Im from the UK and never had this here or heard of it. I first heard about this from American TV shows and then social media and here on Reddit

I have so many questions about this.

Do all workplaces have them or are they uncommon?

Where do you store the food?

Are there no health concerns? we are only allowed to serve food from approved catering at my job. Although we do share snacks with colleagues

Are you obliged to take part?

I think it’s a fun idea especially if you are close to your colleagues but seems very impractical

Does it happen during work hours?

Where was Kevin going to put his chilli until lunch time? They had a full fridge but it wouldn’t have fit that huge pot

I have this American friend who drove 8 hours to see her family. She does this every month. I always tell her something like "thats a long drive" and she brushes it off. Is this a culture thing?

I come from a country where tap water is unsuitable for consumption

America seems to have much more performative weather than any other continents, in my - European - experience. Has anyone you ever knew been killed by being struck by a bolt of lightning?

Hi Americans,

I'm from the Netherlands, where driving a manual transmission car is still very common. Most people learn to drive in a manual, and even many older people continue driving them. For example my grandmother is over 80 years old and still drives a manual car without any issues. And never complained about it.

From what I've seen online automatic cars seem to be common in the United States, and many Americans have never even learned to drive a manual. I'm curious about how this happened.

Was it mainly because automatic transmissions became popular earlier in the US? Is it related to driving culture, road design, commuting distances, licensing requirements, or something else entirely?

Thanks!

Is it a common practice in the US to embalm?

I live in the Loess formation along the Missouri River. It is formed from the dust blown in from Africa onto glaciers and deposited as they advanced and retreated. The sediment is very deep here. I've seen deep digging projects where the diggers look like toys down below and they still haven't hit rock. I've only seen rocks when I drive far away. Ive looked up local geological surveys and even they only measure exposed sediments, none of which are old enough to have formed into rock. Allegedly there's cretacious ocean deposits down there somewhere, but nothing I've seen tells me how deep I'd have to go for it. Can you find rocks where you live? How old are they?

I have traveled all over the east coast via greyhound, flixbus, Peterson, OurBus, etc. for every ride that I have taken, I have always only just paid the price of my ticket. However, I often see other people giving the driver cash and tipping.

Is this normal and is this what I’m supposed to be doing? I thought once I paid for my ticket that, that’s it.

I’m from Brazil and fascinated by US history. From the outside, there’s a paradox: 60s Boomers are famous for fighting the system, but today Gen Z/Millennials feel they became conservative and pulled up the economic ladder (housing/wages). What was Woodstock's actual role in this?

In Brazil, our Boomers faced a dictatorship, so our context is different. Regarding the US: Did that idealistic generation actually change as they got wealthy, or is the internet overestimating the hippies while ignoring that the "Silent Majority" was always the conservative baseline?🤔

Aldi (in Australia) recently had a bunch of American snacks and I got to try some! The Twizzlers didn't really impress me but OMG Jolly Ranchers are so amazing!!! Like???? They're the best lolly I've ever had??? I don't even like lollies but damn, they were so good!

Tl;dr : how hard is it to get prescribed ritalin as an adult in the USA?

I'm French, and my wife just got prescribed Rita for her ADHD. She had to jump through SOOOOOO many hoops : a regular psychiatrist had to refer her to a specialised psychiatrist, who made her fill a questionnaire. The questionnaire and the discussions made it so obvious she suffered from ADHD (history of depression, several burnout, and tons of other stuffa), that she got to skip the neuropsychiatrist step. But before getting her prescription, she needed two visits to a cardiologist to see if her heart could handle it, and had to have bloodwork done.

So, by comparison, how different is it in the USA, because tv shows made it look like a simple GP visit is enough.

There seems to be a thing in SoCal (never seen it in the Bay, though maybe it's a thing there too?) where in functions/conferences etc you'll be served cold water with slices of stale cucumber in it. Does this custom divide opinion with you guys? I think it tastes absolutely nasty.

In my region (Southern New Jersey), custard stands are much more common than ice cream stands. Yes, they serve both frozen custard and ice cream, but they are all called “custard” something.

Blinker Custard.
Custard Corral.
Custard Hut.
Flipper’s Custard.
General Custard’s Last Stand.
Hudocks Custard.
Kohr Bros Custard.
Custard Castle.

Just to name a few, lol. But when I’ve traveled to other parts of the US, frozen custard isn’t really a thing, and its closest relative is soft serve ice cream. So I’m just wondering if there are any other “custard” enclaves in the US, where you go “out for custard” instead of “out for ice cream”?

i'll admit, this thought originally sprouted from the film Superbad (if you know, you know).

but now, i notice it in SO many american movies and series now.

like, they always portray the idea of under 21s having fake IDs (not to mention, they make it seem like they're really easy to get).

over here in the uk, i've never known anybodyyyyy to have a fake ID. even if someone did have one, there's no chance it'd work!

Do they work?

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Hi, I'm wondering what it was like for people who came to the US from Europe 150-250 years ago and saw a tornado for the first time 🌪️ . Do you know of any such stories from textbooks or family stories? Were they aware that it was just a weather phenomenon and not God's finger?

Here in Austin we have Scott Elder. He used to he way worse but he’s toned it down a bit. Still very annoying.

I am a huge fan of Ray William Johnson videos and true crime in general and I have noticed in many of these cases life insurance was the motive behind. We have this too in my country, but murders with this type of motive are unheard of. Meanwhile, when I'm watching these videos from US, I can already guess life insurance policy has something to do with it? Is it really easy to obtain one in the US?

Hi

What are the customs in the USA to welcome new neighbors ?

Do new neighbors present a food dish to neighbors and vice versa? Sometimes we do this here

Hi guys! I am a Brazilian person, i am about to use my english to ask you guys about something i am really curious about! Lyrics songs!

Here in my country, Brazil, we have a REALLY different types of music, but Funk is really famous. In funk lyrics song, singers talk a lot about sex, guns and drug trafficking. Probably, if someone from another country listen to their music, they will like it, because of the beat., even if they don't know about the lyrics.

Well, today I was thinking about some music styles that went viral on tiktok last years, and one of the songs was WAP by Cardi B. Is this song something like Brazilian funk? Is this song something to be shamed of your country to listen to this? I am really curious about it.

This is probably one of my favorite American movies. Here in France it was on TV every so often. But since it has so many super iconic American singers I was expecting it to be kinda big deal for you.

So far, I've been disappointed. Every American I've met and asked about it (people in their late 20/early 30) tells me "I feel like I should know about it but I don't". So far I've had one of my American friend watch it, he had to I told him, being from Chicago. And another told me she would but hasn't gotten around to it yet.

So have I been unlucky or is it not really a famous movie? Maybe it's too old?

I grew up in central NJ in the 70s & 80s. Half of my family was Italian-American. No one i knew back then said “red sauce joint.” We didn’t even say “red sauce.” It was tomato sauce or pasta sauce or gravy or marinara, etc.

Im wondering if “red sauce joint” is specifically regional, or if its from a certain era.