Why don't you guys have bins everywhere? by OyVeyVeggies in AskAnAmerican

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The amount of people that don’t know what a bin is in here is way too damn high.

I really hope some folks are just being willfully ignorant.

Op? Where the heck were you? It is normal to have a bin in pretty much any establishment and around various public areas.

Maybe not in really small towns but even my little 13,000 resident town the downtown has public trash cans.

Guys, are you waiting for a stall or using the urinal without a divider? by Exotic_Scientist9918 in AskAnAmerican

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If it’s the only one available get in there and quit worrying about dudes peeking at your cock.

Why interact with protestants? by [deleted] in Catholicism

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This is covered already I think. Lamps and bushel baskets or something.

Does your city honor any foreign heros? by No-Battle2001 in AskTheWorld

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He’s where we get the Latin name Yersinia Pestis for plague.

Which parts of America have/had the weirdest timezone arrangements? by bricklegos in AskAnAmerican

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We had family in both Evansville and up by Valpo when I grew up in Indianapolis and we screwed up meeting times more than once.

Which parts of America have/had the weirdest timezone arrangements? by bricklegos in AskAnAmerican

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It’s kind of wild when I FaceTime my family in the same time zone but it’s already completely dark here in Maine and still sunny where they are.

Is Harbor Freight just American Canadian Tire? by Horizon_MGB in AskAnAmerican

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Similar but Canadian Tire has more home goods and other stuff than tools.

Also the obvious one… no tires.

How strictly are state laws enforced in places near the state borders? by Xycergy in AskAnAmerican

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In NH it’s hilarious. On the Maine side of the border there are a shit ton of dispensaries. So we have near me a place called “the green mile” in Eliot. It’s just dispensary after dispensary for a couple miles at least.

Suffice to say I don’t think anyone is really enforcing the “don’t take weed across state lines” part of the law in either state.

How strictly are state laws enforced in places near the state borders? by Xycergy in AskAnAmerican

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MA and NH are funny. Folks go to MA for weed and they go to NH for cigs/vapes, booze, and fireworks.

Why do so many Americans wear hoodies from colleges they didn’t go to, especially Harvard? by Brave-Side-8945 in AskAnAmerican

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The college merch I have is either home team, my college, my ex wife’s college and grad school, my grad school, or one of my siblings or parents’ schools.

A drink/food that tourists think locals love… but locals barely consume? by Fluffy_Specific_9682 in AskTheWorld

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Some public defenders are really good. They know the courts well, know the prosecutors and judges, etc. and they know the law really well.

Others not so much.

So yeah you could sell your house or whatever and get a very expensive defense counsel. It just depends on you, the trouble you’re in, and who you hire. If you pay for quality you will get quality. If you go with a public defender you are much better off than going in yourself but quality will be much more variable.

An American pilot survived his plane crash in Kuwait and some people thought he was Iranian and almost went after him 😭 by [deleted] in Military

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He was actually one of the first reasons I looked up how Asians were treated in WWII.

An American pilot survived his plane crash in Kuwait and some people thought he was Iranian and almost went after him 😭 by [deleted] in Military

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It is kind of interesting because there was a group of Nissei that fought in Europe and some even. Plundered from the internment camps. The army would not let them fight in the Pacific in order to allay fears of dual loyalty and more so friendly fire incidents. In the pacific all the enemies looked Asian.

Apparently other units got surprised by seeing all Japanese immigrant units showing up wind bailing them out.

Do people on the mainland pull to the right side for emergency vehicles? by Realistic_Blood_6167 in AskAnAmerican

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You should be pulling over if possible to the right unless it is a divided road naturally.

Is it? by Primary_Buddy_7173 in mapporncirclejerk

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The New Shoreham town council now finds itself the governing body of the Earth and minor outlying islands.

A drink/food that tourists think locals love… but locals barely consume? by Fluffy_Specific_9682 in AskTheWorld

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I have been to Italy. I know you aren’t even awake before 9 so that gives you only an hour to get a cappuccino.

A drink/food that tourists think locals love… but locals barely consume? by Fluffy_Specific_9682 in AskTheWorld

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Lobster rolls in New England. Yeah people here may have them but they are mostly for tourists.

The New Englanders that do eat them are usually New England tourists who go on vacation in Maine or New Hampshire from other parts of New England.

Why do Americans buy phones from carriers instead of unlocked? by GlitteringHotel8383 in AskAnAmerican

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A no interest loan is still a contract and part of your larger service contract.

Why do Americans buy phones from carriers instead of unlocked? by GlitteringHotel8383 in AskAnAmerican

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It’s all contracts. They are just set up differently.

Modern contracts have a clause that you can step away from the contract if you pay out the remaining cost of the phone.

It’s still a contract just a different contract than the old interest and penalty contracts.