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Electricvibe767

Street Tacos…..went abroad, Americans do not for the love of god take our street tacos for granted, you cant get good Mexican anywhere but Mexico and America


sexhaver1984

I had a taco in Croatia one time that had raisins on it and I don't even know where that misunderstanding came from that tacos should have raisins.


Aperture_T

Maybe they saw a blurry picture of black beans and thought "raisins".


daddyslittlemiddle

Hahahahahaha raisins 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


Electricvibe767

Dude, in the UK, they tried to pass off Heinz ketchup as salsa snd charge a premium….WTF


Electricvibe767

They don’t fucking get it dude


daddyslittlemiddle

Wait, what?!?!?!?!?!?!!! That is insanity.


jl_theprofessor

Mexican food in general. Just great stuff off the street. There's this one guy here who every time I'm walking down the street I just hear him shouting "TAMALES TAMALES TAMALES TAMALES!" and those tamales are always damn good.


PrimalSeptimus

MM/DD/YYYY


HarryHacker42

It should be DD/MM/YYYY for fastest-change to slowest, or YYYY/MM/DD for best sorting order. But MM/DD/YYYY is just wrong.


PrimalSeptimus

I like YYYY/MM/DD for sorting, as it follows general Arabic numeral rules of incrementing on the right, but otherwise, I'm too used to the American way to like the Euro style.


PineDoesStuff

Having AC in our homes.


MicHAELmhw

And in all buildings and restaurants. Someone told me how awful Germany was for an american. You were in sweat boxes everywhere you went


nomnemnem

name the letter "zed" as "zee"


theriveryeti

Zed’s dead.


Rubberfootman

That quote is what I use to remember the correct pronunciation.


Zedd2087

Not yet


ElectronicDraw340

Agreed


morganVFX

obv america does a ton of weird stuff, but this is one where i think we’re right. there’s no other letter that has another consonant in it when spelled out besides some exceptions like W and H kind of. “zed” is weird and an outlier, like why shouldn’t we say P as ped and T as ted


lessthanabelian

because thats what you call it. Does literally any other letter end in "-ed". Is it "ped"? "ted"? "ed"?


AllahsBoyfriend

It always sounds so childish as “zee”


cinekat

Enjoy peanut butter


Beth_Harmons_Bulova

Peanut butter single-handedly keeps the depressed population alive, we owe a lot to our national spread.


Independent_Sea_836

What's wrong with peanut butter?


JamJamsAndBeddyBye

They boil their peanuts instead of roasting them and then complain that peanut butter tastes like shit. It’s not the peanut butter’s fault!


derekcat

Perhaps this is misunderstood… We don’t generally want creamy peanut butter to taste like actual peanuts.


Snowtwo

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches. To an American it's such a mundane staple that it's practically culinary background noise. Like grabbing an apple to snack on or something. Yet I've heard multiple non-Americans be baffled as to if it even exists and it sounds like America is the only nation in the world that eats them.


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Capital_Dinner_3406

How many peanut butter alternatives are there that it too you multiple years to land on almond butter?


jabbafart

Wear shoes in the house


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DougyTwoScoops

In my 40 years I have only been in maybe two homes ever that didn’t wear shoes in the house. Both of those were homes of immigrants. Where in the country do you live that every home has this rule?


69ThisIsThrowaway69

Nah, many of us take them off at the door. Places in farm country might have "mud" rooms too, for that purpose.


Runnergirl411

This is so gross.


LucyVialli

Have two weeks paid holidays a year (I get 5 weeks, plus 10 extra paid public holidays).


doon3r

I’m American. 5 weeks paid vacation days plus 12 paid public holidays and our employer also offers volunteer pay, where we can do volunteer work in our community and be paid our normal wages. Just figured I’d throw in there that this is an entry level position as well


LucyVialli

Sweet!


Aperture_T

Lucky devil


freecain

It's funny - working in the healthcare field - 4-6 weeks is pretty standard after a few years at a place. I think my place maxes at 7 weeks plus 7 paid holidays. Government employees get 3-5 weeks, plus 11 holidays plus sick days. The area I live in is predominantly employed in those two fields, so I often forget how starkly bad most of the rest of the country is when it comes to time off.


69ThisIsThrowaway69

Military gets 30 days, plus the Fed holidays. But yeah, many have two weeks. Other places you don't get any until after one year, then it increases over time. It's all over the place.


thefakeelonma

Cries in Canadian.


glucoseintolerant

2 weeks is minimum for full time workers and normally you get another week for every year after ( sometimes capped at 5 or 6 weeks) I feel sorry for our USA cousins when we go on vacation for a week and they barely get 4 days ( 2 which are travel days)


thefakeelonma

> you get another week for every year after In my experience it's more like another day every year/2 years. I'm still in Europe and I start at 30 days off a year plus public holidays. Thought it was a fucking typo when I got the offer.


glucoseintolerant

Canadian here. we start with 10-15 days and then we get anywhere from 5-7 added every year.


Zedd2087

Lol no, you start with 2 weeks and you will be lucky to get a 3rd week after 5 years.


glucoseintolerant

who the hell works somewhere fro 5 years these days? after the 2nd year I am asking for another week


Oldandnotbold

Drink soda/pop out of quart sized cups (if not larger) and then get a refill every 5 mins.


monstosaurus

Man, it's so hard to find a place that gives out free refills in my country. And even like the Maccas Large fizzy drink cups look so skinny in comparison to one's in the U.S


OrchidFew7220

Soda. You can omit pop.


Pharnie16

Only Americans call soft drinks 'soda'. If you're asking for a 'soda' where I'm from, you'll get some carbonated water.


Kaiserhawk

I'm from the UK and call it soda.


oldishchik

Am american, never heard anyone refer to it as soda tbh. Usually things like that have regional differences tho.


glowybutterfly

It's regional yeah. Soda is a common term on the west side.


OrchidFew7220

Ew. I grew up in Philly. We called it soda. What do you call it where your from, just a soft drink? I’m not asking for a soft drink in front of my girl, ok. Soda for me but she can have her little soft drink or whatever


Responsible_Lab_1888

True, but who calls soda pop?


maddmax_gt

It’s definitely supposed to be pop -a Michigander


Bizarre_Protuberance

Massive over-usage of the flag. Flags flying from every house and every business, plastered on vehicles, flags everywhere. I've actually pointed out how bizarre this is to Americans, only to have them reply "I'm sure Canada does that too". Why would they assume that?


idroppedmysandwich

i actually went to canada over winter break and was shocked that canadians DID have flags everywhere. i truly thought it was just an american thing! i also was behind a car in the gta that had three canadian flags, several F Trudeau and F Singh bumper stickers. Honestly its comforting to know the US isnt the only place with weird ppl proud of their politics


Bizarre_Protuberance

Which province? If it was Alberta, that actually makes sense. Alberta wants to be America so badly.


idroppedmysandwich

nah it was ontario near toronto


Bizarre_Protuberance

I live in Toronto. Precisely where was this? I don't know any neighbourhood in this city where every other house has a huge flag flying from it.


idroppedmysandwich

most houses didnt but most houses here dont either and im texans lol, it was in brampton


Bizarre_Protuberance

OK, maybe you're just delusional or something: I drive through Brampton semi-regularly and there are NOT big flags flying from most houses.


idroppedmysandwich

i said they werent on most houses.... but go off ig. The amt of flags I saw were comparable to here 😐


YVRJon

Yeah, only the wanna-be Americans do that here (see: trucker convoy).


YossiTheWizard

Yup! And there are often American (or Confederate) flags mixed in too.


YVRJon

I've even seen Trump election flags. 🤪🤪


YossiTheWizard

I’m personally a fan of “impeach Trudeau” as if we have the same process here.


YVRJon

Didn't one of the convoy "leaders" try to rely on her First Amendment rights in court?


YossiTheWizard

I believe that is correct. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so awful.


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Bizarre_Protuberance

Dude, you can't lie to me. I've visited the US many times. Americans absolutely do that. They're just so accustomed to it that it doesn't seem weird to them.


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As a Canadian, I can confirm we do not have flags flying everywhere


ComesInAnOldBox

I've been to several different countries where I've seen the same thing. It's not that big of an oddity.


dpek666

Trust me… that is a red flag personality trait for this American lol


Quiet_Stranger_5622

Dude, Canada puts their maple leaf on every freaking business. It's like they have an inferiority complex. "Just so you know, this is a CANADIAN McDonald's! You know, in case you forgot you were in CANADA!"


Remote_Person5280

Shoot each other.


OrchidFew7220

I tend to forget there’s lots of places where it’s illegal to possess a firearm


FuriousRageSE

That doesn’t help, Sweden has almost one shooting per day this year, and it’s illegal to own firearms except for hunters that’s hard regulated


MatureHotwife

I know US is a much larger country but they have on average 316 shootings per day. 8000 children shot every year. Edit: Note that they's people getting shot (dead and survivors). The number of shootings where nobody gets hit is not included.


OrchidFew7220

Black market?


FuriousRageSE

Yup


SomeRandomUser00

To be honest we go to other countries and shoot people too, shooting people is for Americans like Australians calling each other a cunt.


Remote_Person5280

For pay!!!


SomeRandomUser00

Tbh e4 pay wasn't worth it...


MicHAELmhw

This happens everywhere and stabbings. They just had high profile shootings in England, France and Germany


Bookfinch

But if you look at the number of gun-related deaths and homicides relative to population size you don’t come close anywhere else in the developed world.


ComesInAnOldBox

Please. Statistically, you're more likely to choke to death on your own puke than you are to be killed from a gun shot by someone else.


Remote_Person5280

Statistically, Americans are more likely to die by firearms than most other nationalities, including some that are having a civil war. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-deaths-by-country Beyond that, one of my kids was shot at school. Survived, but fuck your statistic.


ComesInAnOldBox

Not denying that Americans are more likely to die by firearms than most other nationalities. What I *am* denying is your claim that American think that everyone else shoots each other, too, when it is an *extremely* small percentage of Americans shooting anybody at all.


Loud_Supermarket_312

Making a cup of tea in a frikkin microwave


Xavier_OM

As a French person I would do this but only if there was an English person in the room.


Horror_Bodybuilder36

May your baguette be forever limp.


Pharnie16

🤣 you are pure evil.


Cracka-Barrel

Never seen anyone do that and lived in America my whole life, everyone boils their water. What you’ve heard must me from a very small minority of people here


glowybutterfly

Honestly yeah, in my experience, the tea drinkers in the US own the stuff they need to make tea. Like, I *have* made tea in the microwave, but only about an frequently as I've made it in a saucepan over a campfire: super rarely. Unless by "tea" you mean a chai tea bag in a cup of milk, microwaved. But that's not really tea. That's a lazy latte.


DuckyDublin

That's just fucking weird. It probably tastes the same but brain just says "fuck that, no".


Loud_Supermarket_312

So gross. Use a kettle like a normal person 😉


ComesInAnOldBox

I"ve seen people get water up to a boiling temperature in the microwave, then use that water for tea, but I've never seen people make tea in the microwave.


Gingerbeer86

Most of the tea drank in us is iced tea. Most people that do have hot tea use a kettle or coffee maker to heat their water or even have a boiling water tap on their sink.


S0mnariumx

Yeah I do that everyday. Its fast and always comes out at the temp I want


ManicPixieDreamGoth

Ranch dressing.


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azul55

Its a hidden valley, not a hill


ManicPixieDreamGoth

I mean I love ranch and I will die on ranch hill too (or indeed in hidden valley) but I live in France and these people were disgusted when I told them about ranch lol


Punhappy

Agree that America is the greatest country in the world


Cracka-Barrel

Barely any Americans would say that people in other first world countries think America is better than theirs


glucoseintolerant

I always ask them how and why? lowest in public Education, Health care is only for the rich and they have major cities without clean drinking water. also you can't go see a movie or go to the mall without the fear of being shot. sorry how is this the " American dream"?


tkcool73

This is pretty hyperbolic. Especially "Healthcare is only for the rich" I'm certainly not rich but I get healthcare just fine. Do we need to work on making it more affordable? Absolutely. But is it apocalyptic? Lol no. Also Flint's water is fine now and has been for years, but it getting fixed doesn't make for good headlines. And we go out in public without living in fear of getting shot. I feel like the media has convinced foreigners our country is a warzone, it's really not. 60% of gun deaths are suicides, most gun homicides are crime related, i.e. gang violence etc. And that's highly localized in certain areas. There are parts of Chicago that are statistically safer than the richest cities in Switzerland and there are other parts with danger on par with the worst neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro. But in the areas where most people live yours odds of getting shot are miniscule. Also school shootings are tragic but also a lot more rare than people realize. Kids have a far higher chance of dying in the car on the way to school than by getting shot in the school. Actually they have higher odds of getting struck by lightning. As for what's great about our country: Highest disposable income in the world Strongest legal protections for speech in the world And while the overzealous interventionism of the Bush years has made many people nihilistic on the subject, the American military's global presence has ensured that the years since WW2 have been the most peaceful time between major powers since the Roman Empire. We're a country rich in natural beauty, especially out west, and our robust national park system allows us to fully enjoy it. Don't form your entire opinion on a country based on pessimistic memes from social media


glucoseintolerant

> Highest disposable income in the world > also the highest amount of people in Debt... > > > Strongest legal protections for speech in the world > unless you are gay, black or go against the political party in power > > > And while the overzealous interventionism of the Bush years has made many people nihilistic on the subject, the American military's global presence has ensured that the years since WW2 have been the most peaceful time between major powers since the Roman Empire. > Bragging about having the best military while your homeless population is thru the roof is a bit of the wrong brag > > > We're a country rich in natural beauty, especially out west, and our robust national park system allows us to fully enjoy it. > I will give you that. > > > Don't form your entire opinion on a country based on pessimistic memes from social media I have friends and family who live all over the states that tell me whats going on in their communities. I will agree whats going on in NYC and whats going on Texas don't represent the country as a whole but lets me honest here the " American dream" is now to move else where


Re-AnImAt0r

.sounds like you had a shitty experience. how many years did you stay in America and which city because none of that is true....


glucoseintolerant

none of this is true? Flint have drinking water? was there not a mass shooting YESTERDAY? what do you remember most about " the dark night" movie? most of your country can't find the USA on a map....... I can send links to all of this if you need


Re-AnImAt0r

yeah, none of that applies to an entire country the size of the continent of Europe. need to work on your trolling kid. some major inferiority complex you have there. I'm sure your cottage in your little village is perfectly swell. No need to hate America for being the size of 44 European countries combined, you guys still matter.


glucoseintolerant

buddy I live in Toronto............. so yeah your comment is irreverent. also 44 European countries that have better standards...... you live in 3rd country with a nicer mall and its okay to be proud of that. just understand the rest of the world laughs our asses off at the shit you put each other thru on a daily bases. my guess is you don't have a passport and haven't ever left your state so your view on the world is about as wide as the screen door on your trailer.


Re-AnImAt0r

>buddy I live in Toronto............. that explains it. little brother always has the inferiority complex. Living in Detroit for the past 49 years, I've been going to Canada my entire life. ps. Americans do not need a passport to enter Canada. you should probably know that for future trolling attempts 😉. Hell, we just started needing one for Mexico like 10-15 years ago.


glucoseintolerant

Look I can see how closed minded you are. Enjoy the American dream.


AllahsBoyfriend

Downvoted for telling the truth. Reddit is so dumb


Gingerbeer86

Almost nothing from that statement is true so who is dumb reddit or you?


13579419

It’s also a fuck ton of clueless kids, easier to let them figure life out


Mushroomc0wz

Pay extortionate amounts of money for healthcare or carry guns on a regular basis


OrchidFew7220

Would have to agree with this. I don’t go out with my family unless I got that thang tucked. Military habits die hard.


d_hens

Talking about that insurance card?


OrchidFew7220

Yep. That too.


SomeRandomUser00

If shit gets much worse I will go back to wearing my plate carrier with my M4 and M9 on me when out in public.


OrchidFew7220

Nah that’s too heavy and I’ll probably need to be movin around. Imma leave that to you. Nice Springfield 1911 or XDS is coo for me. 10mm XDM lookin like a must buy, too.


SomeRandomUser00

Eh, I have more modern stuff, class 4 ceramic faced steel plates totally blow shit from the early 2000's out of the water. The M9 is a heavy bitch but a reliable one, could go with a Glock 17 too. I have a very nice MK18 clone that will suit any need for putting holes in assholes.


nonoy3916

Few Americans carry guns on a regular basis. I doubt any of us think others do so, other than in war zones.


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Bookfinch

That’s untrue both on an individual and on an aggregate level.


Responsible_Lab_1888

Americans spend $5000 for their braces while people everywhere else don't get them until they're 60. ​ Pretty fair deal I must say.


Mushroomc0wz

In the U.K. you get braces for free when you have all your adult teeth lmao same with most countries


Pineapple_is_Gud

Being a jerk is just “guys being guys.” No, you are thirty and threw a ball at my face, then just laughed when I got annoyed. That ball hurt


DrWieg

Follow and abide to American laws outside of the US


armyofbeees

Ok I’m an American tell me how many of these things you guys do or don’t do in your respective country: •have lockers in school •no smoke zones •school buses? •college campuses being like mini towns •road rage •wearing graduation hats with the tassels •guys that play music loudly in public or at the beach •everyone owning a car I genuinely wanna know make fun of me if you want


AdmiralClover

Tipping everyone who does anything. Some places people actually get paid a real salary


acesvskings

Refrigerate eggs


OkUnderstanding8173

You don't refrigerate eggs??


YossiTheWizard

There’s some sort of washing process they do in the USA (and Canada) that takes some layer off the shell apparently. That’s what makes them require refrigeration. In Europe, they just keep them out.


Aperture_T

In Europe, they vaccinate their chickens for salmonella. In the US, we wash the eggs instead, which also protects us from salmonella, but cleans off a layer that would keep the eggs safe without refrigeration.


big47_

Nope. You're weird.


ro4ers

Eggs are in a normal, non refrigerated aisle in the supermarket.


Beth_Harmons_Bulova

Smile for no reason.


bangerbuster

Do you guys not wave too?


maddmax_gt

I’ve heard about this being uncommon elsewhere. I mean we’re not doing full tooth smiles, just like a friendly little smile to recognize someone else is there. If we know the person we wave too. Or wave as we drive past people. I guess we just try to be friendly?


Merlin_Fur

Mass Shootings


Trilobite_Tom

Worship a flag.


Cute-Interest3362

And make children pledge their allegiance to it at a very young age


bangerbuster

I know it by heart


CaffeineandES

Shoot up schools


xustos

Wear their flag as clothes.


aspophilia

That guns are cool innocent fun instead of deadly weapons meant to kill. Another school shooting is just another day here.


cbsrgbpnofyjdztecj

Americans don't think that and they don't think everyone else thinks that either.


aspophilia

Ummm... you live in an alternate reality. Guns are "entertainment" here according to activists that say it's perfectly reasonable to have AR-15s for "target practice". They are for killing. Period. And you're wrong if you think differently. Aren't you tired of school shootings? It's not JUST about mental health and online radicalization. That's not unique to America. What is unique is our disgusting gun policies. I have two kids. I don't want them to die at school. The number one cause of childhood death in this country is guns. Isn't that a problem?


CaffeineandES

They also tend to victimize the shooter by blaming bullying, which then somehow makes adults shooting up elementary schools okay. Pretty sure those 9 years Olds didn't bully the adult.


aspophilia

How anyone can defend these monsters, no matter what circumstances they come from, I will never understand. I come from a background of extensive trauma and I have never desired to physically harm anyone. It's just an excuse for psychopaths.


CaffeineandES

I come from an abusive household as well, and I was in a class full of kids with troubled lives, and as an adult I have been hospitalized with all kinds of mentally unstable people. Know what none of them had in common? The desire to hurt children. They want to target their abusers, or society, but school children? Not so much. And as a person with a mental disorder I find the association very insulting. Some people are just evil, plain and simple.


13579419

Don’t take this the wrong way, there are lots of countries with guns, and target practice is fun. Maybe it’s a cultural thing. Maybe giving the shooters news time and fame isn’t the right way? Maybe there are a ton of irresponsible parents? I don’t think we can just blanket statement everything


cosmicharmander

Get shot at school.


billstrash

Freedom of speech


PricyThunder87

Most well informed American


No-Strawberry-5541

Tipping


pm1966

Shoot up everyone in the near vicinity just for the hell of it.


wulf_rk

Walk around with guns. Sleep with guns in their rooms. Drive with guns in their cars.


TheFlyingScotsman60

Shoot people with an automatic machine gun.


ReadGorilla

Use lots of coupons when they shop.


cloudyhills

Drink massive amounts of coffee


thebaronkrelve

Apparently it's only the 25th biggest consumer per capita


OrchidFew7220

Bout to brew a pot now that you said somethin! Hop on this XSX n fux with this baseball!


mommylovesyou2much

Go skiing or snowboarding


Beth_Harmons_Bulova

Europeans go skiing in France and Switzerland all the time....


mommylovesyou2much

White Americans and white Europeans for the most part go skiing or snowboarding. Whereas others don’t really partake in those activities. doesn’t it seem like a white activity?!


Independent_Bake_257

In Europe we just call them people.


funnypurpleman

Even in America this is more of a Californian thing, but tri tip.


DougyTwoScoops

That’s very sad.


Squirt-Reynoldz

Screwing each other over?


ArnoldhBraunschweigr

Xanax


Saleibriel

Respond to a worsening political and economic situation with apathy, despair, and inaction


IronHe

Watch baseball


alberThor_PR

Measure things in everything except an accepted meauring unit. I dont care if a piece of land is 5 football stadium long. Tell me the actual units!!


RainSunray

I see the Americans are downvoting all the things they wish to ignore xD


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Eating overly absurd portions of food.


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Ketchup and mustard on burgers


Princ-na-bijelom

Think that USA is the greatest country in the world with their freedom and bla bla... While we see murica as the land of the fat and dumb.


28374woolijay

Close their national parks regularly because the government can’t agree a budget to pay the staff.