Lobbying. We call it corruption or bribes in Iceland.

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Not offering a cup of tea to anyone entering the home including servicemen.
In the UK not doing so is punishable by death.

Captain_Parsley , Ahmed Aqtai Report

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In Alaska you can be put in a phone registry to go and pick up a road kill moose off the side of the road. This is considered a super lucky phone call as even the worst road kill moose has 100’s of pounds of good meat. Everyone is normally stoked for you if you get this call also and if during the day time people will normally honk and cheer driving past you getting the dead moose. I never realized the weirdness of all of this till explaining the excitement of road kill moose to some friends in San Diego. .

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Sitting on a desk or table. In Maori culture it's insulting to plonk your a**e on a surface where food might be prepared.

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I just went to Germany for the first time (I’m from the US). My colleague (from Germany) went to grab me a glass for my beer and I said that I could just drink it from the bottle, and you could almost hear a pin drop when about 10 Germans spun around to stare at me. One of them said “….. wafflekween, that’s a WHEAT beer. It must be drank out of a glass!”.

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Universal healthcare

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Standing next to a stranger closer than 6 ft, unless the lack of space forces you to stand thay close.

(Google "Finnish bus stop".).

AavaMeri_247 , Lucas Prado Report

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Mowing your lawn or other noisy activities on a Sunday.

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Foraging or even walking through private land (“safe passage”) -

In many countries foraging on private property is quite acceptable if you are only taking small amounts, as well as safe passage (hiking through private property but not staying there).

But in the USA, even WALKING onto someone’s personal property without express permission can get you shot. And taking something?? Omfg you have a death wish.

Foraging isn’t permitted on most public lands either. “Take nothing, leave nothing,” is the rule.

Every European person I have told this to is stunned.

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Breaking spaghetti.

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Any kind of physical punishment for children. Maybe not exactly a taboo, rather downright illegal, but it’s shocking how normalised using physical punishment is in so many parts of the world.

digl3tt , Yan Krukau Report

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Being gay

MahWahf , Monstera Production Report

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As an iranian, where do you want me to start?

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Being a bubbly positive person in eastern europe = you're crazy and delusional and lots of red flags

being not bubbly positive person in USA = something is wrong with him avoid him.

Jazzlike-Society5358 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

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Child marriage (thank god).

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Waltzing in someone's home wearing shoes.

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Men who are friends or family casually holding hands in public. It'll never happen here.


I notice it's very common in the Middle East India, and Egypt. It's a safety thing as I understand and how to get across insane streets.

Spiritual_Lemonade , Chris F Report

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USA: eating horse meat. Apparently this is relatively common in France or Italy, but would be greeted by horror over here.

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Celebrating your birthday before its actually your birthday.

halbesbrot , Adrianna CA Report

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Any form of nudity shown in public. Americans sexualize everything, so nudity here is far more taboo than in France, for example.

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Talking to a stranger on public transport.

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The word “c**t”. It’s a HUGE insult here in the US but it’s barely a swear in the UK and practically term of affection in Australia. (I might be stereotyping a little here though).

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Female breasts on regular television.

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Not exclusive to my country, Sweden, but we have draconic d**g laws here.

You can be dead drunk in the streets and ppl won’t bat an eye, but if you smoke weed you’re treated as criminal.

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In my country, discussing mental health openly is taboo, but accepted elsewhere.

DaintyOrya , Mental Health America (MHA) Report

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Children being naked. 

In the US, people would lose their s**t and call CPS over a young child not wearing clothes in their back yard or on the beach. In Europe, it’s considered pretty standard for

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Microwaving water.

Funk5oulBrother , Jeremy Hall Report

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Public displays of affection are taboo here, but normal elsewhere.

GentleKyrielle , Katie Salerno Report

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Abortion, divorce, not "paying back" your parents even when they were deadbeat.

FewExit7745 , Nataliya Vaitkevich Report

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Smiling at strangers is weird.

Being rude or inconsiderate in public transport is as bad as a war crime.

If you don't take your shoes off when entering my place, I'll be really mad.

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Atheism.

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Making poutine with crinkle cut fries.

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Not liking fries or chocolate. Also, drinking light beer.

CartographerHot2285 , Marco Fischer Report

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Putting your feet or bum on tables, pillows (for your head) basically anywhere where you’d sleep or eat. Wearing outside shoes in the house. It’s an indigenous cultural practice but heaps of us whities follow it too, out of respect but mostly that’s how we were raised in at home and the wider community.

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Belgium: call them “French fries” and get effed up!
(Also: there is no such thing is as “a Belgian waffle”. You are likely referring to a Brussels waffle and not knowing there are quite a lot of different kind of waffles in Belgium.).

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Tipping.

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Relationships with cousins. Not illegal but definitely taboo. In other areas people are actively encouraged to marry their cousins.

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Free Healthcare.

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Taking the last piece of any shared dish.

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1) eating pork


2) leaving religion


3) drinking alcohol


4) having a tattoo.

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Giving someone a job in an area that they didn't specifically study for. E.g. Study computer science engineering and work as a financial analyst.... In UK I had colleagues that studied arts and work in finance. That'd never happen in Portugal.

Hell_ryder , Andrea Piacquadio Report

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In my country, discussing politics openly is taboo, but normal elsewhere.

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Gifting items such as clocks.

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Doing the deed before marriage .

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Talking about money (France).

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Letting your kids play in the clothes they wear to school without wearing coveralls over them.

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Stashing weapons and other military items under hospitals and residences.

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