Ahhh, here’s a classic.
@timecaptales asked, “Non-Americans who have been to the US: What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don’t realize is weird?”
Here’s what people said:
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First off, the GAP:
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The whole “month – date – year” format thing
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“Everything is about money”
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When [some] Americans call it “the greatest country in the world”
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Fake niceness
6.
How high our toilet bowl water level is
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“The guns”
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The fact that the listed price on items pretty much never includes tax
9.
The amount of people that fly the American flag outside of their homes
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“A small soda is the size of a large soda back home”
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How Americans can usually only change/get health insurance twice a year unless they have a major “life event”
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This sign:
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“How quickly someone tells you their political affiliation”
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Tipping culture is out of control
15.
Our wild pharmaceutical ads
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People loudly burping in public
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People talk REALLY loudly
18.
No trains
19.
How mean TSA is in airports
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Pennies
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The way Americans are always smiling at strangers
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“People telling you their whole life story after they say hello”
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Pre-cut veggies
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American obsession with ancestry
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The size of our coffees
26.
The way we have a World Series for sports that only a few countries participate in
27.
“Doing your own taxes”
28.
Not using the emergency brake on when you park
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When you open up a tab at a bar and they take your credit card
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Sugar in bread (and just about everything)
31.
Excessive air conditioning
32.
Roadside signs for lawyers
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And obviously Fahrenheit
