Americans hear all about how they can be obnoxious overseas, like being loud and embarrassing, thinking local cuisine is gross and calling someone a "foreigner" in the country they live in. Luckily, there are other less rude things American travelers do that identify them as Americans. For some more outside perspective, here are weird things people noticed about America.
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Yasmin Summan asked Twitter if her local American Food Aisle was accurate and Americans had questions of their own. Most notably, has anyone in the U.S. every seen a hot dog in a jar? It just seems...wrong. No wonder the world seems to have a low opinion of the American diet. For some more culture clash, here are some cultural habits of the UK that are just fascinating.
People in the UK just do it different. That insult humor is a real kicker. Or maybe you fancied a nice snooze in the alleyway while wearing your nicest suit? I mean, that's quite the ridiculous and entertaining image. A bunch of Brits slamming pints at the local pub in their nicest three piece suits, before they roll into Blackout Station. That's obviously the wilder side of things out there, but still. Got a laugh out of us!
Sometimes you take a journey out into the big mad world, far away from where you call home, and it humbles you. You immerse yourself in the culture of a land that might even look similar on the surface, only to realize that rooting for a team in a place like Australia, is NOT what you intend it to mean. These are their own kind of special fails.
Scottish Twitter user, @innesck, went OFF in this rant about the madness of America's measurement system. And the Twitter thread that ensues is nothing short of highly entertaining! Never knew how badly I needed the answer to this question, he asks at one point: 'how many Fahrenheit are in a cup?'
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"Don't publish this, it's too embarrassing!" Yeah, yeah right. Not gonna happen back here at Fail Blog!
This dude just wanted to ride the bus, but went out on a limb and lied about his identity. It's literally like a sitcom episode where one lie snowballs into a web of bigger and bigger lies. Sounds stressful. While lying is usually the wrong thing to do, people do it all day every day. Sometimes the results work out way too well.
