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This quick and entertaining gem from Tumblr highlights some notable moments that anyone might be apt to encounter if they were to take the "great American road trip." The one thing they needed to include was all that empty space. 

Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about the places that travelers will never go back to. Many of us have encountered those gnarly places that we'd just as much love to wipe our memory banks clear of. 

Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about the worst tourist traps that people have encountered. At the very least these unfortunate occurrences should serve as a guide for what to keep a watchful eye out for, while you're going about traveling. 

The conductor went full Sherlock Holmes in this highly entertaining Twitter thread from @comedylopez. It sounds like the sleepy dude almost pulled off his game of trying to fool the conductor, when it came to the matter of where he boarded the train. Ultimately, the conductor had an eagle eye and impressive ability at connecting the dots. 

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.

What a splendid tale of a wild and entitled and generally tough to be around "Karen" getting her comeuppance at the airport. The commute life when it comes to navigating the airport is full of enough hoops without the wild "Karen" inserting herself into the mix. Sounds like this traveler hit their breaking point, and made a petty revenge out of the moment. 

Not everyone's NYE went smoothly. This guy found himself in quite the predicament, after a little trip down to Mexico for the miles. Thankfully, the kindness of perfect strangers helped him out in a miraculous kind of way. 

If you didn't grow up with garbage disposals and cheez wiz, you might also think that they aren't real. Also paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for education. Here are some things people were dumbfounded to discover actually do exist in the US of A. For the other way around, here are some culture shocked Americans describing sharing things they didn't realize were so American.

When these Americans traveled abroad they quickly learned that behavior they saw as completely normal, was anything but that for other countries. It's crazy what we can learn from the world when we leave our homes for places unknown. Sometimes foreign countries can remind an American just how "American" they're acting. Whether that's a good thing or bad thing, varies. If you want to check out another interesting post on a clashing of cultures, check this tumblr post about grading scales from different nations here!

Turns out that tourist rocking the oversized tee, shorts, and a loud demeanor is just an American tourist. That, or this AskReddit thread dedicated to the ways people can tell a tourist is American, is far off the mark.