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Americans of reddit, what is something non-Americans will never get? (self.AskReddit)

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[–]x14v [スコア非表示]  (23子コメント)

Non-american seem to refuse to believe that there is good food in America and all we eat are Kraft singles and drink Old Milwaukee.

[–]IggyAzaleasVagina [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

Mmm lunch.

[–]CrazyOtto87 [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

Sometimes Bud Light, but otherwise correct. White bread's in the mix as well - preferably of the Wonder variety. Don't forget the mayo.

[–]eyekwah2 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Living in Italy at the moment. They all think we eat junk food most of the time.

[–]jurassicbond [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

I'm American and I've never even heard of Old Milwaukee.

[–]x14v [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Did you go to college?

[–]jurassicbond [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Yes, but I didn't drink a lot then. Still when I did drink Bud Light, Corona or Miller Light seemed to be the drinks of choice at parties.

[–]x14v [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Old Milwaukee is cheaper than those drinks. Man you must have been some rich kid or something.

[–]jurassicbond [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I'm going to look for it, but I don't recall ever seeing it around where I live. Wonder if it's a regional thing?

[–]TheGoodJudgeHolden [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

An old guy who was my neighbor as a kid drank it by the case.

It's kinda like, Natty Light, but waaaaay worse.

[–]Absisvenomous [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Here in the UK there is the belief American cuisine is about quantity over quality.

[–]max-peck [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Don't besmirch the good name of Old Milwaukee.

[–]Daymandayman [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

That is about 90% of the food. Most of us consume though.

[–]roguetroll [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

What's old Milwaukee? I don't even know what that is?

I'm sure y'all have lots of great food. I'm just a shitty eater. But fried chicken looks good? And you've got your barbecue culture, your southern food... A continent that big can't not have good food.

[–]x14v [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

What's old Milwaukee? I don't even know what that is?

A really terrible beer that nobody should drink once they finish college.

A continent that big can't not have good food.

Well tell that to the rest of the world who thinks all we eat is crap and refuses to believe otherwise.

[–]Scrappy_Larue [スコア非表示]  (7子コメント)

You'll never get to win the World Series of Baseball, even if your country plays it. Other than a couple Canadian teams, we don't invite outsiders to the world championships.

[–]roguetroll [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

We don't care about stickball. Except those Dutch guys. They're dumb.

[–]jurassicbond [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

There did used to be a Baseball World Cup though, and now there's a Baseball World Classic which is similar.

[–]kittenlover27 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I LOVED the WBC this year. Team puerto rico was hot hot hot, It was fun seeing team Colombia (I'm half Puerto Rican and Colombian, born in the U.S.) I enjoyed watching all 3 teams.

[–]kittenlover27 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

1 Canadian team now

[–]STVnotFPTP [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Is it possible the Japanese ever get a team in?

[–]orgazination [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Pesäpallo is better anyways.

[–]Ruby_Sauce [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Why is it called world series then?

[–]ApesOrApples [スコア非表示]  (16子コメント)

I'm not American, but I suppose something like the right to owning a gun.

[–]theagitatedapricot [スコア非表示]  (8子コメント)

WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR PROPERTY! /s

[–]jurassicbond [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

I think this is perfectly legitimate. Especially in areas where police response can be slow.

[–]x14v [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

AKA the non-white areas.

[–]awksomepenguin [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Or anywhere that's not a major population center. If your closest neighbor is a twenty minute drive, just imagine how long it would take the police.

When seconds matter they're minutes away...

[–]x14v [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I am willing to bet that the police response time in rural areas are better than the ones in my neighborhood.

[–]jurassicbond [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Or rural areas.

[–]Marilynmoonshine7 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Why are you being sarcastic? You want hoodlum gang bangers to steal all your shit?

[–]fistful-of-fingers [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Brit here, is theft of property a big issue at an orgy in the States? At least I assume that's what you mean by "gang bangers"

[–]Marilynmoonshine7 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Well, their orgys are usually held in alley ways so, they steal stuff on their way

[–]x14v [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

It is pretty much like owning any other inanimate object.

[–]eyekwah2 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

How do we Americans take a shower? Same as you, dummy! First we lather up, then we grab the pistol..

[–]R_Davidson [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Guess where you are from only criminals are allowed to own guns

[–]RamboRockyDredd [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

There are other countries that have somewhat lax gun laws. It's just that we have a shitload of guns and most states give you the ability to carry a handgun on you for self defense.

[–]RockNRollMama [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

The Electoral College... most Americans don't get it either...

[–]adam3217 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

The metric system right huehuehue

[–]opiatearcadia [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Diabetes

[–]Drink_it_black [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

America was originally conceived as a federation of independent states that behaved more like countries. Even today, people from different states and regions have vastly different cultures, identities, and values. While we're similar in many ways, any blanket statement about us is just laughable by default.

[–]r_notfound [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

A US birth certificate.

[–]theagitatedapricot [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Drinks on ice.

[–]Nicksaurus [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

What? Do you just mean drinks with ice in them or is this some american phrase I don't know?

[–]its_me_flips [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

ice cubs in drinks. soda, for example. the whole world doesn't automatically do this.

[–]greyman42 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Jersey, "Fuggetaboutit"

[–]Socialist7 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I've watched all of the Sopranos and I kinda wanna visit haha

[–]spoonfeed_me_jizz [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

something something britney spears 2007

[–]laterdude [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Why some white Americans get to use the n-word?

See Louis CK, George Carlin & Quentin Tarantino to name a few but we lose our collective shit when Bill Maher tries to join the club.

[–]mrguse [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Context. The answer is context.

[–]UnsystematicHo [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Well, the context Bill Maher used it in wasn't really any different from the examples given above.
It wasn't malicious, it was just a bad joke. Poor taste for sure, but not malicious towards any race.

[–]CombatMeatBro [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

This may be a narrow response, but I don't think they'll ever understand the intricacies of Protestantism in the southeastern US. So. Many. Subsects. And not even over "important" doctrinal things. We're talking split churches over the color of the carpet, or the accepted role of the youth pastor. Not to mention the sway it has over public policies. It's one of those topics that I could rant on for a few hours.

[–]DrWhoisOverRated [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

When an American says "I'm Irish" they are not saying "I am a citizen of Ireland."

[–]WaitIOnlyGet20Charac [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

This applies to really every group of people, but it still isn't understood somehow:
That there are plenty of rational Americans who are no different than anyone else in the world who stays informed with the events in the world.
The american stereotypes and outliers make the news and movies. The normal ones just live their lives anonymously.

[–]CaptainCruiser [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

It's so easy for you to condemn people for stereotyping. But you have no idea the outrageous stereotypes I have to deal with on a daily basis. Race relations are not the same here as they are overseas, I am drowning in a sea of racist stereotypes, white people included.

[–]huazzy [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

American living in Europe - Apparently Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches. It blows my coworkers minds why anyone would eat that - meanwhile they're eating BUTTER and Jelly sandwiches like that's not weird.

[–]JesseTheUsher [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

There are some really top notch beers in America. They just aren't at 7/11.

[–]TornadoApe [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Cracking a cold one with the boys.

[–]squeeeeenis [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

We aren't as racist/ prejudice as one might be led to think...

Actually, its the opposite. Most of us are accustom to having hundreds of different cultures around us daily, and 90% of us don't even realize it. We are literally the most diverse country on the planet.

It seems to be only the, very loud, vocal minority that keeps this stigma rolling. Even then, their groups are usually composed of several different types of white people.

[–]STVnotFPTP [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Freedom

[–]PandaEatsRage [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

We have different pronunciations of things.

[–]Cris11578 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Freedom

[–]RamboRockyDredd [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

How to properly visit the US. If you think visiting the US is spending your entire time in NYC, DC, SF, or LA... guess what you haven't seen the US.

[–]little_foxes [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

Obviously, because its not a trip to the US if you dont visit Philly!

[–]RamboRockyDredd [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

I know this is a joke, but Philly is in the same category as cities like Baltimore, Atlanta, etc. No reason to go there.

So many beautiful areas of the US to visit. I'd recommend a mid-west trip to see some of the natural scenery and then get alcohol poisoning in Vegas on your way out.

[–]little_foxes [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Fly over country? No thanks.

[–]RamboRockyDredd [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

You're missing the best parts then. Cities are incredibly boring and incredibly dirty. If Europeans have been to London or Paris, then they can skip pretty much every US city. It's the same.

[–]little_foxes [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Yeah Broadway is boring come check out these rocks. You've never seen rocks like this. Cities are dirty come visit this big picture of dirt, no no no the dirt is supposed to be here.

Theres millions of beautiful places all around the world, you come to the US for its culture and cities.

[–]56Subject [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

We don't really care how the rest of the world does it.

[–]abunchofsquirrels [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Probably the sheer size of the country. Unless you're from Russia, Canada, China, or somewhere else of comparable size, the idea that you can't drive to the Grand Canyon from New York City in a day will likely be difficult to grasp at first.

[–]niartiasnoba [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Australia too, don’t leave us out

[–]abunchofsquirrels [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

C'mon, a visitor can drive from Sydney to Melbourne in a few hours, right? ;-)

[–]dont_fit_in [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

America

[–]_darzy [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

incest

[–]Professor_Joykill [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Nah Europe got us beat on that

[–]Socialist7 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Best example is Albania.

There's a saying. "Why does the population of Albania stay the same every time a woman gives birth?.....

....because her brother leaves the country."

[–]Daymandayman [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

We learned it from European royalty.

[–]frantic_schlepp [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

The chance to be #1.

[–]brownies_n_barbells [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Why we do things the way we do and get pissed off when people either try to tell us what to do or say "why don't you do it like [other country]" with zero attempt understanding our history and culture.

As much as Americans get shit on for not understanding the rest of the world, plenty of international people I've met don't know much of the US beyond the current news either.