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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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2 days 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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2 days 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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2 days 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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2 days 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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2 days 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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2 days 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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Bill
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1 day 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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SCamp
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2 days 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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René Sauer
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

neither can the minds of almost every other country where bagged milk isn´t a thing. like my german mind.

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BrunoVI
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2 days ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I THINK they mean a shoulder? My new hometown doesn't build shoulders and I HATE that about it. I wrote on BP one time, "What's all this gaslighting about America not having sidewalks? I've never been anywhere that didn't have sidewalks on any well-traveled roads." Well, we don't have sidewalks either. You have to either place incredible, unearned trust in drivers or walk facing traffic and step into the drainage system (which is incredible!) when oncoming traffic appears. The main road by me is two lanes, no sidewalk, no shoulders, not nearly enough guardrails and steep dropoffs. I can't imagine getting old and living here, for fear of rolling my car down the hill every other week.

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Ron Man
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Finally! This one is correct! Not sure what we're supposed to be not comprehending other than wtf is a firelane?

v
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why can't the American mind comprehend a humble brag douche?

Carl Roberts
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

BO censoring the OP's name. SMDH. For those wondering,OP's last name is C-O-X

Petra Peitsch
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It must be exhausting spending a whole day just for shopping for your family for 1-2 or more weeks, instead of just quick grabbing what you need for max.2-3 days from your few minutes walking-distance grocery store.

Nikole
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m in the U.S. and a grocery store is about a six minute walk from my house. CVS is a two minute walk, but that doesn’t really count.

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iseefractals
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

C-O-X! C-O-C-KS! C-O-Q-U-E-S! Hey BP....you wanna "protect the children" from the scary dangerous words? Implement a f*****g profanity filter, or parental controls.

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Ron Man
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2 days 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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2 days 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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2 days 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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Petra Peitsch
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hm, that's the austrian Burgtheater. But I really don't get it. You guys in the USA also have theaters, isn't it?

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Bad Alchemy
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just FYI, toothbrushes aren't typically locked away. That happens in small convenience stores or wherever there has been a lot of shoplifting. Now infant formula. That's regularly found in a locked case.

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Ron Man
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Costal? Do you mean Coastal? And mustard on a burrito? No, that's something I'm unwilling to ever comprehend.

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DE Ray
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah, the UK. The only country where the cuisine was improved by war rationing. They plundered the entire world for spices, then refuse to use them.

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DE Ray
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes and no. In rural areas of the US, lots of farmers have kei trucks. Are they legal to drive on the roads? Nope. Do the farmers care? Also nope.

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René Sauer
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I doubt that. drinking beer while watching sports isn´t a european thing alone. not every get-together in america is a frat party.

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