ITT: Americanisms that baffle you

>wearing shoes inside the house

fasle

>wearing hats inside the house

false

>circumcision

not me

>smiling at strangers

slavs don't know what it is to be a happy people

>paying for visiting a doctor

paying for services rendered is such a crime

>paying for stationary studies

see above

>fraternities/sororities

fraternal organizations are nothing new to your continent, surely

>90000 denominations of christianity

your continent is to thank for that

>every fifth person is Jewish

false, although many again are here because of your continent

>the whole election process (takes 2 years for a fucking 4 year term and no direct voting)

the only direct democracy is switzerland, and we certainly do vote directly upon things in our own locality, why not long ago it was that I vote in a referendum to halt measures that allow for new residences to be built in my quiet and quaint region

>>78877110
>circumcision
That's not even strictly american

>Fascination with bacon

>>78877300

what the fuck are you on with my continent I'm from Poland and those things baffle me

probably some of them won't baffle people from other European countries
we only have one denomination of Christianity, no frats or sors so it baffles ME

>>78877406

I guess you missed your history classes?

>>78877110
>you can only choose two parties to vote for

>>78877464
Actually you can choose from a wide variety, it's just that there are only two with a large enough support base
heck, Utah had a chance at going towards one of the smaller parties

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>>78877110
Legal and actively practiced gerrymandering.

>>78877438
who the fuck cares why you have those things

We don't have them in Poland so THEY BAFFLE ME

>>78877550
only legitimate criticism so far

>>78877584
you genuinely seem like a rockhead'd polak

>>78877584
History classes, or Jews?

>>78877664

I'm willing to be classes

>>78877637

those are not criticisms you fucking absolute down syndrome mental asylum retard fatso
those are BAFFLING things regardless whether they're right or wrong
>>78877664
niggers

>>78877683

*bet

>>78877698
there's nothing baffling about them, you're simply criticizing

name one thing that you understand the context of and still remains baffling to you

>>78877584
Being from a country who's greatest invention is the perogie BAFFLES me
I'm going to start a thread about it

>>78877722

bet they used on your ancestors in nigger pit fights

>>78877733
lmao who cares you can change all those things but you seem to be okay with them and that's what baffles me

>>78877300
kys Reddit.

>>78877300
>fraternal organizations are nothing new to your continent, surely
ive never heard of it

>>78877787

actually, some of my ancestors and some of yours met not long ago :D

>>78877820

you lot are the most annoying to crop on this site in some time

you're literally retarded, and a new-friend

>boling water in the microwave
>assuming all politics works like it does in Burgerland and accusing someone of supporting whatever american politician they don't like
>deep frying stuff
>saying they went on vacation to "Europe"
>talking to strangers in public

coming to a bar in montreal and then droning on about their kansas state senators and blue cross blue shield and college football rings
saying "yep" and "uh huh" instead of "you're welcome"
calling a toque a "toboggan"
wearing shoes inside
elections that last for two years
hardly anywhere in the states accepts debit

>Pouring the absolute worst pints on earth
>Never putting politics aside ever
>The national anthem being sung at every sporting event
>Baseball caps
>No concept of fashion whatsoever outside of people with money (even poorfags in other countries dress at least semi respectable)

the amount of cargo pants

>>78877110
>thinking calling a black man 'boy' is somehow racist.
seriously americunts explain this shit to me.

>>78878060

>boling water in the microwave

I'm shocked you would do this when electric kettles exist in abundance, or any range surface, although, it still will get the job done

>assuming all politics works like it does in Burgerland and accusing someone of supporting whatever american politician they don't like

in general I don't know how foreign politics are, I am annoyed at how many foreigners present their opinions on my own though

>deep frying stuff

this is not at all common outside of restaurants and outdoor stands

>saying they went on vacation to "Europe"

there is nothing at all wrong with this, since it's like saying I went on vacation on the other side of the planet

>talking to strangers in public

yes, people exist, sometimes there may even be circumstances where you interact with them

>>78878060
>boling water in the microwave
legitimate complaint, but it's often a quick way for boiling water for instant noodles and stuff, but then agaiin electric kettles exist
>assuming all politics works like it does in Burgerland and accusing someone of supporting whatever american politician they don't like
don't understand people like this either tbqh
>deep frying stuff
fat cunts from dixie
>saying they went on vacation to "Europe"
don't know anyone who says this, they usually specify the speific country, i.e germany, france, etc
>talking to strangers in public
no one does this except if they're asking for the time or the like

>>78878226
>there is nothing at all wrong with this, since it's like saying I went on vacation on the other side of the planet
you wouldnt say that though, you would say where you actually went.

>>78877300
holy reddit spacing

>>78878224

I don't get it either

I suppose it's a regional derisive practice from 50 years ago that reactionary people try to force upon the rest of the nation as a faux pas

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>>78878226
>there is nothing at all wrong with this

>>78878285

since europe is a continent I don't see issue with telling people you went there, since it isn't our own continent

>>78877307
>>circumcision
>That's not even strictly american
Christian/Atheist circumcision seems to be an American invention. It's also common in places strongly influenced by Americans (like South Korea). The only other places that do it en mass are Islamic countries and Israel.

>>78878117
>coming to a bar in montreal and then droning on about their kansas state senators and blue cross blue shield and college football rings
sports fans for you
>saying "yep" and "uh huh" instead of "you're welcome"
rude assholes in particular, cherrypicking tbqh
>calling a toque a "toboggan"
regional thing, mostly midwestern
>wearing shoes inside
no one does this if theres carpets inside
>elections that last for two years
(You)
>hardly anywhere in the states accepts debit
that's a hot load of bullshit and you know it.

>>78878117
>hardly anywhere in the states accepts debit
what the fuck?
really?
why not?

>>78877110
>stationary studies

wot

>>78878210
I like shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear!

>>78878368

it was a practice largely inspired by the belief that it stunts the desire for masturbation

thankfully I'm a roman catholic, and this doesn't affect me

>>78878353
>England, Hungary and Italy are all part of this homogeneous mass by the name of "Europe"
americans everyone

>>78878377
>>78878387
Last time I was down four years ago half the places I went to didn't accept debit. It may be different now but Canada's been ahead of the US in that for a long time.

>>78878387

he's full of shit, I use debit everywhere, there are some places that don't though, there is a small percentage fee on retailers to use the system with the banks for customer purchases

>>78878451
zero store's I've been to in the past have not accepted debit. what kind of shops in a backwater shithole were you going to?

>Stripping away the right to vote is a form of legal punishment.
Baffles me beyond belief. A country in which not all citizens are allowed to vote is by definition not a democracy.

>>78878429

you should try thinking you yokel

>>78878451

what a cahracteristically smug cana

>oversized clothes

>climbing up onto the roof to cry when sad
>special shoes they wear in the shower
>can't drink until 21
>those electric scooter things they ride around in at walmart
>tipping
>state enforced homosexuality

>>78878353
so if you visit uzbekistan you would just tell people you went to asia?

>>78877110
>Europeanisms that baffle you
Simultaneously disliking Americans while also being completely and utterly obsessed with them.

>>78878528
first off
(you)
now piss off

>>78878502
I drove from Quebec to Clearwater Florida

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>>78878528
>climbing up onto the roof to cry when sad

>>78878387
It's not true at all. Nearly everywhere that accepts any form of card payment will take credit or debit.

>>78877110
We have fraternities too tho.

>>78878502

some elderly people don't change their business model to support it, particularly if they aren't high volume to begin with

there is a bookstore in my town for instance that will only accept cash or check, it's ran by a retired professor

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>in America "cunt" is seen as a very severe swear word (somehow worse than "fuck")
>tfw calling people "cunt"

>>78878387
from my personal experience all large towns/cities accept debit. rural areas never seem to though, at least compared to western europe where there is pretty much nowhere that doesnt accept debit anymore.

>wrestling in general
>private schools where you don't actually learn anything
>baseball hats
>their love for chicken
>those scooters
>big shops that work like a single brand mall ie Wallmart

>>78878606
I call people cunt all the time, I see nothing wrong with it

>>78878557
>Having a special interest for the most influental country in modern culture and current global politics
Like that wasn't reasonable.

>>78877110
>tipping
>stupidly high age of consent

>>78878617
forgot
>tipping and getting in a hissy when not tipped enough

>>78878636
I've noticed some people are really offended by it for some reason.

>>78878394
He's just translated the Polish word directly.
"Studia stacjonarne" means you're studying during the daytime and they're free. They have much higher admission standards than non-stationary studies, which are split into two variants where you either have your lectures in the evenings or a huge block during the weekend. They're paid and are chosen by two groups of people - those who already have an ok full time job they don't want to lose and retards who couldn't get the necessary exam results to get into the daytime variant but have parents rich enough to pay for their worthless diploma.

>>78878117
>hardly anywhere in the states accepts debit
Not true, I pretty much only use debit, paper money is like a thing of the past for me.

>>78878060
That's just Texas

>>78878224
That would require us to understand it

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Why do Americans do things?

>>78877110
I have never been to the USA, so I don't have that many first hand experiences with Americans. But I think the biggest culture shock I've ever experienced regarding the US, is the George Tsunis case which made headlines in Norway a few years ago.

He was chosen as the American ambassador to Norway during the Obama administration, despite being uterly incompetent, and didn't really seem to know anything about our country at all.
Insulting as that may be, it was the notion that one could simply buy one self into politics with money that shocked me. All western countries are plutocratic to some extent, but being able to simply purchase positions like that through campaign funding is something I had no idea was even remotely possible in any western country.

>>78878617
Only 2 of these things are strictly American.

>>78877110
>wearing shoes inside the house
only happens because people don't know if it's polite to take their shoes off or not inside the nice. getting too comfy etc. depends on the person
>wearing hats inside the house
depends on the person
>circumcision
pretty much all anglo nations did it at one point. only continues because it's been around so long. happened to me, not bothered much by it though
>smiling at strangers
so?
>paying for visiting a doctor
you pay for any other service sooo?
>paying for stationary studies
ok?
>fraternities/sororities
don't have to join them, creates a bond between groups of people
>90000 denominations of christianity
wut
>every fifth person is Jewish
wut
>the whole election process (takes 2 years for a fucking 4 year term and no direct voting)
so?

do you guys bitch about everything?

>>78878536

it's kind of autistic to fixate on the idea of someone referring to europe rather than rattle off all the nations that they went through on their grand tour

no one goes to just one nation when they say they are vacationing in europe

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>be American

>>78878606
I love doing this just because it's so harsh here.

>>78878716
>inside the nice.
fuck i meant house. wtf

>>78878706
>wrestling in general
>baseball thing
>those scooters
>big shops that work like a single brand mall ie Wallmart
>not all american

>>78878617
>>wrestling in general
sports fags
>>private schools where you don't actually learn anything
privitisation of education
>>baseball hats
just a hat
>>their love for chicken
cheap and relatively easy to acquire compared to other meats
>>those scooters
for lardasses too lazy to walk themselves or disabled people, i.e elderly people
>>big shops that work like a single brand mall ie Wallmart
capitalisms
>>78878666
>>tipping and getting in a hissy when not tipped enough
because wageslave waitors and waitresses are underpaid so they rely on tips in order to get full pay, kind of a jewish incentive to work harder, although i'm not sure why people tip anyways
t. never tips

>>78878617
>wrestling in general
I don't understand the draw in wrestling

>private schools where you don't actually learn anything
This is on a school by school basis

>baseball hats
They help keep the sun out of our eyes

>their love for chicken
Chicken tastes nice

>those scooters
That's because we have too many fat fucks

>big shops that work like a single brand mall ie Wallmart
Consumerism

>>78878716
>circumcision
>pretty much all anglo nations did it at one point
nope

Their obsession for the military desu

>>78878798
Best in the world.

>>78878798
Blame rednecks

>>78878788
>Chicken tastes nice
it tastes dry as fuck no matter how you cook it

>>78878617

private schools where you don't actually learn anything?

that makes no sense, what do you even think you're talking about

>>78878789
yes, you guys did it, australians did it (still do to some degree), canadians did it. south africans did it etc etc. nice job to only takeaway that from one i said though. seems people gravitate towards dick conversation instead of anything else

>>78878844
art schools and liberal arts collages mostly

>be burger
>wasn't circumcised at birth
feels good desu

>>78878798
>every nation hates us
>"yo whats the deal with them obsessing over military? lol xD"

>>78878798

you're one to talk, your president enters paris at the head of a military column after his election

>>78878831
Trust me, it's better that way, I've had moist chicken...
never again

>>78878868

as if schools for artisans don't exist in europe?

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>studying abroad in the US
>goes to uni restaurant
>100000 options of food
>ohboythisisheaven.jpg
>fruits and vegetables look shiny and perfect
>fruits are not tasty
>salad tastes like plastic

Btw, can someone explain to me how the fruits and vegetables are cultivated in the US? Is there any genetic-black-magic involved? They all look perfect but taste like... nothing

>fries, burgers and pizza are served every day and there are people who would eat it almost every day
>a lot of people are above 1.90m and are buffed as fuuuugg (mostly black and white ppl)
>a girl would walk through the campus every day with a fucking panda costume AND NO ONE WOULD CARE
>a guy would walk through the campus with a fucking katana AND NO ONE WOULD EVEN LOOK AT HIM

This is the american dream, right? Everyone minding their own business and being free to be whatever they want. I think I like that.
Anyway, continuing:

>everything is cheap as fugg
>seriosuly, if it's not related to health or education, it certainly is almost for free, it's mind blowing
>people with shitty jobs can earn a reasonable amount of money
>mustangs, cammaros and challengers every-fucking-where, they're also cheap apparently
>black people apparently speak another dialect
>heavy drugs are more common (heroin, cocaine, etc) than I thought, in fact, the first time I saw someone snorting cocaine was in the US
>a lot of good looking people
>fat people would use those electric little cars to buy things on walmart (this baffles me a lot)
>people enjoy "football" just like we enjoy "soccer" here
>muricans are pretty generous and nice overall, they're not savages as I thought they were

There are so many things, but that's what baffles me the most.

God bless 'murca.

>>78878917
we don't get put in crippeling dept over it tho

>>78878831

norway must have horrid cuisine if they are incapable of cooking a chicken properly

>>78878928
I spy dylan and eric

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>>78878947
we actually have good, non-dry meat available here

>>78878928

do you know they are often imported from your continent :D

>>78878947
this is the same region of the earth that eats fermented herring.

>if you're not a leftists you're a nazi

>>78878928
If you go into politics it is literal hell

Also kinda curious which state

>>78878947
>norway must have horrid cuisine
It does. Just as Sweden and Finland.
Many places here too.
The worst will always be British and Irish.

>>78878880
>every nation hates us

t. le american bear watching Fox news

>>78878705
>I have never been to the USA
You and every other foreigner in this thread. And ambassadors are chosen by the president since it's considered a minor position, not the people. I'm pretty sure that's how it is in most countries. It's pretty much just a game of how much you suck that party's dick in order to get in. We don't like it either.

>>78878990

I somehow doubt that, if you manage to kill chicken

>>78879023
you act like it's not true lol

>>78879023
Are you saying you don't hate us?

>>78877110
>>paying for visiting a doctor

How is this wrong?

You're paying for a service.

>>78879069
Not everybody lives in Texas dipshit

>>78879069

the typical residents of most nations are not reflected by their counterparts on /int/

>>78879098
t. """enlightened californian""""
>>78879102
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm idontthinkso

>>78877110
>I don't do that
>I don't do that but I do wear them inside at uni
>I am circumcised didn't get a say on that one
>I smile at girls
>I pay a co-pay insurance handles 99% of it
>paying for what?
>I'm not in a frat but I see why people join them. I have no friends so it sounds nice sometimes.
>Yeah lots of different denominations but that can be geographic
>Jew thing also depends on where you're from
>politics in the US are a farce everyone is a different flavor of shit sandwich

>>78879098
What's with this board and Texas? What did Texas ever do to you?

>>78879128
texas hurrican refugees

>>78879010
New Mexico :3. Say whatever you want, the state was so comfy, I'd live there for the rest of my life.

>>78878997
Are you sure? Fruits and vegetables here taste heavenly. I remember leaving half an apple on the table, and I forgot it there.

3 days later the apple was still edible, it wasn't brown or anything. I almost shat my pants when I realized that.

>>78878977
lel

>calling pop """"soda""""
>no tap on debit cards
>can't pump gas without paying first
>calling a roof a "ruff"
>wearing shoes inside the house
>carpet in the bathroom
>using fahrenheit
>calls freezies "freeze pops"

>>78879120
>>78879128
California and Texas were mistakes

>>78879147
That's just the New Orleans refugees going back to whence they came. Enjoy!

>>78878174
What's the proper way to pour a pint so I know if I'm wrong?
What's from with baseball caps? Oh nevermind Just saw your last post didn't know you were gay, friend.

>>78879154
>calling soda "pop"

kek

>>78879152
New mexico is fine, though a bit warm for my tastes

>>78879187
wrong not from

>>78879187
It should have a small but present head, it should be a full pint, not a half arsed one, and it should be served in a clean glass.

Baseball caps are just scummy.

>>78879258
That's because there are too many people wearing them wrong

>>78879154
>>calling pop """"soda""""
regional thing
>>can't pump gas without paying first
to prevent gas from being stolen, it's a pretty big issue in this 3rd world shithole
>>calling a roof a "ruff"
nobody does this
>>wearing shoes inside the house
not if theres carpeting
>>carpet in the bathroom
very rare, only in older houses
>>using fahrenheit
government is too lazy to change standards
>>calls freezies "freeze pops"
no one calls them this, everyone uses "popsicle" as a generic term

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>>78879124

Ok sorry let me explain what stationary studies are because I just translated this from Polish

So in Poland you can enroll to any university for free on "stationary" or "day" studies (maybe it's called different in English dunno) as long as have high enough score from HS Finals
When you fail a course, you have to pay to redo it next semester though

Then there are "weekend" studies on weekends and they are not for free, you have to pay a tuition as you would in USA. Those are for people who did worse on finals OR want to work a full time job.

>>78879030
Here, ambassadors are chosen by the foreign ministery.
Also, ambassadors need to have some kind of experience that could be seen as relevant to upholding Norway's interests within that country.

>a game of how much you suck that party's dick in order to get in
We would see it as an act of government corruption, and the people behind this would be commiting political suicide, get sacked, and possibly face jail time.

>>78879152

I can't imagine what you ate if the apple didn't oxidize in less than a minute

>mm/dd/yyyy
>undrinkable tapwater
>refuses to use the metric system

>>78879323

maybe a wax fruit display

>>78879083
No wonder burgers are so agressive if they think that criticizing their govt or making fun of them is hate lel

I don't hate any country

>>78879343
>>mm/dd/yyyy
baffling because youre autistic
>>undrinkable tapwater
old pipes, too expensive to replace
>>refuses to use the metric system
everyone uses the metric system when talking to foreigners because the govt is too lazy to change standarizations

>>78877550
Louisiana district is the Devil flipping everyone off

>>78879343

the tap is completely drinkable
month day year is eminently better for organizing dates rather than a jumble of days from any month in the year
the metric is used in sciences, however, we're a real country, not some slave to france

>>78879343
I'm fine with the date system here
Don't go to Flint then
Not exactly a refusal, more like it would be more expensive than people think

>>78878881
That's the thing though. Many European countries have established military traditions that everyone likes.

The thing we don't understand is the idol worship that everyone seems to do in America.

>>78879498
C H E R R Y P I C K I N G
no one literally worships the military here unless you're from /k/ or you're a cunt from dixie

>politicians are worshiped as gods

>Not including tax in the price

That shit is the absolute WORST, fuck. I would go with the correct change then realise that wasn't the price.

>>78879404
>month day year is eminently better for organizing dates rather than a jumble of days from any month in the year

Yeah, but you do know that if we're listing by date we just reverse it, right? So it goes year, month, day?

Your system means you can't do that either.

>>78879498

that's entirely your perception, it's a false one

>>78879667

you're stupid, lol

>>78879322
Perhaps Norway is small enough or politically in line enough with the plutocrats that they don't bother with underhanded tactics to bend your country to their will. Most of the big names that make up the global plutocracy are large names in European politics as well, but most nations in the EU never had a bothersome constitution to worry about. This is a global problem, and at this point, large institutions and interest groups hold so much power over this nation that nothing short of a civil war could possibly dislodge it.

>>78879728
GOT EM

>>78879667

I spent some time working as an underwriter for an insurance firm.

Our format for dating is extremely superior for quick office work.

We have over 300 mil. people in this cunt-tree. If you have a database that has records kept in order by dates, birthdates etc., you are going to have a shitload of dates to look up.

This method is the most efficient way to arrange it, it really is. There are many contexts were having it any other way just would not work for how we use them.

>>78879766

nutjob millennial detect

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>>78877110
>>wearing shoes inside the house
you get yelled at if you try this, in any house ive ever been in, i live in the north though where we get rain and snow
>>wearing hats inside the house
maybe, idk i dont know many people who wear hats
>>circumcision
its healthy, women wont fuck you if you dont have one, and i got it before I was old enough to form memories, so whatever
>>smiling at strangers
its more easy than saying hi or some other canned greeting
>>paying for visiting a doctor
get insurance, $10 a visit isnt that bad
we should get a single payer system though, or just increase taxes
>>paying for stationary studies
>>fraternities/sororities
>>90000 denominations of christianity
thats how our country started, the pilgrems were religious zealots who were too radical for europe
I agree it is a problem though
>>every fifth person is Jewish
never met a jewish person in my life, thats only true in like 3 cities in the usa, TV just makes them seem more prominent
>>the whole election process (takes 2 years for a fucking 4 year term and no direct voting)
no direct voting is a blessing, you really think illeterate retards should pick our leader instead of educated people? legislaturers need some term limits though

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>Fake "Canadian bacon" (this is real Canadian bacon and it's completely different)
>Fake "pancake syrup"
>Guns obsession
>Race obsession
>High school sports being a big deal
>Billboards with Bible verses on them
>Extremely segregated cities, you cross one street then it goes from ritzy to complete ghetto.
>Colourless money, one dollar bills, and the back side of the coins are upside down when you turn them over, also still using pennies
>Easter is not as big of a deal there whereas here almost everything shuts down from friday till monday
>Obsession with their alma mater
>Only drink sugary sweet iced tea, aka liquid diabetes, if you want regular tea you have to ask for 'hot tea'
>Gravy is jizz white and has chunks of sausage in it
>Food and rent are much cheaper
>Healthcare and post secondary are expensive and privatised
>9/11 is still a big deal
>Waitresses get paid like $3 an hour because it's expected they'll make up the difference in tips

>>78879831
How is it better? If you use excel you can just filter by dates anyways, regardless of the format.

It's not as bad as your refusal to use metric or Celsius, but it's still a bit peculiar to the rest of the world. 9/11 sounds better than 11/9 but that's about the only advantage.

>>78879845
how the fuck am i suppose to read your pic

>>78879952
visionlet

>>78879766
What are you even talking about?

>>78879937

to be honest, it doesn't make any sense to have the day at the header rather than the month

the value of months is smaller than days, so it's much easy to scan and find a date in a list

it's common sense, what's wrong you people?

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>>78879831
>birthdates in mm/dd/aa format

>>78880025
i stared at eclipse. plz no hate

>>78879937

When a company etc. here grows large enough to afford to have their own software made specifically for their company, they do it (no matter how shitty it may be). So Excel often takes a back-seat. These in-house programs aren't as functional as Excel.

Also: if you have a bunch of dates lined up, which would be more efficient in a column:
11/27/2017
12/27/2017
or
27/11/2017
27/12/2017

Our formatting keeps them more ordinal and clean-looking.

>>78879583
It lets prices be advertised and compared across a metro area easier since every little city can set their tax rate individually.
Also it being a line item on the receipt makes it very clear how much tax you're paying.

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>>78880044

>>78880333
I'm part of the build-a-bear group.

>>78880501
nice

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>>78877300
Newfriend, this is what we call b8 >>78877110

>>78879863
Nice description of Texas you have there

>>78877550
that baffles us too

>>78879403
Underrated

>Going to the movie theatre on Christmas
>Being drunk in a bar is illegal
>Segregated barber shops
>People bringing guns everywhere
>Dozens of bumper stickers
>Cops everywhere
>Massive half gallon jugs of pop sold at corner stores
>chocolate milk is cheaper than white
>Nobody knows how to parallel park
>Drive through pharmacies
>Putting corn syrup on pancakes and waffles
>Restaurants do not carry vinegar for fries
>Fireworks being sold out of the boot of a car on every rural road
>Tolls roads
>vocally complaining about how this food is going to make you shit, especially if it's spicy
>the national anthem sung everywhere, even going to see a fucking play
>the pledge of allegiance
>calling every woman ma'am
>hordes of mexicans outside hardware stores
>children on leashes in parks
>slot machines in gas stations and restaurants

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>colleges/university admissions based on race not on merit

>>78881687
>table is entirely based on terrible scores
<3.8er bitterness lmao

it wouldn't occur to me to boil water in the microwave, but out of sheer curiosity what the matter with doing so ?

>>78877110
Guns, student loans, electoral college, exceptionalism, certain kinds of restaurants, certain foods like grits, young-earth creationism/evolution denial and climate change denial being big deals, and so on and so forth.

>Circumcision
>fraternities/sororities
Common in Southeast Asia

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>>78882398
if you do it too long, or dont have anything breaking the surface tension while its heating up, then the second you break the surface tension (a spoon, a straw, your lips) the whole cup of (now incredibly hot) water will explode in your face

some retards also think it makes water radioactive/poisonous

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>>78882398

>Wearing shoes in the house
Europe changed that for me. Good!
>Wearing a hat inside
>Wearing a hat while sitting at a table
Only yankees and other classless people do that. I was raised in an upper class Southern family, and doing this would get you call out. My step-father is from Florida and was raised by a yankee family, it drives my family crazy to see him wear a hat inside.

You know what Euroism drives me up the wall? Treating fuckn meaningless class markers as sacred.

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>>78877110
>>every fifth person is Jewish
I call bullshit

>>78879566
>no one worships the military here
Sitting waiting for a flight. Boarding starts being called. Old people and babies. First class. Priority. Regular shit.
Then he stops and says I want to take this opportunity to let our military men and women board. They get up and there are quite a few
But the part that really annoys me is that everyone just randomly starts clapping and whistling for these people.
These are not battle hardened vets coming home. These are nothing more than recent seaman grads who just finished naval academy.
Military worship in the US is a fact.

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Sex with alligators

This thread is filled with butthurt americans who don't understand the difference between criticism and baffling.
>feel the need to defend their retarded ways everywhere
>must always be loud and obnoxious
>think that just because something is worth money, it's worth something

>>78884220
>think that just because something is worth money, it's worth something
"Money" is "something" you dumb mongoloid.

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>>78883726
Well you get that impression watching US television.

>>78884220
you see pekka, when someone is confused about something and expresses that confusion the normal and polite thing to do is try and clear it up for them.

>>78884293
Lmao you're a fucking retard
>>78884426
You fucking worthless pieces of shit have like zero reading comprehension, but then again it's fucking obvious you didn't make it past junior high

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>>78877110
Blyaatt

>>78879313
>Then there are "weekend" studies
We really need this

getting shot

>>78877110
>paying for stationary studies
.....what?

>every fifth person is Jewish
Jews are less than 2% of the population. Who the fuck taught you math?

>>78879845
>its healthy
No it isn't...

>>78877110
>wearing shoes inside the house
we don't

>wearing hats inside the house
people dont really care

>circumcision
people do but i dont

>smiling at strangers
creep or scum

>paying for visiting a doctor
we barely pay
i have crohns disease so i go to hospital every two months
and the medicine costs about 1500 USD but I only pay about 150 USD

>paying for stationary studies
if you're talking about schools we dont pay for elementary and middle school

>fraternities/sororities
i dont know what dis sorry shit engrish

>90000 denominations of christianity
korean churches are shit
about 19% of population is christians

>every fifth person is Jewish
no

>the whole election process (takes 2 years for a fucking 4 year term and no direct voting)
we do presidential election every 5 years and we do direct voting

Why would it be odd that we'd have hundreds of Christian denominations? Religious liberty has always been part of the country and is given ironclad protection by the Constitution and we've never had a state church.

>being welcoming and nice to other people bewilders and angers the Yuropoor

There is no such thing as American culture.

>>78879152
>Are you sure? Fruits and vegetables here taste heavenly. I remember leaving half an apple on the table, and I forgot it there.
>3 days later the apple was still edible, it wasn't brown or anything. I almost shat my pants when I realized that.

Right, because the fruit you're eating was picked fresh off the tree and not shipped across the ocean, bumped around, sprayed with chemicals to preserve it on the shelf longer, and then put out in the produce section at Shop-Rite.

>>78883748
Pre-WWII, the peacetime US Army was tiny and had no social prestige at all. Wages for enlisted men were small and it was generally seen as something for losers who couldn't find a job elsewhere.

>>78883827
That's just Florida Man. He's capable of anything at any time.

In one moment he'll be saving a burning orphanage from a swarm of angry niggers, the next he'll be having sex with said niggers while snorting blow off their dicks.

>>78877546
The two parties are in practice coalitions comprised of numerous factions from the most timid centrists to some complete lunatics.

>>78878658
>stupidly high age of consent

The age of consent here is about the same as every remotely civilized country (not cunts in the Middle East and Africa).

>>78881269
>chocolate milk is cheaper than white
>Drive through parmacies
>Putting corn syrup on pancakes and waffles
>children on leashes in parks
>slot machines in gas stations and restaurants
lmao this sounds like bullshit but i believe it

>>78881269
>slot machines in gas stations and restaurants

Beg pardon? I've never seen this in my entire life. Where did you see it? Nevada?

>>78887940
18 y.o. age of consent it's some religious shithole tier

>>78888143
>responding to b8 that weak
>responding to Canadian flags at all
I sure hope you don't do this.

>>78878060
>saying they went on vacation to "Europe"

It's okay if they visit different countries during their trip

>>78888185
Why are non-Americans so barbaric?

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>>78888185

>>78878928
They put chemicals in the fruit to make it presentable when it should be decomposing by then.

>>78877110
How flexible is the "freedom"® concept.

Everyone knows you can't get fresh produce unless it's locally available and in season, this applies to anywhere.

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And here we see a thread where either americans deny these things that BAFFLE us about them or say only idiots do them or then just insult you.

Day by day i'm more convinced i'd get more complex brain activity out of my dog if i tested him side by side on your average burger who mouths off on this site.

>>78888379
>Day by day i'm more convinced i'd get more complex brain activity out of my dog if i tested him side by side on your average burger who mouths off on this site

I'm not the CHI who keeps posting the b8 threads about South America every day, you think I'm defending that guy?

>>78877300
But are you guys truly happy?

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>>78879863
>>Gravy is jizz white and has chunks of sausage in it
eew what the fuck it's true

>>78879395
A lot of sewer lines were installed in cities in the late 1800s-early 1900s when there were no environmental regulations and you could pay Irish laborers 10 cents a day wages. The cost makes it almost impossible to do that now.

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>>78888477
Welp, looks like this is a stalemate.

>>78888379
America is big and has a lot of people, therefore a lot of ways to live. USA might even be twice as large as Finland! Baffling, I know.

>>78878516
Uhh Israel, uhhhh I guess maybe Qatar or UAE.

>>78878516
Yes because convicted felons should be allowed to vote.

>>78881269
>calling every woman ma'am
Is this 1955?

>>78888477
not gravy
>>78888511
gravy

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>>78888679
Powdered gravy out of a box really isn't gravy either desu.

>>78878831
It's cause people prefer white meat, which is less fat and more fleshy. White meat from boiled chicken tastes awfully dry and fibrous i.e. chicken breasts. I prefer brown meat by far, like the legs and thighs. Cooked right, it tastes great and is a lot cheaper than most meats.

Chicken legs with (dijon aka real) mustard and onions with rice or pasta. Chicken legs Kathmandu style with potatoes and turmeric. Chicken legs with green onions and lemon. Use a lot of grease in cooking and never overcook.

I dunno why white meat is so popular, though I don't complain since that means more brown meat for me.

>>78888741
DELETE THIS

>>78888777
Too much red meat causes colon cancer.

>>78888777
Holy shit, those fucking digits.

Also, dark meat just tastes worse to me, I dunno.

I don't get why the US adopted republicanism instead of the much superior parliamentary government.

>>78879766
He's kinda right tho

>>78888777
What am I winning with this?

>>78888829
>red meat
>chicken
I don't understand.

>>78877110
Comparing these -isms to mine:
>wearing shoes inside the house
Nah

>wearing hats inside the house
Nah

>circumcision
Yeah

>smiling at strangers
Yeah

>paying for visiting a doctor
Nah

>paying for stationary studies


>fraternities/sororities
Nah

>90000 denominations of christianity
Nah.

>every fifth person is Jewish
Nah

>the whole election process (takes 2 years for a fucking 4 year term...
Nah, more like a week for campaigning IIRC.

>...no direct voting)
First-past-the-post (We Westminster here)

Shall I add mine?
>overtly detailed dress codes from school to school
Thank God (and Britain) for uniforms.

>being vegetarian = weird
...though I can understand that because of the bad behaviour shown by a selected few from the community. And demographics (significant Buddhists and Hindu population here). And the heavy marketing done by the American meat industry.

> being attached to your parents (re:"Mama's boy") there equates to unsuccessful family-leeching bottomfeeder when over here filial piety is serious business

>>78880166
Well, first of all, at least here the dates are written with dots, not slashes, which makes them easier to eyes regardless of the order of numbers (and also tells most of the time which system is in use). Secondly, I for one can't grasp how this is supposef to be anything not born out of getting used to it.

And using software without search fuction because you can is just another case of burger retardation. Programs are just superior with such things.

So it's either

11/17/17
11/21/17

or

17.11.17
21.11.17

>>78890545
And more commonly the year is written fully.

17.11. 2017

ok can i actually just not meme for 1 post even though these can be funny?
>>wearing shoes inside the house
doesn't happen except with a minority of white trash. people take their shoes off in the garage or the entrance/laundry room.
>>wearing hats inside the house
also not a thing people really purposely do. maybe someone came to visit and didn't take their baseball cap off but otherwise no.
>>circumcision
yes and after seeing dick cheese porn I'm actually ok with my semi-cut dick.
>>smiling at strangers
not always, i do at work, and in certain social situations sure. moreso than europe i guess
>>paying for visiting a doctor
not directly, just like you. the only time we'd pay directly is before maxing out a copay. other than that it's taken care of like you, we just pay more.
>>paying for stationary studies
idk what this is?
>>fraternities/sororities
yeah this one's true and so are all the memes that go with it
>>90000 denominations of christianity
kinda true, Pentecostals are fucking crazy as fuck lmao
>>every fifth person is Jewish
no like 0.2% of our population is jewish
>>the whole election process (takes 2 years for a fucking 4 year term and no direct voting)
it does not take 2 years and how would we have direct democracy with over 300 million people. our system only sucks because it's FPTP and college voters aren't proportional to state population.

but we microwave and freeze our shoes yeah

Successful people admit when they're wrong. Unsuccessful people blame others for their failures.

Successful people are willing to learn new things. Unsuccessful people think they know it all.

Successful people forgive and forget. Unsuccessful people hold a grudge.

Successful people have goals and game plans. Unsuccessful people have no plan or direction for their life at all.

Successful people discuss ideas. Unsuccessful people discuss other people.

Successful people want others to succeed. Unsuccessful people want others to fail.

Successful people give compliments. Unsuccessful people criticize without any justification.

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Personally, it really baffles me that Americans don't care at all about their poor countrymen.
Even the liberals, who like to fight against racism, totally don't care about poverty. Like, as long as you are equal, you can all be poor together

>>78890852
>Even the liberals, who like to fight against racism, totally don't care about poverty
They care about poverty alright, just as long as it's urban black poverty. Rural white poverty in Appalachia? LOLwhocares.

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>>78877110
>fully stocked huge ass fucking walmart in the middle of a rural desert town in Arizona with a population less than 200
>putting ketchup on steaks
>county fairs
>religious hick mormons
>shopping at whole foods despite the 300% markup on everything
>only europoor tourists take public transportation
>paying interns $130k salary in silicon valley
>more white BLM than black BLM

>>78879845
>women wont fuck you if you dont have one
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>78890933
>only europoor tourists take public transportation
I don't get this weird Yuropoor fixation on public transportation and whether we do or don't have it. I mean, if you live in Munich, chances are your life won't be affected in the slightest over whether Seattle does or doesn't have commuter rail.

>>78878928
fruits are usually picked green and "ripened" in transport
obviously it's not ripening and longer since it's not on the plant so it doesn't really get much sweeter

>>78877110
boling water in the microwave like others have said
not using a bidet
giving so much importance to race
''''juggalos''''' being a thing
part of society collectively romanticizes gang culture
folding a big slice of pizza and eating it
using corn syrup instead of sugar

>>78891026
>using corn syrup instead of sugar

Try looking at a map and noticing that 80% of the US is unsuited for growing sugar cane.

>>78888491
>The cost makes it almost impossible
*spends billions military research and lobbyist*
I guess you're right

>>78890669
>it does not take 2 years and how would we have direct democracy with over 300 million people.

India has like three times the voting base and its elections take fraction of the time. Also having only two parties is beyond retarded.

>>78891064
It's up to local municipalities and not the Federal government to install city infrastructure.

>>78891210
>Also having only two parties is beyond retarded.

>>78887880
Explained in here. For example, a California Republican and an Oklahoma Republican are very different things.

>>78891054
Don't Yuropoors get most of theirs from sugar beets?

>>78891218
no shit, but most infrastructure is paid for by federal grants, often with a little twist to push forward a policy. Point is people think proper government functions are impossible because it's too expensive. Meanwhile the federal government doles out billions to the military, NIH, and entitlements without thinking
If people really wanted it, the government would make it happen. But the average person has no concept of civics.

>>78891312
Sugar beets can't grow in most of the US either because of the climate. Summers are generally much hotter than in Europe.

>>78891353
In California they have blackouts in the summer because hippies won't let them expand the power grid. This is the stuff you have to deal with.

New Zealand is the only other country on the planet where it's legal to advertise prescription drugs. Why is is this allowed?

>>78891210
>Also having only two parties is beyond retarded.

there are lots of other parties. they just don't win anything.

>>78891248
I'm well aware of that. It just further muddles the illusionary choice between the two evils each individual is typically offered.
>Hmm, I like electorate A, but his party supports a policy that is disastrous to my life. Electorate B sucks donkey ass. Welp, guess I don't vote :^)

>>78891519
Well, because the political system and culture is rigged in favor of the two big ones. The moment a third party gets big enough to matter, it's absorbed by one of the big ones.

>>78891054
I don't know, maybe you could, like, not drench everything with syrup?

>>78891437
Because you let lobbies control your politics.

>>78891210
we have more than two parties. it's not necessarily the system's fault, it's a divided populace. also india's voting system is a CLUSTERFUCK in its own way. ours takes a while because there are technically multiple elections. each party gathers a group of possible candidates, elects one to run, and then after that one of them is elected president. it's a slow but steady situation, again the only real flaw is the proportions of electoral college voters per state, otherwise it'd be one of the best representative democracies in the world. we wouldn't have trump right now for example

>>78878420
absolutely underrated post

>>78891946
>again the only real flaw is the proportions of electoral college voters per state, otherwise it'd be one of the best representative democracies in the world. we wouldn't have trump right now for example
Why would that have affected the election? Hillary was still one of the worst candidates to run on a major ticket in decades.

>>78893206
>get more votes
>loses

How is this not a flaw?

>>78893206
she won the popular vote, in a true representative democracy without any proportional flaws in the electoral college you wouldn't be able to lose after winning the popular vote. california doesn't have proportionally as many electoral votes as many other smaller red states for example

then dipshit republicans will be all like
>WELL GOOD! THAT'S HOW IT OUGHTTA BE WE CAN'T BE RULED BY THE TYRANNY OF THE MAJORITY

>>78893355
No electoral college would just mean candidates focus on high population states, it would mean nothing different other than that elections would be decided by California rather than Florida.

>>78878789
95% of kiwis were cut in the 40s to 60s
The 5% who weren't were Maori

>>78893355
because usa is a federation. the states decide the outcome not the raw population statistics.

>>78893419
>more population
>more weight
Whoah!

Also the winner takes all -system is cancer. Then some cockwaffle burger comes around toting how they have the best system. If you have a broken clown circus of a """democracy""", at least own it.

Naming everyday items after companies

>Give me a Kleenex
>Give me a Sharpie
>I need to Google this

>>78893485
One of the issues is that the states aren't represented by their size.

>>78881687
NZ does this as well

>>78893492
>you don't have the right to vote if you dont live in a major city
whoa, is this the power of democracy?

>>78888185
Most people want age of consent raised to 18 here in NZ
Not everyone is into pedophilia like Europeans are

>>78893519
Beg pardon? High population states have more electoral votes and Congressmen.

>>78888477
That's what gravy looks like in NZ

>>78877110
>>wearing shoes inside the house
Don't do this.
>>wearing hats inside the house
Hats are seen as a fashion accessory to some, so they want to keep it on.
>>circumcision
Like everywhere else that it's practiced, it's a dumb cultural thing.
>>smiling at strangers
Nothing wrong with being cordial.
>>paying for visiting a doctor
Yeah, this is dumb.
>>paying for stationary studies
Same as above.
>>fraternities/sororities
Our entire university system is a tool to reinforce our class system. Those organizations just help in the process.
>>90000 denominations of christianity
Most probably come from Europe.
>>every fifth person is Jewish
Not even close to true. Very few areas have a large Jewish presence.
>>the whole election process (takes 2 years for a fucking 4 year term and no direct voting)
This is also dumb.

>>78891437
We're the only other uncucked nation on the planet
Like America, we were founded by rugged frontier men settling distant lands

just returned from america

things i experienced

>shoes inside house
very normal for non mixed people

>hats inside
incredibly normal, seems most normal amongst poorer people which is 90% of america honestly.

>circumcision
still a regular normal thing, met a few women who said they preferred cut dicks

>smiling at strangers
this is a normal thing for me and americans seemed more apprehensive if i smiled at them.

>paying for a doctor
mfw they have to pay hundreds/thousands of dollars just to get help in an emergency

>paying for studies
the country doesn't care about the populace being smart, just doing the manual labor the country has

>frats etc
weird as shit, we have uni clubs over here but they also have them there along with the frats so it's fucking strange

>every fifth person is jewish
not wrong

>whole election process
an absolute fucking joke

bonus meme:

>having to pay a tip to give waiters a living wage
every time i got a slip with a gratuity field i wrote pay your fucking employees and don't rely on me

>wearing shoes inside the house
Depends on family
>wearing hats inside the house
Depends on family
>circumcision
No, except for white men aged 50+
>smiling at strangers
Depends on region
>paying for visiting a doctor
Yes
>paying for stationary studies
Is this tertiary studies? If so, yes
>fraternities/sororities
No, we have dorms
>90000 denominations of christianity
Yes
>every fifth person is Jewish
No, Jews are practically nonexistent here
>the whole election process (takes 2 years for a fucking 4 year term and no direct voting)
Short in NZ

>>78893543
>your vote should outweigh those of majority because you chose to live in bumfuck nowhere
>your vote doesn't count because your "neighbors" (according to some gerrymandering map) voted the other of the two eligible options

So democratic!

>>78893585
Not according to actual population. And then there is the question of senators

Every election since 2000 that Democrats lose, they whine about how unfair the electoral college is or someone cheated. Pay it no heed.

>>78893829
>And then there is the question of senators
All states get two.

Electoral votes are the number of Congressmen per state plus the two Senators. This means the minimum EVs a state can have is three.

>>78893831
Trump is literally still whining how he supposedly won popular vote, but those damn Dems cheated with votes! If that is not bitching, I don't know what is. Can only imagine, what infernal squeaking Rebs would rise if they lost due the flawed system even once.

>>78893938
So Dakota and California get essentially twice the say in Senate, because they chose to divide their state in two?

>>78893987
>California
>two states
Huh.

>>78894111
More like four.

Originally, the Senate was a mostly ceremonial body like the House of Lords and Senators were chosen by state legislatures, the House had more prestige. In 1913, it was changed so that Senators were elected by direct popular vote.

The Senate is more fluid, it changes party control frequently while the House due to its large number of seats can remain under the control of the same party for decades (eg. the 40 continuous years of a Democrat House between Eisenhower and Clinton).

I am not sure why there's two Dakotas.

>>78893987
>California
*Carolina

>>78894503
Back when they were admitted as states in 1889, Bismarck and Pierre were the only significant population centers and they were 170 miles from each other so it was decided to make two states instead of one. Another reason is that during the 1870s-1880s, the Republican Party were rushing to admit the Western territories as states to get more electoral votes.

>>78878174
>Never putting politics aside ever
life is economic therefore politic, its not possible to put it aside

There's two Carolinas because of a dispute over governance of them in colonial times. They were originally one colony, split into two in 1729.

>>78878387
heheh don't you want that low interest credit card goy?

>>78888571
Here they are. They're still rightful citizens of the state.
You can be stripped from your citizen's right by a court rule but that's for people who abused their administrative power.

>freedom

>>78893829
Tfw a Finn is smarter about our election process than most americans

It's amazing how people here don't understand the concept of proportional representation or use mental gymnastics to convince themselves it's bad

>>78894785
Poland has no niggers and spics though (ie. the demographics which cause 80% of crime in the US)

>>78894830
>Tfw a Finn is smarter about our election process than most americans
How so? He hasn't come up with any actual good points, just ad-hominems and strawmen.

>>78894933
No idea why Americans have to bring in race everytime. A criminal is a criminal.

>>78894736
On the reverse side, New Jersey was two colonies originally and then merged into one.

>>78894961
As him and this Pole have demonstrated, living in a 100% homogeneous country causes you to not grasp certain things about living in a multicultural country.

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you even have ballot box on ships.
They don't even require it to be Polish owned, just have a polish captain

>american democracy

>>78895151
America has absentee ballots for those serving abroad, on ships or otherwise.

>>78895095
Europe has started to find out now what happens when you have subhumans living in your borders.

>allow criminals to vote
>they elect politicians who create softer sentencing and more leniency on crime

>>78886910
Prevents penis cancer, but is only effective in babies and children.

We should get rid of birthright citizenship, that's a mistake. And also it's kind of silly how foreign born people can't run for president since no other country in the world has that except the Central American states.

If it's minor offenses, then I don't see why you shouldn't be allowed to vote. Obviously if you're a child rapist, you should probably lose your voting rights.

>>78893969
>Trump is literally still whining how he supposedly won popular vote

I don't think I've ever heard him mention this any time in the past several months.

>every fifth person is Jewish
What.