Oh gods, please don't! If I walk into a store and immediately some staff member comes up to me being all pushy, in my face, wanting to make a sale, I would be out of there in about 2 seconds and would never ever return. I'm not a degenerate, I can read signs avout a sale, I know what I need better than you do, leave me the f**k alone unless I ask you something Nasty, nasty habit. I'm so glad that's a US only thing and normal people in the rest of the world don't do this

This is one of the things that I hated about the US and Canada. I once stayed at a hotel that didn't want to tell me how much the total for the room was after tax, even though I explained to them that my debit card has a safety limit and therefore I needed to know how much it cost in total, to make sure that it's below the limit. Surprise surprise, the card was rejected because there was 26% more tax and they thought that I as a foreigner should know how much the tax was and calculate it in my head...

Honestly, Americans need to know how little Brits care about this. Any reference to throwing tea into water, even those who understand the joke, really, really don't care.

We really don't give a single s**t, it's true, the 4th of July is just another day here.

To be honest, British people think the same about the Armada Invencible and the Spanish. We don't really care but for them it seems to be a big deal 😂

They dont learn it in school just like the US doesnt learn about wars they lost

The first time I was aware that US Independence was a big thing was the first July 4th I spent in the USA. I was baffled, since as this meme says, I learned nothing about it in school, because in the inglorious history of British colonization, this was just another page in the book.

the thing is if Briton wanted America back then the Mericans would be drinking tea with their pinky finger out

My dad is a military man and calls 4th of July, Traitors Day (I'm from the UK)!! To be honest I've no idea what it's all about. Used to live by an American camp in the UK and used to enjoy the festivities when I was younger, without actually knowing why there was a fun fair, BBQs, fireworks etc, I just enjoyed the day!!!

Wait, what?? How can they NOT learn about the American Independence War in school??! In Hungary we do very much learn about it and we had nothing to do with it, how can Brits not learn about it??

Well if they schools taught about every time one of their colonies gained independence, they probably wouldn't have time for much else.

It's like that in Britain when the world Cup comes around. We won it waaaay back in 1966 and have't won it since yet the football pundits and every football fan won't stop going on about. It drives everyone else mad. We won against the Germans and they don't care either way about that particular match, And why should they. They have redeemed themselves by winning the World Cup 3 times since (1974, 1990, 2014)

Genuinely the only way I learnt about this as a Brit was through watching US TV programmes. If you asked the majority of people in the UK they would not have a clue what you were on about.

They don;t learn about the one they lost nextdoor in Ireland either.

Just speak, ever American will blow off any resentment because of your wonderful accent.

They lost it twice, that's why it's not taught in their schools. (See: War of 1812.) :-D (My in-laws are UK. They insist losing the colonies was just spiffy. Fine. Great. Wonderful. Never noticed it. Really? Odd, then, how they sent armies to stop it... Hmm...)

It was not a war, it was a treason.

Strange to be in denial about losing that war. At the time of the Revolution, 1/3 of Brits lived in America, and America controlled the majority of the British economy. I know the British downplay it so an American would think it would be like America losing Puerto Rico, or maybe even the Philippines, but it was much more like America losing everything West of the Mississippi River.

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If someone hadn’t had a massive hissy fit in Boston harbour, things may have been a little different and you wouldn’t have had to endure Trump as your president.

Why this f** huge gap??

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After seeing The Gruffalo movie, my kid thought I was saying the wrong words when I read him the book. The movie’s narrator has a British accent and I’m American. My kid was young enough that he thought I was just saying different words, since he didn’t yet know what an accent is.

Are you, americains, really this friendly, or is it just a myth?

Brit to American: Rubber = Eraser. American to Brit: Rubber = Condom.

You can get large jugs of tap water free in most places - just ask.

American tea is minging as well

In our village we have a competition to make the best effigy of a 'guy'

The Americans hate this too, big time.

In Germany, a big menu is a sure sign that they are going to serve you frozen pre-made food if you take anything other than fast food classics. That doesn't count for restaurants with Indian or Chinese food, though. If they have such a big menu they are probably just swapping the sauce for each dish.

Oh please! It's like he's forgotten Guy Fawkes starts in mid-October!

Oooh I love steak n kidney pies..... hungry now lol

A question I do wonder - why do American baked beans have so much sugar in them? Was chatting with an American mate and they apparently have like twice the sugar, but I don't know why.

We get those here too. Including diet cherry cola, yum ^^

Pants = underwear in this Brit's mind

Lol reverse this and substitute cricket for Americans , so I hear ^-^

Bacon and Eggs to us would only come one sunny side up soft yolk, unless you specify scrambled or something else, to be asked how we want our eggs would be unusual here in Oz as well.

Yeah, like borrowing an eraser is an common occurrence.

eh, close enough.