December 20, 2020, 7:56 am
People from other countries have a lot of opinions about Americans, largely influenced by the entertainment Hollywood pumps out and undoubtedly also the crazy news stories that are constantly coming out of all 50 states (but mostly Florida, let’s be real).
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But one Redditor was curious enough to try to compile some of those opinions in one place, to see what the most pervasive ideas regarding, specifically, things people from outside of the United States “assume all Americans can’t live without.”
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The responses were enlightening and a little bit embarrassing in some cases. But in proper Reddit fashion, a high number of upvotes suggest that at least some of these may be common opinions, so read on and see if you agree with what everyone is out there thinking.
1.
Convenience. Where I am from all the shops close early, and things will take days to be delivered. From what I read on here, it sounds like you can just get whatever you want any time of day.
2.
Constantly reminding everyone that they are a free country.
3.
Cars, their public transport is seriously lacking. –chubbybottle002
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4.
Sugar.
5.
Flags. You f—kers really care about showing off flags.
6.
Loans or debts of some sort, especially in their younger years. And i think Americans literally can’t live without insurance.
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Climate controlled housing. Edit: RIP my inbox. I live in Australia so I do know about temperature extremes. And we do have gas heating and one wall-mounted AC unit. Nevertheless, fully ducted AC/heating that just runs all the time does seem like a bit of an American thing.
8.
Guns.
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9.
The goddamn Imperial System of Units.
10.
Fast food. I remember watching a piece about how fast food is sometimes the cheapest option for poor families. They literally can’t afford to eat healthily.
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A microwave. It looks like 90% of Americans don’t know how to boil an egg.
12.
Ice. What’s the deal with ice machines and them being such a big deal in any TV show or movie set in a hotel or motel?
13.
High fructose corn syrup.
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14.
Material consumption. This is true in most places but from my observation it seems to go to another level in America. Everyone spends so much time discussing the latest thing they bought and how great it is.
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Cheddar cheese, and jumbo everything.
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War? Jk but I read somewhere in al layout history you’ve only had 17 years when you weren’t at war with someone or the other.
17.
Starbucks and Twitter.
18.
Guns, walmart, and deep friers (its a joke dont kill me).
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19.
“Justice.” Like: “You did something I consider wrong, so f—k you, you deserve everything bad that could happen to you.” That’s an impression I got on reddit, no matter the political stance btw.. Works well if you want to have the occasional war for petty reasons, I guess.
20.
Ads, I see no other reason ANYONE would put up with being advertised to so aggressively.
21.
American here: The correct answer was tacos.
*First Published: December 20, 2020, 7:56 am
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