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DanteWrath , Ingo Joseph / Pexels Report

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back Claiming to be of a certain nationality (e.g. Irish), but can't even locate the eponymous country on a map.

Final score:

114points

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Meilin Kai 10 months ago

Ok, I concede on this one, too. Our bad.

32points

CottageLife1 , Steve Johnson / Pexels Report

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back They'll use any form of measurement other than metric. Freedoms per eagle is a popular one.

Final score:

114points

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Red Panda 10 months ago

Freedoms per eagle?? 😂😂 As an American, I would be so confused yet intrigued if someone really used this like a form of measurement earnestly.

65points

gadzoots , Andrea Piacquadio / Pexels Report

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back They assume everyone knows about american geography, politics, news etc. but they know nothing about any other country.

Final score:

112points

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Nina 10 months ago

Ok, the US is a pretty large country, but there are other large countries that have citizens more aware of what's going on globally.

20points

orthostasisasis , Gus Ruballo / Unsplash Report

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back Aggressively white teeth.

Final score:

108points

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Jan Srbený 10 months ago

I still can't decide whether I find it weird or disgusting

28points

sweetpapisanchez , Danielle Rice / Unsplash Report

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back Referring to 'Europe' as if it were a country.

Final score:

99points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 10 months ago

Well, in our defense, America isn't a country either.

83points

Current-Tree770 , Christina Morillo / Pexels Report

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back I'm Canadian and the biggest giveaway to me that someone is American is simply in their spelling. For example, we would spell it "the colour grey", and Americans would spell it "the color gray." We use paycheque instead of paycheck, and neighbour instead of neighbor. Our vernacular is very British.

Final score:

99points

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Random Jackass 10 months ago

The bald eagles told us the U's were superfluous, so we just ran with it.

80points

Creative_Recover , Pixabay / Pexels Report

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back Talking about the extortionate cost of healthcare and the struggles of navigating the health insurance system.

Final score:

97points

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Cyber Returns 10 months ago

The tax alternative to pay for national health care is not only cheaper but also means you can't get ripped off by insurance companies for the same level of care. It also stops pharmaceutical companies from price gouging

9points

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back When asked where they’re from. They instantly say the state not the country.

Plutiduti , John Diez / Pexels Report

Final score:

90points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 10 months ago

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67points

nightowl1135 , Andrea Piacquadio / Pexels Report

#10

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back When I lived in Estonia, a local once told me that if anybody smiled and said hello unsolicited on the street they knew “that person was either drunk, crazy or an American.”
I laughed and said, “In this case, it might be all three!”

Final score:

84points

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Kylie 10 months ago

Another thing Aussies do as well as Americans.

44points

radizorit , Towfiqu barbhuiya / Pexels Report

#11

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back Not to be rude or offensive as I am American and this, but we are fat.

Final score:

82points

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Trillian 10 months ago

It's the food. I have been skinny all my life, except the one year I lived in the States I gained almost 10 kg. Lost them without any effort within weeks back home. There is sugar in effing everything, even in bread.

23points

grey-canary , Hassan OUAJBIR / Pexels Report

#12

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back Anything under 4 hours is “close by”.

jayhitter:

Everything is Europe is around the corner if you're from the US. I can drive the whole day and not leave my state but in Europe I can pass through 4 countries in that same time frame.

Final score:

80points

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WindySwede 10 months ago

Me thinking in Swedish 🤔 maybe 4h across, but not lengthwise.. Then 23h by car

22points

Potomacan , Luke van Zyl / Unsplash Report

#13

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back As an American man, I’ve been told repeatedly by European and Asian friends that we simply take up space (not by being fat) as though we’re entitled to it. Men in other countries apparently don’t claim the same personal space we do.

Final score:

76points

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arthbach 10 months ago

"Men in other countries apparently don't claim the same personal space we do." Let me fix that for you, " We encroach on the personal space of others, claiming it for ourselves."

6points

#14

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back They talk loud. Very loud.

onowhid , Keira Burton / Pexels Report

Final score:

75points

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Kylie 10 months ago

Tbh I find certain other nationalities talk a LOT louder than Americans.

73points

#15

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back Apparently the CIA trains American agents to not lean on things if they go undercover in foreign countries because Americans lean on anything they can while standing around.

clown1998 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

73points

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Kylie 10 months ago

So do Aussies.

33points

thoda26 , MART PRODUCTION / Pexels Report

#16

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back Shorts and running shoes.

Final score:

68points

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René Sauer 10 months ago

And where is the problem if they are comfortable with it?

20points

12ozFitz , Daniel Xavier / Pexels Report

#17

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back I was in Germany this past summer and I realized smiling at everyone you make eye contact with is very American. When I went to London on the same trip they seemed less weirded out by it but would awkwardly return the smile.

I was taught to always start with a disarming smile. Never realized it was American.

Final score:

67points

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TCW Sam Vimes 10 months ago

The casual openess and friendliness of US citizens is one of the positive traits we could learn something from

74points

#18

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back Immediately asking someone what they do for a living when meeting them. Our jobs and work are our entire identity.

bealzu , Sora Shimazaki / pexels Report

Final score:

66points

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WindySwede 10 months ago

prob not to uncommon here to!?

7points

gigibuffoon , Nick Clement / Unsplash Report

#19

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back To me - it is the habit of choosing convenience over all else (note that my observations are mostly of people who consider themselves middle class). Small example - if you need to wipe down your kitchen counter, Americans always reach for a paper product while back in India, it would always be a cloth towel. Reason for Indians to use cloth - it is reusable and hence, economical. Americans using paper - it is more convenient. Transport - wait a half hour extra for train or drive... the Americans in my group always chose to drive and the Europeans and Asians chose public transit. Lunch at work - most Americans in my group but lunch every day, even if it is a simple deli sandwich. Most non- Americans bring homemade lunches. Now I don't make value judgement about how people spend their money but the way they gravitate towards convenience first and only then consider finances, environmental impact, etc.

Final score:

66points

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Bernd Herbert 10 months ago (edited)

If you are from Europe and have spent some time in the US you will make that observation. Drive-through for everything, even for banks, was very weird to me. (To be fair, lots of American cities and places have s****y Public Transportation to begin with. Often enough the car is the only alternative)

57points

#20

At least in Finland, I find them as quite friendly, easy to get with and genuine. They aren't afraid to ask questions if it is not clear to them and say the things that matter. Of course shoes, laughter and the way they carry themselves without thinking much about what others would say.

Visible-Field2311 Report

Final score:

57points

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Shannon Hawks 10 months ago

That's cos Finland is one of the best places to live with great people also

26points

#21

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back In the touristy cafe-restaurant I worked at:

1. If they asked me for the nicest spot we had
2. If they asked me my recommendation without seeing the menu first
3. I would walk to the table, and they would say right away "hey how are you doing?". This one threw me off a lot at first. Why is this person asking me how I'm doing?? I'm just there to take the order. I got used to it, and I think they found my awkwardness to it cute.
4. They would ask my name when I greeted them and took their order

NB I'm Northern European

Muc_99 , On Shot / Pexels Report

Final score:

53points

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Cynthia Wilson 10 months ago

Here in Portugal everyone is greeted with "Bom dia! Tudo bem," basically "Hello! How are things?" I find that Americans do not do it as often.

15points

#22

Americans outside America will often claim that people are Scottish-ing or Italian-ing wrong because their great great great grandfather came from Scotland/Italy.

I have been corrected on my Scottishness by an American who claimed direct descent from a famous Scot who had no children.

On the other hand I also find Americans to be incredibly open and friendly and kind and generous.

US tourists seems to be of two opposite types.

Magnus_40 Report

Final score:

52points

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The Doom Song 10 months ago

I was born in Scotland, and I grew up in Australia. I like to refer to myself as Australian coz I've been here my whole life.

24points

kosher_dill_33 , Bluewater Sweden / Unsplash Report

#23

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back I was told, "Americans carry water bottles around like they're worried they'll never have access to clean water ever again."

Final score:

50points

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JJ 10 months ago

That's not American, just clever and environment friendly. I wish there were drinking fountains in Germany, too. You don't even get tap water in a restaurant, usually just an option for bottled water.

57points

growthepie , Alexander Suhorucov / Pexels Report

#24

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back They typically only speak 1 language.

Final score:

49points

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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 10 months ago

So do most Brits.

79points

BandoTheBear , Paweł L. / pexels Report

#25

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back I’m half Italian and my biggest pet peeve with American culture is Americans are averse to walking

Inb4 “American cities aren’t walkable”. That’s true to a point, but Americans a big country. There are still walkable places and even in the instance where something is, people prefer to drive. I used to walk 30 minutes to class from home and people thought I was crazy.

I also used to be an Uber driver. Many people I picked up were college students that didn’t want to make the 10-15 minute walk from the off campus dorms. I’ve had friends ask to drive to places that are only 10 minute walks. It’s kind of pathetic.

Final score:

49points

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Lame Llama 10 months ago

Once again depends on Where's they are from. My friends from NYC are still not big on driving after living in Europe for years.

27points

CrinchNflinch , Tim Mossholder / Unsplash Report

#26

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back They cut their food, then switch the fork to their right hand and put the left under the table while eating.

XL shirt on an average guy (6 ft 172 lbs / 1.82m 78 kg) also trousers with enough room for another person.

Final score:

40points

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Owen 10 months ago

When I was 7, my best friend was from the US (We were in the UK), and I never could get over the fork thingy. Like... use both hands?

21points

DeathSpiral321 , Andres Ayrton / Pexels Report

#27

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back Making casual conversation with random strangers.

Final score:

38points

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Kylie 10 months ago

I don't think that's a national trait tbh, more of a personal one.

23points

#28

Good taste in music, intolerance of monarchy, and near cult-like worship of pizza.

t20six Report

Final score:

37points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 10 months ago

Sure you aren't talking about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

80points

#29

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back Expecting to drive to everything.

TerranceBaggz , Tobi / Pexels Report

Final score:

35points

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WindySwede 10 months ago

well, without sidewalks, bike lanes and the strange zoning laws this is just the common thing?

27points

SyntheticOne , Oleksandr P / Pexels Report

#30

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back Baseball cap... even on an infant riding in a pram.

Final score:

33points

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The Doom Song 10 months ago

Here in Australia plenty of people wear baseball caps. It's not an American thing guys

56points

Jackson Sharpe 10 months ago

Maybe Us and Aussies are used to the sun???

3points

Chris Keller 10 months ago

Well, Americans and Aussies are siblings

2points

Rahul Pawa 10 months ago (edited)

Oh right, isn't there a sun protection saying in Australia? Something like "slip, slap, slop, slide".

1point

VioletHunter 10 months ago

Proof that you guys are just Texas 2.0 or something.

1point

censorshipsucks 10 months ago

52nd state ;-)

1point

JP Purves 10 months ago

This might have appeared odd twenty or thirty years ago, but people the world over now wear baseball caps. It was also once true of jeans, but everyone everywhere wear them now.

0points

Eric Williams 10 months ago

It is too! We invented it!

0points

Rizzo 10 months ago

When did they remove the propellers from the caps? I think they should all have propellers. :)

6points

Rinso the Red 10 months ago

Those were "beanies"

2points

Rinso the Red 10 months ago

Not sure what the issue here is with a hat. They're comfortable, most are adjustable for size, and they shade your head/eyes from the sun. Who has the real issue on this one?

3points

Trillian 10 months ago

I wear a cap in the summer all the time. They are great protection against the sun, shade your eyes and stay on your head.

2points

Rostit. . 10 months ago

how dare we worry about skin cancer.

1point

Grant Johnson 10 months ago

In Mexico the Americans wear sombreros and the locals wear ball caps

1point

UpQuarkDownQuark (he/hey you) 10 months ago

At least he’s wearing it the right way around!

1point

Natalie H 10 months ago

I’m a woman and I wear a baseball cap. It keeps the sun off my face.

0points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Many men in the states wear a bb cap because of insecurities about losing their hair.

0points

Captain Kyra 10 months ago

Please look at the average sunlight hours on a world map, the US gets more sunlight than the majority of Europe. I live in a sunny place and looking at the sunlight map made me realize I will have to limit my travel time certain places or suffer from extreme seasonal affective disorder.

0points

EarthGrowl 10 months ago

Mine has Baby Yoda stitched on the front.

0points

Krod Mandoon 10 months ago

What's a pram?

0points

EarthGrowl 10 months ago

Baby stroller.

0points

TiNaBoNiNa 10 months ago

I think this depends on which region of the US you come from. Baseball caps are few and far between in the Pacific NW.

0points

EarthGrowl 10 months ago

Especially Red Ones.

0points

Roger Nehring 10 months ago

Some people have not heard of skin cancer, apparently.

0points

Elchinero 10 months ago

MAGA hats

0points

EarthGrowl 10 months ago

🤮

0points

Rocco MZ 10 months ago

Funny, I live in an East Coast city popular to European tourists and they wear baseball hats as well. Maybe not with team names on them, but they wear baseball hats.

0points

Birgit Sommer 10 months ago

What's a pram?

0points

madbakes 10 months ago

Stroller

1point

I’ll have a treble thanks. 10 months ago

They are ghastly items, but suppose they keep the sun out of the eyes.

0points

SlightlyTarnished 10 months ago

"ghastly" is a bit of an overreaction.

-1point

Silly-Rabbit 10 months ago

Stroller

0points

censorshipsucks 10 months ago

no, it's called a pram. Thanks, south african. Stroller is an american word.

0points

WindySwede 10 months ago

they are good for the sun, but maybe I would not ware them out in public space-- 🙃

-2points

censorshipsucks 10 months ago

not really. You get a sunburnt neck. And if you turn them around to shield your neck, then you squint in the sunlight. Pointless really. I wear a fully brimmed hat for this reason.

1point

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#31

Everyone is ignoring what OP actually asked and giving subtle signs that someone is American. Here's an obvious one: they have an American accent.

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Final score:

27points

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Phoenix 10 months ago

Which one? There are quite a few American accents.

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#32

They’re super friendly to complete strangers on public transportation.

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Final score:

23points

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James016 10 months ago

This would break rule 1 of London Underground travel.

25points

SirPrestigious9570 Report

#33

Some of the coolest friends I have but damn do they use time to express distance like oh I am 10 minutes away from you and they mean driving not walking nor biking which annoyed the hell out of me at first.

Final score:

21points

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Meilin Kai 10 months ago

Because 5 miles of highway and 5 miles of inner city have a huge time difference.

42points

Efficient_Poetry_187 Report

#34

I’m from Ireland, we get a lot of American tourists and you can spot them a mile away. It’s not just clothes but their demeanour. Everything is “awesome.”

Final score:

20points

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Geoffrey Mason 10 months ago

Well, in fairness, we're in a foreign country. Everything really is awesome.

56points

SuvenPan , Luigi Pozzoli / Unspla Report

#35

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back Ask for ice in their water.

Final score:

18points

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Libstak 10 months ago (edited)

Rubbish, I live in Australia with scorching long hot summers. Everything comes with ice wherever possible. Americans did not invent ice water ffs.

83points

#36

They ask for a side of Ranch.

WilsonRachel Report

Final score:

18points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 10 months ago

This American hates ranch dressing. Vinaigrette all the way. I thought I hated salad, no I just hate ranch and grew up in the USA.

23points

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#37

They call 'Royale with cheese' as a 'Quarter pounder'.

rybozamac Report

Final score:

15points

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Cee 10 months ago

Who knew that Pulp Fiction would turn out to have a plethora of info

17points

MarcusWahlbezius , Kristina Petrick / Unsplash Report

#38

Someone Asks “What’s An Obvious Sign That Someone Is American?” And 30 People Don’t Hold Back My friend went to Germany recently, and what people said about Americans is you can spot them a mile away because they’re the ones wearing pajamas in public. Apparently in other countries, at least Germany, they dress a little more formal and in less baggy clothes than we do in America.

Final score:

15points

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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 10 months ago

Another one not exclusively American. Common sight on the morning school run or in Tesco.

26points

#39

Wearing shoes indoors. Gross.

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14points

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Owen 10 months ago

I used to (UK not US). When I stopped I realised my flat was waaaaaay cleaner and required less cleaning. Just buy nice socks.

17points

#40

The have a weird way of measuring temperature.

Dolf-from-Wrexham Report

Final score:

14points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 10 months ago

In our defense Fahrenheit was invented in Poland.

28points

#41

Walking and eating. Ain't nobody in America got time to just eat, gotta be doing something else too or you're wasting time.

xtrememudder89 Report

Final score:

14points

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Kevin Snyder 10 months ago

No other countries have markets with street food? You don't know what you're missing.

10points

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#42

Ironically enough, Americans are the least bigoted people and are the most hospitable of any culture.
The only caveat is that they are often taken advantage of and things can turn to s**t pretty quickly.
Also, everyone trolls Americans for having as much love and respect for their own country and culture as anyone else has for their own countries and cultures.
It’s almost as sensitive as talking about politics and religion.

anon Report

Final score:

12points

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Agfox 10 months ago

"... Americans are the least bigoted people..." - would like to see some stats to support this comment

20points

#43

Going to a nice restaurant, the theatre, opera, and people wearing long shorts, sneakers, and getting told they can't come in. (Seen it happen loads of times). In Florence (Italy), in a local restaurant renowned for their tripe dishes. The loud American table asked for gluten free pasta, all ordered cokes, and didn't like any of the (amazing) food. One of the parties walked out crying because the waiter was "rude." S**t like that.

Tapsa39 Report

Final score:

7points

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BrownTabby 10 months ago

In New Zealand I go to nice restaurants in long shorts and sneakers and get let in. :) We don’t take ourselves too seriously here.

24points

#44

My high school French teacher (who was born in France and grew up there, in Germany, and in Italy) gave us a whole list. Here are the ones I remember:

Americans in foreign countries always walk around looking up at everything, whereas most locals and non-American tourists spend more time looking down. In short, as she put it, "Americans always walk around like you deserve to be there."

Americans also wear sneakers everywhere, whereas other people often wear shoes. Same for t-shirts when others would wear something with a collar. There's also the whole shoes-in-the-house thing, which is also a dead giveaway.

Most Americans will try English first before switching to the local language. This annoys a lot of people who otherwise know English but need a second to readjust in their minds, at which point the American has moved on to garbled guidebook phrases.

She never said anything about leaning on things, from what I remember, but in college there was an Australian exchange student living in our dorm. He made fun of us for that a lot. But by the end of the semester, he was doing it too.

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4points

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Donkey boi 10 months ago

Americans look up, because the architecture is different and they are seeing something new. Locals already know what the buildings and vaulted ceilings look like so don't need to look up. It has nothing to do with 'walk around like you deserve to be there'. As for the sneakers/trainers, they are exploring somewhere new! Let them have comfortable foot wear. I wore trainers in the states, boots in Costa Rica, and wellies in Yorkshire.

14points

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#45

Americans in Asia (where I live) have an unmistakable and utterly misplaced air of entitlement that has to be seen to be believed.

If you've never witnessed main character syndrome up close then take a holiday to Asia and observe Americans in action.

Charisma_Engine Report

Final score:

3points

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Jeff Hunt 10 months ago

The tour buses full of Chinese tourists in the western U.S. win gold every time for entitled, obnoxious behavior.

86points

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#46

This is American tourists in Europe focused. They tend to look like they're either: 1. Preparing for survival in the wilderness despite being in the middle of a big city: bucket hat, sunglasses, bigger backpacks, shorts, running shoes, big water bottle, visible bottle of sunscreen somewhere etc. and so do their kids. 2. Trying a little too hard with dressing like what they think the fashion of the country is (stereotypical example beret and stripes in France). European tourists tend to dress more classy-casual/like they're just going for a regular everyday walk through the city. What gives away a European tourist (in Europe, at least) is usually just the camera. And beside the frequently mentioned loudness everywhere and being overly friendly, also: - downing their coffee in a café in 3.7 seconds and moving on unlike most Europeans that properly sit down and enjoy it - their kids always seem to be wilding around and needing more discipline to stay by their parents side - the childlike excitement they have when using public transport (especially buses for some reason) like it's a modern wonder they've never seen or experienced before - always looking like they're in a hurry.

Final score:

3points

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VioletHunter 10 months ago (edited)

Now I'm imagining some tourist casually walking around in a beret and striped shirt, holding a baguette, trying to blend in with the natives. 🤣

37points

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#47

They don't realize just how beautiful America's landscape is. They travel all over the world to see beautiful far away places but meanwhile, in their backyard, they have breathtaking areas.

Talk to any American and the last place they wanna travel is around America, one of the most beautiful places on earth.

HOW DO THEY NOT KNOW?

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Final score:

2points

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Cathy 10 months ago

Hmmm, the Americans I meet love to talk and give tips on where to go in their country.

21points

#48

Americans will bus their own fast food table. In other countries, people will leave their trash.

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Final score:

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grotesqueer 10 months ago

I don't know what these "other countries" are, but I can tell you Finland isn't one of them.

18points

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#49

How they pronounce Arab names. You might be asking this goes for most Native english speaking places BUT compare places like London which has a very prominent Muslim (and by default Arab names) population to say.....a town in Arizona. I say this because I had just watched an episode of a lawyer show, and they had to defend a client who's from Iraq, so they were also talking to friends and family with clear Arabic names, and they essentially butchered nearly every single one of their names with American vowels.

Final score:

-12points

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Cin 10 months ago

"Watching a show". It's TV. Scripted. Purposeful.

17points

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Emma S 10 months ago (edited)

Stop attacking Americans. It's not funny anymore and has gone past a joke into blantant xenophobia. Yes, there are people there who act entitled and lack understanding of other cultures, but those people exist in every country in the world. I'm British and can confirm they certainly exist here as well. Some British people still act very entitled in Europe. I saw people getting upset at Schipol airport because they had to wait in the bigger queue when going through immigration like they didn't vote for it.

42points

Tams21 10 months ago

I totally agree, BP is starting to cross an ugly line with with these constant articles about the US.

24points

Lady Miss Pie Premium 10 months ago

Thank you—I’m American but almost none of these apply to me or my family. I hate these articles. There are many highly educated bilingual soft spoken Americans who don’t take ice in their drinks. *sigh*

8points

Sewanee Citizen 10 months ago

One way to balance things out a bit would be an article on "how to spot a colonial"...

5points

Sojourner 1 month ago

This is what I mean.

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Megan Johnson 10 months ago

I feel you 100% on that. But this didn't seem insulting to me. (Granted, I didn't make it to the end) All cultures are different. I thought the "leaning on things" one was funny! I had never realized I do that but it's true.

0points

Eliza Osenbaugh-Stewart 10 months ago

Most of these seem neutral or positive about Americans. There is nothing negative about noticing cultural differences. I did find a couple rather judgey but they were in the minority.

0points

DB 10 months ago

First anti-American post of 2024. Thanks BP. What took you so long?

34points

MaximumKarmaSaint 10 months ago

3 days? That's a new record for BP!

7points

sofacushionfort 10 months ago

Thank you, all non-USA pandas who respond to these articles with nuance, reason and actual empirical knowledge of the topic

24points

LokisLilButterknife 10 months ago

I'm originally from the United Kingdom and I find listicles like this just flat out cruel. I actually just wrote a note to BoredPanda letting them know that they are alienating their reader base and ruining the integrity of this site with cruel listicles like this. They'll probably never read it though because they couldn't care less about their readers.

20points

LokisLilButterknife 10 months ago (edited)

Jesus freaking Christ, BoredPanda. What the hell has happened to this site? It is nothing but AITA listcles and nasty stereotypes aimed at your readers. You have totally lost what this site used to be. Do you think it is funny to constantly stereotype and attack your readers from a specific country? Must be nice to get paid to insult people, Migle. Do you even listen to your readers anymore or care what they have to say? I have family in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Denmark and let me tell you there are entitled people all around the world. Stop alienating and insulting your readers--it's freaking petty and immature. I'm sorry, BoredPanda writers can't even call themselves writers when all they do is copy-and-paste c**p like this from Reddit.

22points

Rostit. . 10 months ago

wait, but they do write some little drivel in the middle that no one ever reads because why would you? (i fully agree, they are not writers, they are click bait posters). I wish I had the drive to submit a " 140 dumb things that "writers" on BP believe"

8points

Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 10 months ago

Couldn't be bothered reading to the end. Nothing new, and most aren't exclusively American.

19points

LuckyLouise 10 months ago

Pretty sick of the American bashing theme on BP. Not the first time (or tenth). Think I’m done with this site.

17points

Rostit. . 10 months ago

What a dumb fuckingass thread. Perpetuating xenophobia and stereotypes that are unfounded. I thought BP had learned that these threads are terrible. downfuckingvote.

14points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 10 months ago

I really wish BP would go back to cute animal pictures and wholesome threads. I'm tired of the xenophobia. I'm tired of recycled Reddit posts. I'm tired of the angst. I'm tired of the nonsense. The Bored Panda community is by far the best. If BP loses that, it's nothing. A shame BP seems to be trying to "unalive" itself.

14points

maswartz 10 months ago

This, I started coming here because of the cute stuff. I don't want to see nonstop AITA things about people being horrible. I don't want to see stuff torn off of reddit!

9points

idontusemygrandiq 10 months ago

this is pathetic

13points

Rocco MZ 10 months ago

What's a sign someone is truly an a*****e? They post s****y stereotypes on here with a sense of entitlement they accuse Americans of.

11points

digitalin 10 months ago

I was kind of hoping this list was going to be more like "Americans eat slices of pie starting with the corner, not the crust" or "When Americans count on their fingers, they use their thumb last, not first" or "Americans will ask for the salad before the main course, not after" or other quirky things (I don't know if these are actually true about Europe, I've just heard them) that would be interesting, and not the standard "Americans are loud, fat, and only speak English" stuff that's been beaten to death here.

10points

maswartz 10 months ago

The worst part of these is you just KNOW BP would be too terrified to run even half as many articles about other nationalities.

9points

MaximumKarmaSaint 10 months ago

The worst part is they'd actually probably defend those countries, and then go right back to America-Bashing.

5points

Mushy “MushyWaffle” Waffles 10 months ago

Wow 90% of these are completely untrue. Most of these take obscure stereotypes, add in a little vitriol, and regurgitate. This list is garbage.

9points

John Harrison 10 months ago

Read the first three. Someone please give Miglė Miliūtė and Mindaugas Balčiauskas a cookie.

8points

Dave In MD 10 months ago

How to know if someone is non-American, they are obsessed with how Americans measure things or what we call things. Yes we know you call a different sport Football, no we are not going to call our game "American Football" in our own country when talking to other Americans.

7points

Lucy 10 months ago

It’s like they’re obsessed with us, can’t leave us alone. “We’re all better and too cool for Americans, but let’s group together and tear them down like jealous high schoolers on the regular” I mean what else does this behavior say. I lived overseas for years and loved it! They can say whatever they want, our culture has permeated everywhere I travelled to. They tease our military presence, but who would your country call if someone bombed your country? I don’t think my country is the greatest, we’re actually in shambles…but the xenophobia towards us in BP is ridiculous and I’m over it. Get off our d***s.

6points

Scorched Goat Policy 10 months ago

How do we report these as being bigoted and inappropriate? BP censors some ridiculous stuff, but when it comes to writing bigoted and xenophobic articles, that's just fine, apparently. Maybe it's time to just ditch this site.

5points

LokisLilButterknife 10 months ago

Scorched Goat, I've tried countless times to report how nasty and cruel listicles like this are, but BoredPanda does nothing. If you want to try, you can click on the "contact" button. Once in the "contact" page, select "report post". You can provide the URL of this article and explain how you find it xenophobic and hurtful. Maube even enough people write something, they'll stop posting things like this.

3points

Rocco MZ 10 months ago

I live a New England East Coast City VERY popular with tourists from all over the world. It's not Boston either. We can spot tourists a mile away by the way they dress, act, talk, and how they observe things. For whatever reason, they seem to know I live here because people always stop and ask for directions or recommendations. And yes, some of them are annoying. But I also know that they aren't a true representation of everyone from their county. This site has gotten so anti- American that I'm about done with site.

5points

QUINN SANE 10 months ago

Seems more like a passive aggressive list of things Americans do that bother others.

5points

JayWantsACat 10 months ago

Ah, yes the "'Americans are so ignorant" they laugh, as they make ignorant generalizations." Look, I'm the first one to make fun of my nation and it's people but many of these are asinine, lack self-awareness, and/or just massive assumptions or projections. Thank you to those that offer thoughtful, useful criticisms. That understand that while we don't have nearly the largest population that we're a massive country that operates less like a country, like yours, and more like the EU or UN. That we're not homogenous and the differences between Americans are some of the most extreme. We can take criticism and friendly ribbing, but reading the same tired, lazy comments from the same type of people we're generalized as can be annoying. I'm sure you can understand, for which I thank you.

4points

Phoenix 10 months ago

Never noticed they were american because most of them AREN'T

4points

Jeremy Bundy 10 months ago

Just started posting. I love my country. There's a lot of s**t I don't agree with, but I was raised to respect everyone, until they give u a reason not to. Really easy to judge people. Keep that in mind.

4points

Petra Schaap 10 months ago

aaahhhhh this was so stupid, i guess i must be REALLY bored that i didnt just ignored it

3points

Erik Granqvist 10 months ago

I have never met anyone from USA here in Sweden that was not nice, friendly and open to our culture. Of course you can tell they are not from here - but that is part of the charm.

2points

Exotic Butters 10 months ago

I just skip these ones. Honestly I don't care if someone pegs me as American. I am American and glad to be American. I dont care what Europe thinks lol.

1point

David Paterson 10 months ago

It took me a long time to realise, but Americans speak English with correct grammar. Australians will um, ah, and finish a sentence in the middle, even politicians. Londoners abbreviate everything, so for instance the sentence "do you have a light?" Is simply pronounced "I". Indians run words in sentences together so a complete sentence becomes one word. But Americans speak complete sentences with perfect grammar.

1point

Mimi M 10 months ago

1) Charming things about Canada. 2) Stupid things about America. F- off, BP.

0points

Dirty Shirt 10 months ago

I'm American and welcome humorous or interesting critiques, even if they might hurt my feelings. This is just dumb.

0points

Candy Sheppard 10 months ago

Because the rest of the world is perfect

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Papa 10 months ago

In addition to anti-American, there also seems to be an anti-capitalism bias here. There have been several times when someone would post that capitalism is horrible, I would respond that yes, it's got its issues, but what alternative do you propose?, only to have my reply mysteriously disappear (as this one probably will).

0points

Papa 10 months ago

I have a question. Do that many Americans really act like asses when they travel? Much of the behavior described here would be unacceptable in any part of the US I've ever been in.

0points

james mclin 10 months ago

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Annik Perrot 10 months ago (edited)

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Jeremy Bundy 10 months ago

Just ask

5points

Exotic Butters 10 months ago

Actually MI abbreviates Michigan.

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Rostit. . 10 months ago

you have just proven how ignorant you are with bells on.

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SheamusFanFrom1987 10 months ago

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Rostit. . 10 months ago

that is not a thing. No one I know has a loyalty to a burger brand. you either talked to the 3 people who do or are making things up. again this is not a thing.

7points

Willem Oosterhof 10 months ago

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Exotic Butters 10 months ago

You accept the premise that Americans are rude and horrible and we need to be more like some other people group. I disagree with that premise and so find your post to be absurd.

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Jill 10 months ago

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LokisLilButterknife 10 months ago (edited)

So you think that constantly bashing and stereotyping part of your reader base is alright? Hmm, I'm not even from the United States and I find the amount of listcles BoredPanda posts stereotyping readers from the U.S. pretty darn disturbing and I'm liberal as all hell. Also, telling people to calm down when they are fed up and annoyed isn't very nice.

6points

Lee 10 months ago

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MaximumKarmaSaint 10 months ago

The problem is that we accept criticism from ourselves. If I said your country was terrible, listed a bunch of fake reasons, without ever going there, generalizing your country's entirety, then would you be mad? The people who can criticize a country are the people from/in that country, the same reason why if I criticized china with generalizations, I would be called a racists.

6points

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Emma S 10 months ago (edited)

42points

Tams21 10 months ago

I totally agree, BP is starting to cross an ugly line with with these constant articles about the US.

24points

Lady Miss Pie Premium 10 months ago

8points

Sewanee Citizen 10 months ago

One way to balance things out a bit would be an article on "how to spot a colonial"...

5points

Sojourner 1 month ago

This is what I mean.

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Megan Johnson 10 months ago

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Eliza Osenbaugh-Stewart 10 months ago

Most of these seem neutral or positive about Americans. There is nothing negative about noticing cultural differences. I did find a couple rather judgey but they were in the minority.

0points

DB 10 months ago

First anti-American post of 2024. Thanks BP. What took you so long?

34points

MaximumKarmaSaint 10 months ago

3 days? That's a new record for BP!

7points

sofacushionfort 10 months ago

Thank you, all non-USA pandas who respond to these articles with nuance, reason and actual empirical knowledge of the topic

24points

LokisLilButterknife 10 months ago

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LokisLilButterknife 10 months ago (edited)

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Rostit. . 10 months ago

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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 10 months ago

Couldn't be bothered reading to the end. Nothing new, and most aren't exclusively American.

19points

LuckyLouise 10 months ago

Pretty sick of the American bashing theme on BP. Not the first time (or tenth). Think I’m done with this site.

17points

Rostit. . 10 months ago

What a dumb fuckingass thread. Perpetuating xenophobia and stereotypes that are unfounded. I thought BP had learned that these threads are terrible. downfuckingvote.

14points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 10 months ago

14points

maswartz 10 months ago

This, I started coming here because of the cute stuff. I don't want to see nonstop AITA things about people being horrible. I don't want to see stuff torn off of reddit!

9points

idontusemygrandiq 10 months ago

this is pathetic

13points

Rocco MZ 10 months ago

What's a sign someone is truly an a*****e? They post s****y stereotypes on here with a sense of entitlement they accuse Americans of.

11points

digitalin 10 months ago

10points

maswartz 10 months ago

The worst part of these is you just KNOW BP would be too terrified to run even half as many articles about other nationalities.

9points

MaximumKarmaSaint 10 months ago

The worst part is they'd actually probably defend those countries, and then go right back to America-Bashing.

5points

Mushy “MushyWaffle” Waffles 10 months ago

Wow 90% of these are completely untrue. Most of these take obscure stereotypes, add in a little vitriol, and regurgitate. This list is garbage.

9points

John Harrison 10 months ago

Read the first three. Someone please give Miglė Miliūtė and Mindaugas Balčiauskas a cookie.

8points

Dave In MD 10 months ago

7points

Lucy 10 months ago

6points

Scorched Goat Policy 10 months ago

5points

LokisLilButterknife 10 months ago

3points

Rocco MZ 10 months ago

5points

QUINN SANE 10 months ago

Seems more like a passive aggressive list of things Americans do that bother others.

5points

JayWantsACat 10 months ago

4points

Phoenix 10 months ago

Never noticed they were american because most of them AREN'T

4points

Jeremy Bundy 10 months ago

4points

Petra Schaap 10 months ago

aaahhhhh this was so stupid, i guess i must be REALLY bored that i didnt just ignored it

3points

Erik Granqvist 10 months ago

I have never met anyone from USA here in Sweden that was not nice, friendly and open to our culture. Of course you can tell they are not from here - but that is part of the charm.

2points

Exotic Butters 10 months ago

I just skip these ones. Honestly I don't care if someone pegs me as American. I am American and glad to be American. I dont care what Europe thinks lol.

1point

David Paterson 10 months ago

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Mimi M 10 months ago

1) Charming things about Canada. 2) Stupid things about America. F- off, BP.

0points

Dirty Shirt 10 months ago

I'm American and welcome humorous or interesting critiques, even if they might hurt my feelings. This is just dumb.

0points

Candy Sheppard 10 months ago

Because the rest of the world is perfect

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Papa 10 months ago

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Papa 10 months ago

I have a question. Do that many Americans really act like asses when they travel? Much of the behavior described here would be unacceptable in any part of the US I've ever been in.

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james mclin 10 months ago

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Annik Perrot 10 months ago (edited)

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Jeremy Bundy 10 months ago

Just ask

5points

Exotic Butters 10 months ago

Actually MI abbreviates Michigan.

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Rostit. . 10 months ago

you have just proven how ignorant you are with bells on.

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SheamusFanFrom1987 10 months ago

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Rostit. . 10 months ago

that is not a thing. No one I know has a loyalty to a burger brand. you either talked to the 3 people who do or are making things up. again this is not a thing.

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Willem Oosterhof 10 months ago

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Exotic Butters 10 months ago

You accept the premise that Americans are rude and horrible and we need to be more like some other people group. I disagree with that premise and so find your post to be absurd.

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Jill 10 months ago

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LokisLilButterknife 10 months ago (edited)

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Lee 10 months ago

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MaximumKarmaSaint 10 months ago

6points