words junior, sophomore and senior in school. I don't think I have ever heard these outside of an American TV show or movie.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah it is pretty weird. Why not just say 9th, 10th , 11th, and 12 grade? Seems much more simple. I am going to be in high school next year and I am Indian but I live in America. I am used to saying junior, sophomore, etc. but my mom finds it really confusing. This seems so unnecessary.

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I can't speak for the whole world, but having elections on a weekday seems crazy to me. We do it in the weekend so that people are off work anyway.

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A single pool of paid time off that you use for both vacation and sick leave. Therefore having to forego vacation to keep a bank of leave just in case you get ill.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a bad policy because everyone comes to work sick so they can still take vacation days.

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People constantly thanking god for every day occurrences

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Those commercials featuring some sort of drug or medication. With the typical closing where the narrator states "Side effects includes blah blah blah...Discuss with your doctor about blah blah blah"

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Tipping, most other places actually pay their waiters/waitresses and tippings just for extremely good service or rounding up.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Already noted. Pay everyone a living working wage (NOT $7.50/hr). Do away with tipping.

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Having to drive everywhere. I'm 27-years-old, not from the US and never learnt to drive. I've also never felt like I needed it.

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It's pretty funny watching Americans moan over their super-cheap petrol prices. "But we drive everywhere, cars are fundamental to our society". Yep, same here in Australia, too. Your fuel is still incredibly cheap.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in Canada and one of my friends did a cross-country drive via the USA to take advantage of cheaper gas.

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Garbage disposal units in sinks. I've been to nearly 20 countries, and I've never seen one.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of the primary concerns of using garbage disposals is that it puts excess strain on local wastewater treatment centers. All of the food solids in the wastewater must be filtered out. Those solids are used to create fertilizer or are sent to landfills.

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Longer ad breaks in the Muppet Show.

The UK version had two minutes of extra content in every episode due to restrictions on the amount of ads you could play on British TV.

That's 240 minutes of extra Muppet content that most Americans never saw.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the UK has limited ad amounts. theyre regulated, so you can only have 12 minutes of ads per hour. obviously in the US im guessing its not the same

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Playing the national anthem before sporting events. There may be a handful of other countries that do, but in much of the world it's only played for international matches.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still dont understand why its played. Its a sporting event, a game, nothing more. Im a baseball fan & i can care less about it being played. I want to watch the game.

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#34

Your identity politics used to be just in America, then it spilled out like a burst sewage pipe.

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Red solo cups. My european cousins asked me if parties in the us really had those red cups.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yuppp they taste better for some reason just like a grilled cheese tastes better cut

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group Bumper stickers. They’re a lot less common in Europe anyway, not sure about the rest of the world.

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group Nearly everything about their high schools

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's a bit vague. High schools have lessons across the world, are populated with hormonal teens across the world, have school meals across the world - there's certainly a difference in quality here, but it's not a weird American thing. So, everything else...?

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group Free refills at restaurants

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

one of the things i missed living 9 years abroad was this right here...i drink a lot of water. only water, but a lot of it and having to ask for refills of water and getting side-eye was something i never got used to.

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Stores like Wal-Mart where you can buy everything that are open all the time. Groceries, alcohol, plants, medicine, tires, toys...

The first time I went to Germany on a work trip it was a bank holiday and everything was closed.

I live in Jerusalem now and there is a separate store for everything.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm in the bible belt. Alcohol can be bought 24/6 here (no sales on Sunday) at Walmart but the actual pharmacy is not open at night.

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Graham Crackers.

Remember when I picked up a friend's mother and her friend at the airport, fresh from the US. One of them was like 'They don't have Graham crackers here?' I'm like nah mate we have crackers for everyone.

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45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group Parking lot size. I’ve been to about 20 different countries, all over the place, and I have never seen a standard Walmart sized parking lot anywhere out of America.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can also thank our tragic shadow of a public transportation system and how far we're spread out. In may instances, driving (and therefore parking) is the only option.

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Buscuits and gravy. This conjures up images of having a plate of cookies smothered in a sauce made from the the meat juices of a roast.

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I wanna say jaywalking. Like, in Europe, you can pretty much cross a road wherever you want but when I visited America there seemed to be this weird sense you were being judged if you walked out into an empty road. Maybe just me idk.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is some sort of debate whether jaywalking is or isn’t frowned upon in Germany - many people believe that the Germans are sticklers for traffic etiquette when it comes to walking across a street on a red light, and, indeed, Germans will stand even when it would be safe to cross - for the sake of setting the right example for any nearby children. So, it might be the same everywhere.

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It always surprises me when someone from another country has never heard of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We say "peanut butter and jelly" but it really is jam and that has always bothered me. Jam spreads way better than jelly.

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