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Have you ever wondered how people from other countries and cultures might perceive your behavior?
Well, if you’re American, wonder no more! Reddit user u/jbyrd13 asked the Redditsphere to share some behaviors that are “distinctly American.” And IDK about everyone else, but I’m feeling a wee bit self-conscious. Here are the top-rated responses:
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“The soft smiles you give to strangers if you make eye contact while walking past them do not go over so well in Germany.”
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“Using only your fork to eat various foods. When I ate at people’s places or at the dorms in the US, they’d use their forks to cut vegetables, lasagna, sausage, pasta, chicken, fish, etc. The only time I saw people using knives was for steak or tough meat. I felt bad having to ask for a knife all the time.”
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“Small talk with strangers. As much as we collectively like to complain about Americans in Europe, this is one of those things I wish we did a little more. I know, some of it is probably out of politeness but if I have to choose between waiting on a train station for an hour all alone or actually getting to know random new people, of course I prefer the latter.”
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“Talking really loudly in public places. Default volume of most Americans seems to be about 10 decibels higher than that of every other country’s inhabitants.”
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“When traveling to another part of the world, an American will ALWAYS say the city and/or state they’re from, not the country. We’ll be at a hostel and someone will ask where everyone’s from: ‘Denmark, Germany, France, Australia, Japan, Canada … Sacramento, California.’”
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“Saying, ‘How are you doing?’ or ‘How’s it going?’, etc. just means ‘hello.’ I’ve noticed non-Americans tend to think this is an invitation for them to share their life troubles while most Americans just use it as a greeting.”
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“Thanking their military servicemen for their service to the country. Not saying there’s anything wrong with that; just saying that I’ve never seen that happen anywhere else.”
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“Enormous portions. Nowhere else serves that much food in one sitting.”
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“Driving kids to school. Every TV series has this. Is this accurate? How far away are your schools, Americans? I even walked alone to kindergarten.”
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“Speaking English in a foreign country. And if the locals indicate that they do not understand you, speaking English louder.”
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“The fear of clowns. This is pretty much anecdotal but the fear of clowns seems to be a VERY American thing yet with other countries the reaction goes from ‘meh’ to ‘I guess they’re scary?'”
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And finally, “Hating large groups of Americans. There’s plenty of anti-American sentiment around the world, but nobody hates Americans more than other Americans who disagree about politics.”
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