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Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered Falling snow. I'm Australian so while we have snow the chances of experiencing falling snow when you're on holidays is slim.

The first time I experienced falling snow was when I was in Paris at the age of 20. I LOST MY S**T. Squealing and had a ball. Everyone probably thought I was crazy but for me it was magical and amazing.

Lozzif , DaPuglet Report

Final score:

270points

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MarmotArchivist 2 years ago

How wounderfull, that you got to experience a new country and your first snowfall at the same time.

76points

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered How f**king clean Japan is. You can walk around Tokyo for a day and struggle to find as much as a gum wrapper on the ground. It is truly incredible.

Winzip115 , aco pbc Report

Final score:

261points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

This is amazing!

47points

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered When I moved to the Netherlands a few years ago from the USA I deliberately wrote down the things that struck me as strange a few weeks into it because I knew I wouldn't remember later, and here are a few.

Bicycles are everywhere and are a far more common mode of transport than cars... yet no one wears helmets.

A Dutch person telling you "I speak a little English" is like Stephen Hawking saying "I know a little physics." I really had no idea it could be so easy to move to another country where you don't speak the language, and that's because the Dutch are so amazing at English (unlike other countries, for example, TV here isn't dubbed but instead in original language and just subtitled).

Big Bird is blue in Holland! I mean, they claim he's Pino, Big Bird's cousin, but I'm not fooled. You know he really just moved here to explore an alternative lifestyle.

Andromeda321 , Salim Virji Report

Final score:

239points

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El Dee 2 years ago

I've only been to Amsterdam but it is truly beautiful. I couldn't get over how, instead of car parks, they had bicycle parks full of tens of thousands of bikes. People seemed really chilled, singing to themselves whilst cycling to work etc. A great place to visit..

5points

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered How price tags in America do not include Taxes!

afruizc , F Delventhal Report

Final score:

214points

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Regina phalange 2 years ago

They should!

82points

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered Swedish babies are hardcore. And people are awesomely chill and friendly. In mid-January, it was knee-deep snow everywhere, yet in Stockholm is was pretty common to see parents enjoying a drink at a cafe, with a queue of prams outside in the snow.

The babies are wrapped up heavily yes, but they are fully comfortable leaving them outside like that. No fears over child-thievery, or worries about the cold. These kids are brought up to be metal right from the word go. It's awesome.

I imagine if you tried that in the UK (or especially US) there'd be hysteria and child services would relieve you of your parenting.

Lyra_Belacqua , marabuchi Report

Final score:

210points

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May 2 years ago

They grow up healthy, it's very good for them to sleep outside in the fresh air, and nobody steals babies in the Nordic countries. Or almost nobody, one time a mentally ill Danish lady took one (she thought it was hers) but the police found it within a couple of hours and the baby was fine. That's the only case I know of.

12points

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered How empty and untouched New Zealand is.

LindenZin , Pedro Szekely Report

Final score:

210points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

This is amazing. I hope it stays that way.

82points

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered How many homeless people there are in the USA. I've been to 30+ countries and I've seen more homeless in the US than anywhere else. I'd say even more than homeless dogs in Mexico. It's was extremely shocking.

Doct_orb , Steve Baker Report

Final score:

208points

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LH25 2 years ago

It might seem that way, based on where you visited, but actually the US doesn't have the highest homeless rate, from what I could find. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_homeless_population One link I found. The US is down the list a bit. Granted, it’s hard to compare since countries may have different ways of defining and counting the homeless, but this chart has the US with a lower rate than the UK, Australia, France, Sweden, Mexico, Israel, Germany and Austria for example.

37points

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered Living in Germany I have recently talked to an exchange student from Bangladesh. He was seriously shocked that people would stop at red traffic lights although there were no other cars/pedestrians around. Gave me a good laugh.

[deleted] , zeevveez Report

Final score:

203points

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Jane Jane 2 years ago

I would be terrified to drive in Manilla and many other places. The drivers there are amazing but terrifying at the same time. I'm not up to the extreme driving there. Good thing I can hop a taxi and close my eyes!

34points

#10

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered How truly polite the Japanese are. And how unbelievably clean the cities of Japan are.

Lady_Blue_Dream , Ray in Manila Report

Final score:

186points

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Kona Pake 2 years ago

We could learn a lesson from them.

66points

ImNotYourGuyPal , olivier.brisson Report

#11

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered How corrupt the police force is in Mexico.

Final score:

182points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

Same here in some Caribbean countries and Latin America.

56points

#12

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered This is silly, but in 2003 I visited Germany and was absolutely blown away that the escalators didn't start moving until you approached them (like automatic sliding doors). In America they're always just going. I thought it was genius.

RhythmsaDancer , Sally Mahoney Report

Final score:

180points

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Catarina 2 years ago

This is very common in Portugal and other countries of the EU

66points

Noooooooooobody , Sandra Cohen-Rose and Colin Rose Report

#13

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered How fat the majority of the people were in the midwest United States

Final score:

178points

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LH25 2 years ago

We do have a weight problem, pretty much everywhere now.

83points

#14

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered Trains in India. Furious fighting, shoving, scratching, and clawing to get on, then for the rest of the eight hour journey scrupulous "I'm so sorry I brushed your foot with mine" politeness.

tumblingnebulas , Josh Aggars Report

Final score:

174points

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Chinmayee Kalghatgi 2 years ago

I have never taken a train but I see people hanging out of the train I think because of the lack of space. There are at least 4 or 5 people hanging out the doors and everything looks so cramped

37points

Bmoreisapunkrocktown , Alan Levine Report

#15

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered How small all of the fruit was in England. One apple in the US is like two UK apples. I went through a lot of apples.

Final score:

165points

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everyone's favorite person 2 years ago

I think that's because the US sells a lot of genetically modified fruit...

120points

#16

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered The tap water in Vienna. Holy s**t it was delicious.

Kolipe , Philip Cohen Report

Final score:

159points

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Don't Look 2 years ago

Try Sweden. You can’t even buy bottled water in Stockholm. I tried. They politely told me to just get water from a public fountain. Cleanest water ever. And I know there’s a lot of bottled water in the first district in Vienna.

72points

#17

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered French people (or Parisians, at least) are INTENSE about escalators. Your options are to either stand to one side (the right side, I think?) or sprint up the other side like an angry baboon is chasing you. If any part of you sticks out into the passing lane - you'll hear all about it.

beepbeep_meow , Alper Çuğun Report

Final score:

152points

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James016 2 years ago

Same on the London Underground. DON’T stand on the left of the escalator

113points

Zacchaeusbastardo , Helen Alfvegren Report

#18

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered When I went to New York I couldn't get over how familiar everything looked on my first day there. I must have seen way more films and TV shows filmed in Manhattan than I realized, but pretty much everywhere looked exactly as I expected it to.

Final score:

148points

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Kona Pake 2 years ago

Are you still got lost.

21points

#19

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered Originally from Canada, spent a few weeks in China. I was shocked when I regularly saw kids squat down on the sidewalk and take a dump.

BabyFark93 , Joachim Dobler Report

Final score:

147points

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Kusotare 2 years ago

Was the dump shaped like a squirrel??

190points

Kona Pake 2 years ago

Talented kid.

52points

Uber Mensch 2 years ago

Squirrel is demonstrating the position.

27points

B Lorax 2 years ago

Poster thinks Chinese kids look like squirrels apparently. I'm not sure if that's racist but its certainly weird.

15points

Adrian 2 years ago

LOL, I wondered that...

2points

Janet L 1 month ago

🤣🤣🤣

0points

commie pinkofag 2 years ago

Exactly. I demand to see a photograph of a Chinese child excreting a squirrel with a double mohawk. This should be taught in American schools. "How to pick up girls for fun and profit!"

0points

Pink Dahlia 2 years ago

I'm sorry, what?

23points

Omi bub 2 years ago

They're babies & toddler's. It's part of their toilet training & parent encpurages them to use toilet regularly but when they need to go outside the patent picks up the poo. Alternative to creating masses of toxic landfill in disposal nappies. Think about how many nappies a baby gets through in a week- then over 3 years then multiply that by the billions of babies. Just because we aren't seeing severe affect of climate crisis in West doesn't mean it isn't an emergency costing people their lived.

7points

I'm Kid A 2 years ago

I've heard of "squat toilets" but c'mon, there are limits, people... I assume it was at least a ways away from any and all water sources? I'd hope their parents would've taught them not to *ahem* defecate where you eat. Or drink. Literally.

13points

Omi bub 2 years ago

Yeah instead we just use oil to make plastic nappies, fill billions of these nappies a year with s**t then pile them high or ship them with our rubbish to developing countries where they pollute water course & destroy ecosystem. How do you think this is better system?

0points

Delilah Wharton 2 years ago

Yup, not uncommon. Where I lived , the kid would do the dookie, run off to play then the carer would pick it up

10points

XRaine 2 years ago

...like you do with dogs? huh. cool.

0points

Ozymandias73 2 years ago

The hell?? Ewww

8points

Bernd Herbert 2 years ago

That is disgusting

8points

Rachel W B 2 years ago

Studied in Hong Kong for 8 months. Its quite common to see this, and there doesn't seem to be any difference of status. Seen nannies do this a lot

8points

Jane Jane 2 years ago

Wow, didn't know that.

7points

charli 2 years ago

i'm from australia and went to china for a couple of weeks. for starters i was shocked by the squat toilets. and the difference in cleanliness. at a shopping mall they were very dirty but at a school i went to they were cleaned as soon as a person left. i also found it weird that you couldn't flash toilet paper, we had to put it in a bin beside the toilet

6points

Kira Okah 2 years ago

I found it the other way around - the shopping centre toilets were squeaky clean and the uni toilets a bit less pleasant. Squat toilet plumbing can't handle paper and all the western toilets I knew of in Beijing were low flow and couldn't handle toilet paper either.

5points

Kelzbelz79 2 years ago

Yeah toddlers wear bottoms (bit like crotchless panties) that allow them to go potty easily when needed.

6points

GaeFrog 2 years ago

If they are crotchless then whats the point

3points

jolie laide 2 years ago

I love squirrels so much. Sorry, had to say that. This pic is beyond cute.

4points

Pat Bond 2 years ago

Ha, yes seen this a few times. The other irritant was throat clearing, the hokking would go on for a minute or so before being gobbed out, properly loud.

4points

Jill Hojnacki 2 years ago

Clothing for small children often does not come with the crotch sewn shut in order to facilitate this very thing. Part of it has to do with how early they start toilet training (like w/in the baby’s 1st month), but there’s a whole (rather interesting) history around it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-crotch_pants#Use

3points

Cold Contagious 2 years ago

Thanks for the info 👍

1point

Mark Howell 2 years ago

When I was there, spitting everywhere even in shops.

3points

Troy Parr 2 years ago

The squirrels were shocked too?

3points

Bob Standen 2 years ago

No public toilets in China. Worse in the county side, you can smell a village downwind for miles. And Korea was worse still only a few decades ago.

2points

Steve Allen 2 years ago

Bodily functions are perceived quite differently in parts of China. They have no issue with farting, spitting, belching, urinating, and yes, babies s**tting on the sidewalk (which the parents do pick up, but ewww). You absolutely do *not* want to lean on pretty much any wall, never mind sit on the ground.

1point

MPS 2 years ago

I think it's like this in India too

1point

Valentina Toloy 2 years ago

Thats f*****g disgusting.

0points

GramDB 2 years ago

EEEwwwwww!!

0points

Amanda Hunter 2 years ago

China is a horrible place, they do horrible things, not to mention starting pandemics.

0points

Katarzyna B. 2 years ago

😶

0points

Nunya Business 2 years ago

And they're freaking out about Covid??

0points

MimSorensson 2 years ago

Well, people don’t die painful deaths on aspirators due to pooping kids as a rule. There’s that.

1point

Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 2 years ago

Adults do this, too...

0points

Lisa Peters 2 years ago

I’m not surprised. They’re weird

0points

Nkotanyi 2 years ago

WWHHAAAAATTTTTTT????

0points

Wang Zhuang 2 years ago

I haven't seen a child take a s**t, but I have seen them urinate. Once in Shanghai, I saw a guy holding his daughter over a sewer drain to pee, in broad daylight

0points

CatGirl 2 years ago

Been to China several times and always been appalled by pretty much everything. I get that Communism tried to raise the general standard of living for everyone, but I can't believe that the kind of drudgery and terrible conditions now in so many cities (and there are a LOT of cities) are better than the life of a rural peasant before the Revolution. Most of my Chinese friends agree

0points

Vinny S 2 years ago

This is crazy for a person who is from India.

0points

Jose Carlo 2 years ago

Interesting. Never saw such a think in China.

0points

Londo Cotto 2 years ago

Im confused by the picture 😁

0points

Sportsgal 2 years ago

Ewww. Had a friend who said the same thing about India when she went there to work at Microsoft...

0points

Doug the Special one 2 years ago

No don't be silly. Everyone knows chinese kids s**t squirrels. Where else would they come from.

0points

Odd Ragnar Deng Lerstøl 2 years ago

More sustainable than diapers, some hygienically challenges though.

0points

Kira Okah 2 years ago

This is very common, young children in China also often have trousers that facilitate potty time.

0points

Omi bub 2 years ago

I was in China for about 6 months & only ever saw wees. Basically instead of creating masses of toxic landfill with disposal nappies, babies & toddlers wear trousers with a flap that can be opened. This is how they are toilet trained early. But parents get to know their kid's "rhythms" & sit them on the toilet regularly.

-2points

another one 2 years ago

They do it even right beside public restrooms. I was in a public restroom in Hong Kong and the mother brought a toddler in and held the kid up while the kid dumped and then peed on the floor. This is RIGHT BESIDE THE STALLS.

1point

Nathanim Lyonel 2 years ago

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Potato 2 years ago

I think that was just your specific host. That's why you can't trust Craigslist for hookups.

0points

Atomic Annie 2 years ago

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Quaumsy 2 years ago

I’m not sure having access to a bathroom is related to a lack of education.

22points

Thompson_S_Sweetback , United Artists Report

#20

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered I lived in Japan for a year. The satellite radio at my school had a channel called "Rokki" that played the Rocky theme song on a loop 24:7.

Final score:

131points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

That's a very motivational channel, there when it's needed.

44points

#21

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered How many Vietnamese can fit on one moped in Hanoi.

Bitter_Bert , William Report

Final score:

126points

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Kona Pake 2 years ago

Wait til you see a guy riding a moped with a refrigerator on the back.

60points

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

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#22

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered I don't carry coins with me usually, which makes it tough to pee in a lot of Europe.

FlatSixer , Narin BI Report

Final score:

126points

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Ivana Bašić 2 years ago

Yeah, in my family we call them pee coins and we don't use them to pay for things because we know we'll need them for a real emergency. We have a small kid and spend a lot of time out of the house. :D

32points

#23

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered How much Indian food there was in London.

thehonestyfish , Aleksandr Zykov Report

Final score:

124points

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Chinmayee Kalghatgi 2 years ago

I mean, Indians have been emigrating to the UK for years now. I think it is partially because they used to rule over our country for nearly 200 years

92points

Lampaanlapapalapata , Sean MacEntee Report

#24

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered The traffic in Rome.

I live in Finland and it's unusual if my trip to university is delayed by a single second by other people, so people wasting over one hour stuck in traffic every day would be the most frustrating thing I can imagine.

Final score:

117points

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Nikole 2 years ago

That cyclist in the picture is making me angry

49points

#25

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered Slovakia -> Austria. how clean can a country be. lack of dirt, roads and sidewalks in good condition, flowers everywhere. no old torn posters, no billboards on every lamp post.

I like to think that their state or police make them clean up against their own will but most probably they just like it that way and we got used to our dirt during communism.

bajaja , Ștefan Jurcă Report

Final score:

108points

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julien 2 years ago

Researchers at Yale University and Columbia University collaborated with the World Economic Forum to measure the cleanliness and environmental friendliness of over 180 countries around the world. Cleanest Countries in the World 2021 : 1. Denmark 2. Luxembourg 3. Switzerland 4. United Kingdom 5. France 6. Austria 7. Finland 8. Sweden 9. Norway 10. Germany

32points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#26

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered When I visited Hollywood, I couldn't believe how disgustingly dirty it was, and how unsafe I felt! It may just have been that I was unlucky enough to experience a couple of crazy incidents in my first two nights, but it definitely wasn't all the glitz and

ALSO: people seem to be assuming that Hollywood Boulevard was the only place I saw in the whole of LA, and that I've condemned the city because of this one area. This isn't true. I was just stating that it was shocking to me that it was so different to my expectations, but I had an awesome time in LA, ventured around to multiple different area, and even had a great night out in Hollywood at an insane nightclub. Hell, even though it was shocking at first, I even like that I now have some crazy stories to tell from my time there!

Zeeaaa , Shinya Suzuki Report

Final score:

98points

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Don't Look 2 years ago

It’s the most plastic, fake place I have ever been. Strange because just north in Ventura County it’s not quite the same.

54points

#27

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered Sheep being transported on motorbikes in Morocco.

[deleted] , Martin Fritz Report

Final score:

89points

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Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 2 years ago (edited)

Sounds adorable.

25points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#28

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered Shops are closed on Sunday in France except Subway and McDonalds

toomuchpodracing , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

87points

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MarmotArchivist 2 years ago

There are a lot of European countries where stores are closed on sunday.

85points

#29

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered When I went to America McDonalds had refillable Dr Pepper. I was in heaven.

Ben_Douglass , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

87points

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Don't Look 2 years ago

Welcome to “please get fat” land.

50points

#30

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered The parking in Portugal is shocking the whole country seems to park their cars like they have stolen them.

Rothead , Brian Snelson Report

Final score:

80points

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Catarina 2 years ago

??????

20points

#31

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered Germany, how dare you charge for ketchup?

jillybrews , Ben Ramirez Report

Final score:

74points

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Don't Look 2 years ago

You’re…. An American I take it.

78points

#32

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered Spotted a Ferris Wheel & Resort surrounding a reservoir in Afghanistan. Wasn't prepared for that at all.

Also, the social aggressiveness of Females in Iceland! They will court a male in a heartbeat.

arrogantt , elPadawan Report

Final score:

71points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

So Iceland is good for us guys with social anxiety?

72points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#33

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered In South Korea there is no seperate shower in the bathroom. The showerhead sprays directly on the floor and there is a drain in the corner of the room.

poopy_wizard132 , Melissa MB Wilkins Report

Final score:

70points

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LH25 2 years ago

That would be handy as people get older and less flexible!

45points

#34

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered How expensive the alcohol is in Australia. I had to sit down after I saw the 40 dollar crate of beer.

churrascopalta , s2art Report

Final score:

61points

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Tom Hanlin 2 years ago

Don't keep us in suspense. What the heck is a "crate" of beer?

14points

#35

Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Was Something That Shocked You When You Visited A Foreign Country?” And 35 People Delivered How Atatürk is worshipped like a God in Turkey.

[deleted] , Iker Merodio Report

Final score:

52points

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Nubis Knight 2 years ago

I prefer Turks worshipping Atatürk over Erdogan-Fans.

56points

Having started as a content creator that made articles for Bored Panda from scratch I climbed my way up to being and editor and then had team lead responsibilities added as well. So it was a pretty natural transition from writing articles and titles as well as preparing the visual part for the articles to making sure others are doing those same tasks as I did before well, answering their questions and guiding them when needed. Eventually I realized editing gives me the most enjoyment and I'm focusing only on that right now.

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What do you think ?

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Chinmayee Kalghatgi 2 years ago

When I was very young I was suprised about how many buildings were there in Hong Kong. It was also suprising about how we had to use the subway system a lot.

12points

Don't Look 2 years ago

Worlds most vertical city. I say that because HK island has more vertical buildings than Kowloon, New Territories…

4points

אריאל רז 2 years ago

US: You can turn right in red light, but if you turn left in green light, you may easily get a car crash if not careful...

10points

Heather Pobicki 2 years ago

Some places it's illegal to turn right on red. And yes, turning left on green, there are no turns at some lights, we have jug handles (nj). My brother was in a serious motorcycle accident because someone turned left at a light right in front of him, my brother had the right of way. Almost cost him his life.

0points

Max L. 2 years ago

Italian here, saw the road police stopping traffic to take measure for a small car crash in front of a li e of cars and nobody honked, all politely waiting in line.

8points

Jill Chambers 2 years ago

I'm glad everywhere has toilets now. I was really shocked by Spanish toilets in the 1990s.

8points

Trisec 2 years ago

I live in New England. Driving down I-95 to Florida is like visiting a foreign country.

5points

Heather Pobicki 2 years ago

The landscape is insanely different

0points

Omi bub 2 years ago

By far my biggest shock was the lack of universal healthcare in other countries (I'm british) & also lack of basic social support. Seeing disabled people begging in the street was shocking & I couldn't understand why all the people who saw it didn't feel deeply ashamed. (Plus when I saw a McDonald's with an armed guard in Manilla)

5points

NAVYA PRASAD 2 years ago

I live in India, you should not give money to disabled people, few of them are acting, many will buy alcohol few belong to a group that kidnaps kids and make them beg for profits and make them disabled. It's hideous.

-1point

ChickyChicky 2 years ago

India: how locals didn't know their neighborhoods. We needed to get to a street nearby and no one we asked knew what we were talking about. It turned out it was three streets over.

4points

JK Rowling 2 years ago

It's less that they don't know the names, and more that they're never told. Streets in India don't have signs with their names on them. My mom, who'd lived in Pune's Kothrud district for 3 decades, didn't know most of the street names until she heard them on Google Maps. Instead of asking for street locations, it's better to just go with landmarks.

1point

Jaekry 2 years ago

Namibia; potable tap water! India: the absolute lack of the concept of private space. Vietnam; how to cross the insane moped streams in traffic. Ah, so many memories... <3

3points

LagoonaBlueColleen 2 years ago

I feel like this should be one of those lists Pandas could add their own post to. One shock when I was visiting Manchester, UK, was how much litter was everywhere, including in the parks. Not that there's no litter in Canada. It was the amount that shocked me. I watch a lot of British media and did some research before I went, so some things I was prepared for.

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Pezor Zass 2 years ago

I've heard this from other people recently; that the litter situation in the UK is surprisingly bad. Anybody know why that is?

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Lori Sandoval 2 years ago

So much for the UK being #4 on the Cleanest Countries in the World 2021 list a commenter posted to #26.

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Miss Marmite 2 years ago

Also foxes are an absolute menace, they try and get some food out of a bin and end up spilling it everywhere!

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RoseTheMad 2 years ago

Honestly, I live in the UK and even I'm appalled at how much litter there is these days. There was always litter, but not to the horrendous extent you see now. It saddens me.

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Omi bub 2 years ago

The government have cut funding for local councils for street cleaning & also provision of bins & people to empty them. Also the domestic recycling system in some places is putting it our in open crates & the wind just blows it around.

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gimaha 2 years ago

Google pay 97$ per hour my last pay check was $8500 working 1o hours a week online. My younger brother friend has been averaging 12k for months now and he works about 22 hours a week. I cant believe how easy it was once I d it outit.. HERE ?? 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭.𝐜𝐨𝐦

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Mazer 2 years ago

Getting a haircut in England. 😳 Total eye opener. Tip the washer grrrrrl, and never EVER say “It’s okay, I will just towel dry it” eep. Then I mistakenly opened my banana to eat while standing on the sidewalk watching an antinuclear demonstration. One would have thought I slapped the Queen. Truth is I had horrible jet lag, having flown in from Hawaii and honestly if the Queen had shown up and given me the side eye, I probably wouldn’t have noticed

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Chinmayee Kalghatgi 2 years ago

When I was very young I was suprised about how many buildings were there in Hong Kong. It was also suprising about how we had to use the subway system a lot.

12points

Don't Look 2 years ago

Worlds most vertical city. I say that because HK island has more vertical buildings than Kowloon, New Territories…

4points

אריאל רז 2 years ago

US: You can turn right in red light, but if you turn left in green light, you may easily get a car crash if not careful...

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Heather Pobicki 2 years ago

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Max L. 2 years ago

Italian here, saw the road police stopping traffic to take measure for a small car crash in front of a li e of cars and nobody honked, all politely waiting in line.

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Jill Chambers 2 years ago

I'm glad everywhere has toilets now. I was really shocked by Spanish toilets in the 1990s.

8points

Trisec 2 years ago

I live in New England. Driving down I-95 to Florida is like visiting a foreign country.

5points

Heather Pobicki 2 years ago

The landscape is insanely different

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Omi bub 2 years ago

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NAVYA PRASAD 2 years ago

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ChickyChicky 2 years ago

India: how locals didn't know their neighborhoods. We needed to get to a street nearby and no one we asked knew what we were talking about. It turned out it was three streets over.

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JK Rowling 2 years ago

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Jaekry 2 years ago

Namibia; potable tap water! India: the absolute lack of the concept of private space. Vietnam; how to cross the insane moped streams in traffic. Ah, so many memories... <3

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LagoonaBlueColleen 2 years ago

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Pezor Zass 2 years ago

I've heard this from other people recently; that the litter situation in the UK is surprisingly bad. Anybody know why that is?

3points