Buzzfeed has recently posted a list of "23 Things Americans Don't Realize Are Weird". Take a look at them:

1 - Air conditioning everywhere, pumped up to the max.

2 - All the commercial breaks on TV.

3 - The huge gaps in the toilet doors.

4 - The obsession with icy cold water.

5 - The thing you call French bread.

6 - Having a hundred flavors of everything.

7 - Flags everywhere.

8 - Not having the tax included on the price tag.

9 - Laws changing from state to state.

10 - Ads for lawyers and doctors.

11 - The size of your highways.

12 - Your f* unit system.

13 - Commercials for prescribed drugs.

14 - Waiters asking you if everything is okay all the time.

15 - Pharmacies where you can fill up on beer and cigarettes along with your prescription drugs.

16 - The size of cars.

17 - People out in the world in their PJs.

18 - When "how are you?" actually means "hello" and people DGAF about how you are.

19 - Wall-mounted showerheads.

20 - The fact that all your currency looks identical.

21 - Getting carded when you're old enough to be a grandparent.

22 - Weirdly flavored lattes.

23 - Easy Cheese

Vocabulary

to pump something up - to increase something by a large amount

commercial - commercial is advertisement that is broadcast on television or radio

ad - a picture, short film, song, etc. that tries to persuade people to buy a product or service, or a piece of text that tells people about a job

to fill up on something - to make something completely full

PJ - pajamas

DGAF (don't give a fuck) - to not be interested in or worried about something or someone

to card - to ask someone to show you a document, especially an identity card, in order to prove how old they are

Easy Cheese - trademark for a processed cheese spread product

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