Peculiar Things Non-Americans Like About America

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Eric Lund
Nov 19, 2021 10:00 PM EST

Americans are constantly being reminded about the weird and specific challenges of living here, but it's funny to hear about what people who don't live here notice and like about the place. Judging by what gets non-Americans excited, it seems like the ability to enter a wheelchair accessible Mexican restaurant at four in the morning and get a free glass of tap water is something a whole lot of people envy. But for some more of our ignorance, here are obnoxious things done by American tourists.

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    Rectangle - royalewithcheesecake · 3d 2 (F & 10 More I forget what it's called but the blender inside the kitchen sink that makes your food waste into a smoothie instead of you having to fish it out clumps with your hands.
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    Font - Leharen · 3d - edited 3d O S 2 Going to the bathroom in a public space without having to pay money. It really pisses me off sometimes. Edit: Yes, I know that I live in your Roller Coaster Tycoon park. Now, may I please leave?
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    Gesture - TomasNavarro - 3d 2 3 Breakfast food available after 10:30am
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    Font - WriteTrue · 3d e Land. I come from a tiny island, like less than 145000 acres. I dream of wilderness, woods and animals. One day.
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    Font - OneTwoknow - 3d Good movie selection on streaming sites without having to use a vpn.
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    Font - OhYeahThrowItAway · 3d American, but I dated a German girl in college. I took her to Fuddrucker's for lunch one day and she became obsessed with (not "interested in"; OBSESSED WITH) their burgers. Her family came to visit her a few months later and she made me take them all to Fuddrucker's too. Literally every single one of them became obsessed with their burgers too. It was like watching this group of proud and noble Europeans become slovenly Americans before my very eyes, I was so proud
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    Font - Kansai_Moth - 3d American living in Japan: good mexican food. You just can't find it here 10.8k Reply Share Report Save Kathy578 - 3d · edited 3d Oddly enough, my Mexican mom decided to try a Mexican restaurant in South Korea. Food was so authentic that she excitedly thought that the Chef must be Mexican. She asked to meet the Chef and an old Korean guy came out to greet her. Waitress had to translate, but the Chef was genuinely pleased that a Mexican woman praised his cooking. It is very
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    Font - Threash78 · 3d S Right turns on red.
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    Smile - andypanini - 3d 2 e Walking systems. In Chicago everyone walks on the right. You try to get in the left and slap back in your lane bitch..we're animals in Ireland
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    Font - Nauticalbob - 3d Not exactly a "popular thing", but I'm jealous of the "land space in America", like you see videos where folk have fairly big houses and decent sized yards. I like in Scotland and the average family are lucky to have a little patch of garden.
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    Font - notprotonated - 3d Street food that doesn't cost ££££. I hate the fact that in the U.K. (esp. London/Birmingham etc.) 99% of street food is deemed to be as pretentious as possible. Just because food is inevitably sprinkled with Parmesan/Truffle Oil/Whatever DOES NOT MEAN its allowed to be charged as much as it is inside a restaurant. No, I don't want a eat a 'secret spices' beef rib from a cardboard box with rosemary salted French fries for £14 in the rain. I'd much rather have a half- de
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    Smile - Stratahoo - 3d A truly great and protective National Parks Service. I'm Australian and we have plenty of sacred and special areas of land, but they're slowly but surely being exploited by fossil fuel companies.
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    Rectangle - Dyslexibon - 3d Proper good buffalo sauce. Any restaurant in Australia that offers buffalo sauce is homemade and doesnt taste like buffalo sauce, just a red/orange hot sauce.
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    Hair - BrokenStringss 3d Ginormous bags of hot Cheetos! Oh and wheelchair accessible places.
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    Product - turngre3n · 3d - edited 2d 24/7 diners, I don't know if they actually exist but they sound awesome 7.6k Reply Share Report Save memekid2007 - 3d Waffle House is open so constantly that people measure the severity of a disaster informally by 1.) if the local Waffle House is still open, and 2.) How long it takes the local Waffle House to reopen. Waffle House at 3 AM will make you greasy steak and eggs in the middle of a tornado for as long as they have power. I am not joking. 10.2k LJ Re
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    Font - stelx · 3d O Unlimited coffee refills 7.6k Reply Share Report Save drputypfifeanddrum - 3d I remember the first time I went to Germany I was by myself. No one told me there were no free coffee refills? Had three coffees and a pastry and got a small surprise when I got the bill.
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    Font - _mrsun · 3d Brazilian here, I've always wanted to go to the movies in a drive-in, the ideia of watching movies in your car seems comfortable and fun, and if I'm mistaken we do have some of those but it's not very popular. Halloween also, it's my favorite day of the year, we do kind of celebrate it, but not so much.
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    Font - oweeeeeeeeeееen 3d having films set in your country, the only films i can think that are set in Scotland are Filth, the trainspotting films and that bit of Avengers: Infinity War set in Edinburgh (with the beautiful sign saying 'we will deep fry your kebab')
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    Font - Satures · 3d Tap water in restaurants additionally to the normal drink. 4.6k Reply Share Report Save totokekedile · 3d · edited 3d When we visited my grandmother's home country of Italy, we were on a budget. We went out to eat once, and to save money, my grandmother asked for tap water. The waiter looked at her with a mixture of horror and disgust and exclaimed, "madam, this is a restaurant!"
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    Font - SgtRohn - 3d As a Filipino, I've never tried eating a medium-rare steak. I would love to try one someday. It looks so damn juicy and every time I watch a video of someone cooking one, my mouth would water. Here, we eat beef but not barbecued or steaks. And we cook them well-done. Also, I'd love to try foods such as burritos and tacos.
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    Font - June_53 - 3d S Cereal! We don't have ANY good breakfast cereal in Nepal Only DUMB Kelloggs cornflakes and chocos. I want those sweet honey nut cheerios, colorful fruit loops, them flavorful cinnamon toast crunch, those amazing looking frosted mini-wheats. Just give us some variety!!
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    Font - MeatboyMaximus - 3d Halloween. Im in Aus and halloween here is pathetic, its spring so it's still bright out when everyone's trick or treating, and when it's finally dark everyone's done for the day. Barely anybody decorates their house and if they do it's really half- hearted. Theres like one cool house per suburb. Also zero people carve pumpkins and we don't really get Halloween themed lollies or food either. Wish I could experience American Halloween.
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    Font - r_1204 - 3d Libraries. 2.3k 5 Reply Share Report Save Stitch_Rose · 3d A lot of libraries are next level! You can rent video games, movies, even baking equipment and tools in some places. A new library I went to had a 3D printer and classes to learn how to use it.
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    Font - Quietschedalek · 3d Mexican food and restaurants. I live in a german town with around 20k people. We have 15 italian (though at least two of them only do delivery), 5 greek, 1 vietnamese, 1 chinese and 5 german restaurants. 4 turkish Döner Kebap stores and 2 greek Pytta Gyros ones, one McD and a Subway. And a load of cafes and sit-down bakeries. Within a 25km radius there is just one mexican 'restaurant'. Which is basically a (fancy and quite expensive) bar that offers a very limited menu
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    Font - LoudlyPessimistic - 3d Tailgating at a football game 1.3k Reply Share Report Save JonnySnowflake · 3d Stephen Fry witnessing the spectacle of American football for the first time is a thing of beauty
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