35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World

It is only after you begin traveling more widely that you realize how different social conventions are around the world. Many of the behaviors that you wouldn’t even notice back home, might instantly make someone else raise an eyebrow when you’re abroad. Similarly, when someone visits your home country, they might be shocked by some of the conventions and traditions that you take for granted.

American Reddit users opened up about the things that are socially acceptable in the United States but not elsewhere, in two viral r/AskReddit threads here and here. We’ve collected some of their most interesting insights and opinions to share with you, Pandas. They might give you a fresh perspective on life in the US, and might make you think more deeply about all of the social conventions that you’re used to in your daily lives.

As you’re scrolling down, remember to upvote the comments that took you by surprise and the ones that you agree are true. Smiling a lot, tipping culture, and weird ads on the TV are just the tip of the iceberg.

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Excessive violence? No problem! Nudity and cursing? Protect our children!

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October 1 year ago

Went to an all female sauna in the US and everyone was in bathingsuits! I was not...

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Having children pledge allegiance to the flag every morning or so.

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Mulberry Juice 1 year ago

That sounds more like something from a dystopian book than real life. This actually happens??

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Ridiculously long elections and treating elections like sporting events

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Mavis 1 year ago

Also, that lame duck period between election day and a new government. In Australia and Britain if you lose the election you are out the very next day.

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The Harvard Business Review notes that cultures around the world can be broadly categorized into ‘peaches’ and ‘coconuts.’ The US and Brazil, for example, can be considered to be ‘peaches.’ People there smile frequently, are open to sharing information about themselves, and ask personal questions. However, at some point, you’ll reach the “hard shell of the pit where the peach protects” who they really are inside.

On the flip side, you have ‘coconut’ cultures like in Germany. ‘Coconuts’ tend to be more closed off: they rarely smile, don’t ask personal questions right off the bat, and are very wary of what information they disclose to new acquaintances. Over time, however, they open up and become warmer. Though it takes more time, relationships with ‘coconuts’ tend to last longer.

35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World For profit healthcare

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Mickysixxx 1 year ago

Yeah I don't mind paying tax for free healthcare dunno why Americans are so against it. My colleague who is from NY said he couldn't believe it the first time he went to a Dr here and it was free

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World The price tag on items is not the actual price.

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Ivo H 1 year ago

That's absolutely crazy.

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Commercials for medicine

Prescription medication specifically. Ads for boner pills and depression medicine etc. bombarding all ages all day long

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Uncanny 1 year ago

‘Feeling sad cos you can’t get it up? Let us help with our Woody Smile capsules. One a day and we’ll change what’s hard in your life!’

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One of the most stereotypical ways to tell that someone is probably from the US is to see how often they smile. A study done in 2018 showed that European American students smiled twice as much as East Asian students in their ID photos. The former were also more likely to display ‘excited’ smiles, Naveed Saleh shares on Psychology Today.

Moreover, students at US universities were more likely to smile while walking on campus, compared to students at Chinese universities. Over 29% of Americans were spotted smiling, versus barely 3% of Chinese students. There are two possible explanations for this.

First of all, this rate might show a difference in life satisfaction between the two countries. Secondly, it indicates that different cultures value different things. For example, Americans tend to value high-intensity positive emotions. Hence the smiling!

35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Having ~~100k+~~ debt as 18 year old just for going to school.

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Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago

Just checked for reference and the enrollment fee in the university of Helsinki for the 2022-23 semester was whopping 46€. Multiply that by 5 and your masters degree would cost 230€

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Carrying visible guns in public

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4th Account 1 year ago

The soldiers in my country barely carry guns in public

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Military recruitment centres in schools, general worship of those serving or who have served.

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XenoMurph 1 year ago

"Thank you for your service".... BS

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In the US, it’s normative to maintain eye contact for around three seconds at a time, take turns during the conversation so as not to interrupt someone else, and to allow two or three feet of personal space between you and others, according to Natali Kerr, PhD.

What’s more, Americans tend to use the phrase, “How are you?” as a greeting, rather than a legitimate question in its own right. If you want to aim for a deeper, more meaningful connection with someone, try to use the question more sparingly and with intent. Actually ask someone how they’re doing when you want to find out, not as a way to extend your “hello.”

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Our portion sizes. Other countries literally have "American" as a size option.

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I Am John 1 year ago

Small, medium, big boned.

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World In Sweden you either take your shoes off when you enter someone's home or we saw your dirty f*****g feet off.

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Ches Yamada 1 year ago

WE TAKE OUR SHOES OFF, TOO. Tv shows and movies show it otherwise, that's all.

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Tipping

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Ivo H 1 year ago

Tipping itself is nice if it serves as appriciation for work well done. Not if it's forced and abused by employers to avoid paying living wage to their employees.

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#13

35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Cheese in a can.

What the s**t America.

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Mohsie Supposie 1 year ago (edited)

You mean: "Cheese" in a can.

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Smiling at strangers. Back in high school, I spent some time in St. Petersburg, Russia as a short-term exchange student. As someone ethnically ambiguous, I assumed most Russians would think I was from one of the Central Asian Republics, like Uzbekistan. Nope, they guessed American every time.
"Olga, how does everyone know I'm American?"
"You smile too much and have good teeth."

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Quirinus 1 year ago

This is more a "Russians don't smile at strangers" than "Americans smile too much" thing.

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#15

You can get fired for any reason. Or no reason. Just if the boss feels like it

From an external point of view, that's f****d up, going to work must be terrifying each day knowing that something like wearing the wrong shoes or whatever could get you sacked on the spot

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Mark Wilson 1 year ago

Note: This varies from state to state, so it's not the whole country.

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#16

The car as the priority on the road.
In the U.K. We have a policy that the more vulnerable the road user, the more rights they have. Therefore, people have the most rights, then horse riders, cyclists, bikers, cars and so forth.

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XenoMurph 1 year ago

And that's not just the rules, that's also the attitude of most people. Most of us don't obey because we HAVE to, we honestly believe it's the right way to behave.... mostly

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#17

35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World I love explaining to non Americans that we can go buy beer, food, televisions and guns at the same store.

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4th Account 1 year ago

Nothing can go wrong with beer and guns right?

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World wearing the flag as a bathing suit.

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Mat Hall 1 year ago

The thing about having clothes effectively made from the American flag is that the people who do it are generally the "America is the greatest country in the world" type of "patriot" who would get super angry if you "disrespect " the stars and stripes, but ironically are likely violating the flag code which states "The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery"...

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#19

35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Waiters bothering me while eating. And bringing me the bill without asking for it.

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October 1 year ago

In Europe, this is extremely rude.

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#20

35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Saying: "How are you?" as a greeting, not a question.

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Alexia 1 year ago

This goes for some European countries too. People ask "how are you?" but nobody is really interested to hear any other answer than "fine, thanks" (or similar).

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Mobility scooters and wheelchairs for obese people who are capable of walking. Went to disneyworld and people were using wheelchairs becuase they were lazy. They'd literally wheel them up to a shop get up walk around the store and then back to the chair. You could say well that was one person so it doesn't count but there were multiple people doing the same thing, even entire families sometimes.

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Helena 1 year ago

I have always walked a bit weird because of how flat my feet are and slightly pigeon toed. I had my feet fixed (mostly), but my walk is still affected because of a lifetime of compensating. The result is I can't walk very far before crippling pain sets in. It sucks butt. Go easy on people. You don't know.

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Collecting money for election campaigns.

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Uncanny 1 year ago

I think you’ll find this is the case in most countries. Over or under the table. Or both. 🤷‍♀️

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Customers in restaurants or any other store staying past closing, I work in a restaurant and this annoys me beyond belief.

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4th Account 1 year ago

That's just rude

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#24

35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Sueing.

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Isabela Cincu 1 year ago

Huge boards advertising lawyers...wt actual f?

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#25

35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World I think in America its way more socially acceptable to drive .2 miles to your destination than to walk.

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Little Wonder 1 year ago

A lot of places are simply not built for walking around in the US.

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#26

Talking about money. How much you earn or don't earn. How much debt you are in, how bad or good your credit is. People don't really talk about those things even with close family members other places I've been.

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Sonja 1 year ago

But I think this one is better in the US. Talking about wages helps people to realise when they're underpaid by their company and what to ask when changing jobs. I have often severely lowballed myself because I didn't know for how much I could ask and what was normal in a job

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Driving a car at 16 years old.

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Simon Beckers 1 year ago

You can drive at 15 in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Going to the store in your pyjamas

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Mulberry Juice 1 year ago

I’m guilty of this and I’m in the UK

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#29

America was influenced heavily by the post WWII "nuclear family" model where everyone should be independent and own their own houses, live as a family unit etc.

I married a Filipino and it changed my world like they have everyone in one baller house going back to great grandma. And it's amazing like when you have kids it's so much easier, if your car breaks down and need something it's easier, if you need a loan they pool all the money and give micro loans among their extended family with virtually no interest.

I'm like wait, we've been getting f****d in America. Ultimately we decided to embrace it and pool together with my mom who lived next to us anyways and buy a baller a*s house for us and the kids and it costs us nothing because we share the cost.

She left and now I'm stuck living with my mom in my 30's until I can refinance or sell but still was worth it.

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Greenmantle 1 year ago

OK, for the rest of the world, please explain what a baller house I'd?

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World I don't know about every single place in the world, but compared to a lot of Asian cultures, the way Americans treat moving out of our parents' home as a huge achievement is pretty weird. Adult kids still living with their parents isn't embarrassing in Asia. In America, it's still considered somewhat weird, although it's getting more common for financial reasons

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Uncanny 1 year ago

When I was young (in Oz), it was very unusual for anyone to still be living at home at 18. We finished school, got a job and got the hell outta there. 😂 Times and circumstances change.

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Ads that compare one brand to another openly, like Duracell vs Energizer, rather than Brand X.

maenadery , Anthony Rosset Report

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4th Account 1 year ago

I wonder how they don't sue each other to death

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World In many African countries/cultures, looking at someone dead in the eye when talking to them, particularly adults, is very very rude. In Murica, looking an adult in the eye is a sign of respect/confidence in the speaker

Julius_OU , Bruce Dixon Report

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And i was like WTF!! 1 year ago

I am from EU and here is normal too, it means that you are paying attention on the speaker and that you respect him/her

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#33

I am English and have lived in America for over twenty five years. As a nosy person I ADORE the way Americans will show you the interior of their houses. In England the deeply curious usually find them selves in a locked bathroom examining the contents of the hosts cabinet. This is the last resort for the nosy person as access to the rest of the place will not be encouraged.
Americans will walk you around the house from top to bottom and show you everything. In England you only get to do that when you know your host very well indeed.

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XenoMurph 1 year ago

If you looked in my bathroom cabinet you'd be asked to leave

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World Spelling bees

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Temoni 1 year ago

I'm from Finland. And I think so many countries f****d up their language, because in finnish, there is no need for spelling. The whole language is spoken exactly how it is written. Only exception is the swedish å, but it's spelled as a regular o. And it's always funny when foreigners try to speak finnish, because they try to pronounce letters within their own language's guidelines. And as a sidemark, in finnish, there is the word "ei". Which means "no". But it's pronounced exactly like the letter "a" in english. So all of you know how to say at least one word in finnish. 🙂

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World when I studied abroad in Spain they extensively warned us about how rude it is to stretch at the dinner table... I never realized how much I love stretching at the dinner table till I got in trouble for doing it

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Mindghost 1 year ago

Never heard of this

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35 Things That Are Normal For Americans But Not The Rest Of The World 1. Using time as a measure of distance. ("How far is the store?" "Oh, about a five minute drive.")

2. Starting conversations with strangers in order to fight boredom (stuck in line, stuck on the bus, stuck in the waiting room) with the understanding that nothing with come from it. (Outside of a super casual "Nice talking with you.") It's understood that these conversations are not the start of friendships. They are simply boredom busters. (If there is one thing Americans hate more than anything else, it's being bored.)

3. Sending children as young as four alone on a school bus. (Okay, I know Canada does this as well. But I am not sure they start as young as America does.)

4. Having incredibly long election times. In other countries, their elections last a few weeks to a couple of months. In the US, people can start stumping two years before election day without anyone blinking an eye.

5. Building towns and cities without the pedestrian in mind. People always assume that there will always be cars around.

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4th Account 1 year ago

How many burgers per football field is 36kph?

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For Christmas day with my girlfriends family, we went out to public field for shotgun shooting and blasted some clay pigeons out of the sky.

It was a blast and several other families were out there too. I'm pretty sure that doesn't happen anywhere else, except maybe Australia.

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Bird in a tissue 1 year ago

For clarification it doesn't happen in Australia 👍

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#38

With the exception of hot summers in the UK, quoting the temperature in Fahrenheit.

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Sarah Richardson 1 year ago

Never known the temperature in the UK to be quoted in Fahrenheit, even when it was very hot last year. No one would know what you were going on about

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#39

Not paying for water at restaurants!!!

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Owen 1 year ago

In the UK, you can always ask for a glass of tap water. Almost everywhere will give it for free.

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Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 1 year ago

Gather round boys and girls! It's time for BoredPanda's weekly America is a backwater cesspool filled of cultural depravity and Europe is the paradise of cultural superiority. Honestly though, BoredPanda -ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Stop with these horribly cruel click-bait articles. You are going to lose more and more readers if you continue to cruelly stereotype an entire population of people. Stop with the horrible censorship. Stop banning good users who get down-voted by trolls. I lost my account that I had from the very beginning due to your policies yet you never ever listen to your readers. I have contacted you again and again about trolls on this site, yet I am the one who got my account banned. To other readers on this site-- please downvote articles like this. Stereotypes are cruel and it shows that BoredPanda does not care about its users.

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PeridotPlatypus377 1 year ago

What exactly did the American readers do to the Bored Panda writers to deserve getting isolated and bullied every day. No wonder we are so depressed. I hate starting days like this. They’re just so mean sometimes. They keep pushing acceptance of others but I guess it only includes everyone but Americans. I miss the days where they focused on art and comics annd cat pictures and nobody felt like everyone hated them for reasons out of their control. I’m sorry I am frustrated. It hasn’t been a good last few days. Im only sad about the writers, not you guys. You guys are pretty nice.

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Andy Saputo 1 year ago (edited)

Per usual , downvote the whole article from the main BP page to get it knocked off the primary page. Also, refrain from commenting or downvoting anything within the article since activity shows the ad companies they are popular and so BP will continue posting this garbage.

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Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

Fellow Pandas, if you think American portion sizes are big? YOu ain't been to restaurants in enough other nations. One meal at a restaurant *run by and for* locals has, in half a dozen nations, shown that they'll serve up justt as much as us Americans.... all.. the.... time.... Seriously, a day's worth of food is a meal. In some places, it's the work culture (physical labor) or the transit culture (you walk it off, believe me). You also find that people are rude, bullying, drug-dealing, manipulative jackasses everywhere, too. But *MOST* people on the planet are doing their best, and I salute them. All 7-plus billion. Whatever their language, nation, or belief system: Thank you, humanity in general, for not being judgmental twits.

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Tenacious Squirrel 1 year ago

As someone from Europe (I’ve lived in a few European countries), Australia has some quite American-esque stuff going on. It’s like a half way house between the UK at one end and USA on the other. Which is strange really, because most Australians I’ve met are staunchly convinced that Australia is the opposite of the USA (even if they’ve never been!). I’ve lived here in Oz for 4 years in 4 different states and travelled round extensively for a couple of years on top, so I don’t think I’ve got a narrow view of the country. NZ is more down the UK end of the scale.

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lazypanda 1 year ago

Imagine If this article was titled "things in India that are weird compared to other countries." Downvoted on the spot. But no, because stereotypes are ok as long as they don't affect you! I know I'm gonna get downvoted, but this is just so cruel. Portraying america as this horrifying dystopian hellscape like everyone carries a gun and will shoot you in the head if you don't pledge allegiance to the flag, america is far from perfect, but jeezes Christ BP!

5points

LH25 1 year ago

I agree with comments from those getting tired of the America bashing. And I'll add that we aren't all the same here.

4points

Amanda Panda 1 year ago

This list is full of poop. Anti US-rhetoric and I expect better, Bored Panda

2points

LilliVB 1 year ago

Ok, I'm not American but I'm tired of these posts. Those are aspects of America well known everywhere, and some of of them I think they are hated from most of the Americans themselves (healthcare, upper education, weapons availability). Those posts aren't giving any new information anymore, they have just the goal of bashing America for things that can't be changed in a pair of years. Or you start to give some new interesting facts that I don't know, or I'm done, I'm not going to read them anymore

2points

Joe Publique 1 year ago

You forgot: 'Having an imaginary friend who lives in the sky and tells you what to do'.

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FABULOUS1 1 year ago

I think the gist of the story is do not come to America, we suck. We eat to much, our politics are horrible, we are extremely loud, we do everything wrong. Find another country to go to because apparently only America sucks and has negative things about it. Hopefully I have cleared this up for everyone. Please stay away.

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Matias Marczak 1 year ago

Most of it is cultural differences, nice to see one that is not Americans trashing other political parties.

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Brandon Parisien 1 year ago

I like how the commentors read the title, skipped to the comment section and ranted about things that weren't said.

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whaaaaaaaaaa 1 year ago

Wow guys I mean me too, I thought that's common sense, I don't understand how I got here but ok keep disliking ig. I like how people just assume things about each other lol

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Den Ver 1 year ago (edited)

Mystery Egg: I've never heard of anyone saying the US has an, "obsession" with IQ, or is more concerned about it than other nations. In fact, since 1/3 of US families/students don't care about school grades, my guess is that IQ might be more of a topic of conversation outside of the US. . . . . . . . . . . . As a final note, I'd add that in the US, a lot of humor is based on gender differences whereas in the UK a lot humour is based on class difference (which has an IQ component).

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Vix Spiderthrust 1 year ago (edited)

Wow. I've literally never heard anything as ignorant as "class has an IQ component". No it f**king doesn't. Prince Harry is an aristocrat whereas Clive Sinclair was the son of shipbuilders. Who got the brains? Class in the UK is about who your grandparents were and what school you went to and which regiment your uncle was in. It's absolutely the opposite of a meritocracy. Nobody makes you take a reading comprehension test before you're allowed to be a duke's son, for Christ's sake.

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Vix: The history of your comments reveals that in some areas you are very intelligent, but sometimes you talk about things you don’t know about, or you jump to conclusions then act like an a-hole. This is one of those times. In the future, your initial reply should confirm what you think the person is saying and invite them into digging a deeper hole. Then, in your second reply, you can correct and influence their beliefs. There is no need to be insulting (unless your probing response was met with an insult). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REGARDING YOUR REPLY ABOUT IQ … your incorrect assumptions led you to misunderstand what I was saying and this led to your knee-jerk reaction of posting bile. Although you were Off-Topic (Is The US "Obsessed" With IQ?) you were accidentally very helpful in supporting my conjecture that, "IQ might be more of a topic of conversation outside of the US". Your ranting about IQ proved that the Panda named 'Mystery Egg' should have said, “the English are obsessed with IQ”, rather than Americans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS TO THE NEW TOPIC YOU BROUGHT UP ... I think you went off the rails when you confused my statement that, “class … has an IQ component" with assuming I was saying, "everyone in the 'upper' class has a higher IQ than everyone in the 'lower' class. That is Not what I was saying. While IQ is one way to differentiate between people, it doesn’t make one person, or group, better than another. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOTE: I grew up in England, I went to school in England. Your reply to me didn’t say anything I didn’t already know. Please take this into account if/when you respond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ps: The idea that I was downvoted for my previous reply is ridiculous. What do you think?

Roland Nijveld 1 year ago

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Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 1 year ago

17points

PeridotPlatypus377 1 year ago

16points

Andy Saputo 1 year ago (edited)

8points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

6points

Tenacious Squirrel 1 year ago

6points

lazypanda 1 year ago

5points

LH25 1 year ago

I agree with comments from those getting tired of the America bashing. And I'll add that we aren't all the same here.

4points

Amanda Panda 1 year ago

This list is full of poop. Anti US-rhetoric and I expect better, Bored Panda

2points

LilliVB 1 year ago

2points

Joe Publique 1 year ago

You forgot: 'Having an imaginary friend who lives in the sky and tells you what to do'.

1point

FABULOUS1 1 year ago

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Matias Marczak 1 year ago

Most of it is cultural differences, nice to see one that is not Americans trashing other political parties.

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Brandon Parisien 1 year ago

I like how the commentors read the title, skipped to the comment section and ranted about things that weren't said.

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whaaaaaaaaaa 1 year ago

Wow guys I mean me too, I thought that's common sense, I don't understand how I got here but ok keep disliking ig. I like how people just assume things about each other lol

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

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Mystery Egg 1 year ago

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Den Ver 1 year ago (edited)

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Vix Spiderthrust 1 year ago (edited)

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Den Ver 1 year ago (edited)

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