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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #50 on: 04 Nov 2013, 15:59 »

Caffeine-free Mountain Dew? :psyduck:

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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #51 on: 04 Nov 2013, 16:10 »

Another thing about Top Gear (which I've never watched and know little about), is how in the states, people seem to think Jeremy Clarkson is funny and entertaining, while in the UK, everyone hates him for being a conservative, inconsiderate bigot. It probably doesn't come across well on Top Gear since many Americans I know who completely disagree with his views still think he's funny, but over here, Top Gear is just one of the things he's known for and he's a very outspoken, public figure in other ways.

Edit: Biking on the sidewalk is actually illegal in the UK, which is funny because in Norway it's sort of the norm.

He comes off exactly the same as you guys see him over here, Richard comes off as enthusiastic screw up while James comes off as old fashioned, careful, and slow...
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #52 on: 04 Nov 2013, 16:26 »

Clarkson has a page in one of the tabloid newspapers here where he spouts most of his thoughts. I can't remember which or even what he usually says in it, because I only read newspapers if there's one in work's breakroom.

Oddest thing about that was the lack of caffeine in Mountain Dew (at the time).

The only form of Mountain Dew I see on a regular basis here is Mountain Dew Energy, which seems to be different from regular Mountain Dew. I've never tried it.

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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #53 on: 04 Nov 2013, 16:28 »

Reading the link from the first post has made me scared of American bread. Is it really that sweet? I love bread - real bread, that is. Eating sweet bread all the time.... god no. Also it would probably make put on 20 kilos in 2 weeks.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #54 on: 04 Nov 2013, 16:45 »

Reading the link from the first post has made me scared of American bread. Is it really that sweet? I love bread - real bread, that is. Eating sweet bread all the time.... god no. Also it would probably make put on 20 kilos in 2 weeks.

If they really think that American bread tastes like cake, they must have some really really bland cake. I have had a lot of different types of bread, and while most of the more American breads are generally sweeter, its not so much as to be anywhere near cake.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #55 on: 04 Nov 2013, 16:48 »

Some cakes are sweeter than others but that makes me think people mean plain sponge, not like cake with icing or decoration on it.

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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #56 on: 04 Nov 2013, 17:00 »

Actually, while no one in the thread has done it, after reading the link in the initial post it kind of gets me a bit annoyed.

So much "ITS DIFFERENT, OH MY GOD IT SUCKS" attitude.

I would seriously be disappointed if I visited another country and it was no different than my own.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #57 on: 04 Nov 2013, 17:26 »

Eh most different things in Japan I goddamn loved. The easy access to hardcore porn (in every convenience store, you know for your convenience) was the only thing that really squicked me out to my surprise, but I suppose that's just the remaining American puritanism I have left in me.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #58 on: 04 Nov 2013, 18:33 »

Reading the link from the first post has made me scared of American bread. Is it really that sweet? I love bread - real bread, that is. Eating sweet bread all the time.... god no. Also it would probably make put on 20 kilos in 2 weeks.
I can imagine how American bread would taste because I know it from fast-food restaurant chains. The hamburger patty bread tastes stuffy and saturated. I last had a chicken burger at McDonalds when I was 16, and I threw it in the trash after the first bite because it was so awful.

If I try to buy this kind of bread in say, France, the closest thing they usually have is sandwich bread, which tastes sweet as well. It's very much unlike any bread that's freshly baked.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #59 on: 05 Nov 2013, 09:45 »

Saw this on another site and thought it might be relevent  :lol:
Americans for Aussies by an American in Austrailia
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #60 on: 05 Nov 2013, 09:55 »

Here's a version I saw that is "America labeled by an Australian"
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #61 on: 05 Nov 2013, 10:20 »

Cessium, that is pretty much how many fourth graders/grade 4s here think of the map for the first few weeks when they have to learn the states. Worse when you have to also learn 50 state capitals and if the teachers are cruel, 50 state flowers and state birds  :roll:

You might get some decent teachers who also teach you the Canadian provinces and Austrailian states, thankfully they are added into most textbooks alongside the US states and international countries.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #62 on: 05 Nov 2013, 10:21 »

As a person that grew up in Maryland: No one knows where it is.  Most think the entire state is Washington DC.  :facepalm:
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #63 on: 05 Nov 2013, 10:27 »

I like this one:

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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #64 on: 05 Nov 2013, 10:37 »

As a person that grew up in Maryland: No one knows where it is.  Most think the entire state is Washington DC.  :facepalm:
Whenever I tell someone I grew up in Maryland, they mention the time they had crab legs or whatever in Baltimore. No, I'm not from that part of Maryland...
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #65 on: 05 Nov 2013, 10:55 »

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When I was young and naive, I learned from online forums that Americans took shits that clogged their toilets. I assumed that Americans take massive shits that we Europeans just can’t match (after all, everything is bigger in America)
When I came to US, I learned that they just have different toilets with small hole that gets clogged. European toilets never do that. They have bigger hole. You can put tennis ball trough it.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #66 on: 05 Nov 2013, 11:01 »

Oh yeah pancakes in America are totally different. What we call a pancake in Norway at least is a lot thinner, kind of like a crepe but not really. You have it for dinner, usually you put blueberry jam or just plain sugar on it, and roll it up. Before pancakes you have something else, pea soup is pretty common.

The thick breakfast pancake with syrup on it doesn't really exist there. My dad used to make it for breakfast on Sundays, since he was an exchange student in Michigan at one point so he picked it up there. All of my friends thought it was really weird (although delicious).

Plus, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches will get you weird looks in Norway.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #67 on: 05 Nov 2013, 11:03 »

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When I was young and naive, I learned from online forums that Americans took shits that clogged their toilets. I assumed that Americans take massive shits that we Europeans just can’t match (after all, everything is bigger in America)
When I came to US, I learned that they just have different toilets with small hole that gets clogged. European toilets never do that. They have bigger hole. You can put tennis ball trough it.
Ain't that the truth, and I'll leave it at that.
When I went to Brazil, I found out that I was not supposed to flush toilet paper. Turns out that the sewer system in the city I was in can't handle toilet paper and if you try to flush it the toilet will back up. Luckily I was told in advance by one of the guys from the lab who had been there before. He found out the hard way.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #68 on: 05 Nov 2013, 11:16 »

Whenever I tell someone I grew up in Maryland, they mention the time they had crab legs or whatever in Baltimore. No, I'm not from that part of Maryland...
Wheres about did you grow up?  Honestly I grew up in Maryland but really didnt eat crabs until I dated this girl from Annapolis.


In maine they have this pancake like food whose name I can't remember.  You make it from buck-wheat.  Its is delicious and is usually the part of a meal that replaces a bread roll on your plate.  Another thing that I only really found in Maine that was delicious was red hotdogs.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #69 on: 05 Nov 2013, 11:18 »

All these food-related facts make me think "Christ, no wonder the US has an obesity epidemic."
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #70 on: 05 Nov 2013, 11:20 »

Red hot dogs is a danish thing! I wonder if the ones in Maine originated in Denmark too?
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #71 on: 05 Nov 2013, 11:20 »

Whenever I tell someone I grew up in Maryland, they mention the time they had crab legs or whatever in Baltimore. No, I'm not from that part of Maryland...
Wheres about did you grow up?  Honestly I grew up in Maryland but really didnt eat crabs until I dated this girl from Annapolis.

Allegany County. The redneck part of Maryland...
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #72 on: 05 Nov 2013, 11:26 »

Charles County, the soon to be PG county part two...but I live in VA now.  :wink:

Red hot dogs is a danish thing! I wonder if the ones in Maine originated in Denmark too?
I would not be surprised.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #73 on: 05 Nov 2013, 11:57 »

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When I came to US, I learned that they just have different toilets with small hole that gets clogged. European toilets never do that. They have bigger hole. You can put tennis ball trough it.
Ain't that the truth, and I'll leave it at that.
Mightn't differing diets have to do with it as well?
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« Reply #74 on: 05 Nov 2013, 12:01 »

I don't know much about plumbing, but when I had IBS I did quite a bit of research into fibre and was shocked at the levels of fibre deficiency and constipation in the USA. From what I was reading, it's basically normal to be constipated all the time. People were talking about only opening their bowels once every couple of days as though that were just the way it is. So it is distinctly possible that it's both plumbing and diet!
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« Reply #75 on: 05 Nov 2013, 12:03 »

I don't know much about plumbing, but when I had IBS I did quite a bit of research into fibre and was shocked at the levels of fibre deficiency and constipation in the USA. From what I was reading, it's basically normal to be constipated all the time. People were talking about only opening their bowels once every couple of days as though that were just the way it is. So it is distinctly possible that it's both plumbing and diet!
Yeah, definitely. My apartment has an ancient toilet (friggin landlord [insert keysmash here]) which I find to be far more easily disabled when I have recently eaten meat than when I have not.
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I find it really weird how college football players are kind of celebrities. They’re scrutinized and have fans and do TV interviews, and it just boggles my mind so much. They’re just students that do an extra-curricular activity! I don’t understand.
THIS.

Actually, we're missing the even bigger picture.  High school football players.....

Whenever I tell someone I grew up in Maryland, they mention the time they had crab legs or whatever in Baltimore. No, I'm not from that part of Maryland...
Wheres about did you grow up?  Honestly I grew up in Maryland but really didnt eat crabs until I dated this girl from Annapolis.

That sounds...TMI....
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THIS.

Actually, we're missing the even bigger picture.  High school football players.....

This is very much a regional thing...mostly in the South/Southeast, at least to the level I assume you're talking about (FNL and what have you)
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #78 on: 05 Nov 2013, 12:15 »

I don't know much about plumbing, but when I had IBS I did quite a bit of research into fibre and was shocked at the levels of fibre deficiency and constipation in the USA. From what I was reading, it's basically normal to be constipated all the time. People were talking about only opening their bowels once every couple of days as though that were just the way it is. So it is distinctly possible that it's both plumbing and diet!
Yeah, definitely. My apartment has an ancient toilet (friggin landlord [insert keysmash here]) which I find to be far more easily disabled when I have recently eaten meat than when I have not.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #79 on: 05 Nov 2013, 12:17 »

People were talking about only opening their bowels once every couple of days as though that were just the way it is. So it is distinctly possible that it's both plumbing and diet!
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usually happens when I diet.  I always thought it was 'case I wasn't over eating anymore.
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« Reply #80 on: 05 Nov 2013, 12:20 »

Whenever I tell someone I grew up in Maryland, they mention the time they had crab legs or whatever in Baltimore. No, I'm not from that part of Maryland...
Wheres about did you grow up?  Honestly I grew up in Maryland but really didnt eat crabs until I dated this girl from Annapolis.

That sounds...TMI....
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People were talking about only opening their bowels once every couple of days as though that were just the way it is.
Um, yes. That is just the way it is. How is that bad? Granted, I don't exactly keep track, but if I had bowel movements multiple times a day I'd be convinced something was wrong.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #81 on: 05 Nov 2013, 12:21 »

I think I spoke too soon. For a while it was going into the "huh, they do that differently" category, but yep, of course it ends up with "and that is why America is fucked up"
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« Reply #82 on: 05 Nov 2013, 12:24 »

I think it varies from person to person, but it seemed like the whole of the USA is constipated!
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #83 on: 05 Nov 2013, 12:44 »

everything you need to know about america




Plus, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches will get you weird looks in Norway.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #84 on: 05 Nov 2013, 12:52 »

Plus, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches will get you weird looks in Norway.
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I learnt way back that the reason for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches is nothing to do with combining the tastes, but that the jelly stops the peanut butter getting stuck on your palate.  I eat them regularly.
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« Reply #85 on: 05 Nov 2013, 13:02 »

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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #86 on: 05 Nov 2013, 13:06 »

Red hot dogs is a danish thing! I wonder if the ones in Maine originated in Denmark too?

The companies that sold them are of German and Polish origins, it's just a normal hot dog with red dye added to the casings to make they bright red.

The Danish red hot dogs I see look almost like the natural casing hot dogs we have here, only longer.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #87 on: 05 Nov 2013, 13:07 »

the meat tastes different though, beef or something?
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #88 on: 05 Nov 2013, 13:09 »

After all this talk about it I really want to eat a peanut butter sandwich.
I think one should say here that classic American peanut butter is awesome. I have tried a variety with less fat and sugar, but that wasn't the real thing.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #89 on: 05 Nov 2013, 13:15 »

everything you need to know about america




Plus, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches will get you weird looks in Norway.
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Is it just me or is there no voice audio track on that video?
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #90 on: 05 Nov 2013, 13:20 »

yeah the music overtakes the audio for the left speaker, I typically only have one headphone on at work, had to put both on to hear it accurately


also cesium: your county is where Dr. McNinja lives! (I think)
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #91 on: 05 Nov 2013, 13:21 »

Having grown up rather close to the Danish border I still have a huge amount of trouble to consider hot dogs American. To me Hot Dogs are Danish, and they have to be served with Røde Pølser.

I've been in Sønderhav at least once a year to eat hot dogs at "Annies Kiosk", which is very famous, even in Germany, for its good Hot Dogs. There even is a relatively long German Wikipedia entry on it.

As to what has to be on a hot dog, it's simple. Mustard, red sausage, Danish remoulade (the most important ingredient), ketchup, fried onions and pickled cucumber slices. That's everything. Sometimes you have the option of fresh onions though.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #92 on: 05 Nov 2013, 13:22 »

the meat tastes different though, beef or something?

It's a trick of the mind. They simply add food coloring to the casings, no other changes to the meats and spices. Unless you are eating a natural and a red from different companies, then there obviously would be different tastes...
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #93 on: 05 Nov 2013, 13:23 »

the casing is different than the ones we typically eat though, its thicker.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #94 on: 05 Nov 2013, 13:26 »

yeah the music overtakes the audio for the left speaker, I typically only have one headphone on at work, had to put both on to hear it accurately


also cesium: your county is where Dr. McNinja lives! (I think)
I can't get the voice to play in either speaker. I only get the music track.

And yes, I was born in Cumberland. I'm not sure Dr. McNinja is an accurate portrayal of Cumberland, though.
Plus, honestly, nobody in their right mind willingly lives in Cumberland. That's a place you want to get out of at the first opportunity.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #95 on: 05 Nov 2013, 13:35 »

When visited Cuba I was pleasantly surprised by their tobacco culture. Here in America smokers are kinda treated poorly by businesses. In Cuba though it's so laid back. I went out to eat in Havana and was almost too nervous to smoke in the place. That is until a really nice old man extended a lit match to my cigar.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #96 on: 05 Nov 2013, 13:52 »

After all this talk about it I really want to eat a peanut butter sandwich.
I think one should say here that classic American peanut butter is awesome. I have tried a variety with less fat and sugar, but that wasn't the real thing.

Ugh no, peanut butter shouldn't contain ANYTHING except peanuts (and possibly salt, if you really want it - but I do not).
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #97 on: 05 Nov 2013, 14:47 »

In Japan:
Construction-workers wearing jika-tabi boots.
Insanely complicated electronic toilets with no instructions provided.
Tiny wooden houses sandwiched between skyscrapers in central Tokyo.
An American trying to order a glass of milk in a salaryman bar after work. Which leads me to...

In the USA:
School buses.
Guns and ammunition sold at Walmart. Next to the shoe department.
A public building called the Space Needle. Which sounds drug-related. And isn't shaped like a needle.
Houston guys in business-suits wearing stetsons and cowboy boots and those leather-thong-tie-fastened-with-a-brooch things.
Gambling-machines built into the tables and bar-tops in a Las Vegas micro-brew pub. Actually, pretty much everything in Las Vegas.
Toilets that well up threateningly when you flush them, and whirl your poop around (to give you a chance to inspect it?) before sucking it noisily away.
Many of the people I saw while cycling up The Strand from Redondo Beach to Santa Monica.
Art-Deco angels(?) at the Hoover Dam. Am I the only one who finds Art-Deco things creepy?

In Canada:
Government monopoly liquor-stores.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #98 on: 05 Nov 2013, 14:51 »

Next to the shoes? Disastrous, everyone knows the guns should be kept in sporting goods!

I saw forgeiners (well, other forgeiners) in Japan ordering silly things at bars too. The Sararīman liked my brother and I because we drank Japanese beer about as aggresively as they did... I miss Asahi.

Las Vegas is weird no matter where you're from.

The Strand too.

Also the leather thong tie doohickey is called a bolo tie, I have no idea why they're worn.
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Re: What seemed weird when I visited your country
« Reply #99 on: 05 Nov 2013, 14:56 »

Because cowboys.

Actually yeah, American toilets freak me out. Why do you need that much water? The answer is you don't. Unless I guess it's really important for pets to be able to drink it if they need it.

So far the weirdest thing for me about Austria is, and it's been mentioned before about Europe in general, is that people in shops just seem to fucking hate you. I've worked in retail in Australia on and off for about 5 years. You get in trouble if you don't greet the customer when they come in, you don't have to make small talk but you can only leave them alone for a few minutes before having to get involved. Now admittedly I think that's too much, I hate shop people who won't leave me alone but most people find a good balance. Every shop I've been in here the staff just don't look at you even while taking your money. It's weird and unnerving and I have to make an effort to remember that I haven't done these people some great wrong so I don't feel bad.
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