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3 Owls In A Coat 1 year ago

Studies show kids actually benefit from schools starting later rather than earlier. Here’s an article from October: https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/features/schools-start-too-early.html

12points

80 Van 1 year ago

I think you’re exactly right on both counts.

6points

Tiramisu 1 year ago

My county is considering later start times for next year, what you have said is precisely the issue and why many kids in my grade think it’s better to wake up early and start school at 7 than have to stay until 3 or 4 and THEN play sports.

2points

Cora C 1 year ago

School is 9am to 3pm? After school sports is 3pm to 5pm?

1point

Tamra 1 year ago

This 7:30 a.m. start time also doesn't take into account the time spent waiting at bus stops for the trip to school. One year, my son was up at 5:30 a.m. to shower and have breakfast, then get to the bus stop by 6:40 or so.

13points

A.Ham 1 year ago

I love that California passed their law that they can't start before 8:00

11points

Amy Taylor 1 year ago

One kid starts at 8:30, the other at 8:45. We're in CA

4points

Alexandra Davis 1 year ago

At this point California may as well be a separate country it's so progressive and different to the rest of the USA it seems!

3points

Claire Ferguson 1 year ago

What time do they usually finish? My kids start school at 8.50 and finish at 3.30.

1point

MorgothBauglir 1 year ago (edited)

A horrible law. This just made classes longer and later into the afternoon, and due to shenanigans regarding scheduling, there is now more time spent in school per day than last year.

0points

The Best Mushroom Panda️ 1 year ago

Yeah, I start at 8:35 there.

0points

Zephyr343 1 year ago

I'm an adult and I don't even function at 7:30

10points

Ban-One 1 year ago

Most of the week school starts at 7.15 here in Switzerland (Emmen, Luzern) for high school kids. Although it does vary throughout the country, depending on the state (Kanton), town etc.

6points

K W 1 year ago

Our highschool starts at 8:55. Our school district is very progressive though and a bit of an oddity overall for my state.

4points

StrangeOne 1 year ago

What?! I thought 8:45am was too early.

4points

RandomHumanBean 1 year ago

rn my middle school starts at 8. i usually get to school @7:45-50 so i can go to my locker and class and stuff. my highschool next year starts at 7:30. pain.

3points

Gabby Ghoul 1 year ago

I'm a Gen Xer from a rural area and my elementary school started at 8:30am, high school at 8am. Now I did have to leave the house around 7am to get to high school (via train) but I can't imagine what it would have been like if I had arrive there at 7am.

3points

Isabelle Lamarque 1 year ago

Meanwhile a recent study has shown that teeange brains don't fully function before 10am 😅 or at least those going through puberty. ☺️

3points

Greenmantle 1 year ago

Probably because they need extra sleep, 9hrs or so.

0points

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 1 year ago

I wouldn't survive that

3points

ⒾⓈⒶⒷⒺⓁⓁⒶ 1 year ago

Believe me, we aren’t :’)

3points

all 4 paws 1 year ago

My swim practices start at 5:30 am. Help im ✨drowning ✨

3points

Yali-girl with weird name 1 year ago

Honestly, if my school started any earlier than 9 am, i would be failing everything

2points

David Phillips 1 year ago

Mexico starts at 7am, for various reasons. 1) it saves on a/c.; 2)schools don't need real cafeterias or lunch facilities; 3) you can use the premises for something else in the afternoon - many state schools have two shifts; 4) teachers can work 2 jobs, so they don't need to be paid decently for one. I don't know how much of this applies to the US, but it is all about financial "efficiency", which almost always trumps education.

2points

Willa L 1 year ago

My school starts at 730. I say I hate it but it is nice to be done with school at 2.

2points

Jeannie 1 year ago

Parents and children do not like this at all. I suppose it's convenient for working parents to drop kids off but it's stupid. First period is a wash. In the 80s when I was in school I learned nothing in first period. University students schedule after 10am. Think about that administrators. Probably the time is so early so the boys have time for football practice. The middle aged male parents need to have a second chance at being a superstar. Who cares if your boys have brain damage.

2points

Adam Farish 1 year ago

Malaysian kids starts school at 7am..

2points

wdhnnggrndrwn 1 year ago

Indonesian schools also start at 7am.. Ahead of exam, sometimes schools start at 6.45am

1point

Lord Mysticlaw 1 year ago

Schools in South Africa start between 7:30 and 8:00 too. I honestly thought that's pretty standard globally.

2points

Claire Ferguson 1 year ago

School generally starts about 9am for pre teens and 8.45 for senior pupils in Scotland.

1point

Boreddd🇺🇦 1 year ago

Romania here. I start at 7.30 and right now I'm about to be late✌️

1point

MorgothBauglir 1 year ago

"Teenagers aren’t functioning at 7:30 in the morning." Not always true. Many teenagers are perfectly functional at 7:30. And for those students taking 10 AP Classes, they need classes to start at 7:30.

1point

Howl's sleeping castle 1 year ago

In India, schools start at 7-7.30 am. Except for some places where the climate is too cold. They start after 8.

1point

Greenmantle 1 year ago

What time do they finish? Do you go home in the middle of the day because of the heat or does school finish early so kids can help their parents?

1point

Jason Romine 1 year ago

I taught at 2 different high schools in Texas for 5 years (1 year at one, 4 years at another). We started school at 9:15 and 9:10 respectively. I've moved to Virginia where I currently teach at a middle school. We start at 9:20. The moral of this story is that not all schools start at 7:30. This is a dumb and inaccurate generalization.

1point

MarieL 1 year ago

Start times at schools vary drastically from state to state.

1point

Edurne 1 year ago

my daughter starts school at 7.40 am (she's in art school, 9th grade) and that's way too early in my opinion. 7 o'clock is just ATROCIOUS

1point

Mistiekim 1 year ago

In high school we started at 7:30am and finished at 3pm. When I heard about schools starting later or letting out earlier (or both) it blew my mind. I can’t comprehend how a day like that is long enough to learn a decent amount of stuff or prepare you for college or a job.

1point

Senjo Krane 1 year ago

In South Africa its also 7h30. I was always so jealous of the UK starting so late.

1point

Emma Kilcup 1 year ago

Mine is 8:15

1point

Raccoon Queen 1 year ago

I started at 8:35 in middle school and almost 9 in HS and in the winter of I did an hour club I would get home at sunset. They can’t start schools later or they couldn’t do clubs and sports without having kids into the night.

1point

SeVeRuS sNaPe 1 year ago

I'm sorry, I'm not Severus Snape. But your schools start at 9:00! I'm up here getting my lazy butt down the stairs at 6:30!

1point

Sabrina Bowen 1 year ago

7:30? Damn, I wish my kids school started that late. But the point is to allow them ti.e to work in the afternoons & evenings. If they started later they'd be there til 4 or 5 and unable to work.

1point

Rumina Io 1 year ago

At my school in England the school day was 9 to 15:15.

1point

Tonija Bićanić 1 year ago

Lol, in Croatia school starts at 7:10

0points

Rucsandra Nitu 1 year ago

In Romania starts at 7.30 too.

0points

JHD 1 year ago

New Zealander already saying y'all?

0points

Amanda Hunter 1 year ago

I addressed this with my kid's high school principal, he said they're working on it. My kids now have school kids of their own.

0points

Cooking Panda 1 year ago

Where I live, school starts at 6.30 .😂

0points

Stacia 1 year ago

When I was in school it did start at 7:30 but noticed now it's changing and the kids are starting later an later

0points

Jane Pool 1 year ago

The U.S caters to sports,celebs and politicians. Any thing else takes a back burner in importance. Sad,but true.

0points

Carolina Vieira 1 year ago

Here in Brazil school begins around 07h30 until noon/1pm

0points

No 1 year ago

School starts at 715 and my bus comes 625.. woo-hoo

0points

Aisling Raye 1 year ago

Way "back in the day" my high school started at 0845. We had the option to start at 0730 if we chose to take an early class and get out earlier. This was the 90s in California.

0points

Coolwhip 1 year ago

We get on the bus early but school doesn't start this early.

0points

Lady of the Mountains 1 year ago

I start at 8:30, who starts at 7??

0points

Kim Lorton 1 year ago

Better to start later and finish later.

0points

BasedWang12.7 1 year ago

yoooo... 9!?! That woulda been amazing

0points

Jackie Calisto 1 year ago

In SA our schools open at 7am for drop offs and class starts at 7:35 usually. Pre-primary all through to high school

0points

LovingKnuckle 1 year ago (edited)

Many countries start at 7:30. Here we go…..

0points

LovingKnuckle 1 year ago

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0points

Stich Lover 1 year ago

I once saw a post that said "If adults are so worried about teenagers' sleep then why does school start so early?"

0points

TrippyBanana 1 year ago

My sister and brother went to school in a county in Florida that doesn't have enough busses for the entire school population. So, elementary starts at 7:30, middle started at 9, and high school at 8:30. If I remember right. When I was in school I lived in a rural area and normally got the bus around 7:30 so the route was complete by 8.

0points

David 1 year ago

It gets better when you include bus route pick up times and what time you have to actually get up to get the bus to have the kid at school on time.

0points

Arachnid 1 year ago

my us school starts at 8 55

0points

Id row 1 year ago

Teenagers aren't functioning at 9am either.

0points

... 1 year ago

I live in america and for me school starts at 8 am

0points

Rosie Red 1 year ago

I think in Canada it's 8 or 8:30.

0points

Falcon on Dizzy 1 year ago

I have to wake up at 6 in the fkin morning to go to school...and not be pissed the whole day

0points

Tammie Braggs 1 year ago

I’ California law is no high school can start before 8:30.

0points

Lara Verne 1 year ago

Well, here school start at 8am. Can't say we were functioning, though

0points

Ches Yamada 1 year ago

I had to get up at 6 am to be ready for school. I'm an insomniac and I hated it, made it even worse

0points

The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago

Our district went pretty far with discussing a time change for school hours. The community voted against it even though the research supports later start times. Has everything to do with parent working hours and after-school activities along with how much homework students receive. To most people, it’s more complex than, “Kids need more sleep so let’s start school later.”

0points

Jay Son 1 year ago

Depends on the school. My daughter starts at 8.20.

0points

Leigh 1 year ago

I would had loved to go to school at 6 am. Instead school was 9 to 5 which makes for not much of an evening.

0points

Paul Richards 1 year ago

This criticism is well known, accepted and yet nothing has been done about it

0points

Frank Ropen 1 year ago

Germany start at 07:40

0points

Linden 1 year ago

Does it really? What time does it finish?

0points

Heather Menard 1 year ago

They changed the time high school starts here. It goes middle school elementary then highschool. It starts at 9:30

0points

Rick B. 1 year ago (edited)

I thought school started at 8am

0points

JayWantsACat 1 year ago

"TeEnAGerS aREN't FuncTioNiNg aT 7:30aM"

0points

Pharmaceutical TV Ads

Pharmaceutical TV ads, what the frick is this? Every time that I've gone to watch TV, there have been at least 15 pharmaceutical commercials. There was one that I was watching yesterday that was for an antidepressant. And it was like this video of this woman holding around the sign of a smiley face to her doctor. Now I'm an absolute believer that medication can 100% help. But why are we putting antidepressants on TV? Why are they commercialized? And then there's like a 15-second list of the side effects of this is everything that's going to happen if you're going to take these medications. Why? Why are these TV adverts? Does America know that the rest of the world doesn't do that?

Simon Kadula , Alexander Grey Report

Final score:

191points

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Zephyr343 1 year ago

I hate this too. "It helps with treating the symptoms but side effects include: temporary blindness, bleeding from all orificies, and growth of tentacles"

104points

The Tipping Culture

The Tipping Culture Okay, just trying to get my head around the American minimum wage and tipping situation. So I confirmed that where I'm from, the minimum wage is $21.20. No matter where you are, if you're a waitress, that's the minimum of how much you're earning. I've seen comments on my video being like, some people in America are making like $2.50 an hour. How, how is that legal? Because the thing that I can't comprehend, right, is that when converted, the amount that we're paying for food in the United States when we go out is pretty much the same amount that we are paying here. Where is the money going? Like when we pay for our food here, the waiters, the amount that they're making is covered by what we pay. And in America, we're paying the same amount, but then if we tip on top, where is the money going?

notjazzthornton , Daniel Lobo Report

Final score:

165points

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Cathy Garcia 1 year ago (edited)

In California, the government did something about it. As of January 2023, the minimum wage for all tipped and non-tipped employees is $15.50/hour. That includes waiters/waitresses, cooks, cashiers, sales clerks, office receptionists, cleaning staff, etc. So, the justification for tipping wait- staff in restaurants is gone, in CA. However, that hasn't stopped the demand for tips here.

66points

Target Has Everything You Could Ever Need

Target Has Everything You Could Ever Need This time a good one - Target. Listen, I went in today to buy a hairbrush. Unbeknown to me that Target has everything that you could ever want. Grocery shopping, Target, clothes, Target. All hair/beauty care, Target. Socks, Target, electronics, Target, smoothies and watermelon, Target. You want to know what else I got from Target? Christmas pajamas. Where I'm from in New Zealand, we have nothing like this. Our closest is like, Kmart, and it doesn't even compare. Take all of my money, Target

notjazzthornton , Max Bender Report

Final score:

155points

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Den Ver 1 year ago

The mother ship

56points

Prices Being Displayed Before Tax

Prices Being Displayed Before Tax The fact that when you go to buy something, right, you go up to the counter, the price that is displayed on the tag is not the price that you pay at the counter because taxes are added on after. Now I understand this is like a state-by-state thing but oh my goodness, it took my head a hot minute to get around.

notjazzthornton , Henry & Co. Report

Final score:

155points

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Higgleton 1 year ago

Americans who think it makes sense that I've asked say it's because they want to know the "real" price. Like, if you include the tax, you might somehow be getting conned by the business. I don't get it as a Brit, the price with tax is the price, who cares whether it's tax or not. But that's a cultural difference I guess.

62points

Waiters Taking Your Card To Pay At A Restaurant

Waiters Taking Your Card To Pay At A Restaurant Why is it that when you're at a restaurant or a diner or something like that, and you go to pay for your food, you put the card on the thing and they take your card away from you? They walk away with your card to the back of wherever they are, to put the payment through. Y'all wonder why you have so much fraud. There is no way that at some point when you've done that, someone hasn't taken a photo of your credit card. Like in New Zealand and everywhere else that I've gone, we just pay at the counter or we pay in front of us. We ain't giving our cards to no one. Surely there is a better system for this in the United States. Like I believe 90% of people would be good, but there's got to be someone that has taken photos of people's cards when they go behind. Why are we doing this? Can’t y'all just pay at the front counter?

notjazzthornton , Images Money Report

Final score:

149points

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80 Van 1 year ago

The simple answer is that this just hasn’t been a major problem in the US at this point. If/when it does, the credit card companies will start enforcing new requirements, as they have with other types of merchants.

30points

The Portion Sizes

The Portion Sizes I just ordered room service at my hotel and I ordered a salad with a side of fries. You want to know what I got? This is my salad. This is my fries. I have fries with a side of salad. Look at the size. Look, I ain't mad because I love potatoes. Dang.

Final score:

136points

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K W 1 year ago

This is why I can't wait to be old enough to order from the senior menu. Smaller portions. If it's something yummy I appreciate the extra for leftovers but some stuff doesn't keep and there's so much and it's also rather spendy.

21points

Toilet Stalls Having Gaps In The Doors

Toilet Stalls Having Gaps In The Doors Why is it that almost every public bathroom that I've been in, like airports or shopping malls or anything like that, has such wide gaps in the door? Like on either side of the door, there is a huge gap, and people can just see straight through it. This is from LAX airport where I was yesterday. But this has been a common thing just everywhere that I've gone in the States. I get so sad. Can someone please tell me why this is necessary? And why are the gaps under the door so high? That's all

Final score:

124points

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Barbara Maloney 1 year ago

Apparently to stop people from having sex. But people who have sex in bathrooms are not going to let the gaps stop them. It is also easier to wash the floors.

40points

notjazzthornton , Morgane Perraud Report

The Measuring Systems

The Measuring Systems This one is something that we're all thinking about, I don't think any of us know how to explain your freaking measuring system, the imperial system of measurement. I have never been more confused in my entire life than trying to understand the weather here in America or how much someone weighs or how tall someone is or how far away something is. But I've come to a conclusion. Okay, listen, I think that America likes everything really big and brilliantly large. Okay. When it comes to the weather, when it's freezing for us, and it's really cold, it gets like zero degrees, right? Make sense? Then when it's hot, it's like, kind of 30s, but in America, cold is like what, like 30/40? And hot is way higher. You just want the numbers to be bigger. Same thing with pounds. Everything just could be bigger. Literally, the rest of the world is using the metric system. Come on, fam.

Final score:

108points

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80 Van 1 year ago

I think there is this idea that the US loves the imperial system, but I don’t think any of us really care passionately about it. It’s just hard to make the change when a whole society has been used to doing it one way, and it takes a lot of intentionality to make the change (as many other countries have done). I expect at some point in the future it will happen, it’s just never been made a priority yet.

64points

notjazzthornton , Ralf Steinberger Report

#10

Alcohol Being Sold At CVS

Alcohol Being Sold At CVS We just went to CVS, the pharmacy, to pick up some stuff and I have a question. Why, in the pharmacy, is there a whole aisle of alcohol? Ya’ll sell massive bombs of alcohol at the pharmacy? Like, at the pharmacy. That is not something that we do in New Zealand or anywhere that I've been. Can someone explain, please?

Final score:

108points

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Glen Ellyn 1 year ago

This is dependent on local laws and ordinances. You wouldn't find this in my state.

67points

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#11

People In La Can't Handle Rain

People In La Can't Handle Rain This one, LA, I'm talking to you. I'm in Los Angeles at the moment and it is raining outside. And it is by far one of the most entertaining things watching people in Los Angeles navigate how to work with rain. It's like, you just malfunction like you don't know what to do. Y'all don't know how to drive in the rain, you don't know how to walk in the rain. But this is by far my favorite. Why were like 80% of the people that I saw when I was walking around today, wearing these plastic ponchos? Like, y'all don't own jackets or umbrellas, so everyone's just wearing a plastic poncho. And look, fair enough. It doesn't rain here, so I understand. But you got to know it's really funny. This is like the third time it's rained in LA since I've been here. Please invest in some umbrellas and a raincoat.

Final score:

101points

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all 4 paws 1 year ago

Im from SF bay are and today there was a lightning strike and everyone just stood there like "Wtf was that" and everybody looked so confused 😭

43points

#12

Toothpaste Being Locked Up

Toothpaste Being Locked Up Why is your toothpaste locked away at CVS? What what? What are people doing with toothpaste that requires it to be locked away? And also how come the aisle next to it had alcohol that wasn't locked away but the toothpaste was locked away? But there was like, a couple of toothpaste that wasn't, but like, most of them were. This is in the CVS in New York. And so if you have any insight, please let me know, what are people doing with toothpaste? What? What is going on? Live, laugh, love America.

Final score:

88points

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Den Ver 1 year ago

The toothpaste is locked up so it doesn't escape.

87points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#13

Id Being Required To Buy Nasal Spray

Id Being Required To Buy Nasal Spray As you can probably hear, I'm a little bit stuffed up in my sinuses today. So you know what I did, I went over to Target and I went over to CVS to try and just get some nasal spray. Never in my entire life have I been IDed to get the nasal spray. Like, I was just at the checkout and trying to buy my stuff and this big alert comes up and it's like “Please present your ID”. What are Americans doing with nasal spray that requires you to be IDed? It's also raining outside today and I didn't have my ID on me so I had to go all the way back to the hotel to get my ID to go back to buy nasal spray. Can someone in America please inform me as to why? Why we're not trusting you with a nasal spray?

notjazzthornton , Simon Kadula Report

Final score:

80points

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Den Ver 1 year ago (edited)

Amphetamine abuse is a major drug problem in the United States. ... My complaint is that the replacement ingredients don't work as well as Phenylpropanolamine (and people say there are no 7 syllable words).

61points

notjazzthornton , Satish Krishnamurthy Report

#14

The Obsession With Starbucks

The Obsession With Starbucks Now listen, I couldn't tell you how many trips I've now made to the United States of America. But I can tell you that there are two things that I have discovered that people here go wild over. Now, the first one I discovered yesterday, okay, I was walking down the street in New York City, and I see this line of middle-aged men in suits and the line is very long, it wraps around the side of a building. And I'm like, what is going on? There are like, 35 men in this line. What is happening, right? Actually, I go check it out, because I'm like, what exciting thing is making all of these middle-aged men line up? It was a salad bar, like sweet green, I think. A salad bar has men in suits lining up outside around the corner. I haven't ever seen anything like that. The second thing that makes y'all lose your mind is Starbucks. Someone tell me why, when I went to get my starbies this morning, right on the one just on the corner here, the line went out the door and there were like 50 people in the store waiting for their Starbucks. What do they put in this thing that makes everyone go so hype? Including me.

Final score:

80points

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K W 1 year ago

I lived in the Seattle (where Starbucks originated) area for quite a while and I genuinely dislike it. But to answer the question I think it's because it's consistent no matter where you go so you always know what you're getting. Consistently good? Well that's debatable but coffee and espresso can vary from drinking a connection to the divine to drinking some motor oil cigarette ash tasting thing and everything inbetween so I think people are drinking consistency with Starbucks. Plus the combination of caffeine and uber sugar perks the dopamine.

44points

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#15

Seems Like Everything Can Be Put In A Bag

Seems Like Everything Can Be Put In A Bag You guys figure out a way to put everything in bags. Do people in America really not have enough time to cook their own eggs? What? Why? Why are we putting eggs in a bag? Look, I'm not hurting, it just seems a little bit unnecessary. They also have a bag for like, a whole pickle. And that's the package. Goodness led me to discover sliced pickles in a bag. I tried the whole pickle the other day on my Instagram and everyone was like no, you have to get the slices.

Final score:

68points

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sofacushionfort 1 year ago

Wait until you see Japan

61points

notjazzthornton , Seth Werkheiser Report

#16

The Amount Of Stairs In New York Subway

The Amount Of Stairs In New York Subway New York, this one’s for you. Look, I have been here for the last couple of weeks, right? And I just have a question. The subway. Do New Yorkers have a specific kind of calf leg strength? Like every time you go on the subway. There are like 100 stairs. We’re out here puffing, my asthmatic lungs are not born for New York. Like are you getting trained in school? Is there Subway training on, like, your legs? Are y'all out here with just the killer calf muscles? Please let me know

Final score:

63points

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Robert Trebor 1 year ago

The system was mostly built in the early 20th century. the physical plant is totally outdated, but since any construction project in NYC will cost 5x anywhere else, there is no money for updates. Newer stations have escalators, and elevators are being added whenever the good fairy* comes up with some bucks. *aka the Federal Government

29points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#17

The Shelf Life Of Twinkies

The Shelf Life Of Twinkies Today I'm trying Twinkies. We don't have these in New Zealand, but I've heard a lot about them so I'm going to try them. I've heard that they have a shelf expectancy that's like, longer than my life, so I'm scared. Don't know how I feel about this. What the frick, Americans, why? This isn't it for me.

Final score:

61points

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Den Ver 1 year ago

I've read that the services of a mortician can be delayed a day longer than they once were, because we have more preservatives in our bodies.

16points

#18

These Police Cars In New York

These Police Cars In New York I'm in New York because I have a question. Okay, what is this? And why are there so many of them? This is the most unintimidating cop car I have seen in my entire life. There are so many variations of the mini cars and I can't really imagine a really big tough cop driving in this tiny little car that's literally smaller than a human. Someone, please inform me.

Final score:

57points

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Den Ver 1 year ago (edited)

They are used to ticket parked cars at expired meters. It would be a waste of resources to use a larger more expensive vehicle. ... TRADITIONALLY (meaning years ago), "meter maids" drove these and wrote tickets -- not the, "really big tough cops". ... ps: Don't downvote the meter maid fact, like one Panda did.

108points

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

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Donkeywheel 1 year ago

Stop please stop making articles from random dumb tiktokers. Stop stop stop

91points

Willa L 1 year ago

Great another dumb tiktoker post bashing the US.

47points

Andy Frobig 1 year ago

There isn't a country on the planet that can't be bashed about something. The one thing they all have in common is that they have people, and people do stupid things everywhere.

18points

Winter 1 year ago

I really don't like her. These posts... even if there is some truth to them... just come off as smug.

6points

Becky Samuel 1 year ago

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Donnie Mc00 1 year ago

I Haven't seen an article like this about someone being surprised at various aspects of american culture since the last one a few months ago, and the one before that and the one before that. its lazy repetitive garbage.

43points

Tuna Fish 1 year ago

The worst thing is they all say exactly the same thing. Drug commercials, check. Tipping waitresses, check. Taxes added at register, check. Cracks in bathroom doors, check. Big portions, check. Starbucks, McDonalds, KFC, Oh my god it's the same articles over and over and over. We get it. You're European, you use the metric system, you're rude to strangers, you cook your own eggs. Congratulations. Now come up with something new and stop with the echo chamber already. Be original or gtfo.

0points

Greta Kolding 1 year ago

I can't even be bothered to read this. So fed up with the topic that everything about the US is awful. Does it make everybody else feel good about themselves and their country? I have never been to the US and have no intention to go there, but I think we should stop bullying.

31points

Jessica Specht 1 year ago

@Greta Kolding......Thank you for saying this. From many Americans. We don't like being bullied and ridiculed for things we can't easily or quickly change.

15points

Maltaros 1 year ago

We have our problems and we have to stop pretending we are "#1". However, a lot of these articles seem like they are written just to bash the US.

0points

Becky Samuel 1 year ago

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The Short Lady 1 year ago

When I was young, and the pyramids had that new tomb smell, I did a junior year abroad. In one of my few wise moments, I decided to embrace the difference of being in a different country. I tried to see things as not better or worse, but just different. I think I improved my experience of living in a new place with strange, to me, ways by not making negative comparisons. Now, being older, I might suggest also wondering about how things got to be the way they are, not just condemning them out of hand.

22points

Roman Hans 1 year ago

Thank you! A couple of these entries are actually GOOD but this woman is all, "That's weird! I don't like that!"

8points

Dave M 1 year ago

Yes Yes, we get it. America is so bad and we do everything wrong. That's why we have so many people that immigrate here everyday.

18points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

Y'know, even God took a day off if you believe Genesis.. Could BP maybe do that with "Let's Talk About the USA"? For one thing, out of context, *no* country makes sense to outsiders. Including New Zealand, I'm pretty sure.

18points

Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 1 year ago (edited)

Gasp, the day BoredPanda actually writes something positive about the United States will be the day when pigs fly. I think they automatically get fired or put into the BoredPanda employee gulag if they dare write anything positive about the US. I find it oddly hilarious and ironic since there is a BoredPanda "writer" originally from the U.S.--I wonder how long they'll last.

5points

Jay Son 1 year ago

"the rest of the world doesn't do that", isn't exactly true for all of these. Several also happen in Europe.

18points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

Beat me to it. I've seen a few in Latin America, and while I've not yet been to eastern Asia, my aunt (lived tehre) tells me what you can get in a vending machine is jaw-dropping to an American.

5points

ERIKA H. 1 year ago (edited)

Omg, I'm usually pretty open minded, but all I could think was, "this girl is so abrasive sounding". I don't know if it's that I can't sleep right now and it's 4am, or what. But I just found everything she was complaining about and how she was complaining so annoying.

17points

Andy Frobig 1 year ago

Next on BP: TikToker Makes TikTok About How Annoying Other TikToker Is, #5 Will Blow Your Mind

7points

Richard Ross 1 year ago

Are the mugshots necessary in every single post here 🤔

14points

Steven de Jong 1 year ago

Definitely, the post is, like, completely, like, about her, like.

8points

William Teach 1 year ago

If she's so upset over the way we do things in America, and, apparently, NYC, she's welcome to head elsewhere.

14points

Andy Frobig 1 year ago

NYC doesn't make sense to most Americans, either. That's one of the things I love about it.

8points

Kristin Hale 1 year ago

Wow. Sheltered life for this one, eh?

10points

Debs Bee 1 year ago

Why do these people move to a country they despise?

9points

Andy Frobig 1 year ago

Is there another kind of country? Besides, I think she's just visiting

3points

Candy Cane 1 year ago

As an American myself,, Im usually all for calling Americans out on stupid stuff. Because we do have a lot of it. But most of this list is just... its not stupid stuff. Its just cultural or geographical differences. Why make fun of LA people for not knowing how to deal with rain? Or southern people for not knowing how to deal with ice and snow? And yes, stuff gets stolen, so you lock it up!

7points

Dodo 1 year ago

Sure but locking up the toothpaste and not the alcohol?

0points

Kaniwani 1 year ago

This girl sounds like a snob trying to find reasons to make fun of the US. Such a dumb post.

7points

Kaniwani 1 year ago

Also, she sounds so narrow-minded and dense.

5points

Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago

Never been to NZ, but l'm fairly sure l'd experience a few culture shocks and probably not all of them for the best. These tiktoks are so repetitive.

6points

Brindle Nutter 1 year ago

I really wish tik tok would f!ck off for good

6points

Andy Saputo 1 year ago

Everyone please down vote this "article" (from the main BP page) so it gets buried and maybe eventually they will stop wasting time on them. Also, up vote the articles around it.

6points

Id row 1 year ago

Please just go back to the country you're happy with if you hate it here so much. I'm so tired of these same articles. "I just moved to the US and here's a list of why it's terrible and wrong compared to where I'm from." Just stay in your home country then. We know it's f*cked up here, we don't need you making lists to rub it in.

5points

Hedgielover98 1 year ago

Ugh, clueless millennial, not all the world works the way you want.

5points

Alex J 1 year ago

A small country on one side of the earth is different then a large country on the other side of the earth.

5points

Sponge Blob 1 year ago

Someone discovered America.

5points

Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 1 year ago

Another slow day in the "newsroom", BoredPanda?

4points

Larry XK 1 year ago

Is the term "y'all" really used in NZ? Sounds like she's from the Bible Belt with a fake accent LOL

4points

24 mentally unstable can tabs* 1 year ago

Yeah, we use it in Australia as well

1point

Kendra Miller 1 year ago

This is a list of her experiences and things that surprised her the most. Behind a lot of these, there is history, struggle and nuance. Regardless it was interesting.

4points

N8 Lamphere 1 year ago

Let's not talk about other countries that c**p in holes on the floor, eat questionable foods, have horrible hygiene.. Only try crappin' on the US because they're jealous and it's trendy.

3points

Aaron Rollo 1 year ago

I've read this same list 10 different times from 10 different people.

3points

elsieairhead 1 year ago

Don't bother reading. Some tiktoker looking for attention by taking pictures of strangers without permission. Bored.

3points

Ahmad Faezuddin 1 year ago

I think i've read something like this before few years ago.... But there was 2 new ones, the locked toothpate and the nasal spray. Toothpaste was not even that expensive and not a controlled medicine, why lock it? Nasal spray was the same too. In my coutry , they was just a common common thing in every pharmacy. No locks and no id required to buy them. I know that this just from a random tiktok and most of them already common knowledge but some of it still pique my interest.

1point

R. H. 1 year ago

You sound like what I was thinking when in Europe. Thing is I had the good sense to keep it to myself.

1point

Human #1,232,867 1 year ago

Can we stop publishing TikTok content?

1point

Howl's sleeping castle 1 year ago

M really bored of these US vs rest of world, US vs Europe, europe vs rest of the world article. Especially when they are based on one person's 'i once travelled to a foreign country' experience

1point

Steven de Jong 1 year ago

Like, can you at least not WRITE the word "like"? I'm sure you are immensely annoying to, like, have, like, a spoken conversation with? Like, cut it out.

1point

Myl Ing 1 year ago

I understand everyone has something to say about the USA. BUT PLEASE CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE TOOTHPASTE???

0points

jdtimid123 1 year ago

Also, I notice most of these seem to be LA and New York, like, there's a whole lot more country to America than that, all with its own little bits of culture. But all these posts just lump us all together. It's like going to England and saying all of Europe is exactly like England.

0points

Viv Hart 1 year ago

Really enjoyed this one!

0points

JP Purves 1 year ago

Anyone else just a wee bit tired of the U.S. bashing on Bored Panda? We've seen most of these same criticisms from people the world over, nearly every week here. If the U.S. is such an imperfect hellhole, why is this person, and thousands of others living/working here?

0points

Rose 1 year ago

I'm so glad someone else doesn't get American things. Sure lots of things in lots of countries are strange to those who don't live in them. But please Americans learn to laugh at yourselves. Every country has a funny side (I'm not a European)

0points

Drinking my Covfefe 1 year ago

What a whining b***h. STFU and go back to NZ. We don't go to NZ and b***h about what you do there. You unfortunately will have no respect from Americans after they see your viral video so it may be best you leave.

0points

Drinking my Covfefe 1 year ago (edited)

Does the rest of the world know that Americans don't care whether you do it or not? ***Yawn*** people bitching about EVERYTHING is getting so old🥱🙄

0points

Shannon K 1 year ago

Why is the word 'like' so overused by this woman?

0points

Simba 1 year ago

Some people are professional whingers/whiners-cum-attention seekers which equates to their insecurities and misery about life 🙄👎

0points

FABULOUS1 1 year ago

The weirdest things in my opinion is someone visiting another country and expecting it to not be a culture shock. If everything was the same everywhere why the hell go anywhere. Stay the f*** home. Bored Panda writers love to bash the US, when its as easy as dont bring your a** here. This country is far from perfect but the constant whats wrong with the US bulls*** is annoying

0points

Matthew Cook 1 year ago

America Bad. America Dumb! Stop with this stuff please.

0points

clist414 1 year ago

Ugh, we hate it too! It's frustrating sometimes how our entire cultural system is equated with forces we really have no say over. I agree it's silly and wasteful- I don't think most people in America want this.

0points

Maltaros 1 year ago

Some of these are valid. Some are just clueless or thoughtless. We have to be a lot less willing to take offense at these things but we do really need to see balance, too. They need to send someone to New Zealand and give us an equal shot on them.

0points

Anony Mouse 1 year ago

Bingo! I got repetitive-unoriginal-c**p-on-America post bingo! Same old stuff, but now the center square is low quality TikTok.

0points

Jan Bowyer 1 year ago

Maybe I've not spent enough time on social media, but I found this post entertaining. Everything she mentioned is a legitimate thing to ponder. Lighten up, folks. P.S. Americans notoriously belittle customs in other countries, BTW

0points

Suzy Creamcheese 1 year ago

Why does the rest of the world assume that a) Americans aren't aware that they don't do things the same way we do, and b) that we should care? And please, Millennials, please, stop saying "y'all" every other freaking word. It's annoying as f**k.

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Astarael 1 year ago

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Kipper 1 year ago

It's not all bad here, the internet has a habit of making everything out to be terrible.

1point

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Donkeywheel 1 year ago

Stop please stop making articles from random dumb tiktokers. Stop stop stop

91points

Willa L 1 year ago

Great another dumb tiktoker post bashing the US.

47points

Andy Frobig 1 year ago

There isn't a country on the planet that can't be bashed about something. The one thing they all have in common is that they have people, and people do stupid things everywhere.

18points

Winter 1 year ago

I really don't like her. These posts... even if there is some truth to them... just come off as smug.

6points

Becky Samuel 1 year ago

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Donnie Mc00 1 year ago

43points

Tuna Fish 1 year ago

0points

Greta Kolding 1 year ago

31points

Jessica Specht 1 year ago

@Greta Kolding......Thank you for saying this. From many Americans. We don't like being bullied and ridiculed for things we can't easily or quickly change.

15points

Maltaros 1 year ago

We have our problems and we have to stop pretending we are "#1". However, a lot of these articles seem like they are written just to bash the US.

0points

Becky Samuel 1 year ago

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22points

Roman Hans 1 year ago

Thank you! A couple of these entries are actually GOOD but this woman is all, "That's weird! I don't like that!"

8points

Dave M 1 year ago

Yes Yes, we get it. America is so bad and we do everything wrong. That's why we have so many people that immigrate here everyday.

18points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

18points

Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 1 year ago (edited)

5points

Jay Son 1 year ago

"the rest of the world doesn't do that", isn't exactly true for all of these. Several also happen in Europe.

18points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

Beat me to it. I've seen a few in Latin America, and while I've not yet been to eastern Asia, my aunt (lived tehre) tells me what you can get in a vending machine is jaw-dropping to an American.

5points

ERIKA H. 1 year ago (edited)

17points

Andy Frobig 1 year ago

Next on BP: TikToker Makes TikTok About How Annoying Other TikToker Is, #5 Will Blow Your Mind

7points

Richard Ross 1 year ago

Are the mugshots necessary in every single post here 🤔

14points

Steven de Jong 1 year ago

Definitely, the post is, like, completely, like, about her, like.

8points

William Teach 1 year ago

If she's so upset over the way we do things in America, and, apparently, NYC, she's welcome to head elsewhere.

14points

Andy Frobig 1 year ago

NYC doesn't make sense to most Americans, either. That's one of the things I love about it.

8points

Kristin Hale 1 year ago

Wow. Sheltered life for this one, eh?

10points

Debs Bee 1 year ago

Why do these people move to a country they despise?

9points

Andy Frobig 1 year ago

Is there another kind of country? Besides, I think she's just visiting

3points

Candy Cane 1 year ago

7points

Dodo 1 year ago

Sure but locking up the toothpaste and not the alcohol?

0points

Kaniwani 1 year ago

This girl sounds like a snob trying to find reasons to make fun of the US. Such a dumb post.

7points

Kaniwani 1 year ago

Also, she sounds so narrow-minded and dense.

5points

Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago

Never been to NZ, but l'm fairly sure l'd experience a few culture shocks and probably not all of them for the best. These tiktoks are so repetitive.

6points

Brindle Nutter 1 year ago

I really wish tik tok would f!ck off for good

6points

Andy Saputo 1 year ago

Everyone please down vote this "article" (from the main BP page) so it gets buried and maybe eventually they will stop wasting time on them. Also, up vote the articles around it.

6points

Id row 1 year ago

5points

Hedgielover98 1 year ago

Ugh, clueless millennial, not all the world works the way you want.

5points

Alex J 1 year ago

A small country on one side of the earth is different then a large country on the other side of the earth.

5points

Sponge Blob 1 year ago

Someone discovered America.

5points

Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 1 year ago

Another slow day in the "newsroom", BoredPanda?

4points

Larry XK 1 year ago

Is the term "y'all" really used in NZ? Sounds like she's from the Bible Belt with a fake accent LOL

4points

24 mentally unstable can tabs* 1 year ago

Yeah, we use it in Australia as well

1point

Kendra Miller 1 year ago

This is a list of her experiences and things that surprised her the most. Behind a lot of these, there is history, struggle and nuance. Regardless it was interesting.

4points

N8 Lamphere 1 year ago

Let's not talk about other countries that c**p in holes on the floor, eat questionable foods, have horrible hygiene.. Only try crappin' on the US because they're jealous and it's trendy.

3points

Aaron Rollo 1 year ago

I've read this same list 10 different times from 10 different people.

3points

elsieairhead 1 year ago

Don't bother reading. Some tiktoker looking for attention by taking pictures of strangers without permission. Bored.

3points

Ahmad Faezuddin 1 year ago

1point

R. H. 1 year ago

You sound like what I was thinking when in Europe. Thing is I had the good sense to keep it to myself.

1point

Human #1,232,867 1 year ago

Can we stop publishing TikTok content?

1point

Howl's sleeping castle 1 year ago

M really bored of these US vs rest of world, US vs Europe, europe vs rest of the world article. Especially when they are based on one person's 'i once travelled to a foreign country' experience

1point

Steven de Jong 1 year ago

Like, can you at least not WRITE the word "like"? I'm sure you are immensely annoying to, like, have, like, a spoken conversation with? Like, cut it out.

1point

Myl Ing 1 year ago

I understand everyone has something to say about the USA. BUT PLEASE CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE TOOTHPASTE???

0points

jdtimid123 1 year ago

0points

Viv Hart 1 year ago

Really enjoyed this one!

0points

JP Purves 1 year ago

0points

Rose 1 year ago

0points

Drinking my Covfefe 1 year ago

0points

Drinking my Covfefe 1 year ago (edited)

Does the rest of the world know that Americans don't care whether you do it or not? ***Yawn*** people bitching about EVERYTHING is getting so old🥱🙄

0points

Shannon K 1 year ago

Why is the word 'like' so overused by this woman?

0points

Simba 1 year ago

Some people are professional whingers/whiners-cum-attention seekers which equates to their insecurities and misery about life 🙄👎

0points

FABULOUS1 1 year ago

0points

Matthew Cook 1 year ago

America Bad. America Dumb! Stop with this stuff please.

0points

clist414 1 year ago

0points

Maltaros 1 year ago

0points

Anony Mouse 1 year ago

Bingo! I got repetitive-unoriginal-c**p-on-America post bingo! Same old stuff, but now the center square is low quality TikTok.

0points

Jan Bowyer 1 year ago

0points

Suzy Creamcheese 1 year ago

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Astarael 1 year ago

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Kipper 1 year ago

It's not all bad here, the internet has a habit of making everything out to be terrible.

1point