45 Things That Are Normal In The US, But Seem Bizarre In Other Countries Shared In This Online Group
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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GoFundMe being an acceptable replacement for a health care system
Literally being too poor to go to the doctor, but have too much income for any kind of assistance
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
What? That you're one of those people that play on their phone while on the throne? (^^,)
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When I was in school, the USA was supposed to be preparing to switch to metric, so we learned both units. Which has been very helpful since my wife grew up in a country that uses the metric system, so I am all the time converting units mentally when I talk with her. She is still super confused with our fractions. "1/3 cup!? Just tell me how many ounces that is! What do you mean 2-2/3 ounces, how am I supposed to measure 2/3 ounces!?"
About the measurements.. have you all noticed how American TV shows or documentaries, instead of sayin how long something is, they say it is a lenght of a football field, or 3 football fields. It's like 'football field' is some extra unit of measurement within the imperial system
"3 football fields" easier to visualize than 900 feet or 1 km plus it translates well to other cultures when a soccer field is roughly the same length.
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often when i watch an american show here where they cut a lot of ad breaks, everytime you see the spot where there should be an ad and think "NOOOO" but then the logo reappears to signal the end of the ad "YEEEEAHH EU ROOOO PAAAAA"
Has anyone noticed that we all say 2 metres apart for social distancing and Americans say 6ft?
You forgot screaming commercials. The volume gets excessively loud when a commercial comes on tv, the radio, or youtube. Do other countries have that problem?
I live in France and once I wanted to watch a American TV show live because I could not wait for the episode to be translated and uploaded online. It was my first time watching American TV and the ad breaks were sooo long that I had completely forgotten what happened in the show prior to the ad break XD. And honestly it was awful to be stopped so many times during a show. Like you're all emotional and invested and bam loud and annoying ad break in your face !! Wouldn't be so annoying if they were fewer.
We almost converted back in the 1970s, because I remember the government scrambling to get it taught in schools. But the old farts in charge at the time didn’t want to learn a new system, so we didn’t convert. Seems like all we got out of it was 2 liter soda bottles, instead of gallon bottles..
Especially prescription medication. In Finland it's allowed to advertise medication put not prescription medication.
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AD BREAKS SUCH A WASTE OF MONEY! BY THE FOURTH AD IT EXEEDS MY ATTENTION SPAN BY 5 M I N U T E S
Re: imperial v. metric...it's even weirder. Soda, for example. In cans, it's measured in ounces. In bottles, it's measured in liters. Beer is measured in ounces, but wine and liquor are metric. Being a democratic socialist, I feel certain that the reason for the partial adoption of the metric system is money. I wish we would switch once and for all.
I actually understand the issue with changing the system now. Also, we in Europe also do not really implemented the SI system so far
In the 70s there was a half assed effort to switch to the metric system, Stuff was marked with metric equivalents, but it never happened. Today in the US we still use what you called the imperial system. On commercial tv, they are ad supported. So a 60 minute show may actually only have 45 minutes of programming. The day after the broadcast on network tv, many shows play on Hulu. I pay the $12 a month for ad free. Its worth it. Many of the ads are annoying, especially the ones for boner drugs
Funny that you mentioned pharmaceutical commercials as that's one of the things that are very weird about USA. In my home country, Finland, you are not allowed to advertise prescription medication but on US television you constantly hear those ads.
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You probably never watched The voice France, like there is a ad Evry 4 people or something like that, and you have time to do the dishes for the week during it
I honestly don't like the term miles, since there are ocean miles, air miles, US miles and UK miles and none of them are the same unit
Haha, I live in Canada in Windsor which borders Detroit. Because most of our tv was American we always say we are bilingual, we speak both metric and imperial. My dad worked in Michigan and he loved to tell the whether in Celsius to confuse his coworkers. It was in the middle of August and my dad making small talk nonchalantly said can you believe is 32 degrees? His coworkers thought he was insane. It's funny, I still remember the formula from Celsius to Fahrenheit , take the temp times 2 and add 32
Strangely I prefer the Fahrenheits measure against Centigrade, my country is centigrade. I know if it is 32 degrees is is cold but also 0 deg. but if it is 80 it is hot for me, not sure what that is in C
If you think it's bad from your perspective, imagine being American. I live in a backwater country that uses a system of measurement from Medieval times, with a hodgepodge of conversions, a temperature measure basically pulled out of a hat, and TV ads which scream both in your ears and in your eyes so badly that I rarely watch more than 5 minutes at a time. (Hmm. Why is there no metric clock?)
Fahrenheit is good for baking, more exact mid range breakdown. But 0 degrees is still freezing!
Possibly unpopular opinion here, Fahrenheit is better for weather (anything below zero is dangerously cold, above 100 is dangerously hot, 50 is comfortably cool), but Celsius belongs to the metric system which is absolutely beautiful for scientific measurements. Seriously, having used both systems in different situations, I want the metric system to bear my children. Edit: spelling bc I'm illiterate
Just take a number 2? I would do number 1, 2, bathe and dried my hair in that time ;p
The adbreaks... Whew. They are so long. I don't understand why anyone buys cable/satellite here??? For how many ads that you're forced to watch, the cable company should be paying you for it. Instead customers are paying 100s of dollars to be bombarded with ads. o_O I'm an American and I don't get this either.
The US is obviously doing something right. GDP is almost double that of the combined GDP of Europe.
Can not understand the big fuss over this, so it is different to others, tuff, grow up!
Apiece or is that the total amount through the dhow(s)?
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Polish television is terrible for ad-breaks. One channel actually has a break in the middle of the ad-break to show upcoming programmes. A 15-20 minute ad-break in the middle of a programme is seriously crazy. The norm in the UK is a 2-3 minute ad-break every quarter of an hour, which is irritating, but does mean you can go and make a cup of tea. ;-)
I got 11 ads while watching the Titanic just to realize I have it on CD
Yeah it’s super annoying and you have to pay extra just to have no ads
I love those ads. They tell me what not to buy. Saved me a lot of money.
Most of the ads seem to be drug ads. Especially when they go on and on about all the side effects, like a**l bleeding, flatulence, heart problems and on and on and on. One of the worst is this crap called plaxieerm. They are really gross. They really enlarge these really ugly peoples faces to see their huge bags under their eyes and the zits. Then claim this crap will cure this. Also the diarhea and constipation ads at dinner time are nausiating,
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And now I feel like my school is the only one in the US that teaches both systems
The USA is one of only three countries that doesn't use the metric system, which is so much more logical and easier to use. We need to get with the program, or be left behind.
For the one millionth time its aluminium not aluminum and gas does not go into your petrol tank, damn it.
Once again, why do you care? Say what you want, and let us say what we want.
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I mean, it all depends what your used to using. Celsius makes more sense than Fahrenheit, but to me Fahrenheit is easier because it's what I've used my whole life. And it would be too much extra work if I tried to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius every time the weather channel came on :)
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Rubbish. "Somewhat" and "really" are not accurate measurements. Celsius is measured at the temperature water freezes (0 Deg C at sea level), and boils (100 deg C at sea level). Also, the ENTIRE WORLD other than the US uses celcius.
Load More Replies...I am from Europe and I have never seen in supermarkets scooters for people that are so obese they can't walk by themselves.
Waiting like 8 weeks after your elections till the new guy comes in to power is pretty f****** weird
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
i know- you can literally stare someone in the face while they are going to the bathroom
Flags. Everywhere
How else can they keep up the illusion that they live in a country worth celebrating?
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?
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.
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.
we get sooo many ads too; they're literally everywhere and most of them are attack ads with questionable information
College sports, people do not care about nor have college sports like we do here.
it's disgusting the amount of money my school spends on sports, and we're not even remotely a sporty school
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
People constantly thanking god for every day occurrences
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"
Tipping, most other places actually pay their waiters/waitresses and tippings just for extremely good service or rounding up.
Already noted. Pay everyone a living working wage (NOT $7.50/hr). Do away with tipping.
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.
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.
Garbage disposal units in sinks. I've been to nearly 20 countries, and I've never seen one.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Your identity politics used to be just in America, then it spilled out like a burst sewage pipe.
Red solo cups. My european cousins asked me if parties in the us really had those red cups.
yuppp they taste better for some reason just like a grilled cheese tastes better cut
Bumper stickers. They’re a lot less common in Europe anyway, not sure about the rest of the world.
Free refills at restaurants
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.
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.
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.
Girl Scout cookies?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It always surprises me when someone from another country has never heard of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
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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Here, I'm just going to copy Vunn's comment on a similar post from about a month ago: "Does this really need to be covered once a month?"
Evidently it does. There's an obsession here with this s**t. I've never seen anything like it
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This! I wanna learn weird things about Bhutan or Estonia.
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The existence of Home Owners Associations. Why would your neighbours have any right to decide whether or not you can grow an edge, build a fence, or paint your shutters ? By the way, why do you never have edges, fences and shutters? Do you not need privacy and sleep too?
I mean, a lot of this stuff makes sense, but I feel like some of this stuff was just put on here in a desperate scramble to find anything wrong with America. Like bumper stickers? Ranch dressing? College sports? Is there something wrong with these things??
I feel a lot of these are just to attack Americans... like OKAY I KNOW WE HAVE A SHITTY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BUT I CAN"T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SO STOP SHOVING IT IN MY FACE! I was looking for some interesting things but its just a bunch of people attacking us.
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So we are back to #usabad on bp.I really missed those stories.Pls tell us the story about health system and schooling debts once again,i didn't get it the first 3000 times.
Time for the weekly “US bashing” thread from Bored Panda. Got it out the way early this week 👍.
Today I realize that the US propaganda system is even more than some communist countries. I'm from a Communist (socialist?? I'm not sure) country and my god I rarely see patriotism and pride shoved onto our faces like that everyday everywhere. The US is like a free country living under a blanket.
The oxymoron of presenting themselves as the land of the free while being forced to worship the flag/anthem and pledge allegiance, just like dictators (of any kind, they're all bad) did to the countries they destroyed.
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Not an American, but if Americans are a 'race', some of these could be considered racist. Also rather petty. Why not some articles here about Euro quirks? Eating snails, killing whales, or killing bulls in public, for funsies; weensie little countries, some with fancy, expensive, useless monarchies; giving kids booze; extreme chauvinism vs.multiculturalism and tolerance; getting into wars and relying on the U.S. and Canada to send their young men and women over to die getting much of Europe out of harm's way. Etc.
I do not think it is racist nor petty, those are just facts which people have the right to judge as weird or not in comparison to what they are used to. But I think your suggestion about Europe could be a good idea. By the way, I have been living in Burgundy for my entire life, and I have never seen anyone eating snails. Killing whales is more a Japanese thing. Monarchies are absolutely not useless and are less expensive than republics. And the US (which relied on good king Louis XVI's army to gain its independence from Britain which had founded it) and Canada (which would not exist if France and Britain had not created it) decided to get involved with these wars by their own will, earning our eternal gratitude.
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A lot of the things here I agree with. Healthcare, tipping, etc. By why does the rest of the world care what words we use, or why measurement system? How is it affecting them? It's just another reason for the rest of the world to bash America. And I'm not a particular patriot, but while our government sucks, the people here are great (trump supporters excluded).
Hehe don’t take it to heart, most of this really is just laughing at different (thus “weird” ) customs, like girl scout cookies or meassurements . Ofc there are flocks of wonderful americans. And i believe most of europeans like lots of things aboyt the Usa, just see how many non americans speak american. And many have been genuinly worried about ordinary americans during these ever more testing times. And the crazy division and growing poverty. Wish you luck and better times from Denmark .
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I’ve always wondered about this orange plastic containers you get prescription drugs in. Like you see in a US movie inside a medicine cabinet, it’s full of those orange containers. How easy would it be to take the wrong tablet? In Australia, our prescription medication comes in packets with the name of it written large on the box, each medication has a unique box
The orange prescription bottles are not always orange. Also, they're labeled. Contrary to overseas opinions, yes, Americans can read! :-D
Load More Replies... oh my another post about the us all voicing so diffrent things like the healthcare
Sigh, yet another listicle about how uncouth, unruly, and quirky the United States is in comparison to other countries around the world (this is coming from a Scot). Look at those crazy Americans guzzling their ranch dressing. Every country has problems and odd quirks. Why can't we celebrate the unique foods, celebrations, history, etc. of other countries instead of pointing out differences?
Oh my, most series tv and films, loads of cultural stuff does exactly that , celebrate Us . Maybe because US is so dominant culturally, and we also get affected by their politics, we can joke about odd quirks, or the bad stuff like healtcare for the few.
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I do like visiting the states. It's our most common holiday destination. But bloody funny to see that the things we think are odd, stupid or offensive are seen the same by so many others!
Wow, you mean the United States of America is different than other countries!?. Who would have thought!
Can we do another country next time? Between BP and Buzzfeed I see America get crapped on at least once a week. Bathroom stalls. Tipping. Drug commercials. The Pledge. We get it. We suck. Do another country - ask the Pandas what we think is weird about somewhere else.
we would ALL be speaking German if the Axis Powers had won. and while your statement is partially true, the US would have been screwed without its allies.
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I see a lot of these 'stories' on here and it's a bit sad that there seems to be a constant digging out of the USA. Yes, we all know about healthcare system, OTT nationalism, gun laws etc etc. but why not focus on what's cool? I'm not from the US but there is so much to love about the country and many people in it. A great place.
Im in Canada and I get 3 weeks now of unpaid vacation (I get vacation pay that builds up at 6% every payday) I didnt use any last year and its now gone and cant use 6 weeks this year. People with salaries are forced to take their vacation days before the end of the year so they dont get wasted. (being paid the same as if they were at work)
Being gossipy. When i walking down the streets, where are more people in one place i constantly hear from people around who talking: "and she was like" "and he was like" "she was like he was like" "he she he she" like many and many times :D :D
that's just a person thing? there are people like that EVERYWHERE.
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Yes, all the bizzarre things being done in this country by all the bizzarre people that came here From Your Country!
I think it’s weird the British eat baked beans for breakfast and put gravy on everything. So yeah this is my if we have to question the US then we get to question the weird things in other countries too.
Yet in Canada you wait months for a CT scan or specialist appointment... In the US, people go to Canada for prescription drugs, but Canadians who can afford it come here for surgeries... yet let's bash America because nobody remembers "county hospitals" and when you shared a room or were kept in a ward with 10 or more other patients.
To my knowledge, canadian research doctors in hearings) canadians do not flock to surgeries in the Us. At all.
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I'd add, the way they ID everyone, even adults, when. You buy alcohol, even if you're just with someone who's buying it. Weird.
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there's like a million you don't even have to look it's one of bp's favorite topics
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You have love and respect for a piece of fabric??
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Here, I'm just going to copy Vunn's comment on a similar post from about a month ago: "Does this really need to be covered once a month?"
Evidently it does. There's an obsession here with this s**t. I've never seen anything like it
Load More Replies... This! I wanna learn weird things about Bhutan or Estonia.
Load More Replies... The existence of Home Owners Associations. Why would your neighbours have any right to decide whether or not you can grow an edge, build a fence, or paint your shutters ? By the way, why do you never have edges, fences and shutters? Do you not need privacy and sleep too?
I mean, a lot of this stuff makes sense, but I feel like some of this stuff was just put on here in a desperate scramble to find anything wrong with America. Like bumper stickers? Ranch dressing? College sports? Is there something wrong with these things??
I feel a lot of these are just to attack Americans... like OKAY I KNOW WE HAVE A SHITTY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BUT I CAN"T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SO STOP SHOVING IT IN MY FACE! I was looking for some interesting things but its just a bunch of people attacking us.
Load More Replies... So we are back to #usabad on bp.I really missed those stories.Pls tell us the story about health system and schooling debts once again,i didn't get it the first 3000 times.
Time for the weekly “US bashing” thread from Bored Panda. Got it out the way early this week 👍.
Today I realize that the US propaganda system is even more than some communist countries. I'm from a Communist (socialist?? I'm not sure) country and my god I rarely see patriotism and pride shoved onto our faces like that everyday everywhere. The US is like a free country living under a blanket.
The oxymoron of presenting themselves as the land of the free while being forced to worship the flag/anthem and pledge allegiance, just like dictators (of any kind, they're all bad) did to the countries they destroyed.
Load More Replies... Not an American, but if Americans are a 'race', some of these could be considered racist. Also rather petty. Why not some articles here about Euro quirks? Eating snails, killing whales, or killing bulls in public, for funsies; weensie little countries, some with fancy, expensive, useless monarchies; giving kids booze; extreme chauvinism vs.multiculturalism and tolerance; getting into wars and relying on the U.S. and Canada to send their young men and women over to die getting much of Europe out of harm's way. Etc.
I do not think it is racist nor petty, those are just facts which people have the right to judge as weird or not in comparison to what they are used to. But I think your suggestion about Europe could be a good idea. By the way, I have been living in Burgundy for my entire life, and I have never seen anyone eating snails. Killing whales is more a Japanese thing. Monarchies are absolutely not useless and are less expensive than republics. And the US (which relied on good king Louis XVI's army to gain its independence from Britain which had founded it) and Canada (which would not exist if France and Britain had not created it) decided to get involved with these wars by their own will, earning our eternal gratitude.
Load More Replies... A lot of the things here I agree with. Healthcare, tipping, etc. By why does the rest of the world care what words we use, or why measurement system? How is it affecting them? It's just another reason for the rest of the world to bash America. And I'm not a particular patriot, but while our government sucks, the people here are great (trump supporters excluded).
Hehe don’t take it to heart, most of this really is just laughing at different (thus “weird” ) customs, like girl scout cookies or meassurements . Ofc there are flocks of wonderful americans. And i believe most of europeans like lots of things aboyt the Usa, just see how many non americans speak american. And many have been genuinly worried about ordinary americans during these ever more testing times. And the crazy division and growing poverty. Wish you luck and better times from Denmark .
Load More Replies... I’ve always wondered about this orange plastic containers you get prescription drugs in. Like you see in a US movie inside a medicine cabinet, it’s full of those orange containers. How easy would it be to take the wrong tablet? In Australia, our prescription medication comes in packets with the name of it written large on the box, each medication has a unique box
The orange prescription bottles are not always orange. Also, they're labeled. Contrary to overseas opinions, yes, Americans can read! :-D
Load More Replies... oh my another post about the us all voicing so diffrent things like the healthcare
Sigh, yet another listicle about how uncouth, unruly, and quirky the United States is in comparison to other countries around the world (this is coming from a Scot). Look at those crazy Americans guzzling their ranch dressing. Every country has problems and odd quirks. Why can't we celebrate the unique foods, celebrations, history, etc. of other countries instead of pointing out differences?
Oh my, most series tv and films, loads of cultural stuff does exactly that , celebrate Us . Maybe because US is so dominant culturally, and we also get affected by their politics, we can joke about odd quirks, or the bad stuff like healtcare for the few.
Load More Replies... I do like visiting the states. It's our most common holiday destination. But bloody funny to see that the things we think are odd, stupid or offensive are seen the same by so many others!
Wow, you mean the United States of America is different than other countries!?. Who would have thought!
Can we do another country next time? Between BP and Buzzfeed I see America get crapped on at least once a week. Bathroom stalls. Tipping. Drug commercials. The Pledge. We get it. We suck. Do another country - ask the Pandas what we think is weird about somewhere else.
we would ALL be speaking German if the Axis Powers had won. and while your statement is partially true, the US would have been screwed without its allies.
Load More Replies... I see a lot of these 'stories' on here and it's a bit sad that there seems to be a constant digging out of the USA. Yes, we all know about healthcare system, OTT nationalism, gun laws etc etc. but why not focus on what's cool? I'm not from the US but there is so much to love about the country and many people in it. A great place.
Im in Canada and I get 3 weeks now of unpaid vacation (I get vacation pay that builds up at 6% every payday) I didnt use any last year and its now gone and cant use 6 weeks this year. People with salaries are forced to take their vacation days before the end of the year so they dont get wasted. (being paid the same as if they were at work)
Being gossipy. When i walking down the streets, where are more people in one place i constantly hear from people around who talking: "and she was like" "and he was like" "she was like he was like" "he she he she" like many and many times :D :D
that's just a person thing? there are people like that EVERYWHERE.
Load More Replies... Yes, all the bizzarre things being done in this country by all the bizzarre people that came here From Your Country!
I think it’s weird the British eat baked beans for breakfast and put gravy on everything. So yeah this is my if we have to question the US then we get to question the weird things in other countries too.
Yet in Canada you wait months for a CT scan or specialist appointment... In the US, people go to Canada for prescription drugs, but Canadians who can afford it come here for surgeries... yet let's bash America because nobody remembers "county hospitals" and when you shared a room or were kept in a ward with 10 or more other patients.
To my knowledge, canadian research doctors in hearings) canadians do not flock to surgeries in the Us. At all.
Load More Replies... I'd add, the way they ID everyone, even adults, when. You buy alcohol, even if you're just with someone who's buying it. Weird.
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