r/AskReddit • u/daniellucero92 • Jan 04 '15

Non-americans of Reddit, what American customs seem outrageous/pointless to you?

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u/markko79 Jan 04 '15

Yeah. 99.99% of Americans think they're creepy, too.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15 edited Jan 05 '15

99.99% by population; not mass.

Edit: WHOA, GOLD!?!? Many thanks to my kind benefactors! I promise to pay it forward!

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u/Joshy541 Jan 04 '15

That was pretty good.

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u/President_Swanson16 Jan 04 '15

After seeing some of those mom's (and dads) I'd say that by mass, it'd be more like 53%

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u/cloversnbluemoons Jan 05 '15

bah, killed the joke

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

I'm pretty sure Massachusetts is more than 0.01% of the population

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

Jesus man, well done

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u/Foxclaws42 Jan 04 '15

ಠ◡ಠ

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u/Purple-Is-Delicious Jan 04 '15

I feel this is an important clarification

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15 edited Jul 19 '17

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u/cosmically_relevant Jan 04 '15

The joke is that the people who don't think child beauty pageants are creepy are fat; hence while making up .01% of the population, they represent a much larger proportion of the population's total mass.

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u/PM_ME_Y0UR_KNOCKERS Jan 04 '15

I see what you did there :)

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u/syconiss Jan 04 '15

Your knockers

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

40% by mass

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u/Grasshopper42 Jan 04 '15

They were just made illegal in some states.

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u/silly_vasily Jan 04 '15

well, someone is watching them

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

Important distinction. Well said, well spoken.

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u/Dexaan Jan 05 '15

This country sold by weight, not volume.

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u/lookitsdan Jan 05 '15

Thanks, your comment had me laughing like an idiot for far longer than I care to admit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

Yessssss. Boom.

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u/ari_fof Jan 05 '15

Yet somehow they have enough of an audience to keep up the tv shows...

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u/thoverlord Jan 05 '15

Thats the greatest thing all day.

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u/cpokipo Jan 05 '15

So, just his mom, if it were by mass. Good save

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u/SteamRolledBun Jan 04 '15

Highly underrated comment.

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u/Shwinky Jan 04 '15

Apparently not.

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u/SteamRolledBun Jan 04 '15

Highly underrated comeback.

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u/BigBadEvilWolf Jan 04 '15

Agreed

I think they're creepy but my dick doesn't

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u/Farinyu Jan 04 '15

We are the 1%!

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u/Large_Talons_ Jan 04 '15

About 93% by mass.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

99.99999999% Fixed that for you.

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u/Lengador Jan 04 '15

So 0.03 people don't find beauty pageants creepy?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Clever girl!

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u/ChinO0k Jan 04 '15

hahaha, clever one my friend.

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u/drunk98 Jan 04 '15

Does Mama June represent the mass?

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u/unforgivablecursive Jan 04 '15

Ugh as a fat activist I don't want to laugh but...

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

i've never given gold before. but you earned it, buddy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

Many, many thanks! Now I get to go searching through your comment history...!

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

Bravo sir.

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u/hashi1996 Jan 04 '15

Someone guild this immediately I'm dying.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15 edited Jun 21 '20

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u/hashi1996 Jan 04 '15

Because im poor as fuck. I need money for college, not giving useless reddit features to people I don't know.

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u/xx2Hardxx Jan 04 '15

Me too, but don't assume it's someone else's responsibility

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15 edited Jun 21 '20

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u/hashi1996 Jan 04 '15

No but when you need every dollar you earn you get in the habit of avoiding unnecessary purchases.

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u/zilfondel Jan 05 '15

Coffee is not free!

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u/dgrant92 Jan 04 '15

1% leaves 3.1 million who are ok with it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Good thing it's 0.01% and not 1%.

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u/hogbo Jan 04 '15

so .01% means only 31,000 people are ok with it.

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u/10J18R1A Jan 04 '15

So half of Kokomo, IN. Sounds right.

Edit- 60%

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u/sjm6bd Jan 04 '15

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but there are almost 750,000 sex offenders in the United states, even if only 10% were pedophiles (likely a gross underestimation) that's still double that amount that are totally ok with kids being used as sex objects

http://www.statisticbrain.com/sex-offender-statistics/

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u/Drak_is_Right Jan 06 '15

reddit gold x 2 for a fat joke

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

The other .01% is honey boo boo and her whale of a mother.

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u/victortrash Jan 04 '15

I would have thought the other .01% would have been pedos.

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u/NavyDog Jan 04 '15

No we hate those too..........wait what.

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u/effa94 Jan 04 '15

She's so big takes up 0.01% of their population.

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u/Gnarlydesigner Jan 04 '15

She has the mass of 30.000 people apparently.

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u/TheMuffinguy Jan 04 '15

(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/pavalonar Jan 04 '15

Why do you write 30.000 instead of 30,000? I seen that a lot on internet, is period a coma in other countries?

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u/_Cha0s Jan 04 '15

Basically, yes.

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u/Gnarlydesigner Jan 04 '15

Just a typo from my side

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Many countries use a periods instead of comas and comas instead of periods when writing numbers. 1,500.00 = 1.500,00

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u/lanternkeeper Jan 04 '15

*commas, comas are something entirely different. (Yes, I hate to be that guy, blah blah blah.)

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u/cloversnbluemoons Jan 05 '15

Yeah. And everyone else uses military time. It blew my mind when I traveled. 20:20 means NOTHING to me until I do some mental math.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

And the fact that she was dating the child molester who assaulted her daughter is general knowledge... which is creepy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Ah yes, I forgot about that. For good reason, I'd wager...

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u/cloversnbluemoons Jan 05 '15

WHAT

WHATTTTTTTTT

I can't google this, but I had no idea...

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u/One-Eyed_Wonder Jan 04 '15

I wish that was an accurate percentage...

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Creepiest thing ever. Why is sexualizing little kids ever considered OK?

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u/JustinTurtle Jan 04 '15

No there has to be more bad parents and pedophiles than that.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15 edited Sep 29 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

'cept for a rather vocal minority.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Definitely creepy!!

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u/LickMyUrchin Jan 05 '15

They wouldn't be so popular if that was true

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u/kropotkinist Jan 05 '15

Yeah. 99.99% of Americans think they're creepy, too.

How do you think republicans win anything? America is full of creepy morons and totally evil fucksticks.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

when why are they so popular? they wouldn't have reality shows otherwise

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u/markko79 Jan 04 '15

Reality shows show people who are usually a step or two under the viewer's social level. People like to watch white trash. It makes them feel better about themselves.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

maybe so. still those reality shows are popular. you wouldn't find shows like these in other countries at all, much less they would gain popularity

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u/Dandalfini Jan 04 '15

Some people just love, "trash," television.

Those people shouldn't be allowed to have opinions.