Things Americans do

What are some strange things that foreigners imagine Americans do?

The microwaving water thing is true by the way

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having a basement full of water bottles and bean cans

getting shot

I've had German tourists tell me they were surprised we had electricity out in my middle of nowhere

Have an extra glass door

oh, storm doors? you don't have those?

they shower with their socks and shoes on. This is an anglo thing btw

No, they're retarded

i shower with socks sometimes

i like when they're all soggy and heavy

Shit, how'd you know?

I have never met an American that had done this.

I don't understand why everyone is so confused about microwaving water. When I was younger and more autistic I couldn't boil water for my tea and we didn't own a kettle so I just microwaved it for two minutes. Is this weird?

Paying for college.

I've never heard of anyone microwaving water

there's this old as fuck etiquette rule that says when a couple is walking down the street, the man is supposed to walk on the side of the street.

me and my then brazilian gf were walking down the street, and when we crossed the street i made sure to walk next to it. she asked me why i did that and i explained it was an etiquette thing. when she asked why we do it, i told her, "it's so girls are less likely to get hit by a car."

then she kissed me for the first time :3

Why do Americans put screens on their doors and windows?

Beep beep, real McAmerican coming through. Here to verify your shitty European memes.

I honestly learned about the whole microwaving water thing from Sup Forums threads like this. I've never met anyone who does that either. Just like the rest of the world, we boil water in a pot or a kettle.

The bean can bit is true. Always handy to have a reserve of canned food.

True as well.

Also, window screens are a definitively American thing. Europeans seem fine with letting their houses swarm with flies for some reason.

keep bugs out and let cool air in

that man is British

Going to drive-through for breakfast

Preparing a big breakfast and only drink the juice

Tbf McDonald's breakfast is great hangover food.

... but that's what you're supposed to do.

Unironically max out their credit cards and pay credit card tier interest, even when they're fully capable of paying the outstanding balance.
Genuinely boggles the mind how someone can think this is a good idea.

I think Americans have water tanks on their houses rather than just getting it through common water supply pipe system

I don't think anyone else sings their national anthem and a stealth bomber capable of dropping nuclear ordnance fly's overhead.

yeah but why only beans?

Unironically this is a weird thing that Americans do
You use your dominant hand to hold your fork and move it your secondary hand if you need your knife

this is only true if you live in a rural area.

i only noticed i did this thanks to Sup Forums

Not that I have ever herd, but my family home had a well, got all of our water from there.

Never eat vegetables or any fresh food at home.
Not have sewer system in suburbs

Going out to buy a coffee and then going back home to drink it instead of just making coffee themselves at home.

Clap at the end of things, especially cinema and when a plane lands
Say "you've been a great customer today" after you go through the checkout
Think drinking is really cool because you have to be 21 to do it

>because you have to be 21 to do it
I don't think it has anything to do with the age restriction because we have it st 21 too but nobody makes a big business out of it.

Having front doors open straight into their living rooms.

Alright, but it's more effectively policed in America.

Maybe it's due to he stigma attached to drinking in the US, which has lasted from the prohibition days. You have to go to a special alcohol shop to buy booze, you can't just get it from your local Tescos.

Using plastic cards with magnetic stripes instead of electronic chips.

>You have to go to a special alcohol shop to buy booze
nope you can buy your hooch at any store that sells food. From big stores that have a place for alcohol, to gas stations.

Getting cigarettes its a lot more annoying.

How else would it be?

We have chips though

Front doors should be in the hallway

Maybe it's just in some states then, or after a certain time of night. I'm sure I read you have to go to "liquor stores".

You have a hallway.

open into a foyer

This is dumb, no one does that.
I hold the fork in my dominant hand and knife in other and I don't switch them when I cut. Who the fuck does that?

Can't they literally get booze at convenience stores and petrol stations? That is true in Australia though. Supermarkets have to have a seperate bottleshop attached to it even.

>thinking we wait till age 21 to drink

About as true as the Belgians being the best football nation.

Twinx Peaks told me that you do switch.

Depends on the state to be honest. Where I live, you can get trash can beer at the grocery store/gas station but most things are liquor store only.

we were taught to in school

>strange things that foreigners imagine Americans do
Live in a dorm while studying in university.

Every other American. What are you? A commie?

>liquor stores
there are liquor stores in all states, but that is just if you want to buy specific shit.

If you want you standard beer/alcohol, you can easily get it at any store, but you may be right on certain states the type of booze common stores can sell but if you want to get drunk, it is not that hard to find alcohol besides liquor stores.

>we
What state are you from? Never been over is in school.

First year almost all do that, by the second year it is much cheaper to find roomates and take the bus.

Isn't that what every non-Russian country does?

oregon I've met know this even from other states

*most people

We don't have that over in Texas. Hmmmmmm.

Nope, there are no dorms in France either

t. got degree in France

The microwave thing is only true when it comes to people too stupid to buy an electric kettle

Only crazy preppers

What

Using those upright mop-like vacuums instead of the usual droid-like ones.

In certain states/counties they either only sell beer (maybe wine) or no alcohol at all in convenience stores and grocery stores, so you have to buy liquor at dedicated liquor stores if they even allow alcohol to be sold in the county. It's like that where I live, so I have to do nearly 45 minutes round trip for liquor.
t. southerner

being loud, rude, disrespectful

True, we use vacuums like pic related

What is a drone vacuum? Can you show us?

Smiling for no reason.

Saying "sorry" when passing by even if you weren't even aware that they're there.

Saying "thank you" to bus drivers.

Yes you do

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>being loud, rude, disrespectful

OP said strange things, none of these are strange. In fact I've seen more chinese overseas embody these stereotypes than American tourists.

But we all know you aren't really Chinese anyways.

Calling peanut paste peanut "butter".

I hadn't heard this microwave meme until I came to Sup Forums
The only time I've microwaved water was when it was in a bowl with some instant ramen.

yeah, I thought this was the case.

I can only guess It's a cultural remnant of the prohibition era.

>Smiling for no reason.

Americans smile when they are happy or when they are trying to be friendly - which is quite often. I know that in Slav countries smiling is a sign of weakness / crazy people / flirting but it isn't the same in the states. We aren't cold machines and (generally) wear our feelings on our sleeves.

They even have drive-through liquor stores.

They're called brew-thrus

Aldi doesn't. I'm guessing it's because of the age restriction on selling alcohol, because then they couldn't hire 14 year olds for $7 an hour.

Pretty much, and what with the Christian sentiment in the South, the laws still hate liquor. People still figure out how to drive drunk around here anyway.

In my state you can't (Texas)

There is no such thing as a "brew-thru"

Or atleast I have never seen one

holdouts from prohibition explain a lot of north american drinking behaviour
for instance: here in canada a pint is legally 20 imperial ounces as decreed by her royal majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, by the grace of god. But because of our barbarian cutural practices, the 16 ounce pint dominates and those who question such are branded as alcoholics.

Holding gamepads like this.

Our peanut 'paste' comes from a jar. That's why we call it 'butter'.

Good thread

canada is worse in some places
take a trip to the lcbo

Not true, I've only ever seen europeans do that

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>how to eat salad

the one weird positive of government controlled liquor/beer stores in Canada is that even if you pay an absurd markup as well as absurd taxes employees know what the fuck they're selling to you, they've drunk it and know the tasting notes.
I never though much about it until I stopped being poor, now I like it

Using single inverted comma ' instead of double inverted commas ".

What the fuck is that? We are talking about USA - not Florida user. I speak on behalf of majority of Americans when I say that this is ridiculous

I just said it was worse man
we've got all the british ritual of drinking without british rules.
I mean, for canadian drinkers, a trip across the border often seems like a pilgrimage. While there's still a prudish attitude towards alcohol in the states, the pricing is more than agreeable.

this still makes no sense

butter comes in sticks, not in jars

That's really strange

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I strap on my biggest boots and my wooliest socks for shower time

I have never seen anything like this in my life.

Just because they exist in one or two locations does not mean they are widely known

Just look at all these americanons - none of us have ever seen these

This is a thing in quite a lot of places I think, I always do it for my gf and she'd say 'thank you', I asked her why she thanked me and she told me how when she was young her dad said it was what a man should do for a woman

also really cute story, thanks for sharing :)

This is what poor people buy. Butter isn't supposed to come in a tub.

They have to hide their beer bottles in brown bags and can't drink alcohol in public.
Land of the free my ass

that's a tub, not a jar

Flyover country. That explains a lot.