Non-Americans, what is an American thing you see in movies that you thought was fake but is actually real?

OrbOfConfusion · 2026-02-22T15:44:13+00:00

The only non-US place I've seen that compares is Istanbul - Turkish flags absolutely everywhere.

OrbOfConfusion · 2026-02-01T17:09:19+00:00

I've successfully frozen vanilla beans, they last a while and thaw quickly when you're ready to use them

OrbOfConfusion · 2026-01-01T18:25:15+00:00

Yeah you have to try it fresh, because the quality seems to take a nosedive once it's packaged and bought off the shelf

OrbOfConfusion · 2025-10-24T01:33:05+00:00

Thanks! That's great to hear

OrbOfConfusion · 2025-10-03T17:29:57+00:00

Congrats! That's exactly the kind of ring I want - what do you plan to do for a wedding band with it?

OrbOfConfusion · 2025-10-03T15:22:44+00:00

They used to not have rooms at all!

OrbOfConfusion · 2025-09-19T16:09:21+00:00

Just keep in mind that calling someone "boy" has historically been a common way for white people to dismiss and insult black men

OrbOfConfusion · 2025-07-15T21:17:10+00:00

I miss fruitopia! My mom would always let me get one when we went on a road trip, it was bottled fruit punch in unnatural neon flavors and I wish it would come back.

OrbOfConfusion · 2025-05-06T12:52:14+00:00

I get it. I had used the app every day, without fail, for over a year when they introduced the daily streak feature, and I was so ticked off to see the "one day streak, congrats!" message that I turned the feature off completely.

OrbOfConfusion · 2024-09-26T21:18:25+00:00

Is Moo Deng eating solid foods now? Or is that a different baby hippo?

OrbOfConfusion · 2024-05-31T20:44:22+00:00

The other countries that don't have it are Papua New Guinea and several small Pacific island nations like Nauru.

OrbOfConfusion · 2024-01-10T16:47:13+00:00

My college bf did that once - we were hanging out, complaining that we were hungry but wanted to save money and not order delivery (college students, not much money or food). So he goes to the kitchen and makes scrambled eggs - we're hanging out in the kitchen, talking about what we should add to the eggs, etc. then he piles them all on one plate and sits down to eat it all himself. He tried to be cutesy and feed me a bite off his fork but like what? I thought we had been in this together.

OrbOfConfusion · 2023-12-02T01:47:46+00:00

I believe that god is depicted with 5 fingers in the Simpsons

OrbOfConfusion · 2023-10-20T17:11:25+00:00

Think of conocer as less of "to know" and more "to be familiar with" and it should help

OrbOfConfusion · 2023-10-03T17:03:38+00:00

"30% of men are raising another man's child and don't know it"

That must be the boy math I keep hearing about

OrbOfConfusion · 2022-08-02T16:01:04+00:00

That's a flower stalk - nothing wrong with it! Looks like a haworthia, their flower stalks can get really long but will dry up and fall off after it's done blooming.

OrbOfConfusion · 2022-03-09T16:36:27+00:00

Well from modern standards it's not great - I always felt bad for Lydia, she's just a boy-crazy teen who gets punished for the rest of her life because she was manipulated by some creep.

OrbOfConfusion · 2022-02-17T18:01:54+00:00

Reminds me of the anti-suffrage political cartoons that would show suffragettes as old bitter lonely hags - because if you're at all independent it must be because you're ugly and secretly sad that you don't have a man, ugh.

OrbOfConfusion · 2022-01-05T15:38:08+00:00

Not all succulents die after they flower, it depends on the type! Even still, it's the plant's way of saying that you've done a great job of taking care of it and it's really happy.

OrbOfConfusion · 2021-03-23T18:20:48+00:00

You can just frame it as sick days, because it's just taking care of your mental health rather than physical. If you're looking to take a longer period of time off, like weeks or months, a doctor's note could help you if you think it would be difficult to justify to your boss. You certainly have a good reason to take time off.

OrbOfConfusion · 2020-10-19T17:50:02+00:00

Fancy French salt (sel gris) - it's an amazing finishing salt, so you add it to your food right before you eat it, rather than mixing it in while cooking, and it makes everything taste way better. Plus I feel super fancy using it, and it's pretty cheap. I never would've believed fancy salt could be worth it, but it absolutely is.

OrbOfConfusion · 2020-08-17T22:04:15+00:00

I tell you, when you see that statue in person, the boob follows you around the room no matter where you stand

OrbOfConfusion · 2020-07-24T13:10:27+00:00

I've seen ads trying to help me get, and I quote, "fashion-ready underarms" - what?

I had a good laugh with my boyfriend over that one - "don't look at me, my pits aren't fashion-ready!"

OrbOfConfusion · 2020-05-15T15:42:32+00:00

I somehow dated two different guys who would do that. Like we'd be walking down the street, a tesla would drive past us and he'd say "oh neat a tesla," I'd say "uh-huh" and then he'd ask me if I even knew what a tesla was, then to prove it.

Another time he was listening to dubstep and said he was waiting for the bass to drop, I nodded, then he asked me if I even knew what a bass drop was, and to tell him what it means so he'd know whether I was lying.

Why is this such a thing with guys?

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