25 Things About America That Weird the World Out

PocketEpiphany Published 11/29/2021 in wtf

It's an open secret that America is the weird kid to other nations. And even after all these years, we just keep surprising them.

What is so surprising, though? Here is our roundup of things about America that just weird everyone on Reddit out!

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1. How 'f*cking enormous' is classed as 'medium'. In both people, drinks, and portion size.
2. Drive-Thru shops! There’s a drive-thru for everything it seems over here, even for pharmacies as well. This is new to me because we don’t have them in my country.
3. You call the winner of the Super Bowl the “world champs” and the MLB is decided by a “World Series” even though both are an entirely domestic competition (other than Toronto Blue Jays).
4. Your obsession with the flag. I could go months in Australia without seeing our flag.
5. A sport named "Football" but the players play it with their hands most of the time.
6. You have to pay for fuel before putting it in your car, here in Australia you fill it up then pay.
7. Your feet fetish... For the measurement called feet that is.
8. Your healthcare. The more I read about it, the more it feels less like a joke and more like a crime. It should not be the way it is there
9. The way Americans write the date. What's up with that?
10. How many Americans don’t have passports
11. All the adverts on TV for medicine end with the same statement "may cause death"
12. As a Canadian, it's interesting just how polarizing USA politics are to us. Trump vs Hillary/Biden was a way bigger topic than any of our own federal elections.
13. Your toilets are full of extra water. I didn’t understand American jokes about water splashing you on the balls until I saw one of them for the first time.
14. You're supposed to file and pay American taxes if you're a citizen... Even if you don't live there. People complain about Canadian taxes but at least if you leave you don't have to keep paying them - but you can stay a citizen.
15. Privately run prisons.
16. The ten paid vacation days a year (if that!)
17. How American towns and cities are generally designed so that you have to drive everywhere.
18. Public toilet door gaps. What the f*ck, you guys?
19. It's kind of amazing how a person can become a cop with such little training over there. A real police officer with authority, badge, and a gun with so little training it's actually scary.
20. The portion sizes
21. Why can you own a gun, go to war, star in porn all before you can legally have a beer?
22. Your taxes not being added beforehand to the price of groceries? It's the most backwards thing ever
23. Tipping. It makes no sense to underpay workers in food and expect the customer to make up for it, it should be the business’s responsibility to have fair pay for workers.
24. The political system
25. Using the word "entrée" to mean main.

1. How 'f*cking enormous' is classed as 'medium'. In both people, drinks, and portion size.
2. Drive-Thru shops! There’s a drive-thru for everything it seems over here, even for pharmacies as well. This is new to me because we don’t have them in my country.
3. You call the winner of the Super Bowl the “world champs” and the MLB is decided by a “World Series” even though both are an entirely domestic competition (other than Toronto Blue Jays).
4. Your obsession with the flag. I could go months in Australia without seeing our flag.
5. A sport named "Football" but the players play it with their hands most of the time.
6. You have to pay for fuel before putting it in your car, here in Australia you fill it up then pay.
7. Your feet fetish... For the measurement called feet that is.
8. Your healthcare. The more I read about it, the more it feels less like a joke and more like a crime. It should not be the way it is there
9. The way Americans write the date. What's up with that?
10. How many Americans don’t have passports
11. All the adverts on TV for medicine end with the same statement "may cause death"
12. As a Canadian, it's interesting just how polarizing USA politics are to us. Trump vs Hillary/Biden was a way bigger topic than any of our own federal elections.
13. Your toilets are full of extra water. I didn’t understand American jokes about water splashing you on the balls until I saw one of them for the first time.
14. You're supposed to file and pay American taxes if you're a citizen... Even if you don't live there. People complain about Canadian taxes but at least if you leave you don't have to keep paying them - but you can stay a citizen.
15. Privately run prisons.
16. The ten paid vacation days a year (if that!)
17. How American towns and cities are generally designed so that you have to drive everywhere.
18. Public toilet door gaps. What the f*ck, you guys?
19. It's kind of amazing how a person can become a cop with such little training over there. A real police officer with authority, badge, and a gun with so little training it's actually scary.
20. The portion sizes
21. Why can you own a gun, go to war, star in porn all before you can legally have a beer?
22. Your taxes not being added beforehand to the price of groceries? It's the most backwards thing ever
23. Tipping. It makes no sense to underpay workers in food and expect the customer to make up for it, it should be the business’s responsibility to have fair pay for workers.
24. The political system
25. Using the word "entrée" to mean main.