30 Actual Things That Exist In The US That Non-Americans Didn’t Believe At First

It’s no secret that America stands out from the crowd. There are so many little quirky American things that the rest of the world just can’t wrap their heads around. Like the word "y'all," red solo cups, free refills, and bulk shopping, to name just a few.

So when someone asked the non-Americans of Reddit what's the craziest thing they’ve heard about the greatest country in the world that turned out to be true, the question was destined to become a hit. 56.9K upvotes later, the thought-provoking inquiry generated some very surprising answers. Let’s take a look at the best ones so far down below.

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America has libraries that are essentially free to use.

(This was not even a rumor, but more like sarcastic comment from a friend who heard I was excited to go to the US, because he knew what book nerds my entire family is)

When I first arrived here 25 years ago, the first day of work at Newark NJ, I walked out at lunch time and saw the huge Central Library. The size boggled my mind, but I bravely walked in to check it out. The guy says, yup, show me your work ID (for local address) and you get a membership card.

Me: how much does it cost? I only own $80 total till I get my first pay.

He (bemused, almost laughing): it's free. You don't pay anything.

Me (after a brief recovery time from shock): so how many books am I allowed to take home? (Expecting that to be a catch - maybe I need to put down a security deposit for each book)

He (now positively enjoying himself): how many can you carry?

That day I took home 30+ books, just being greedy.

And quickly called my dad to tell him about it.

For a guy who painstakingly would browse used books stores in small town India just to get his kids great books to read, he was suitably amazed. He was puzzled if that would kill the book-store business, because who'd buy if such free libraries existed?!?

Till date I remember the gratitude I felt that day for being able to come here. And when Dad visited some years later, I would drop him off at a library on my way to work and he'd be lost in it all day.

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That you can get into university just by being good at sports.... Like...wtf?

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As a Brit living in America the amount of pharmaceutical commercials on TV is creepy.

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There’re so many customs that Americans use without too much thinking. But when traveling around the world, some of the cultural differences become quite obvious.

While tipping is not a matter of choice in the US, people in Japan and South Korea see that as an insult. That’s partly because workers are proud of their jobs, and they get decent pay for whatever it is that they do.

There’s nothing wrong about being a tiny bit late in the US. But in some countries, that would be totally inappropriate. If you’re fashionably late for a meeting in Germany or Netherlands, locals are likely to think that you don’t value their time as much as your own.

“Athleisure,” while a popular choice of fashion for the day-to-day business, is viewed as distasteful in many European countries. For example, Italians never miss a chance to laugh at tourists wearing flip flops or denim shorts for restaurant dinner. The sloppy appearance can be understood as disrespectful.

Injured people try to avoid getting ambulances called for them

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That the prices on their products are without tax and you get the tax when you pay

Like here the tax is already like, in the price. If it costs 1€ you pay 1€.

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In an area, you're subject to a f*ck ton of different laws. There's laws that apply to the whole country, laws that apply to individual states, laws that only apply to counties, laws that apply to individual cities, and then I think, different areas within a city. In England, no matter where you are, all the same laws apply, with very rare exceptions. Homeowners associations as well. What a load of [crap]. Land of the free, but your neighbour can tell you what colour your f***king fence can be.

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That women only get about 6 weeks off work after having a baby and it's most likely to be unpaid.

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That people will just suffer through an injury or illness because they can’t afford health insurance.

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Americans are nice and will stop to talk to Strangers. Canadian here living in Alberta. To any one who has never been, you will be blown away by the general Americans' generosity of their time, knowledge and helpfulness. I have done a few summers of Road trips from Calgary. one time i went to as far east as Ohio-Tennessee, as far south as New Orleans and Dallas, went through the flat lands and rode up the Rockies the rest of the way home... I have visited almost all the landlocked states (5 more to go) and 4 along the Gulf states, all by Car. I have been through a lot of big American cities and a lot of tiny towns. ALL OF YOU, North to South - make Canadians look like Bloody Savages. I expected something worse, probably because of Television and the Internet. i ended up leaving your country after the first time i visited, blown away and with a new found VERY REAL love for my southern neighbors. Been 5 times on multi-week trips. will spend time and money there again. 10/10.

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Drink sizes. When my family visited in 2017 we landed in Texas for a stopover. First thing I saw in the shops part of the terminal was a dude who was drinking from what looked like an actual f***ing bucket - here in NZ our “large” drinks would be considered an American “small” or maybe “medium”

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Employees can get fired ‘at will’. No warning, no performance review plans, nothing, just straight up fired.

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The extent of the tipping culture is frankly shocking to me.

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Not really a rumour but your houses are made of mostly air and drywalls. I think that's pretty crazy

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That public transport is almost nonexistent in many smaller towns, which makes it a necessity for teens to have their own cars.

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American State and National parks are some of the most beautiful places on earth. All parks could use more funding, but American parks are well staffed and maintained. There’s real pride.

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Not exactly crazy, but I wanted to test out the stereotype that Americans will talk to anyone so I sought out a sports bar on my first visit. Ended up having a ton of really fun conversations with total strangers who I’ll never talk to ever again. It was great!

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The minimal amount of paid days off you get from work. A friend of mine from Wisconsin was very proud he got 20 days off per year. If someone in Germany would offer me only 20 days, I would laugh at him and leave.

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That higher education can cost upwards of $50,000 per year

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Private prisons. I thought it was some sort of "haha the US is a dystopian hell hole" exaggeration joke the first time I heard it was a thing. I had to look it up to believe it because I was 100% sure the person was just trying to [mess] with me when he said he was serious.

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I never understood why people in American TV series lost their house and job just because they got really sick.

Then I found out that it can happen in America.

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They have those angry sinks that chop [crap]

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You can see into the public toilet cubicles

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How deeply religious and patriotic it is in contrast to Europe.

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Literally anything about what goes on in Florida.

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2017 in Athens, Georgia I passed out at work and was fine but my boss had already called an ambulance and insisted I get checked out...a less than 2 mile ambulance ride cost me $950 with insurance. I was only dehydrated..

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The amount of sugar y'all put on EVERYTHING. I spent only 2 weeks in the US and I couldn't take it. Even the portion sizes are colossal, I felt that in a month with this lifestyle I'd probably drop dead, my heart wouldn't be able to take it

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That they actually do wear shoes indoors, I thought it was just a movies thing (less hassle filming), but no.

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That American kids eat straight sugar. Walked on to the playground and saw kids chugging these long thin sticks. I try and it was just colored sugar lol. Called them pixie sticks.

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The freaking flag thing man, here we barely have one per school, or even government building.

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That you can rack up 100,000$ upward in debt easily through student loans.

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JuJu 4 years ago

Why do Americans call themselves German, Irish, Italian, Greek and so on, just because one of their ancestors comes from that country (yes, you are all immigrants), but you neither know more than a word from that language and you have absolutely no knowledge about the country, the culture, the people, the food (really, what you call Italian or German food is just an abomination)?

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Kaisu 4 years ago

I agree, this is very strange for me, claiming to be a part of culture that you have no connection to, don't know anything about and have only experienced through Americanised versions of their food

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Esca Sav 4 years ago

I think it's because we like our history. I'm the first direct American in my family, but my parents were born and raised in Poland. A majority of the things we do at home are influenced by Polish culture. I also know the language. Some of my friends who have several generations of their ancestors born and raised in the U.S. often times get excited when they find out about their ancestry and use it as a means to find out more about the culture. It's a good conversational topic. The U.S. is the "Melting Pot," our historical backgrounds are all different and we love learning more about it.

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Shelby P 4 years ago (edited)

You may not realize this but a lot of folks here can trace their lineage back in just two generations. And because this country is so freakin big and people STILL have to point out the differences they hold on to their heritage like it matters. I do not agree with this mindset as I think it's part of what causes racism but life in the US is completely different from Europe and most of the rest of the world by default. I mean the folks that live here now are mostly not the natives (sadly) and our history is only 200ish years old. What do you expect??

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BG 4 years ago

In the US 2020 census, if you respond as Caucasian (White), then you have to specify what European region your ancestors were from.

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Ringo Starkey 4 years ago

Does it really affect you that much? Let someone have a little pride in themselves. For the love......

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mph seti 4 years ago

A common question when getting to know someone is "what are you?" as in what is your heritage. Personally, I think it's rude, but whatever. At least it seems to have gotten less common than it was when I was growing up. Some people take irrational pride in their family history. Being proud of something you have had no control over seems stupid, but whatever.

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Bob Beltcher 4 years ago

For some this is true. For others like my family it's not. We still have family that live in Sicily and Germany. Can I speak the languages, nope. Can I cook authentic food just like them, no because we don't have the same ingredients. I am American by birth, but my heritage is over seas. Although, after reading this I'm strongly thinking about driving north 3000 miles.

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Gabriela L. 4 years ago

Yes!! Once I saw someone saying Gisele Bundchen was german even though she's from Brazil, speaks portuguese, has always lived here until moving to the US and her whole family is brazilian except maybe a great grandfather or something like that. I said that she was brazilian and the person called me dumb. So weird!

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BDR 4 years ago

You do realize that it was likely Italians or Germans or Indians or Chinese that originally sold, made or attempted their style of cuisine here and that it organically became what it is now.

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Dippin Dot 4 years ago

I think it’s back to when the US was a “melting pot” and so many cultures were coming together for the first time... it was important to some to marry people with the same background both religious or cultural, and it also connected you to strangers so you had a better sense of community... like “I’m from Germany. You are too? Let’s be best friends” and it just stuck.

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Dianna Siever 4 years ago (edited)

It would take so much information to answer this question that I can't do it in a paragraph. But I will say that your question sounds haughty and insulting. The world is a big and scary place and people hold on to what makes them feel at home. You're country might have a "little China" in it? Would you tell it's second and third generation residence that they know c**p about their culture and do it disservice? I'm guessing you're from somewhere homogenous.

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Daria B 4 years ago

I agree, but then, I believe they also find strange how little knowledge we have about our ancestors as well. Like... we mostly don't care. But we do get curious.

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Bettye McKee 4 years ago

I was born an American and I'm still an American. I don't need to add anything to that.

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Lou Lopez 4 years ago

Because many of us are alienated from "American Culture." That's why so many sub-cultures exist (punk, goth, redneck, hippie etc).

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David Jeu 4 years ago (edited)

Dont want to start a thing there but African American. 🙄

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Foock Auff 4 years ago

I feel like this is a blanket statement that only applies to bandwagon Americans/our dumbest citizens

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Lemon 4 years ago

A fun game can be to look up "Florida Man (your birthday)." There are endless insane news articles.

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JOY JACKSON 4 years ago

"florida man bored calls 911 to talk about hitler florida man threatens family with coldplay lyrics" last year I looked it up and it said "watch florida man vapes semin"

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Jo Choto 4 years ago

I had lived many places in the world, including in Europe, Africa and parts of Asia, but moving to the USA was the biggest culture shock of my life. After 23 years, I got used to a lot of things, but I have to say, I'm very happy to be living back in Europe again.

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BDR 4 years ago

Good for you...

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Brandon R 4 years ago

What really blows me away is how much BoredPanda users are emphatic about knocking one country. We are as diverse as many of the countries you claim, there’s a variety to American that gets glossed over by such a finite list. Shame on a website for abusing and crowd sourcing a list targeting a single group of people. Especially with what the world is going through.

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Carrot dude 4 years ago

Wait. Really. Two posts on how much Americans suck in a week? Can't we shift it over to GB or something?

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Richard Brown 4 years ago

Take a seat and relax. This will make you feel like a hobo drug addict going cold turkey after a 15 year hard drug habit. If you want to stop the posts then try initiating universal healthcare, taking guns off the streets by making it illegal to carry outside your home/property, stop the religions from ruling and make your elections actually democratic by closing the electoral college. That would be a good start .

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Water Bottle 4 years ago

I find it interesting that the only negative articles (this one did have a few positive things) about countries focus on solely the US on BP. I would be curious to see another country in the spotlight

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oddball0626 4 years ago

Hey look another post about slamming Americans, how original. Pick another country please.

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Aragorn II Elessar 4 years ago

I will tell you that a) the HOA sucks b) college is very, very, very expensive c) patriotism is real

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Lauren Baker 4 years ago

We also are refusing COVID-19 testing for everyone except adults who need to be hospitalized. The only thing free is the testing, but in order to get a test you have to pay for a doctor's appointment which costs money, and none of the treatment is free, unless you have insurance that covers all or some of it.

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Carol Lewis 4 years ago

Tired of the "America is awful" posts. Every country has good and bad stuff. How about writing about the good parts for a change. This is getting old.

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Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago

Probably because there's an endless supply of stories about how s**t the country is. :)

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Arild Settli 4 years ago

Thanksgiving. Is the holiday where you celebrate the genoside of native americans? Also: Guns..

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Daria B 4 years ago

Thanksgiving is not an exclusively American thing, we have it in Europe (although it's not a red day on the calendar) and east Asia as well. It's a celebration of the harvest and the food.

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

I agree.

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deanna woods 4 years ago

For my family, Thanksgiving is the time to get too and enjoy each other's company over some good food. None of us is celebrating the genocide of the native americans or guns.

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Scooter Debouter 4 years ago

It is estimated that 95% of native Americans (note the capitalization) perished from European diseases that they had no immunity to. The outcome of a technologically advanced culture intermingling with another without any was preordained. Add to that the fact that the natives had no concept of individual private ownership meant the had no claim to the land. Once exposed to the goods the Europeans could provide created a powerful desire to acquire these. Their primitive hunter-gatherer culture worked because they knew nothing else, but was doomed to collapse. The invariable outcome of two mismatched cultures is the more primitive is either assimilated or expires. It is absolutely wrong to judge actions of the past by values of the present. Everyone is the product of the cultural values they were raised with from birth. The European settlers believed that they were bringing the light of Christian civilization to benighted pagan savages. So a little perspective would go far.

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BDR 4 years ago (edited)

You should read the address from the president making Thanksgiving a holiday. You might learn the sentiment behind it.

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Daria B 4 years ago

More America-bashing content. Although, this time it was not as bad as the one from before (which assumed the earth is only composed of US vs. EU). Now, let's have topics about other countries, this could turn educational if we add diversity to the original concept.

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Kaisu 4 years ago

There's a difference between bashing and legitimate criticism of insane policies that are very much harmful for their citizens. Not every negative criticism is "bashing" and it's healthy to be able to tell the difference

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Orillion 4 years ago

Reading these (and the comments) makes me wonder how Americans think Europe works. Get on it, Bored Panda!

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BDR 4 years ago

More than likely Europe as a whole is not targetable. I could tell you what I know about a few countries, but I don’t think of Europe as a unit. There’s French, Finns, Germans etc.

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Brandon R 4 years ago

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Tina Hugh 4 years ago

What? Different cultures are different and America isn’t perfect? Shocking!

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Foock Auff 4 years ago

Yo why are people hating on American citizens?? We're powerless people in a powerful country. Stop the hate and F*****G HELP US

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Foock Auff 4 years ago

Please. Literally begging on BoredPanda. Don't know what else to do. The situation is so s****y that drug use/suicide rates/domestic violence/mental health issues are EXPONENTIALLY INCREASING in self-isolation. We're being left to die.

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Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago

To counterbalance other comments, I say keep these posts coming! It's great to put them in their place and make them face the truth that the USA is nowhere near great and is going to be doomed forever because the eilte will never let this s**t change and their propaganda will keep the dumb ones voting to be ++++ed in the a*s.

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Ivana 4 years ago

Well, at least people think we are friendly...but yeah, you had better be healthy and already educated, children all born already, if you want to move to America. If you are sick, pregnant, or a student...you are going to be just as broke as the rest of us if you move here.

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Miss Cris 4 years ago

We are afraid of people with guns, too :(

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that one sushi 4 years ago (edited)

Most other countries live the " American dream" while we are stuck with an orange as our leader

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deanna woods 4 years ago

All countries are different and that's what makes them great. Some of these things that are being pointed out are seen as a positive and some of them are just surprising. I am sure that this would happen if you asked Americans about other countries.

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Makayla Rhodes 4 years ago

As an American, I find your reactions funny. Yes all this stuff is real, but we are used to it. But I do get that it is weird to others.

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xvslnx 4 years ago

What is super strange for me...and at the same time is not, is how many towns in the US have the names of countries and cities from all around the world...

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ivan bolitekurac 4 years ago

I get it,usa sucks...I will still visit usa one day.I don't care what bp says,thank god there are other sites who have much more balanced views on things

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Martha Meyer 4 years ago

I don't think this article was meant as pointing out bad things.

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Kaisu 4 years ago

I agree, this is very strange for me, claiming to be a part of culture that you have no connection to, don't know anything about and have only experienced through Americanised versions of their food

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Esca Sav 4 years ago

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Shelby P 4 years ago (edited)

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BG 4 years ago

In the US 2020 census, if you respond as Caucasian (White), then you have to specify what European region your ancestors were from.

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Ringo Starkey 4 years ago

Does it really affect you that much? Let someone have a little pride in themselves. For the love......

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mph seti 4 years ago

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Bob Beltcher 4 years ago

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BDR 4 years ago

You do realize that it was likely Italians or Germans or Indians or Chinese that originally sold, made or attempted their style of cuisine here and that it organically became what it is now.

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Dippin Dot 4 years ago

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Dianna Siever 4 years ago (edited)

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Daria B 4 years ago

I agree, but then, I believe they also find strange how little knowledge we have about our ancestors as well. Like... we mostly don't care. But we do get curious.

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Bettye McKee 4 years ago

I was born an American and I'm still an American. I don't need to add anything to that.

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Lou Lopez 4 years ago

Because many of us are alienated from "American Culture." That's why so many sub-cultures exist (punk, goth, redneck, hippie etc).

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David Jeu 4 years ago (edited)

Dont want to start a thing there but African American. 🙄

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Foock Auff 4 years ago

I feel like this is a blanket statement that only applies to bandwagon Americans/our dumbest citizens

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Lemon 4 years ago

A fun game can be to look up "Florida Man (your birthday)." There are endless insane news articles.

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JOY JACKSON 4 years ago

"florida man bored calls 911 to talk about hitler florida man threatens family with coldplay lyrics" last year I looked it up and it said "watch florida man vapes semin"

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Jo Choto 4 years ago

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BDR 4 years ago

Good for you...

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Brandon R 4 years ago

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Carrot dude 4 years ago

Wait. Really. Two posts on how much Americans suck in a week? Can't we shift it over to GB or something?

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Richard Brown 4 years ago

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Water Bottle 4 years ago

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oddball0626 4 years ago

Hey look another post about slamming Americans, how original. Pick another country please.

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Aragorn II Elessar 4 years ago

I will tell you that a) the HOA sucks b) college is very, very, very expensive c) patriotism is real

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Lauren Baker 4 years ago

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Carol Lewis 4 years ago

Tired of the "America is awful" posts. Every country has good and bad stuff. How about writing about the good parts for a change. This is getting old.

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Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago

Probably because there's an endless supply of stories about how s**t the country is. :)

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Arild Settli 4 years ago

Thanksgiving. Is the holiday where you celebrate the genoside of native americans? Also: Guns..

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Daria B 4 years ago

Thanksgiving is not an exclusively American thing, we have it in Europe (although it's not a red day on the calendar) and east Asia as well. It's a celebration of the harvest and the food.

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

I agree.

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deanna woods 4 years ago

For my family, Thanksgiving is the time to get too and enjoy each other's company over some good food. None of us is celebrating the genocide of the native americans or guns.

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Scooter Debouter 4 years ago

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BDR 4 years ago (edited)

You should read the address from the president making Thanksgiving a holiday. You might learn the sentiment behind it.

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Daria B 4 years ago

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Orillion 4 years ago

Reading these (and the comments) makes me wonder how Americans think Europe works. Get on it, Bored Panda!

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BDR 4 years ago

More than likely Europe as a whole is not targetable. I could tell you what I know about a few countries, but I don’t think of Europe as a unit. There’s French, Finns, Germans etc.

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Brandon R 4 years ago

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Tina Hugh 4 years ago

What? Different cultures are different and America isn’t perfect? Shocking!

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Foock Auff 4 years ago

Yo why are people hating on American citizens?? We're powerless people in a powerful country. Stop the hate and F*****G HELP US

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Miss Cris 4 years ago

We are afraid of people with guns, too :(

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that one sushi 4 years ago (edited)

Most other countries live the " American dream" while we are stuck with an orange as our leader

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deanna woods 4 years ago

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Makayla Rhodes 4 years ago

As an American, I find your reactions funny. Yes all this stuff is real, but we are used to it. But I do get that it is weird to others.

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xvslnx 4 years ago

What is super strange for me...and at the same time is not, is how many towns in the US have the names of countries and cities from all around the world...

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ivan bolitekurac 4 years ago

I get it,usa sucks...I will still visit usa one day.I don't care what bp says,thank god there are other sites who have much more balanced views on things

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Dave In MD 4 years ago

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Martha Meyer 4 years ago

I don't think this article was meant as pointing out bad things.

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