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Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Thinking everyone wants to live in America.

Tuesdayallweek , 5chw4r7z Report

Final score:

157points

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Erik Ivan 1 year ago

Why would anyone want to live in a plan with the highest health care costs in the world, the most shootings, the highest percent of the population in prison, the most expensive education system in thw world, way lower average life

166points

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. It's alarming to me how many Americans I've met who think all countries do their own version of the pledge. It is a uniquely American thing.

throwawaylogin2099 , Dricker94 Report

Final score:

150points

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Luke Branwen 1 year ago

As a very anti-nationalist guy, I can't describe how creepy and dystopian the "pledge" is to me.

126points

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses UK here, the price you see in a shop is the price you actually pay

siciowaThe9 , Marc Majcher Report

Final score:

147points

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Frances M 1 year ago

Why do people keep stating that different states have different taxes?? Every country has different taxes and VAT rates on different products and it’s still easy for them to put the total price against the individual product. Laziness of shop owners at pricing just means more work for them at sale end.

80points

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses mm-dd-yyyy

SuvenPan , tanakawho Report

Final score:

132points

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Mrs Irish Mom 1 year ago

26-12-2022 done

69points

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Flags on everything always seemed weird to me, flags on their houses, flags on their cars, flags at the beach, flags f**ken everywhere.

Fearless_You808 , Nick Amoscato Report

Final score:

130points

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Otto Katz 1 year ago

I'm American, flags everywhere to me is fucken weird. We make fun of it all the time "Oh look! an American flag! Good for a minute there, I thought we got lost and ended up in Germany!"

125points

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses American college culture is the weirdest s**t on earth.

Frats, sororities, all of it.

Literally no other country is like that, anywhere.

fencerman , Karla Report

Final score:

120points

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RoanTheMad 1 year ago

We may not have frats and sororities in the UK/EU, but we certainly have the drinking and parties. xP (eg: Freshers Week in the UK, or Russefeiring in Norway, etc)

35points

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses The sheer amount of ad breaks when watching a tv show. In the US, there seems to be one every 10 mins, but here in the UK, you get a break halfway through a show and then in between shows and that's it.

drax3012 , Abubakr Saeed Report

Final score:

110points

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Otto Katz 1 year ago

It used to be that way in the US, then went to 10 minutes, now it's every 8 minutes.

57points

Erik_Kalkoken , Presidencia de la República Mexicana Report

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Circumcision. It is actually not very common outside North America & Africa.

Final score:

109points

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R 1 year ago

If it’s not for a medical reason it should be illegal! If it’s illegal for cutting pieces out from a female genitalia it should be equally illegal to do it on a male

104points

#10

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Having garbage disposal unit installed under kitchen sink.

SuvenPan , bradleypjohnson Report

Final score:

102points

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Helena 1 year ago

I love our angry sinks.

65points

#11

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Fahrenheit

sigauster , Per-Olof Forsberg Report

Final score:

100points

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Stardust she/her 1 year ago

Once, the weather app on my phone had its settings changed to farenheit by my brother without me knowing so i ended up freaking out when i saw that the forecast for tomorrow would be 75 degrees

52points

#12

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Having the waiter take your credit card at a restaurant. Most other countries bring the machine to you so you can pay at the table and at least reduce the risk of having your credit card information stolen...

bobbi21 , Free Images Report

Final score:

99points

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Fat Harry 1 year ago

Yep. In the UK the terminal comes to you.

48points

billyjoeseph , Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos Report

#13

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Files for bankruptcy for medical bills...

Final score:

96points

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Best Behave 1 year ago

I read that 60% of personal bankruptcies in the states are medical.

53points

#14

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Having public bathroom stall doors that do NOT go all the way to the floor.

Mahaloth , Ben Schumin Report

Final score:

95points

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Otto Katz 1 year ago

I like that. You can tell if the stall is occupied without having to knock on the door, or try to push it open, only to find it not locked and it is occupied.

28points

NotCleverNamesTaken , Nicolas Lannuzel Report

#15

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses The over the top customer service attitude.

On a trip abroad my wife thought that she upset the waiter somehow because he was generally neutral in his interaction.

It was generally neutral because it was a generally neutral interaction. No need for that customer service attitude!

Final score:

92points

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

So on this one, the US is being criticized because service workers are friendly? 🤔

48points

#16

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Identify as the nationality of their great grandparents.

Call_of_Tculhu , Hugo Chisholm Report

Final score:

90points

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Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago

It’s the melting pot idea. TBH, there’s nothing wrong with being proud of your background, but we’re all still Americans—-no matter how many generations have passed since our forebears got off the boat. Or the plane.

63points

Old_Consideration_31 , Nigel Howe Report

#17

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses No joke I knew a girl who really thought every country lit fireworks on the 4th of July.

Final score:

89points

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Niki A 1 year ago

This is the point of social studies, kids. Don't be that person outed on social media.

62points

VapoursAndSpleen , Daniel R. Blume Report

#18

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses The first amendment. I just howled with laughter when some Canadian convoy protestor claimed he had first amendment rights, when the first amendment in the Canadian constitution actually provided for the government of Manitoba.

Final score:

84points

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Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago (edited)

Many people forget that rights come with responsibilities, and have reasonable limits. Yes, you have the right to free speech, but if you incite violence with it, you have to pay the consequences of doing so. The worse the violence, the heavier the consequences. Most of us understand that, but the loud, rude minority seem to get more attention, and end up being the false and unfair stereotype of all of us.

69points

#19

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Born and raised in the US (Massachusetts). When I went to Australia, I automatically assumed that the waiter would bring the bill over when they think we're done eating and just tell us to pay whenever we're ready. I sat at the table for a good 15min just browsing my phone with no food or drink on the table until I decided to call a waiter over. They told me when I'm ready, I can pay at the front counter.

Went to Brazil to visit my wife's family and we ordered some street food. I tried to pay upon order and my wife told me they take payment after we finish eating even if it's street food... After eating, we totally forgot that we haven't paid yet and just got up and walked away because we're so used to paying upon order. About 50metres of walking, I was like, wait... We didn't pay for the food. We rushed back to pay and the cooks had a good laugh about it.

iebi , Luis Penados Report

Final score:

81points

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Diana Pahule 1 year ago

I think I'd rather just pay for it up front.

42points

#20

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Immense portions in restaurants and then taking a slightly less immense (but still big) boxful of leftovers home. Calling the main course an entrée, when entrée means starter/appetiser.

batedkestrel , Richard Berg Report

Final score:

81points

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Fat Harry 1 year ago

YES!! It really annoys me when I hear Americans refer to the main as the "entrée". The clue is in the name.

58points

#21

Hospitals connected to specific insurances (and you having to make sure you go to the right one, how do you even do that after a car crash..?)

Ruhestoerung Report

Final score:

73points

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LH25 1 year ago

I think that most if not all insurance plans will allow you to get emergency treatment at any hospital.

22points

#22

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Free water at restaurants, and water just being brought to the table by default without you ordering it. I definitely prefer the American way. I literally always want water with my meal, regardless of whether I am also ordering something else to drink.

A2CH123 , Dennis Jarvis Report

Final score:

63points

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Fat Harry 1 year ago

You can get water for free at any restaurant in the UK. You might just have to ask. Ditto much of the rest of Europe, I should think.

55points

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#23

My experience is that Americans don't often consider people outside of America. My American family are lovely people but they are insular patriots and they've never had a reason to think outside of America really.

And to answer your question, most of it is monetary assumptions. They were blown away that we don't tip everyone for everything. They were also surprised they knew the exact amount they were going to pay for something before they hit the till.

Final score:

58points

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Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago (edited)

I’m sorry your family are classic “Ugly Americans”, but most of us aren’t. We DO take other countries into consideration, and are good travelers—-not tourists, there’s a difference. Unfortunately, we don’t get the press that the uglies do, so people assume we’re all the same. We’re definitely not.

62points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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#24

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Drinking out of red solo cups in college. A friend of mine studied abroad in London and said her new friends asked if we actually used them or if they were “only in the movies.”

mommyrella , arvind grover Report

Final score:

49points

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James016 1 year ago

I though they were only in the movies until I saw them in a supermarket while on holiday.

26points

#25

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses This is (from what I've been told by others outside the state) more of a Texas thing, but if someone asks how far away something is we tell them a time frame, not how many miles. This has been the standard my whole life, so hearing that other people don't do this is weird to me.

pigeoniscoop , John-Mark Smith Report

Final score:

48points

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Roadkill The Brave 1 year ago

It's not just a Texas thing.

74points

#26

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses The gas pump only turning on after you’ve paid. I was in the UK and filling up my rental at a somewhat rural station and was flabbergasted that I was supposed to pay after. I asked the guy if people ever leave without paying and he just shrugged and said “sometimes, but not often enough that it’s a problem”

Rwebberc , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

47points

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SL SL 1 year ago

I was so confused when I had to refuel my rental car for the very first time in the US. I thought the pump was broken, just realised after some time that I had to pay first. As it did not take my German credit card (I could not give a ZIP code) I had to walk to the rather dimly lit counter (evening) and then did not know how much I should pay up front. How am I supposed to know how much will go in?

11points

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#27

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Calling the main meal an entrée.
Elsewhere (most of the world, including France from where the word comes), it’s the course preceding the main course.
Synonyms are appetiser, starter or hors d'oeuvre.

Edit: hors d’oeuvres are not the same as appetisers - I used the term as a generality to differentiate main from non-main courses.
Thanks to those who pulled me up on the specificity 😊🥂

Kate-ish , NatalieMaynor Report

Final score:

43points

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Mister Dave 1 year ago

English does have quite a few "borrowed" words. Sometimes words change meanings.

25points

MellifluousPenguin Report

#28

Credit.

I mean, we can take a credit if we want to, pretty much everywhere in the world. But everyday's life in America seem to revolve around credit, from your student loan, to your health payments, to your mortgage, but also seemingly for all and everything and everyday's purchases, and all Americans I know always have half a dozen of credit cards they use to pay one another in a complex game of optimization. The very notion of credit score is also absent in most of the world outside of America.

Take the example of France (where I live). Most people have a single credit or two, for their house payment and sometimes for their car. Everytime you want to subscribe to a new credit, they will look into your current credits and your taxable income to make sure you can afford it, and that's about it. No complex stuff. People have a single "credit" card but many (myself included) don't even use the credit feature, we opt for immediate debit. Much easier to track your current balance. I am a father of 3, well in my forties, with a house, a car, an e-bike, a rather "expensive" lifestyle because of the 3 kids. And I have a single (big, lol) credit for the house. Of course, some less fortunate may need to make more use of credit, but it's not in the general mindset : if you can avoid it, don't use it. People tend, as much as they can, to make provision for future purchases and then pay cash (or very short-term like 4 month).

Final score:

43points

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Caroline Edink-Koppelaar 1 year ago

where I live in Europe everyone just uses direct debit cards... ppl generally only start getting credit cards because they need it for a certain purchase or for a holiday in certain countries that aren't covered by the debit cards (for example... I don't own a credit card because my debit card has a world-coverage)... also in my country you don't build credit with your credit card... has nothing to do with it... it's just a different means of payment... you don't need a credit card to get a mortgage, or a car, or a house... just enough money on your bank account (both debit & credit cards are attached to the same bank account)...

12points

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#29

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses When I came to US from Canada to see a friend, after dinner when we were splitting the bill they asked if I could just venmo it over. And then I told them we don’t have venmo. And then I saw the shocked pikachu meme face around me.

So I’m gonna say venmo.

AT1787 , Anete Lusina Report

Final score:

37points

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Fat Harry 1 year ago

We don't have venmo because we can transfer money between bank accounts for free.

82points

#30

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Move around only in cars

AutumnKoo , flightlog Report

Final score:

29points

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Stevo 1 year ago

Well, when everything is a hundred miles away with no public transit whatsoever, what ya gonna do?

70points

Well-Dressed Wolf 1 year ago

Yep. Where I live, there’s virtually no public transport. There’s only really mediocre buses and they only cover a small portion of the area. Pretty much everyone HAS to drive :(

18points

Judes 1 year ago

Demand that the government build public transport?

9points

Max Robitzsch 1 year ago

Do the same thing as everywhere else. Change how things work. As an individual you may not have much choice - as society you have, unless you actually live rurally.

5points

Jeff Gabrisl 1 year ago

You get on your horse and pack saddle bags! J/k no one can afford a horse any more.

3points

Pink Aesthetic 1 year ago

Same thing in where I live (Northern Finland) but we go by bike or walk. Or cross-country ski in winter

2points

Meami 1 year ago

Yep. Sadly our public transportation infrastructure is not what it is in many other countries and we have a lot more miles between town and cities in many parts of the country.

1point

Brandi VanSteenwyk 1 year ago

Thumbs up.... Literally.

0points

Shaun Coleman 1 year ago

Why is everything a hundred miles away? Do you live in the little house on the prairie?

0points

Telepathetic 1 year ago

Hitch hike

0points

Niki A 1 year ago

I live in a rural area, and there's no public transport. I don't have a choice.

9points

Pink Aesthetic 1 year ago

Same in where I live (Northern Finland) but we bike or alk and sometimes cross-country ski when it's winter

0points

Kate Haslam 1 year ago

Southern California suburbs. I defy you to walk to the market and back in August.

6points

Well-Dressed Wolf 1 year ago

Same here XD I had a brief period where I couldn’t drive due to vision issues, so I had to ride my bike. (This was before the rise of delivery services.) Grocery shopping was a nightmare. And if I had to take my cat to the vet? I’m calling in a favor from a friend XD And yeah, going ANYWHERE by foot or by bike in the months from June to September is a nightmare.

3points

Lil Potato 1 year ago (edited)

Not in New York CIty

5points

MarieL 1 year ago

You mean New York CITY, what about the rest of New York STATE? You need a car.

4points

JelliTate 1 year ago

Not in Seattle

4points

Jay 1 year ago

The auto industry and taxi cab unions have done everything they can to kill as much public transportation as possible in the USA while also stigmatizing it as much as possible. We only have it in a few cities like Chicago, Boston and NYC. Los Angeles has it, but to quote a native "it runs from where nobody lives to where nobody works".

3points

Stylishsidewaysbird 1 year ago

Also if there is public transportation in most places it isn’t very reliable or comes frequently enough. I’m a med student in Seattle and it doesn’t make sense to take the bus. It can take 1.5 hrs to get to a hospital 10 miles away. The 10 miles is too far and not safe enough to bike and spending 3 hrs on a bus every day is wasteful when time is so valuable. Trust me….most Americans wish public transportation was more available and accessible!

3points

Jay 1 year ago (edited)

Not true. Chicago has great public buses and trains and lots of people use them. It's very common for people who move to Chicago to sell their car within the first two years. If you don't need to go to the suburbs, it's often more of a hassle and expense to pay for parking and dig your car out all winter..

2points

MC C 1 year ago

again, a person who knows nothing about the US but what they have heard from other Europeans, in urban areas people get around plenty on public transportation, also people fly, the city I live in has 7 airports that are either in it or in the surrounding suburbs. The US is so large that there is rarely a homogeneous way of doing anything, this is something that Europeans don't understand about the US, our states are bigger than countries in Europe, Each region does things differently, yet Europeans learn about how they do things in one region and wrongly apply that to the entire country, sadly a lot of young Americans believe these misconceptions Europeans are putting out onto the internet

3points

Synsepalum 1 year ago

I'm American and do not own a car. I also live in Montana, a state that does not have a robust public transportation system. It's not common, but it can be done.

2points

Stephanie Goadsby 1 year ago

If you have enough people in your life that you can rely on to constantly be doing you favours, sure.

2points

LH25 1 year ago

I've known several people who didn't get drivers license here in the US because they lived in areas where they didn't need it.

2points

Me Gravy 1 year ago

...i walk 1.8 miles to and from work everyday - work in a large inner city hospital in admin. I walk EVERY WHERE. So not all of us Americans do that. Just sayin ;]

1point

Paul Pienkowski 1 year ago

Uhhh. This is kinda necessary. You ever seen some of the distances between just normal towns in the Midwest? Trains and buses would be inconvenient for such travel.

1point

Peta Hurley-Hill 1 year ago

I live in the country ,in Australia so I totally get this. It's a minimum half hour drive just to do our shopping.

1point

Emma London 1 year ago (edited)

Visited Pitsburgh last month to watch hockey. Wanted to visit Walmart for funzies. Took a buss, it took 50 minutes to get there. We also wanted to visit Burlingtons and other stores, but we coudn't because Walmart was on a top of a hill and there were NO walkways out of there. We SAW the roofs of the other buildings, they were maybe a half a mile away, but it would have been impossible to walk there since there wasn't even an unofficial path in a grass, nothing. The only way out was the road full of cars.

1point

maragato 1 year ago

Try to live in any city in Florida without a car...

1point

Lisalisa 1 year ago

I live in a rural area in Florida. If I even tried to walk down the highway to get to the closest convenience store, I'd probably get hit by a semi or farm truck.

0points

That emo Girl 1 year ago

Like, can you not walk a ten minute walk and save money?

0points

Ann Dennis 1 year ago

Being as the U.S. is a capitalist country, long-distance public transport doesn't get built unless it will be profitable to whomever is putting up the money to build it. Most local transport systems are handled by tax money. A frighteningly large percentage of the population equates socialism with communism.

0points

Thecoolbonnie 1 year ago

There's always public transit in the big cities. I think it's different here because the U.S is so much bigger in size

0points

Scott Crowe 1 year ago

You can kiss my a*s if you think I'm going to sit on a f*****g bus for 2-hrs. every day when I can get there by car in about 30 minutes, plus I can go wherever the hell I feel like at any given time. It's different in the city, but outside elsewhere it's a whole other story.

-1point

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#31

At will employment.

Ruhestoerung Report

Final score:

23points

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John Topper 1 year ago

For anyone who isn't sure. Definition from Indeed "At-will employment describes a working environment in which employers are free to terminate employees at any time, without cause, explanation or prior warning, provided it does not violate state and federal anti-discrimination laws. Similarly, employees can quit a job at any time without reason or notice."

21points

#32

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses It took me about 3 tries to get tap water in Germany.

"Wasser bitte." "Mineralwasser? (sparkling mineral water)". "Nein, wasser ohne mineral." "Quellwasser? (spring water)" "Nein, wasser von den kitchen sink." "Leitungswasser? (tap water)". "Ja, danke."

That glass of water cost me more than a beer of equivalent volume.

PilotKnob , heipei Report

Final score:

21points

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Bianca Saville 1 year ago

In the UK, if you are licensed to sell alcohol then you must give a customer tap water if they request it.

1point

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#33

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Have grape flavoured foods. I'm sure it exists elsewhere, but I've never seen it here in the UK. We have blackcurrant flavour instead, which is the 'purple' version in sweets and drinks.

Highland_Dragon , flamingo331 Report

Final score:

20points

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Fat Harry 1 year ago

Blackcurrent > grape. Americans don't know what they're missing.

17points

#34

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Free refills on sodas

AldousSaidin , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

19points

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

I'd be happy to accept that system in my country, except that instead of soda I need espresso. Which is pretty much how a coffee machine works. I'll see myself out.

11points

#35

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses I thought PBJ sandwiches was a worldwide phenomenon as a kid!

Mammoth-Honeydew-227 , hiwarz Report

Final score:

19points

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RoanTheMad 1 year ago (edited)

maybe not a "phenomenon" but they are eaten elsewhere. I just tried it one day and decided "this is good"

8points

#36

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Drinking Root beer. My Brazilian friend told me they do not drink that, as it is the flavor of their toothpaste!

GlimmerMage12 , cyclonebill Report

Final score:

19points

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F. Jeske 1 year ago

I love root beer. If it ends up on Dutch soil, and a store near by me. I buy it all. Every week 2 untill it is gone. No one else buys it.

8points

#37

Not commonly having a passport

nick_gadget Report

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19points

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Wondering Alice 1 year ago

I think this is a wee bit unfair. I have visited about half the countries in Europe, still loads more I want to see. I find it hard to imagine spending so long traveling to the other side of the world when so much is close by. So I think if i was American I might not leave America when there is so much variety. Who gets a passport unless they are actually planning to go abroad.?

20points

#38

Shoes in the house

bizreack Report

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16points

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ItsJess 1 year ago

I am an American and never wear shoes in the house- my husband and I even take our slippers when we visit people because we can't stand wearing shoes in the house

18points

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#39

Netizen Wonders "What Is An American Thing But Americans Think Everyone Outside Of America Does It?", Gets 30 Responses Growing up I thought baseball was as widely played as football (soccer) worldwide

Profeshyprocrite , tawest64 Report

Final score:

15points

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

Let's take a moment to appreciate a nice bunch of pretty cupcakes.

35points

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#40

Smiling for a picture being taken of you, especially official pictures like ID photos.

Final score:

10points

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R 1 year ago

I tried to smile for my passport picture. Big mistake. The Swedish police woman said that I should have a more neutral face. I answered, neutral like we did in the ww2 ? It was a very uncomfortable silence, but I have a small smile on my passport picture.

28points

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LH25 1 year ago

I do get tired of these lists. In large part because it lumps us all into one group so often. Americans are very diverse in many ways.

26points

deathrose 1 year ago

It's the same list every time. At least get some new materials.

21points

Ches Yamada 1 year ago (edited)

They don't have any, lol. We're so terrible that they can't find anything new to gripe on us and feel superior about, so they just recycle it in different ways.

12points

Stardust she/her 1 year ago (edited)

The highschools in the US always confused me as a kid. In my country we just study in the same classroom for every subject (except sports and computer) so I never really got the point of going around the whole school in order to attend your classes edit: i don’t understand in what way my comment was wrong as i have a few downvotes. I’ll only be able to rectify myself if someone tells me what I did wrong

16points

David Andrews 1 year ago

You have not done anything wrong, you legitimately said something you find strange that people do in the US but not in other countries. Unfortunately there are some people on here who will vote down anything questioning how Americans do things

8points

Karmen vrt 1 year ago

Many European hight schooles have the same system, teachers have the classroom and students change it for every subject

4points

Stardust she/her 1 year ago

edit: i don’t understand in what way my comment was wrong as i have a few downvotes. I’ll only be able to rectify myself if someone tells me what I did wrong

2points

Bettina Jansen 1 year ago

Interesting : we switch classrooms too, in France and the Netherlands, so I never saw that as strange.

1point

Jay 1 year ago

Different teachers teach different subjects, and not everyone takes the same classes or at the same time. There are often more choices in fitting in your requirements. Like a school might teach Spanish, French, and German, and the student just has to take 2 years of one of them.

0points

Ches Yamada 1 year ago

I never understood this either - I hated having to panic and run to all my classes

0points

PaddleChica 1 year ago

Ah boy, BoredPanda can’t even go a week without bashing the US. Enough with these lists— they are plain lazy. You have freaking writers on your staff— use them!!

10points

Larry XK 1 year ago

What writers?

0points

Js 1 year ago

People keep thinking of the USA as a single, actually unified country that is the same wherever you go within it. Totally wrong. Our individual states have their own state governments and only loosely submit to the federal government in Washington DC. We are much more like 40-50 small countries with open borders and trade agreements. Geographically, the west, east, north, and south of the USA are ALL very very different places and the people that live in those places are not like people from any different area within the US. We are unified pretty much only when someone attacks us. Thats about it.

10points

Bettina Jansen 1 year ago

It'd be interesting then, to see the same kind of post/article but comparing states :-)

2points

Hphizzle 1 year ago

One that I haven’t seen here is school dances. As an American in Japan, when I’ve shown my pictures from high school dances, people said they are unsure of weather we really do those, or if it’s just like that in movies.

6points

Debs Bee 1 year ago

Gee, I thought BP would take off a few days from America bashing over the holidays.

4points

Bob La Capra 1 year ago (edited)

A daily BP occurrence

3points

David Hopkins 1 year ago

If everyone did everything the same, it would be a boring world.

2points

Emie N. 1 year ago

Here we go again. Come on BP, please move on from your weird obsession with the U.S.

2points

Miki 1 year ago

Hmm why nobody mentioned measurement system?:D

1point

Lunerwolf 1 year ago

Im American and i was suprised about the 4th of july thing ok.

0points

Kipper 1 year ago

Bored panda is back at it again. Seriously, what is with this platform and bashing Americans??

0points

Paul Pienkowski 1 year ago

Yes, Europeans, you're superior. We get it. Also, that line of thinking has led Europe (not just England) to commit horrible genocide and culture theft. At least in America, you might find someone from one of the cultures you killed.

0points

Larry XK 1 year ago

Yeah you got down voted for telling the truth. The big ugly truth is that European colonizers and settlers murdered Native Americans starting with the Spanish then half of Europe joined in. The Holocaust was nothing compared to the genocide the Euros did against the natives of this land.

1point

René Sauer 1 year ago

Wonder that nobody mentioned credit cards. In america it seems that even the poorest people have at least one credit card, where in germany only the wealthier people have them. And in that vein: credit cards issued by anything else but a bank. It always weirds me out when I read a story online where a super market cashier has to ask customers if they want to open a store credit card...

0points

Jay 1 year ago

You must not know many poor people. They often use cash exclusively and don't use banks at all (too many fees and requirements). There's actually laws being consider to prevent business from refusing cash (they trying it) and doing payments only in digital precisely because it cuts off poor people from being able to buy things.

0points

Mad McQueen 1 year ago

The customer service other than in the states. Welcome. You shop. You pay. Thank you. Done. And also how much less of a rush it all is compared to usa. I-95 here in Connecticut is like a nascar race everyday. Fast fast pass hope you don't crash.

-1point

Ivana Bašić 1 year ago

Secondary school (high school in the US) being such a defining period. You're still a kid, you're supposed to move on afterwards, most of those people and stories fade out of your life.

-1point

Jay 1 year ago

They really do. I don't know who said "High school are the best years of your life!" but I feel sorry for them. 45 is way better than 17 (for me anyway!)

0points

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LH25 1 year ago

I do get tired of these lists. In large part because it lumps us all into one group so often. Americans are very diverse in many ways.

26points

deathrose 1 year ago

It's the same list every time. At least get some new materials.

21points

Ches Yamada 1 year ago (edited)

They don't have any, lol. We're so terrible that they can't find anything new to gripe on us and feel superior about, so they just recycle it in different ways.

12points

Stardust she/her 1 year ago (edited)

16points

David Andrews 1 year ago

8points

Karmen vrt 1 year ago

Many European hight schooles have the same system, teachers have the classroom and students change it for every subject

4points

Stardust she/her 1 year ago

edit: i don’t understand in what way my comment was wrong as i have a few downvotes. I’ll only be able to rectify myself if someone tells me what I did wrong

2points

Bettina Jansen 1 year ago

Interesting : we switch classrooms too, in France and the Netherlands, so I never saw that as strange.

1point

Jay 1 year ago

0points

Ches Yamada 1 year ago

I never understood this either - I hated having to panic and run to all my classes

0points

PaddleChica 1 year ago

Ah boy, BoredPanda can’t even go a week without bashing the US. Enough with these lists— they are plain lazy. You have freaking writers on your staff— use them!!

10points

Larry XK 1 year ago

What writers?

0points

Js 1 year ago

10points

Bettina Jansen 1 year ago

It'd be interesting then, to see the same kind of post/article but comparing states :-)

2points

Hphizzle 1 year ago

6points

Debs Bee 1 year ago

Gee, I thought BP would take off a few days from America bashing over the holidays.

4points

Bob La Capra 1 year ago (edited)

A daily BP occurrence

3points

David Hopkins 1 year ago

If everyone did everything the same, it would be a boring world.

2points

Emie N. 1 year ago

Here we go again. Come on BP, please move on from your weird obsession with the U.S.

2points

Miki 1 year ago

Hmm why nobody mentioned measurement system?:D

1point

Lunerwolf 1 year ago

Im American and i was suprised about the 4th of july thing ok.

0points

Kipper 1 year ago

Bored panda is back at it again. Seriously, what is with this platform and bashing Americans??

0points

Paul Pienkowski 1 year ago

0points

Larry XK 1 year ago

1point

René Sauer 1 year ago

0points

Jay 1 year ago

0points

Mad McQueen 1 year ago

-1point

Ivana Bašić 1 year ago

Secondary school (high school in the US) being such a defining period. You're still a kid, you're supposed to move on afterwards, most of those people and stories fade out of your life.

-1point

Jay 1 year ago

They really do. I don't know who said "High school are the best years of your life!" but I feel sorry for them. 45 is way better than 17 (for me anyway!)

0points