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Fellow non-Americans of Reddit, what's the American thing you find most confusing?


  1. Grape flavour stuff everywhere that doesn't taste even slightly like a grape
    — GingerPolkadots

  2. Why does goldfish come in juice cartons?
    — s3if

  3. Home Owners Association. Just seems really un-American. I can’t ever imagine being fined cause my grass grew too long. Edit: A lot of people have commented with valid reason for a HOA, and to be fair my only experience are YouTube videos of people coming home to a bunch of grumpy cunts trying to fine people because a speck of paint has started to peel. “Land of the free, ^terms ^and ^conditions ^apply, ^^offers ^^are ^^subject ^^to ^^availability, ^^^participated ^^^neighbourhoods ^^^only”
    — pissinglava



  4. Your garbage trucks are humongous
    — mozakiaeolus

  5. When people pay more for an extra large cup, but they're dining in and have unlimited refills
    — alexwhodeathforgot

  6. Why is this one kansas but this one isnt arkansas
    — Amdrq99



  7. Apparently, American schools are sooo big?? Whenever I read about high school graduation here on reddit, I always see a few comments that say "My graduation class was really small, we were only 150/200/300 people" or something like that. I'm on one of the biggest schools in the entire city in one of the biggest cities in the entire country and we have, with class 5 to 13, so nine different years, only a bit more than a thousand students total. Total!!! That's about 112 students per year!!! And regarding graduation, not everyone does. So at the end, there's even less than 112 students. What constitutes as a big graduation class in America?? And how big are your classes??????
    — omfghewontfkndie

  8. Censoring nipples and swear words but showing people getting shot live on TV.
    — FS16

  9. Retail banking. I remember a thread with people complaining how they have several loans with a single bank and when they make payment on the one that's due the bank allocates the money between all the loans and charges a late fee for the one the payment was made to. Also all the ways in which you can incur overdraft fees in US. I was astounded. If banks tried that in EU people would burn them to the ground and police and firefighters would probably help.
    — CustomFP4Me