What has shocked you about another country? (1 Viewer)

[athenaaa]

The amount of flags hanging up in America, it’s rare to find a public building without one (I’m slightly exaggerating, but its a lot more patriotic than Canada is)​

 

[gone4good]

yes, we love our country! Except for this clown!

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[Hoemantic]

The amount of flags hanging up in America, it’s rare to find a public building without one (I’m slightly exaggerating, but its a lot more patriotic than Canada is)​

Nah for real, I was surprised too when I crossed the border

 

[Horizonshard]

That multiple time zones are not a regular thing that everyone everywhere has to deal with

 

[Yerichu]

Supposedly Singapore beats one in public if the litter I was told that
And the crime rate is low

 

[athenaaa]

Nah for real, I was surprised too when I crossed the border

Everytime I cross, I count the number of flags and have the intuition to point them out

 

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That in mexico, if people see you a lot of money, people will try "borrowing" from you or stealing from you, when i first heard about it was surprised

 

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The amount of flags hanging up in America, it’s rare to find a public building without one (I’m slightly exaggerating, but its a lot more patriotic than Canada is)​

Did you know that theres an american flag in every room in a school and every morning we have to salute it with a pledge

 

[athenaaa]

Did you know that theres an american flag in every room in a school and every morning we have to salute it with a pledge

I knew about the flag pledge but not about it being in every classroom

 

[ChiaraStar169]

that sinks and toilets in Canada flush the other way around (i.e. clockwise vs. counterclockwise) than here lol idk if that makes any sense, but yeah

 

[athenaaa]

that sinks and toilets in Canada flush the other way around (i.e. clockwise vs. counterclockwise) than here lol idk if that makes any sense, but yeah

I never even noticed that

 

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I knew about the flag pledge but not about it being in every classroom

And cafeteria cant forget about that

 

[ChiaraStar169]

And cafeteria cant forget about that

I don't remember there being flags in every classroom... outside, yes, but pretty sure classrooms in my day were flagless. lol

 

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I don't remember there being flags in every classroom... outside, yes, but pretty sure classrooms in my day were flagless. lol

Now its in every classroom so we can look at it while we pledge

 

[ChiaraStar169]

Now its in every classroom so we can look at it while we pledge

wow, I feel so millennial lol

 

[Ahsoka]

I don't remember there being flags in every classroom... outside, yes, but pretty sure classrooms in my day were flagless. lol

Did you do the pledge back then (I think it was legally a thing then)? If so what did you face if you didn’t have flags during the pledge?

 

[Ahsoka]

I knew in theory that Germany might have more Christian stuff more than in the US but I learned that people don’t often work on Sundays there for retail jobs and was shook A German user asked me why I was working on Sunday and I was confused why someone wouldn’t be working on Sunday

 

[Ahsoka]

Oh yeah and the fact that some places in Russia have a large family discounts for (usually) families with 3+ kids under 18. Doesn’t apply to us but oh well

 

[tai]

Did you know that theres an american flag in every room in a school and every morning we have to salute it with a pledge

where you live in america because where i’m from we don’t 😭

 

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where you live in america because where i’m from we don’t 😭

Okay wth