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30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much MM-DD-YYYY Date format 😅

javapyscript , Leeloo Thefirst Report

Final score:

323points

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lilylynx 1 year ago (edited)

I've never understood this, because doesn't it make sense that it would go shortest, middle, longest edit: longest to shortest makes a lot of sense as well

135points

Live_Ad_455 , Melany @ tuinfosalud.com Report

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Commercials about pharmaceutical pills. "Ask your doctor about taking xyz... side affects can include (everything).
Wild!

Final score:

290points

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JoJo Anisko 1 year ago

This is not "liked by Americans"; the pharmaceutical companies pay to air the commercials.

27points

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Opinion signs outside their houses. Like "in this house we support...". I find it weird and unusual.

BittenOnion Report

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274points

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Mad Dragon 1 year ago

We have a “Love is Love” sign in our yard, but only because a few houses down from us has a sign that’s pretty much the opposite meaning.

124points

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much College sports. Particularly football and basketball.

The rest of the world loves soccer, but nobody gives a hoot about it at the university level.

Scrappy_Larue , football wife Report

Final score:

256points

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Marie Dahme 1 year ago

Shhhh. Don’t tell Texas this, it’ll just make ‘em cry. Lol

84points

justmyfakename , Pramod Kotipalli Report

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Flags. So many American flags everywhere.

Final score:

245points

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lilylynx 1 year ago

Finland only has flags up if it's a special day or something.

78points

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Walking inside the house with shoes on.

ignviliam , Sladjana Karvounis Report

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240points

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Sad Panda 1 year ago

Please don’t track the outside dirt all over the house!

87points

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Threatening to press charges on people....

And being suspicious of everyone.

agingercow , Icons8 Team Report

Final score:

194points

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Jake B 1 year ago

Trust no one. I watched the X Files. I know. 😆

82points

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much imperial units
(edit: fahrenheit aswell as celsius are good for certain scenarios so ill omit the former)

Kirby_zzz , Ag PIC Report

Final score:

172points

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XenoMurph 1 year ago

Why is fahrenheit good for ANYTHING?

83points

#10

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much ICE. Filled till the brim before you pour any drink.

locoliga , Truong Dat Report

Final score:

167points

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Don't you wish you knew 1 year ago

Gotta have lots of ice. Love it.

89points

#11

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Cheerleaders

liebe_rootBete , Rajiv Perera Report

Final score:

167points

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Don't you wish you knew 1 year ago

It's definitely a sport and takes a lot of athleticism. People train from an early age to be on cheer squads.

69points

#12

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Driving everywhere. Anywhere you go, you go in a car.

But I suspect for many, other options are so rare they don't think about them even if they do exist.

MXXIV666 , Aleksandr Popov Report

Final score:

154points

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April Caron 1 year ago

Soooo accurate! I work 50 minutes away from where I live (41 miles). Public transit isn’t an option. Even for close shopping… it’s not an option. The nearest bus line is 4 miles away.

102points

#13

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Big trucks

paulboyrom , John O'Nolan Report

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150points

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Couldnt_find_a_decent_name 1 year ago

Big, LOUD trucks

77points

#14

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Peanut butter and jelly

FlyBuy3 , Giorgio Trovato Report

Final score:

140points

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Mad Dragon 1 year ago

A lot of us were fed this as kids, so it tends to be a comfort food now.

135points

nargleflargle , American Heritage Chocolate Report

#15

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Root beer and ranch dressing. I brought some to Germany and had my friends try it and they said the root beer tasted like medicine. They politely tasted the dressing with a celery and said "hmmm, interesting" but the look on their faces was that it was terrible ha.

Final score:

134points

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DEW 1 year ago

I thought you were combining them together at first....LOL

197points

#16

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Garbage Disposals

Just shove that turkey carcass in the disposal and run some warm water behind it

celtic1888 , Max Vakhtbovych Report

Final score:

127points

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Sad Panda 1 year ago

You can’t put bones, meat, eggshells, or very fibrous fruits and veggies into the disposal. You can break the disposal or damage sewer lines.

122points

#17

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much God damn delis. At least out of all the places I’ve traveled to the US by far has the best delis. I don’t know if I can live somewhere without a great Jewish or Italian deli.

facobi8356 , Kyle Mackie Report

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117points

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Marie Dahme 1 year ago

Gotta visit Katz’s Deli in NYC and have pastrami on rye!

40points

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#18

Corn syrup

__Piggy___Smalls__ Report

Final score:

117points

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Susan Reid Smith 1 year ago

There is a time and place for it like pecan pies and cheap pancake syrup. But not every where all the time.

49points

#19

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Waffles with chicken

glori-hallelujah , Tim Toomey Report

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106points

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Lynda Birch 1 year ago

Don't knock it til you've tried it and I'm a Brit

98points

#20

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much This used to be much more prevalent in the US but food coloring. When I moved from Japan to the US, I was surprised at how colorful their foods were.

These days Americans are now more keen to organic natural stuff so I see it less but it took me a while to realize that blue raspberry is not a real thing.

AwesomeAsian , Viktor Talashuk Report

Final score:

100points

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Brenda Spagnola-Wilson 1 year ago

They made them blue so they wouldn't be confused with the red ones (cherry or strawberry)

34points

#21

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much My mother [British] thought casseroles were weird and disgusting. Once her British friend came to visit, and asked that we not go to a restaurant "where all the food is mixed together in an awful jumble."

I love most casseroles.

MazW , sheri silver Report

Final score:

99points

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sofacushionfort 1 year ago

Since casseroles were originally French, maybe she was just cherishing the ancient enmity

93points

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#22

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much My sister is visiting the US from Europe and sent me a picture of a small coke and asked "why is it so big?" I could see old glory flapping in the wind, boys.

botaxel499 , Pixabay Report

Final score:

98points

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Id row 1 year ago

Do you guys normally order soda in shot glasses?

33points

#23

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Biscuits and gravy

WayneH2O , Ray Shrewsberry Report

Final score:

96points

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Marie Dahme 1 year ago

And you’ll get a bunch of different variations of somebody’s granny made it only a certain way…so that’s how you know it’s authentic! Bacon grease? Sausage? Strong black coffee? Just never say you made it from a powdered mix!

51points

#24

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Free public restrooms. I know they're gross but they are nice to have.

vebidib774 , Sung Jin Cho Report

Final score:

93points

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Don't you wish you knew 1 year ago

Was gonna comment but changed my mind so I'll just say Have a great day pandas wherever you are!

61points

#25

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much

Handicap accessiblity. Old buildings/towns in Europe are nice, if both your legs work.

botaxel499 , AbsolutVision Report

Final score:

86points

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Couldnt_find_a_decent_name 1 year ago

I think this is a good thing to have lol

85points

#26

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much
24 hour stores. I was in Chicago working with a colleague from Switzerland who suddenly realized around midnight that he needed a network cable to configure a mobile router for a job the next morning.

I told him that I'd meet him in the hotel lobby to drive him out to Walmart.

He was happily surprised, as he had forgotten about the US's famous chain of Walmart stores.

botaxel499 , Caique Morais Report

Final score:

85points

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Amy 1 year ago

24-hour Walmarts are not a thing anymore since covid, at least where I live.

84points

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#27

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much

Bankruptcy laws. It's a major reason why America has historically had some of the highest rates of small business growth and entrepreneurship. America is one of the most forgiving countries when it comes to personal and corporate bankruptcy (student loans notwithstanding).

Comparatively, European countries are much more pro-creditor which severely hampers any sort of investment that's even somewhat risky.

facobi8356 , Scott Graham Report

Final score:

77points

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Marie Dahme 1 year ago

Well, at least there are no debtor’s prisons here ….yet!

30points

#28

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much
Americanized Chinese food. No one has us beat in that category.,

botaxel499 , Drew Taylor Report

Final score:

76points

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Wolf Wolf 1 year ago (edited)

I might get downvoted, but... Kind of wish people would stop complaining about "Americanized" Chinese food. Lots of dishes were invented by Chinese-Americans way back in the early 1900s because of the war. It may not be authentic Chinese food, but it is authentic Chinese-American food.

243points

#29

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much Bumper stickers

Back2Bach , Mathias Reding Report

Final score:

72points

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James016 1 year ago

See a fair few in the uk but we are more of a “baby on board” sticker nation

23points

#30

30 Things Americans Seem To Like, But The Rest Of The World Not So Much I'd like to say optimism, even if it's blind sometimes. The CAN DO attitude is extremely strong. I would also put belligerence up there for better or worse. That "Get the f**k out of my face, I'm not paying for / doing that" attitude. Whether you actually can or not, the American culture makes you feel like you can really do anything. Again, it's a double edged sword but you'll seldom find an American who's just going to lay down and take someone's s**t or heed someone who says (to your aspirations) "You can't".

facobi8356 , Brooke Cagle Report

Final score:

72points

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Biliegh they/them 1 year ago

Sooo, the rest of the world doesn't like optimism?

29points

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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 1 year ago (edited)

Oh boy, I thought I missed it but it’s time for BoredPanda’s weekly America is a backwater cesspool and all Americans are slack jawed yokels post. Honestly though, BoredPanda staff, this is just getting incredibly nasty and sad now. I’m originally from Scotland and now live and work in the US, and am starting to find all the US bashing on this site tiring and disturbing. It isn’t funny or cute— it’s plain lazy and pure clickbait. You have good writers with fascinating backgrounds- use them and do better. You are starting to lose a lot of readers with articles like this. What is happening to this site anymore. From the constant censorship to banning people for different opinions…users don’t feel welcome here.

53points

Kermit 1 year ago

I could not agree more! It's not fair to us Americans! We are not nearly as bad as people think. It's just the bad ones you hear about!

23points

Treena Kay 1 year ago

They love to do this on BuzzFeed also. It's enough already; get over it.

10points

Auntriarch 1 year ago

That's it, enough. Next time one of these stupid lazy s**t-stirring posts pops up, ignore it. Don't look at it, definitely don't comment on it.

3points

pug nose curly tail Premium 1 year ago

Well said! THANK YOU!

3points

N Miller 1 year ago (edited)

Ok, so quick PSA. You know you're part of the issue by now, don't you? The weekly US-bashing post happens because of COMMENT ENGAGEMENT. Every time you click on a post, then scroll to the bottom to complain about the post, you are telling the machine learning that this (and all content farm websites) is/are based on that this is content people will engage with. Not like, just engage with. Click on, generate ad revenue. Not like. The algorithms don't give a flying fig whether you LIKE the content, just that you look at it. So here's the message - stop engaging. Stop commenting. See the clickbait headline and refuse to click. Because no one at Bored Panda is reading the comments - it's an AI working out which posts get the most clickthru. You are feeding the machine. Don't like it? Stop doing it. Oh, and yes, you're entitled to your opinion, of course you are. Do you think the AI cares? Nope. They want your negative opinion just as much as your positive one, just as long as it generates clicks. Edit: the user downvotes leading to banning is a separate issue, I'm just referring to the actual site content, not how people use the comment section. I... don't have an answer to that (sorry)

1point

RL R 1 year ago

So you already converted into being a pushy self centered a*s h o l e, like everyone else there?

-1point

M Kawai 1 year ago

OMG 98% of these submissions are so stupid. Enough with the US bashing already. Totally giving me the impression Lithuania is a bitter bully country. Quit tarnishing your site with this type of dribble.

33points

Chucky Cheezburger 1 year ago

I agree. This isn't everyone in the U.S. And what's up with trying to rag on the food? Peanut butter and jelly? Biscuits and gravy? Yeah, they may not be your thing, but there's alot of food from other countries that they just love, but sounds just god awful.

35points

Ant1 1 year ago

Are you kidding? Whatever it’s origin, this site is completely us oriented. The vast majority of commenters come from the us and the uk and are pretty much self centered - and are pretty much ignoring the rest of the world. Half the articles are about only-us issues (wait for the next one on tipping).

6points

Gardener of Weeden 1 year ago

Well it is a russian border country.

4points

RafCo (he/him) 1 year ago

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Debs Bee 1 year ago

Contrary to the media narrative, we Americans generally love our country and are grateful to live here. It's a vast, beautiful diverse place with mostly warm, wonderful, caring people. We aren't Europe or Asia nor do we wish to be Europe or Asia. As I have stated repeatedly, I come to this website to be amazed and amused by the content, not to have my country or my politics bashed. I respect the cultures of other countries and would appreciate the same courtesy.

30points

Emie N. 1 year ago

I agree with you that MANY Americans are warm and kind-hearted people. And of course we're not all the same. However, at the same time, MANY of us are disappointed in our government.

10points

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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 1 year ago (edited)

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Kermit 1 year ago

I could not agree more! It's not fair to us Americans! We are not nearly as bad as people think. It's just the bad ones you hear about!

23points

Treena Kay 1 year ago

They love to do this on BuzzFeed also. It's enough already; get over it.

10points

Auntriarch 1 year ago

That's it, enough. Next time one of these stupid lazy s**t-stirring posts pops up, ignore it. Don't look at it, definitely don't comment on it.

3points

pug nose curly tail Premium 1 year ago

Well said! THANK YOU!

3points

N Miller 1 year ago (edited)

1point

RL R 1 year ago

So you already converted into being a pushy self centered a*s h o l e, like everyone else there?

-1point

M Kawai 1 year ago

33points

Chucky Cheezburger 1 year ago

35points

Ant1 1 year ago

6points

Gardener of Weeden 1 year ago

Well it is a russian border country.

4points

RafCo (he/him) 1 year ago

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Debs Bee 1 year ago

30points

Emie N. 1 year ago

I agree with you that MANY Americans are warm and kind-hearted people. And of course we're not all the same. However, at the same time, MANY of us are disappointed in our government.

10points