• adr1an@programming.dev
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    Sorry to be honest, but this is my view…

    Voting between two parties, and then getting whatever the “electors” pick. All the while, thinking they live under the biggest democracy of the world.

    Having all sorts of inhuman behaviors, like robbing childs from immigrants.

    Child marriage.

    Having lots of weapons in the country but all wars outside.

    Mmm… What else? Ah, prisoners are slaves.

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    TSA, but I guess you know that this is not normal?

    Also the constant humming of ACs in New York drove me crazy.

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    Many things. To say some…Billboards with lawyers advertising for things like demands after accidents. Like dozens one after another on the road.

    So much sugar in everything. Last time I was there had to throw to the bin a yogurt. Was so sweet It was awful. Prices of “fresh” food.

    Tips for everything. Going to a restaurant and have to tip like 20% of the bill, or even more, is crazy.

    Wáter consumtion. Like big golf camps completely green in the middle of a desert (Vegas). When asked about It, people there just answered “no problem, we have the Hoover Dam for that”.

    Lack of public transport outside four or five big cities. And that just walking on the streets in some places is very strange fot the people living there. I was asked ten years ago in Palo Alto if I was Russian because I was not driving, just walking on the street!!

  • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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    That Americans are actually not Americans, but illegal aliens from Europe?..

    OK, I haven’t been in the US.

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      I will defend this to my death. I don’t want to get my feet out at your house. I find it crazy that people want me to strip off an article of of clothing and I’m the rude one for not doing it. Also carpet is an abomination. Wood or laminate flooring is way better and you can put a rug on it if it’s cold.

  • LANIK2000@lemmy.world
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    The god damn warning labels on absolutely fucking everything. Bro, I just wanna eat at a restaurant without wondering why the menu has a god damn “at your own risk” label… Also can’t go 1 step in a water park without seeing a life guard, they’re fucking everywhere. Not to mention on the rare occasion they aren’t there, you just can’t do shit. Land of the free my ass, feels like the optimal way to do anything is to always have a lawyer by side.

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      The menu one is specifically so restaurants don’t get sued when they accidentally serve you raw products or food you’re allergic to.

      I suppose that makes us litigious, which is pretty weird and sad.

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    Family eating at shooters (and the whole hooters/twin peaks concept)

    Need to take the car for a 500m trip because there is no sidewalk and a highway to cross

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    based on knowledge of the US : many things that other places take for granted or fight to preserve, you guys struggle to obtain.

    based on my trip : fucking nothing, I visited new york and stayed at a run down, pre paid hotel. I ate food from stores or carry out. I can’t exactly critique the healthcare system, tipping culture, driving culture when I had access to a fairly modern public transport system, didn’t need medical assistance and didn’t need to tip 50 people just to eat one thing.

    EDIT: it’s like asking tourists in antalya at the beach what they think of turkey, they’re fucking tourists, they aren’t affected by the dictator and his bullshit

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      I was just in Göcek and Ankara and I had some wildly interesting interactions with locals when they asked me how I liked Turkey.

      “I like it, very beautiful country, lovely people, great food.”

      “So you’d move here?”

      “Uh… perhaps not”

      “So you don’t like Turkey”

      👀

      lol

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    Your bread is sweet. Like, all of it. And not just like, pleasantly so like a French brioche, but almost candy-like. Wonder Bread is one of the worst offenders, coming in at 5g added sugars per 100g: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Wonder-Bread-Classic-White-Sandwich-Bread-Sliced-White-Bread-20-oz/37858875?classType=REGULAR

    Edit: as a commenter pointed out, it’s actually closer to 9g/100g, bringing it to soda levels of sugar ಠ_ಠ

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      Wonder Bread is just gross junk food. Also, if you consult the label again, it’s worse than that. The 5g added sugar is for 57g of bread, so it’s nearly 10% sugar by mass.

      There are good brands here. I usually get Dave’s Killer Bread. It still has some added sugar, but there are varieties with fairly small amounts.

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    How annoying waiters are. I don’t need small talk and I don’t need you asking if everything’s okay every five minutes. Just let me eat in peace!

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      The exact opposite experience if you’re non white. I’m light skinned and get normal service. I go out with certain friends and suddenly we’re getting ignored and waiting longer than people that came in way after us. We just end up ordering pickup or avoiding certain places all together.

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      they do it hoping you get larger tips for being attentive, because it’s not enough that you’re paying the restaurant; you need to subsidize the wages of their workers.

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    The brown paper-bag thing with alcohol in public. I mean, everybody and their dog knows what’s in there, right?

    And the fact that people ask if you need help if you decide to NOT take the car but instead walk the 5 minutes to somewhere.

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      Everyone does know. I can’t speak for all states/counties/cities/etc, but the brown bag thing is mostly a legal grey area for allowing folks to drink in public. Most of the time drinking isn’t legal to just do while walking around and can be given fines by cops. However this can be problematic for additional resources being redirected from more important crimes. So as long as the cops don’t see a label or the whole bottle/can, then they can ignore it as “it could be anything.”

      For example, in the summer people in my state like to go tubing down sections of rivers. While tubing you can have coolers and stuff, however open drinking of beer or other such drinks isn’t legal. So if cops were to be watching the river and clearly see the labels it can mean that they order you to get out and hand them over and/or be fined. But everyone makes sure to put their cans/bottles in foam cozies, and therefore it is a low-key unofficial understanding that as long as you aren’t smashed and/or causing lots of problems everything is good. The same also applies to other places like lakes and the beach (at least in my state). But if you are super drunk and/or being an asshole, then the cops will use that as probable cause to actually search the bag/cozies and all that.

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        I cannot even begin to imagine not having the Freedom©®™ to crack open a bottle of wine for a picnic

        That’s insane

  • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    as an american i would like to make the presumptious statement of “it’s like, pretty normal actually”

    please yell at me in the replies, i thrive on confrontation.