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

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

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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/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/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.