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From a fried chicken sandwich using chicken instead of bread, to free refills and no sidewalks, America really likes to do things differently. However, if you’ve never left the US of A, you might think that this is by and large just how things are. So it can be helpful to get an outsider’s perspective, one way or the other.
People online share the things Americans think are pretty normal but would be absolutely weird elsewhere and we’ve gathered the best examples. So get comfy as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to add your own thoughts and stories in the comments below.
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#1
Donate money to the political career of billionaires.
"pLeaSe dOnAte tO mY reElEctIoN"
You're worth $2.5B and I'm trying to save $0.30 on groceries, donate to it yourself, fu**face.
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#2
I always find the sentence "the likelihood to die in a school shooting is ridiculously low" very irritating.
It shouldn't be low. It should be nonexistent.
#3
Simultaneously being extremly prudish and sexualized.
JohnCavil:
Americans are the only ones ive ever seen who will sexualize so many things and kind of be obsessed with s*x while also being freaked out when they see a naked body, like at the beach or something.
Like they wont sit in a sauna naked, completely non sexualized, but they will just openly sexualize everyday things.
The shortest shorts and smallest bikinis i've ever seen was in America. Like buttcheeks hanging out at the mall. But show a nipple and they freak out. It's so strange.
#4
Go bankrupt paying medical bills.
F*****g insanity.
joomla00:
Very nervous and unwilling to go to the hospital.
HairWhipCEO:
From an American: "Because when we go to the ER, we wait four hours to be seen…for someone to treat us like drug-seekers…and then get charged thousands of dollars for it.
Roxy222uk 3 weeks ago
The first time I realised that the victims of mass shootings could then end up in debt for the rest of their lives paying for their medical treatment was a day I literally had to take a break from the world. What country with an economy and infrastructure like America would be so heartbreakingly cruel?
#5
MM-DD-YY
It's the least useful date format ever.
Anony Mouse 3 weeks ago
The best date format for filing is YYMMDD. Files sorted in name order are also sorted in date order.
#6
The evocation of God in politics always seems bizarre to me, especially when the separation of church and state is enshrined in the constitution.
I’ll hear a US politician talking about the economy or some such serious thing, and then suddenly they’re talking about what God wants them to do.
#7
Thanking cops and soldiers for their service.
bentnotbroken96:
Frankly, it makes me uncomfortable. I am a veteran. I won't wear a pin or a hat that says I'm a veteran. My wife is much more proud of my service than I am. It was a job. It's done now.
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
I’m Canadian. This is weird. Do we thank firefighters or emts for their service? No. No we dont
#8
Guns. The culture around them. The stubbornness. The ease of availability. The huge number of mass shootings yet no one cares to change anything.
#9
Flags on lawns, flags everywhere.
#10
Taxes being added at the checkout.
I understand the logic behind why that happens, but at the same time it seems to be the sort of thing that could be fixed quite easily if the powers that be wanted it to be fixed.
#11
Getting served plastic plates in a cafeteria.
She asked for porcelain plates and was looked at like she was crazy.
I have never seen any place serve one use plastic dishes in Germany.
When she explained that we use dishwashers to clean the used dishes in cafeterias the clerk was like, "huh, that doesn't sound like a bad idea".
In general, the amount of plastics used in the USA is just so crazy to me.
#12
Circumcision.
Nyarro:
This country in general is too f**king obsessed about what's going between people's legs.
Torben Møller-Nielsen 3 weeks ago
Child mutilation at its finest. Why not wait until the person is 18 and let them decide for themselves?
Ian Rose 3 weeks ago
Very simply put when a boy of 30 days or less has a circumcision, it is a relatively minor procedure. When a boy of 18 has the same procedure it becomes far more serios & dangerous. There are also religious requirements to be considered
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Kris 3 weeks ago
Female Genital Mutilation is also part of some peoples religion. Should this be considered to?
WindySwede 3 weeks ago
still mutilation! So if there was a religion that praised only having one arm and saying, "Ow, the arm is only so small when they are no more than 30 days" Would you feel the same? Stop mutilating babies!
Andrew Keir 3 weeks ago
Whose religion? Certainly not the baby's ... I've had it up to here with religions saying "*Our* religion says *you* must (or must not) do such and such ..."
The Doom Song 3 weeks ago
Here is my question. If baby boys are born with a f******n then why oh why is circumcision a big deal. It is there for a reason. Leave it be.
Noname 3 weeks ago
What about the Jewish tradition of Brith? Jews have been performing circumcisms for thousands of years.
Andrew Keir 3 weeks ago
Noname, people have been abusing children for thousands of years but that doesn't make it right.
Noname 3 weeks ago (edited)
Andrew keir, Perhaps you're too old for a circumcision, and have issues with your masculinity that you should explore with a therapist. Male circumcism is not the same as female circumcisms, which is actual mutilation of the female external genitalia so that the female will never receive pleasure male circumcision only removes the external skin covering the p***s. It doesn't negate any sexual pleasure from the make. This is why it's usually done when boys are only weeks old. Now, I understand that you might be referring to female circumcision, which is actually mutilation of the female genetailia, DONE SO THAT THE FEMALES WILL NOT EXPERIENCE ANY SEXUAL PLEASURE, because men are so insecure about themselves that in cultures across Africa and the Arab countries, the men have decided it's better to subdue the women by all means than to learn how to deal with their carnal urges. Males rarely accept that they are the cause of all the problems on this planet, so blame women. It's my experience that men are just weak, and especially in the countries I mentioned, they need for their women to be asexualised because the men are weak.
Nannychachi 3 weeks ago (edited)
Retired nurse here. If I had a nickle for every p*nis that I've had to medicate to get the f*reskin pulled back on, I'd have alot of money. When not properly cleaned each day the skin just grows tighter and tighter over the tip until there's nothing showing except the urinary opening. And, sometimes even that's obscured. It's a painful and lengthy process for the patient that can take many days to accomplish. Dementia or an illness makes them incapable of cleaning themselves. Circumcision is the way to keep this from happening.
XenoMurph 2 weeks ago
You know there's BILLIONS of men out there without circumcision? I'm one. I'm fine thanks. Yes there can be issues. Also issues with eyes. Issues with feet. Issues with lungs. Chop em all off eh?
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Shane S 2 weeks ago (edited)
Sorry someone else’s body autonomy was such an inconvenience to you. Some people can have appendicitis so why don’t we go ahead and remove the appendix when an infant is born too? And maybe also baby gallbladders. We will just remove anything and everything that might, possibly, one day become an issue.
Foxxy says Hello 1 week ago
Yes it happens but not to everyone. Same goes for appendicitis and tonsillitis. We don't get them removed "just in case". If men weren't meant to have a f******n, then it wouldn't be part of the normal male anatomy. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Tropical Tarot 3 weeks ago
Yes my father had to have one in his 70s. Because of that. He's gone now so I won't embarrass him.
Noname 3 weeks ago
Idk-- I never saw an uncut p***s until I met some European men. I know in the US that it's done for sanitary reasons, which seems strange if you don't wash properly, but men are men and, honestly, the uncut ones tend to have a funky smell because men don't usually wipe after peeing, and the few drops of urine that can't be helped stay under that skin.
WindySwede 3 weeks ago
or just learn to wash/dry them, thus having not reason to mutilating babies? 🤦♂️🤷♂️
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Craig Reynolds 2 weeks ago
No sane, adult male is going to allow a knife anywhere near his junk.
#13
I don't think they still do it but the pledging allegiance to the flag by school kids.
Big time north Korea vibes.
#14
Go fund me for basic health care costs.
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
Reasons why Canada will NEVER be the 51st state! Don’t f**k with my healthcare!
#15
Caring about school sports. In Europe nobody cares about some high school basket players.
#16
Commercial for a minor medical condition like Athlete’s Foot.
*Footage of a happy family enjoying the great outdoors while the overweight Dad smiles because his feet are fungus-free*
Voiceover: Side effects may include:
- Chronic n*b rot
- Impotence
- A**l cancer
- Testicular cancer
- Testicular warts
- Pancreatic cancer
- Heart palpitations
- Athlete’s foot
- Complete collapse of the Central Nervous System
- Rapid weight gain
- Depression
- Psychotic episodes
- Hair loss
- Rapid a**l hair gain
- Your n*b will probably fall off
- No one will like you
- Explosive diarrhoea in public spaces
- Instant death
- Inability to pass to the other side after death, so you may be doomed to roam the Earth as a lost soul for infinity.
Talk to your family Doctor about Footoxicil today!
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Scott Rackley 3 weeks ago
Don't forget bald tires, bad credit, and a whistling sound in your nose
#17
Forcing you to use vacation days when you're ill. Some countries make employers change paid vacation days to paid sick days when you're ill on vacation.
#18
Large gaps above, below, and between the bathroom stalls….
#19
Make their government a reality tv show.
BunchesOfCrunches:
[American] elections are just political Super Bowls.
#20
Advertisements for pharmaceutical drugs.
oceanduciel replied:
It’s weird. Those corporations are so desperate for money they’re willing to sell any meds even if people don’t actually need them. Leave that s**t to doctors.
Scott Rackley 3 weeks ago
I don't think I've ever asked a Doc about any medication. Doc: Here's what to take and how often, finish the bottle. Me: Sure thing Doc.
#21
It always fascinates me how cultural norms differ across the globe! I often find it strange to see how large American portion sizes are.
#22
Leave newborn babies in daycare all day and go back to working full time a few weeks after giving birth.
nipplequeefs:
Working in retail a few years ago, I had a coworker who couldn’t afford to wait even a single week after giving birth to go back to work. She had a medical emergency on her first day back, left in an ambulance, and we didn’t see her again :/
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
Every retail worker deserves a living wage. If we were essential during Covid, maybe you should pay us as such
#23
Coffee drinks large enough to caffinate a heard of elephants. With enough sugar to trigger a diabetic coma, all on the way to work.
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
There’s coffee. And then there’s something that has coffee in it somewhere. My coffee is as black as my soul
#24
"I'm Irish, and my husband is German!".
Cary14:
Or when they define someone's behavior by their heritage, which is 3/4 times removed. He drinks because he's 'Irish'...or some other stereotypical nonsense.
campmonster:
I'm 'Italian!' That's why I'm such a loud asshole and over-pronounce food names like pomodoro and stromboli, but I don't know any verbs in Italian.
Data1001 3 weeks ago
Thing is, America doesn't really have its own culture. Sure, there are pockets of the USA which have a strong culture, but the country itself is lacking that. Thus, we take pride in our heritage -- however many generations removed it may be -- and celebrate customs which our ancestors who first came to the country did, even if those customs have long fallen out of favor in the originating country itself. And I'll admit, I like that about the US. As long as the celebration of your culture isn't exclusionary or intolerant/closed-minded/prejudiced, it enriches the rest of us, and many of us will also be happy to celebrate along with you.
#25
How patriotic you guys are.
When we go watch a football match, the players sign their anthem and that's it.
When I went to this baseball game, they had a special guest to sing the national anthem, flags everywhere, jets, kneeling for the army, etc etc.
#26
Treating politicians like rock stars and campaign rallies like rock concerts.
Beef Brisket 3 weeks ago
Or politicians paying rock stars like Beyonce to come to their rallies and pretend to endorse them--like anyone cares what rock stars thingk.
#27
Yes places really are *that* car dependent. Often even when you’d think something is close enough to walk or bike the walk can be much longer or more dangerous than you’d think. Many places especially in the suburbs don’t have sidewalks and the road speeds are too dangerous to make walking along the shoulder safe . There’s only a handful of cities in the entire country that have either good public transport or good enough bike infrastructure that you can not have a car without it being a giant hassle.
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
Why do new builds not include sidewalks? Are people not supposed to walk two doors down?
#28
Kids consuming your entire life. I’m southern European but lived in the US for a long time and children in America act like complete demons compared to the kids in my country lol.
I think Europe makes it easier to include children in everyday society and America doesn’t give any support to children or parents so kids end up being socialized kinda isolated from society besides daycare and immediate family and it doesn’t prepare them to be able to function appropriately and raising kids to be highly individualistic and pandered to seems be the norm in the US. My American friends have zero social life outside of their children but my friends in Europe with kids still maintain friendships and hobbies unrelated to parenthood.
#29
Mandatory tipping culture.
edit: expected tipping culture is a more suitable wording.
Gobbledok:
I was berated and nearly slapped by a drunk American tourist in Mykonos who fundamentally maintained that she tips no matter where in the world she travels, and took great exception when I pointed out it is considered rude to tip in some parts of Asia. She wanted to fight me when I went into her post civil war origins of tipping culture. Should have left that one alone. Heheh!
Torben Møller-Nielsen 3 weeks ago
Pay a decent wage and let the customer decide if they want to give extra for excellent service.
#30
"You have to file your tax. To do that you need* to use a private service that costs a lot of money. Have the IRS make a free, easy to use service available for the general public? What are we, commies!?"
In Denmark, the tax authority calculates most of it, and you only have to go check that everything is correct. I spend maybe two hours in a year on taxes.
Also, the US is - as far as I know - the only country in the world that expects its citizens abroad to file and pay taxes.
*: I know you can file manually. It seems this is not a good idea.
#31
Eat in our cars. Driving or just sitting in the car eating. Several European visitors have commented on this, so it must be very strange to them.
April Pickett 3 weeks ago
Some of us eat in our cars for solitude, taking a break from people, their noise, and coworkers' politics/work habits/gossip.
#32
Ridiculously huge elaborate football stadiums for schools and colleges in areas that are otherwise obviously economically depressed.
I once read that 8 of the 10 biggest stadiums in the world are at US colleges / universities.
rarepinkhippo:
I was a theatre student at a university with a big football program; the primary theatre building was the old tennis locker rooms. And the school had a comparatively large theatre program!
Pandemonium 3 weeks ago
The highest paid state employee in many states is the state college football coach
#33
Feet, pounds, fahrenheit, etc.
wtf mate?!
#34
WHY do you take my credit card at restaurants 😂 here in Canada the machine gets brought to the table to pay.
sugarface2134:
The US has always been behind on credit card stuff. I don’t know why! I first paid at the table in Paris and first saw a tap to pay in Australia. It took, like, 5–10 years to start seeing those things here. So weird.
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
My husband and I were at a high end steak house in Nashville four years ago. When we went to settle the bill, I told the waitress we needed a machine and she looked at me like I had three heads! How is a so called first world country so far behind the rest of the world?
#35
Use excessive means to get into debt. Afterpay, Klarna, credit cards for every store/retailer, payment plans etc. In some other countries, if you don’t have the money up front in full then you can’t afford it. I didn’t realize how many people in America have things on monthly payment plans.
#36
I don't hold these things against the yanks, but the big cultural differences I've encountered would be...
Talking openly about money in casual conversation
>"Like, yeah, I pulled a 6 figure bonus this year, so I was able to book that 5 star resort in Jamaica"
Something like would just be seen a wildly arrogant and uncouth in my country.
Also conversation style is so different. Over here, people tend to lead conversations by asking questions. Americans rarely ask questions of their conversation partners, they just lead with whatever they want to talk about.
Americans talk *at* you, rather than talking *to* you.
#37
This may not be that surprising but as an American, when I travel to other countries, I realize people don’t drink coffee on the go the way we do here. It’s very common for Americans in major cities to walk around with a to go coffee in their hands while they commute to work or walk around to do errands. In the suburbs people tend to have coffee in their car.
Huddo's sister 3 weeks ago
This is common in Australia too. The older Greek and Italian men are more likely to sit in a cafe all morning, but otherwise we have a lot of takeaway coffee drinkers. We try to use 'keep cups'/travel mugs though.
#38
I’m American and worked closely with folks from England for a while. The biggest difference was they thought Americans way overshare. When we were discussing self-image once, another American mentioned she’d had an ED when she was younger (that was it, no other details). I thought nothing of it. When she wasn’t around, they told me how uncomfortable it made them and they were shocked at how personal that was. I was floored. They should hear my friend groups talk about GYN visits. Lol.
#39
When I had European friends visit for the first time, we took them out to a chain restaurant. They were shocked at the end of the meal when the server brought out to-go boxes. They had finished their entire meal (of huge portions) not realizing we sort of expect to have too much food and take the extra home.
Our multiple-lane interstates were huge and intimating to them and normal to us. The fact that our money is all the same color and has no marks for the blind to read them (one friend is vision impaired.) our grocery stores - just normal Kroger or Walmart - were gigantic to them and they didn't understand why the cashiers had to stand all day when they could just get a chair. They had a blast walking around looking at everything. The sheer size and variety of food, especially like larger sizes of fruits and vegetables.
They thought maple syrup was a fun novelty - IHOP blew their mind - and that marshmallows were weird and kind of off-putting. The fact that we greet and chitchat with strangers, people hold open doors for other people as a matter of course (small town in the South) and all those sort of unspoken acts of politeness we don't think about. Smiling at strangers, waving at neighbors. American flags being everywhere was odd to them too, they kept asking if there was a holiday or something, it was just people's decor. They didn't understand flags in people's yards or houses. How spread out everything is and how long it takes to drive within the same city.
They just pointed out a lot of things we didn't think to prepare them for since that was our normal, and we didn't even notice. Was definitely fascinating.
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
Why are cashiers not allowed to sit? I challenge all of the suits to spend eight hours on their feet
#40
Answering a city/state/two-letter code as if everyone knows where it is when someone asks 'where are you from' in an international setting.
T'Mar of Vulcan 3 weeks ago
I live in Johannesburg, which is easily recognizable as being in Mzansi (South Africa - we should just change it to the Xhosa word and be done with it!) But imagine if I lived in, like, East London or Pitsonderwater? (As a child I didn't realize that East London was a city in Mzansi, and always wondered how my parents' friends could afford to go overseas all the time!)
#41
My husband is German and I met him while we still lived in the US. The biggest shock for him (and the other German expat friends I made through him) was people saying "we should hang out sometime" but not meaning it, because they didn't want to schedule a time right then and there.
They also complained about people asking "how are you" and not actually wanting to know/not meaning it, because you're "just supposed to say good, and ask how they are", but I find that pretty ridiculous after living in Germany. People do the same thing here.
The social expectations to not show up right on time to a party or that the guests pay for the birthday girl/boy, instead of the birthday boy/girl treating their guests, was also a surprise.
#42
We don't consider driving 3-4 hours to do something/see someone to be far.
Today after work im driving an hour to spend a few hours at a con, then driving an hour home. Next weekend I'm driving 3.5 hours for a weekend getaway with friends, driving 3.5 hours back, and going straight to work. I drive 5 hours to get to my tattoo artist.
Oh and all of those things are still in my state.
#43
As an American who has traveled around Asia, they find it weird that we're always throwing huge high-school parties in Hollywood suburbs.
#44
Wearing their shoes inside the house. Even on their couch and bed. Absolutely disgusting.
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
My mother wore shoes in the house because it was easier on her knees and hips. I prefer to be barefoot regardless of where I am
#45
We have Amber Alerts. This surprised a friend of mine from another country.
Basically, if there is a missing child or an abduction nearby, they will issue an Amber Alert. It goes to cell phones, tvs, radio stations. It will just be broadcast as an emergency message, and they aren't usually expected. They just buzz your phone. Basically, the goal is to get the community involved. They will usually come with a description of the missing person, the perpetrator, and or a vehicle to look out for.
#46
How empty the Western US is. Draw a line running North/South from about 1 degree of longitude West of the North Dakota/Minnesota state line (let's say roughly the 98th Meridian.)
EIGHTY PERCENT of the US population lives EAST of this line.
Now draw another (curvier) line that runs along the spine of the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Mountain ranges in the Western US. Another FIFTEEN PERCENT of the American population lives WEST of this line, between the mountains and the Pacific Ocean (and most of those people are in California, the most populous state that accounts for 10% of the US population.)
Which means that the vast, middle portion of America - nearly 50% of the lower 48 united states - has about 5% of the population.
But even that doesn't tell the whole story because most of THAT 5% live in the large metro areas: Denver/Front range, Salt Lake City/Provo, Las Vegas, Phoenix/Tucson. If you exempt those areas, you'll find that about 40% of the land mass of the US contains maybe 1 - 2 % of the population.
Back in 2011 I went to a motorcycle rally in Taos, New Mexico. There was a couple from the UK that flew over and rented a motorcycle to go. They had been to the US once before - but they only went to New York City.
They were absolutely astonished by the vast, empty spaces of the West. Places where you could go literally dozens of miles and not see another vehicle or person, or you could go 50 miles or more between towns.
Whenever I have friends from the Eastern US who want to ride motorcycles in the West and ask for advice, my number one piece of advice is: Know your motorcycles range, and know where you're going to fuel up. Don't assume that just because the map shows a "town" that you will be able to buy fuel there. Many "towns" on the map are just a dusty collection of abandoned buildings and maybe a few houses or trailers. And if there's any doubt, NEVER pass up a chance to refuel.
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
I believe those boundaries encompass what is called “tornado alley”. Why would you want to live someplace you would regularly be starting over?
#47
From what I've heard from folks from out of country - Small talk. Apparently it's not really normal in other places for strangers to just say hi to each other or engage in small talk while doing things like standing in line, after accidentally bumping into each other at the store, noticing that someone is interested in the same thing you are, things like that. Apparently a lot of people compare Americans to golden retrievers and say they're 'ridiculously friendly' because Americans will just..talk to anyone, without any formal introduction.
fyatre:
I realized this wasn’t a global thing when I was in Japan and I’d start conversations with fellow visiting Americans. My Japanese friend was very surprised that I’d do that. Then there’s the ones that have been there a while and actively avoid you because they know what you’re gonna do, LOL.
Huddo's sister 3 weeks ago
I really varies in Australia. More likely to get small talk when walking down the street in regional/rural areas, but most shop workers will try to engage you when you are at the checkout. Not in a pushy way though, just being polite and filling the time, but sometimes I would prefer they didn't.
#48
Why do your kitchen sinks have that terrifying swirling thing that eats fingers?
BayAreaJordd:
As a Brit, I had nightmares about this from that episode of The Simpsons. I grew out of it by telling myself 'at least they don't really exist.' Oh dear.
#49
Become a pilot and buy a plane.
Easy access to personal aviation - there really is no other country like the US when it comes to that.
While it's not cheap it's cheaper than anywhere else in the world and the government doesn't gate keep it into the ground.
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
Asked the question, why do you need a plane? The average person does not need or can afford a plane
#50
Talking. I took my extended family on a trip to New York (they are Malaysian) and it shocked them that I had multiple 30-40 minute conversations with people I had never met.
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
The thought of having a 30-40 minute conversation with a stranger makes me want to run away screaming.
Poll Question
How do you perceive the portrayal of America in international media?
Mostly positive
Mostly negative
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What do you think ?
Warren Peece 3 weeks ago
Bored Panda Staff: "Let's repost this anti-America list every week. It's easier than finding new content. And there are enough suckers who will pay for Premium subscription regardless of what we post."
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 3 weeks ago
The rest of the world must really, really love reruns. This way too often repeated theme is just a tired retread of all the other "America is weird/bad" posts that are run every single weekend here. There isn't even any new anti-American gripes, just the same old rubbish over and over and over again.
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 3 weeks ago
*Completely ignoring that pile of fetid excrement comment from the penguin* Hey BP, why not try running something along the lines of "weird things in America that tourists liked or enjoyed"? In my travels I have encountered many weird customs and things in other countries...some good, some bad, some just weird. Would it k**l you to drop the America bashing for once?
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Pamelot 3 weeks ago
@ninjaTrashPandaBoom - Actually this us the BEST suggestion I've ever read. I would adore reading that subject and vice-a-versa! In my travels, I've experienced many foreign customs that were amazingly acceptable. Your lead in to your post is NOT necessary. It does not help your point. Stay on point, then it's a thinking point. 😁👍
Ron Man 3 weeks ago
This is the 4th article this week, and it has nothing new. They never do. It's all the same things.
Serena Myers 2 weeks ago
Apparently, Warren, BP have not yet worked out that they might get more subscriptions if we get what we come to BP for (or used to) such as new history posts, cute kittens and puppies, happy, funny, uplifting, interesting, not same old same old, AITA, celebrity twaddle, karens-on-planes, copy/paste from Reddit/X/Insta?
Load More Replies... Ariom Dahl 3 weeks ago
Hey, can we have a 'Things that are ordinary, taken for granted or normal in AUSTRALIA that everyone else finds odd? PLEASE! I'll kick off: Today we had a state election in Western Australia. The local school in the town where I live was a polling place. We walked into the grounds, lined up and chatted with everyone else while we waited. After we cast our votes we went to the cake stall and sausage sizzle set up by the P&C to raise funds for the school. In a couple of months we're going to have a federal election so will repeat this procedure. Oh, it's compulsory to turn up to vote. What you write on the paper voting slip (with pencil) is nobody else's business.
Rick Murray 3 weeks ago
Just to balance things a little - Mac&Cheese. Best damned one I ever had was made in Wisconsin, frozen, shipped over here, and sold in a chain store that does frozen foods and had an "America" promotion going. And proper sci-fi. You guys make things like "The Expanse" and we make... "Doctor Who". Epic national parks - Yosemite National Park is almost as big as Cornwall. Oh, and some truly amazing scenery.
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 3 weeks ago (edited)
Great start! I would like to add Austin, TX...a wonderfully weird amazing city. The beautiful Pacific Crest Trail (2560 miles, 4120 km) which runs from Canada to Mexico along the US west coast. The gorgeous Appalachian Trail (2190 miles, 3524 km) which runs along the US east coast. American BBQ: Californian tri-tip, Texas brisket, North Carolina baby back ribs. Maryland blue crab cakes. New England lobster rolls. Jazz and blues music from New Orleans, along with amazing French-Creole cuisine. New York-amazing food and culture. Chicago as well! Yellowstone. Death Valley. Denali. The Everglades...just watch out for Florida Man!
Sergio Bicerra 3 weeks ago
I mean... is fun to bash another time from time but this is getting old. Yeah America has their odd things but in my country we haven't got a single president who's not now in jail or in a corruption trial scince the 80's so everyone has their own quirks.
Andy 3 weeks ago (edited)
To all those complaining about pages like this, you know what know what the page is going to be when you see the headline, STOP CLICKING AND COMMENTING! Every time you click and comment you increase engagement, which tells bored panda these topics are successful and they should create more if the want people to read them. I also find them repetitive, so I usually just don't click on them.
Panda Panda Bo Banda 2 weeks ago (edited)
Ever notice how the America-bashers in these threads never say where they're from? 😂
Dragons Exist 3 weeks ago
Welcome back to your daily Everything, And I Mean Everything, About America Fúcking Sucks post, here on Bored Panda - and don't forget to not say words like "high", because it will be censored unless you add an accent to make it "hígh"
Beef Brisket 3 weeks ago
Don't understand why Americans hating on themselves and their country has become so much in vogue. So many of these are also the norm in other countries, and are NOT disgusting, just different. Every country has good qualities and bad, the way Americans are currently so darn negative and focused on the bad--almost never the good--has become scary, like they're intent on destroying themselves from within. America isn't perfect, but it's amazing in so many ways--which is why 30% of Gen z would actually consider a negotiation to merge/collaborate more with our U.S. neighbours.
Mimi M 3 weeks ago
Enough US bashing - it's not interesting, it's just a bunch of double-standards, every place has good and bad, but BP loves to highlight the negative about the US and the positive/interesting about everywhere else. IT's tiresome.
Roland Nijveld 3 weeks ago
Bet you can't even make a list with this level of weird s**t about my country
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 3 weeks ago
The PRE-SCHOOL kids have to be taught active shooter drills. Get rid of your fkn stranglehold on guns FFS!
Noname 3 weeks ago
Not all Americans carry guns or support the NRA. There are lots of who want tighter gun control measures but the NRA is a very powerful organization that promotes a fear-based ideology that without guns, how will you protect yourself? Ironically, many who support the NRA believe that without their constitutional right to bear arms, the government will take away their right to live in peace.
Onan Hag All 3 weeks ago
Fully intend to. Fortunately my work no longer rakes me there. The USA is in the initial stages of societal collapse.
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ninjaTrashPandaBoom 3 weeks ago
penguin, say you know nothing about world politics without saying you know NOTHING about world politics...oh wait, you already did!
Warren Peece 3 weeks ago
Bored Panda Staff: "Let's repost this anti-America list every week. It's easier than finding new content. And there are enough suckers who will pay for Premium subscription regardless of what we post."
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 3 weeks ago
The rest of the world must really, really love reruns. This way too often repeated theme is just a tired retread of all the other "America is weird/bad" posts that are run every single weekend here. There isn't even any new anti-American gripes, just the same old rubbish over and over and over again.
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 3 weeks ago
*Completely ignoring that pile of fetid excrement comment from the penguin* Hey BP, why not try running something along the lines of "weird things in America that tourists liked or enjoyed"? In my travels I have encountered many weird customs and things in other countries...some good, some bad, some just weird. Would it k**l you to drop the America bashing for once?
Load More Replies... Pamelot 3 weeks ago
@ninjaTrashPandaBoom - Actually this us the BEST suggestion I've ever read. I would adore reading that subject and vice-a-versa! In my travels, I've experienced many foreign customs that were amazingly acceptable. Your lead in to your post is NOT necessary. It does not help your point. Stay on point, then it's a thinking point. 😁👍
Ron Man 3 weeks ago
This is the 4th article this week, and it has nothing new. They never do. It's all the same things.
Serena Myers 2 weeks ago
Apparently, Warren, BP have not yet worked out that they might get more subscriptions if we get what we come to BP for (or used to) such as new history posts, cute kittens and puppies, happy, funny, uplifting, interesting, not same old same old, AITA, celebrity twaddle, karens-on-planes, copy/paste from Reddit/X/Insta?
Load More Replies... Ariom Dahl 3 weeks ago
Hey, can we have a 'Things that are ordinary, taken for granted or normal in AUSTRALIA that everyone else finds odd? PLEASE! I'll kick off: Today we had a state election in Western Australia. The local school in the town where I live was a polling place. We walked into the grounds, lined up and chatted with everyone else while we waited. After we cast our votes we went to the cake stall and sausage sizzle set up by the P&C to raise funds for the school. In a couple of months we're going to have a federal election so will repeat this procedure. Oh, it's compulsory to turn up to vote. What you write on the paper voting slip (with pencil) is nobody else's business.
Rick Murray 3 weeks ago
Just to balance things a little - Mac&Cheese. Best damned one I ever had was made in Wisconsin, frozen, shipped over here, and sold in a chain store that does frozen foods and had an "America" promotion going. And proper sci-fi. You guys make things like "The Expanse" and we make... "Doctor Who". Epic national parks - Yosemite National Park is almost as big as Cornwall. Oh, and some truly amazing scenery.
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 3 weeks ago (edited)
Great start! I would like to add Austin, TX...a wonderfully weird amazing city. The beautiful Pacific Crest Trail (2560 miles, 4120 km) which runs from Canada to Mexico along the US west coast. The gorgeous Appalachian Trail (2190 miles, 3524 km) which runs along the US east coast. American BBQ: Californian tri-tip, Texas brisket, North Carolina baby back ribs. Maryland blue crab cakes. New England lobster rolls. Jazz and blues music from New Orleans, along with amazing French-Creole cuisine. New York-amazing food and culture. Chicago as well! Yellowstone. Death Valley. Denali. The Everglades...just watch out for Florida Man!
Sergio Bicerra 3 weeks ago
I mean... is fun to bash another time from time but this is getting old. Yeah America has their odd things but in my country we haven't got a single president who's not now in jail or in a corruption trial scince the 80's so everyone has their own quirks.
Andy 3 weeks ago (edited)
To all those complaining about pages like this, you know what know what the page is going to be when you see the headline, STOP CLICKING AND COMMENTING! Every time you click and comment you increase engagement, which tells bored panda these topics are successful and they should create more if the want people to read them. I also find them repetitive, so I usually just don't click on them.
Panda Panda Bo Banda 2 weeks ago (edited)
Ever notice how the America-bashers in these threads never say where they're from? 😂
Dragons Exist 3 weeks ago
Welcome back to your daily Everything, And I Mean Everything, About America Fúcking Sucks post, here on Bored Panda - and don't forget to not say words like "high", because it will be censored unless you add an accent to make it "hígh"
Beef Brisket 3 weeks ago
Don't understand why Americans hating on themselves and their country has become so much in vogue. So many of these are also the norm in other countries, and are NOT disgusting, just different. Every country has good qualities and bad, the way Americans are currently so darn negative and focused on the bad--almost never the good--has become scary, like they're intent on destroying themselves from within. America isn't perfect, but it's amazing in so many ways--which is why 30% of Gen z would actually consider a negotiation to merge/collaborate more with our U.S. neighbours.
Mimi M 3 weeks ago
Enough US bashing - it's not interesting, it's just a bunch of double-standards, every place has good and bad, but BP loves to highlight the negative about the US and the positive/interesting about everywhere else. IT's tiresome.
Roland Nijveld 3 weeks ago
Bet you can't even make a list with this level of weird s**t about my country
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 3 weeks ago
The PRE-SCHOOL kids have to be taught active shooter drills. Get rid of your fkn stranglehold on guns FFS!
Noname 3 weeks ago
Not all Americans carry guns or support the NRA. There are lots of who want tighter gun control measures but the NRA is a very powerful organization that promotes a fear-based ideology that without guns, how will you protect yourself? Ironically, many who support the NRA believe that without their constitutional right to bear arms, the government will take away their right to live in peace.
Onan Hag All 3 weeks ago
Fully intend to. Fortunately my work no longer rakes me there. The USA is in the initial stages of societal collapse.
Load More Replies... ninjaTrashPandaBoom 3 weeks ago
penguin, say you know nothing about world politics without saying you know NOTHING about world politics...oh wait, you already did!
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