Non-Americans Share ‘Weirdest’ Things About the U.S. [Video]

Visitors to the United States often experience culture shock, encountering aspects of American life that feel odd or surprising. A social media post on some of the country’s strangest aspects has generated a colorful discussion on Reddit.

A question was posed by a poster under the username rickyjones75, who asked, “Non-Americans who have been to the US: What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don’t realize is weird?” The post has amassed 23,000 comments and 17,000 upvotes since it was shared on Tuesday.

The global reputation of the U.S. has “shifted dramatically over the past two decades, often improving or declining depending on who is in the White House and the foreign policies they pursue,” the Pew Research Center said in November 2021.

The nation’s most positive elements were found to be connected to its famed exports, including technology and popular culture, according to a spring 2021 survey by …