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THIS! I remember a time that my dad had gotten laid off and my mum was dealing with health issues. They were simply down on their luck and filed for food stamps. Due to their Canadian pension they only qualified for $18 in food stamps a month and made too much to have health insurance, just adding to the health issues.

This! Pay everyone a living wage and do away with tips!

Oh, we Germans kinda do that, too, actually 😅

Everything in American-English too rather than British-English. things that are translated from almost any other language into American-English rather than British-English regardless of the subject matter

We’d call that indoctrination in the UK. I remember speaking with an elderly Italian man who was a child when Mussolini came to power. He told me they were forced to do similar things at school.

And lobby for laws that put more people in jail

Most Americans think they're ridiculous too tbh.

It's so much more than that. It's not that they dont want healthcare, they dont want to pay for SOMEONE ELSE'S healthcare.

Most places use chip-and-pin where they *have* to take the card at the table since you need to enter your PIN. USA credit card banks decided Americans aren't smart enough for chip-and-pin, so we just have chip and an archaic signature.

Yeah, I kinda agree with this one.

This is sad

Add "who is paying their debt while also stopping treatment because they can't continue accruing more debt"

yeah...

Well the president who lost the election is probably going to need time to pack his stuff out of the White House and finish up some things before he leaves office.

I agree. I hated having to wait so long for Biden to kick our horrible old president out of office.

Well, to be fair, running a gov't that covers over 330 million people is a bit complicated, and those weeks are considered the transition period. Normally (AKA, not under the reign of trump), the outgoing administration works with the incoming administration to share info, intelligence briefings, and other secure info. It also allows time for the incoming administration to hire their cabinet and staff and ultimately allows them to hit the ground running and have a seamless transition. It's not like buying a used car. You can't just toss the other guy the keys and be like "good luck. Oh, and you have to double pump the clutch when you start it."

The day of the elections and inauguration are in our Constitution.

here we often way 500 days. And not even the winner gets the power necessarily

https://qz.com/1935755/why-is-the-us-presidential-transition-period-so-long/

I think that most people agree with this, especially after the 2020 election.

It's just enough time for a possibly very salty leaving president to do as much damage as possible

Yes, it is.

Yes. Why.

I've seen those computers..."richest country in the world" uses floppy discs that are older than me(39)

I don't think that's THAT weird, because you can't expect all the candidates to be ready to run to the White House the next day (or whatever "short" period of time is considered acceptable). However it IS weird how long it takes to count the votes. It shouldn't take more than a couple of days, including the re-count.

Agreed.

Waiting in lines just to vote is actually bigger issue. I never had to wait longer than 10 minutes to cast my vote

It’s for in case they mix up the vote and not have it unfair.

Because we're not a banana republic

Yes why????

It's supposed to allow the new president to build his administration and prepare for a seamless transfer of power -- but that only works if the previous administration cooperates -- that cooperation needs to be mandated in law.

I'm American and I don't understand mos of these things on the list lol

It's more like 2.5 months, so approx 10 weeks. Just bizarre.

i know- you can literally stare someone in the face while they are going to the bathroom

How else can they keep up the illusion that they live in a country worth celebrating?

Different taxes in different states. But yeah.

Work to live, don't live to work.

we get sooo many ads too; they're literally everywhere and most of them are attack ads with questionable information

it's disgusting the amount of money my school spends on sports, and we're not even remotely a sporty school

the meal in the picture is not an American one.

Yeah in my country, if you don't take your minimum of 5 weeks of holiday per year, it will be scheduled for you. Literally your manager will force you to relax :D.

Yeah it is pretty weird. Why not just say 9th, 10th , 11th, and 12 grade? Seems much more simple. I am going to be in high school next year and I am Indian but I live in America. I am used to saying junior, sophomore, etc. but my mom finds it really confusing. This seems so unnecessary.

I'm good with it being a weekday, but it should be a national holiday

This is a bad policy because everyone comes to work sick so they can still take vacation days.

Way too much religion everywhere and about everything.

It’s very annoying

Already noted. Pay everyone a living working wage (NOT $7.50/hr). Do away with tipping.

This, bigtime.

I live in Canada and one of my friends did a cross-country drive via the USA to take advantage of cheaper gas.

One of the primary concerns of using garbage disposals is that it puts excess strain on local wastewater treatment centers. All of the food solids in the wastewater must be filtered out. Those solids are used to create fertilizer or are sent to landfills.

the UK has limited ad amounts. theyre regulated, so you can only have 12 minutes of ads per hour. obviously in the US im guessing its not the same

I still dont understand why its played. Its a sporting event, a game, nothing more. Im a baseball fan & i can care less about it being played. I want to watch the game.

Can not disagree with that statement