"Their toilets. In the US, every toilet I've ever come across has a flush lever on the left of the tank, a sensor, or a button on the top. In Europe, by contrast, every single toilet has a different flush mechanism. Every. Single. One. It's like an escape room challenge. Foot pedals. Cranks. Pull knobs. I was once stuck in a bathroom for 20 minutes trying to figure out how to flush the toilet, and it turned out to be a pulley on the other side of the room."
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Tave 1 year ago
Sounds great to me (yes, I live in the US). US could learn a lot if it just stopped thinking it was the best at everything.
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Sigismund 1 year ago
Tave,
that is so very true!
that is so very true!
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Rolly 1 year ago
Tave,
It's not so much "best of everything" it's more "can't comprehend it is different" outside of USA. Or more so, refuse to even try to comprehend!
Not about Europe but an American in strange place!
In Thailand on a boat, in middle of a silent night crossing a lake . American voice pierces the silence "what do you mean you got no god damned hamburgers?"
It's not so much "best of everything" it's more "can't comprehend it is different" outside of USA. Or more so, refuse to even try to comprehend!
Not about Europe but an American in strange place!
In Thailand on a boat, in middle of a silent night crossing a lake . American voice pierces the silence "what do you mean you got no god damned hamburgers?"
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Thirza 1 year ago
Each country is free to do what they like !
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Sigismund 1 year ago
Thirza,
only to a certain extend. The rest is EU regulations.
only to a certain extend. The rest is EU regulations.
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Waldo 1 year ago
#4 no, when it's a rental, the owner will have you take it out. however, you may come to an agreement with the next owner/renter to leave it in.
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Almena 1 year ago
The fact that they go on war so often between themself.
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Waldo 1 year ago
Almena,
because other continents don't?
because other continents don't?
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Almena 1 year ago
Waldo,
Not that much.
Not that much.
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Ana 1 year ago
Almena,
Seriously, go study history. Asia and Africa had constant wars, they are just less well known. That or some emperor just grabbed everything, thus ending entire nations.
Seriously, go study history. Asia and Africa had constant wars, they are just less well known. That or some emperor just grabbed everything, thus ending entire nations.
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Tim 1 year ago
Almena,
The US has been at war with someone for most of its existence. in 245 years it has been at war for 227 years.
inside central Europe, nothing major has happened since WWII. sadly the same can't be said for Eastern Europe damn russians.
The US has been at war with someone for most of its existence. in 245 years it has been at war for 227 years.
inside central Europe, nothing major has happened since WWII. sadly the same can't be said for Eastern Europe damn russians.
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Gus 1 year ago
Almena,
War and poverty has been the norm throughout most of human history. The anomalies are peace and wealth. The correct questions to ask are:
How is there peace?
How is there wealth & prosperity?
War & poverty are a given.
War and poverty has been the norm throughout most of human history. The anomalies are peace and wealth. The correct questions to ask are:
How is there peace?
How is there wealth & prosperity?
War & poverty are a given.
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Ana 1 year ago
Afaik, the naked thing is mostly on Scandinavia, with their sauna traditions. You really don't do that down south...
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Sigismund 1 year ago
Ana,
I think you're wrong
I think you're wrong
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Tim 1 year ago
Ana,
it depends in Germany for example there is no law that prohibits you from running around naked. as long as it isn't a sex thing or annoys other people.
it depends in Germany for example there is no law that prohibits you from running around naked. as long as it isn't a sex thing or annoys other people.
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Rosa 1 year ago
#8 Most Europeans learn several languages because each country has its own language. If they travel to other countries then they try to learn enough of that language to understand and be understood.
In the US we all, for the most part, speak the same language. Imagine if people in Illinois spoke English, but people in Wisconsin spoke Norwegian, people in Iowa spoke German, people in Indiana spoke Spanish, and so on. If you wanted to go outside your home state, it would be best to learn some of that other state's language.
Europeans learn several languages out of necessity; in the US we learn other languages mostly as a hobby.
In the US we all, for the most part, speak the same language. Imagine if people in Illinois spoke English, but people in Wisconsin spoke Norwegian, people in Iowa spoke German, people in Indiana spoke Spanish, and so on. If you wanted to go outside your home state, it would be best to learn some of that other state's language.
Europeans learn several languages out of necessity; in the US we learn other languages mostly as a hobby.
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Sigismund 1 year ago
Rosa,
yep, that's the advantage of being so self-centered.
There is no absolute need to learn another language, you can do well if you just stay in your own country. However, a foreign language is mandatory in most school systems.
I wonder why americans don't learn spanish as a second language. I know I would if I lived there...
yep, that's the advantage of being so self-centered.
There is no absolute need to learn another language, you can do well if you just stay in your own country. However, a foreign language is mandatory in most school systems.
I wonder why americans don't learn spanish as a second language. I know I would if I lived there...
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Gus 1 year ago
Rosa,
In the US we learn multiple languages, they're just all English-based. New England, Southern, Midwest, Southwest, West Coast...
In the US we learn multiple languages, they're just all English-based. New England, Southern, Midwest, Southwest, West Coast...
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Sigismund 1 year ago
#1 for sure not the part of Europe I live in
#2 neither
#6 pisses me off every time (no pun intended)
#7 what?
#8 Doesn't surprise me though
#9 I start to think we're talking only about a handful of very specific countries
#10 Yeah well, "American Swiss Cheese". Right?
#12 Yes, because noone uses public transport
#13 Well, if you don't live in a nation full of crazy people...
#16 That's not restricted to Berlin. Stupid concept for rental/leased places though.
#17 I don't think it's EVERYWHERE like this, not even in Ireland
#18 European farmers have killed all the bugs with their pesticides, so ...
#19 Yes, we still have something called "enmployee rights". Question is: how much longer?
#20 The problem is the 'murican attitude towards nudity. Effing prudes!
#22 "just room temperature air". What kind of air would you expect, polar snowstorm? And yeah, maybe europeans ain't as soft as 'muricans, think about it!
#23 Everyone still drives better than in the US, haha
#24 Again with the employee rights
#25 Yeah, because we don't wash them so that they NEED refrigeration. They might even have some chicken poop on them!
#2 neither
#6 pisses me off every time (no pun intended)
#7 what?
#8 Doesn't surprise me though
#9 I start to think we're talking only about a handful of very specific countries
#10 Yeah well, "American Swiss Cheese". Right?
#12 Yes, because noone uses public transport
#13 Well, if you don't live in a nation full of crazy people...
#16 That's not restricted to Berlin. Stupid concept for rental/leased places though.
#17 I don't think it's EVERYWHERE like this, not even in Ireland
#18 European farmers have killed all the bugs with their pesticides, so ...
#19 Yes, we still have something called "enmployee rights". Question is: how much longer?
#20 The problem is the 'murican attitude towards nudity. Effing prudes!
#22 "just room temperature air". What kind of air would you expect, polar snowstorm? And yeah, maybe europeans ain't as soft as 'muricans, think about it!
#23 Everyone still drives better than in the US, haha
#24 Again with the employee rights
#25 Yeah, because we don't wash them so that they NEED refrigeration. They might even have some chicken poop on them!
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Avarilla 1 year ago
Sigismund,
#12 no one is using public transport ?? By saying that, it means you don't live in Paris, most of the people are using it.
#23 it means you're never went in the US also, haha
#12 no one is using public transport ?? By saying that, it means you don't live in Paris, most of the people are using it.
#23 it means you're never went in the US also, haha
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Nora 1 year ago
Visited Madrid on Business.
Dinner at 9pm....and there was a LOT of food.
And most of the burger joints & restaurants were closed during the afternoon and early evening.
Basel, Switzerland: No laundromats.
The team I met with wore the exact same outfits Mon-Fri.
Dinner at 9pm....and there was a LOT of food.
And most of the burger joints & restaurants were closed during the afternoon and early evening.
Basel, Switzerland: No laundromats.
The team I met with wore the exact same outfits Mon-Fri.
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Tim 1 year ago
Nora,
the very late dinner is a Spanish thing many South American countries also have very late dinners.
the very late dinner is a Spanish thing many South American countries also have very late dinners.
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Kingsley 1 year ago
#10 yeah, what a strange thing..... on the other hand, in US you can cheese whatever you want, it doesnt even contain a pinch of cheese.... way better 
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Kingsley 1 year ago
Quote: Kingsley
you can cheese whatever
*you can call cheese
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Scottie 1 year ago
"European" is not equal to presenting local habits of some countries.
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Rafa 1 year ago
When you are in Rome ,act like Romanian 
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Tiffy 1 year ago
Won't work, won't help, won't fight back. Yeah, sounds like Europe.
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Bradford 1 year ago
Every American belong to the menial manual labour class. They think they can change the civilised world of thousands of years by verbal & physical thuggery.
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Lee 1 year ago
I worked as a contractor at Alstom Transportation for 6 months, where I relearned and applied more francais, than I did from two years of taking that in High School. That, was 2005, and today, I doubt that I could ask for a glass of water en francais.
that is so very true!
It's not so much "best of everything" it's more "can't comprehend it is different" outside of USA. Or more so, refuse to even try to comprehend!
Not about Europe but an American in strange place!
In Thailand on a boat, in middle of a silent night crossing a lake . American voice pierces the silence "what do you mean you got no god damned hamburgers?"
only to a certain extend. The rest is EU regulations.
because other continents don't?
Not that much.
Seriously, go study history. Asia and Africa had constant wars, they are just less well known. That or some emperor just grabbed everything, thus ending entire nations.
The US has been at war with someone for most of its existence. in 245 years it has been at war for 227 years.
inside central Europe, nothing major has happened since WWII. sadly the same can't be said for Eastern Europe damn russians.
War and poverty has been the norm throughout most of human history. The anomalies are peace and wealth. The correct questions to ask are:
How is there peace?
How is there wealth & prosperity?
War & poverty are a given.
I think you're wrong
it depends in Germany for example there is no law that prohibits you from running around naked. as long as it isn't a sex thing or annoys other people.
In the US we all, for the most part, speak the same language. Imagine if people in Illinois spoke English, but people in Wisconsin spoke Norwegian, people in Iowa spoke German, people in Indiana spoke Spanish, and so on. If you wanted to go outside your home state, it would be best to learn some of that other state's language.
Europeans learn several languages out of necessity; in the US we learn other languages mostly as a hobby.
yep, that's the advantage of being so self-centered.
There is no absolute need to learn another language, you can do well if you just stay in your own country. However, a foreign language is mandatory in most school systems.
I wonder why americans don't learn spanish as a second language. I know I would if I lived there...
In the US we learn multiple languages, they're just all English-based. New England, Southern, Midwest, Southwest, West Coast...
#2 neither
#6 pisses me off every time (no pun intended)
#7 what?
#8 Doesn't surprise me though
#9 I start to think we're talking only about a handful of very specific countries
#10 Yeah well, "American Swiss Cheese". Right?
#12 Yes, because noone uses public transport
#13 Well, if you don't live in a nation full of crazy people...
#16 That's not restricted to Berlin. Stupid concept for rental/leased places though.
#17 I don't think it's EVERYWHERE like this, not even in Ireland
#18 European farmers have killed all the bugs with their pesticides, so ...
#19 Yes, we still have something called "enmployee rights". Question is: how much longer?
#20 The problem is the 'murican attitude towards nudity. Effing prudes!
#22 "just room temperature air". What kind of air would you expect, polar snowstorm? And yeah, maybe europeans ain't as soft as 'muricans, think about it!
#23 Everyone still drives better than in the US, haha
#24 Again with the employee rights
#25 Yeah, because we don't wash them so that they NEED refrigeration. They might even have some chicken poop on them!
#12 no one is using public transport ?? By saying that, it means you don't live in Paris, most of the people are using it.
#23 it means you're never went in the US also, haha
Dinner at 9pm....and there was a LOT of food.
And most of the burger joints & restaurants were closed during the afternoon and early evening.
Basel, Switzerland: No laundromats.
The team I met with wore the exact same outfits Mon-Fri.
the very late dinner is a Spanish thing many South American countries also have very late dinners.
*you can call cheese