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Giant portions, big trucks, and nigh-on endless refills of soda (poo or cola, depending on your location) might all be part of everyday life or something you look at in wonder on the internet. We are, of course, talking about the parts of life that, to use the parlance of the time, might “send people into a coma.”

This Facebook page is dedicated to content that is perfectly described by its one name, that is, “violently American.” So scroll through, upvote your favorite posts, and comment your own experiences with things that are unmistakably and authentically American. 

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Used my $5 off $20 purchase at Safeway. Used it to buy Schar sourdough.

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One of the more obvious signs of “American excess” is, of course, the massive, breaded pork tenderloin sandwich, a regional specialty of the Midwest. Now, the eagle-eyed among you may notice that it bares a very close resemblance to the classic Wiener Schnitzel (Wien is just the German spelling of Vienna), however, the American variant uses exclusively pork loin, while the traditional Austrian variant uses veal, though these days one can find variants using almost any meat or meat substitute. 

After all, deep frying isn’t rocket science, but American cuisine has gotten pretty good at it. One can find nearly everything cooked this way, from pickles to whole sticks of butter. Of course, it must be said that the origin of many of these items comes from European cooking traditions, where settlers took methods from the old world and applied them to the more readily available American food items. For example, Scotland can boast of creating the deep-fried Mars bar, which spiritually seems like an American food item. 

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Another question many have about the United States is why they love pickup trucks so much. Most people are not actually transporting things regularly, but will happily trade half the space in their vehicle for the ability to hypothetically transport an ATV or some firewood. It’s important to understand that Americans don’t just like pickups, they like vehicles in general. The United States is a big, open place, where one really needed a horse and/or carriage to get anywhere. 

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Id row
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, the govt sucks. They don't represent us, although that's their job. Abolish lobbying and make politicians pay for their own healthcare instead of giving them top shelf insurance for life and watch how fast the system changes.

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Mint Sauce
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm from the UK. Having my daughter in the ICU for 28 days would have cost precisely nothing. Having surgery and rehab after breaking my arm would have cost precisely nothing, having major heart surgery would have cost me precisely nothing. Living in the "greatest country in the whole goddam earth", I would have been in debt for the rest of my life...........Wake up America, you're not as great as you think you are!!!!!!!

Lakota Wolf
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most of us don’t need to wake up. We know we’re not great. Most of us don’t drink the Kool-Aid.

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Clearly sunny
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poor guy is this desperate it's not right that it should get that bad.

censorshipsucks
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

we have the same problem here in africa, but the quantity of people in this situation, in my country alone, is in the tens of millions. Thanks, extractive capitalism. Thanks, wallstreet, for devaluing our currency.

Gémeaux jumeaux
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Universal medical coverage would be un-American... but yeah this, this we're ok with

Rostit .
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ni we're not. But yesterday when I voted only about 30% of eligible voters showed up .

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Poppy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a UK resident I have access to free healthcare and I'm eternally grateful we don't have the American style insurance system. It is creeping in to the UK health system and people are fighting tooth and nail to prevent this happening. I find the above photo heartbreaking, no one should have to almost kill themselves having to pay for healthcare. I also find it weird how the Republicans will fight tooth and nail to protect the rights of a child in the womb but as soon as it's born, they don't care if it has healthcare, enough food, shelter, warmth, education etc.

Azolane
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was sent to the ER for renal failure, stayed there two days. When I recieved the bill, the insurance refused to cover the cost because "it was deemed not an emergency" and I could have gone through treatment as an outpatient. It doesn't matter if my doctor sent me there in the first place. Absurd. Also I still can't get over the $1200 for an hour of IV fluids.

M.
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This image makes me sad. Why can't we have free healthcare? This is a common experience with many Americans and it shouldn't be.

Labellesouris
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agreed. So, will you be willing to tell your friends-and yourself- to get out and vote? In every election from local ones to the Presidential?? Voting the old white men in ill-fitting suits and the younger idiots like them out of every office is the only way to change anything....

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Eric G
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For profit health insurance. Think about that. That should be an oxymoron but sadly it is American

Sara Anne
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sadly we pay for sick children , sick parents , sick pets oh and don't get me started on what we pay for them once they're dead. America is awful I'd gladly leave if I could.

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I’mSoEmotional
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s terrible that we have people creating GoFundMe pages to help pay for healthcare at a time when they should be working on getting better.

Gmaddles
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No ONE person on earth should not only have their little kid in the hospital, a terrifying experience alone, I'm sure, but then worry about not having a f*****g house to come home to because you get behind in rent. I literally loathe those who have the power to fix this and DO NOT. They do not care about we, the People, but about power, money and greed. I am so sorry for every American in this situation, because I know there are many.

Elizabeth Basinger
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This makes me livid! The US is the only 1 out of 32 developed nations that does not have universal healthcare. Insurance companies, as well as pharmaceutical companies, put big bucks into the political arena, supporting any elected official that is against universal healthcare. People lose their homes, jobs, savings, retirement, etc. because of healthcare and prescription costs. It's disgusting.

Karen feeney
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least he's willing to work, even if it is for an unjust reason that he is so desperate. Tip- run for Congress. Take as much money as you can from your gullible donors , lie about everything, and find someone very rich or the gun lobby to pay you millions of dollars to ignore any gun law that might prevent people getting massacred on almost a daily basis. No, he has too much pride for that. Healthcare system is broken. Save your baby or have somewhere to live.

Lu
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Parents shouldn’t have to worry about such thing. Why is this possible in so many other countries that are technically less wealthy than the US.

Phil Green
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jees! That sort of thing is awful! That you have to almost make a choice between your kids or your mortgage! FFS, can't your government sort something good out instead of worrying whether or not AR-15s are suitable toys for grown-ups?

Frances Pitchounetta
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Come in Canada! Health care takes a long time to get, but at least it's free.

Jodi Von Seggern
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Takes a long time in US too. Routinely takes 2+ months just to see my GP. Specialists well longer. I am ashamed of us really. In practice the way things work is the antithesis of every single bleedin' value we profess & promote.

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Marinasongs1432
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s just sad. We have a lot to reform, a lot of representatives to prevent corruption…

Jessica N
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg can I just send him money? Edit: they have PayPal if anyone wants to send a few $

Roger9er
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You should come to the Netherlands. We have the best peanutbutter, you know. And you don't get bankrupt when you get a medical bill.

zena bena
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poor bastards this is not right in any way.f*****g repubkicans,why do they keep getting voted in i dont get it.

Agnes Jekyll
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is just tragic. And wrong. Morally wrong. How can one of the countries in the world not care for its most vulnerable?

Alessa Gillespie
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope they either gave the guy some work or donated something, not just stopped to take a picture

Nikki Sevven
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Damn, I wish this guy was anywhere near me, as my house needs all those things.

Charles Kormos
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

RIP Medical Debt - look it up but carefully, lots of other sites interfere.

Melissa Powell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is something wrong when billionaires taxes ar3 sometimes the same as ours .

David Cobcroft
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a sad, sad situation. We're not the biggest or richest country in the world, but here in Austalia this could never happen. I hope the guy got what he is looking for.

Melissa Powell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell this man to do a gofundme. It will be his only chanceto pay the bills

Bleau
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But even if he was your neighbor you won't help him because you don't know him.

Janet Howe
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a horrible position to be in. No one should have to go thru this. Also, no one should have to make a decision between health care for our children, paying rent, paying utilities, or buying food for our families.

Janet Howe
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I might add that in Hawaii, Hawaiian children get free health care at Queen's Hospital on Oahu. I don't know how many other hospitals or facilities in HI do this.

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Ugh_What_Now
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If/when they end up homeless, people will have nothing except negative assumptions/accusations to say, and no help to give. People act as if being homeless is a punishment for criminals and that those in that position have somehow "earned/deserve" it. 😤

michele mbennett1010@att.net
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The medical industry in America is out of control. Driven by profit and doesn't give a flying eff about you.

El Dee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This seems like a decent man, why is a supposedly developed country treating him like this??

333
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry, but I don't blindly believe these signs. I've seen some really creative ones and watched the people holding them climb in and out of sports cars. Some people certainly need the help, but others have so little morals that they're willing to beg rather than work and make out quite well doing it

Nosirrow
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

God Almighty, this is so sad. At least the baby survived, thank God.

Sandra Llewelyn
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is one of the saddest images of the USA I have ever seen, do better people.

Tree P
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one really made me sad because it is so true in the US. This country has really gone to hell.

Jennifer Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least he's trying and not sitting on the off ramp begging. I hope someone helps him out

JG
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, there's a phone number. How old is this pic?

Tinykame
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just went to the hospital and my landlord is evicting over my cat and my dead boyfriend. I guess this is America

MontanaMariner
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have to do better. I sure hope all worked out and he's able to have some free time with his little girl.

FABULOUS1
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A guy outside a burger spot had a sign that said "my family was abducted by ninjas, need money for karate lessons so I can get them back." thought it was clever. But hopefully someone helped this guy get extra work.

Sarah Walter
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does the math seem weird to anyone else? The kid is over a year and a half old but was in ICU for under a months? I don't understand how he is in so much trouble financially?

The voice of reason
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I read stuff like this aimed at the USA, yeah we have issues, but so does every other country in some form or another. Things could be worse, right?

Tee Rat
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Problem is you never know if it's true. People will go to this extreme to be given money. This is either very sad or extremely abhorrent.

KAM KAM
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Nope. You yahoos obviously don’t pay for plumbers. They are well paid and hard to find. If he’s any good at all, he makes a lot more money than me. This smells. He’s begging for money.

Wheeskers
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Why is everything free in your world? He should have insurance, and its not anyone else's fault that he does not. As a self employed person he's not doing himself any favors by getting work that way. If you are worth your salt, a dude with that back ground ought to be working lots if hours on his demand. I got nothing for this guy.

Iblowsheep_V3.2
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yeah but if you offer that dude a job, he'll say "nah just give me 10 bucks instead"

Potato
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He literally listed what jobs he's willing to do. It's LITERALLY in writing.

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It’s no surprise that the first, readily available and mass-produced car, the Ford Model T, was invented precisely in the US, as there was a great deal of demand for something that could get you across great distances pretty quickly. While in this day and age, most people are not doing manual labor and trucks have replaced smaller vehicles as a means of overland transportation of goods, the popularity of the pickup has not diminished. Modern models still have enough space for your family, for example, as the design shifts to meet contemporary needs. 

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A more annoying part of living in the United States is the constant reminders of safety, “warning, hot coffee, do not eat this sandwich wrapper” and so on. Many point to this as representing some degree of public stupidity, but this isn’t accurate. Americans simply love to sue companies that have done them harm. Americans spend roughly 310 billion dollars a year suing someone, making it easily the most litigious country in the world. 

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Pretty much covers all the essential topics!

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The result is that most businesses will do their utmost to limit their liability. There is an abundance of lawyers in the US and the nation's common law system and the use of “juries of your peers” give regular people the ability to demand compensation from corporations, if they can prove some form of injury. So when McDonald's tells you that coffee is hot, they don’t think you are dumb, they are just trying to prevent another Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants.

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While not unique to the US, Americans do love their highways. As a nation where the car is more accessible and common than in most places worldwide, the US built a massive amount of public infrastructure allowing citizens and visitors alike to go all over the country from the comfort of their motor vehicles. However, this over-dependence on cars has made transportation lopsided, so car-based infrastructure gets the majority of resources which continues the cycle of car dependency. 

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When we ran out of hotdog buns because Marines can't math so they gave us a hamburger patty instead

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Mobile Fox News enthusiast at the Air Show.

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Posted by a friend, a veteran w young daughters.

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All American food products idly threaten you for some reason.

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