This is what too much censoring gets you BP. Those are moles, not nipples. You'd know if you ever looked at one. /J

This is somehting that Americans look on with envy not with horror. This is how it should be here.

The US really is a child compared to Europe.

tipping culture is crazy here in the us 😭

Depends where you live

The German Foreign Ministry is likely advising in an abundance of caution. As a generalized summary, photographing naked children in the US is legal or not based on intended purpose. As you'd guess, the line is whether it is intended to arouse or be child porn. Between the obvious ends of the spectrum can be a big gray zone. If something just isn't on your camera then you don't have to convince some authority person the intent was innocent. Basically it's laws that had good intent but have sometimes been abused. Seeing toddlers naked isn't that rare. Saw this summer. Not swimming pools though. Usually swim diapers required in case they poop.

Be careful. It differs from city to city. In Amsterdam you will get a warning if you're polite, a fine if you're not.

nope this happens in US too. There are regional variances though

It stings how much this hits close to home for us Americans. I'm a veteran, so my Healthcare is free, crappy because it's the VA, but free. I got commercial insurance once, good insurance too, my blood thinners cost $244 a month. That's insane for a pill that I absolutely have to take to stay alive. Went crawling back to the VA, lol

But this is a US thing? That horrifies any humane person?

Here in the UK, during our four days of sunshine per year, we would love AC, but for the rest of the year it wouldn’t be needed so would be a waste of money to instal it

No AC in the US can often lead to death. So we aren't really accustomed to a nonprogrammed indoor climate.

Some cities in the US are in a climate that isn't naturally habitable without AC.

We use fans in our naturally uninsulated homes in NZ, AC is fantastic during perimenopausal moments though.

Texas.

AC very useful in 125F Phoenix autumn

In Norway we have a kind of AC, but it makes heat, for the six month winters. Whenever I travel south to warm countries, and they have +35 degrees C outside, and the AC on full and. +16 C inside, my body gets soooo forked up! It is too hot and too cold, I always get a terrible cold and fever

They also don't have screens on the windows, so when you open the windows on a hot night the mosquitos fly right in.

I don't think people understand how hot the southern US is for like 9 months out of the year. Insulation a masonry construction don't cut it when is 100+ degrees and 90% humidity.

Every time the temp goes 10 degrees above room temp in the UK, all you see is people complaining about it. But no one owns an a/c 'because they don't need one'. I mean, why wouldn't you keep even a portable one on hand for those days instead of complaining about them every year? If I lived somewhere where it got cold for only a few days a year, I'd still buy a space heater. Why suffer if you don't have to?

American in the Midwest here. Hot summers, cold winters. I’ve been to Europe a lot. I’ve been there when it’s hot, it’s miserable when it is!!! I keep a running list of things that are better in America, and things that are better in Europe. Reliable AC is definitely something to America’s advantage! Not to mention heat waves in Europe can be absolutely deadly, especially for the sick and elderly. And no, heat waves are not a recent phenomenon.

Hahah! You mean "even in what Europeans think is warmer weather. I asked the internet the average summer temperature for various locations. Results below, see if you can spot a trend based on geography. (Our states that are colder don't use as much AC) EUROPE France between 16°C and 25°C (59°F and 77°F) Poland mid-60s to low 70s Hungary 23–28°C (73–82°F) United Kingdom 15–25°C (59–77°F) Germany between 18–19°C UNITED STATES Arizona 105°F (40°C) during the day and 82°F (28°C) at night New Mexico quite often exceed 100° F at elevations below 5,000 feet Texas generally in the mid to upper 90s°F. Florida between 73° F and 95° F.

This also depends on where you are in the US.. the big cities that got established before cars were ubiquitous are still pretty walkable. In NYC I never bothered to own a car and most days I never needed the train. New Orleans, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago.. a few other places that at least have city center that you can do this too.

Most European Police forces are routinely armed, and a reasonably large proportion of UK Police are - they just aren't armed automatically. Certainly Police at transit terminals or other high-value locations are likely to be armed, in any European country.

FUN FACT, at least until the early 70s, they could not show a woman in a bra on TV. Lived near the Canadian border in the days of broadcast TV. Only got a few channels and about half of them were from BC Canada. The Playtex "cross your heart" bra commercial was on several stations. You could tell whose country you were watching because the Canada ads had a woman modeling the bra and on the US channel the fully clothed woman was pointing to the bra on a mannequin. LOL (And yet we had bikinis and Marianne and Ginger could wear skimpy swimsuits on Gilligan's Island. Mixed signals. )

But they will be blunt more quietly.

Yeah, nah. "European vehicles are on average very very small "? European cars used to be a sensible size on average, but have grown ridiculously huge in recent years. Compare a modern "Mini" with a proper Austin Mini from the 1960s-80s, or any of those old small Citroens (2CV, Dyane, Ami) with almost anything on the roads these days. Or an original Fiat 500 with what passes for a Fiat 500 these says. And that's before I get on to those ridiculous "SUV" things. They're daftly huge here in the UK, while American SUV and pickup trucks are bigger than WWII tanks. https://www.motorbiscuit.com/american-trucks-suvs-almost-bigger-world-war-ii-tanks/

I let mine play outside all the time… they are 24 and 27 though

Eh, that may change in some countries here in Europe in the future - knives, axes and other blades became quite a problem in the last 10 years

It's not really widespreak in Europe.

Yes, but they have to be unwashed (bloom must stay intact) and not refrigerated at any time. They're good for a few weeks on the counter.

Mmmm, fries and mayo ❤️

Yes, because we teach people to drive, we don't just show them the car and wish them luck. Many countries include all sorts of weather conditions, vehicle maintenance, first aid training and other useful skills as part of the driving test.

Probably would not cause public outrage, but would make some corporate overloards angry

When I was a partner in an accounting firm in NYC in the late Eighties, we went to lunch together, and a drink was the norm. That changed over time. I don't know what the norm is now, as I only had experience at the one place.

It's common in Nordic countries, but not at all common in most other European countries, and would probably get you in trouble in many of those too.

Yeah, US wins that round.

$3.64 in Washington State today.

No car[s] when those cities were built..

But it uses exactly as much coffee as an American cup.