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Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (33 children)

British.

I found a lot of things weird, but I did go to Florida like 8 times so it’s to be expected and maybe some of these are exclusive to that state.

I found it weird that alcohol seemed to be sold only in liquor stores. But you can buy a machine gun in Walmart.
The food. Don’t get me wrong it’s nice and all but the quantity. Take sizzlers, you go in order your main meal then get an endless buffet for free. Like I couldn’t eat my steak when it arrived as I was full from the buffet.
syrup all over breakfast items and people bigger than id ever seen were gorging and then taking a box home too.
enthusiasm: grown ass adults whooping and hollering as we were queuing for rides. I’m a man child myself but it was startling.
Jaywalking. Wtf

To throw out some positives. Everyone I met was lovely and nothing like the nut jobs we get to see online. People were polite, friendly and accommodating.

Beautiful nature and national parks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Most of these vary by state, save for enthusiasm, jaywalking, and the national parks, which are universal, haha. My Canadian bf is amused by how excited I get to go biking/skiing/other outdoor activities :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

save for enthusiasm, jaywalking

Nope! Almost no jaywalking in the Seattle area. It was a culture shock to me. Everyone uses crosswalks, and cars will come to screeching halt on a major road if you’re standing anywhere near a crosswalk as they drive by. I guess it’s probably because you can’t see shit once winter rolls around, so it’s better to be safe than dead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Because it used to be enforced. You would actually get jaywalking tickets. Also tickets for drivers who don't stop for pedestrian crossings. So if you go to a marker for pedestrians (with or without lines) the cars will stop and let you cross. Nobody is slowing down for random bozo in the middle of the street though, so there's no point in jaywalking. It takes longer to cross that way.

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