"What's Up With That And Americans?": Non-Americans Are Sharing The Thing They Instantly Associate With American Culture

"Wearing shoes in the house. People walk into the house with their shoes on that they wore outside. People also go on their beds with the clothing they wore outside."

As an American, it's easy to forget the differences in cultures and how some things that are "normal" for us could easily make us stand out from other countries. I found this Reddit thread where u/ThatDucksLookinThicc asked: "What's something that makes you think of America?" and a lot of these I couldn't really disagree with.

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Here is what some people had to say.

1. "When you see MM/DD/YYYY."

—u/SuvenPan

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2. "Peanut butter and jelly."

—u/Royal_Examination_74

3. "Pickup trucks."

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—u/l4z3r5h4rk

4. "Public bathroom doors you can see people through."

—u/MrLanesLament

5. "Apple pie, baseball, fireworks, airshows, and a bald eagle."

—u/soups_on420

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6. "Beer and a bacon cheeseburger."

—u/Ok-Bookkeeper6926

7. "A recipe with ingredients in cups or packages. It's unhelpful when you find a recipe that sounds great but the first ingredient is, like, 'one box of yellow cake mix' or 'one can of Texas-style beans.' Recipes from other countries tend to state metric quantities of generic ingredients (like, 125g almond flour, 50 ml milk, 6 eggs) which can easily be converted into other units without needing cultural knowledge or access to Walmart. The exception is where they're pitching a recipe hack."

—u/Loose_Acanthaceae201

8. "State and national parks. Our wildlife is America's beauty."

—u/freshhumanpie

9. "Giant sodas at convenience stores."

—u/biff444444

10. "Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Thanksgiving, and US football in the fall."

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—u/tqbfjotld16

11. "Exorbitant medical bills."

—u/JayyyyyBoogie

12. "Burgers, milkshakes, and fries."

—u/Puzzled_Traffic2335

13. "Always quoting movies and song lyrics. I notice it referenced a lot more with Americans than anyone else."

—u/5swi55

14. "People saying, 'Oh, I'm Italian' — and the only family member from Italy is their great, great grandfather's cousin's dog's mother's sister-in-law. What's up with that?"

—u/OederStein

15. "Loud tourists."

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—u/galwaygirlys

16. "Sneakers and white socks pulled halfway up the calves. Toilet stalls with huge cracks. Drinks on a napkin. Speaking very loud. Asking 'How much is this in dollars?' when abroad."

—u/robert_roo

17. "Wearing shoes in the house. People walk into the house with their shoes on that they wore outside. People go on their beds with the clothing they wore outside."

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—u/tnt_kun

Is there anything else you could think of that's often associated with America? Share it with me in the comments below!