Saturday, September 5, 2020

Common Things In One Country But Rare In Others


Someone on AskReddit fired up a thread about various things that are common in one country, but generally unheard of in the rest of the world. The thread ends up doing a great job at highlighting how dang different the world can be outside of our respective cultural bubbles. Sometimes for better, sometimes for far worse. 

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Text - prepelde • 1d 2 Awards Such cheap olive oil. And eating incredinly late. Lunch is more or less at 1-3 pm, and dinner at 9-10 pm. That is why in Spain we have snacks between foods Reply 12.8k ...

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Text - Under_the_Red_Cloud • 22h 6 Awards Saunas in most apartments or at least apartment buildings, haven't lived in a building that doesn't have one. A lot of great well known (and underground) metal bands. And a nuclear power plant that is at this point 11 years behind schedule and according to Wikipedia the 3rd most expensive building in the world.

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Text - therealCyborg2300 • 1d People don't talk to new people here for some reason Reply 6.3k ...

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White - TheCaptainCuddles • 1d Biltong, spiced dried meat. Reply 1 1.6k ...

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Text - Damagingking7 • 23h 4 Awards In Colombia, hot chocolate is served with slices of salted cheese in it. Reply 4.9k ...

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Text - UltimateAnswer42 • 1d Tax not included in advertised price Reply 5.3k ...

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Text - MealieMeal • 1d Scheduled blackouts to reduce pressure on the electrical grid Reply 2.3k ...

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Text - MrLuxarina • 23h G 1 Award People who speak 4-5 languages fluently.

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Text - cant_help_myself • 1d 2 Awards Pharmaceutical ads. Reply 4.9k ...

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Text - LUN4RECLIPSE • 17h Milk dispensers at school cafeterias (or restaurants but it's not as common). I live in Sweden where food and drinks such as water and milk is provided free for students. Whenever i tell someone outside of Scandinavia that we have milk dispensers they're always very surprised. Reply 253 ...

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Text - thingstooverthink • 1d 1 Award tiltable windows, apparently Reply 3.4k ...

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Text - Talldadmn • 1d 1 Award Root beer. In America this is widely available and basically universally liked, but give it to someone from another country, especially a European country, and they will hate it. Reply 3.2k ...

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Text - Mangosta007 • 1d Pantomimes at Christmas. Real ale. Separate hot and cold taps. Mint sauce. Brown sauce. Thanking the bus driver (with a 'Cheers, drive' in my neck of the woods). Apologising when someone else steps on your foot. Reply 1.7k ...

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Text - Zachman97 • 23h Screens in your windows. I didn't know that wasn't a thing all over the world until I commented on a post here in reddit. There was a post showing a person with a personal bug net around their bed to keep the bugs out. I was like "wait why don't you guys have window screens to prevent bugs getting in your house in the first place" Apparently a ton of people don't? I never knew that, thought it was interesting Mosquitos, black flies, and horse and moose flys here in Maine a

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Text - stopsiign • 15h The ~artful~ language: goonbag ute yob budgie smugglers sanga dol bludger woop woop bin chicken shoey and snot block Reply 1 71 ...

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Text - zeke5657 • 21h Cheap Streaming subscriptions. In my country a pack for Disney+, HBO, Showtime, ABC, Live Sports and a lot more, costs less than 2 dollars a month. Yes 2 dollars TOTAL Edit- It's called Disney+ Hotstar (Indian), because Disney owns them after the Fox deal . Includes HBO, Showtime, A lot of movies from various providers. It costs 1500 rupee a year, essentially $20. Also we have a special Netflix plan, you can get an account for 349 ($5) which only runs on one screen and does

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White - DeuceDropper420 • 1d Ketchup chips Reply 404 ...

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Text - Ok-Government4801 • 1d Bidet, apparently. Also, the fact that every supermarket here has a section with fresh cold cuts, cheeses and bread-like products. Couldn't find a single one in California Lunch break is an actual break, where you sit at a table and have a 2/3 course meal. People won't likely just eat a sandwich and get back to work Reply 563 ...

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Text - MagicMushroomFungi • 23h 4 Awards Bagged milk, legal weed and fermented maple syrup. Reply 6.5k ...

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Text - LookAtMelmAName • 1d O3 5 Awards Poutine. Goddamn are you guys missing out on poutine. Seriously unhealthy, but also good for the soul, so is it really unhealthy? Yes. Yes it is. But you're still missing out. For those wondering, it's fries topped with gravy and cheese curds. Reply 3.7k ...

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Text - bostero2 • 1d Drinking a hot drink from an hollowed pumpkin through a metal straw and sharing it with others all drinking from the same straw. Reply 61 ...

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Text - Mitoria • 1d The imperial measurement system. Reply 217 ...

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White - sandyrover • 16h Kangaroos Reply 20 ...

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White - AdvocateSaint • 1d "Medical debt." %3D -Americans Reply 516 ...

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Text - SuperTriniGamer • 14h A scarecrow meant to be Judas is made every Good Friday, which is beat by children and adults using sticks and bats until it falls apart. Oh, and we have people who sell Coconut water near major roads. Reply 10

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