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What’s totally acceptable and completely normal in one country might get you some funny looks elsewhere. Or, in other words, welcome to Planet Earth where there are loads of different countries and cultures that are bound to blow your mind when you travel.
This time, we’re looking at the differences between the United States and the United Kingdom. Even though both countries have a ‘special relationship’ (not to mention a rocky initial history together), far from everything is the same there. Hopping ‘over the pond’ means traveling a large distance both physically and culturally, too. Like you'd expect when going to any new country when you fly abroad.
Redditor TownImmediate9060 went on r/AskReddit and wanted to find out what’s socially acceptable in the US but would be horrifying in the UK. The thread went viral and the responses made us seriously realize the extent of the differences between the two allies. Check out some of the best answers below and remember to upvote your fave ones, dear Pandas.
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#1
Healthcare that bankrupts you
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#2
Paying more than the price you see on a price tag in a shop due to taxes. WTF just put how much it costs!
#3
Cashiers being forced to stand... give them a chair you masochists
Britain continues to use soft power to spread its influence abroad. Its cultural impact is off the charts. Just consider how influential the Harry Potter books, musicians like Ed Sheeran, and football entities like the Premier League really are.
They’re known and respected globally. As such, the UK’s able to draw in plenty of tourists (global pandemic notwithstanding because it’s hit everyone badly) and students from abroad because it remains at the forefront of people’s minds.
#5
New mothers going back to work almost immediately after giving birth, because they don’t have paid maternity leave
#6
An $800, four-block ambulance ride.
Downunderdude 3 years ago
Anything about the so-called American health system is a mystery to the rest of the world.
However, research shows that the confusion and uncertainty around the long-term effects that Brexit, the UK’s exit from the European Union, will have slightly dampened the country’s influence abroad.
Meanwhile, the British Council found that it’s actually culture, not politics, that deepens the ties between the UK and the US. And it’s culture that’s going to play a vital role in the future of both nations as well.
#7
That whole thing where American kids pledge their allegiance to the flag. That is completely weird and scarily totalitarian to us Brits.
Covid Pan Demic 3 years ago
I cringe every time the teacher is like "Let's stand for the pledge"
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Lunar Bicycle 3 years ago
I refused to do it when I was a kid in the 80s. Got in trouble, was called a commie by another student. I wasn’t making a grand political statement, I was just young enough that I didn’t fully understand the pledge, and when I asked why we did it I was reprimanded. If they wouldn’t tell me why, then I didn’t want to do it. I finally found the compromise of just moving my mouth and saying nothing. You really could get in trouble for not saying it.
Pedro 3 years ago
Folks easily confuse patriotism with rabid nationalism.
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Roland 3 years ago
Dude... Not only brits. Me as a slav this is like.. What the f**k is wrong with you people
Dorothy Cloud 3 years ago
Do you live here? If not, why should your opinion make a difference one way or another?
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Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
Originally in included a familiar looking gesture called the "Bellamy salute" that fell out of favor in the 1930s: Students_p...4afc2d.jpg 
Vicky Zar 3 years ago
Oh my... yeah well... some of the things in the US are frighteningly reminiscent of Germany before WWII
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Lorelai Purvis 3 years ago
wait that's not normal? are we being brainwashed as children to have total allegiance to america?
Anna McHugh 3 years ago
How else are they going to indoctrinate children into laying down their lives for a country which never made good on its mission statement?
Lorelei 3 years ago
Okay...STUDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT to NOT say the pledge of allegiance. Okay?!?
Lunar Bicycle 3 years ago
Absolutely they do, and they always have, but many, many teachers and school districts will do their best to not let you know that. Or at least shame you into saying it.
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Id row 3 years ago
I think it's more tradition at this point. I remember saying it as a kid and it was just something we did. We didn't think about the meaning of the words at all, no kid does.
Frank Hayes 3 years ago
Therein lies the problem. Why are they pledging allegiance when they don’t understand what it means?
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Ian Bayliss 3 years ago
In England anyone pledging their allegiance to England's flag (the Cross of Saint George). would be arrested as a racist.
Hanna Grim 3 years ago
Do they not sing God Save the Queen to a picture on the wall in the UK? I'm Canadian and on our military bases kids sing ( or did when I was young) Oh Canada and God Save the Queen at least once a day.
Mary Peace 3 years ago
No, I grew up in England and still live in England. We only sang God Save the Queen occasionally and never to a picture. I have never seen children doing this, but I don't know about military bases.
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Paul Budhram 3 years ago
After realizing that no where else they did this, I completely stopped doing it.
ShareMusic 3 years ago
Plus, to illustrate further craziness, Texas also has a Pledge to the Texas Flag. I kid you not. We moved here to TX about 3-4 years ago and I substitute teach. Every school day, the students stand to do the U.S. pledge followed by the Texas pledge and then a moment of silence (because prayers are illegal).
Alex De Leon 3 years ago
I live in Texas and I've never heard of that. Maybe we live in different areas?
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yes. 3 years ago
but some other countries have it too? Its weird to the brits but there are several other countries that have a pledge to their country that kids recite
Vicky Zar 3 years ago (edited)
Care to search which ones? You might be surprised. No European country does.
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Tom Spade 3 years ago
Even as a child I faked it. I'm an individual, not a herd member. It also conflicts with my basic spiritual principles. I'll not pledge allegiance to a piece of cloth, nor to a government. I do pledge however, to be a decent and moral person, to help my neighbors, and to not break too many laws of the place I live. The only real exception is cannabis of course. I still can't figure out how the State is victimized by person's enjoying some fine bud. Yet, they persist in purveying this erroneous view.
Dorothy Cloud 3 years ago
If you want to live here, why not? NO one has to live here. Many come here illegally and want all the perks for free. Heaven forbid they have to pledge allegiance to us!!!
Robert Robi Z 3 years ago
Do they really think that will teach children anything but the pledge itself?
_*U~$~e~l~e~$~$*_ 3 years ago
Now be of COVID I don’t even do it I just turn my camera off and do something else sense I’m a virtual
Susan Egan 3 years ago
And if you try to not do it. Ooo even getting rid of the practice is met with horror. I don't know why it's still a thing here.
backatya 3 years ago
Not every country is going to be the same. Don't be Butt hurt Brits just because we are patriotic about our country and got free from England
J Sauires 3 years ago
Before posting such comments at least learn: 1) the difference between Brits (British) and English, and 2.) The American War of Independence is important to the US but irrelevant to Britons.
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Damon Hill 3 years ago
That's rarely done anymore. And most people here don't understand America is not a Democracy, it's a Republic. A fact stated in the Pledge of Allegiance. Maybe if more knew and recited the Pledge, we'd know more about who is actually against us and who supports us.
GC Rovario-Cole 3 years ago
One of the reasons I object to kids pledging allegiance is because nobody has told them what the word means. Define allegiance before direction people to pledge it.
Pym Sparshott 3 years ago
I'm Canadian, went to school in the States at age 11 for 6 months, they MADE me pledge the Allegiance, knowing I wasn't American, knowing I was going home soon. I was outraged, but young and timid.
Angelica H. 3 years ago
I always thought it was strange that my teachers made me say the same words everyday, at the same time as everyone else...
Tim Haight 3 years ago
It was totally normal in grade school So was reading a bible verse before class starts. When I was in the air force we also had the national anthem before movies, we saluted the flag when it went up in the morning and in the evening when it went down.
Tim Haight 3 years ago
We also stand for the natioal anthem before sporting evernts
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Leslie Burleson 3 years ago
They don't really do it any more . I grew up going to school on military bases , so it was normal for us . I think it's important to focus on patriotism
J Sauires 3 years ago
Patriotism is a short distance to nationalism and instilling the false belief of superiority over other nationalities.
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HooowlAtTheMoon 3 years ago
In my school they don't force us to recite the pledge if we don't want to.
Paul Davis 3 years ago
When I was a kid, if we mumbled or left out the "under God" part we would get sent to the principal's office for paddling.
Easily Excitable Panda 3 years ago
It weirds out plenty of Americans, too. I just did it automatically in school, but looking back - wow.
Smitin 3 years ago
How is pledging allegiance to the flag any different than singing God Save the Queen?
Pete 3 years ago
In the UK, we probably sing God Save the Queen about once a year. Not every time we go to school!
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Nic Dudley 3 years ago
Yea. And it is not even a pledge to allegiance to America...it is "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America"...allegiance to a piece of fabric...I was always confused about this and thought it was stupid but as a kid you just assume adults know what they are talking about. yea, wrong!
Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago
America is the free-est country ever! NoW StAnd uP aNd PlEdGe aLLeGiAnce oR ELSE!
Sarah Grape 3 years ago
LOL no one knows what we're saying.....we just do it. I think it's a promise of loyalty and to respect the flag; but not sure no one is
Jazzy Mc. Jaz 3 years ago
I stand but don't say it because its an animate object and people think i'm weird.
TexasWoman 3 years ago
I'm American and I agree with you: there's no sense in the pledge of allegiance
David Beaulieu 3 years ago
Yes, makes much more sense to sing a song about your earthly representation of God, the Queen. Shocking that our children would pledge themselves to America, when we could just ask "God" to save our "Insert inbred descendent of warlord here".
Tabernus 3 years ago
TBH it's weird enough learning the Lords Prayer in UK primary schools (but comes in handy for funerals later). The whole pledge/flag nonsense that goes on over the pond is completely baffling.
Chancey 3 years ago
Wait... you actually have to learn and recite the Lord's Prayer in school? That is more baffling to me than the pledge/flag thing.
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Jarrod Nichols 3 years ago
Hilarious coming from the totalitarian government from which we won our independence. Doh!
CatWoman312 3 years ago
This is just propaganda. The only times kids do this is when they’re learning about it. This is not something we do regularly
Gay Llama 3 years ago
That's not true. When I was in elementary school and in my current middle school we recited it every morning.
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Overworking. It's rewarded and encouraged in the U.S., but during my time in the U.K. my colleagues were horrified by the long hours and lack of holidays that was the norm in the U.S.
Downunderdude 3 years ago
What an awful soulless place. And I'm guessing the only reason they give them what looks like expensive chairs is so they don't get sued for workplace injury.
#9
Greeters in supermarkets. Just feels fake.
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
Are greeters real? I thought the Simpson's was exaggerating. I guess in a country so massive, you gta find a way to stand out? Still seems weird tho
“Culture and history were the two top rated factors contributing to the UK’s attractiveness among American respondents, with 43% identifying ‘cultural and historic attractions’ as a major draw and 42% identifying ‘history,’” the British Council explains what it discovered in its research.
#10
Driving everywhere.
In the UK it's perfectly normal to have your kid walk to school and walking to the shops to do your shopping.
#11
Offering full-time employees anything less than 28 days of paid holidays per year - it's not only socially unacceptable - it's illegal!
#12
Bragging about how expensive something was.
In the US "this is a $100 shirt" ...smug face
In the UK "can you believe I got this whole suit for £25!" ...smug face
Despite some of the more superficial cultural differences between the US and the UK, both nations appear to care about pretty much the same issues.
“The research showed a high degree of shared concern about global issues among young people in both countries with poverty, extremism/terrorism, and climate change as the top factors chosen by young people in both the US and UK,” the British Council found. “The research suggests the relationship between the two countries is at root a cultural as much as a political phenomenon, and viewed in those terms it is indeed special.”
#13
Labelling the winner of a sports tournament that only your country plays as ‘World Champions’
Calling Football ‘Soccer’
Paul Davis 3 years ago
We're not the only ones doing that. No one seems to blink at the audacity of the Miss Universe beauty contest, where Earth seems to win every time.
#14
A rubber in England is not the same as a rubber in the US.
Downunderdude 3 years ago
In the UK, a durex is (or used to be) a condom. In Australia, it's sticky tape. Best not to get them confused.
Ironically, the actual term ‘special relationship’ sees very little use in the US, primarily being a British way of categorizing the tight bonds between the two nations. However, this doesn’t change the fact that both countries are very much skipping along arm-in-arm, primarily admiring each other’s cultural output (leaving politics a secondary concern).
#16
Making tea in a microwave.
#17
When my Brit friends were visiting, they were horrified when the waiter took their credit card to swipe back at the terminal. This made them REALLY uncomfortable.
#18
Cutting lines for things, I’ve seen some people when going to Disney world trying to cut lines for random reasons. Queueing in the uk is like our national sport
Redditor TownImmediate9060’s thread about the differences between the US and the UK was a roaring success. It got more than 67.7k upvotes in just over a week. What’s more, the thread got over 51k comments which just goes to show that the OP hit the nail on the head and chose a niche topic that plenty of folks were interested in.
The thread also got over 300 awards, proving that TownImmediate9060’s fellow Reddit users really appreciated them asking the question in the first place.
#19
My (British) partner & I (American) were in London, running late to meet our friends. Just as we get to the tube station, I see our train has just pulled in; we haul ass across platform and I yell, “HOLD THE DOOR.” Someone does, we make the train, I don’t see a problem. My partner, by contrast, is mortified. This was 4-5 years ago & he is still mortified. Apparently we were meant to just...let the train leave? Without us?? & wait for the next one???
Linus Nilsson 3 years ago
On the tube, there's absolutely no reason to "hold the door". The next one will be in in a few minutes, and you will just be a little late. By holding, everyone on the train will be late, and there is actually a possibility that it travels down the line, delaying several trains.
#20
Asking new neighbors, "Have you found a church yet?"
#21
Huge portion sizes. Kids meal in U.S is like a adult meal in U.K.
What’s your opinion about the relationship between the US and the UK, dear Readers? What, in your opinion, makes this relationship between the two special? What do you think are the main cultural differences between Americans and Brits? Let us know what you think in the comment section below. We’d absolutely love to get your take on this, especially if you’re currently living in the US or the UK.
#22
I was in Japan once and there was a vending machine selling beer outside my hotel room.
So, being British, I bought a can and went to the elevator where I shared an excruciating couple of minutes with two American business men. They were horrified at my early day drinking, and I at their willingness to express this.
#23
As a Brit in the US, this is a fun one!
Pharmaceutical adverts on the TV are still weird af to me
The length and frequency of commercial breaks in general on TV is shocking
Low hanging fruit, but anything relating to child beauty pageants just makes me feel physically sick
Here's a nice one: taking 20+ minutes to help a complete stranger who is struggling with something. The amount of times a total stranger has stopped to assist me or someone I know? Y'all really make my heart melt!
A Cat Named Dragon 3 years ago
This happens in the UK too. I am a woman and I traveled by train with a suitcase too heavy for me to lift and always some lovely man immediately assisted me with getting on and off.
#25
Addressing a stranger as ‘Sir’
chi-wei shen 3 years ago
To me, this sounds like a good style. How would you address a stranger in the UK?
#26
Responding to work emails while on leave/vacation.
N G 3 years ago
I fear this one may be culturally appropriated - I'm in the UK and have worked for people who have done this, and been "encouraged" to do this myself. I have offered once (but that was because it was a big, serious project, and my time off was looking after the MIL's house for two days and I was BORED!)
#27
high fructose corn syrup
David Beaulieu 3 years ago
What else should we do with all this corn we grow? Feed the world? Bio-fuel these machines? Nope. Lets make something like sugar, but way worse for you.
#28
Chanting the acronym of your country at any given opportunity.
#29
I don’t know how common it actually is there, but going fucking wild at the cinema during a hugely popular film like Avengers: Endgame or a Star Wars film. There’s a bunch of videos on YouTube of the audience reactions to various big franchise films and I don’t know how anybody lasts more than a few minutes in that room.
When I saw The Force Awakens, like two people half-heartedly cheered when the title screen came up and then someone immediately told them to shut up.
Linus Nilsson 3 years ago
While talking about american cinemas, why don't they have seat reservation? In Sweden, we book in advance, choosing our seats by how many we are, where the screen is and availability.
#30
Refuse a drink to a grown-ass taxpaying 20 year old
What do you think ?
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
Tsk. Honestly did they not read the comments under the 'look at weird Americans" article from like 24 hours ago? Enough pls BP give us a break, or stagger them out. Not every day.
Ren Karlej 3 years ago
Only just come onto BP today and came straight to the comments section instead of reading the article. ENOUGH ALREADY! Are we going from weekly to daily US bashing now Bored Panda? I downvoted the whole post and I rarely do that. Bored Panda - PACK IT IN.
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Mimi M 3 years ago
Another 'ridiculous/bad/weird Americans' post. We are sick of them. How about making a post of nice things about the US for every time you have made a post of the opposite. It's enough already.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Here's an idea; Things the whole world thinks are weird about the UK! .... I'll start... Blood pudding.
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Sanne H. 3 years ago (edited)
For me as a Dutch person with several Flemish acquaintances it’s funny to read about these differences. The habits of our two neighboring countries (Netherlands and Flanders) are more or less the same, but we have misunderstanding in expressions sometimes, like buitenwipper (Fl: bouncer, Du: someone having sex outside), aftrekker (Fl: Corkscrew, Du: someone who’s jerking off) and poepen (fl: having sex, du: to defecate), to name the three most shocking ones 😀
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
See this is great, I liked learning this ^-^ I wonder how the words came to have such different meanings between neighbouring countries
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Andrew Gibb 3 years ago
Having visited the US of As I can share a positive. Americans are very generous. If you have an accent you will be bought drinks in a bar by those who claim to have ancestors from Scotland or Ireland.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
And almost everyone in the US has either Irish or Scottish ancestry, or thinks they do! :-D
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Julie C Rose 3 years ago
Same. Knock it off, BP (and I say this as a non-American myself.)
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Logic and Reason 3 years ago
This bullshit is so played out. I’m seriously considering leaving the site, it seems like for every entertaining article there’s 5 of these “aMeRiCa BaD” posts.
Daphne Williams 3 years ago
Here's another list about how the different ways different cultures do things is horrifying and terrible. Please downvote this s**t. Upvote art, upvote kindness, upvote cute and funny animal, upvote comedy.
Alex Bailey 3 years ago
I downvoted. I have been to the US a few times. Met many US people and most were lovely. Just how you'd expect in any country. A mixed bag but mostly fine. STOP picking on the US Bored Panda - and we KNOW you read the comments. FFS.
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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
I think all countries have some ridiculous ads, just varies as to product, LOL.
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CatWoman312 3 years ago
I thought one a week was too much, but back to back days now? BP must really hate the US, sorry United States of America. Don’t want to use the abbreviation constantly since we apparently do that according to one of the posts.
Virgil Sanders 3 years ago
i'm so tired of all the posts about america...ok we get it, you hate america, blah blah blah. give us something different to read please!
Anony Mouse 3 years ago
FFS. Please stop posting the same article. It used to be every two weeks. Now it's daily. Did you not notice the entire comment section yesterday?
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
DEAR WORLD: From an American. Yes, we shock, horrify, and appall you. We know. Sometimes you do the same to others, too. We all have our cultural quirks. I hope the world is enjoying its schadenfreude. When you're done? Let the US know. Maybe we can hvae a discussion about how to solve problems? Peace out, An American
Dorothy Cloud 3 years ago
According to these comments, everyone in the world thinks Americans are just horrible and with no manners. BUT, we still get people wanting to immigrate here, sneak over our borders....both North & South. If you don't like it, don't visit, don't live here.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Really tired of these shitposts, BP. How would you feel if I habitually made fun of your culture and country whilst ignoring the amazing things, people, and experiences?
Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
Apparently every staff writer must write one of these America Bad posts once a week every week. Man I miss the photo galleries of unusual places animals etc.
Ricky Omo 3 years ago
This post was informative. I didn't realise Americans didn't use kettles..... Yeah this is very informative.
Aria Whitaker 3 years ago (edited)
Of course we use Kettles. I have one on my stove as we speak. We carry both the electric and stovetop varieties. It was far from "informative" and more "I met two Americans and now think all 330 million are the same".....
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
How dare we not all comply with the UK version of everything! *gasp/faint*.... Seriously, for people who complain constantly that the US is too expectant that the world should be like the US, isn't the UK kinda doing the same? Everyone should do/know/speak the way they do in the UK? ...
Isaac7lego 3 years ago
Wtf!!!! Did they not read the comments on "Americans are doing _____" article?????
angie but who cares 3 years ago
ok but do people in the uk not talk to people at all i have never been but if that's the case it sounds a bit boring ]:
Stargazer66 2 years ago
I agree with you on the pledge of allegiance. That's something fascists (hello Hitler) countries do (Hello Kim Jung).
Tom Spade 3 years ago (edited)
Sensitive ass people. You don't even realize how indoctrinated some people are until they speak. Compared to many places, we are f****d up here. I'm from the Midwest, my fellow countryfolks, and even I can look around and see that we have huge issues here. No one else is getting butthurt over their countries being roasted, but here are some Americans, the most roastable people on earth, getting sensitive. Ok. You bunch of Richard Gere movie loving fucktards, show me your best sensitivity. I'll certainly use it as my first submission article for BP. Brothers and sisters, if our s**t was all that, we wouldn't be featured so heavily, now would we? Lighten the f**k up, people are just people, but true is true. No place or people are perfect, we're all messed up according to someone else. Take your s**t on the chin like the rest of us, and do feel free to have a sense of humor about it. If you'd like to stop showing up as a world meme, stop voting for divisive assholes. Biden and Trump...
Sheree Hyde 3 years ago
Our differences are what makes life interesting! Nothing but interesting to me. My future son in law is Australian and my daughters ex boyfriend was British. Loved them both and yes, somethings they say or do was weird here in the US, but fun none the less. They found us equally entertaining !
Leslie Burleson 3 years ago
Seriously BP. I love you , but it's getting old reading "let's s**t on America " posts. I'm bettering Americans are a big percentage of your readers . I'm honestly about to just delete the app. Every country has problems. We're not getting on here and making fun of other places
W. 5 3 years ago
I love reading stuff like this because global thinking made us already know all our similarities but the differences are sometimes so amazing and interesting. I don't read it as a bashing. It's just fascinating that things I consider boringly normal are unknown or weird to other people.
Aria Whitaker 3 years ago (edited)
It is not bashing when we get these things every so often...but they have these all the time now. And not for ANY other country but America. Can we see some for France vs Germany? Or Latvia VS Poland? Peru vs Australia? Sri Lanka vs Russia? When these are only posted to show how "weird" one country or culture is compared to the other 178 countries in the world...its past "fascinating" and into "bias".
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ScarlettofHydraIsland 3 years ago
We get, we suck. Now how about something entertaining about the US, Florida Man.
Colin Matthews 3 years ago
F***y. Quite a different meaning in the USA vs many other places...
angie but who cares 3 years ago
oh i didn't think of that let me tell more than a million people to what use butter on there bread or not talk to strangers got it all knowing one /s
Load More Replies... Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
Tsk. Honestly did they not read the comments under the 'look at weird Americans" article from like 24 hours ago? Enough pls BP give us a break, or stagger them out. Not every day.
Ren Karlej 3 years ago
Only just come onto BP today and came straight to the comments section instead of reading the article. ENOUGH ALREADY! Are we going from weekly to daily US bashing now Bored Panda? I downvoted the whole post and I rarely do that. Bored Panda - PACK IT IN.
Load More Replies... Mimi M 3 years ago
Another 'ridiculous/bad/weird Americans' post. We are sick of them. How about making a post of nice things about the US for every time you have made a post of the opposite. It's enough already.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Here's an idea; Things the whole world thinks are weird about the UK! .... I'll start... Blood pudding.
Load More Replies... Sanne H. 3 years ago (edited)
For me as a Dutch person with several Flemish acquaintances it’s funny to read about these differences. The habits of our two neighboring countries (Netherlands and Flanders) are more or less the same, but we have misunderstanding in expressions sometimes, like buitenwipper (Fl: bouncer, Du: someone having sex outside), aftrekker (Fl: Corkscrew, Du: someone who’s jerking off) and poepen (fl: having sex, du: to defecate), to name the three most shocking ones 😀
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
See this is great, I liked learning this ^-^ I wonder how the words came to have such different meanings between neighbouring countries
Load More Replies... Andrew Gibb 3 years ago
Having visited the US of As I can share a positive. Americans are very generous. If you have an accent you will be bought drinks in a bar by those who claim to have ancestors from Scotland or Ireland.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
And almost everyone in the US has either Irish or Scottish ancestry, or thinks they do! :-D
Load More Replies... Julie C Rose 3 years ago
Same. Knock it off, BP (and I say this as a non-American myself.)
Load More Replies... Logic and Reason 3 years ago
This bullshit is so played out. I’m seriously considering leaving the site, it seems like for every entertaining article there’s 5 of these “aMeRiCa BaD” posts.
Daphne Williams 3 years ago
Here's another list about how the different ways different cultures do things is horrifying and terrible. Please downvote this s**t. Upvote art, upvote kindness, upvote cute and funny animal, upvote comedy.
Alex Bailey 3 years ago
I downvoted. I have been to the US a few times. Met many US people and most were lovely. Just how you'd expect in any country. A mixed bag but mostly fine. STOP picking on the US Bored Panda - and we KNOW you read the comments. FFS.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
I think all countries have some ridiculous ads, just varies as to product, LOL.
Load More Replies... CatWoman312 3 years ago
I thought one a week was too much, but back to back days now? BP must really hate the US, sorry United States of America. Don’t want to use the abbreviation constantly since we apparently do that according to one of the posts.
Virgil Sanders 3 years ago
i'm so tired of all the posts about america...ok we get it, you hate america, blah blah blah. give us something different to read please!
Anony Mouse 3 years ago
FFS. Please stop posting the same article. It used to be every two weeks. Now it's daily. Did you not notice the entire comment section yesterday?
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
DEAR WORLD: From an American. Yes, we shock, horrify, and appall you. We know. Sometimes you do the same to others, too. We all have our cultural quirks. I hope the world is enjoying its schadenfreude. When you're done? Let the US know. Maybe we can hvae a discussion about how to solve problems? Peace out, An American
Dorothy Cloud 3 years ago
According to these comments, everyone in the world thinks Americans are just horrible and with no manners. BUT, we still get people wanting to immigrate here, sneak over our borders....both North & South. If you don't like it, don't visit, don't live here.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Really tired of these shitposts, BP. How would you feel if I habitually made fun of your culture and country whilst ignoring the amazing things, people, and experiences?
Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
Apparently every staff writer must write one of these America Bad posts once a week every week. Man I miss the photo galleries of unusual places animals etc.
Ricky Omo 3 years ago
This post was informative. I didn't realise Americans didn't use kettles..... Yeah this is very informative.
Aria Whitaker 3 years ago (edited)
Of course we use Kettles. I have one on my stove as we speak. We carry both the electric and stovetop varieties. It was far from "informative" and more "I met two Americans and now think all 330 million are the same".....
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
How dare we not all comply with the UK version of everything! *gasp/faint*.... Seriously, for people who complain constantly that the US is too expectant that the world should be like the US, isn't the UK kinda doing the same? Everyone should do/know/speak the way they do in the UK? ...
Isaac7lego 3 years ago
Wtf!!!! Did they not read the comments on "Americans are doing _____" article?????
angie but who cares 3 years ago
ok but do people in the uk not talk to people at all i have never been but if that's the case it sounds a bit boring ]:
Stargazer66 2 years ago
I agree with you on the pledge of allegiance. That's something fascists (hello Hitler) countries do (Hello Kim Jung).
Tom Spade 3 years ago (edited)
Sensitive ass people. You don't even realize how indoctrinated some people are until they speak. Compared to many places, we are f****d up here. I'm from the Midwest, my fellow countryfolks, and even I can look around and see that we have huge issues here. No one else is getting butthurt over their countries being roasted, but here are some Americans, the most roastable people on earth, getting sensitive. Ok. You bunch of Richard Gere movie loving fucktards, show me your best sensitivity. I'll certainly use it as my first submission article for BP. Brothers and sisters, if our s**t was all that, we wouldn't be featured so heavily, now would we? Lighten the f**k up, people are just people, but true is true. No place or people are perfect, we're all messed up according to someone else. Take your s**t on the chin like the rest of us, and do feel free to have a sense of humor about it. If you'd like to stop showing up as a world meme, stop voting for divisive assholes. Biden and Trump...
Sheree Hyde 3 years ago
Our differences are what makes life interesting! Nothing but interesting to me. My future son in law is Australian and my daughters ex boyfriend was British. Loved them both and yes, somethings they say or do was weird here in the US, but fun none the less. They found us equally entertaining !
Leslie Burleson 3 years ago
Seriously BP. I love you , but it's getting old reading "let's s**t on America " posts. I'm bettering Americans are a big percentage of your readers . I'm honestly about to just delete the app. Every country has problems. We're not getting on here and making fun of other places
W. 5 3 years ago
I love reading stuff like this because global thinking made us already know all our similarities but the differences are sometimes so amazing and interesting. I don't read it as a bashing. It's just fascinating that things I consider boringly normal are unknown or weird to other people.
Aria Whitaker 3 years ago (edited)
It is not bashing when we get these things every so often...but they have these all the time now. And not for ANY other country but America. Can we see some for France vs Germany? Or Latvia VS Poland? Peru vs Australia? Sri Lanka vs Russia? When these are only posted to show how "weird" one country or culture is compared to the other 178 countries in the world...its past "fascinating" and into "bias".
Load More Replies... ScarlettofHydraIsland 3 years ago
We get, we suck. Now how about something entertaining about the US, Florida Man.
Colin Matthews 3 years ago
F***y. Quite a different meaning in the USA vs many other places...
angie but who cares 3 years ago
oh i didn't think of that let me tell more than a million people to what use butter on there bread or not talk to strangers got it all knowing one /s
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