What are some strange American customs?

[Sheltton]

This question is for ones who are not from the U.S. and think some of the ways of American life is strange. To me it's our passion for American football (although i live in the south ).

[Sebastianbourg]

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For me your rampant nationalism is both bizarre and bothersome. I am a nationalist and I am proud of my country{ies} but you guys push it too far.

[Schiltzberg]

I am from the US as well. One thing that I cannot understand is why we still teach and use the Imperial system of measurement. Nearly every other country in the world uses metric, and this is obviously because it is more efficient and easier to use.

[Infected Mushroom]

The Pledge.

[Mike the Progressive]

Being awesome.

[Estva]

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For me your rampant nationalism is both bizarre and bothersome. I am a nationalist and I am proud of my country{ies} but you guys push it too far.

I'll have to ask for examples. We no doubt have a fair share of nationalists, but you should also realize withdrawing from laces like Iraq happen because popular support condemns it.

[Geilinor]

"Some strange customs of the country you live in" would make a better thread.

[Sosi]

This question is for ones who are not from the U.S. and think some of the ways of American life is strange. To me it's our passion for American football (although i live in the south ).

Their way of speaking English(not English), their odd cuisine, subcultures, the relevance of race, & gun 'culture'.

[United Provinces of Osseus]

Our stupidity to regulate gun laws.

[Estva]

This question is for ones who are not from the U.S. and think some of the ways of American life is strange. To me it's our passion for American football (although i live in the south ).

Their way of speaking English(not English), their odd cuisine, subcultures, the relevance of race, & gun 'culture'.

How is it not English.

If it wasn't English, you wouldn't understand what OP said.

[Madiganistan]

"Some strange customs of the country you live in" would make a better thread.

Write a longer OP or the moderators will lock the thread.

Jesus, the Department of OP Evaluation shills are really out in force today.

For me your rampant nationalism is both bizarre and bothersome. I am a nationalist and I am proud of my country{ies} but you guys push it too far.

A Basque criticizing another country's excess nationalism is literally the most ironic thing I've seen, read, or heard about today.

- Genital mutilation, but only if the child is male.
- Like Mike said, the pledge: every international student I ever housed or fraternized with during high school thought this was downright bizarre; not the symbolism of the ritual itself, that made sense to them, but just how instinctive the thing is despite the fact that none of the kids really give a shit about the ritual.
- Putting cheese on fucking everything.
- Building towns in a way that guarantees that quality of life diminishes like, fifteenfold unless you own an automobile.

[Sun Wukong]

Upon entering an American airport, it is considered humorous to yell "aloha snackbar." An inside joke regarding the food and drink restrictions recently put in place in the States.

Americans really love it when you do this, and will instantly warm up to you.

[Ripoll]

The Pledge.

Don't listen to the extreme left wingers around here...the pledge is awesome.

[Sheltton]

- Genital mutilation, but only if the child is male.
- Like Mike said, the pledge: every international student I ever housed or fraternized with during high school thought this was downright bizarre; not the symbolism of the ritual itself, that made sense to them, but just how instinctive the thing is despite the fact that none of the kids really give a shit about the ritual.
- Putting cheese on fucking everything.
- Building towns in a way that guarantees that quality of life diminishes like, fifteenfold unless you own an automobile.

**Correction, we put bacon on every fucking thing.

[Ripoll]

Our stupidity to regulate gun laws.

lol at how ridiculous this statement is.

[Madiganistan]

Upon entering an American airport, it is considered humorous to yell "aloha snackbar." An inside joke regarding the food and drink restrictions recently put in place in the States.

^ This.

Sun Wukong told me to wear

when arriving in Jakarta's airport and I can't even begin telling y'all about the wonderfully affectionate friends I made there.

[Sosi]

Their way of speaking English(not English), their odd cuisine, subcultures, the relevance of race, & gun 'culture'.

How is it not English.

If it wasn't English, you wouldn't understand what OP said.

It's the dialectical nuance; what Americans speak is not standard English.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Turkey trots. Funny, but bizarre.

[Greater Nevadian Empire]

How is it not English.

If it wasn't English, you wouldn't understand what OP said.

It's the dialectical nuance; what Americans speak is not standard English.

There are several different dialects of English, such as British English, American English, South African English, Australian English, Irish English, and many more. American English is not a "corrupted" version of British English, rather a dialect that developed over time. There are different dialects of German, and Germans living in Hamburg will not call Swiss German "corrupted" dialects.

[Estva]

How is it not English.

If it wasn't English, you wouldn't understand what OP said.

It's the dialectical nuance; what Americans speak is not standard English.

It's not standard but it sure as hell is English.

[Pan Asian Amercian Coalition]

This is a lovely way to see what all ya'll foreigners think of the USA. And I can verify most of the things you're talking about, minus the cheese. We put bacon on everything, especially bacon cheeseburgers.

[New Apperon]

I was told by some people from Europe that our suburban lawns were rather odd.

[Sosi]

It's the dialectical nuance; what Americans speak is not standard English.

It's not standard but it sure as hell is English.

I suppose. Did the American founders speak the English of King George?

[Napkiraly]

Everything from Minnesota.

[Estva]

It's not standard but it sure as hell is English.

I suppose. Did the American founders speak the English of King George?

What do you mean "of King George"?

They could have held a complex discussion with him in English for certain.