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12 June 2025

Stuff Americans say
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Stuff Americans say

Extreme close-up of the all-seeing eye and pyramid on the back of a US one dollar bill

Reddit post from r/askitaly by u/RobertOfTheUchiha (7h). Italian-language interface ("Traduci" button). Title: "Should I bring Euros on my trip?" Text: "I'll be visiting Italy with my mother for 2 weeks, going to a few different places like Rome, Venice, Amalfi Coast, and finally Sicily (where our cousins live), and my mom wants to know how much money (in euros) we should bring for miscellaneous things like tips, gelato/other snacks, anything else. I've never been and my mom hasn't been there in 30 years so we're not sure what to bring. We're going to bring USD of course but someone recommended we bring some euros for small purchases. Anyone know how much we should bring for small purchases over the course of two weeks? Thanks!"

Reddit comment. MonitorShotput (3h): "Lol, the Canada side is a ripoff. Plus, they intentionally only state prices in Canadian dollars so they can rip you off with the change. Went there on a family vacation as a kid. We definitely never planned on going back."

YouTube comment (username redacted, 6 mo ago). Text: "Cuz the dollar sign should mean the AMERICAN dollars"

Twitter thread. First tweet (username redacted, replying to @TwitchSupport): "But not......the United States???" with unamused emoji. Second tweet (username redacted): "in the us 1 dollar means 1 money. in other places, 1 dollar means 10 money."

Facebook/social media comment (username redacted, 16h - laughing and thumbs up). Text: "It says 'closest DOLLAR amount'. US is the only country to use dollars."

Facebook comment thread. Four comments, all username redacted. First (18m): "Imperial is superior. Coming from a Canadian mechanic. D@mn my opinion will mean nothing" Reply (6m): "imperial is way better, thats why most countries use the dollar" Reply (3m): "each measurements got their place... I guess. I really dont think the dollar has much to do with measuring tolerances.." Reply (Jr suffix visible): "the dollar is measured in imperial. Like to the euro its worth $1.90. Imperial uses larger numbers hence why every county uses it"

Reddit post from r/AmItheAsshole by u/f-f-f-sa--s (16h). Title: "AITA for using? instead of $ when talking to my mom". Text: "So I recently moved to the UK and I rebound my keyboard dollar sign to? I'm on mobile now so I can easily type both. I'm from America, and I usually talk to my mom through Facebook on my computer. Now this is a really stupid argument, which I'll probably give in to just to keep the peace but anyway. When I was talking to my mom I mentioned I bought a new toaster, and said it was?30. She got mad and said to only use $ when talking to her. I said that my keyboard uses? now and I use British currency in my everyday life, so why would I use $? She said when I'm talking to her I should use American dollars because I'm talking to an American. AITA if I keep using?? I probably won't because it's my mom but still. This isn't normal right lol?"

Instagram/social media comment (username redacted, hearted by author). Text: "I lived in London as well but on a recent trip last year I noticed the same thing. After going on and on about how great London was I brought my two kids to see what had been talking about. I hit the same cold vibe. Of course we met a few nice individuals, but overall I'd say the warmth was lacking. I've also noticed an overriding attitude throughout Europe treating us rudely because we are those 'over entitled Americans'. They better realize that those tourism dollars fuel their economy and us Americans will find other places to visit if we aren't treated well!"

TikTok/Instagram comment thread. Four comments, all username redacted, all 2w. First: "Who spents 120 bucks for a Barbie?" Reply: "multiple countries use the $ symbol genius" Reply: partially visible text ending in "idiots" Reply: "but the $ is literally the sign for US DOLLAR..so only countries that actually use the US DOLLAR will use it. U ain" (truncated)

Facebook post with photo of hand holding an Australian $10 polymer banknote (blue/green with "AUSTRALIA" text and portrait of Mary Gilmore) in front of a black Labrador dog on a rainbow leash. 19K reactions (hearts and thumbs up). Like, Comment, Share buttons. Comment below (username redacted): "Thats fake. 10 dollar bills have alexander hamilton on them. Im not sure who that is on yours but there has not been a change to the 10 dollar bill." (91 laughing reactions)

TikTok screenshot (For You tab, LIVE, Following, Friends navigation). Video showing a man in camo tank top looking disappointed, with caption text: "me after getting a heartfelt message card but it doesnt have 20 quid in it". Comment below (username redacted, 7h): "Don't you mean dollars"

Reddit post from r/martialarts (username redacted). Title: "is 99 a month good price?" Text: "they said i can go to any classes i want throughout the week, practically unlimited i guess". Comment from BlueMidget5 (Now): "99 what? 99 yen? Excellent price."

Reddit comment. proteansybarite (1h): "Side topic, but i saw a boomerican the other day complaining at Maccas they wouldnt take his US dollars. Kept repeating 'well they took it in thailand, for crying out loud its worth MORE' He then turned to me and said 'what kinda place doesnt take US money!' I said 'well, we're a different country...' He said, no joke 'well what about in Auckland? We go there in the morning.' Me: 'no they wont take it either, maybe at the airport' Him: 'Ahhh, so we need Australian money there too!?' His face when i explained they also have a difference currency lol"

YouTube comment with Polish-language interface ("1 godz. temu" = 1 hour ago, username redacted). Text: "Bro nobody uses Euros, a dollar is probably 3 euros or something. A dollar is the strongest currency."

Restaurant review. Text: "I highly recommend the establishment with only one caveat. Bring paper money. We had the most difficult time using our credit card, which reflected poorly on us. But nothing was wrong with the card. Eventually, I had to hit an ATM for Euros as they would not accept US currency." Rating box below: "Food: 5 | Service: 5 | Atmosphere: 5"

Google Maps review on mobile screenshot. Local Guide with 72 reviews (username redacted, 1 star, 3 weeks ago). Text: "Visiting by cruise ship I found this grocery store. Everything en France'. Nothing in English. The only cool thing was the locals in there in the late morning buying stuffs. The store very disorganized. Not very clean either. The lines were long and wait time excessive. It looks like if you want shopping cart you need to pay deposit. Upon entering, zero signage indicating they only accept euros. I made my selection and waited almost 25 minutes in line to find out no USD accepted. I really feel sorry for the people that have to shop here. No handicap entrance, and only street parking." Photo below shows store interior with ceiling and green exit sign

Mobile screenshot (1:42 PM) showing Google search. Red highlighted text "How thick is 1 cent" above search bar containing German translation "wie dick ist 1 cent". German-language results from de.m.wikipedia.org about 1-Cent-Munze (Vereinigte Staaten): "Der Durchmesser von 19,05 mm und die Dicke von 1,55 mm blieben gleich. Laut Angaben der US Mint kostete im Jahre 2007 die Herstellung einer 1-Cent-Munze 1,67 Cent, 2011 lagen die Kosten bei 2,41 Cent, 2013 bei 1,87 Cent." Red text below: "1-cent-coin(united states)-wikipedia". Second result from MDM Munzhandelsgesellschaft about "Gewicht von Euromunzen - Ubersicht"

Reddit comment thread. elektero (3h, Edited): "So you paid in dollars?" Reply, Vote buttons. wrestling-parent OP (2h): "Euros. I hadn't thought of that. What is the symbol for euros? I thought $ was universal for 'money'."

YouTube comment thread. Three comments, all username redacted colours (green, blue, pink). First (green): "Not to mention its euro in France" Second (blue): "I know!" Third (pink): "U.S. Dollars are a universal currency, you can pay with them anywhere in Europe, unlike Euro's, some shops in Amsterdam only accept Dollars."

Twitter thread. First tweet (username redacted, 18h): "People love American tourists because we exchange our real money for fake local currency." Reply (username redacted): "The entire Eurozone is an elaborate scheme to trick Americans into thinking this monopoly money is valuable." with photo of fanned-out euro banknotes (5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 euro notes)

Reddit post by u/RandomPerson196 (4y, i.redd.it). Title: "Are the devs assuming everyone who plays ToS is american now?" Screenshot of Town of Salem game captcha screen showing cartoon pilgrim character giving thumbs up with text: "Hey there, we need to make sure you are human. Who is on the 1 dollar bill?" with text input field and Submit

Reddit post with photo of Sharpie markers on store shelf with price tag showing "$89 00" (SKU:50067937). Comment from ConsistentBob (7h): "WTF is that price tho?" Reply from ConcentrateMost8256 (9m): "Pesos" Reply from ConsistentBob (1m): "Why the dollar sign then? Pesos sign looks different."

Facebook post in "Disneyland Paris advice, tips and help" group (username redacted, 5m). Text: "We are here in Disneyland Paris from Texas, USA. We bought a three day package. Sadly, Disneyland Paris is NOT a place I'd ever want to experience again. It's NOT clean like CA Disneyland. Smoking is allowed EVERYWHERE. Sadly, most areas are under huge construction. We've paid for extras that are NOT worth it (parade seats that don't have seats ~ just a slab of concrete like everyone else). We can't buy an ice cream (kiosk) without Euros (we have pounds, but no Euros). We are hoping to get reimbursed for our third day. HUGELY disappointed. I will stick with my American Disneyland in the future." with crying emojis

Instagram comment thread. girlfrompodhale (6w): "If you charged pesos, don't put the usd sign. Made me not want a tattoo anymore after seeing those prices" Hide replies link. Reply from lennart.scz (6w): "It's literally the pesos sign? What do you want more? The world doesn't spin around yankees"

And

Photo of a crumpled 1 US dollar note with the caption: "Was tipped $1, I live in the UK."

Slightly off-topic

A screenshot of a Tweet with a photo of a Scottish £10 note with the words: "fuck whatever shite currency yous have got, new scottish notes have OTTERS on them"

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