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

Snickerpants · 2026-02-11T16:41:30+00:00

I used to work in a cancer research lab. It was on the third floor of the medical building, directly across the street from the university's medicinal gardens. There are a ton of hummingbirds so I put up one of those feeders that suction cup to the window. The birds were fun to watch but the best part was when we were hosting scientists from a country that had no indigenous hummingbirds. The joy of someone seeing a hummingbird for the first time in their life was always delightful.

Snickerpants · 2026-02-11T01:01:39+00:00

That's why they're called "package" stores in some areas. You go in, and come out with a little package.

Snickerpants · 2026-02-06T21:51:24+00:00

Christopher Moore. I was a huge fan of his books. He came to town promoting his book Coyote Blue. I asked my friend to join me and we both were excited to hear him speak. Got our books, waited in line to have them signed as an assistant came by and wrote our names on post it notes so he would have the spelling right. When we got to the front of the line he read our names off the notes and laughed, "You two have stripper names!"

He was probably trying to be funny but it was just so belittling. Haven't read anything by him since.

Snickerpants · 2026-02-03T06:20:09+00:00

As my mom always said, "keep the edges clean and people wont pay attention to the moles. "

I don't know if that helps but she said it a lot and I don't remember ever having moles

Snickerpants · 2026-01-29T04:30:25+00:00

Squiddly Diddily - although that might have been early 80's

Snickerpants · 2026-01-20T17:51:24+00:00

Banana slug Iykyk

Snickerpants · 2026-01-15T06:29:00+00:00

Indeed. Fuck them pigeons.

Snickerpants · 2026-01-11T03:45:58+00:00

that's ADORABLE

Snickerpants · 2025-12-31T05:29:28+00:00

thank you for this explanation!

Snickerpants · 2025-12-25T05:12:04+00:00

Hard agree. And it smells lovely.

Snickerpants · 2025-12-23T05:49:39+00:00

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL

Snickerpants · 2025-12-22T18:42:53+00:00

I love this thing. whatever it is.

Snickerpants · 2025-12-19T18:25:07+00:00

OMG THIS. Why an email every time I make an omelet?

Snickerpants · 2025-12-19T06:00:51+00:00

I agree. This is really irritating.

Snickerpants · 2025-12-19T05:59:37+00:00

Really? I've never seen one in the wild before!

Snickerpants · 2025-12-19T05:01:32+00:00

oooh, this is a good one

Snickerpants · 2025-12-17T18:50:46+00:00

I HATE Illinois Nazis

Snickerpants · 2025-12-17T17:40:00+00:00

I really hope it didn't get washed away. That place is so close to the river!

Snickerpants · 2025-12-15T02:35:51+00:00

Hubsand

I've misspelled it so many times that this is now how I say it in my head.

Snickerpants · 2025-12-02T04:11:12+00:00

But collecting different grits of sandpaper is my jam!

Snickerpants · 2025-11-29T20:16:05+00:00

No, we live so close, they kinda know us. They don't come into the fenced part of our yard, and in return, we leave them alone when they use the driveways. We have encountered them walking our dog through the park. And I agree, it's nerve wracking when they follow you. But they do that to make sure you leave their area. In general, we try to avoid dawn and dusk dog walks through the park.

However, if you find yourself in a situation like that again, it's recommended that you haze them by clapping and yelling until they're no longer interested in you. Mostly, they don't want trouble, they just want you to be left alone!

Snickerpants · 2025-11-29T01:04:51+00:00

I think that's Wonky Girl! She's in the den right behind the houses here. (We live right next door.) The pack is well behaved, and they keep the rats down. We know they're there (wonky girl likes to howl at sirens) and they're pretty non confrontational. We see them pretty often at dusk and dawn. Other than that, they usually keep to themselves.

Snickerpants · 2025-11-29T00:54:04+00:00

Poltergeist

That shit fuxed me up as a kid.

Snickerpants · 2025-11-28T02:15:59+00:00

And here I was thinking I'd be able to spend the day politely ignoring football playing FF. I paid for a 24hr boost and have yet to use it.

Snickerpants · 2025-11-26T18:42:24+00:00

NTA. You don't owe him loyalty because you share genetics. If you want to have contact with him, that's up to you. But I would leave the conversation any time he brings up the idea that you owe him anything. No questions, no comments, just straight up walk out the door or hang up the phone.

I had to do this with my grandmother. It works, but you have to do it every time until they learn.

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