Stuff Americans say Europe part 1

X/Twitter thread. First tweet (verified badge, username redacted, Jul 3): "I'll never use your product unless you celebrate the 4th." Reply from Opera GX (verified) @operagxofficial (Jul 3): "We're Polish sir"

TikTok/social media post. Video thumbnail showing young child sitting on floor with toys, caption "Children with different British accents". Search bar: "mothew moth kid". Comment thread: First (username redacted, 2023-12-21): "2nd was scottish not british" Reply (username redacted, 2023-12-22, red heart): "Scotland is in Britain" Reply (username redacted, 2023-12-22): "germany is in europe you wouldnt call them european" Reply (username redacted, 2023-12-23, red heart): "Yes you would". Emoji reaction bar at bottom

Reddit post from r/AskEurope by u/TheModerateCentrist (1mo). Title: "Is Romania more like Eastern Europe or Latin America?" Text: "Is the culture, cuisine, language, politics, lifestyle, history, mentality, geography, etc. of Romania and Moldova more like that of the rest of East Europe and Russia or Latin America?" Comments: Djungeltrumman (Sweden flag, 1mo): "Why would it be like Latin America? I'm honestly curious" Wuz314159 (US flag, 1mo, -14 votes): "Romanians speak Spanish." Lygner (Europe flag, 1mo): "i hope you are joking" Michalek303 (Poland flag, 1mo): "no they don't"

Instagram/TikTok comment thread. First comment (username redacted): "Texas is like twice the size of Europe alone." Reply (username redacted): "fun fact: its not"

X/Twitter reply with Finnish-language interface ("Vastauksena kayttajille", "Kaanna twiitti"). username redacted. Text: "So you are ok with taxes being at about 45% of your income with no minimum wage and 25% sales tax? Are you ok with being taxed around 200% for your vehicle? Most nordic countries have a higher poverty rate and unemployment rate, along with lower secondary education." 6.49 ip. 10. marrask. 2020

Reddit comment thread. thisdude415 (1h, -7 votes): "Still, the EU doesn't really have homegrown computer companies (at least, none come to mind). But overall I agree. Apple hardware isn't cheap, and Europeans have less disposable income than Americans. It's why you rarely see iPhones outside switzerland" moetzen (42m): "Lol are you kidding iPhones everywhere in Europe. Italy, Spain, Germany, UK..."

YouTube comment (username redacted, 5 hours ago). Text: "There's not enough food in Europe for obesity. People forget in order to have obesity you have to have significantly more food than you need. Most Americans of European descent left because of famines in Europe and immediately upgraded." Show less

$X/Twitter thread with Dutch-language interface ("u" timestamps). Three tweets. First (username redacted, 15u): "I love how Americans just straight up appropriate some really broad and general themes and say they are \"pure American stories\". It's like the \"freedom\" thing - the US is certainly not the only free country in the world, so why brag about it?" Second (skull/Punisher avatar, username redacted, 15u): "Because the rest of the world didn't become free till we reformed half the world in our image after WWII after we brought down European Fascism and Japanese Imperialism and put democracies in their place that only survived with American money and opposition to communism." Third (username redacted, 15u): "Omg the American school system really failed entire generations of people, didn't it"$

$X/Twitter reply (username redacted). "Replying to @..." visible. Text: "I was born in Germany & people always ask \"are your German?\" I'm black...like it's very clear I'm black" with crying emoji$

X/Twitter thread. "Tweet" header. Bill Burr (verified) @billburr (3h): "Shout out to England for trying the vaccine first." Reply: "Well they don't have rights in England so they probably didn't have a choice" Reply: "You're not even allowed unpasteurised cheese is the USA, don't tell me you rights. The only rights you have above and beyond the UK is the right for person with a room temperature IQ to buy a gun."

Reddit post from r/askitaly by u/RobertOfTheUchiha (7h) with Italian-language interface ("Traduci" button). Title: "Should I bring Euros on my trip?" Text describing 2-week Italy trip to Rome, Venice, Amalfi Coast, Sicily. "We're going to bring USD of course but someone recommended we bring some euros for small purchases."

Facebook post in "Expats in Portugal Q&A" group (username redacted, 5h). Question: "Can anybody tell me if Portugal has running water like in the states?", 151 answers. Top comments: "No, only walking water, everything is slower there." "We don't drink water in Portugal, we just drink wine. Water is for suckers" (5h). "Once you've bathed in Vinho Verde you'll never go back". "No but they have running wine...water faucets come with white and red tabs. White for white wine, red for red! You won't be disappointed." "The most inconvenient part of living in Portugal is getting used to using communal outhouses. Flush indoor toilets are hard to find."

Text message/DM conversation. Right: "Uh its in the Netherlands" Left: "Im sorry i don't know where some random city Amsterdam is. Geezus" Left: "Amsterdam is so irrelevant bruh i bet you more people have heard of our smallest state vermont than the fucking Amsterdam no need to judge me. Also your British so how did you know?" Right: "Actually your smallest state is Rhode island not Vermont" Left: "SHUT UP" Left: "DID I ASK? I KNOW MORE ABOUT MY COUNTRY THAN YOU" Right: "Chill no need to have a mental breakdown"

$YouTube comment thread with German-language interface ("Antworten" header, "Antwort hinzufugen..."). Mobile. Video thumbnail showing man in headphones at microphone with text "GONNA EXPLAIN". First comment (username redacted, vor 18 Std.): "I'm 100 with this man, but we gotta stop calling Europe a \"country\"" Reply (username redacted, vor 17 Std.): "i mean people call it how it is especially when its compared to america - bunch of smaller countries tied together by the UN sounds alot like states and federal gov to me. your countries are the size of our states or smaller its a fair equivalant your \"states\" just have a wider diffrence then our states have untill you take in the fact of the 4 diffrent regions inside our 1 country that holds 50 of your contries" Reply (username redacted, vor 17 Std. bearbeitet): "He didn't call Europe a country. He just referred to Europe as a collective. Europe is essentially a" (truncated)$

Hotel review (Booking.com style). Reviewer: US flag, United States. Room: Superior, Towre Hyll King. 3 nights, June 2025. Solo traveller. Reviewed 1 July 2025. Score: 8.0. Title: "Very good overall impression." Positive: "It's very accessible to aldgate Underground Station." Negative: "None of the outlet has two socket for U.S. customer to charge any devices needs to be connected." Helpful, Not helpful

Twitter post. Text: "I'm in Germany and people thought it was weird when I said most children back in the US believe in Santa until about 13. We just have more christmas spirit then germany that was nazi then communist" 2:23 PM, Dec 25, 2020.

Reddit post from r/2westerneurope4u by PureContact7322 (5mo). Title: "God bless the french". Embedded tweet from Andy Haynes @imandyhaynes (hand covering face): "I'm in Paris and I ordered an oat milk latte and the waiter said no."

TikTok screenshot (LIVE, Following, For You tab). Video showing person in striped shirt in living room with red caption: "When an only child from a small family attends an Italian-Irish wedding". First (username redacted, 6d): "I don't understand you both sound American" Reply (username redacted, 6d): "We Americans sometimes carry on the culture and customs of our ancestors better than native Europeans so chill out" Reply (username redacted, 6d): "Hahahah... okay bestie." Reply (username redacted, 5d): "How could an American possibly carry out traditional customs more than an actual Italian living in Italy or an Irish person in Ireland?"

Facebook/TikTok Reel screenshot showing British grocery store shelf with price tag showing L1.50. White caption text over video: "Did you know everything in British grocery stores is Tax free the price you pay at the cashier is the price you see on the ticket it's amazing?" US flag emoji next to username (redacted), Follow button. #fpy #viral #reel #fy hashtags

$Threads/Instagram comment thread with Swedish-language interface ("Svar" header, "3 619 visningar"). First post (username partially visible): "I love this map because it clarifies how close the Low Countries, Germany, Denmark, and Norway are to the British Isles. Much of British history makes more sense when you realize how much contact there really was and how early. (My family history and genetic makeup make more sense too.)" with map showing North Sea region (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway, England) with red dots and distance circle. Reply: "The European mind is so tiny and THINKS it's well traveled. You're all so arrogant that you think your history is relevant anymore. This entire photo is the size of like 2 US states and the most you could do to make it interesting was turn it upside down? This offers nothing. Youre grasping at straws. \" Look guys my ancestors walked 30 miles! Holy shit\""$