‘What’s the weirdest thing about America that Americans don’t realise is weird?’ – 23 eye-opening oddities from the good ol’ US of A
12.
‘Yall can strike a conversation with a tree. You literally don’t need anyone to respond and you’ll yabber away relentlessly.
‘It’s a generalisation, as I know there are some quiet Americans, but I was just down in a Publix trying to decide what beer to buy and some woman’s suddenly talking to me about how she met her husband..
‘I love it, I’m a fairly quiet dude – New Zealand’s a fairly reserved place, so just being able to stream your consciousness out like that is just something truely remarkable.’
Muter
13.
‘Obsession with university. Did everyone go to Harvard? An American gave me a business card that read ‘Yale Graduate’. WTF. Who cares where you went to uni.’
–Irish8th
14.
‘How nobody uses the sidewalk. Like, I was told not to bother walking to a place because XYZ is too far away for walking, turns out it’s like 500m down the road. Why bother using the car for that? Oh, now I remember, because the sidewalk just stops in the middle of nowhere. Funny how that works.’
–J3diMind
15.
‘It’s crazy how different the same products feel and taste in the US compared to outside. Dorito chips and Cheetos have like 10x the amount of orange powder, everything is so sweet and everything tastes ‘heavy’ for some reason.’
–Bman1465
16.
‘For me what was shocking was how sweet a lot of food was. I mean things I would never expect to be sweet like bread or mayonnaise.’
–Lanfeare
17.
‘Judges and sheriffs are not only elected but also partisan.’
–Red-Salute-
18.
‘Turning the wrong corner in a Wal-Mart and accidentally coming face-to-face with the gun section.’
–ConstableBlimeyChips
19.
‘The lack of roundabouts drove me insane. Commute times would be so much more bearable if you cut out the million pointless four way intersections for a roundabout.’
–NotQuiteEnglish01
20.
‘How polite and nice your service workers are. I know they have to be because of the tipping system but it genuinely cheered me up every single day.’
–AristotelesRocks
21.
‘The toilet doors! WHY would you put a gap there, so everyone can look at you on the throne?! Have you never heard of privacy? It’s bizarre!’
–SignBrief104
22.
‘Drive through pharmacies and ATM’s. That shits wild to me. I get it, I like them a lot especially with a rambunctious toddler but yeah it’s definitely not usual in the rest of the world!’
–Thpfkt
Lots of peculiarities there, both negative and positive, but one comment seemed to sum up the general gist…
23.
‘Not so much weird but I was pleasantly surprised by how lovely everyone is. I’ve travelled to several states and everyone made me feel welcome, regardless of my obvious tourist mannerisms.
That being said, the amount of sugar in their bread made me gag.’
–Ill_Sherbert1007
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