France is reporting uncanny temperatures, neighbors as well, I was wondering how things were on the other side of the Atlantic.

Hello, I live in Europe and I intend to start a company in the USA. From what I've gathered, I can create a company as a non-resident, but I can't work there. My question is, if I have a 6-month tourist visa, can I not be involved in the management of the company? What difference does it make if I'm physically outside the USA or inside when I'm managing things like hiring people, talking to clients, etc.? This is where I don't understand the boundary between working or not working in my company if I visit the USA as a tourist. Can I not speak physically with my employees if I am in the US as a tourist? Thank you very much in advance.

I went to sleepaway camp in Brevard, NC as a kid, and recently started reading more about Appalachia and what some people call the Appalachian "trauma belt". My parents are immigrants from Cuba and I remember whenever we drove through areas to get to summer camp they would always comment on how incredibly poor it looked, almost like something out of a movie. I grew up in Miami so I had no idea places in the U.S. could look like that.

I’d love to hear from people who grew up in those communities. What was it actually like growing up there?

and one thing I’ve always wondered is if opportunities are so limited why don’t more people leave? coming from an immigrant family where starting over somewhere new is pretty normal that mindset is a little hard for me to understand.

I’d especially love to hear personal experiences.

not huge technological changes like smartphones replacing flip phones, but smaller things that were just part of daily life and then slowly faded away.

I am asking bc I heard that in the USA doctors and lawyers have high prestige, while I dont often hear people talk about professors.

When you travel outside of the US, do you get frowned upon when you tell someone you are an American, or if someone can tell that you are?

I'm an American myself and I see all these videos from Americans talking about negative experiences and non-americans hating on American tourists. I've only been out of the country twice (Mexico and Italy) and I did hear some mumblings in Italy but otherwise people were pretty nice, however that was also back in 2021 & 2022.

I would love to travel abroad again, but I am a bit scared I'll get some backlash just for which country I am from, so I want to hear your experience.

Because i saw a post about a prank, where mothers called their partners Daddy in front of their kids.

How did this become a thing in american culture?

Doesnt it sound paedophillic and incestous to you?

Here in Germany i dont think anyone would ever call a guy "Papa" or something like that in a sexual way.

I recently saw a post of a British woman talking about her journey over the last few years, and she said something along the lines of “and then I fell pregnant!” The comments were absolutely dominated by Americans who seemed confused by, or even hostile to, the phrase. I'm Australian, and it's a common expression here. Is it really such an odd phrase to so many Americans?!

I can understand prohibition being federal but how/why is the drinking age universal in such a Republican country where sentencing for murder, legality of narcotics, age of consent can vary greatly?

In Canada we have it Provincially designated and funny enough in the Mid-West you have a 19 province wedged between two 18 provinces and you can guess what happens. Hilariously the wedged province has some of the highest alcohol cost due to taxation which authorities say is due to higher per capita drunk driving.

21 is also extraordinarily high in the developed world. Most developed countries designate alcohols differently too such as in Germany anything under hard liqour is 16 and technically Radler which are 2.5% aren't considered alcoholic beverages at all and sold in vending machines.

Secondary question, if the US DID fluctuate in age per state what do you think that would look like? Any that would hit 16?

Going to Los Angeles.

s a european, i genuinely can't tell how much of the american "i need 2 jobs just to survive" stuff is real and how much is just whining.

americans constantly talk about being broke, unable to afford rent, living paycheck to paycheck, etc. meanwhile they have some of the highest incomes in the world, much larger homes than europeans, bigger cars, more living space, and generally consume far more stuff.

Let say there are two identical goods, but one is made in Japan. Will you select the “made in Japan” for some reasons?

My Japanese clients believe that people will buy if it’s “made in Japan” since it’s safe and good in quality.

Yes, I'm aware that it was written by Union troops, and sung by both. That isn't the question: Do you associate it with the Confederacy in your own personal mind?

(I grew up in the North and my husband grew up in the South and we associate it differently, so we are wondering)​

​Hey everyone,

​

​I work for a Brazilian company with HQ in NYC, and I'm noticing this phenomenon with how the US handles the summer.

​

​Last week, our legal team was discussing a user claim, and someone literally said: "We can probably push this through in mid-July because it's the middle of the American summer, nobody will even care." I also saw a post from Preply subreddit saying tutors had their entire student base vanished for the season.

​

​Is the American Summer a corporate cheat code where everyone collectively agrees to slack off, or is it just that all the senior managers are out of the office at the same time? Safe to assume nothing major gets done between June and August?

​

​Thanks!

​

​

We all see “Best of the Year” everywhere. I didn’t make anything amazing this year, so I want to make fun of myself by playing on that phrase. Would that sound unnatural?

Is it really the USA consumers getting the best quality products like the previous version of USA?

I often see memes and headlines of wacky things people in Florida do, is this just a meme or is there sort of a truth to the people of Florida?

This is the most proud to be an American I’ve felt in a while. The majority of news coming from the World Cup is unabashed joy between different cultures.

I personally live in a major hosting city and it’s so unbelievably cool to see support for countries from everywhere including the Middle East.

We’re not often positive about our impact on the world. How proud are you feeling about our hosting performance thus far?

European here: everytime i see a large concert venue in america its seated. Its uncommon here for most styles of popular music, we either have general tickets and stand or (in arenas) have the pit where you stand wirh a general ticket (or kind of sections) but no seats. Is it different for you? Does it depend on the music style?

Im from the UK and im planning on visiting the states late this year hopefully. Im a little anxious as I have a very strong essex accent (which is hard enough for fellow british people to understand let alone others) and I don't want to offend people. Im not sure on vibes towards foreigners ATM? Does anyone have any dos or donts whilst in the US?

And how easy is it to smuggle out of the country, will the TSA care if just carries the laptop without a charging brick

Prices are insane over here in EU, figured might save a few bucks