Weird American Shit
This page is going to contain all of those weird little things that Americans have here and the things that they do that makes them so American.
- The Toilets all have these little handles to flush instead of a button on top
- And the toilets again? They flush really weird. All the water is sucked out from the bottom and then refilled just as quick Small u-bends too so they get clogged alot.
- The light switches are back to front generally. Up for on and down for off.
- The showers suck. You cant control the strength of the water, only the temperature. What the hell? I thought it was just where I was living, but it seems to be like that at other places as well.
- All sinks have a little hole in them. Just in case the sink overflows I guess.
- There are so many ‘trucks’ here. Big SUV’s and pickups and 4 wheel drives. The Americans love that shit.
- Dont get me started on driving, but one big thing is that noone seems to indicate, They change lanes willy nilly and don’t even think about telling people, let alone look.
- Lamps don’t have those little clicky things there are in Australia. There are little knobs that you turn. One click for half, then turn more for full and then off.
- A lot of rooms do not have overhead lights in the ceiling. Just lamps.
- The walk signs at room crossings look white and not green.
- The bees here are huge. They are fully bumblebees, not the little ones we have in Australia
- You get pickles with everything. You know, those big long green pickles? Yeah. They include them with sandwiches.
- Chicken Burgers are called sandwiches. Burgers here are Beef ONLY. And then you get to pick how cooked you want them. Even KFC has Chicken Sandwiches. Weird.
- Things are old here. The houses look old (even if they are really new) and the American cars all look sort of old as well. It’s like, people just can’t accept change and new things.
- Curtains don’t seem to exist much here. They love their blinds and their shutters, but no curtains??
- People like to talk themselves a lot. Just randomly on the train, walking, eating. They talk. No-one even seems to notice.
- Tipping sucks enough as it is, but there seems to be no way to avoid it. Tipping a buck a beer is normal, and that’s after paying $6 for a beer in the first place!
- People don’t say ‘You’re Welcome’. They are more likely to go ‘Uh-huh’ after you thank them for something. Like ‘Uh-huh’ is somehow a word??
- If you ask for chips with your burger, you end up getting a packet of potato chips. Gotta remember, Fries…Fries…Fries…
- The photo of George W Bush and Dick Cheney as you walk down the gangway at LAX Airport? Freaky man…Freaky.
- Noticed during the World Cup: When a player is brought down in the box (or in Italy’s case, when a player dives in the box) there is a ‘PK’. Not Penalties, or Penalty Kicks, but PK’s. Freaks.
- Americans are obsessed with the weather. Especially in DC. If there is a spate of rain, wind, sun, snow or nothing at all they make a hug deal about it in the news. Oh yeah, and they go ‘crisis-shopping’ for all the water and bread, like they won’t be able to make it through the puddles of water…
- TV Commercials are aimed at the stupid or the weird. They are either so damn obvious and un-subtle, or really twisted and surreal that you don’t know whether to laugh or raise an eyebrow.
I don’t know where you’re showering, but my handheld massaging showerhead is to die for!
The lamp thing is doubly odd when the powerpoint is linked to the wall switch (it tok forever to figure out why some sockets didn’t work). But turning on red is so useful
Frankly, I don’t think the phrase, “You’re welome” is a part of the american vocabulary system. One can always tell americans are about…not only by their unmistakable loudness, but by their, “Uh-huh” or “No problem”.
every country has a signature phrase, Canadians have eh, Aussies have gday…we are loud, we are obnoxious at times..but we are who we are..good bad whatever, we make no apologies, if you think you might not like your visit, buy a round trip ticket.
The ‘chips with that’ is like Kiwis asking for scallops. They expect battered scallops of the seafood variety, and are really surprised or feel they were ripped-off when they only discover battered mashed potato.
Lol, awesome observation about us. I think this line is the most factual about the American people “It’s like, people just can’t accept change and new things”.
The TV commercials crack me up! Especially the pharmaceutical commercials (“ED” anyone?) where they espouse the benefits of the drug in question, and then REALLY quickly list all the possible side effects at the end like the ads you get in Australia at election time.
And the fact that you can turn at red lights.
And another thing, they dont differentiate much between afternoons, evenings and nights. A Teacher in my highschool says to a student , “Liam please dont joke around in class. Havent we talked about it last night”?. The heck does that mean school ends in the evening at 3 – 4 pm or so. Did she have a romantic conv. with him in actuality last night on the phone?..
I am a German who lives in in the U.S. and in regards to the toilets here:
They get stuck extremely easily (I am in no way overweight if you know what I mean). Maybe it is the plumbing, maybe it is the small pipes. Maybe there is a limitation on how much toilet paper can be used. Toilets in Germany hardly ever get stuck, a plunger is an absolute must-have in every American bathroom.
I believe some of your statements are a bit exaggerated and unfair. Just because America operates different from your country doesn’t mean we’re weird. We’re different. I have neve been to Australia, but it sounds very exciting and if I do go, I know I would be amazed at all the different things that I am not use to-not put your country down because it’s not what I am use to.
Rex, their must have been something going on in the night time with that teacher & student because we know how to tell night from day. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! As for the picture of George Idiot Bush, I don’t believe there’s a pic of the president and vice president at the LAX just because California is strongly against him and something like that would trigger some kind rage. As for the showers, standard showers are built like that, if you’re rich, you probably can get a shower where can control pressure. Well, America is not perfect. No country is.
Brilliant list. Pure hilarity.
You forgot to mention that Americans have their “feelings” hurt very easily by any criticism of American culture, no matter how accurate or humourous.
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Question of course…did you go to the south? You are expected to say please,thank you, your welcome, yes ma’am, no ma’am and all that jaz when down here…and i have curtians…but they are ugly as heck…
They’re not used to people looking at them as the outsiders… they always talk about other countries as being ‘different’ so they probably would take it more heavily hehe.
But “Some American Girl” has a good point, it’s just different. There really is no such thing as weird or normal.
What an interesting list. I actually want to know what other people think about us Americans. I think we probably would look weird to you, but everyone looks weird to us, too. I’m not at all offended. I am sad, though, about some of the facts about my neighbors. Too many trucks, bad drivers (although, my taxi driver in Italy was unbelievably bad), loud voices. I think I want to get away for a while…
Funny list. American and Australian mindsets are more alike then one thinks, relative to those of Europe. I think we both have more conservative political ideas (less government).The thing with my country is that you could be from one part, and and be quite out of place in another. I consider myself a good driver compared to most here. I know what you are talking about. I did not know our toilets are that bad relative to other countries. I will complain to my plumber next time he comes. We can agree on one thing as well. Fosters and Budweiser suck.
well if you find our country displeasing to you, then why visit it?? I love to visit other countries and I have friends all around the world. I find none of these other countries offensive, different yes, but that is a part of cultures, if there were no different cultures this would be a far less interesting world to live in. Don’t you think??
The weirdest thing about americans is that they are suffering paranoia the whole world is their enemy.In this delusion waging wars on countries in the name of terrorrism, like the british did about communism. well, I don’t like americans ,bossing around the world!.
why not let it go? 11 sep was a fake jewish joke…Americans will bring their downfall by their misdeeds…get rid of bush(sr & jr)…They are destroying you…
11. Monsieur Lapin – March 27, 2007
Brilliant list. Pure hilarity.
You forgot to mention that Americans have their “feelings” hurt very easily by any criticism of American culture, no matter how accurate or humourous.
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The reason for this is because America is the only country in the world that you can talk shit about and it’s somehow acceptable. I don’t quite understand why this is true. Americans are unable to make the slightest negative remark about another country without severe reprehension, this is a double standard if I’ve ever heard of one. If an American was to point out the problems with your country you’d think he had lost his mind. For one reason or another, it’s acceptable to talk shit about the US. Please remember America is a big country with many different types of people with many different opinions, ideas, and culture. Yes, America is different. Is that a bad thing? Or should the whole world conform to YOUR set of standards?
hahaha that “”chips”" thing is soo funny and true ….i’ll keep it in mind if i eva go to America lol and another thing iv always thought Americans were always so animtaed like they neva stop with the talking and the smiling arrrggg its anoying…..yer sooo one last thing
AUZZIES RULE!!………………u Americans also rule a lil i guess =]
u r just jealous u cave people from a penile colony and i meant penile u tools
Our toilets suck(or don’t) because they were regulated by the Government some years ago to a maximum amount of water per flush. In the good old days they produced a satisfying and effective “Whooosh” as up to 3 gallons of water swept all the contents away. Now we have to flush 2 or 3 times and sometime still have to bring in the plunger.
BTW, from your comment about replying “uh-huh” to a “thank you”…I’d like to thank you for saying thank you. Few foreign visitors do that, I guess Australia has better manners than most.
Is it true that in Australia saying “thank you” is properly answered with a head butt?
Lol at Capt.america, …….tell me this, Why dont americans suffer from piles?? Cos they the perfect a_holes ! just joking, i see all the above as good fun and humour and would not be offended if there was similar stuff written about us Aussies.
Any one who wants to criticize the American way can kiss our asses.
All you A-holes wish you could blow up the world like only we can. Support out troops!!!
Hahaha! So typical Amurrikan:
“larry – June 25, 2006
…if you think you might not like your visit, buy a round trip ticket.”
Sooooo typical dumb Amarikun…. they always tell me (I’m European for God’s sake, and happy to be) to go back to my country every time I raise my nose… and they are so dumb and selfish on the expressway… never show the turn light, drive slow on the speed lane and when you approach they either slow down and not let you through, very very often they speed up to make sure you DO NOT overtake them. I’m not even sure whether I’m speaking/writing now in Brit or Amer English, cauze (cause, because) I spent damn 10 yerars in this Bushwankerland. Sorry folks, I’m here on business, not by choice or by luck.
Oh yeah, and they (Amerokins) are so arrogant, loud and dumb at the same time and at least 70% of them are obese and there’s no one to date here, just arrogant, loud pigs, for god’s sake. Watch out for the door, cause 90% will hold it for you while 10% will let it go without holding it and it’ll hit your forehead since you get used to the door being held by at least three smiling humane beings. Toilets usually have shit all over the walls or too full. Sneezing in public – all they do is bend & spread, they don’t cover their nose to protect the bystanders. Farting in the store is common practice. Overeating is esential, portions in most restaurants are gigantic. Some waiters or waitresses are pretty rude. Recycling is hard to find, they won’t recycle glass nor soft plastic. I guess have to drive 100 km to the nearest city… And the worst of the worst: 99% of them come into your house and immediately ask two standard questions: 1. Where are you from? 2. What do you do for a living? WTF? On the positive note I got helped on the road instantaneously (good point!) while in Europe you get ripped off by paying tripple for the help. I probably missed a couple good poiints such as convenience of living and plenty of churches and some bad poiunts such as complete ignorance and disrespect to pedestrians and almost a total lack of sidewalks and bicycle roads.
americans are wirdos! [not all of 'em]
Wow, I was expecting a much longer list.
Allot (we actually use it as a word, even though we’re taught that it’s not) of the things that seem “wierd” here in America stem from the fact that we only listen to those who speak loudest, not necessarily those who speak with intelligence and thought.
We have to be lead to a decision, not decide for ourselves, it is the Capitalistic and Democratic way. We buy what the adverts say (note I didn’t say commercials for those of you abroad), we do what the politicians tell us to do. Even though we should think of whether we really “need” a product, image dictates to us that we can’t live without it. And our politicians are supposedly elected to represent us, so few of us vote, and even fewer vote intelligently, that the polticians become a tool of the wealthy minority and vast economic power structure that now controls every aspect of American life.
In my own opinion, the thing that should top the list for “wierd” American things, is the fact that we either express no opinion or express an uninformed opinion so obnoxiously that anyone who hasn’t grown up in this environment finds it utterly disgusting (and yes, I do find it ironic that I am expressing one of the longest “opinions” on this page, sad and ironic).
Oh, yeah,
American drivers definitely suck. It’s too damn easy to get a license to drive, and too damn hard to lose it. Every single American believes it is a right to drive and not a privilege like it actually is, so they drive any damn way they please, unless they actually see a police vehicle, even then, they keep their attention on the cop, and not the road around them, until they cop turns off and allows them to relax and return to their attrocious driving style.
Nevermind the fact that we all have to own an SUV, not to forge accross vast lands that have no roads, but so we can see over the other vehicles while stuck in rush-hour traffic for hours on end, all the while feeling safer from the eminent car crash and actually polluting the air burning gallons upon gallons of petrol that will eventually clog our longs and have us in a cancer treatment plan, dying a slow and painful death, draining us of the last few dollars we didn’t spend on gasoline or the image-embraced SUV of the month.
Our toilets can suck, but that’s mainly because we put the environment first, at least in the bathroom, nevermind what we do in the corporate boardrooms that destroys everything water conservation laws accomplishes. But then again, our politicians have their priorities straight.
As far as chips go, how the heck does a fry look like a chip? Chips are round, fries are lengthy, and I’d hate to see an American try to comprehend a bag of potatoe crisps.
And you want some great irony, watch the evening news here. After they are done making us cower in fear of everything from dirt on our lettuce to apocalyptic weather events (that may or may not be terrorist related, go figure?!?) we get the adverts, that serious as a heart-attack, go from the latest drug to fight a heart-attack to one for a conglomerated restaurant chain advertising the most food for a dollar to one for the latest heartburn prevention drug. The beast just continues to feed itself.
Hey I’m not a hater of “America” (USA). I’ve spent 10 years in the U.S. of A (not of Mexico or of Brazil as in Estados Unidos de Mexico/Brazil). When I just arrived I kind of liked it, but I noticed many wrong things going on and I alredy 10 years ago predicted that US$, US economy may be doomed soon. The reasons:
LIES: (both private citizens and companies lie to each other)
EVIL: – some contractors or car repair shops for instance will do evil things to your house and your car
UNKEPT PROMISES: it’s like disease in USA, almost no one keeps their promise
ARROGANCY: “we are the best” attitude, especially among USA women. No date is possible with a USA woman unless you are a perfect looking, rich, healthy dude + lucky as well.
BU(LL)SH(IT): that’s the name of your “president” (a.k.a. The Clown, The Moron, The Idiot, The Dumb Criminal, The Bastard, The Bitch, The Piece of Shit, The Scoundrel, The Low Life).
THE INSIDE JOB: yes, you’ve guessed it, the “9/11″ has not been done by Arab or Muslim terrorists, it was done “smoothly” by Mr. Bullshit, Mr. Larry Silverstein, Bullshit’s family and his Team and a few others including the Pentagon. Watch the numerous videwos on Google and Youtube before they all get banned (some already got banned by Youtube). What a shame – US Govt. kills 3000 + 3800 of their own and blames terrorists, what a FU**ING SHAME!!! Foreign countries found out in 2004-2007 what has REALLY happened on 11 Sept. 2001 and therefore you are seeing the demise now, the foreign powers were fooled by US INside Job and now they are going to dstroy the economy of the United States. You will see.
THE DEBT: almost every American (USA citizen or resident) is in debt. That includes the US treasury, govt. etc. US economy is owned at least 90% by foreign nations. US dollar is just paper, it is not supported by gold anymore. The gold scam of the past confiscated all gold from private citizens. US dollar is doomed, it’s losing $0.01 every 2 days now. US economy is doomed. The crisis, the hunger, the famine is coming soon. No more obesity in USA, soon.
THE STUPIDITY: the goodness of many US Americans who helped Europe after WWII and who tried to help other countries get rid of dictrators is going turn back on the US. Unfortunately. Because the MAIN REASON is:
THE INSIDE JOB.
What kind of nonsense is this. Are we supposed to TRUST these guys?
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Wow, Insidejob,
No wonder you say you don’t hate americans, you think just like them.
GULLIBLE
You take every stereotype and expound upon it like it is the norm. While I will give you the fact that we lie, we have evil, we have unkept promises, and are arrogant, I don’t believe we are vastly more so in these manners than any other major nations.
And way to be one of the fool rubes who goes for the “Inside Job” conspiracy theory. I’d love to go tit for tat with you, punching holes in every piece of “evidence” you cite that 9/11 was an inside job. My first blow would be… If Bush is such a moron, how the heck did he pull it off?
I’m being a little sarcastic with that one, but it really chaps me that idiots like you walk our streets every day saying, “There is no way that any group, terroristic or not, could have pulled 9/11 off without being in the USA gov’t or CIA.” BS on you, I suppose you believe like the muslims (a minority of them, mind you) that the holocaust didn’t happen.
I however will agree with you on this, as long as there are enough Americans thinking like you, believing the hype that they hear and falling for what is force fed to them without putting any thought into it, the powers that be will only make our nation weaker. It’sd about time some of us got up off our lazy asses and realize that a nation is only as strong as its’ citizens.
FLASH1Innsbruck sucks. Beware of this scammer. Don’t do any business with him. He’s a fraud. Beware and stay away. It’s a warning.
I’m an American college student and I actually have to agree with many of these statements. I found the list relativley accurate myself. A shower’s temerature is generally the only thing controllable, but most Americans buy thier own showerheads that allow changing of the strength as well.
Drivers do suck. Beware the ones from Michigan. Pickles do come on many things, but not WHOLE pickles-normally you’ll get a small sliced piece or two on a burger, for example. We do talk to ourselves a lot, and it makes me laugh that it really is that noticable.
I’ll have to disagree with the “don’t accept change” part though. Computers, cars, electronics, or whatever it may be, to most Americans, the newest of them is a MUST have. (unless you visited a poorer area)
On a few of the off-topic comments, however… even thinking about 9/11 is hell for most Americans, and we do not take kindly to such negative comments about it. Hearing comments such as what i’ve seen here about it makes Americans feel as though that terrible act means nothing to anyone but us.
wath is american culture let me think tahts a hard one
o i got it MC donalds lol mexicans rule fuckers
I have lived in Canada for 39 years ( on the east coast, west coast, and currently the prairies), and have never heard a Canadian use the phrase “eh” – except in referencing Bob & Doug MacKenzie.
I hear all this talk about ignorance, yet the ignorance I see in the words posted here are from the minds of ignorant people. Posting generalistic and base comments. Making attacks on a country just because it’s the popular thing to do. I am an American and while I find the list amusing I find many of the following comments distasteful and without any real thought put into them. Personally as far as the “easily hurt feelings” goes that goes either way in this country. A lot of people (like me) don’t really give power to words and are not easily offended by them so much as the intent behind them. There are those who are offended by just about anything you can say. I say this. Ignorance is not limited to any one nation or culture. Ignorance is a conscience choice by an INDIVIDUAL to not put thought into their words or opinions and this happens -everywhere-.
Our showers do have adjustable pressure controlls, every single one I’ve ever had. The thing of it is that max pressure often isn’t enough, so people don’t even notice that they can adjust it they just turn it all the way up and assume that’s their only setting.
Pe@ce,
-wolf
P.S. I live in Las Vegas…traffic is horrible and people are idiots on the road that is one point I will NOT argue. Noone signals, if you don’t tail-gate the person in front of you, someone will cut you off and slam on their breaks. Hell, two weeks ago I was driving home from getting some food and some moron was speeding, ignored the stop sign and T-boned my truck, then drove away without even seeing if I was alive. Do I blame anyone but the person that did this? No. A lot of us here in the states have evolved beyond simple and easy ways of justified rage…too bad it’s not enough.
spell check… You should have gone to Texas my dear. Polite drivers, if you do not say thank you after being server your food you get glares. Everyone i know says you’re welcome, thank you, my pleasure and y’all come back now ya hear?
Americans and American Government are not the same. We are not “free” the people do not make the choices. We are a Democracy which is not what the founding fathers wanted. Republic for the win.
wow,
this is hilarious…the comments from all the readers are the best!
First of all I must say I am an international flight attendant from Los Angeles, Calif.
I have been to all continents from down under to Europe.
I have read many histories and facts in my life.
I believe Europe is beautiful, unfortunately the europeans are too critical…I guess that explains the separation between the european countries. European Union is a gang of like 27 countries that can barely keep up with americas’ wealth.
Australia, what the hell is that?
Oh wait, I know. Gave birth to an idiot responsible for publishing this close-minded page.
First of all, this guy comes from the biggest island country in the world, unfortunatley like 90% is covered in desert.
Australia considered to many as the ”fake America”
Not only does Australia depend on the American Dollar but most of the things you mention above were invented by Americans. You owe all this to Americans. If It was not for americans you damn aussies wouldn’t even know how to live. You’d all be still showering with crocs in lakes.
Obviously, you talk shit due to your insecurities, you nasty haters from down under.
I’m from LAX and let me tell all of you, there is no damn Bust picture there, sorry.
talking about manners, EUROPE nor AUSTRALIA have any. We have to come and teach you guys to say thanks, welcome, excuse me, bless you, etc.
You fuckers would die without us. Now that USA is hurting economically so is the entire world…haha…so don’t talk shit, just remember that the world rotates around US.
If we hurt, you fuckers all hurt.
Think about it freak!
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this shit is fucked up man you fucker’s are fuckin fucked up
dumb bitches
Okay I found this Blog from some Australian Guy when I was mindlessly browsing the web and I thought that I’d give my answers to what things he put down. Which is odd considering that both American and Australian Culture are strikingly alike! Why? Because we were both once British colonies. The big difference between us though is that Australia has far less Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian, Irish, so on so on so on so on in cultural influence. Here where I live the most predominantly noticeable European cultures are British, German and Italian.
Okay so here they are….
* The Toilets all have these little handles to flush instead of a button on top (Don’t all toilets? And we have the button ones too)
* And the toilets again? They flush really weird. All the water is sucked out from the bottom and then refilled just as quick Small u-bends too so they get clogged alot. (What other kind of toilet is there? :S )
* The light switches are back to front generally. Up for on and down for off. (Up is on down is off. We have the push button ones too)
* The showers suck. You cant control the strength of the water, only the temperature. What the hell? I thought it was just where I was living, but it seems to be like that at other places as well. (If you want to control the water pressure just adjust how much water is coming out with the little knobs)
* All sinks have a little hole in them. Just in case the sink overflows I guess.(Uhh its called a drain… don’t you have drains in Australia?)
* There are so many ‘trucks’ here. Big SUV’s and pickups and 4 wheel drives. The Americans love that shit. (Not anymore! XD )
* Dont get me started on driving, but one big thing is that no one seems to indicate, They change lanes willy nilly and don’t even think about telling people, let alone look. (Depends on what region of the country you’re in. Southerners don’t use their damn blinkers! Us yanks here up north do)
* Lamps don’t have those little clicky things there are in Australia. There are little knobs that you turn. One click for half, then turn more for full and then off. (We’ve got both kinds of Lamp, genius)
* A lot of rooms do not have overhead lights in the ceiling. Just lamps.
(I know and I hate that!)
* The walk signs at room crossings look white and not green. (They’re normally orange actually)
* The bees here are huge. They are fully bumblebees, not the little ones we have in Australia (Again that depends on region and climate)
* You get pickles with everything. You know, those big long green pickles? Yeah. They include them with sandwiches. (Sure do!)
* Chicken Burgers are called sandwiches. Burgers here are Beef ONLY. And then you get to pick how cooked you want them. Even KFC has Chicken Sandwiches. Weird. (Not weird at all. Rare, Medium Rare, Medium or Well Done?)
* Things are old here. The houses look old even if they are really new and the American cars all look sort of old as well. It’s like, people just can’t accept change and new things. (Okay let me talk about architecture for a moment. My house was built in 1890! The house across the street was built in 1990! My house is a Dutch Colonial. The house across the street is a single floor northern ranch. There are many architectural styles to look into and many of them are both similar and very different. With things from Cape-Cods and Bungalows to the American Craftsman, The Modern Foursquare, Victorian, Colonial, Traditional and Contemporary. Theres many types! It also depends on region again. I just listed a small number of home types found here in the WNY area!)
* Curtains don’t seem to exist much here. They love their blinds and their shutters, but no curtains?? (Are you down south Something? I haven’t met a single person in my life who doesn’t own curtains for their windows)
* People like to talk themselves a lot. Just randomly on the train, walking, eating. They talk. No-one even seems to notice. (Again thats gotta be a city thing. You get weird fuckers like that no matter where you are)
* Tipping sucks enough as it is, but there seems to be no way to avoid it. Tipping a buck a beer is normal, and that’s after paying $6 for a beer in the first place! (State Tax State Tax State Tax! Tip at least 15%!! Its considered common courtesy)
* People don’t say ‘You’re Welcome’. They are more likely to go ‘Uh-huh’ after you thank them for something. Like ‘Uh-huh’ is somehow a word?? (Are you talking to a bunch of Teenagers? Or just the rest of the mind deranged the country has to offer?)
* If you ask for chips with your burger, you end up getting a packet of potato chips. Gotta remember, Fries…Fries…Fries… (NO SHIT!)
* The photo of George W Bush and Dick Cheney as you walk down the gangway at LAX Airport? Freaky man…Freaky. (Those days are over my friend HALLELUJAH!!!)
* Noticed during the World Cup: When a player is brought down in the box (or in Italy’s case, when a player dives in the box) there is a ‘PK’. Not Penalties, or Penalty Kicks, but PK’s. Freaks. (No comment)
* Americans are obsessed with the weather. Especially in DC. If there is a spate of rain, wind, sun, snow or nothing at all they make a hug deal about it in the news. Oh yeah, and they go ‘crisis-shopping’ for all the water and bread, like they won’t be able to make it through the puddles of water… (I’m from Buffalo Man. We love or hate our weather. Its more extreme here than it is in most places)
* TV Commercials are aimed at the stupid or the weird. They are either so damn obvious and un-subtle, or really twisted and surreal that you don’t know whether to laugh or raise an eyebrow. (I too miss the good old days of product jingles!)
DON’T LIKE IT HERE? WELL, I FULLY SUPPORT YOUR RIGHT TO YOUR OWN OPINION, BUT ALSO RESERVE MY OWN RIGHT TO THINK YOU CAN JUST GO (CENSORED). Y’ALL COME BACK NOW, Y’HEAR? I’M ANXIOUS TO SEE YOU AGAIN IN ANOTHER 40 YEARS.
Come to Texas…we think Americans are weird as shit too.
i do agree with all the anti american slogans. This country is developed. Really dont know how and why it got developed in the first place.
I come from India and lived before in Germany. I cant believe that US is so super nuts. The food here tastes so aweful, trucks are bad, drivers are stupid, The roads hahaha
what to talk of them. seems like the most smart country dont know how to make road even.
The whole american philosophy is super shit. Infact the worst thing about this country is that it has no CULTURE.
They introduced the words like FUCK and SHIT but u cant use such words in public at all which are so common in europefor instance and people dont get offended bcoz of it.
The whole mixture of various societies are very insecure and an average american is much much dumber then a s asian jackass. They just think its the end fo the world.
I wonder who and why someone will like to be here.
Its better that people stop relising dollar dream which actually doesnt exist in the first place in these times of recession and start moving to european sectors or to their asian homes.
Jai Bharat
Long Live India
Uhm, about the pickles?…I don’t get that one…Isn’t it quite normal to have pickles on a sandwich? And, it’s not like you HAVE to have them. You can ask for your burger or sandwich WITHOUT pickles…
Also, the “everything seems so OLD here” part…I’m flat-out mind-boggled at that one. Don’t understand it a bit. Doesn’t make sense that you said it. I can’t even wrap my mind around it…
I’m guessing…every building in Australia is really modern-looking? Old things are knocked down to make room for new things?…Or maybe people just MOVE a lot, which gives room for newer, more modern buildings?……..Well, I can tell you this, at least. Most families in America, once finding a house they love, stay there their entire lives. Why would you knock down the house you have so many memories in? Renovate, yes. But not destroy. I would NEVER let the city do that to MY house…Another thing is…how do you expect…EVERY American…to be able to AFFORD to build a really modernized house?…I just………..don’t get it….at all. In a weird way, that comment was kind of rude. I respect your opinion, but I truly don’t understand it a bit.
Quote: “The whole american philosophy is super shit. Infact the worst thing about this country is that it has no CULTURE.”
-dil maange more
…Don’t even get me STARTED on this. You have no IDEA how SICK and TIRED I am of hearing foreigners insult America for having no culture. I hear it ALL the time, and it’s REALLY not fair. The whole REASON we have no culture of our own, is because we’re a huge mixture of a whole bunch of DIFFERENT cultures and religions…Cultures and religions BROUGHT here BY the foreigners who say we HAVE no culture, when WE’RE the one’s who allow ANYONE from around the WORLD to come here and KEEP whatever religion or culture they might have! So don’t blame US for YOUR doing! If you’re going to come here, push your religions on our country, and then go back to your own damn country and INSULT us for it, you can just stay the HELL away from us. We’re overpopulated with as it is due to all you freakin’ immigrants who keep INSISTING on coming here so that you can have a better life (and it IS a better life. Don’t you DARE deny that), just to turn around and throw it in our faces!
“Its better that people stop relising dollar dream which actually doesnt exist in the first place in these times of recession and start moving to european sectors or to their asian homes.”
You insult me and MY country, and then push your own values on ME? I don’t think so! You better take a good look around and realize just how much America does for you! Maybe next time you won’t be so quick to slap us in the face!
hahahah this list is brilliant but to read americans defending their country is even better!!!
btw: kayla “freakin inmigrants”?? emmm whats the story? it was ok before but not now? that’s a bit racist, oh wait…yeah i forgot…america defeated the nazis, you’re not racist.
Death to america Ha Ha Ha Ha!
P.S., Kayla is a stupid yankee BEEOTCH!!
P.P.S.,Death to america (again)
By the way, Aussies do rule! But I’m English.
Piss on america, and evryone in it.
(except for David Bowie)
Lol, I agree, i lived here a long time and it is strange here. What angers me most, i used to love this country alot but it has such a hypocritical history, but yet so many people strived and worked hard to make a difference. The driving without signalling, yep i get it all the time, people are rude and stupid like you wouldnt imagine. the comercials, some are funny as hell and others just ridiculous. Yeah it ridiculous getting gbeer in a bar with how expensive it is. america is just so polarized politically, religously, and ethnically.
AMERIKAN CRAZY ^^
To the person from India, I saw bread being baked over burning cow dung in Bangalore. Long live India?….no wonder your country smells like poop between Armritsar to the north to Madras to the south.. Don’t get me started on your crazy caste system. At least in the United States everyone has a chance at a better life. If you don’t like, then go back to where you came from. No one is forcing you to be a part of this great nation. One more thing, you have so much poverty that your country will never emerge as a superpower. It is impossible to sustain growth when 75% of the population is living on one U.S. dollar or less per day. While our roads are not the best anymore, they are light years ahead of the death trap highways in India.
Muhamadjihad you is crazee!
I am a fat queer Ital, and I only care so much about america because pzza is cheap here. I now realize the folly of my ways and plan to give all of my land an possesions to the Queen. After which I will throw my fat yankee ass off a bridge to sleep withthe fishes.
India still blows though.
True, Americans cannot handle change, even when their lives suck. It’s called Narcissism and OCD, and over 70% here have cluster B personality disorders!
Help!
I just found this article after googling “americans have strange toilets”
I couldn’t help but laugh and agree with everything you said, I’ve just been on holiday there (I’m British) its just so different to anything i’ve ever know.
This is fascinating. I’m British but have lived here for 5 years, in the mid-west and in NYC. I’ve decided that you can encounter annoying, thick, ignorant, insecure, selfish people EVERYWHERE in the world. And they drive badly, too, of course. They should just round them all up and stick them in Antarctica or something.
The only consistent and enduring differences I’ve noticed between Brits and Americans:
- Americans are less aggressive (I feel miles safer walking round Manhattan drunk on Saturday night at 3am than I do walking round ANY provincial town in the UK at the same time – to be blunt, there’s just less aggro-seeking vermin about)
- Americans are much less unjustifiably nasty to people and don’t even know what class conscious is
- Brits are less robotic and are far more receptive to humour (and humor, too)
- Brits are more willing to acknowledge they don’t know something, or they’re wrong. They much less often default to cast-iron certainty on any and all subjects about which they know precisely nothing
- Americans are LOUD and don’t care how much it intrudes on your personal space, but….
- Americans seem (on the surface at least) to be much more tolerant of each others’ selfishness than Brits would be, but….
- Brits are *far* more indifferent and laid-back to how people live their lives (religion, sex and relationships, etc.) and…
- Brits seem to have *far* better race-relations, but then I’m only speaking as one half of that race equation, of course, so I admit I could be very wrong about that.
I wish I could find a country that has the best of everything in the list. I’ve never been to Australia, maybe that’s the promised land…..
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Right, let’s see what y’all make of that….
Have a look at the “Culture Code”, it is a quick and brilliant read that explores all of this phenomena (with an emphasis on France and the US). You are all very opinionated and refreshing to listen to but education will set you free. KEEP READING AND TRAVELING!!
whoever wrote this is a fucking idiot. enough said.