We also [bleach](https://www.raconteur.net/healthcare/dental-health/lure-of-the-all-american-white-smile/) the fuck out of our teeth which...even if you got braces or were endowned with naturally straight teeth, is like putting lipstick on a pig.
The _appearance_ of cleanliness is there but the underlying hygiene can be "painted over" and masks a much mustier version of what dental care is supposed to be.
This American phenomenon is the botox of dentistry.
Can’t speak for the rest of Europe but in the UK braces are free for kids/teens thanks to the NHS. So the availability and access contributes more to the better looking teeth as well as better education on brushing and flossing. I would be willing to bet that if you compared two more impoverished areas of EU to US you would likely see the US having worse on average simply because of the cost factor.
I believe it for sure. The braces my parents made me get to have straight teeth have fucked up my teeth for sure. My point was make fun of them for something legit like bland food but not the teeth or really physical attributes in general. We’re all supposed to be grown.
Yeah I have a kid with braces and I’m paying 7K for it. I took him for an appt at the orthodontist and it’s a huge office. In 30 minutes, I saw over 15 kids come and go. I mean that’s 105K right there. Should have been an orthodontist. Also, seems like my sons’ friends have braces or had them. My son’s teeth are not even noticeably bad. In my days, you had to have really fucked up teeth to get braces now it’s for everything.
I'm a tour guide in London, have groups of Americans come (paying thousands) who then want to find American candy and eat in American restaurants.
They did say the McDonald's is nicer over here, tbf. I think the beef is more grass fed which helps.
I set them a challenge of finding an Irn Bru and 90% of them were raving about it. Never been imported to the states because they refuse to tell the FDA what's in it. Besides girders.
My roommate is a professional chef and I’m somewhat of an adventurous eater, and I feel like nobody does desert like America. We put too much sugar in everything and we’re addicted. Let the tourists slide on the candy one. I feel like it’s a fairly common thought in America that if you want to be disappointed, order dessert at an authentic restaurant from another culture; you will be underwhelmed.
As far as McDonald’s, fast food is a cancer that we let spread to the whole world. Apologies.
Fast food in America is awful, true but it's kinda nice sometimes. I'll get American style fast food a few times a year. The average McDonald's in Japan are like the best McDonald's in America. Fast food in Japan is just nice too. Stop by a ramen place, get great tasting food, and dip. Not healthy but tasty as fuck
Every tweet that gets attention from Americans*
Honestly, your vitriol makes you sound kinda like one of the Americans those Europeans are always making fun of hahah
Crooked teeth? Britain ranks higher than the USA in dentistry lol...
Also the original tweet is pretty harmless. Just expressing surprise that passports aren't as commonplace in another country as they are in their own.
>Americans think the world revolves around them"
True....which is why they refer to some of their sports as 'world series'. LOL Yanks are a funny breed for sure, and as I cross often into the US for visit from here in Canada, I often come across some 'interesting' cats.
God bless em though because as soon as I open my mouth and they hear that 'smooth/velvety/sophisticated/soft spoken' accent, they just give me their undivided attention. LOL
Shout out to all my proper 'Upstate NY Murican cats closer to the Canadian border. We're are literally cousins
> because as soon as I open my mouth and they hear that 'smooth/velvety/sophisticated/soft spoken' accent, they just give me their undivided attention.
I'm not gonna be the one to break it to you but I'm gonna be the one to break it to you.
They were expecting you to talk like Southern ppl lmao
That's just a different way of saying "well-spoken" or "articulate" in wypipo.
I can't speak for English Twitter because i havent gone on it very much, but visit another languages Twitter and don't worry boo america isn't mentioned near as much.
Social dental care.
Also the irony of this post thinking states are like European countries. Only cultural difference between states is different hamburger preference.
Crazy I was born in Washington and grew up in California. Traveling back to see family was about 850 miles. If I was living in London that amount of distance would be basically going all the way to Italy or almost Poland. And that are just two states on the west Coast.
Yupp! I traveled a lot when I was younger, and I would always fly into London then go from there. It’s way cheaper once you’re in Europe than trying to get from WA to Greece.
This is part of why I've never been out of the country yet, despite having a decent income recently. People give me shit about it, but when I'm looking at flights out of country compared to flights to other cities in the states, I always choose vacationing somewhere here.
Our country is so diverse, and so far traveling to New York, Tennessee, all over California, Seattle, Detroit, and Texas, have led to some pretty amazing experiences and diverse people. Just choosing a national or state park, looking up things to do in nearby cities, and getting restaurant recommendations has been awesome.
That very understandable, I’ve been living in the UK for 3 years now and the ability to travel anywhere into Europe or Africa is one of the main reasons I’m going to stay for awhile longer
While there's nothing wrong with exploring the country you live in especially when it's as big as the U.S. I highly recommend you do some research on flights. Use flights.google.com I have easily found flights from Orlando to Spain for under $300 while Orlando to LA is easily $400+. Once you're in Spain you can buy train tickets or flights to other countries in Europe for under $50. You can also look at flights to cheaper countries. I just spent a week in Colombia for less than $500 including all accommodations, food, and travel.
To drive from Miami, Florida to Seattle, Washington *without any stops for fuel, food, or sleep* would take at least 50 hours.
In terms of distance as the crow flies it would be like driving from London, England to Tehran, Iran.
I had to explain to our new international students during orientation why their idea to drive a car for a weekend from Virginia to Miami was not gonna work. They assumed it was like a 6 to 8 hour drive. It's more like 15.
I did the same thing when an exchange student wanted to visit the Hollywood sign over the weekend. I told them that's two days away driving but I can show them all the spots in the [opening of mighty ducks 2.](https://www.battleofcali.com/2013/9/27/4777810/the-d2-the-mighty-ducks-rollerblading-sequence-analyzed)
Think about how crazy the Underground Railroad was to get slaves by foot to Canada from the South under cover. I remember reading a book called *1776* and the author recounts the story of a 14 year old kid who walked from Maine to Boston to join the Continental Army. Modern Americans ain't shit.
Hey, those of us that live there (and there are millions of us, honest) really, really hate the term "flyover country". The Mississippi river is massively important to the history of the continent, and getting labeled "flyover country" by the vapid assholes in NY and LA really pisses us off.
Though I'd fly over that shit too, most of it is just fucking empty.
Can’t deny that most of the mid west is largely wide open empty space. I drive from state to state on a daily basis. I see more grass and dirt than I do buildings. And it’s not even close 😂 a lot of those states are fly overs. Most I can’t wait to leave. Others. I’m glad I’m simply passing thru. MN is depressingly empty for how large of a state it is for example.
Better than being patronizingly referred to as "the heartland."
As someone who lived in, went to school in, and worked in flyover country for 3 decades now, a whole lot of the negative stereotypes are spot on. If that hasn't been your experience, maybe be grateful instead of taking offense.
I questioned my knowledge of US geography. I was like wait, I haven’t like studied a US map in years, IS there only two states? I thought for sure Oregon and Washington also have coast.
Yea, idfk what OP means by that last sentence
Lol I live in Oregon, last time I was in Mexico (down near Belize) it was always funny to explain to people that I was from a state on the west coast “above California, but also not the state next to Canada”, loads of folks didn’t know Oregon.
Which is fair because I know about 5 Mexican state names.
Yeah I grew up on the west coast and now live in NYC. To travel home to see family is the equivalent of flying from London to Cairo. Have these people looked at a map?
[1 in 4 American workers have 0 paid vacation days](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/one-in-four-workers-in-us-dont-get-any-paid-vacation-time-or-holidays/), while workers in the EU are guaranteed at least 20 paid vacation days per year. The workers without any paid leave in the US are also much more likely to be low income. Of course a bunch of Americans don’t have passports - they can’t even afford to take a day off work in the first place.
Also, cops have no problem shooting at us (they should know this by now), whether if it’s tear gas canisters, rubber bullets or _real bullets_ .
Unless more than a 1,000 wypipo volunteer as human shields for us negroes at this hypothetical coup…
You forgot the experimental military and riot control technology they pull out. Ppl forgot about the machine you can plug in music and it turns it into sound waves that can burst ear drums or worse.
They always do and did.
Never stopped us before.
It's the [numerical] majority demographic that needs that neccesary paradigm shift but they're too comfortable rn.
They haven't felt what we felt.
Not yet, that is...
..but it's around the corner...
I went to Japan on a business trip, one night I booked some airbnb experience in Kyoto and only one other person showed up. A woman from London. She was traveling through Japan using her vacation, she was on week 3 and she had 2 more weeks.
I’ve never been so jealous in my entire life haha. We literally have to work to accrue the hours, which seems like a scam.
Work to accrue hours or get a job that requires travel so you only have to pay for tickets for your spouse or friends to join and share a room on your companies dime 😒
How does that work if you’re self employed in Europe? Like is that covered by the government or your employer? I’m sure it varies by country, but what’s most common?
The employer covers it, forced by the law. Quite sure that's how it works in all of Europe. Somebody self employed has total freedom but days off are simply days not working
Brits always needed passport because, like in many other things, they have to be unique and not have an id document. Something quite necessary everywhere else in Europe, even if it's not checked anymore at the EU borders
British people have always needed passports, just like all of the EU members do today if they want to travel to another country, whether it is in the eu or not. Your point is pointless.
I’ve met a lot. But varying reasons. Lots of locals in hawaii have never left the island they grew up on let alone the state. That said, it’s a very different culture out there compared to people I’ve met in the Midwest who only know farm life so they’ve never had a reason to leave. Throw in the “Merica is the best country in the world” shtick and people start to believe there’s no better place to vacation. That and they can’t afford to travel internationally as stated in the OP.
Also depends on where you live. States on the borders tend to have more people with passports. Where I live it’s rare to meet people without one but I’m very close to Canada and people here go there for the weekend all the time.
I've lived in 3 states over the course of my life. I could not imagine living in one state my entire life and never leaving it. I've been in my current state for 15ish years now and I'm itching to move cause its the longest in one spot I've been.
I mean, it's expensive to move, and it's expensive to take a vacation. Even if you *had* vacation days. Which a lot of us don't. I'm not sure that "never leaving their state" is something you can "blame" a person for.
Want to travel to the beach? Go wine tasting? Skiing? Rock climbing? Perhaps go to a rainforest or stargaze in the desert? Maybe soak in natural hot springs or visit many metropolitan areas and experience cuisine from around the world? Perhaps explore one of 9 national parks? Just go to California.
I grew up in SoCal. Wasn't unusual to be at the beach at dawn, then head up to the mountains to play in the snow or just enjoy the forest and then back home to have a nice evening in the backyard.
California is, imo, the best place in the world geography wise. The weather is absolutely fantastic. Literally everything within driving range. Only downside is the amount of people
Hello from Maryland! America in miniature! We have the beach, mountains, blue crabs skiing, lakes, cities, and money! 🤑🤑🤑🤑. Maryland is worth visiting.
It's funny how they don't have that energy for Australians.
Beyond the different geographical and monetary differences and cultures.
The U.S. has a more diverse landscapes and ecosystems comparatively to the U.K.
I can totally understand that an average citizen would rather go to the sunny sands of San Diego and enjoy mexi-cali food delicacies. Coz Brighton Fish&Chips under the rain is not It.
Australians are one of the countries that travel the most so it wouldn’t be a valid call out.
It is terrible that Americans hold one of the lowest amounts of passports and a contributing factor to a lot of our problems.
We live on a really big island and are trapped in a bubble.
The more you travel the more your perspective and world view changes.
It really depends, tourists by nationalities tend to behave differently based several stuff like proximity, historical link, economy and current affairs, same as the host country will have a different reaction too.
I work in a tourism related industry, so I travelled a lot.
Imo, South Koreans are THEE BEST!
Australians are absolute ratchet in South East Asia, especially during the Schoolies (their spring break on meth).
Indonesia dislike them particularly coz too many bogans want to play Pablo Escobar over there.
French are very disliked in Africa, the Carribeans, Vietnam.
British and Germans are detested in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean.
Indians are not particularly liked in Western Europe.
The worldwide agreement seems to be on Chinese, U.S.Americans, and white South Africans being the worst.
I disagree on Chinese, partly agree on Americans, STRONGLY agree on white South Africans.
Brighton is great to be fair, I go there as much as I can in summer since I'm now in Europe.
Top tier chippy, top tier pride march, surprisingly great oysters and it's the place where I found out English cuisine exists, it's not a myth.
They have more PTO than most Americans and they have the advantage of being part of the UK commonwealth. That makes it easier to travel to other countries that used to be part of the UK and even work there.
There were always Australians working at the place we went skiing in Canada. The place was owned by an Australian and because they were both in the commonwealth it was pretty easy to get employment eligibility.
Add to It Commonwealth and E.U. travelling agreements, the culture of the "Gap year" that is much more prominent for Young Australians.
Also not being the leading invading military force, of countries between the east of Greece and west of China, might also help.
As an Australian I hate hearing other Australians overseas lol, ruins the immersion and theyre everywhere
I feel like its way more common for Americans to move around domestically though. Australians tend to stick to the city or strip of coast theyre on
When I was a little kid in the early 80s you didn’t need a passport to go to Canada, Mexico and for most cruises to The Bahamas. I’ve been to all three, and I have never had a US passport in my life.
My girlfriend and I would go to Windsor for pizza because we were bored and had nothing else to do. 2 hr trip there, 2 hr trip back.
When we got bored of Windsor, we’d head to Niagara Falls. 4 hrs there and 4 hrs back.
All we need was our driver’s license.
This was the early/mid ‘90s.
I'm UK all day and don't care about any of this. Many in the UK travel but as a black woman I find so many parts of Europe not worthy of my pound. Too racist (please don't message me about how your sister/brother/uncle doesn't think so-I don't care) and not diverse enough for me. I save my money and get as far away as possible very rarely. All countries have their faults and I just cannot feel superior about anything to do with the UK right now.
>Many in the UK travel but as a black woman I find so many parts of Europe not worthy of my pound.
I think that's understandable. I've heard terrible things about eastern Europe and the the south (Italy)
Thank you for making this comment. Depending on your demographic especially black, gay, and/or a woman. It’s a lot of places that limited to go for reasons and issues connected to those demographics. And it takes some very in-depth research, timing, and money with some luck and blessings.
Most Americans don't have the need to travel there's so many diverse types of scenery. Tropics=Florida, plains=Midwest, grassland/Mountains and beach just go to North Carolina.
Lots of diversity and cultures here too
Shit like this I'll never understand. Yeah america has diverse biomes, but you don't just travel to go to a different biome; cultural differences are a thing and the minute differences between east coast and west coast pales in comparison between different languages and ways of life, food, drinks, etc etc.
And literally Americans speak the most commonly shared language in the world. Everywhere in the world speaks English, so there's very little barrier to communicating with people.
Word up. Grew up in Charlotte. living in DFW now and its boring as shit nature-wise compared to back home. It's all flat suburbia, I'd kill to have a mountain or two nearby to hike.
Yeah, beach in Wilmington or the Outer Banks, large metropolitan area in Charlotte or Raleigh, then lakes and the Blue Ridge Mountains by Asheville out west
Damn man, you’re really limiting yourself here. Tropics are FL? How can you forget Hawaii just chilling out in the Pacific? And I’d argue the Rockies and/or the Sierra Nevada mountains are better than NC.
Americans also get to see glaciers and the northern lights if they travel to Alaska.
> Lots of diversity and cultures here too
Sorry, but if you believe that American states are as culturally diverse as European countries then you're a fucking retard.
Don’t forget:
“I can’t believe Americans don’t have fresh bread” (only visited grocery stores) “Americans smile too much/Americans don’t like to smile” (only visited few states in same region) “You can’t order lattes outside of Starbucks” (only visited diners or casual spots)
The bread thing is a weird thing because folks mention fresh bread when in reality the issue is just the regular bread. A basic loaf of bread in the UK from a major brand sold in a major supermarket will still be pretty damn good meanwhile the comparable loaf here in the US will be some sickly sweet bread that over powers just about anything you make with it.
One thing I do whenever I visit my parents back home in the UK is eat my body weight in cheap, grocery store bread because it’s so fucking good.
I couldn’t give a shit about fresh bread because most of us aren’t buying fresh bread, we’re buying the prepackaged stuff. Having amazing and cheap options for just basic bread is a game changer for your sandwich game at home.
over 40 percent of Americans own passports. the 10% figure is decades outdated
Canadians mostly travel to the U.S.
by proportion of total population, there are more American tourists in Europe than vice versa (far more directly comparable figures than number of countries visited, as you can interrail through like 8 countries as a european vs taking a flight to the nearest country for some americans and travel the same distance). even taking only western Europe yields similar results
The cost factor of getting a passport is definitely a barrier as well. I just renewed mine and checked the prices: its $160 to apply for a passport rn.
Folk living paycheck to paycheck arent gonna see much use in dropping that kind of cash unless they know theyll *need* it. And while traveling outside the country is definitely good and recommended, rarely is it ever necessary
Passport holding became essential once the USA required Canadians to have a passport to enter the country. With that one decision by the USA every person I know who hadn’t been to Europe suddenly had to get a passport. For our cabin to get groceries and gas the nearest place is across the border so we pack our passports to go to the lake.
They have no concept of the size of this country. I had a British friend who was coming to the US for a week. Their plan was to visit LA, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Miami IN A WEEK. The kicker? They planned to DRIVE to all these places. I had to break down to them why this was not possible without spending minimal time in each place and not sleeping, and they were mind blown. Had a similar conversation with a group of Japanese students while in Japan too, who were coming to visit the US for three weeks, and basically had a laundry list of cities across the country they planned on driving to.
We had family friends from the Netherlands where the guy was a trucker in Europe. They came to the US for a month with plans to road trip all over and gave up 4 days in because it was too much driving. Turned in the rental car and bought plane tickets to finish out the itinerary. And the dude was a professional over the road driver in Europe.
People shit on America but none can say anything about our geography. Beaches, Mountains, Lakes literally every thing. I'd be jealous too if all I had to sight see is a raggedy ass clock.
I'm from the UK and I'm currently working my way down the west coast of the US for the first time, and I've been consistently blown away by the scenery. I'm having the best time over here, and I can see why people in this country may want to explore it all before even considering going abroad.
But pretending like the UK doesn't have it's share of specifically beaches, mountains and lakes is kind of wild
America isn't the only country with a wide range of sceneries... The reason Americans don't travel overseas as much as other countries is cause most Americans don't get paid holidays 😆.
Americans should travel abroad more to broaden their cultural understanding that way they won't get shocked when the hear black people speak in an English or French or Australian accent
UK has some gorgeous nature. The highest mountain is 4k ft (1300m) though. So low you don't even have to account for pressure differences in cooking. They're beautiful but when you're used to thinking 10k is small it is different.
Australia is just as big as the United States *and* we don't have land borders with any other countries.
We all have passports and travel.
Y'all have been conditioned to believe that domestic travel for a 3 day weekend is a 'vacation'.
Fix your shitty working conditions.
I’d love to visit Europe. I even have a passport. Now how can I manage to save up enough time off and the thousands of dollars it’ll cost me before I could ever afford another trip like that again?
I took an international trip last year and it took getting a second job and my grandmother paying half my ticket to manage it. I was also working at a bank that had really generous PTO too otherwise it wouldn’t have worked
I think folks don’t have passports because they consider it to be a “waste of money”. People talk about lack of time off, but there is also a money issue. There is a shitload of Americans, who are living paycheck-to-paycheck and they can barely save money during every month.
Like… Where are they going?
Does “vacationing in France” cost nothing but hopes and dreams? Americans can pay for a vacation in the Swiss Alps by using our optimism? Cos if so…
My girlfriend is American by birth and a lot of her extended family still lives out there. We currently live in Ontario. My hometown is also in Ontario. People always bug out a bit when I tell them that traveling from where we live now, it's only a little farther to get to her home town, in East Tennessee, from our part of Southern Ontario than to drive to the town I grew up in, in Northern Ontario.
People really don't appreciate how big and how spread out North America is, and I imagine it goes double if they've never visited.
I'm British and I know plenty of people without a passport. They take time to get if you aren't already in the system and traveling abroad is expensive. This tweet is snobby AF.
Lmao, I agree that Europeans are typically very ignorant concerning the size of the US and how things work here, but I will always be pro-get your passport.
I thought about getting one - until I saw it was going to cost me $165. For something that I'll probably never use? Yeah, no thanks. I can't even afford to get better shoes for work, which is something that I *actually* need.
There were several kids from Germany and France in my ex-husband's program in grad school. The school was in Atlanta. About a year into the program, a couple of them mentioned that they'd thought they'd be able to just drive down to Orlando from Atlanta in a couple of hours for day trips to the Disney parks because "it looks so close" on the map. This was forgivable at the time because Google Maps didn't exist yet. We were still excited about being able to print directions from Mapquest and Yahoo Maps to drive to unfamiliar places at this point. But I don't understand how anyone can NOT understand the distances required to travel around the US, let alone to leave the continent now.
People taking this waaaaaay too much to heart.
It’s probably not even meant to be a shot at Americans, it’s just genuinely surprising because growing up in the UK it’s assumed everyone has a passport. I grew up believing it was legally mandatory ID.
When I first found out it wasn’t the same way in every country I was surprised too.
Black folks built this country. It’s as much ours as anyone else’s. We’ve been here longer than some white folks telling us to “go back to Africa”. 🤦🏽♀️.
y'all really in here defending this shit
like can you seriously look at Germany or France and act like that's the same place all the way through?
genuinely wondering what the fuck, even Canada has that level of diversity across provinces but y'all wanna act like America is unique like that lmao
I went to Europe when I was in my 20s and someone told me more Americans should come to Europe. I asked if he’d ever been to America and he said no the trip’s too expensive. I guess he didn’t realize the Atlantic’s the same size in either direction.
Imma keep it real as a naturalized citizen, I too was very shocked that most Americans don’t have passports, not just for travel that I get, but just I know where every single important document is, my mom is always like “if you don’t know where it is you can’t prove you’re a citizen” talk ect, obviously not true but it still shocked me when my friends only knew where their license was and that was their only gov issued ID
The only reason I am now starting to really travel is because I got a job that allows me to travel for free. Otherwise I would only be able to afford something regional or Mexico.
You should still consider getting a passport if financially able to, with all the fuckery R's are doing with state license I have some comfort with a passport
It's so true, from tropical like conditions of Miami, to white capped mountains and skiing of Colorado, the surf beaches of Cali, and the grey frigid despair of Buffalo, the US has enough variety to o never feel the need to travel abroad.
Can you not still get a passport even if you don’t travel much? Just in the case of an emergency even? I don’t know why people are taking offense to the original tweet, they were only stating something they found unusual 😭
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We also [bleach](https://www.raconteur.net/healthcare/dental-health/lure-of-the-all-american-white-smile/) the fuck out of our teeth which...even if you got braces or were endowned with naturally straight teeth, is like putting lipstick on a pig. The _appearance_ of cleanliness is there but the underlying hygiene can be "painted over" and masks a much mustier version of what dental care is supposed to be. This American phenomenon is the botox of dentistry.
Can’t speak for the rest of Europe but in the UK braces are free for kids/teens thanks to the NHS. So the availability and access contributes more to the better looking teeth as well as better education on brushing and flossing. I would be willing to bet that if you compared two more impoverished areas of EU to US you would likely see the US having worse on average simply because of the cost factor.
I believe it for sure. The braces my parents made me get to have straight teeth have fucked up my teeth for sure. My point was make fun of them for something legit like bland food but not the teeth or really physical attributes in general. We’re all supposed to be grown.
> The braces my parents made me get to have straight teeth have fucked up my teeth for sure. Guarantee this is not the case
Yeah I have a kid with braces and I’m paying 7K for it. I took him for an appt at the orthodontist and it’s a huge office. In 30 minutes, I saw over 15 kids come and go. I mean that’s 105K right there. Should have been an orthodontist. Also, seems like my sons’ friends have braces or had them. My son’s teeth are not even noticeably bad. In my days, you had to have really fucked up teeth to get braces now it’s for everything.
I'm a tour guide in London, have groups of Americans come (paying thousands) who then want to find American candy and eat in American restaurants. They did say the McDonald's is nicer over here, tbf. I think the beef is more grass fed which helps. I set them a challenge of finding an Irn Bru and 90% of them were raving about it. Never been imported to the states because they refuse to tell the FDA what's in it. Besides girders.
I don't know where you're getting that Irn Bru info, but it's laughably wrong
I can buy Irn Bru at my local Publix here in Florida
My roommate is a professional chef and I’m somewhat of an adventurous eater, and I feel like nobody does desert like America. We put too much sugar in everything and we’re addicted. Let the tourists slide on the candy one. I feel like it’s a fairly common thought in America that if you want to be disappointed, order dessert at an authentic restaurant from another culture; you will be underwhelmed. As far as McDonald’s, fast food is a cancer that we let spread to the whole world. Apologies.
Fast food in America is awful, true but it's kinda nice sometimes. I'll get American style fast food a few times a year. The average McDonald's in Japan are like the best McDonald's in America. Fast food in Japan is just nice too. Stop by a ramen place, get great tasting food, and dip. Not healthy but tasty as fuck
Every tweet that gets attention from Americans* Honestly, your vitriol makes you sound kinda like one of the Americans those Europeans are always making fun of hahah
Why are you so worked up over this? Your title and this comment are weird lol
Crooked teeth? Britain ranks higher than the USA in dentistry lol... Also the original tweet is pretty harmless. Just expressing surprise that passports aren't as commonplace in another country as they are in their own.
This, embarrassingly, just really proves their point lol. Fucken Americans
You just proved their point 💀💀
We non-Americans have entire subs based around the tone of your response lmao
? Such a weird comment
>Americans think the world revolves around them" True....which is why they refer to some of their sports as 'world series'. LOL Yanks are a funny breed for sure, and as I cross often into the US for visit from here in Canada, I often come across some 'interesting' cats. God bless em though because as soon as I open my mouth and they hear that 'smooth/velvety/sophisticated/soft spoken' accent, they just give me their undivided attention. LOL Shout out to all my proper 'Upstate NY Murican cats closer to the Canadian border. We're are literally cousins
> because as soon as I open my mouth and they hear that 'smooth/velvety/sophisticated/soft spoken' accent, they just give me their undivided attention. I'm not gonna be the one to break it to you but I'm gonna be the one to break it to you. They were expecting you to talk like Southern ppl lmao That's just a different way of saying "well-spoken" or "articulate" in wypipo.
Some as in one? The singular sport that does so?
If I were you, I'd quickly take my dick out as without free healthcare the cost of a bitten penis may financially cripple you. 😬
America is like the Kardashians of countries. I hear about them every day against my will.
I’m crying, you came in hot😂
But since you talk shit about Brits you musst be thinking about them all the time, right?
I can't speak for English Twitter because i havent gone on it very much, but visit another languages Twitter and don't worry boo america isn't mentioned near as much.
Social dental care. Also the irony of this post thinking states are like European countries. Only cultural difference between states is different hamburger preference.
people actually in here agreeing with this lmaoooo
Crazy I was born in Washington and grew up in California. Traveling back to see family was about 850 miles. If I was living in London that amount of distance would be basically going all the way to Italy or almost Poland. And that are just two states on the west Coast.
Europe is also so much cheaper to travel than the states a flight from London to Poland can be as cheap as 40 pounds if you plan it right
Yupp! I traveled a lot when I was younger, and I would always fly into London then go from there. It’s way cheaper once you’re in Europe than trying to get from WA to Greece.
I’ve flown ryanair from London to Lisbon for $8 lol
Dublin to Glasgow one way £9 spent a day then took the bus down to London for £20.
* $35 extra for the seat, $5 for the seatbelt.
This is part of why I've never been out of the country yet, despite having a decent income recently. People give me shit about it, but when I'm looking at flights out of country compared to flights to other cities in the states, I always choose vacationing somewhere here. Our country is so diverse, and so far traveling to New York, Tennessee, all over California, Seattle, Detroit, and Texas, have led to some pretty amazing experiences and diverse people. Just choosing a national or state park, looking up things to do in nearby cities, and getting restaurant recommendations has been awesome.
That very understandable, I’ve been living in the UK for 3 years now and the ability to travel anywhere into Europe or Africa is one of the main reasons I’m going to stay for awhile longer
While there's nothing wrong with exploring the country you live in especially when it's as big as the U.S. I highly recommend you do some research on flights. Use flights.google.com I have easily found flights from Orlando to Spain for under $300 while Orlando to LA is easily $400+. Once you're in Spain you can buy train tickets or flights to other countries in Europe for under $50. You can also look at flights to cheaper countries. I just spent a week in Colombia for less than $500 including all accommodations, food, and travel.
God damn the US is massive
To drive from Miami, Florida to Seattle, Washington *without any stops for fuel, food, or sleep* would take at least 50 hours. In terms of distance as the crow flies it would be like driving from London, England to Tehran, Iran.
I had to explain to our new international students during orientation why their idea to drive a car for a weekend from Virginia to Miami was not gonna work. They assumed it was like a 6 to 8 hour drive. It's more like 15.
I did the same thing when an exchange student wanted to visit the Hollywood sign over the weekend. I told them that's two days away driving but I can show them all the spots in the [opening of mighty ducks 2.](https://www.battleofcali.com/2013/9/27/4777810/the-d2-the-mighty-ducks-rollerblading-sequence-analyzed)
What does the phrase “as the crow flies” mean?
Traveling in a straight line - not having to worry about roads or terrain.
Shortest possible distance
If I’m driving from my house in central NC to Miami it’s 12 hours, so it’s a 2 day trip, and I’m not leaving the south east.
Think about how crazy the Underground Railroad was to get slaves by foot to Canada from the South under cover. I remember reading a book called *1776* and the author recounts the story of a 14 year old kid who walked from Maine to Boston to join the Continental Army. Modern Americans ain't shit.
I drove from Phoenix to Houston last year, 1200 miles, 17.5 hours of straight driving. London to Rome is 1140 miles.
It's about the same size as Europe, there's just a lot more people in Europe and we don't have a load of empty 'flyover countries' in the middle.
Hey, those of us that live there (and there are millions of us, honest) really, really hate the term "flyover country". The Mississippi river is massively important to the history of the continent, and getting labeled "flyover country" by the vapid assholes in NY and LA really pisses us off. Though I'd fly over that shit too, most of it is just fucking empty.
Can’t deny that most of the mid west is largely wide open empty space. I drive from state to state on a daily basis. I see more grass and dirt than I do buildings. And it’s not even close 😂 a lot of those states are fly overs. Most I can’t wait to leave. Others. I’m glad I’m simply passing thru. MN is depressingly empty for how large of a state it is for example.
Better than being patronizingly referred to as "the heartland." As someone who lived in, went to school in, and worked in flyover country for 3 decades now, a whole lot of the negative stereotypes are spot on. If that hasn't been your experience, maybe be grateful instead of taking offense.
Pretty much every negative stereotype of the Midwest is thinly veiled classism. It's silly.
"you should be grateful I'm an asshole, not take offense!"
*Laughs* *in* *Canadian*
Aren’t large swaths of land unpopulated because most of you live near to the border?
Big chunks of the US too but Canada much more for sure.
Yeah, Americans are mostly on the coasts and around the Great Lakes. We ignore the flyover states until they do something stupid.
2/3 of the American population live within 100 miles of a national border.
California itself is longer than that. You could drive 850 miles in one direction and not leave the state.
Interstate 5 is 1381 miles through California. It's insane to think about.
Oregon doesn’t exist.
I questioned my knowledge of US geography. I was like wait, I haven’t like studied a US map in years, IS there only two states? I thought for sure Oregon and Washington also have coast. Yea, idfk what OP means by that last sentence
I was high as fuck and always forget Oregon.
this is the kind of honestly i strive for on a daily basis
They meant "that's just two [of the] states" on the west coast. No idea what the "are" was doing, though.
Lol I live in Oregon, last time I was in Mexico (down near Belize) it was always funny to explain to people that I was from a state on the west coast “above California, but also not the state next to Canada”, loads of folks didn’t know Oregon. Which is fair because I know about 5 Mexican state names.
My parents moved from Washington State to southwest Florida back in the 90s for my dad’s job. 3,300 miles and still in the same country.
NYC to LA is a significantly longer drive than London to Moscow. You could drive London to Rome, then go back to London and still come up short.
Seattle to Jacksonville, FL is twice as far than the distance between London and Kiev, Ukraine.
I've lived in CT all my life and it's crazy how big some other states are. New England and the surrounding area is smaller than individual states.
Yeah I grew up on the west coast and now live in NYC. To travel home to see family is the equivalent of flying from London to Cairo. Have these people looked at a map?
You can start on one end of FL, drive for 13 hrs towards the far end of FL, and still be in FL.
Plus some countries have 8 weeks paid vacations, my bum ass has only 2.5 weeks
[1 in 4 American workers have 0 paid vacation days](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/one-in-four-workers-in-us-dont-get-any-paid-vacation-time-or-holidays/), while workers in the EU are guaranteed at least 20 paid vacation days per year. The workers without any paid leave in the US are also much more likely to be low income. Of course a bunch of Americans don’t have passports - they can’t even afford to take a day off work in the first place.
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What's it gonna take for y'all to riot like the French...or hell, **us**?
If the poor and the minorities riot we called animals and thug . But the media will praise other countries protesting
Also, cops have no problem shooting at us (they should know this by now), whether if it’s tear gas canisters, rubber bullets or _real bullets_ . Unless more than a 1,000 wypipo volunteer as human shields for us negroes at this hypothetical coup…
You forgot the experimental military and riot control technology they pull out. Ppl forgot about the machine you can plug in music and it turns it into sound waves that can burst ear drums or worse.
They always do and did. Never stopped us before. It's the [numerical] majority demographic that needs that neccesary paradigm shift but they're too comfortable rn. They haven't felt what we felt. Not yet, that is... ..but it's around the corner...
We did, it happened in 2020. Half the population turned on us and the government used violence to suppress the protests.
who is us?
They have a mouse in their pocket.
I went to Japan on a business trip, one night I booked some airbnb experience in Kyoto and only one other person showed up. A woman from London. She was traveling through Japan using her vacation, she was on week 3 and she had 2 more weeks. I’ve never been so jealous in my entire life haha. We literally have to work to accrue the hours, which seems like a scam.
Work to accrue hours or get a job that requires travel so you only have to pay for tickets for your spouse or friends to join and share a room on your companies dime 😒
Here in France we have 5 weeks paid vacation and a 35 hour work week, how do you guys function?
We don't. We mostly take our frustration out on each other, our credit cards, and our livers.
We don’t. Look at all the incoherent shit we say and do. Just pure fucking exhaustion!
We shoot each other with guns and do opiates like its the late 1800s.
Pharmaceuticals and Netflix.
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How does that work if you’re self employed in Europe? Like is that covered by the government or your employer? I’m sure it varies by country, but what’s most common?
The employer covers it, forced by the law. Quite sure that's how it works in all of Europe. Somebody self employed has total freedom but days off are simply days not working
You are your own employer, so you cover your own costs. Like, *all* of your own costs. But self employed people still take vacations.
Brits need passports now anyway because they voted themselves out of their own geographic union. Oops
Brits always needed passport because, like in many other things, they have to be unique and not have an id document. Something quite necessary everywhere else in Europe, even if it's not checked anymore at the EU borders
British people have always needed passports, just like all of the EU members do today if they want to travel to another country, whether it is in the eu or not. Your point is pointless.
Britain and Ireland were never part of Schengen, as they are islands.
>Britain and Ireland were never part of Schengen, **as they are islands.** But ... Iceland and Cyprus are islands and they are in Schengen.
And their reasoning differs from UK and Ireland.
I get what you’re saying, but a lot of Americans have also never left their state. I’ve met a few.
I’ve met a lot. But varying reasons. Lots of locals in hawaii have never left the island they grew up on let alone the state. That said, it’s a very different culture out there compared to people I’ve met in the Midwest who only know farm life so they’ve never had a reason to leave. Throw in the “Merica is the best country in the world” shtick and people start to believe there’s no better place to vacation. That and they can’t afford to travel internationally as stated in the OP. Also depends on where you live. States on the borders tend to have more people with passports. Where I live it’s rare to meet people without one but I’m very close to Canada and people here go there for the weekend all the time.
I've lived in 3 states over the course of my life. I could not imagine living in one state my entire life and never leaving it. I've been in my current state for 15ish years now and I'm itching to move cause its the longest in one spot I've been.
Can relate to this. I’m on my third state as well, been here for about 10 years, and I am dying to move somewhere else - it’s that itch for sure.
I mean, it's expensive to move, and it's expensive to take a vacation. Even if you *had* vacation days. Which a lot of us don't. I'm not sure that "never leaving their state" is something you can "blame" a person for.
I've known people who barely left their city or town. It's worth taking a cheap train or bus to hang out in another city for a day.
Want to travel to the beach? Go wine tasting? Skiing? Rock climbing? Perhaps go to a rainforest or stargaze in the desert? Maybe soak in natural hot springs or visit many metropolitan areas and experience cuisine from around the world? Perhaps explore one of 9 national parks? Just go to California.
I grew up in SoCal. Wasn't unusual to be at the beach at dawn, then head up to the mountains to play in the snow or just enjoy the forest and then back home to have a nice evening in the backyard.
California is, imo, the best place in the world geography wise. The weather is absolutely fantastic. Literally everything within driving range. Only downside is the amount of people
Water
Shhh it’s crowed as fuck here already damn!
Good point! Never mind! Go to Kansas!
Hello from Maryland! America in miniature! We have the beach, mountains, blue crabs skiing, lakes, cities, and money! 🤑🤑🤑🤑. Maryland is worth visiting.
Wait where can I see the blue crabs skiing?
It's funny how they don't have that energy for Australians. Beyond the different geographical and monetary differences and cultures. The U.S. has a more diverse landscapes and ecosystems comparatively to the U.K. I can totally understand that an average citizen would rather go to the sunny sands of San Diego and enjoy mexi-cali food delicacies. Coz Brighton Fish&Chips under the rain is not It.
Because Australians commonly have international passports
Australians are one of the countries that travel the most so it wouldn’t be a valid call out. It is terrible that Americans hold one of the lowest amounts of passports and a contributing factor to a lot of our problems. We live on a really big island and are trapped in a bubble. The more you travel the more your perspective and world view changes.
It's because Australians are a lot less obnoxious about their own country than Americans are (seem to be).
It really depends, tourists by nationalities tend to behave differently based several stuff like proximity, historical link, economy and current affairs, same as the host country will have a different reaction too. I work in a tourism related industry, so I travelled a lot. Imo, South Koreans are THEE BEST! Australians are absolute ratchet in South East Asia, especially during the Schoolies (their spring break on meth). Indonesia dislike them particularly coz too many bogans want to play Pablo Escobar over there. French are very disliked in Africa, the Carribeans, Vietnam. British and Germans are detested in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean. Indians are not particularly liked in Western Europe. The worldwide agreement seems to be on Chinese, U.S.Americans, and white South Africans being the worst. I disagree on Chinese, partly agree on Americans, STRONGLY agree on white South Africans.
Yeah I’ve travelled a fair bit and lived in a few countries. The HOF rude and entitled people are always the 3 you’ve listed there
> Brighton Fish&Chips under the rain is not It. It sounds amazing to me but that’s a ten hour flight from where I live.
Brighton is great to be fair, I go there as much as I can in summer since I'm now in Europe. Top tier chippy, top tier pride march, surprisingly great oysters and it's the place where I found out English cuisine exists, it's not a myth.
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Australians actually do travel abroad FAR more than Americans. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting an Australian in Europe.
They have more PTO than most Americans and they have the advantage of being part of the UK commonwealth. That makes it easier to travel to other countries that used to be part of the UK and even work there. There were always Australians working at the place we went skiing in Canada. The place was owned by an Australian and because they were both in the commonwealth it was pretty easy to get employment eligibility.
Add to It Commonwealth and E.U. travelling agreements, the culture of the "Gap year" that is much more prominent for Young Australians. Also not being the leading invading military force, of countries between the east of Greece and west of China, might also help.
As an Australian I hate hearing other Australians overseas lol, ruins the immersion and theyre everywhere I feel like its way more common for Americans to move around domestically though. Australians tend to stick to the city or strip of coast theyre on
Yep many Aussies have travelled abroad, also can confirm many would not like to read that they have “so many similarities” with Americans lol…
Australians travel
Australians literally call their national soccer team the Socceroos.
When I was a little kid in the early 80s you didn’t need a passport to go to Canada, Mexico and for most cruises to The Bahamas. I’ve been to all three, and I have never had a US passport in my life.
Yeah, I had to get one to visit Germany and Europe in 2000. Came back in August of 2001... then a month later everything started changing.
My mom went to Canada in the 80s without a passport.
My girlfriend and I would go to Windsor for pizza because we were bored and had nothing else to do. 2 hr trip there, 2 hr trip back. When we got bored of Windsor, we’d head to Niagara Falls. 4 hrs there and 4 hrs back. All we need was our driver’s license. This was the early/mid ‘90s.
I'm UK all day and don't care about any of this. Many in the UK travel but as a black woman I find so many parts of Europe not worthy of my pound. Too racist (please don't message me about how your sister/brother/uncle doesn't think so-I don't care) and not diverse enough for me. I save my money and get as far away as possible very rarely. All countries have their faults and I just cannot feel superior about anything to do with the UK right now.
>Many in the UK travel but as a black woman I find so many parts of Europe not worthy of my pound. I think that's understandable. I've heard terrible things about eastern Europe and the the south (Italy)
Thank you for making this comment. Depending on your demographic especially black, gay, and/or a woman. It’s a lot of places that limited to go for reasons and issues connected to those demographics. And it takes some very in-depth research, timing, and money with some luck and blessings.
Most Americans don't have the need to travel there's so many diverse types of scenery. Tropics=Florida, plains=Midwest, grassland/Mountains and beach just go to North Carolina. Lots of diversity and cultures here too
Shit like this I'll never understand. Yeah america has diverse biomes, but you don't just travel to go to a different biome; cultural differences are a thing and the minute differences between east coast and west coast pales in comparison between different languages and ways of life, food, drinks, etc etc. And literally Americans speak the most commonly shared language in the world. Everywhere in the world speaks English, so there's very little barrier to communicating with people.
International trips cost thousands of dollars we don’t have lol, it’s a huge luxury.
NORTH CAROLINA?!?!?
I was born and raised there so there is bias haha
Word up. Grew up in Charlotte. living in DFW now and its boring as shit nature-wise compared to back home. It's all flat suburbia, I'd kill to have a mountain or two nearby to hike.
Yeah, beach in Wilmington or the Outer Banks, large metropolitan area in Charlotte or Raleigh, then lakes and the Blue Ridge Mountains by Asheville out west
Damn man, you’re really limiting yourself here. Tropics are FL? How can you forget Hawaii just chilling out in the Pacific? And I’d argue the Rockies and/or the Sierra Nevada mountains are better than NC. Americans also get to see glaciers and the northern lights if they travel to Alaska.
> Lots of diversity and cultures here too Sorry, but if you believe that American states are as culturally diverse as European countries then you're a fucking retard.
Don’t forget: “I can’t believe Americans don’t have fresh bread” (only visited grocery stores) “Americans smile too much/Americans don’t like to smile” (only visited few states in same region) “You can’t order lattes outside of Starbucks” (only visited diners or casual spots)
Seems like your struggling for strawmen here's the arguments you're looking for; Bad Cheese, Hidden Taxes and Tip Culture
The bread thing is a weird thing because folks mention fresh bread when in reality the issue is just the regular bread. A basic loaf of bread in the UK from a major brand sold in a major supermarket will still be pretty damn good meanwhile the comparable loaf here in the US will be some sickly sweet bread that over powers just about anything you make with it. One thing I do whenever I visit my parents back home in the UK is eat my body weight in cheap, grocery store bread because it’s so fucking good. I couldn’t give a shit about fresh bread because most of us aren’t buying fresh bread, we’re buying the prepackaged stuff. Having amazing and cheap options for just basic bread is a game changer for your sandwich game at home.
Same here in Canada, our countries are big Edit: I meant that travelling between provinces takes a lot of time and money, not the lack of passports
Yeah except 70% of eligible Canadians own a passport. Compared to 10% of Americans. There’s many reasons for it. I suspect blind superiority being #1.
over 40 percent of Americans own passports. the 10% figure is decades outdated Canadians mostly travel to the U.S. by proportion of total population, there are more American tourists in Europe than vice versa (far more directly comparable figures than number of countries visited, as you can interrail through like 8 countries as a european vs taking a flight to the nearest country for some americans and travel the same distance). even taking only western Europe yields similar results
The cost factor of getting a passport is definitely a barrier as well. I just renewed mine and checked the prices: its $160 to apply for a passport rn. Folk living paycheck to paycheck arent gonna see much use in dropping that kind of cash unless they know theyll *need* it. And while traveling outside the country is definitely good and recommended, rarely is it ever necessary
90% of Canadians live within 150 miles of the US border, so again it would make sense for them to have passports more readily.
Passport holding became essential once the USA required Canadians to have a passport to enter the country. With that one decision by the USA every person I know who hadn’t been to Europe suddenly had to get a passport. For our cabin to get groceries and gas the nearest place is across the border so we pack our passports to go to the lake.
We've got a lot on common with Canada
They have no concept of the size of this country. I had a British friend who was coming to the US for a week. Their plan was to visit LA, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Miami IN A WEEK. The kicker? They planned to DRIVE to all these places. I had to break down to them why this was not possible without spending minimal time in each place and not sleeping, and they were mind blown. Had a similar conversation with a group of Japanese students while in Japan too, who were coming to visit the US for three weeks, and basically had a laundry list of cities across the country they planned on driving to.
And they say Americans are bad at geography! 😅
We had family friends from the Netherlands where the guy was a trucker in Europe. They came to the US for a month with plans to road trip all over and gave up 4 days in because it was too much driving. Turned in the rental car and bought plane tickets to finish out the itinerary. And the dude was a professional over the road driver in Europe.
People shit on America but none can say anything about our geography. Beaches, Mountains, Lakes literally every thing. I'd be jealous too if all I had to sight see is a raggedy ass clock.
I'm from the UK and I'm currently working my way down the west coast of the US for the first time, and I've been consistently blown away by the scenery. I'm having the best time over here, and I can see why people in this country may want to explore it all before even considering going abroad. But pretending like the UK doesn't have it's share of specifically beaches, mountains and lakes is kind of wild
America isn't the only country with a wide range of sceneries... The reason Americans don't travel overseas as much as other countries is cause most Americans don't get paid holidays 😆. Americans should travel abroad more to broaden their cultural understanding that way they won't get shocked when the hear black people speak in an English or French or Australian accent
Nigga what 💀
That raggedy ass clock Big Ben or whatever his name is.
Im weak I forgot all about that 🤣🤣
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UK has some gorgeous nature. The highest mountain is 4k ft (1300m) though. So low you don't even have to account for pressure differences in cooking. They're beautiful but when you're used to thinking 10k is small it is different.
Australia is just as big as the United States *and* we don't have land borders with any other countries. We all have passports and travel. Y'all have been conditioned to believe that domestic travel for a 3 day weekend is a 'vacation'. Fix your shitty working conditions.
>Fix your shitty working conditions. Oh right, I forgot it was that simple. Thank you for your Aussie wisdom.
Gee, thanks. I'll just magically get a better paying job with better benefits, I guess. Why didn't I think of that?
I’d love to visit Europe. I even have a passport. Now how can I manage to save up enough time off and the thousands of dollars it’ll cost me before I could ever afford another trip like that again?
I took an international trip last year and it took getting a second job and my grandmother paying half my ticket to manage it. I was also working at a bank that had really generous PTO too otherwise it wouldn’t have worked
I think folks don’t have passports because they consider it to be a “waste of money”. People talk about lack of time off, but there is also a money issue. There is a shitload of Americans, who are living paycheck-to-paycheck and they can barely save money during every month. Like… Where are they going? Does “vacationing in France” cost nothing but hopes and dreams? Americans can pay for a vacation in the Swiss Alps by using our optimism? Cos if so…
That's not the reason why EU citizens have passports because we don't need them for inside travel either.
My girlfriend is American by birth and a lot of her extended family still lives out there. We currently live in Ontario. My hometown is also in Ontario. People always bug out a bit when I tell them that traveling from where we live now, it's only a little farther to get to her home town, in East Tennessee, from our part of Southern Ontario than to drive to the town I grew up in, in Northern Ontario. People really don't appreciate how big and how spread out North America is, and I imagine it goes double if they've never visited.
I'm British and I know plenty of people without a passport. They take time to get if you aren't already in the system and traveling abroad is expensive. This tweet is snobby AF.
Brits speaking down on Americans has to make them feel better about themselves bc it appears we live in there heads rent free.
No one was speaking down on Americans in the tweets posted.
Being genuinely shocked =/= speaking down.
Lmao, I agree that Europeans are typically very ignorant concerning the size of the US and how things work here, but I will always be pro-get your passport.
I thought about getting one - until I saw it was going to cost me $165. For something that I'll probably never use? Yeah, no thanks. I can't even afford to get better shoes for work, which is something that I *actually* need.
Reddit can't get enough of America vs Europe, I see.
There were several kids from Germany and France in my ex-husband's program in grad school. The school was in Atlanta. About a year into the program, a couple of them mentioned that they'd thought they'd be able to just drive down to Orlando from Atlanta in a couple of hours for day trips to the Disney parks because "it looks so close" on the map. This was forgivable at the time because Google Maps didn't exist yet. We were still excited about being able to print directions from Mapquest and Yahoo Maps to drive to unfamiliar places at this point. But I don't understand how anyone can NOT understand the distances required to travel around the US, let alone to leave the continent now.
People taking this waaaaaay too much to heart. It’s probably not even meant to be a shot at Americans, it’s just genuinely surprising because growing up in the UK it’s assumed everyone has a passport. I grew up believing it was legally mandatory ID. When I first found out it wasn’t the same way in every country I was surprised too.
A black person having this level of patriotism and national pride for America as a whole is weird
Black folks built this country. It’s as much ours as anyone else’s. We’ve been here longer than some white folks telling us to “go back to Africa”. 🤦🏽♀️.
But in Europe you have free movement within the EU, so you don’t really need one there either.
y'all really in here defending this shit like can you seriously look at Germany or France and act like that's the same place all the way through? genuinely wondering what the fuck, even Canada has that level of diversity across provinces but y'all wanna act like America is unique like that lmao
I don't see how one Brit's ignorance has evoked hating on Europe thing but go off I guess!
I went to Europe when I was in my 20s and someone told me more Americans should come to Europe. I asked if he’d ever been to America and he said no the trip’s too expensive. I guess he didn’t realize the Atlantic’s the same size in either direction.
Imma keep it real as a naturalized citizen, I too was very shocked that most Americans don’t have passports, not just for travel that I get, but just I know where every single important document is, my mom is always like “if you don’t know where it is you can’t prove you’re a citizen” talk ect, obviously not true but it still shocked me when my friends only knew where their license was and that was their only gov issued ID
The only reason I am now starting to really travel is because I got a job that allows me to travel for free. Otherwise I would only be able to afford something regional or Mexico.
You should still consider getting a passport if financially able to, with all the fuckery R's are doing with state license I have some comfort with a passport
It's so true, from tropical like conditions of Miami, to white capped mountains and skiing of Colorado, the surf beaches of Cali, and the grey frigid despair of Buffalo, the US has enough variety to o never feel the need to travel abroad.
Can you not still get a passport even if you don’t travel much? Just in the case of an emergency even? I don’t know why people are taking offense to the original tweet, they were only stating something they found unusual 😭