Non-Americans Are Sharing What Surprised Them Most When Visiting The US

Non-Americans have been sharing what shocked them the most when they first visited the States.

An enlightening Reddit post from last month asked: "Non-Americans of Reddit who visited the United States, what was the weirdest (or shocking) thing you saw?"

And, as you can probably imagine there were some pretty interesting responses.

TV was something that stood out for people, with one person writing: "The news. It's not news, it's some people giving their opinion filled in with a million adverts for drugs and lawyers. It's really weird."

Another said: "The show To Catch A Predator. There must have been some sort of marathon of it because I remember my whole family watching it, jaws dropped, for hours."

The availability of guns and firearms was another eye-opener, with one person replying: "Pink firearms - I'm not used to seeing any kind of gun but someone apparently decided to make guns and market them specifically to girls."

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And an interesting sign made another non-US citizen take notice: "A northern Wisconsin gas station with a big fence on which was painted in enormous letters: CHAINSAWS. CHEESE. GUNS."

Someone else posted: "Just the scale of things. Everything seems to be super sized."

While others then expanded on that theme by talking about the ginormous portion sizes over in the US, one person added: "Honestly I was shocked at the size of portions at fast food outlets."

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Another said: "When I first arrived here, the most noticeable thing was the size of one person small pho noodle soup was the size of my whole family's dinner soup back home."

But someone else was left less than impressed with the 'cubic ton of ice in the drinks'.

"Massive gaps in toilets doors!" was something else that was noted and... yeah, I can see how that's pretty weird.

While a former exchange student said: "I was there for a student exchange some years ago, and I was pretty weirded out by the Pledge of Allegiance.

"Nobody told me you guys do that, so when on my first day everyone suddenly stood up and started reciting some stuff to a flag, I briefly wondered if my organisation left me in the hands of some cult school."

Another person commented on the sheer number of American flags about the place - 'on store fronts, on lawns, all over public property, on people's cars'.

You can read the whole thread here.

Topics: Interesting, US

Claire Reid

Claire is a journalist at LADbible who, after dossing around for a few years, went to Liverpool John Moores University. She graduated with a degree in Journalism and a whole load of debt. When not writing words in exchange for money she is usually at home watching serial killer documentaries surrounded by cats. You can contact Claire at [email protected]

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