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[–] b0gl@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tipping and calculating your own taxes

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[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Several things, but top of the list is guns.

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[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No promotion/relegation in their sports leagues so it's just the same 20 teams playing in the top flight every year. Sounds well boring.

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[–] Bilbo@hobbit.world 23 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Everything in this thread so far is normal stuff I could have guessed. Guns, metric, tipping, etc. Most of it has large groups of people in the country that agree, or at least know.

What are some non-obvious things? Culture shock isn't about major political issues. It's about universal things that turn out to not be universal.

For example, US people have a strong culture of how standing in line works. It's basically a moral sin to butt in line unless you have someone holding your place. This is universal in the country. My understanding is that other countries differ. Is that true?

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[–] szczuroarturo@programming.dev 23 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Cars. You seem to buy cars like smartphones( actualy probably even worse since buying phone on credit dosent seem to be as common nowadays ) . If you can afford the credit payment for the card dosent mean you can afford the car. In fact why everyone buys stuff on credit cards in the US . It seems insane to me to go to debt for a stupid cofee.

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[–] maeries@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Putting american flags everywhere. What do you want to tell me with that? That you like the country? Obviously you do or else you wouldn't live there

[–] Bearigator@ttrpg.network 15 points 1 year ago

Obviously you do or else you wouldn't live there

Very much not true. Moving to another country full time is not particularly easy for a lot of people.

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[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's up with that "bus shaming"? It would never occur to me to judge people based on whether they use public transport VS own a car!

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[–] fraksken@infosec.pub 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

Pickup trucks everywhere. No public transportation usually. General Tso's chicken is a typical Chinese food you get. Weed products are available almost everywhere legally. Light beer. No proper lager beer even in small breweries. How people drive. No sidewalks most of the time. The whole health industry. Electric sockets. So many churches. The general war against trans people. The general war against women.

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[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 year ago (19 children)
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[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Sandwich for lunch.

Gas operated dryers.

High school proms being such a big thing.

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[–] vldnl@feddit.dk 18 points 1 year ago

Americans seem very "fighty" compared to people from many other countries. You just have to say something that could be construed as liberal (the American kind) or conservative, too politically correct or incorrect, or mention you ride a bicycle or have an outdoor cat, to set some people off. With some Americans having a conversation is like navigating a minefield, especially those who have very little understanding of the rest of the world and reads everything you say into an American context, language barriers and all.

I love talking politics, and have had pleasant conversations with all kinds of people but I have learned from experience to just not bother with Americans, unless they're the very curious and open kind.

[–] landlordlover@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

A garbage disposal in the sink. Practically illegal everywhere. They seem fun to have though

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[–] hedders@fedia.io 15 points 1 year ago

Worshipping guns.

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