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Last year, a video went viral featuring a performer named Michael 'Chili Dawg' Castleberry showcasing his unique guitar skill—using a beer bottle as a slide. The caption read, "The European mind cannot comprehend this." People quickly began attaching the phrase to other things that they believed were foreign to the Old Continent, and thus, a new meme was born.

Now, Europeans and their allies from around the world are playfully flipping the script to get back at Uncle Sam — "The American mind cannot comprehend this" pictures are meant to single out what the United States is lacking.

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    Sergio Bicerra
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom realized her passport expired... in the airport. They gave her an extention until she returned to our country. Took them 40 minutes.

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    René Sauer
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    neither can they comprehend cramming the cars so full that station workers have to push people at the doors inside, so the doors can close.

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    Ron Man
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lol Apparently you've never been to rural America. I guess the European mind can't understand that most of the US is farmland and small agricultural towns. And this kind of thing is common. When I lived in NV the freeway would come to a halt to let cattle pass. Same with mules and wild horses. Yes, wild horses.

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    Treelioness
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate this so much! I know it is for the nature,but damn when you need to drink water at night and the only thing that gets water is my nose and some scrathes added.And don't even mention screwing it back half asleep. Effing struggle.

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    Kenneth Barns
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, the good old Aussie reverse tipping taxis: "The fee is $20.23. Tell you what, mate, just make it $20." Alas, a dying breed in the cashless economy.

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    Zena
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But we would like to...except, of course, for when we want/need something from a business that's close for the "summer holiday", however long that is. "Where I work should be closed for a few weeks/months, but I need all other businesses to be open for my convenience." How does that work, anyway? I mean, surely you can't close all of the grocery stores/markets for a week at the same time... I would think any business that can close for an extended period of time can't be any kind of necessity to society.

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    SCamp
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I the only person finding this thread incredibly confusing? 🫤 I can’t see anything incomprehensible in any of the pictures so far

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    Bill
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    21 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anything older than 200 year baffles us. Imagine living in a cottage that was built in the 12'th century lol

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    Ron Man
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not the French version of Subway, but at the same time America is aware that Subway is a trash sandwich, which I guess Euroland is not?

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    Bad Alchemy
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup, you're right. I can't wrap my head around being without AC in the hot months. Just can't live like that.

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    Lee Gilliland
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet, strangely enough, you can find a copy of this in Williamsburg, VA. And Saem, Massa. And Wright's Landing. The La issue in Chicago. Yep, Americans are baffled

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