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Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Non-stop televangelism channels are quite something. But probably you know that’s weird.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

School shootings Kids safety trainings for school shootings Guns everywhere Two party political system Rampant racism Prison slavery Everything about its police force Unaffordable medical system combined with absolute shit medical insurance I can go on for a while

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Extreme focus on sports, wearing sportswear (both men and women do this), always “exercising”, mentioning calories on a menu card (a Caesar salad contains 1200 calories!).

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (15 children)

White socks and how Americans eat with their knife and fork.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Crocs

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (10 children)

A/C particularly, electricity waste. It's damn ridiculous, even for Texas. Are northerners born in fridges?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (6 children)

It gets to be 90°F with a dew point of ~75°F where I am.

You can swim in the air with those numbers and absolutely suffer heat stroke. Fans just circulate the humid as fuck hot air. :(

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (14 children)

I've never been there, but apparently you guys don't have blackberries, and have grape jam?

Edit: what you don't have is blackcurrants, not blackberries.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (7 children)

everything is chlorinated. i get painful rash if i ingest chlorinated water, so basically everything was undrinkable. this was also true for soft drinks the time i visited Vegas, so my options for hydration were extremely limited.

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