This Thread About Things Non-Americans Find Wild About The USA Is Seriously Eye-Opening

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Ahhh, here's a classic.

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@timecaptales asked, "Non-Americans who have been to the US: What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird?"

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Here's what people said:

1. First off, the GAP:

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2. The whole "month - date - year" format thing

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3. "Everything is about money"

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4. When [some] Americans call it "the greatest country in the world"

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5. Fake niceness

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6. How high our toilet bowl water level is

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7. "The guns"

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8. The fact that the listed price on items pretty much never includes tax

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9. The amount of people that fly the American flag outside of their homes

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10. "A small soda is the size of a large soda back home"

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11. How Americans can usually only change/get health insurance twice a year unless they have a major "life event"

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12. This sign:

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13. "How quickly someone tells you their political affiliation"

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14. Tipping culture is out of control

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15. Our wild pharmaceutical ads

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16. People loudly burping in public

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17. People talk REALLY loudly

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18. No trains

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19. How mean TSA is in airports

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20. Pennies

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21. The way Americans are always smiling at strangers

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22. "People telling you their whole life story after they say hello"

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23. Pre-cut veggies

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24. American obsession with ancestry

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25. The size of our coffees

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26. The way we have a World Series for sports that only a few countries participate in

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27. "Doing your own taxes"

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28. Not using the emergency brake on when you park

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29. When you open up a tab at a bar and they take your credit card

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30. Sugar in bread (and just about everything)

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31. Excessive air conditioning

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32. Roadside signs for lawyers

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33. And obviously Fahrenheit

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