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Internet? The original says "Reddit". At least acknowledge when taking content from other sites. Edit: For those confused, I am talking about this specific image where they replaced the word "Reddit" with the word "Internet".

Actually we prefer they wear them. It helps us identify who the easily duped morons are.

Also calling someone a pedo. I see that a lot in British tv and movies and of course it’s an insult, but here it has serious implications. If you call someone that, you truly mean it and it can get someone beat up or attract the attention of law enforcement. It’s never said as an offhand comment here.

Since someone commented: What, nobody ignores fences? LOL. Yeah, no. They do. They also ignore no-jaywalking signs in other places.

Except in Oregon! I just moved here a few months ago and was pleasantly surprised to find that there is NO sales tax on anything! The price on the shelf/sticker/menu etc. is what you actually pay. It's pretty sweet

I visited the US at the age of 18 and saw a girl my age take a sip of beer from her older friend at a concert. She was led outside. I turned to my bf and said, "This feels crazy to me. Back home I would be legally allowed to buy alcohol and drink myself to coma at the age of 16 and here I couldn't even take a sip if I wanted to." Not that I think it's a great idea to sell alcohol to 16-year-old. It just felt crazy.

The fact is that it's not just the 'culture' but it's also (mostly?) the fact that servers and waitstaff SURVIVE on those tips because of screwed up laws allowing food service businesses to pay them super-low wages (like $2.00/hour).

Yeah, as a black American, I can tell you that calling a black man "boy", however innocent it may seem, can cause some problems. Best to avoid it.

See also: Auschwitz.

Yes! Many tourists may not realize this, but it's very important. Traffic on both sides of the street must stop when a school bus flashes its lights and the stop sign on the side of the bus pops out. This is to ensure children's safety.

This is due to in the olden days before computerized inventory systems you had to calculate federal, state, and local taxes. It was easier to calculate after total purchase than before. We just havent changed

Absolutely. They will think you are coming after them with a weapon or something (which of course does happen). I made the mistake of getting out once and got his gun drawn on me pretty quickly.

The Chinese guys may have been using the Chinese word “那个” instead of the N word It sounds similar but there’s absolutely no connection

shhhhhh don't give it away we are trying to thin out their numbers - dumbasses i mean.

So we can ignore this entire list then......

From all the US-based stories floating around online, I think it's your fellow countrymen you need to tell this to, not foreigners.

Poverty tourism... rather disgusting concept, like you think you are on a safari or something.

I don't think that is just a US thing.

I am so damn tired of ya'll bashing the American south about racism. We can be talking about fried chicken and you all can still somehow manage to bring up racism. We are talking about manners and the first thing yall bring up is racism. We are not all racist and we are tired of being labeled as such. We do have some racist people down here, but so does every place on the planet.

One reason why I hate dining out in the US. The staff will bring the bill the minute they see you chew the last bite. It is so rushed und uncomfortable. Plus it‘s expensive and tax and service are not even included yet.

ANYWHERE, not just the US.

Goes double for braids/dreadlocks/spikes. DO NOT EVER feel someone's hair. Don't even ask. It's crazy rude here.

Elbow distance seems way too close even for a close friend or relative. Strangers should stay at least a meter (3 feet-ish) away and close friends should stay arms-length unless they are going in for a hug.

The amount of people that will just grab my hair is infuriating. They will grab a lock of my cork screw curls just to watch it spring back up and think I'm rude for being upset about it.

How about finnish personal bubbles?

same goes for the UK tbh, and most North European countries, Finland especially xD

Don’t touch pregnant bellies.

I wouldn't say you're ANYTHING like Swedish ;D

For god sake! Americans just make up rules, what exist all around globe and think, they are unique!

Yeah, everyone but the east coast didn't get that memo

When do you, you know, get to do the deed ?

This is very much age dependent. I was raised in a time when people were a lot more "touchy feely" than they are these days. Little old ladies would grab you by the wrist and wouldn't let go until they were done talking to you. The concept of "personal space" didn't become an obsession until I was well into my 30s.

I don’t find this to be true all the time ! Maybe more so since Covid !

Yes! Even before COVID, personal space has been ingrained in us in the USA. (Maybe because we've got so much space in this country in general.) I have been in lines (queues) at at fast food place where someone from a foreign country has just stepping in line in front of me, then when I told them, "The line starts back there," pointing to several people behind me, they'd say something like, "I didn't know you were in line," figuring that because I wasn't like 10 inches behind the person, I was just standing around for no reason.

I worked with a lady from New York for a while and she had absolutely zero idea about personal space, I guess things must have changed a bit since Covid

I came from a more african-american part of NJ, if you're black, latino, or anything like that and they like you. Expect fist bumps and handshakes, Covid-19 didn't stop them at first, and nobody's getting stricter over time.

"Especially during extreme weather"? As if it's some remote possibility otherwise but the weather makes it a 0%? It's more 2700 miles. Even driving for literally every single second, "cross country in a day" would require an *average* speed of around 115 miles per hour - that number goes up with stops for gas, food, toilet breaks, etc. The Cannonball run record - i.e., the stupidly illegal trip undertaken by people pouring significant resources into it (at least in the modern attempts) is 25 hours 39 minutes. Literally no one has ever done that in a 'single day.'

What about if it's wrapped in a brown paper bag, like in the movies?

When pulled over by a cop, roll the window down and keep your hands on the wheel where they can see them. Be polite. I would go as far as saying “my license/registration/insurance” or whatever they are asking for are “in my wallet/glove compartment” etc, “may I reach out and get those?”

Y'all got chip and pin?

If you said 'I have Irish heritage too!' there wouldn't be an issue. The fact that you mostly say it as 'Hey, I'm Irish too!' is the offensive part. You're not Irish. You're American. Your great-great-granddaddy was Irish. (Edit: Changed 'English heritage' to 'Irish heritage' as people really seem to be misunderstanding what I'm saying and this is the only thing I can think might be tripping them up)

In America is best to think of the speed limit as the slowest you can go without being a nuisance.