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30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States People getting bankrupted because of medical emergencies.

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Nor 2 months ago

This still blows my mind...as much as South Africa is seen as a third world country, we get free diabetic meds from our clinics

35points

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Advertising medications on TV.

Dumbest thing I've ever heard of.

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76points

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Javelina Poppers 2 months ago

After they get through rattling off all the warnings it sounds like your illness is less debilitating than the medicine.

45points

Open carry firearms. Like, I get it, I have a gun licence and go to the gun range and have a good time. But like, folks walking around openly with huge-a*s guns as though they're Walmart Mercenaries is seriously f****d.

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Bobbie 2 months ago

Just in case of mushrooms attack. They are very agressive

13points

Having Kids say the pledge of Allegiance in School.

Last time my Country had something like that.....well lets just say it didnt end wel for anyone involved.

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Ellinor 2 months ago

In France we learn the Marseillaise once when we are 7/8 years old at school and then we only talk about it or sing it at sports events like football.

20points

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Displaying prices without taxes. It threw me off when I first went to buy a bottle of coke a day after I arrived.

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Skogsrået 2 months ago

So glad we have laws that forbids this bs in Europe.

40points

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30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Homeowners Association.

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Manny 2 months ago

Nobody in the US likes HOA's. They should be banned.

47points

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Getting into University by being good at sports. I was chatting to an American guy online and he told me he went to college on a "Lacrosse Scholarship". I'm like, seriously? You got to go to college for being good at f*****g lacrosse?

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Alexandra 2 months ago

You should get into University because you have the brains to be there. If, in addition, you're also good in sports, that's great.

39points

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30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Medical debt.

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Laura Bradshaw 1 month ago

This should not be a thing humanity is fd up

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#10

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Not sure if it's been said. Americans with disabilities act is amazing. Wheel chair ramps everywhere and ease of access.

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Skogsrået 2 months ago

We have this in Sweden too? You can also apply for help getting a handicapped accessible car or customise your car.

12points

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30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Tipping culture.

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Skogsrået 2 months ago

I got tipped alot when working as a waiter but is voluntarly and not expected.

9points

#12

Overwork culture. Why would someone choose to work 80 hours a week? I get it, double the money, but what are you going to do with the money if you have just enough free time left to sleep and you die at 65?
Of course someone doesn't have a choice and needs extra hours or multiple jobs, but from afar I still see an undeniable cultural push to a life dedicated to working, with those who choose something else regarded as lesser parts of the society.
Career too. It feels like you *must* always strive to be something more, no peace, no rest, no point where you can be happy where you are.

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Luke Branwen 2 months ago

"Hustle culture" should be renamed to "huskle culture" because it leaves you as an empty husk of a human being.

18points

#13

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Neighbourhoods without grocery stores.

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Auntriarch 2 months ago

Hmph, UK has those, they're called housing estates

13points

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30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States As a Dutchy, driving a car and turning right on a red light. That messed with my head. If you do that here you are gonna hit at least 5 cyclists.

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Chelsea Bates 2 months ago

Well you wait for the cyclists to cross before you go

3points

#15

Being worried about calling an ambulance. Or just medical bills in general. I cant imagine not being able to afford getting cancer treatment if needed for example.

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Huddo's sister 2 months ago

When I was in high school, we had someone from Ambulance Australia do a talk to my year level. They stressed that you HAD to get an ambulance for someone who has an overdose or alcohol poisoning and then worry about cost later. The cost would be much higher if you didn't have ambulance cover, but still under $200, much less than America. They urged us to make sure our parents have ambulance cover, which is about $28 a month. I went home and asked my mum about it and she said, because she was on a low income/carer's health care card, it is actually free for us to get an ambulance.

11points

#16

Just how one-sided the employer/employee relationship is there.

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TotallyNOTAFox 2 months ago

Or how unions work, completely different than they do here in Europe

14points

#17

As the neighbours from the North, having a milkshake that’s worth your entire calorie intake for the day sounds insane.

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Huddo's sister 2 months ago

This is common in Australia too these days. Ones with all these lollies, doughnuts etc on top too. I don't get it personally.

7points

#18

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Where I from you need to put an euro in a shopping cart in order to use it, when you you return it, it gives back the coin. I think this doesn't happen in the US right?

Also that they take your credit card to pay in the restaurant, in Europe you always have the card with you when you pay.

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Alexandra 2 months ago

It's illegal here to take someone's credit card because of possible fraud. I don't know why that hasn't seeped through in the US yet.

29points

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30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Feet, yards, gallons, etc.

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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 2 months ago

*Laughs in British because we use both, at the same time *

42points

#20

Drive thru banks and pharmacies. My partner is American and was astonished that I thought that was so weird. We simply do not have enough space for that sort of thing in the UK.

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DeoManus Argentem 2 months ago

Pants. Also - bad weather, kids, people with mobility issues, etc. Just extra convenience - few are shocked by delivery services for pretty much everything.

4points

#21

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States My German friend visited us in college. First party he goes "THEY DO EXIST!!" and held up our pack of red solo cups. Haha.

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Papa 2 months ago

Those aren't red Solo cups in the picture. Solo cups are white on the inside.

26points

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#22

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States The tax system - having to do a return every year (ours is done for us unless you run your own business or are a contractor). Also having to pay tax when you live overseas.

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Justin Tyme 2 months ago

The overseas tax is not bad. US citizens working in another country only have to pay US taxes on any amount over $126,500 in a year. If they do have to pay, there are other possible exemptions that can significantly reduce the tax amount.

3points

#23

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States People caring about college sports.

Like people will actually show up to watch without being related to or friends with anyone playing?

There are actual stadiums with cheerleaders and marching bands?

Academic scholarships for being good at a sport?

Student athletes being handed passing grades even if they fail so that they can keep playing?

The only remotely comparable thing I can think of is my country is the Oxford vs Cambridge boat race.

Edit: I'm going to say this now even though its too late and I already slept while the American were awake and started replying. I don't think the hype and love of college/high school sports is inherently *bad* (except the grades thing). Its just something uniquely American and therefore my answer for the question posed by this post.

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René Sauer 2 months ago

and star players being protected in school despite being bullies.

23points

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30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States This thing were the kitchen sink has teeth.

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Verena 2 months ago

Food in the sewage only attracts rats, so this does not make sense anyway

7points

#25

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Houses with small fences and little to no extra security

As a Latin american, our houses have either big gates and fences with spikes or concrete walls with barbed wire on top in order to stop burglars from entering. You can say it was quite a shock to me when I first visited the US and saw suburbs filled with houses with cars parked on the street and small wooden fences that anyone could jump over.

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DeoManus Argentem 2 months ago

Fences/walls are used as boundary lines, not really security measures.

14points

#26

Freshman sophomore junior senior... Have to translate this in my head every time.

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Nimitz 2 months ago

Never understood this. In Canada for high school we just use Grade 9, 10, 11, 12. In college/university we just use 1st year, 2nd year, etc.

14points

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30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Long commutes.

Here in the Netherlands a lot of companies only hire within a 30 minute radius, maybe an hour if they really need you.

I once applied to a job around 100 minutes away and was rejected purely because of travel time. If the travel time was a problem for me I wouldn’t’ve applied.

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leendadll 2 months ago

"30 min radius" - I'm in SoCal and that would limit me to jobs within roughly 5 miles! Over the last 20 years, my average "rush hour" commute was 1.5-2 hours to go 25 miles. By changing my start time to 10am, my commute was reduced to 45min.

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30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Free drink refills.

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Skogsrået 2 months ago

Some places do have 1 free drink refill.

2points

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#29

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Homecoming, Sadie Hawkins, Winter Formal, Prom...

We have none of this, the closest thing is the graduation itself.

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Fire Singer 2 months ago

Aw, I loved school dances in high school. I can see why it might be weird to other countries, but I always loved them. It was fun to dress up, maybe go to a "fancy" dinner at Olive Garden lol! And just hang out with friends and boyfriends/girlfriends.

10points

#30

So, I only heard this like a year ago. But apparently it seems that most of American men are circumcised. Which sounds bizarre to me.

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G A 2 months ago

Male Genital Mutilation. Should be banned. Based on outdated medical ideas.

18points

Ashlie Benson 2 months ago

It should NOT be banned. It SHOULD be a choice each person makes. You shouldn't be able to dictate what someone else does with their own body.

19points

Kerry Fletcher 2 months ago

I'm not complaining. Please don't be offended on my behalf.

1point

ByeFelicia 2 months ago

"my body my choice" LOL

1point

Big Bear Buchko 2 months ago

Never understood the romanticized cottage cheese windsock. Hard f*****g pass.

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Nimitz 2 months ago (edited)

It was popularized due to religious hatred and, not a joke, the Kellogg guy from the cereals. He and the rest of the Catholics wanted to prevent boys from masturbating so they had decades long pressure campaigns and defaulted most hospitals into circumcising babies with penises. Removal of the foreskin decreases sensitivity and reduces pleasure by removing those critical nerves from the body. So because of crazy Christians, men are mutilated at birth by default. And please don't go talking about hygiene. It's 2024 and soap and water exist

8points

Austin L 2 months ago (edited)

It also provides a movement mechanism too so it's more comfortable to use and functions as a covering when its not in use to protect the more sensitive areas from rubbing on things like clothing.

4points

Danny Sauer 2 months ago

Kellogg wasn't Catholic; he was a Seventh Day Adventist, so named for calling Saturday the sabbath. Their wild propaganda actually blames Catholics for a lot of things, including moving church day to Sunday. I suspect Catholics and SADs would be offended at the confusion. 😂 I have an otherwise pretty nice neighbor who wants to save my wife and I from eternal damnation, which is why I'm familiar with their recruitment materials. 🤷‍♂️ Anyway, Kellogg and Graham (of cracker fame) worked together to make food bland and generally remove pleasure from life. There's a whole bunch of crazy stories about their followers. They all died off due to being celibate, but some of their lunacy lived on, including pushing the thoughts of a Swiss doctor who thought a bunch of illnesses were caused by depleting the body of energy (of course, only men's health mattered at that time), or something along those lines.

0points

Hiram's Friend 2 months ago

Please cite your sources.

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Doug the Special one 2 months ago

But it shure do look purdy.

1point

ConstantlyJon 2 months ago

Very true. Had a roommate in college who was uncircumcised and everyone was amazed by his d**k so that was kinda wild.

1point

cerinamroth 1 month ago

I think you would have the opposite experience in most of Europe.

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Steve Robert 2 months ago

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Gen X Feral 2 months ago

Oh wow Jew jokes, that's funny 😒

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Laura Bradshaw 1 month ago

It's the expectation for a man to be circ that gets me. When Americans travel outside the USA and can't believe how few men are circ or hadn't seen a un cicr until then It's crazy

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Trophy Husband 2 months ago

Some people do it for reasons of cleanliness, and some adults do it because it supposedly improves pleasure (though I have no idea how they figured that out). But Jewish people do it because the religion says they must. And while any individual can debate whether or not religion is right, short of some proof that it is harmful, I would never say that someone's religious beliefs should be outlawed.

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cerinamroth 1 month ago

Many Jewish people aren't religious but do it for cultural reasons. For those who are religious, I would say it should only apply if they are Orthodox and follow all the mitzvot. And even then, you could argue that, since it emulates the sacrifice that Abraham was willing to make, and all sacrifices stopped with the destruction of the Second Temple (progress, yay!), it shouldn't even be needed then. Plus it's not a "make or break requirement" - there are Jewish males who are accepted as Jewish despite not being circumcised because of haemophilia, for example. I'm Jewish and didn't circumcise my boy (it helped that it was the pandemic). I did feel more conflicted about it than I expected to, however.

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Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago (edited)

The scriptures contain hundreds of rules for Jewish people to follow. Hardly any attempt to follow even most of them. The rules have been changed over the millennia and they can be changed again.. Circumcision of male infants has been known to kill and mutiliate since prehistory, and still does kill and mutiliate some. We don't know how bad the problem is because proper records are not kept and the procedure is often done outside a medical context with no proper infection control. If someone suddenly said I have to cut off my baby's earlobes because of my religion, you'd call them crazy. The same should apply to male infant circumcision.

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Austzn 2 months ago

I'd say the harm is not allowing the individual to choose this "sacrament" for themselves. The infant can't choose a religion yet so that makes protecting it under religious liberty a cop-out.

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Robin Roper 2 months ago

Many men want their son's circumcised so they "look the same." Sort of a silly cycle.

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Stephen Gross 2 months ago

FWIW, it's very normal and I have no problem with it.

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Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago

But the process kills and mains some babies - are you really happy with that?

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Bex 2 months ago

This isn't an "American" thing. It's a cultural/religious thing. There are plenty of people from other cultures that consider themselves American who do not practice this. Where I live has a very large (like 90%) Cape Verdean/Portuguese population. Most of the people my age are 1st generation Americans, but they choose not to circumcise their sons bc of their culture/religious beliefs.

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Mary Kelly 2 months ago

Actually, recent research shows, e.g., that men who are circumsized transmit HIV and HPV at much lower rates. So, may be it's not "outdated medical ideas."

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nuberiffic 2 months ago

Source?

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Laura Bradshaw 1 month ago

That was debunked

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Austzn 2 months ago

I've read the whole aids report thing that people cite and its only based on a meta data analysis which is good for finding trends to study but not for establishing causality. It was also only done in 1 limited part of the world. Second, the type of transmission that study identified is the least likely way to spread the HIV virus to begin with. Our efforts are much better put into education and affordable access to contraceptives/barrier devices.

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Dancing Armadillo 2 months ago

Men not circumcised.. not a fan. The extra foreskin is not ideal when you have to pull it back… bleh. And even if they are clean the foreskin traps a sweat smell.

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Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago

Make whatever choice you like. That doesn't mean you get to decide what happens to baby boys.

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Georgy 1 week ago

You need to choose men who know how to wash.

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Laura Bradshaw 1 month ago

Not if they are washing properly and most of the the world dnt circumcise Pulling it back can be a pleasurable part of foreplay for a man .... I find desiring a circumcised Penis which is altering the Penis to make it more pleasing looking odd. (As there's proven to be no benefits unless the skin was too tight) weird when it's there for a reason part of the body for a reason and actually is more pleasurable for the man. Think about this reversed if done on women in someway There's female circumcision which is worse as most women orgasm via the clit but it was done to please men and keep women *clean* and in line Find it weird to find circumcised anything more appealing Religious connection aside

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cerinamroth 1 month ago

Sexy times should be sweaty times! And also, since a woman's breasts are not just for perving at, a man's penis is not just for sexy times.

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Gen X Feral 2 months ago (edited)

You're not getting that sea cucumber anywhere near me. Once was more than enough (shudders) sure made sex not even worth it

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Enough already 2 months ago

Prefer!

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ScootyPuffJr 2 months ago

People can decide for themselves, but many have done it in other countries to cut down on the spread of HIV and other diseases. The foreskin supposedly makes them easier to catch and to spread.

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Austzn 2 months ago

Many of those "studies" have not been duplicated. Others like the HIV one are taken completely out of context and are only based on meta analysis not causality. We already have healthcare data on huge amounts of people around the world and none of it has shown that it justifies any of these supposed benefits. We have far better methods of dealing with these problems than amputating parts of our genitals.

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Georgy 1 week ago

Utter balderdash,

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Laura Bradshaw 1 month ago

This was debunked

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Austzn 2 months ago

That cancer is caused by a virus that we have a vaccine for now. Also the virus is still present in circumcised people and can be spread by oral sex, simple skin contact, and by women too. Those benefits are lies to justify doing it. There are better ways of being healthy.

6points

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Good mexican food. in my experience, it doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world (except for mexico itself, obviously).

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pep Ito 2 months ago

Good TexMex food

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#32

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Visited US about a dozen times, pretty much all around.
- random people smiling at you and engaging in small talk. They seem genuine about it and not acting out of some rule
- handling large crowds of people extremely well. Guys repeating ”this way sir/maam” endlessly actually puts people in the correct lane or place
- cash culture. I last visited a few months before the pandemic started so YMMV now, but at least then you just had to have cash money for lots of things. I still have a couple hundred dollars in a desk drawer somewhere for when I next visit. I have not had my own country’s currency in physical form for at least 6-7 years or as far as I can remember
- security guards inside establishments during opening hours
- jaywalking being a thing (I mean crossing the street at a place without a pedestrian crossing being looked upon negatively)
- incredible courtesy everywhere except NYC for cars and people using them. You can literally drive right up to most things and have generous parking for any size of car

Edit: one more thing I had to add which I just remembered. All signs and other things being written out in words, i.e. ”Left turn only” or such. Same in cars, buttons have the thing written in text. It’s pretty much symbols everywhere else around the world. First couple of times driving felt so difficult when nothing I saw was intuitively what I was expecting to see at that situation but rather I had to look and really process each thing separately.

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René Sauer 2 months ago

that jay walking is a bit... I can understand getting upset about it if people do it within a few feet of a crossing, but what are you gonna do If there is no crossing for miles?

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#33

Intense car culture to the point where you can't live without one. None of my parents even know how to drive, we use public transport ( subway, bus etc) and eventually either uber or taxis if really needed (like going to the airport etc).

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Skogsrået 2 months ago

Most airports in Sweden have public transport all the way, you can for example take the train from Malmö all the way to Copenhagen airport.

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30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Health care workers going home after work still in scrubs. And washing them at home.

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Scotira 2 months ago (edited)

Is this really true or a movie thing? Because that is a hard NO for me. I'm not going to bring all those germs, blood and stuff home with me. The hospital issues me a certain amount of shrubs (edit: scrubs 😅) to work in and washes them as well. It seems to me washing those at home can be a hazardous thing.

13points

#35

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Iced tap water on your table immediately. Such an amazing thing!

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Grooks 2 months ago

yeah!

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#36

Toilet doors with massive gaps in them so you can easily see people taking a dump.

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Rebekah 2 months ago

We hate them too.

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#37

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Driving at 16.

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Justin Tyme 2 months ago

I started driving trucks and tractors on farms at about age 12/13.

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30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Peanut butter jelly sandwiches. Never seen one ever.

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Otto Katz 2 months ago

That picture is not an accurate picture of a pbj. They are common for kids, and older people who want a jolt of nostalgia. I had one the other night. Peanut-But...51b7b1.jpg

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#39

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States (Fake) Grape flavored stuff.
Over here, the purple gummies are black currant.

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Huddo's sister 2 months ago

We have both in Australia, but I am much more of a fan of grape flavouring. Same with red lollies, some are raspberry or strawberry, some are cherry flavour. I love cherry flavouring, but I seem to be in the minority.

7points

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#40

Spray cheese.

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Nichole Harris 2 months ago

I love spray cheese 😂😂😂😂 it's disgusting and unnatural and awesome

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#41

In my country basically every backyard has a greenhouse or garden.

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Huddo's sister 2 months ago

So many people in Australia these days are building McMansions etc and filling up most of the house block. I couldn't live somewhere like that, I need some green space.

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#42

Lawyer advertising everywhere.

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Mike F 2 months ago

This makes me sick. The ambulance chasing ba$tards.

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#43

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States The "college experience".

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Steve Robert 2 months ago

Wouldn't have missed mine for anything!

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30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States The way you talk online about getting you wisdom teeth removed... do they sedate you? d**g you?

I got local anesthesia and got told to keep ice on it and take ibuprofen (or paracetamol, i don't remember) at home if it hurt too much.

(based on the online jokes about it, maybe it's not true i don't know, you tell me lol).

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Huddo's sister 2 months ago

In Australia, if they are impacted and not through the gums, they will give you a general anaesthetic to remove them, usually at the dental hospital. (I had all four out this way when I was 19) This is because they have to break them up and may have to do something to the jaw to aid removal. If they have come through the gum they can often be pulled out at the dentist with minimal sedation and some local anaesthetic.

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#45

English muffins.

I come from England.

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Huddo's sister 2 months ago

They are very popular in Australia too.

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#46

Twinkies.

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Roxy222uk 2 months ago

Twinkies has another meaning in the UK

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#47

Home depot.

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Grooks 2 months ago

Hey, I love Home depot, my dad goes there!

4points

#48

Signs. Signs everywhere. As in ”Branded” neighborhoods/communities. American residential neighborhoods will throw up a huge sign like ”Spring Creek Estates” or whatever, really announcing the name with a big logo instead of being low key.

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Mikey Mozart 2 months ago

This is not true in my State: Vermont. There is an actual state law against advertising like this. That was the beauty of the State is what first and foremost.

4points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#49

30 People Share “American Things” They’d Never Heard About Until They Visited The States Those disposable red cups for drinking alcohol at parties or gatherings.

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SAF saf 2 months ago

FYI they also sell small red cups as shot glasses.

6points

#50

Freedom of speech. In my country (Belgium) the government can prosecute you for speech it considers to be politically incorrect or -phobic. In the USA you can be honest about how you feel and think. In my country you have to pretend to like things you don't like or you get fined/jailed.

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Jan Rosier 2 months ago

I think I need to correct my fellow-Belgian here. You cannot be prosecuted for being politically incorrect. You CAN however be prosecuted for hatespeak, dicriminatory speak and for ignoring or repudiating the holocaust.

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Justin Tyme 2 months ago

Wow, Bored Panda. What took so long? It has been at least a day since your last US vs. the World post.

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Justin Tyme 2 months ago

I see the title has been changed. I don't remember exactly what it was originally. It was something like "Things in America that could make the rest of the world die from shock".

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ConstantlyJon 2 months ago

While I enjoy commenting on these, it's all very tired. Shoot these kinds of posts into the sun, please.

5points

Auntriarch 2 months ago

Can we please downvote this post to oblivion?

5points

Multa Nocte 2 months ago (edited)

As a person who doesn't live in the US, this is becoming annoying.

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Doofnuts 2 months ago

Good or bad (I think we try to be good) we are just Americans; this is how we roll.

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Gavin Johnson 2 months ago

Easy to shoot shots at the single biggest influence on culture globally, it’s almost like every other country is a utopia that have little or no faults so we (the rest of the world) think it’s open season on the U.S. It’s sad. I have worked with and know plenty of Americans, and on the whole they are just like I am, making their way and as you say, trying to be good folk. Yeah we differ on some stuff, yeah we disagree on some stuff but who doesn’t? I could write a BP article on some of the bizarre and ridiculous rules and cultures my own country has but it just wouldn’t appeal to the rest of the world. Heard the one about the British Museum stealing significant artefacts from around the globe?

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Georgy 1 week ago

What is classed as cheese.

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Jess Smith 2 months ago

As an American I'd like to apologize to the rest of the world. We're not all idiotic racist xenophobes. Just 40 percent of us.

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Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago

Riddle me this: every USAian I've met - including those on my single trip to the states - has come across as intelligent, decent, and reasonable. And then we have the crazies who get on the news - the raving mad politicians, the ones who actually want a rapist former TV host back in the White House, and the neo-Nazis marching through Springfield, Ohio with guns and swastika banners, of whom the local police chief said they were just a quiet peaceful demonstration. My English mind cannot resolve the contradictions. Can you unravel the riddle?

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Another Panda 2 months ago (edited)

As a US citizen, I really think we need to take a lot of this to heart. We are currently very dysfunctional as a society, especially a society designed from the outset by its founders to be all about the welfare and freedom of its people. That's why we rebelled against British rule - because the people in the colonies felt their welfare and human rights were not important.

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Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago

The problem with that rendering of US history is that it ignores the fact that the founders of the USA considered that the welfare and human rights of their slaves and the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas were utterly irrelevant. Likewise, they considered women as little more than chattels who certainly could not be allowed any sort of political power. In reality, the wealthy white men who founded the the USA were concerned purely with the power and prosperity of their own class, and objected to anything which got in the way of their privileges. The whole point of the original US constitution was that white men should have wealth, welfare, and liberty - at least, those white men who were already wealthy enough to own land, as in their idealist view of ancient Greece. Everyone else just had to do what they were told. In many ways, the USA as originally constituted was a throwback.

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Justin Tyme 2 months ago

Wow, Bored Panda. What took so long? It has been at least a day since your last US vs. the World post.

18points

Justin Tyme 2 months ago

I see the title has been changed. I don't remember exactly what it was originally. It was something like "Things in America that could make the rest of the world die from shock".

4points

ConstantlyJon 2 months ago

While I enjoy commenting on these, it's all very tired. Shoot these kinds of posts into the sun, please.

5points

Auntriarch 2 months ago

Can we please downvote this post to oblivion?

5points

Multa Nocte 2 months ago (edited)

As a person who doesn't live in the US, this is becoming annoying.

7points

Doofnuts 2 months ago

Good or bad (I think we try to be good) we are just Americans; this is how we roll.

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Gavin Johnson 2 months ago

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Georgy 1 week ago

What is classed as cheese.

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Jess Smith 2 months ago

As an American I'd like to apologize to the rest of the world. We're not all idiotic racist xenophobes. Just 40 percent of us.

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Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago

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Another Panda 2 months ago (edited)

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Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago

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