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If you grew up watching American movies, you probably have a certain image of the United States—a land where dreams come true, everyone’s chasing success, and patriotism runs deep. But hey, there's so much more to the US than what Hollywood shows us!
Today, we’ve put together a collection of intriguing and surprising things about life in America that might catch you off guard, leave you questioning some stereotypes, or make you realize that life in the U.S. isn’t always as glamorous as it seems in the movies. So, Pandas, let's dive into the real deal!This post may include affiliate links.
#1
"We Don't Know Your Address"
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
American Health Insurance is beyond stupid. If it was a person, it would be unable to wipe it's own butt. That's how stupid American health insurance is.
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Michael Largey 1 year ago
After my brother died, a life insurance company send me a letter which began "We note from Social Security records that your brother died recently." In the instructions for claiming the policy, they required a death certificate. Dudes, didn't you already just tell me you knew he was dead?
David Martin 1 year ago
I got one of those! My insurance sent me a letter saying they need proof of my address. To determine if I'm within the coverage area
Amused panda 1 year ago
That wording makes sense, though. Account providers etc may ask for utility bills or similar to prove an address, to avoid people supplying fake addresses for fraud.
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IamMe 1 year ago
I have insurance through the state, and every year I go through this. I haven't moved in six years, and they send me tons of junk mail. Stuff like, "Did you know, your child can get a flu shot?" But, whenever it's time to reapply, they say they can't find me, and tell me they sent it to some address I have never heard of. This year, I brought in all the mail they'd sent in the last two months, to prove they knew my address.
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#2
A Normal Education In America
Science Nerd 1 year ago
Safety rules will not allow that. Some kid will lean over the edge and fall off.
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Alexia 1 year ago (edited)
My former family physician believes that vaccines cause autism, cancer and infertility. Europe here.
TribbleThinking 1 year ago
Yes, that's a fair comment. Additionally, flat earthers live all around the globe.
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Donna Peluda 1 year ago
That would make a great reality show. Journey to the edge of the world, come on Fox. I'd watch that.
Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago
I never understood what flat-earthers think is the main goal, like what does the govermnents or institutions gain from this.
Bored Retsuko 1 year ago
We have a famous right wing politician in Germany who is a complete Nazi and he used to teach history!!!
#3
This Is America
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
I wish I could say it wasn't always like this but my first active shooter for real was in 1994. THIRTY YEARS ago.
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Panda Kicki 1 year ago
While creepy, it makes sense Kids remember thing better if it comes as a song or a rhyme. If you want them to remember in case of emergency, do exactly this. I am happy to live in a country that never had a active shooter in school.
SCamp 1 year ago (edited)
While it may make sense to put it in rhyme, it’s utterly appalling that it’s needed
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BloopyBloopBloop 1 year ago
All Americans agree it's a massive problem but you never hear of anyone trying to actively solve it. So obviously children's lives aren;t really all that important in the US
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
Here in the UK, I often read of US folks trying to do something about the high rate of gun violence. Unfortunately, they are always up against powerful opposition. Maybe someone in the US ought to start talking about "the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." when arguing for measures to reduce deaths by gunshot - make it into a return to the original values of the USA and all that. After all, getting shot dead does rather deny a person to the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Meanwhile: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/21/supreme-court-gun-rights-trump-assassination-attempt-00180350
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me McG 1 year ago
If ever you needed one issue to cast a VOTE for there is only one party even remotely attempting to address this issue and we all know which one that is. VOTE! LIKE KIDS LIVES ARE IN THE BALANCE (they are) or bury your head in the stack of lies offered by the lyingest liar who ever ran for president and the down-ballet sycophants who offer nothing but apology's for his brand of insanity.
America is a place full of quirks that can feel completely foreign to outsiders. From the suspiciously big serving sizes to tipping for a cup of coffee to even just how people go about their lives, the experience of being in America can be a real shocker for visitors and new immigrants.
And while some things don’t fully make sense until you’re actually there, these posts give you a fun glimpse into the quirks of American life. They might not prepare you for everything, but they’ll definitely show you a unique side of the States.
#4
The Guy On The Left Has Had A Slew Of Signs Like This
Kristy Marion 1 year ago
Women voting is what will hopefully save America this election cycle!
WindySwede 1 year ago
Yes! But to many are voting to give up their right to bodily autonomy (is that the correct words?). Can't understand why, and at the same time claiming that the same thing is what the Dem will do if they win??
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Michael Largey 1 year ago
He misspelled "incel". Or smeared the good name of inbred people everywhere. (King Charles is not amused!)
Load More Replies... Angrykitten 1 year ago (edited)
Old men (last 300 years mostly old white men) have been in charge of the world since the dawn of humanity. Men in charge have driven this world to the brink of disaster. Men step aside and let women give it a shot because what you all are doing just isn't working
Origami Chik3n 1 year ago
The guy on the left is Drake meme with captions "Men when women ask for the right to vote" and "Men when they need women to build bombers and make artillery shells during war".
#5
Cool
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 year ago
Seriously, USA, what the actual f***k is your mayor malfunction regarding guns?? Are you that afraid of your own government that you prefer psychopaths with high powered rifles than a background check?
antoinette maldari 1 year ago
We're waiting for one the the fat cats from the NRA to loose someone they care about to gun violence then ...maybe?
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Nikki Gross 1 year ago (edited)
I'm from Oklahoma and know the exact shooting he is talking about. A patient named Michael Louis, blamed an Orthopedic doctor that had just performed a back surgery on him, causing him to have severe back pain Post-Op. Louis killed Dr. Preston Phillips, as well a receptionist Amanda Glenn, Doctor Stephanie Husen and patient William Love at the clinic at St. Francis hospital before committing suicide. You can look up the articles, Tulsa shooting 2022 since I tried to post a link and it wouldn't let me.
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago (edited)
Yes, there's knife crime in the UK but? Sorry to put it like this but? A knife is up close and personal. A gun is too, apart from high powered rifles et al... At the end of the day? There needs to be far more stricter gun laws but... Knives... Every single kitchen in the world more than likely probably has one... I just don't know or have any answer... Sorry it's... Just to make it ALL about me??? If a gun had been present the night my ex did what he did to me? I highly doubt I'd be alive right now, at least with a knife? I'd have had a somewhat "fighting chance"...
Al Padilla 1 year ago
After still another recent school shooting (Alabama or Georgia, or some such), the governor sent his "prayers" - He did not send thoughts, since his brain was incapable of generating one.
Ila in Maine 1 year ago
The Guns Over People party needs to take a very long time out. Don't forget to Vote.
#6
Florida Teacher Here. This Is Our School's "Library" Now
Florida passed a law that said no books can be displayed in a school until they've been reviewed and approved by an appointed team. If a teacher shows a book that has not been approved, they could be charged with a felony.
Aud (she/they) 1 year ago
EXACTLY there is so much hypocrisy here it makes me want to vomit
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Scott Riley 1 year ago
Funny thing is Republicans always claim they want less government. Yet...
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 year ago
"Welcome to Florida. New arrivals are reminded to turn back their watches 250 years..."
StumblingThroughLife 1 year ago
They have blinds over cigarettes/tobacco in the UK shops/supermarkets, but that' kind of makes sense (what you can't see won't eventually kill you 🙃), but books?! Reminds me of book burning in Germany/Hitler. And why aren't the books reviewed prior to going to the schools, if they're so intent on doing this?
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
Books have always been reviewed by librarians. Now, though, they must first be approved by the government-appointed team of (no-doubt) far-right bigots who call themselves Christians.
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arthbach 1 year ago
I've heard of 'Florida Man', and all the weird stuff these Floridians do, but this has go to rank exceptionally highly on the 'They've done WHAT?!' scale.
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
Most Floridians oppose the bans but the governor and other elected leaders push them through anyway. Why? Because the far-right minority wants them to. Why do what the minority wants over the objections of the majority? Because that minority votes in much, much higher numbers making them the functional majority. Infuriating that so many moderates and liberals give away their power like that but hopefully things like this will wake them up before it's too late.
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FreeDragon 1 year ago
I assume they start with reviewing the bible: slavery, rape, incest, child murder, the list goes on. I also assume that this list will be censored by BP.
Tom Brincefield 1 year ago
People have reported it to the boards for exactly those reasons. Sometimes they actually remove it.
Load More Replies...When it comes to food, it seems like bigger is always better for Americans. Whether it’s a pizza or a soda, the portion size is often double what you’d get in other countries. So, what’s considered a large soda in Europe might just be a medium in the States.
#7
Alabama Banned Abortions
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
Backstreet Abortions... What about Rape, Incest? You'd force a 13yr old girl to give birth to her own brother if she had been brutally repeatedly sexually abused by her father? Seriously? That has actually happened, is probably happening right now as we speak... And yet some people are enforcing these Draconian Laws onto innocents...
Al Padilla 1 year ago
That's why there are no forensic pathologists in the South: No teeth for dental records, and the genes are all the same.
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#8
"Not Medically Necessary"
ZGutr 1 year ago
Your doctor has had years of education but does not know sh.it .... We have money, we know what's best
Happy to be a wallflower 1 year ago
It's not the doctors, it's the insurance companies.
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Bookworm 1 year ago
Fight it. Always. Sadly, a lot of times insurance companies do this kind of c**p automatically, then wait to see if you'll put up a fight about it.
Sky Render 1 year ago
Sadly, this is true. All insurance claims are set to be denied the first time around unless they're through a government-funded healthcare program like the Oregon Health Program.
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Cee Cee 1 year ago (edited)
Thank goodness for the NHS. Not perfect but so much better than the American model. RIP Aneurin Bevan and thank you. So many millions owe their lives to your vision.
Lou Cam 1 year ago (edited)
Yep, I'm in the UK but my employer also gives private medical insurance. Anytime I've tried to use it I gave to jump through 100' s hoops only for them to get so far and say the rest of the treatment isn't covered. NHS picks up mid treatment and guess what? It's the same consultant as they do both private /NHS. All doctors are NHS trained so private doesn't mean better doctors or care.
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Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
Here is the sad but true story of a man who fell victim to a ghost network: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/09/21/nx-s1-5120543/mental-health-care-parity-insurance-ghost-network Is this, or is this not, FRAUD? A lot of people should be locked up over this - and you know this is far from an isolated case.
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Cassie 1 year ago
I was admitted to the hospital a couple years ago for a stroke, admitted straight from the ER. Insurance initially denied coverage because I didn't get advance permission for the hospital stay. It's not like I was there for funsies. Also, a doctor's office fought my insurance for over a year to get a treatment the insurance denied as "experimental" despite having been fully approved by the FDA for fourteen years. They pulled shady b******t by sending me completely illegible forms to try and fight my case, but the doctor's office used a third-party service that had pristine copies of the forms to send me whenever insurance pulled that garbage.
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
Not only is that cruel to you and everyone who cares about you but all of that time and effort just adds exponentially to the cost of healthcare in the first place. The whole thing is obscene. I hope you are all doing well.
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B 1 year ago
I have a auto immune disease in my lungs, had to go for early ct scans to make sure it was not progressing. Insurance tried to say it was not medically necessary. My Pulmonologist got on a 3 way call with them & demanded you know their expertise because he specializes in my disease. He said I can't believe you are wasting y time on this when I have sick patients. The insurance person just stammered through the conversation & approved the CT scan. It was fantastic but I also wish it never had to be done. Our insurance now denies my husbands epilesy meds that he has been taking for years because they are expensive & they say try something else. Insurance in the US SUX
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
That's like the idiots that said an idiot at Medicare denied a man I checked in for in for an appt that's in a power chair. He's a paraplegic and only had the use of 1 hand. I asked him what idiot denied his claim because he is clearly disabled. He was hit by a damn drunk driver.
detective miller's hat 1 year ago
I once had my insurance company refuse to cover a doctor's visit when I broke my arm because it was a "pre-existing condition." Like yes, the condition existed prior to my arriving at the doctor's office, but I figure that's why we go to the doctor's office in general?!?!!?
Savannah greenleaf 1 year ago
The skill of the medical coder makes or breaks this situation type in a wrong ICD number, and viola hospital bill no longer cover without a fight
#9
United States Of Convenience
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Just a reminder to anyone voting in the USA in November. 2020 SUCKED! It sucked harder than any year in my almost half century of life. Do you really want TFG in charge again?
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Depends. If they're planning in advance for a time when it is safe to return, that's smarter than most school boards. "In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards." - Mark Twain
Panda Kicki 1 year ago
Or you dont close schools at all. These post really show how different covid was approached. We where just told to not send sick kids to school.
Apart from their supersized food, Americans have a reputation of being fans of sugared beverages as well. If you are planning on visiting the US, prepare for a lot of flavored sodas and sweet iced teas.
Compared to countries like Italy, where people sip on small, strong espressos, or Japan, where green tea is the norm, US drinks are super sweet and come in sizes that could last all day.
#10
Only In America Would A Restaurant Display On The Wall That They Don’t Pay Their Staff Enough To Live On
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
The minimum wage needs to be a livable wage. That it's still $7.25/hr in so many places is beyond obscene. And it's not just about raising it. It's about including a provision in the law that automatically raises it every year or two to keep up with inflation. Otherwise we'll just end up right back in this same place again and again.
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Cee Cee 1 year ago
Businesses here get named and shamed (and sued) if they don't pay the minimum wage. Ditto women not paid the same as men for doing similar work. Thank you trades unions.
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
Same here in the U.S. [Which isn't to say that some don't still try it.] But our minimum wage in most places is obscenely low. For context, if you calculate what a MW worker takes home after taxes and the rent for an average 1 bedroom, they have to work about 33.5 days just to cover one month's rent. Which is obviously f****d. That's what needs to change. Focusing solely on tipped workers (many of whom make *significantly* more than MW) is a distraction from the real issue.
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Yep, make cr@p wages the customers’ problem not the businesses’ - great. The sign needs to read ‘Did you know our servers survive on your tipping kindness because we don’t pay them enough?’
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
The minimum wage isn't enough no matter what kind of employment it is! At least these employees have the potential to earn more. Most don't. It needs to be raised and the law needs to provide for it to go up every year to keep up with inflation.
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Austzn 1 year ago
This is a group of restaurants from where I live. They have mediocre BBQ and religious propaganda everywhere. I cannot recommend. 2024-09-23...469571.jpg 
Pete Andrews 1 year ago
Did you know our servers have to beg for a living from strangers coz we don't pay them?
BatPhace 1 year ago
The problem is, restaurants have been allowed and even encouraged to run a certain way for a Very Long Time, they cannot/will not change overnight. BUT those people that don't tip anymore to try to force the business to change are ONLY HARMING THE SERVER, not the business. The business still got your money, because you came and dined there. So if you really want to get the businesses attention, don't go there. BUT (last one) the catch 22 is that boycotting the business only also hurts the servers, because the business will cut staff before paying them more.
alloutbikes@yahoo.com 1 year ago
If servers don't make enough in tips to add to the minuscule amount they pay to equal minimum wage, they get fired.
#11
America's Response To The COVID-19 Global Pandemic All Boiled Down To One Picture
MC C 1 year ago
it's "There's none so blind as those that will not see" the "will not" makes a world of difference to the meaning of this saying
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arthbach 1 year ago
Ah come on. This isn't a USA thing. There's plenty of idiots around the world. Perhaps it's just that more 'air time' is given to the American ones.
Graham_Illegal 1 year ago
As a dual citizen of the US and the EU, I’ve experienced this firsthand. The absurd conspiracy theories and whining about masks and social distancing totally started in the USA, and only a few months later began to influence the rest of the world. While most people could have lived with some temporary restrictions, in the US it became part of the usual polarized and oversimplified political discussion. The hyperindividualistic nature of the US also hindered the understanding of simple concepts, such as that masks are not meant to protect you directly, but to protect those around you in case you’re already sick. Through the massive influence of American media, the European far-right adopted this rhetoric, successfully extending the duration of restrictions, by convincing many people to fight agains wearing a mask as it's some major human right issue.
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G A 1 year ago
Fat git, MAGA hat, mask flouting, putting others in danger due to selfishness and boorish behaviour. Pretty much sums up the most scummy part of the US. Only other thing would be if he's from Florida.....
Amy Manzanares 1 year ago
Looks more like Couer d'Alene, Idaho is his home base.
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LGBTQpanda 1 year ago
He should have been kicked off. Once you see "the hat", you KNOW he is not keeping that mask on his nasty mouth & nose.
Jennifer Brown 1 year ago
A obese, white magat spreading disease...yep that's trump's 'murica for you
#12
I Had To Pay $39.35 To Hold My Baby After He Was Born
ManBlob 1 year ago
"Here's your baby!" "Such a beautiful baby!" "Yes, that'll be $39,35, cash or credit?"
ANN VALERYEVNA Sokolovskaya 1 year ago
After my 1st kid (c section) ... literally day after the surgery... had to argue with my health insurance on the phone because my kid wasn't ALREADY on my health insurance PRIOR to existing. Yes eventually I won the argument. No the representative did not apologize.
ANN VALERYEVNA Sokolovskaya 1 year ago
Their initial argument...that when I first signed up for their plan through my work (4 years before having my kid) I hadn't declared that I had kids.
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DadManBlues 1 year ago
Delivery with C-section in the poor li'l Hungary: $0. Lactation consultation: $0. Skin to skin: $0. Total charges: $0. I really can't get how American people don't stand up against the system.
pfeils wife 1 year ago
Big pharma and the NRA are both in all of the politicians back pockets. We don't like it and we honestly, don't know how to fix it.
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BloopyBloopBloop 1 year ago
I'd love to know if anyone has ever said "no thanks I'm good" after being asked if they want to hold their newborn to save some money
Jen M 1 year ago (edited)
Having free healthcare is something you just take for granted in NZ/UK. I had a baby, broke my arm etc, and never considered the cost at all! Why can't the US get Government funded/tax paid healthcare?! I don't understand.
Jayjay 1 year ago
It used to be all free in the Netherland, but thanks to Rutte and the VVD you have to pay more and more, only basics are covered. For instance, if you break your arm? wait 3 to 14 days for the surgery, if you are over 80? they will not help you anymore. And you have to pay for the ordinary painkillers yourself. On the other side: painkillers like oxycodon, lyrica, amytriptilline and all that addictive s**t are being given out as candy. I still wonder why...
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SCamp 1 year ago
American hospitals take the p!ss. I’m sure they sit around in Accounts and say ‘Wait a minute, wait a minute, how about we charge for room air they breathe?’
Al Padilla 1 year ago
Ah, yes! The PPB program: "Pay Per Breath" - Coin-activated ventilators in the ICU. Just wait.
Load More Replies... Lavern Defazio 1 year ago
Here's the baby and the bill. Have fun paying for it for the next 18 years, maybe more. Yay!! Babies are cute though.
viimatar 1 year ago
I wonder if they've managed to pay it by the time they should sen the kid to College - and pay for that, too.
Load More Replies... Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
I would have called their billing office and had that removed. That is a ridiculous charge and no telling how many people don't pay attention to the bill.
StumblingThroughLife 1 year ago (edited)
We just pay a nominal amount of tax via PAYE, and healthcare is Free at the point of use. You all deserve that, too.
On top of this, they have truly become successful at being able to do things quickly, especially when it comes to food. There are many fast food places in the States that come with drive-thru features. But that’s not simply it.
There are even drive-thru pharmacies, banks, and coffee shops. In other countries like Spain, people usually enjoy sit-down meals with friends and family. To these people, the concept of taking a cup of coffee through the window is quite alien.
#13
Bulletproof Backpack Inserts
Space Invader 1 year ago
And infuriating that someone might view school shootings as a business opportunity.
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pfeils wife 1 year ago
Sadly, very real: https://guarddog-security.com/products/proshield-scout-bulletproof-backpack-youth-edition
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Tobias Reaper 1 year ago
this is shocking that this is the solution that people come out with to gun violence. And people talking about ooh the 2nd amendment says its ok. I am pretty sure when that was written it was with muskets in mind not guns that can fire hundreds of rounds a minute. And regardless if how many kids are killed in mass shootings people still defend it basically they are saying their right to own guns trumps a kids right to go to school without worrying about being murdered.
Jess Smith 1 year ago
my opinion is that it applies to muskets, you can own all the muskets you want (actually not, _well regulated_ militia) but the fact that we call AR-15s 'guns' like muskets is a sign of our language being wrong. It's like how if you lump Asian and African elephants, split 7 million years ago, together, you have to lump chimps and humans (split 6 million years ago) together. No one's gonna do that, our terminology is just wrong.
Load More Replies... Origami Chik3n 1 year ago
"Gentlemen, how do we solve the problem of mass school shootings?" "How about, hear me out, we do nothing and allow more companies to exploit it as a cash grab?"
Jeff Rutledge 1 year ago
Who needs these when we have the 10 Commandments and Thoughts and Prayers?
Al Padilla 1 year ago
Well, we just saw how that played out with a 6 year old who shot his teacher.
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#14
America: A Nation Of Many Layers
Bookworm 1 year ago
This is intentional. Some Christian groups buy these billboards near places they consider sinful, apparently under the impression that it might make people who want to buy adult videos have second thoughts. There's a spot on the highway we drive past a lot, with a couple of these 'Jesus frees you from sin' type signs around a strip club. I can almost guarantee that the purchasers of 'Jesus is watching' did not see the irony in the placement.
King Crow 1 year ago
Completely agree, I am from this town and that was their intention. But all it did here was make way more business than they would have had otherwise. Funny af.
Load More Replies... Lavern Defazio 1 year ago
Well, there is that guy in North Carolina. The guy running for governor. He was into leaving hate comments on porn sites, he is so toxic, even trump is staying away from him.
pfeils wife 1 year ago
Ohh... you mean the self proclaimed "black nazi" 🙄 imagine if he is elected?! Who is voting for someone like this?!
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Kate Jones 1 year ago
What really drives me crazy about this is that a billboard, even in the most rural area, is about 1500-2k a month to run. 24k a year would go a really long way in helping the community, which is what a church SHOULD be doing. You could run a successful food drive or soup kitchen with that money once a month. It could go to rent space for a shelter. It would do so much more good than this sign would ever do to stop people from watching porn. But it's more important to police sex than to do what the leader of your faith actually taught.
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
"bUT wE're SaVInG sOuLS!" You can't reason with these people. Observable harm simply never outweighs their mythologies.
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#15
A Gun Store And A Daycare Center Sharing The Same Building. God Bless America
Jayjay 1 year ago
But maybe this kindergarten is the most safe because the gun shop is too close :)
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While tipping is a common practice in many countries, it is practically a requirement in the States. And no, you can't skimp on tips—15-20% is the expected norm at restaurants.
On the contrary, in countries like Japan, there is an actual cultural principle not to tip anyone, and a good number of European nations include the gratuity within the bill itself.
#16
The Bill For My Liver Transplant – Welcome To The USA
Savannah greenleaf 1 year ago
Just don't pay it. They might give some harassing phone calls, but pretty sure it's yours to keep now.
quentariel 1 year ago
Yep, Everyone surely has that much left every month after rent, bills and food. I would need to make a monthly plan to pay that one month of monthly plan, and then probably even have a plan on one month of those.
Load More Replies... StumblingThroughLife 1 year ago
50% of the peeps I knew/know would die if residing in the USA. I'm surprised the citizens aren't out on the streets, en masse, to force change. I'm also hoping the citizens of the UK do the same to stop it happening here (it's sneaky/gradual, atm).
Jodi 1 year ago
Yup people like to moan about the NHS but I would for sure be dead without it
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Glenn Cuneo 1 year ago
Allmost 11 years ago I had surgery for colon cancer. 2 days after I got home I got a 45 page bill in the mail.... $351,000--- and that was just the first bill. Almost 11 years later, counting chemo / radiation therapy, two more related hospital stays I'm looking at $4.2 millon... I've got two insurances-- I know they will be happy when I die.
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Oh wait.... I just noticed the monthly payment..... That's almost what I make in a year!
#17
Not Sure If This Belongs Here But In My Opinion, This Is The Real Problem With America
General Anaesthesia 1 year ago (edited)
If the government is too big to fit in the bathroom at least it can look in.
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Dusty's mom 1 year ago
And little kids peek through the gaps or crawl under the doors. Most parents are blase'. I slammed my purse on the head of a kid 7-9 years old, who poked his head under my door as I was changing my pad. He screamed, mom yelled at me. She was finally shouted down by a woman who said she'd accompany me to the store manager. I carry light purses. Kid was a perfect reflection of his mom.
Sunny Day 1 year ago
I was in a bathroom once. Two stalls, with several women waiting in line. A little kid, 3-4yo was roaming in & out of the bathroom, unattended (parents were in the store section, restrooms were in the lobby). Kid crawls on the floor and looks under the stall where a teen girl had just entered. "WHY YOU BLEEDIN'? WHY YOU BLEEDIN'?" You could literally feel her freeze like a deer in the headlights. Someone chased the kid out, but the teen wasn't leaving that stall until everyone was gone
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Modern public toilets in the UK (we also have completely sealed floor-ceiling ones) volroom01-...f4520e.jpg 
Shark Lady 1 year ago
Now you know why women go to the bathroom in pairs, you get your friend to block the gap!
kath morgan 1 year ago
Yes I recently went back to the uk and on my first pee back in the US I looked up at the huge gap and was like “ah, welcome to America”.
Lou Cam 1 year ago (edited)
I'm from the UK but travelled in the US for a month a while back. Let's just say I still haven't got over a coach load of fellow tourists eyeballing me through the gap whilst I turned myself inside out with montezumas revenge due to a bad roadside taco. I have poop trauma.
John Stevenson 1 year ago
What is the obsession with this? Who lerks in the restroom looking into stalls?
Ash 1 year ago
Exactly! Honestly, if we're getting mad about things in American public bathrooms, please join me in raging about how NOT ALL STALLS HAVE COAT/PURSE HOOKS. NOT ok
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Emma London 1 year ago
Why in USA the changing rooms are like fortresses but toilet stalls are a joke, and in Europe changing room is nothing more than a curtain, but you coudn't slip a stack of toiler paper in a stall?
Steve Robert 1 year ago
New product: a reusable plastic strip to hang from top to bottom (TM pending).
#18
America In 4 Words
Medical bills in the US can be shockingly high compared to countries with universal healthcare, like Canada or the UK. In those places, most people do not have to pay for doctor’s visits, surgeries and staying in the hospital, because this is financed by the state. Here, on the other hand, a simple visit to an emergency department could lead to a bill that runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
#19
On Hold With Covered California For Over 11 Hours Because They Canceled Our Health Insurance
Penny Hernandez 1 year ago
Most of what is wrong with medicine in the U.S. has to do with money. For profit insurance companies, for profit hospitals, and advertising d***s to consumers are by far the worst offenders. Said as a resident of the U.S.
SkyBlueandBlack 1 year ago
Yeah, they never even approved me. Apparently I need to submit a W2 from my employer to prove I'm not actually employed (caretaker for my elderly parents and I sell crafts locally for some spending money).
notlikeyou1971 1 year ago
My d**g plan was cancelled without notifying me. I found out about it when I went to get my pneumonia shot. I had to completely change insurance plans to cover everything . The one that cancelled me sent me a bill.
raine xoxo 1 year ago
Oh, so we censor d**g now. It's literally medicine, Bored Panda!
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Origami Chik3n 1 year ago
It seems like Covered California got you covered for what you spend your time on.
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago (edited)
I was once on hold, nowhere near the same thing as here btw. I was on hold for over 8hrs trying to get my electricity back on after they'd forced me have a SMART meter installed. I'd had no electricity since 1am. It was finally switched back on at 6pm the next day. I'm disabled. I need light to be able to just go to the bathroom because my BATHROOM HAS NO WINDOWS! OVA Energy sucks. Oh yeah btw? They'd cut me off twice too previously even though I'd paid my bills, put extra on... Some fricken companies suck the big hairy one...
#20
It Finally Happened. I Was Prompted To Tip At The Airport Self-Checkout Station
TribbleThinking 1 year ago
How long before we get "Leave tip to skip this 30 second advert before we will complete the transaction" ?
Sue Denham 1 year ago
So if you're tipping at a self-checkout you'd be tipping - who? - yourself?
DadManBlues 1 year ago
Tip $0.01 so they have to pay for the transaction to the credit card company.
StumblingThroughLife 1 year ago
They should have a 'F**k Off' option on these. I've occasionally seen them in American-owned retailers in the UK... #wastingtheirtime - and their energy ££usage. 😂
viimatar 1 year ago
I've seen it too, in Finland. I can't recall where it was, but it sure weirded me out.
Load More Replies... Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
It cost more than $23 for a coconut water and a chicken caesar wrap?!!
Tom Brincefield 1 year ago
Airport. If you can afford to fly, you can afford to pay.
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#21
A Final Warning To Protestors In The Mall Of America
Michael None 1 year ago
If he's inside then it's illegal. The government guarantees the right to protest not Mall of America. If he wants to protest he has to do it on public property not private.
ravn 1 year ago
If someone comes onto property I own, and does stuff I do not like, then am I not allowed to have them removed? If not, then where should the line be drawn?
Michael Largey 1 year ago
There are different rules when you make that property open to the general public. But there still are rules.
Load More Replies... viimatar 1 year ago
TBF, in most places it wouldn't be okay to protest (hold an actual demonstration) in a commercial or privately owned space, at least for extended periods. In a public space, it's fine, though often subject to pre-filing an announcement of a public demonstration. (Supposed to guarantee the safety of both the demonstrators and the passersby.) The problem with the USA is that they seem to consider all space privately owned.
Koalafied to komment 1 year ago
They decided to have this text shown all big instead of just have some security guy accompany this protester to the outside?!
Bergman Oswell 1 year ago (edited)
And... so what? Malls are private property, they are no more required to host protests than you are in your living room. People who go onto private property in the USA and refuse to leave when told to by the owner, are actually committing crimes.
When it comes to holidays, Americans don’t get much vacation time. With an average of just two weeks of paid vacation, they might feel rushed to squeeze in their trips. Compare that to countries like France or Germany, where five to six weeks of paid holiday is the norm. So it is no surprise that Europeans are said to go globetrotting more often.
#22
Just Got My $39k Hospital Bill For Having A Stroke At 34
Libstak 1 year ago (edited)
My brother had a stroke at 32. One year in hospital including therapy, years of specialist and hospital visits, procedures for stents you name it, he went through it. Passed 11 years ago at 56. Total bill...$0. Except for medications which were capped at $500 annually, after that free.
Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 1 year ago
WHAT RADICAL, SOCIALIST HELLHOLE IS THIS!!??
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Montanavanna 1 year ago
I don't think America needs to reinvent the wheel here. So many countries have Healthcare figured out. Let's just take what they are doing and apply it here.
Jane 1 year ago (edited)
One year, my husband (42ish) was too lazy (his words) to go and get the flu shot. He got the flu (of course), and the virus went to his heart and caused a heart attack (I thought he was having a stroke). The surgeon said his arteries were perfect, and this was just damage caused by the virus. He was off work to recover for 5 months, and required daily naps for about four years. Now, he has naps about 3 times a week. He never fully bounced back. Get the damn flu shot. He will never neglect his vaccines again.
Broadredpanda 1 year ago
Ohhhhh I can't even imagine what it's like when you're afraid to get poorly or have an accident! Good luck to everyone involved in these circumstances
Birma Gustafsson 1 year ago
And America thinks capitalism is the best economical system, when socialistic and socialdemocratic systems would get you these medical procedures for free. Go figure!
#23
Paid Leave By Country
Savannah greenleaf 1 year ago
And yes Go Denmark! I am not sure what the flag looks like but it is above zero.
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Feathered Dinosaur 1 year ago
30 right now in Germany. Plus paid days for when your child is sick, parental leave etc
Bored Seagull 1 year ago
Unfortunately that's not quite right. *By law* employees in Germany are entitled to at least 24 days of paid leave per year, assuming they're working six days per week. If working less days per week, this number is adjusted accordingly, resulting in a minimum of 20 days of paid leave for the common arrangement of working five days per week. However, a lot of employers contractually grant their employees more days of paid leave than legally required.
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Spencer's slave no longer 1 year ago
It's actually 29 in New Zealand + paid sick + paid bereavement + paid parental.
Shadow 1 year ago
I'm wondering when this graph was made... as far as I know minimum vacation when you start a job is 3 weeks a year or 15 days. I'm wondering now if it differs by province. I'm Canadian btw
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MagicJacket 1 year ago
Having a real hard time continuing to find a reason to stay in America. I was born here, but most everywhere else in the civilized, industrialized world, seems to treat their citizens better. I am constantly concerned that if I get sick or if someone in my family does, we could go bankrupt. What would I miss if I live abroad? My sports teams? That is about it I think.
Tom Brincefield 1 year ago
One reason you might stay is you need to have a marketable skill to get into most developed nations. Or marry someone from there.
Load More Replies... Robert T 1 year ago
This is only part of the story. In the UK we have statutory maternity leave, where they must keep your job open for you to return to, of 26 weeks, and additional leave of a futher 26 weeks. We also have Statutory Maternity Pay of 90% of wages for 6 weeks (30 days) plus a further 33 weeks at a lower rate. And a lovely little caveat at the end for employers - they must pay SMP even if the stop trading!
Tamra 1 year ago
I find it very strange you think we must like this situation. So many people here work themselves to death, hate the system and would love to change it. But you call us proud losers? It certainly seems like Americans aren't the only ones with problems.
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Does Anyone Else Hate That We’ve Normalized Not Putting Back Your Cart? I Just Find It Lazy (In The US)
ADJ 1 year ago
Make them like in Europe - insert coin to get cart, return cart, get the coin back. And there is no cart on parking lot problem whatsoever.
Cesium 1 year ago
We do have those in some stores, and a lot of people still don't care.
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Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 year ago
Not isolated to the US, sadly. I see this frequently in the UK too. Turns out there are terminally lazy people everywhere.
SkyBlueandBlack 1 year ago
If you think not putting your cart back is normal, you're part of the problem.
Froyn Laven 1 year ago
Former lot attendant here. We would rather you leave the buggies scattered. It's the only time we get a break from our micromanaging managers.
When living in the US, it is usually hard to get around without a car unless you are located in a major city like New York or Chicago. On the other hand, when people go to places like India, Bangladesh or other Asian countries, they find and enjoy superb public transportation facilities such as railroads, buses and three-wheeler vehicles.
#25
Only In America
Lavern Defazio 1 year ago (edited)
Bought at the gun shop next to the day care. Y'all come back and see us sometime, ye hear.
Nimitz 1 year ago
American school children selling raffle tickets for a weapon commonly used in school shootings. This is why Trump is STILL polling at 50%. That f*****g country is beyond disgusting
pfeils wife 1 year ago
I live in America and I agree. This statement, really f*****g cuts deep too: "American school children selling raffle tickets for a weapon commonly used in school shootings." This is beyond disgusting.
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#26
I Was Forced To Throw Away Bags Of Bread While At Work. There Is A Homeless Shelter Two Miles From Where I Work. All Of This Food Wasted
Ashlie Benson 1 year ago
It's not always the company's fault. Years ago I worked for a baseball stadium. We used to donate all food leftover after games to a local shelter. Then someone took the food to go and ate it like a week later and sued the stadium food provider for food poisoning and won. So they quit donating food.
Load More Replies... cerinamroth 1 year ago
It is, but the litigation culture that prevents American businesses from donating food isn't prevalent elsewhere.
Load More Replies... Mir Adwari 1 year ago
Yep. Many supermarkets eg Tesco, Co-op and places like Pret in the UK ensure food goes to help feed people in need as part of Community Food Connection Scheme.
Load More Replies... Nimitz 1 year ago (edited)
To be clear, if food is donated in good faith, recipients cannot sue if they get sick/have allergic reactions/etc. Regardless, all across the US and Canada, good food like this is thrown out because uninformed people say "We can't give it away for legal reasons." Yes, you can give it away, yes you can help. You're just choosing not to.
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
But, also to be fair, a lot of people don't know they can't be sued. Just look at all the comments on this post saying you can be. Here's the U.S. law proving you can't: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/FAQs-GoodSamaritanAct.pdf Let's all spread the word.
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Xenia Harley 1 year ago
Before the pandemic, Pennsylvania was going to start a food recovery program between the resorts and food pantries. They had several million allocated for trucks and freezers. Not sure what happened to the program since.
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
Call your stare senator and representative and find out. Then tell then it's time to get back on it.
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David Marchisotto 1 year ago
Anyone who says it's a liability doesnt know the law. The US has a Good Samaritan law that protects individuals and businesses. It provides immunity from prosecution should someone get sick...any company, store or individual who says they throw away food rather than donate it because they don't want to be sued are lying. Period.
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
Yes! Here's more about the law: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/FAQs-GoodSamaritanAct.pdf Please spread the word!
Load More Replies... Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
That's ridiculous, there's a food pantry in town and the grocery stores like Food Lion literally right down the road from it donates bread, cakes, pastries, etc that's getting ready to expire. The bread store that I go to gives expired bread to pig farmers or they did several years ago. Gonna try to remember to ask when I go this week. I thought it was terrible because the homeless shelters could have used it. I know that the color of the tie on the bag is for each day of the week.
Miki 1 year ago
I am guessing they are doing it due to taxes. Around 15-20y ago there as something like this in PL. Somebody wanted to show how cool some bakery is by showing in the Internet they are giving unsold bread to homeless. Tax agency showed up, give GIANT fee for not putting this in income and I am not sure but I think it almost put owner in prison.
PFD 1 year ago
What income? This would be expenditure not income - and rich people etc give to charity as a tax write-off all the time. This doesn't make sense.
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This Bill Is Crazy
XenoMurph 1 year ago
Here's the funny thing The US government spends more on healthcare per capita than any other government, except Norway. They ALREADY spend more than enough for universal healthcare, but the system is so skewed by profiteering, that even the government can't afford it. So they need private ON TOP of that cost.
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My O My 1 year ago
22k for a bit of bloodworks??? O come on America! Who is pocketing all this money?
Leah Woodard 1 year ago
I worked hospital pharmacy, and that's where the majority of money is made in the hospital. We had a minimum charge of $10 per dose (for things like spirin, which literally cost us less than $0.01 to buy. Everything else had a %500 markup, across the board. At the time Zofra was selling for $14 a pill, so we charged $80 per dose; other hospitals charged MORE. This s**t should be regulated.
Apachebathmat 1 year ago
What happens when you can’t pay? Surely that’s the situation for the majority of Americans without insurance?
ADJ 1 year ago
Well, if you have a house then you no longer have a house. If you have anything of value, it is reposessed and sold off. 600 000 people are bankrupted in USA per year for medical bills.
Load More Replies... Jane 1 year ago
Where I am, it's free. MAID is covered by our government health care (since it saves them a lot of money, I would imagine). And it doesn't affect your life insurance either. Canada... a great place to live AND die!
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Dave Walters 1 year ago (edited)
I don't get this. Are these bill always covered by private medical insurance, is private medical insurance expensive, does the state ever pay and what happens if you can't actually pay?
Bookworm 1 year ago (edited)
If you'd like to explore this topic more, this news series chooses one medical bill every month that highlights some bit of ridiculousness in the system, and digs into it to try to help the person resolve it. https://www.npr.org/series/651784144/bill-of-the-month
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$12,000 Worth Of Cancer Pills
Bobby 1 year ago (edited)
My monthly rent in Sweden is less than that....
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Leah Woodard 1 year ago
Nope. Pharmacy markups can be anything they want...literally. It IS big pharma, but it's local greed, too. Single.payer is the only way to go.
Robert T 1 year ago
There is a big difference between "worth" and "cost to you". Is seems the US pays massively inflated prices for most things medical. However it is worth saying that some cancer medications do costs 10's if not 100's of thousands. In the UK we often have news items where the NHS is under scrutiny for whether they should or should not make very expenive medications available to patients for free.
Scott Riley 1 year ago
$400 a pill. One cannot put a price on living... but insurance and big pharma sure can!!!
Janaina Palhares 1 year ago
I have MS, my last treatment consisted of exactly 8 pills (and a battery of exams before and after). I live in Ireland, it cost me 0. I looked for the price in the US, out of curiosity: 10 mg Mavenclad oral tablet from $43,839.06 for 4 tablets (source: d***s.com)
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
Oh my go....... The UK NHS system isn't perfect but Thank Any and All Deities for it. I can't even, nor want to, imagine what it must be like in America to have Cancer (f*ck Cancer btw) and have these bills... I know enough from one friend who has Fibromyalgia that it's bad and I wish with all my heart that you had free Healthcare
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
The NHS doesn't provide free healthcare. The NHS is part of a social system whereby healthcare is provded by those who can pay and those who need healthcare get it - it's imperfect of course, but works pretty well for most people most of the time. It's an example of one aspect of communism actually working: those who can pay, do; those who need, get. Shock, horror! One of Karl Marx's ideas actually working in practice! Of course the USA will never go for it.
Load More Replies... Nikki Gross 1 year ago
Mine was $28,000 for 28 pills without Insurance and a $3000 co-pay with Insurance. If I hadn't qualified for Novartis charity program I would have been dead a long time ago, because those pills were part of my Chemotherapy treatment.
Mark McCawley 1 year ago
ANY d**g needed to keep from dying should be sold at COST. Why can we not do this?
Mark McCawley 1 year ago
Medicine, sorry. didn't know we were such little bitches on here.
Load More Replies...In the end, America is a land of unique customs and habits that can leave outsiders both amused and bewildered. Which of these quirks did you find the most amusing? Was it the supersized portions or the drive-thru culture? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
#29
Meanwhile, In California
XenoMurph 1 year ago
Fire rarely listens. He thinks he's too hot for the rules to apply.
Load More Replies... SkyBlueandBlack 1 year ago
F**k all the way off. Fires are not uniquely American. Also, thank you, Aussies! I saw some of your planes recently over the fires here!
Kelly Scott 1 year ago
People are total idiots. In my area of the PNW we have a total burn ban. It's on the billboard just as you enter our area in LARGE letters. So twice now one of my neighbors has had to call the cops on another neighbor who won't quit burning the brush he's collected from clearing his land. Where do these stupid people come from, anyway? And what, if anything, goes through their empty heads?
ann hoskins 1 year ago
Fire Season. Wonder if they allow managed removal of underbrush, dead limbs, and other assorted flame-worthy materials yet? No? It's ok- Flood/mudslide Season will take care of that.
Mary Tonningsen 1 year ago
2024 California Wildfire Stats here in California: *One person has died *1,433 structures have been destroyed *254 structures have been damaged ***Nearly half of the acres burned are suspected to be due to arson, which is about four times more than the last seven years combined **The Park Fire, which started in Chico in July, is the largest wildfire of the year, burning nearly 430,000 acres and destroying 709 buildings (ARSON!) **I think it was just last week they arrested a Fireman for setting 5 fires while he was off-duty. I hope they throw his a$$ in jail. I'm so tired of my beautiful state always being up in flames. :'(
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I'm confused, is this image trying to suggest that the only way a fire could be started during a fire ban is intentionally?
Kevin Neuf 1 year ago
The effectiveness of gun control in one picture. Gun Free Zone signs in a nutshell.
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 1 year ago
Must be one of those malfunctioning Fire Ban signs that I've heard about.
#30
Screw You, USA Today
Kelly Scott 1 year ago
Are any of you guys noticing the videos now that start and then ten seconds in, they run an ad? Yeah, well, they must be pretty damn stupid to think anyone watches that ad OR the rest of the video. Also, BP, you must be pretty damn stupid to think anyone actually looks at your big pop up ads, too, before they get deleted.
Dave Van Beurden 1 year ago
Free speech lets you say what you want. You cannot make anybody listen to what you have to say
ConstantlyJon 1 year ago
I turn off my adblocker for mgoblog, the free Michigan football blog I read that's the best content on the internet.
Hoi-Polloi 1 year ago
I mean... I get that ads are annoying, but how is USA Today supposed to pay their journalists if they don't show ads?
#31
I Have An Autoimmune Disorder. This Is The Amount Of Bills I Received For A Single Diagnostic Test Due To Insurers Negligence And A Clerical Error. US Healthcare: Do Better
Alpacas_Are_Life 1 year ago
It's not really healthcare that needs to change... It's the f***ing insurance companies!
Catie Saralegui 1 year ago
I hear you! I have lupus. My total claims are over $1M and my out of pocket is. $80k
#32
What My School Gave Its Teachers For Teacher Appreciation Week. Seven Starburst And A Square Foot Of Bubble Wrap. Score
WindySwede 1 year ago
Stress relief bubble wrap? At least cheaper that the stroke medical bill! 🤬
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
No wonder schools can't find teachers! The pay sucks, the brats are out of control, and the perks are male bovine manure.
HTakeover 1 year ago
Most schools can't even afford to pay their teachers a living wage. How do you expect them to come up with a decent appreciation bonus? This likely came out of someone's already barren personal pocket.
viimatar 1 year ago
That's sad. How about requiring University education as the prerequisite to teach? This is the standard in Europe. In Finland, it's a Master's degree. (Though don't get me started about the current working conditions in education, they suck.)
Load More Replies... ann hoskins 1 year ago
Oh, that's how hospitals help nurses manage the stress of being understaffed during pandemics while wearing recycled paper masks. At least they did. Now they have fewer nurses so more bubble wrap to go around.
#33
Is It Like That Right Now In America?
SkyBlueandBlack 1 year ago
Alimento's, IIRC, is one of a number of LA restaurants that claim to be ani-tipping. However, I should point out that Silver Lake is one of the original "gentrified" neighborhoods, so I'm not surprised by that line. I mean, $12 for tater tots? And what is a water donation? Honestly, a $4.53 surcharge is not the worst thing on this receipt.
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Verfin22 1 year ago
What the hell is a water donation? Is it for the wildfires? Or to pay the fire companies?
viimatar 1 year ago
Apparently it's illegal to charge for tap water in some places in that country, and therefore, they've made it into "a donation" that you can't dodge?
Load More Replies... Carla Pereira Chagas 1 year ago
I don't know what is worst... That they make the costumers pay for it or that they give You the chance not to do it, leaving their staff not knowing if their are gonna access to health insurance. Or the fact that this could be legal
Broadredpanda 1 year ago
Keep going America! Your consumers will pay to keep your staff, rent and stock! You'll be rolling in money soon.
#34
Drove To An Urgent Care To Have My Throat Looked At, Got To An Exam Room, And Learned They Were Only Doing Telehealth Visits When They Wheeled This In
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Not to one-up..but went to an urgent care that I had visited before for a Upper Resp infection. Got a bill for the whole amount, when my BC/BS should have paid 80%. Upon investigation it was reclassified by the conglomerate as a Ready Care, or, an offsite ER. Oh...the hospital ER is 4 blocks away. I refused to pay any more than my 20% co-pay due to their "subterfuge". They threatened credit reporting after a few months. Called my (GOP) Rep. and explained the situation. I sent them 20% right after my call to my Rep. Got an e-mail from McClaren telling me it was paid in full.
Sunny Day 1 year ago
I'll one-up your one-up. Friend has her son on her policy. Son went to Urgent Care. Insurance says that's out-of-network and UC says she owes $400. She calls insurance - the place is in-network and they've accepted it previously. Insurances says have UC send it thru again. Friend talks to UC. They were sold recently, have a new name. They send in the insurance bill again. And it's declined. Insurance says they tried it twice, so they won't consider it again. UC realizes they sent it under doctor's name instead of clinic's name, and doctor moved here recently. Whoops, they bad. Oh, and are you going to pay the $400, cuz we're sending it to collections.
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Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
No wonder the US health "care" system scores dead last among developed nations.
#35
What's The Point Of Putting A Paper Lid If There's Plastic Under It?
Bored Trash Panda 1 year ago
I saw one that was a "paper bottle" from some "green" company, but when you cut it open, it was just a piece of cardboard over a plastic bottle.
#36
Got Charged 9k For A Doctor To Tell Me It Was Just Period Cramps, And After Going To Another Doctor It Was A Ruptured Ovarian Cyst
Miki 1 year ago (edited)
With f****d up system like theirs, miss diagnosis should be payed back :/
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Or send the bill for the treatment to the 1st Doc.
Load More Replies... viimatar 1 year ago
No-one has yet commented about the bias which makes the healthcare to constantly and consistently ignore or belittle women's health problems. Pain isn't pain, bleeding isn't bleeding, even tumors aren't tumors in the worst case, since "women always exaggerate." (Then again, my transgender friend always has their trans diagnosis presented as the base cause for any and all ailments - like borreliosis, for instance...)
Scott Riley 1 year ago
You could have died. Tell this idiot that you will sue for malpractice unless they reconsider their billing.
natalie cohen 1 year ago
Show them the diagnosis that they missed. If they don’t wipe the bill go to Legal Aid.
#37
This Classy Individual Climbed On Our Porch To Steal Our Flag Today. Then Promptly Threw It Into A Mud Puddle
Savannah greenleaf 1 year ago
Clear fishing line with small hooks tied around the base of the flag. My grandmother did this when she was fed up with the theft. Never was stolen again.
BloopyBloopBloop 1 year ago
Nothing says "I'm so afraid a man will hit on me and I'll like it" like stealing a pride flag.
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
Nothing says "Just type the letter "t" in my browser to see my 'twinks and bears' porn searches" like stealing a pride flag.
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Tayler 1 year ago (edited)
Some Americans pick and choose which Amendments they support. (American here.)
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
Here in Atlanta, people have been tearing down Harris/Walz signs. I feel sorry for the people doing that because they are so insecure and terrified their convict of a candidate will lose - again.
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Brian Droste 1 year ago
Should call the cops for trespassing and destruction of private property.
Nimitz 1 year ago
Yup. In Montreal I have rainbow string lights across my windows and a pride flag. Once I put it up my neighbor down the hall called me a f*g and started putting complaints into management about anything she could think of. A mid-20s woman in 2024 decides to express her hatred this way
Bergman Oswell 1 year ago
Call the police. Trespassing with the intent of committing another crime while on the property is a felony.
#38
Classic America
michael Chock 1 year ago (edited)
2nd ammendment guarantees right to bear arms - as part of a well regulated militia. Constitution literally has regulation and registration as a requirement to bear arms.
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
Sorry but, in the 2008 Heller case, SCOTUS found that "The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia...." https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/dc-v-heller/ Pretty partisan stretch for an originalist like Scalia if you ask me but that's where we are.
Load More Replies... Lavern Defazio 1 year ago (edited)
Just a girl who likes Jesus. I'm gonna start saying that while I clean my gun tonite.
Leesa DeAndrea 1 year ago
This kind of BS has turned American Christianity into a massive joke.
#39
Can We Ban This From Our Beaches
featherytoad 1 year ago
I'm in FL also. I can't believe they would do something like that. Why haven't the locals complained?
Load More Replies... HTakeover 1 year ago
Probably both. It has two motors so clearly can move. Likely it's anchored for people to look at. Whelp, time to get my scuba gear & pop some holes. New artificial reef, woo!
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#40
This Year, Give Your Special Someone The Gift Of Accessing The American Healthcare System
Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
Given the medical costs shown in the other posts, I am wondering what exactly a $49 gift card will get you. "Hello, I'm Dr Smith...sorry, your time is up"
Amy E 1 year ago
It’d cover 1 call with someone who can’t prescribe meds who tells you to go to urgent care.
Load More Replies... Stephanie L Thesing 1 year ago
And somebody somewhere is patting himself smugly on the back for having dreamed this up…
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
$49??? Again gosh bless the NHS here in the UK... We've a free 24hr 111 number that you can phone for medical advice, support and they'll assess if you need an ambulance or hospital transport sent to you should you need to go to hospital... Every single country in the World should have access to a system like ours...
#41
First Child Support Payment In Three Years. I Asked My Ex Why He Paid Only Fifty Cents, And He Showed Me The Receipt Where He Paid $300. The State Of Michigan Kept $299.50 In Fees
Zoe Vokes 1 year ago
I’ve seen people say (obviously in a different state) that if they have to get the government to claim child support from their ex (because their ex isn’t paying it voluntarily) that they take it out of ex’s wages and ex has to pay more for the effort. It’s crazy that it’s the receiver of child support that is charged in Michigan.
Load More Replies... Amanda Young 1 year ago
If you have any type of government benefits, you are REQUIRED to cooperate with the state's child support enforcement or you won't receive benefits. Even Medicaid.
Load More Replies... DadManBlues 1 year ago
In Hungary, the state pays you child support and collects it by force of law from the defaulting parent. The service is free and not a cent is deducted from the amount paid.
MC C 1 year ago
this doesn't make any sense, that isn't how it works, again I suspect this is staged, why show this screenshot with no information instead of said receipt?
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
Agree. Michigan charges $42 per year total for collecting child-support. Something isn't right here.
Load More Replies... Amanda Young 1 year ago
If only everyone knew how this whole state involved child support enforcement bull$sh!t really works.
Ralph Vanloton 1 year ago
Michigan Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer... Never met a 'Service Fee' that she didn't hike.
#42
Only In America
The sticker says: "Do not tailgate me. Antisocial gun-toting sociopath behind the wheel. Please just go around".
Juris Macto 1 year ago
You would think that publicly admitting to a mental condition would disqualify you from owning a weapon of death.
JoNo 1 year ago
I noticed that. They may be an antisocial, gun-toting sociopath but at least they're polite ;)
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Alabama, Ladies And Gentlemen
ZombieRedfox 1 year ago
Yeah, that thing is kind of an unofficial landmark down here now. Old sign got ruined in a storm and someone made a new one.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
No no that's all wrong. The devil has a PITCHFORK not a scythe!!! Get it the F right people!!!
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
Then come and get me... You know where I live. Bring it Darling.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
It's true, though. I don't go to church, and the devil does get me. He understands me just fine, in fact.
#44
Bathroom Passes. Each Circle Represents One Pass. We Get One Of These Papers Per Semester. To Get More, We Have To Arrange An Appointment With The Administration
Savannah greenleaf 1 year ago
Just go ahead and tell the girl on her period to hold it. Better yet find a maternity ward and tell all the women to stop being in labor.
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BloopyBloopBloop 1 year ago
When I was in primary school, I had a male teacher tell me I couldn't go to the bathroom during class as I should have gone at lunch. The reality was I had just realised my period had started, at 11 years old you're still getting used to what a period actually feels like and how to tackle it. So me being a smart-a*s, the next day at recess I took my pad off and purposely asked if I could go to the bathroom. He said no again so I sat there and just let it all bleed through my uniform.
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
Extra credit if you put the pad on the teacher's desk
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Leafy Dawn 1 year ago
They tried this at the school my daughters went to. They would get penalised even when they had their periods, so I started keeping them home on their heaviest days (as did other parents for their own daughters). The school stopped the system within two months!
TribbleThinking 1 year ago
I assume that there's an enterprising student in that school who is doing brisk business selling additional passes?
27RatsStackedInATrenchcoat 1 year ago
My high school tried this several years back. They gave up on it pretty quickly when over 1000 kids lost their paper within 2 days of school starting.
I need a nap. 1 year ago
At my middle school we get 4 passes per class (7) per 9 weeks. 4x7=28 passes. I can go to the restroom once every three days at my school. Keep in mind I spend 8 hours a day at school… 🤦
ShaZam 1 year ago
My 15 year old boy got extra credit on his exam if he never used the bathroom pass. He said it was the easiest extra credit he has ever gotten.
KieLeaHar 6 days ago
W*F! In year 12 I had kidney stones growing (without my knowledge) and I was going to the toilet every hour and a half or so! I cannot even imagine if a teacher had had the audacity to do this to us back then! We would’ve all just walked out anyway but this is just ridiculous! – This is Australia by the way. Even now 20 something years later, the kids don’t have to have this..
#45
My School Bag Check Line
Tempest 1 year ago
Our school had a morning school bag check daily. For electronics (phones, games, etc) cause they are not allowed in the classrooms (students can bring them and leave them in a safe at the entrance). Never caused lines this long. And it was conducted by appointed students. Super chill. Few students would still sneak in phones. But it wasn’t the end of the world cause they weren’t weapons! (No phones and other gadgets in classrooms is a rule in like 95% of the schools in my country. Very effective in my opinion.)
Nikki Gross 1 year ago
Dude, we started doing that s**t at my school in 1988 along with metal detectors and pat downs when I was grade 6-8. Which is 11 years old and higher, because the schools I went to are in the Hood/Ghetto and have a HUGE Gang Problem.
#46
Came For Boxer Briefs. Everything Is Locked Up. I Had To Track Someone Down Just To Get These Unlocked
I pointed at a 10-pack and said “The 10-pack in medium” and they grabbed a 6-pack… Of course, I didn't check (which adds to my mild infuriation) just because I thought they saw and heard. They were both the same price so it only made sense. Didn't realize until I got home. Thought it was fine cause I had to get tums, to find the same thing… And find another associate. Finding someone took about 5 minutes. The funny thing is they just hand it over right after and let you take it to the front.
elmortero 1 year ago
And then that sit and wonder why I why online shopping "steals" their business
Christos Arvanitis 1 year ago
For all non-US residents, this is not common here by any stretch. I've never seen anything like this anywhere.
Al Fun 1 year ago
This is because US chain stores forbid their employees to stop shoplifters. They are afraid of being sued if the employee is injured. Word has gotten around and thieves openly push full carts out without paying. The remedy: Lock stuff up or close stores in high-crime neighborhoods.
Martin Wells 1 year ago
Some employees have been killed by shoplifters, when they been stopped.
Load More Replies... Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
They spend all that money trying to prevent theft and even more money trying to weaken unions and lobbying against raising the minimum wage when history has proven over and over again that the best preventative against theft is higher wages. Is just f*****g craziness.
MotherofGuineaPigs 1 year ago (edited)
10 minutes! That's quick compared to ours. I had to find an associate to page someone with the keys, twice, took 45 minutes - for body wash
Rebecca Joan 1 year ago
Yes, but that way you’re only stealing one (if you’re stealing) instead of clearing out the whole shelf.
#47
Lady Goes To Self-Checkout, Makes The Attendant Unload Her Cart, Scan, And Bag Each Item
Note that she had way more items than you should for self-checkout, and a recommendation was made by the employee that she consider going to the standard checkout, which had nobody in line, and she refused.
Rafael 1 year ago
Not the first time I see this picture going around, I wonder if this is missing some context.
Blondie23 1 year ago
I am pretty sure she knew what she was doing. My dad is VERY against self check out. People are against it are starting to do stuff like this because they think this will make the business stop using them...
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
One thing about my bigger Tesco near me that has started to annoy me? And there's got to be a reason for it such as not enough staff for whatever reason? Is that there are 20 self service tills but only two staffed checkout ones which aren't always open. I usually go to the cigarette kiosk instead if I've only got say, 8 items if there's noone at the staffed checkout ones. The self service tills don't accept cash, they're cards only.
#48
My Local Grocery Chain Sells Individually Shrink-Wrapped Potatoes At $1.29 A Piece
Karen Ballou 1 year ago
When you microwave the, the plastic stays on. Tastes more like a baked potato.
Skim Beebles 1 year ago
Funny comment but I have to point out the irony that it's "Quayle" 😁
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Alpacas_Are_Life 1 year ago
I actually like this. My husband doesn't like potatoes, and I can't eat and entire bag before they go bad. This way I can get 1 or 2 and none go to waste.
#49
Never Forget… To Buy Things
Chocolate llama 1 year ago
So you can deconstruct the twin towers by buying stuff? That seems....a bit insensitive?
XenoMurph 1 year ago
You take the case that's around two thirds up, the falling cases from above will knock down the rest, just to make it accurate.
Load More Replies... Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
"Hmmm....how can we be more depraved than the people who blow stuff up, regardless of lives? I know, let's make money off it!"
Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago
I hate all the reminders of 911. I was in Manhattan that day. It was very traumatic. Now I see all this stuff, "remember." I don't want to remember. It's a nightmare I try not to relive. Now my son has to wear red, white and blue on 9-11. Like some walking reminder. They didn't say what color blue. He picked baby blue. I let him wear it bc I don't want to remember that c**p.
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#50
Anti-Theft Gates On Laundry Stuff And Chocolate
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 year ago
So it is... wow! I wonder where this is? I've never seen anything like it.
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Crispycritter 1 year ago (edited)
Not the US. You can clearly see items are priced in £'s not $'s
Pernille 1 year ago
Maybe if people weren't too poor to buy necessities they could stop stealing. Prices have gone up, and wages have stayed the same.
Load More Replies... Donna Peluda 1 year ago
I travel a lot all over Spain. You can tell what kind of neighbourhood you're in by going to a loxka supermarket and checking out what's locked up. Where I live some have the licor locked up. Some only the premium brands others just have alarm tags. In some places I've been the dish soap was kicked up.
#51
This Lady Resting On The Apples At Walmart
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 year ago
Mommy, why does my apple taste of fat a*s?
Load More Replies... Lavern Defazio 1 year ago
She has that ONE apple positioned just right to get that itch she hasn't been able to get to. You know, being in public and all. Gotta have some decency.
Kelly Scott 1 year ago
I have to say, grocery stores here in the US don't usually have any place for a customer to sit. Sure, you can use the electric carts to shop, but most stores have only 3 or 4 of those. There's always two in use and two charging. Stores need to get a clue and start putting a few chairs out as their customer base gets older.
Carla Pereira Chagas 1 year ago
An apple a day, keeps the doctor away but that's not how it works...
Kate Jones 1 year ago
I see she has lettuce in her bag. I'm going to go sit on and fart on some lettuce and ask her to eat it afterward and watch the hissy fit she's going to have.
#52
They Are Going After Halloween
"Attention Satanic Socialists. This is the home of the patriotic Christian family. We work hard and pay taxes. We do not celebrate satan's day. We do not give away free candy to lazy entitled freeloaders. No handouts. Welcome to America. If you want candy get a job. And find Jesus."
Damned_Cat 1 year ago
Why not just turn off the porch light and go watch Fox News in the bedroom? Jeez!
Alex S 1 year ago
And these people will be SHOCKED when their own children move out and never speak to them again
WindySwede 1 year ago
and also realised that the old testament, with OK to slaves et cetera, is still a part of the bible and doesn't wanna partake..
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WindySwede 1 year ago
NGL, but much better than the 'hh' version from some part in Europe before 1945.. 😬
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Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
Jesus was a great guy. Kind, generous, compassionate, forgiving, socialist, never had a bad word to say about the gays but wasn't keen on the rich - exactly the opposite of all these hate-filled fake Christians that plague the USA. AND he was dead keen on people paying their taxes which does make you wonder how all those non-tax-paying so called "Christian" "churches" in the US justify it.
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Depressed Lesbian(she/they/he) 1 year ago
those darn eight year olds, wanting CANDY on HALLOWEEN!
Load More Replies... Stephanie L Thesing 1 year ago
Gee whiz, all I do is turn out my house lights and pull the shades if I don’t want trick-or-treaters…
Xenia Harley 1 year ago
Had a cousin who told me Jesus never said to help the poor. She says she is a good "Christian woman". I think she has been in a church three times.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
And probably read only three verses in the bible
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#53
At A Gas Station In Rural Southern Indiana
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
The store needs to be identified! Public shaming is one of the few things that works!
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
If I saw a sign like that, I would point it out to an employee and then tell him/her I'm taking my business to a place that gives a dang.
Janet C 2 weeks ago
Meanwhile, Spain passed a comprehensive food waste reduction law which will require supermarkets to donate surplus food and sell at least some amount of wonky vegetables and other “imperfect” foods in their displays. They will be asked to promote ecological, sustainable and seasonal, local products. There are other things in there too, all designed with protecting people and the environment in mind.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
Even the unethical major two supermarkets in Australia send their leftover produce etc to food charities!
#54
Bank Of America Is Slowly Draining My Savings Account Because I Don’t Have Enough Money In My Account
Kristiina Männiste 1 year ago
Im from Estonia and I STILL managed to get disappointed by BoA - they somehow managed to loose 60K USD (not mine thank heaven). How does a bank even do this?
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catastrophegirl 1 year ago
i highly recommend everyone in the US find a credit union they can join. some of them have very easy to meet requirements like "live/work in this county/city" or "live in the same house with someone who is already a member". i've gotten some past roommates qualified for my credit union under that last one. there's even one near me that has eligibility for workplace, or residence location, or family members already members, or, failing all of the above, join a specific non profit community organization for a one time fee of $18, which comes out of your first credit union account deposit. $18 one time beats losing monthly account maintenance fees from big corporate banks.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
I have a lot of money in my credit union, and from time to time contemplate moving ALL of my cash there. The only reason I keep anything at Bilk of America is the convenience of ATMs. It isn't easy to find an ATM or office for my credit union.
Load More Replies... Koalafied to komment 1 year ago
We're having the same development in Germany. Banks are raising fees for everything, it's almost impossible to find a bank that doesn't, and it's also impossible to live without a bank account.
M O'Connell 1 year ago
I had BoA accounts by virtue of them purchasing the smaller bank I had originally signed up with. They were an awful company from that day until the day I closed those accounts.
Nimitz 1 year ago
In Canada I have to maintain a balance of $4000 or it's $18/month for "service fees".
Kate Jones 1 year ago
Why would you continue to stay in that type of account? This is clearly an account where you need to maintain a balance, probably to get interest. So get an account that doesn't require that. Sorry but this is your own stupidity. No one is holding you hostage there and you agree to these terms when you open the account. These fees are not a surprise.
#55
You Peel The Sticker Off To See The Original Price Of $1.99. In Hawaii, Prices Are So Much Higher, But This Is The Next Level
Divado 1 year ago
Illegal to do in the UK under trading standard law. Can price down, never up.
Jumping Jellyfishes 1 year ago
It says "Suggested retail price" above the printed price which means stores can set their own prices.
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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
Does the ship that delivered these to Hawaii run on good feelings? If you want to live on an isolated island chain you better expect high prices for things not made on the island!
Kate Jones 1 year ago
I get upping prices where travel is involved. Islands have to that in order to pay the high costs of the travel it takes to get there. But a 4 dollar markup is a little much.
#56
They Gave Us Rocks As A Reward. It's Juneteenth And We Were Given Rocks As If That Could Ease Our Suffering (Amazon Dsp Drivers)
TribbleThinking 1 year ago
The bored overclass cheerily making shopping decisions whilst being wined and dined by expensive marketing consultants. And the issuing nitpicking managerial decisions about bathroom breaks because cost saving measures need to be made as the department's budget keeps being inexplicably being overspent.
General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
For those who haven't heard of it: Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. - Wikipedia
WindySwede 1 year ago
Thanks for the info! And they give rocks? This feels like something that maybe should not be mixed in the same senescence?
Load More Replies... Libstak 1 year ago
Wo derived where those rocks could be thrown....hmmmm, hope personnel department are sequestered in a windowless basement, for their safety of course.
Montanavanna 1 year ago
Throw it at something that will break. What? I thought that is what it was for because why the eff do I want a rock in a bag? Did your kids make this? Get real.
#57
Get A Look At These Stickers
LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago (edited)
This is f*****g disgusting. MAGA Idiots are some of the most hate-filled, ignorant losers out there. I bet this loser is a neo-nazi and parades around in white sheets.
cerinamroth 1 year ago
How is any of this not hate speech - surely an arrestable offence or two on there?
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
Of course it's hate speech, but that doesn't make it an arrestable offence in all jurisdictions.
Load More Replies... Christos Arvanitis 1 year ago
"shoot your local Democrat" with a picture of an assassination. Oof.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
Repulsive, disgusting, inexcusable, unforgivable - it is an endorsement of violence. It is also an admission of insecurity, when you can't abide people who disagree with you.
Load More Replies... Damned_Cat 1 year ago
I love the one that says, "I Can Breath!!" How about if I ask you to wear a mask to avoid a deadly virus?
Bored Retsuko 1 year ago (edited)
I find that one particularly offensive. I think it refers to the black guy who was mūrdered by a cop some years ago whose last words were "I can't breathe"?
Load More Replies... Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
Yup. "Support your local whiteboy" it says around the rim of the circle. I have no words.
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Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
The original reads "My kid beats up your trans kid". I am not remotely a violent person, but reading that - well, I feel that I could possibly make an exception in this case. And no, I'm not talking about the kid... 😠
Load More Replies... Nikki Gross 1 year ago
I normally don't advocate things like vandalism and destruction of property. But let's just say, that if you wanted to mess with someone, pouring a bag of sugar in the gas tank would be a subtle and expensive long term way to counter protest. My bestie and I "hypothetically" when we were teenagers, decided to test this on my Sister's Ex after he beat the hell out of her and the legal route didn't work. A midnight excursion to test our "theory" out on his Pick-up truck and our little experiment yielded positive results. Growing up around the type of people that I did provided me with several ideas on how to express my displeasure without leaving evidence behind.
#58
Thank You, America, For Your Awesome Bathroom Privacy
Bananaramamama 1 year ago
This thread is bananas. We go from gun violence to healthcare to religion and yet a large majority of the posts are about public bathroom doors 😂
Lavern Defazio 1 year ago
Or in the bushes. Who knows that critters are lurking down there. This is Arizona so I'm gonna guess a scorpion. Ahh, a nice little sting on the woohoo. That would suck so bad.
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Obesity Rates In The USA vs. Europe
Pernille 1 year ago
Baklava, the food of gods. If I could buy baklava in every bakery I would be the size of a bus.
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cerinamroth 1 year ago
Let's see that with poverty rates alongside. Now ask people in those places why they vote for the people who want to keep them poor.
Feathered Dinosaur 1 year ago
When I went to Florida as a kid I was shocked by the abundance of obese people. I had never seen fat people on electric wheelchairs or whatever you call the things before
Kate Jones 1 year ago
This whole list shows how expensive, dangerous and ridiculous it is to live here and you're wondering why we're fat when groceries are the only controllable cost in our lives? Our rent is ridiculous. Our health care is ridiculous. We pay crazy amounts for everything and we have no say about it. Meanwhile we can't afford to buy houses or have kids anymore. And then we get sh!t from other countries for being fat because cheap food is the only cheap thing we have. So yeah, with my 40 dollar grocery budget, I'm going to buy 10 packs of cheap but fattening ramen for 5 dollars that will last the week, and not the 4 dollar green pepper that will barely last 1 meal.
BarfyCat 1 year ago (edited)
Poverty = worse food choices. Plus no public transport or very crappy public transport. Plus the factor that everyone overlooks: climate. I live in one of the darkest purple states and for six months of the year the heat and humidity is horrific. The other six months it's raining. There's a reason Colorado is orange and it's because the weather is beautiful 90% of the time.
David Beaulieu 1 year ago
It looks like a political map of the US. Darker purple is red, orange/pink is blue.
#60
Proof I Live In Chicago
Science Nerd 1 year ago
Was this from the AR-15 style rifle that was a raffle prize in an earlier post?
#61
Happy Halloween? Found In My Kids' Bucket
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
One thing's for sure: whoever handed that out is pretty much the opposite of a Christian. The Bible has a lot to say about fake Christians and similar hypocrties.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
A former co-worker of mine told me that he grew up in an extremely fundie household, and every Halloween they gave out crud like this, usually Chick "Satanic panic" rubbish. One guess as to which house on his block was a favorite target for eggs and teepeeing. He never got to go trick-or-treating. Now he is not on speaking terms with his parents, and is a confirmed atheist.
Me 1 year ago
I grew up in a very religious household. My mom would only pass out candy if she had a card similar to this to give with the candy. On the card was a phone number to call and hear a bible story. Once she ran out of cards, she turned out our light and refused to pass out anymore candy.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Whatever your view of Christianity, you know Jesus hated people like this.
WindySwede 1 year ago
Not jesUS, he was blond and never had long hair nor a robe that looked like a dress? 🤔
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Depressed Lesbian(she/they/he) 1 year ago
there was something my brother got that was the mini ten commandments one year
#62
Received This In My Work Email. Only In America
Nikki Gross 1 year ago
Every 3 months at Wal-Mart the employees are required to watch the Active Shooter video so your manager and HR for the store can sign off for you. It's set up that you have to login with your Associate ID so mgmt can't just sign you off on the training video.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Oh, the "How to Lie to Your Employees about Giving One Good Goddamn about Their Safety" talk. Anyone for "Duck and Cover"?
Karen Krause 1 year ago
We had to go through training on how to survive an active shooter at one of my jobs. It was scary to think about.
#63
Got An Eviction Letter For Being 15 Minutes Late Paying My Rent. Look At These Fees
$180 just for writing an eviction letter? Like seriously? You had to write it once and I bet it was years ago. You have copies just lying around!
So, my $1,479 of rent after all these charges and the late fee really means my rent is $1,988. Why is it a bank can tell me I can't afford a $900 mortgage but $2000 for rent? Nah, you got this bro. Two-bedroom dumpster fire with a drywall missing. This isn't the luxury apartment that's advertised, so why charge luxury prices?
M O'Connell 1 year ago
FYI: "Luxury Apartment" is only defined as a unit having its own laundry facilities. It could be a tar paper shanty, but it qualifies as a "luxury apartment" if it has a washer and dryer.
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
By whose definition? In what place? Where I live, luxury is in the eye of the beholder. The word has no legal meaning.
Load More Replies... Montanavanna 1 year ago
And pest control fee? Yeah, landlord, you are required to ensure the place you rent out is not infested with pests.
Witch with a B 1 year ago
Always check if there is a tenant/landlord ordinance where you live. The city of Chicago (US) has one of the strictest. Most of this is illegal there. If you don't have one, time to get active and contact your politicians.
MC C 1 year ago
this person was not "15 minutes late" on their rent, they were 3 months behind, which is why there are 3 different water bills. also means their rent was around $500/month.
Bored Trash Panda 1 year ago
this could be for one month. we have two different water charges, one for in our unit and the other for water in "common areas". we also pay our electric separate from the apartments but still have an electric charge for the common areas.
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#64
I Saw This As “Teach Your Kids To Accept Ab*se From Their Future Employer”
Lene 1 year ago
There's a difference between telling your kids "no", "you can't have that", and "you can't do that" and screaming at them and physically hurt them. I am on the team of telling my kids no and I allow them to tell me when they think I am being unfair or just stupid. I am often told I am being too soft but on the other hand, when we are at big family gatherings my kids are praised for how polite and well-behaved they are and between all three of them we've only had 1 temper tantrum in a store. So honestly.... I think I am doing a good job doing this mom-thing. (My understanding of "being tough on them" is to be physically hurting the kids and screaming at them for little things. I know that it may not be what everybody understand from the sentence.).
#65
Having To Pay To Wear Shorts At Walmart During A Heatwave In Maine
We are experiencing some crazy heat in the 90's with high humidity. Today alone the heat index is forecasting 110°F. $2 a day to wear shorts during a heat advisory is disgusting. This is the Walmart in Augusta, ME.
Also, check out the bottom where they are no longer providing CUPS for water during the summer. I won't generalize Walmart as being out of touch but this particular location sure is.
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
Stop shopping at Walmart, people!! Do not give this evil corporation any of your hard-earned money!!
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Okay, $2 after the first cup? If you are using one every time you refill? That's not right either..just sayin'.
#66
This Is The Line In My Local Target Because They Only Allow Self-Checkout
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
Bravo, bravo, bravo! Add 25 points to your score for every time you did.
Load More Replies... Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 year ago
SHOP ELSEWHERE. I literally put my goods down and walked out of the pet shop the other day because I was the only person in line and had waited 10 minutes while the only assistant buggered about trying to sign the customer in front up to the loyalty card.
ravn 1 year ago
Where? Oftentimes the corporate store is the only game in town.
Load More Replies... Uncle Schmickle 1 year ago
I never use self check out. It's just a way for the company to make more profit by getting rid of employees ..... and I agree with the below comment.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
I use self-checkout occasionally if I have just a few items. Check-out clerks know what the hell they're doing, and are faster and more efficient than I.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 1 year ago
Go to the back to the people trying to sell cell phone plans. They're bored to death and can check you out quickly.
#67
This Should Be Illegal
MaximumKarmaSaint 1 year ago
Probably is somewhere. Don't encourage gambling with things that come in food.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Bad business plan. If you want your customers to have enough money to come back, don't steer them toward a lottery.
#68
Eat Local (We Live In North America)
Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 1 year ago
Whenever I see a store selling patriotic stuff like union jack printed clothing in UK, I always peek a look at label to see where it's made - never seen one yet that was made in UK. (I'm looking at you, National Trust!)
Science Nerd 1 year ago
Our local semi-vegetarian restaurant with a buy local policy serves bottled water imported from Italy.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
They're trying to cash in on the whole buy local trend. It's a good idea to shop local.... Provided you don't live in a tourist trap that gouges even the local consumers...
#69
Here’s What $1,000 Looks Like In The USA
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
Oh no, the plastic cup is $199 extra
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Pay For Your Own Sidewalk?
Miki 1 year ago
Yea.. City property until snow needs to be clear. Then it's yours. At least in PL.
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LittleWombat 1 year ago
We have this in our town in the US. We have to pay half for sidewalk repairs!! But why? The sidewalk is the town's property and it's used by hundreds of people, not me. Taxes should cover all of it!
Verena 1 year ago
Well, this can happen in Germany or the Netherlands as well. Usually roadworks are covered by the monthly/yearly fees to be paid to the city and county. However, under certain circumstances it can happen that you are required to pay for the road or sewage system in front of your house.
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
If the city is going to charge me for the sidewalk, I'm putting up a fence and a gate and charging a toll.
Kate Jones 1 year ago (edited)
If you own a home in the US and a pipe bursts on the street and it's connected to your property (in the sense that it's a main water line connected to everyone on the street), you have to pay for it. They usually split the cost between everyone on the street and if you escrow your insurance/taxes, there's a lien placed on your property and the bank will split it to your over all mtg payment each month over the course of a year. If you own the home and don't have a mtg, they just bill you and you are often forced to get a loan from the bank to pay it because it's usually too much for anyone to just come up with. These costs can be in the 10s of thousands, especially for old lines because they are required to be updated. Another reason I don't want to own a house.
SkyBlueandBlack 1 year ago
Where? I'm 44, never heard of this. This is the kind of thing property taxes pay for.
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Sith-Fil-A Here In The Texas Heat
Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
Protection from heat and UV. Hope they gave them sunscreen too though.
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Depressed Lesbian(she/they/he) 1 year ago
White hoods might make them look.. erm... unfriendly
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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
These are drive-thru workers at Chik-Fil-A. They have sun protection on. Chick-Fil-A is notorious for extremely long lines and this practice speeds up the wait.
#72
Starbucks Mobile Orders Make Store Customers Wait Longer, While No One’s There To Pick Up The Coffees
Scott Riley 1 year ago
I feel that Starbucks customers deserve this. I'd always go to a locally owned coffee shop first. I'd go to Starbucks never.
ADJ 1 year ago
I went to Starbucks couple of times when in opened in nearby mall couple of years ago. Apparently it was a fashionable thing to do as i was informed by my daughters. They took selfies and whats not. But I never went to Starbucks on my own, their coffee is just awful.
Oerff On Tour 1 year ago
There are more Starbucks in Seattle, then in all of Italy (28), a country famous for their appetite for coffee
Just Kiri 1 year ago
Mostly because what Starbucks serves can barely be called coffee.
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The Gift I Got From Work For "National Thank You Day". I Feel Truly Insulted
I also work in finance so I had to expense the invoices for this lavish gift set last week so I knew it was coming.
Sarah Suelzle 1 year ago
What are you a crow !? For heaven's sake ... I'm insulted and I don't even work there.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
I'd send this cràp back along with unambiguous directions on what to do with it. And, perhaps, a resignation letter.
#74
I Was Caught Off Guard By This. I Don't Understand The Point Of This Other Than A Money Grab. I Was Able To "Skip Just This Once" For Free
Savannah greenleaf 1 year ago
That doesn't make sense. Everyone else is at work. Slow times should encourage business.
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
More Walmart b******t! They will do anything to pad the Walton pockets.
Bored Trash Panda 1 year ago
That's from Sam's Club, not Walmart. Not denying you are wrong though, Walmart is greedy as f**k.
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Just so y'all know; this business is already a membership-based model. They have been doing this for a while as a perk for a different "class" of membership.
DeoManus Argentem 1 year ago
Yup, a lot of businesses have different hours for different categories of members. I believe Costco does this too, or at least used to, so businesses could stock up before/after the hordes of retail shoppers. Same with Home Depot for contractors.
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Nikki Gross 1 year ago
Its for outside of normal hours, because the club doesn't open to the public until 10am. Sam's has Business or Advantage members that can come in at 7am, so they can get in and out without having to stand in line. Sam's Club and Costco both require paid memberships in order to shop there since they've opened. I worked at Sam's Club #8241 in Midwest City, OKLA that was the very first Sam's ever built. Until about 10 years after Sam Walton died that company treated us amazingly and ALWAYS took care of us Associates. Once upon a time that company Walton Inc. was considered one of the best places to work, because their starting pay was WAY above minimum wage and the Insurance, 401k, Profit Sharing and the annual Sam's Share (our yearly bonus) was a way to make serious bank. If that company hadn't changed then I never would have left in 2008, It's just sad what they turned that place into now that SW is gone.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
This just serves to remind me that not shopping there is totally free.
#75
The "Hotdog" Served At My High School
Robert Millar 1 year ago
No, it's a horses w***y from Mrs. Miggins tavern.
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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago
Oh yeah, we have those at my school. They look upsettingly flaccid but actually don’t taste bad, if you put a bunch of mustard on them.
LittleWombat 1 year ago (edited)
And kids wouldn't be brave enough to take that back and say, no, I need a better one since I paid for lunch!
#76
Cut My Finger And Got 4 Stitches. This Is Why Americans Avoid Hospitals As Much As Possible
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
That's why you should either go to your PCP office if they do stitches or an Urgent Care, it's a lot cheaper for you and the insurance
Michael Largey 1 year ago
On two separate occasions, I have gotten a letter from my health insurance company saying essentially "We have to deny the charges your hospital sent us for your surgery because those idiots don't know how to fill out a simple form correctly. If they come to you for money, don't send them a dime. Sooner or later they'll figure it out." And they did.
Kate Jones 1 year ago
I recently cut my finger and it needed stitches and I literally duck taped it together until it healed enough to take it off. I have a scar and I don't care because I don't want to go through paying that kind of money.
zovjraar me 1 year ago
My ultrasound to check on lumps for possible BREAST CANCER are over $1k each time, after insurance. and they want to check them every 3 months. i was like, yeah i'll just take my chances and i'll come back if something starts growing outside my body.
detective miller's hat 1 year ago
It's ridiculous how many severe injuries I and my family and friends know how to treat at home (and just how much of the supplies needed for said treatment we keep in our homes).
Lenore Jean Jones 1 year ago
$500 of that is only once per year, but still. It should be free.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Damn...how much do THEY pay for needle and thread? That's not the fee for stitching, that's the supplies.
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
Sutures and needles are surprisingly expensive, although maybe not *that* expensive. But there's dressings and fluids for cleaning, disposable gloves and aprons, the disposable covering for the chair/bed the patient's treated on, all sorts of things like that. Then, what with this being US healthcare, the suppliers of all these things have added a 100% markup before it gets to the hospital and the hospital does the same... I'm probably not even being cynical there. 😕
Load More Replies... ƒιѕн 1 year ago
Doubt I would have went to ER for a small cut like that. I'm a contractor, tape and rags are cheaper.
Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
I flayed a small patch of skin off the back of my hand and decided to treat it at home. Bandaids and tape all the way. Excruciating though.
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One Of The Most Expensive Cities In The USA (Las Vegas). They Took Out The Bus Waiting Seats So No Homeless People Slept There. Welcome To America
Kelly Scott 1 year ago
Fish, first of all, as a formerly homeless person, there is no way I'm going to go into the house of someone I don't know who suddenly offers me a place to sleep. I wouldn't take a ride from a stranger and I won't sleep in a stranger's house. Second, how is that solving the problem? Homelessness is caused by a multitude of things, but if you leave out the d***s and alcoholism, homelessness is mostly caused by rents that are way too high and wages that are way too low. Start by doing something to solve those two problems alone and maybe we wouldn't have to worry about where most homeless people are sleeping.
Kelly Scott 1 year ago
And then they complain because the homeless in Las Vegas sleep in the tunnels under the city.
Lin Juist 1 year ago
Blaming the homeless, nice one. Fix the homeless problem, not bus stops.
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$100 Worth Of Groceries
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Yeah, but, it's been given hay to eat. Local market has a proper meat(beef) case, 4.99-7.99/#. It costs about 70-80 dollars for a large slab(10-15 #) of meat (they slice for you) that we can get 7-10 meals from.
Load More Replies... Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
This was posted 2 years ago at the height of groceries costing a fortune. I had a similarly sized cart for $100. Can get a lot more for that at Meijer now, although I'd ditch the frozen tuna steaks and the prepackaged beef. Cheap cuts of pork (country ribs) run like $6 for few pounds, chicken breasts aren't too much (I picked up a fcking ton of thighs for $6 last week).
BROmanicus85 1 year ago
To be fair, tuna steaks are quite pricey everywhere! Beef too! Just the tuna steaks, beef and the coconut milk would add up to more than 50-60 dollars in most European countries as well! That isn't to say it is fair, by no means!
Nikki Gross 1 year ago
Give me a $100 to use at Wal-Mart and my locally owned grocery store and I can make a killing! It's all about sales, store brands, amount of meals off one thing and I can make a penny scream (Thank you, Mom!) and get enough food to last a month. I'm on disability and literally every penny counts when it comes to my food budget for the month. There are so many things wrong with this picture that it's not even funny, because someone doesn't know how to shop.
antoinette maldari 1 year ago
They have 1 steak dinner for at least 2 and 2-3 other meat dinners (tuna chicken is family sized) and breakfast for a week. $100 sounds about right.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 year ago
Still expensive. Steak in the UK is from grass-fed cows by default (that's how we raise cattle), and while tuna can be a bit pricy, those particular steaks would only be about £12 in total. That whole shop, based on what I can see, wouldn't be more than £50 / $60 here.
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FedEx Showed Its Appreciation For Its Essential Employees With This And A $2 Pay Cut. Thanks, FedEx
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
Shame on FedEx! A lot of big companies in the US need a good thrashing.
Witch with a B 1 year ago
My son's boyfriend works for a company that is a subcontractor, so he technically doesn't work for FedEx. His boss is actually more understanding than the actual corporation would be.
#80
Got A Knife That Says USA. It Broke, And Then I Realized It Said China On The Back
M O'Connell 1 year ago
This is kind of on you for buying a knife with an all-plastic handle. It doesn't matter where it was made.
DeoManus Argentem 1 year ago
A city in China changed its name to "Usa" so it could claim its goods were "Made in USA" - at least that's a story I've heard since the 90s! Things made in the US/Western Europe aren't cheap, so price is generally the big tell.
#81
Subscription To Everything, Including Life's Essentials
Kristiina Männiste 1 year ago
Is Californian tap water safe to drink? Im going to visit next year and I am a bit worried.
Lenore Jean Jones 1 year ago
Most tap water in the U.S. is safe to drink. There are glaring exceptions.
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Panda Kicki 1 year ago
Uh, where is water dispensers not free? I have used tap water dispenser (with totally safe water) in Sweden, Finland, Poland, Sloavkia, Czech, Germany...
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#82
After You Cross The Road In Some American Cities, You Get This. No Sidewalk On The Other Side. Why
ƒιѕн 1 year ago
Future expansion would be my guess as they most likely went thru the city and installed compliant ADA ramps..
Leah Brown 1 year ago
If nothing else, it gives people a safer place to stand while waiting to cross the street.
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M O'Connell 1 year ago
Technically you also need to have access to the crosswalk button, thus the other two pieces of sidewalk. I would imagine this was paid for with federal grant money.
Load More Replies... Michael Fernandez 1 year ago
Funding for ADA compliant sidewalk ramps frequently comes from the federal government or statewide grants; the rest of the sidewalks would be paid for by local governments or homeowners associations.
#83
I Can't Trust The Country Of Origin Now
Donna Peluda 1 year ago
This reminds me of the trick most pop singers use. They all say they sing live at the gigs even though many have been caught out. But yes, the do sing live but what they sing into the mic on stage is not what you her through the PA.
#84
US Church Can Sell Fireworks Tax-Free
Kelly Scott 1 year ago
Churches need to pay taxes. Imagine all the programs we could fund if we made Scientology alone pay their fair share of taxes.
ShaZam 1 year ago
thinking outside the box ... maybe the customer won't pay taxes because the church has to pay taxes on that item (you can not double tax someone for an item) ... The government always gets their money
Depressed Lesbian(she/they/he) 1 year ago
Churches don't have to pay taxes because the government doesn't support them, so they don't have to support the government.
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My Town Defaulted On Our Only Free Public Charger’s Electricity Bill
M O'Connell 1 year ago
Somebody has to pay for the electricity. Most "free" things are paid for somehow or other. I wonder how many months the bill went unpaid, since $13,334.68 would buy around 51000kWh at the current average California commercial electricity rate. Or enough to charge a Nissan Leaf from 0% 1275 times.
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Imagine Going To A Baseball Game And Having Feet Beside Your Face
Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
To be fair, you will see that sort of anti-social behaviour in every country not just the US
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Unfortunately, the drinks in stadiums are too expensive for a quasi-accidental spill. (But I might save up during the off season.)
Kate Jones 1 year ago
Girls do this on flights all the time. They should be removed from society until they can behave like a human.
#87
Asked To Tip On Amazon Order
DeoManus Argentem 1 year ago
I think that's coming from a local Whole Foods? I tried ordering something once from Amazon and when it asked for a tip I was like, "TF?!" Then went back and saw that's what it was (Amazon owns Whole Foods Markets).
Red72 1 year ago
I saw an item on Amazon that asked for a tip also. It was from a 3rd party seller, so it wasn't Amazon asking for a tip, however, I don't think that should be allowed on Amazon, if you want more money for an item just include it in the price, not ask for a tip & make me feel like if I don't tip that my item will either not show up or it will be "funky"
#88
Got Our Groceries Delivered To Our House Today To Save Us From Going Out. In The End, We Had To Go To Walmart So They Could Open This Sucker With Their Special Key
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
Anything plastic can be opened if you hit it hard enough
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Walmart delivery truly sucks. Last time, I got a can of coffee with no lid, just the seal.
#89
Just Chillin At The Coffee Shop
Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
If I was the manager I would turf that guy out. And that's just because of the man bun
Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
Put your fricking dogs away dude! I'm barefoot all the time AT HOME and my feet still ain't on any tables. Gross.
Kate Jones 1 year ago
Stop acting like public places are your home! You have some kind of foot fungus and now my glass is going to be sitting on that or my hands will touch it. THIS. This is why people needed to wear masks. To all those people who act like 'I'm clean and I'm not sick. I don't know why I have to wear one'. It's because of people like this.
#90
Just Alabama Things You Find In Tires
Lavern Defazio 1 year ago (edited)
What you won't find in Alabama is a woman's right to choose her healthcare self decisions. IVF is also in the chopping block as well.
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago (edited)
Give it a few years. Change is coming, and it's coming fast - most Americans object to the current anti-woman agenda being imposed by a frankly tiny minority of billionaire backed extremists who - well, it's complicated, but it is in fact a well organised conspiracy aimed at imposing their ideas on the whole nation. Biblical fundamentalism and all. It won't last and the backlash will, I hope, sweep them away. I might be wrong and if I am, try reading Robert Heinlein's "Revolt in 2100" for a preview of what's coming. 😉
Load More Replies... Kelly Scott 1 year ago (edited)
I was going to say, maybe not anymore after the mass shooting they had down there. Or maybe, especially because of the mass shooting they had down there.
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
Yes, but a safe gun user doesn't just drop unused ammo and leave it lying around.
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Made In USA?
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Like the bit on 60 Minutes I saw last night on Scrip prices. The patent was expiring on a medicine, making it available for generic mfg status. They added a cap keeper strap to the inhaler so the patent wouldn't expire, same medicine, different bottle, essentially.
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#92
Oh, How Patriotic
Maisey Myles 1 year ago
How Pathetic! What’s worse is our obesity epidemic that calls for a 2XL
#93
Tipping Culture Is Getting Out Of Hand
Michael Largey 1 year ago
I'm thinking out figuring tip amounts using imaginary numbers. You do have i (the square root of -1) on your cash register, don't you?
ravn 1 year ago
How about we have no context here. Why is this "out of control", aside from an overall pro/anti-tipping stance?
ConstantlyJon 1 year ago
how about the server didn't put the tip percentage recommendations on the receipt, the owner did. just give them 20% for good service. it's not that hard.
#94
Went To A Drive-Thru And They Were Using An AI Instead Of A Person To Take Orders (It Was Basically Like A Glorified Automated Phone Call)
Karen Krause 1 year ago
My sister would hate this. She has a problem getting Alexa to understand her. She speaks well but at a lower level than most. She was in a fire and it affected her voice.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I don't have any reason for my voice being hard to pick up, but any time I have to call Centrelink (government assistance etc) their voice recognition just says 'sorry, I didn't get that'! I am a teacher and do a lot of reading/speaking at church where I'm complimented on how clear I am.
Load More Replies... Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
If I realized that an AI was taking my order, I'd nope out of there and find a place where an actual human being would take my order.
M O'Connell 1 year ago
Have you seen the video where a guy asks the Taco Bell AI ordering system for 12,000 free water cups, and he's immediately connected to a real person?
Load More Replies... LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
Who do they think is going to come buy their s**t if no one has a job anymore, because AI took their jobs and now no one has any money?!!
Kate Jones 1 year ago
Honestly, I'm so tired of getting my food wrong at fast food restaurants I'm not opposed to the food being cooked/assembled by AI. I generally push for human workers but I'm just so tired of it. It's literally every time I go. I get a sandwich with extra cheese and onions- which I pay $2 extra for, btw- and i don't get it. I worked for McDonald's for almost 10 years all through school and I know how stupid their systems are. There are no QA controls to make sure the sandwich is made right. 4 people are wearing headsets including the initiator (the person who builds the sandwich on the grill) and they still mess it up. And you get old, cold buns and meat that's been in the holding tray well over its time. It would be one thing if prices were still cheaper to offset the annoyance of not getting what you ordered but that isn't the case anymore. They've done this to themselves.
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
When I find myself having to speak to an AI, I suddenly develop a speech impediment.
#95
A Fine American Education
Michael Largey 1 year ago
That's how summer vacation works for us teachers. June just ended, and suddenly August is arriving.
MaximumKarmaSaint 1 year ago
It's birthdays, but the problem is the order.
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#96
Sat Behind 1st Class On A Flight Out Of The Richest County In America & Every Screen Was On Fox News
michael Chock 1 year ago
No, these are the foxes that prey on the sheeple.
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roddy 1 year ago
All the north American news outlets are biased. It's not as if there was a neutral one out there. Most of them are owned by the same company. Get your news from foreign sources, they are a little less partial. Al Jazeera, for example.
frederick clause 1 year ago
If you go back in time you will find that Fox news stated that they are an entertainment channel and not a news channel.
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#97
In Chicago For Work, Paying $65 A Night For Parking, Wake Up Ready To Go To Work, All My Equipment Is Gone
Damned_Cat 1 year ago
I once stayed in a hotel in San Diego that had a mandatory, non-refundable $25 parking fee per night. The hotel had like 125 rooms, and only 25 parking spots on premises. We parked on the street the whole time because the garage was always full. They refused to give us a refund because they had no way to verify whether or not we parked in the garage or on the street.
James016 1 year ago
back in May we went on holiday and the hotel had a very small car park. They recommended that I pay every day rather than all nights in one go. The last 2 nights I had to park in another car park which turned out to be cheaper.
Load More Replies... Lene 1 year ago
When I was a kid there were these signs at all big parking lots and near ferries and train stations that said: empty your car before the thief does. I think you can still see the sign at Rosengårdcenteret in Odense but besides that it's been decades since I saw them.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
We have them all over Australia- Owner Onus, don't leave valuables in cars
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Gavin Johnson 1 year ago
Used to work away from home a lot, had a van full of tools that we’d lug into the hotel and out again every day, most of my tools were my own and whilst they were insured the aggravation of replacing them / missing out on work was not worth taking the risk, we had a trolley in the van for shifting tools. If we were lucky we’d get a few days at one location and space to lock them in. Humans eh? Urgh.
#98
Living In A 3rd World Country, It's Crazy To Me That This Is Legal In The US
Glasofruix 1 year ago
Oh yeah, the only time i tried to purchase something from epic, the payment went through but no game was delivered to my account. They've claimed to never have received the money despite me getting a confirmation email with an order number from them and money being taken from my credit card. Thankfully i've paid through paypal and money was back in a couple of days after making a claim. Never bought anything on epic store again.
#99
$250,000 Porsche 911 GT3 RS With A Student Driver Sticker
Robin DJW 1 year ago
Attention world: This is not an "everyday thing" in the USA. The level of wealthy that would do this is probably 0.001% of the population. I be it happens in your countries, too.
ConstantlyJon 1 year ago
but the student driver sticker is absolutely an every day thing in the US. And it's obnoxious. Basically like "hey I know normally you're a d**k on the road but in this instance could you be less of a d**k pretty please?"
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Damned_Cat 1 year ago
Training to drive a powerful sports car is highly recommended. I'm sure many countries have stories where someone bought their dream car and then wrapped it around a tree a few days later because they couldn't handle it.
Oerff On Tour 1 year ago
Famous in the Netherlands about 10 years ago. A guy bought a brand new Ferrari, waiting about a year before it was delivered. Picked it up at the dealership, exited the driveway, and crashed it 300m/1.000ft down the road. Totaled it.
Load More Replies... M O'Connell 1 year ago
I think there are many confused europeans in the comments on this one. That sticker is not regulated in any way. You can just buy one. In this case, I'm certain it was intended as a joke.
SirWriteALot 1 year ago
It's either a joke or a fancy driving school. I've seen Porsches, Ferraris and Maseratis as student cars here in Europe.
René Sauer 1 year ago
doesn´t need to be a Porsche. Teslas, BMWs, Mercedes, Range Rovers, any large Pick up, all these vehicles do not belong in the hands of new drivers. They should drive, like, late 90s-early 2000s Geo Metros or unmodified Honda Civics for the first year or two.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
I would love this. I would follow it around - at a prudent distance - and watch the mayhem the kid works on this plutomobile.
Maisey Myles 1 year ago
This could be a joke- it would be funny if that was on the back of a school bus
#100
American Airlines Changed A Friend's Flight To Spain. The Change Added A 7-Hour Layover In Chicago And Removed Almost $100 From The Value Of The Trip. No Refund Or Voucher Was Issued To Her
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
Doesn't surprise me airlines would do this, regardless of country. My brother and his partner recently had flights from Noosa to Melbourne delayed and then cancelled due to weather (both on the way there and back). They had to stay in a hotel overnight when the last was cancelled and the next flight didn't leave until the day after. The only compensation from the airline was a $25 voucher to a local restaurant where that amount wouldn't even cover the full cost of the cheapest meal.
#101
Yikes
Peter Bear 1 year ago
I'm just going to say this; we need to let it go. 9-11-2001 was TWENTY-THREE years ago now. There are people that have been legally able to vote for five years that have never known a pre-9/11 world. That is an entire generation. I am NOT advocating that we forget the past; the past is important. Memory and reverence are important. But wallowing in the past won't help anyone. We have got to move forward.
#102
My Psych Ward Shower Drain Says Fiat. You Can't Escape Advertising
ƒιѕн 1 year ago
Fiat Products sell commercial plumbing fixtures. I see nothing wrong with this.
Alex S 1 year ago
This idiot really thinks they're trying to sell Fiats to Americans through drainhole advertising? I mean, guess there's a reason they're in a psych ward...
Load More Replies... detective miller's hat 1 year ago
They let you keep your phone at the home for the bewildered??
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
There are different levels of need at mental health hospitals. Many patients are there by choice and there is no reason they shouldn't have their phones. Your comment sounds naïve and disrespectful.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 1 year ago
"Fiat" is Latin for "Let it be done". Yeah, get out of the shower and get on to work. There's no avoiding it.
Stephanie L Thesing 1 year ago
The enormous percentage of American sports venues that are named after insurance companies and such make my head spin.
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Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 year ago
Carl Roberts apparently thinks voting for the "cackling idiot" appointed without a primary vote is somehow worse than voting for the orange, cackling, narcissistic, lying, convicted felon who his party ACTUALLY VOTED FOR. Carl, you're living in a dreamland, mate. There's one adult standing for president, and it ain't the orange nutcase. VOTE BLUE.
Load More Replies... Verena 1 year ago
This is not bashing, the majority is a summary of standard daily situations. And other parts of the world with a comparable standard of living are doing things different. It happens that several of these are handled in a more acceptable way for the average citizen than in the US. Some situations are the same, and a few turn out better in the US.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
True patriotism is not "My country, right or wrong." True patriotism is being willing to criticize what is wrong with your country and taking what measures you can to improve it: petitions, voting, peaceful demonstrations, etc.
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LSD 1 year ago
As an Australian, this list left me feeling sad, angry and totally bewildered for anyone who “lives” in America.
Amy E 1 year ago
It’s hard to leave friends and family, careers and homes. And I love the weather in CA. but yeah…my friends and I at least talk about what it’d be like to leave…
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Tamra 1 year ago
But you do appear to be a bigoted douchebag, so congrats on that.
Load More Replies... Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 year ago
Carl Roberts apparently thinks voting for the "cackling idiot" appointed without a primary vote is somehow worse than voting for the orange, cackling, narcissistic, lying, convicted felon who his party ACTUALLY VOTED FOR. Carl, you're living in a dreamland, mate. There's one adult standing for president, and it ain't the orange nutcase. VOTE BLUE.
Load More Replies... Verena 1 year ago
This is not bashing, the majority is a summary of standard daily situations. And other parts of the world with a comparable standard of living are doing things different. It happens that several of these are handled in a more acceptable way for the average citizen than in the US. Some situations are the same, and a few turn out better in the US.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
True patriotism is not "My country, right or wrong." True patriotism is being willing to criticize what is wrong with your country and taking what measures you can to improve it: petitions, voting, peaceful demonstrations, etc.
Load More Replies... LSD 1 year ago
As an Australian, this list left me feeling sad, angry and totally bewildered for anyone who “lives” in America.
Amy E 1 year ago
It’s hard to leave friends and family, careers and homes. And I love the weather in CA. but yeah…my friends and I at least talk about what it’d be like to leave…
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But you do appear to be a bigoted douchebag, so congrats on that.
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