America question

[VGon_BGon48 207]

Hey everyone I was watching a YouTube video about what Europe finds confusing about America so I was wondering what are your gripes and “WTF are they thinking?” Qualms with the good ole U S of A

 

(anything goes here I don’t care how savage it is if it’s a complaint or just a musing I truly know how everyone feels)

[The3rdWalker 1,279]

I don't know why we don't use the metric system or why we don't use DD/MM/YYYY format. It's just more practical.  

[Plumbers Crack 4,083]

Why do you have the visiting sport team shown first on fixtures and score cards?

 

I’m not sure if it’s only America doing it this way but I believe the majority of other countries use the “home team vs away team” format 

[J4MES OX4D 10,174]

Why do you play football with your hands?

 

[Baabcat 1,646]

Baseball, WTF?

[Rumelylady 188]

  On 11/6/2018 at 3:54 PM, The3rdWalker said:

I don't know why we don't use the metric system or why we don't use DD/MM/YYYY format. It's just more practical.  

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Seriously, your country really needs to get on the DD/MM/YYYY thing. It's super annoying having an American developed medical records system that MM/DD/YYYY and everything else I have to work with is the other way. I have to reenter birth dates way more often than is practical. 

[The3rdWalker 1,279]

  On 11/6/2018 at 9:00 PM, Rumelylady said:

Seriously, your country really needs to get on the DD/MM/YYYY thing. It's super annoying having an American developed medical records system that MM/DD/YYYY and everything else I have to work with is the other way. I have to reenter birth dates way more often than is practical. 

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There's a lot of things that make sense to change but hey, this is "america" so not a chance. People hate change. 

[techno 3,521]

What's your problem with the letter "u" 😉

[The3rdWalker 1,279]

  On 11/7/2018 at 12:29 AM, techno said:

What's your problem with the letter "u" [emoji6]

More efficient to cut waste.


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[crispymorgan 1,067]

Aluminium.  Sort it.

 

 

[J4MES OX4D 10,174]

Also why do you pronounce the letter Z as Zee and not Zed?

 

  On 11/6/2018 at 8:57 PM, Baabcat said:

Baseball, WTF?

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Poor mans rounders! 

[Plumbers Crack 4,083]

Edit: missed Crispy's post

[techno 3,521]

How are superbowl champions world champions ?

[GazzaGarratt 11,158]

The fact the language used is "English (United States)" says it all. English is....English! No brackets needed! 😂

 

Also....

  On 11/6/2018 at 4:44 PM, Plumbers Crack said:

Why do you have the visiting sport team shown first on fixtures and score cards?

 

I’m not sure if it’s only America doing it this way but I believe the majority of other countries use the “home team vs away team” format 

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This

  On 11/6/2018 at 6:47 PM, J4MES OX4D said:

Why do you play football with your hands?

 

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And This

  On 11/6/2018 at 3:54 PM, The3rdWalker said:

I don't know why we don't use the metric system or why we don't use DD/MM/YYYY format. It's just more practical.  

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And This

  On 11/7/2018 at 10:21 AM, crispymorgan said:

Aluminium.  Sort it.

 

 

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And This

  On 11/7/2018 at 10:25 AM, J4MES OX4D said:

Also why do you pronounce the letter Z as Zee and not Zed?

 

Poor mans rounders! 

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And This

  On 11/7/2018 at 3:25 PM, techno said:

How are superbowl champions world champions ?

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And This!!

 

All confusing as hell.

[The3rdWalker 1,279]

  On 11/7/2018 at 4:45 PM, GazzaGarratt said:

The fact the language used is "English (United States)" says it all. English is....English! No brackets needed! 😂

 

Also....

This

And This

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And This

And This

And This!!

 

All confusing as hell.

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1. Away @ Home. Started with baseball because the away team bats first; other sports that came after it adopted it 'just because.'
2. Football is your fault Britain & Australian. Y'all referred to rugby as football and Americans adopted a variation of the game so they took the name. 
3.  DD/MM/YYYY I don't know @GazzaGarratt it's why I am the one who said it. There's no answer as to why; it was believed it had something to do with computer science but that's not true. 
4. "According to the Online Etymology Dictionary English chemist Sir Humphry Davy named the element alumium in 1808 and then changed it to aluminum in 1812. British editors changed it to aluminium to be more in keeping with other elements such as potassium and sodium, while the Americans retained the spelling as aluminum."
5. Revolutionary War. Americans wanted to make sure they were not mistaken for the British so they changed certain phonetics. 
6. The National Football League use to be two different leagues, the AFL–NFL. We're the only country in the world with this sport at the time so there you go. 

 

Soo in the end it all comes down to Brian being "shitty parent's to the Americas" and sometimes we're sticking it to dad. 

[techno 3,521]

While there is a football theme I've noticed more this season the inability of Americans to tackle in the open field, no wonder rugby players take the piss.

[The3rdWalker 1,279]

  On 11/7/2018 at 6:56 PM, techno said:

While there is a football theme I've noticed more this season the inability of Americans to tackle in the open field, no wonder rugby players take the piss.

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Tackling in general. Rugby has personally ruined the NFL for me since I started playing back in 2004. 

[Plumbers Crack 4,083]

  On 11/7/2018 at 5:41 PM, The3rdWalker said:

Soo in the end it all comes down to Brian being "shitty parent's to the Americas" and sometimes we're sticking it to dad. 

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Who's Brian????

[NCA-Paendrag 2,769]

  On 11/7/2018 at 8:16 PM, Plumbers Crack said:

 

Who's Brian????

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You're british and don't know who Brian is? Shame on you Dave! 

He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy. Now piss off! 

[crispymorgan 1,067]

Y'all got a gun problem.  Any chance of tightening up those laws a little?

 

[Baabcat 1,646]

  On 11/8/2018 at 11:41 AM, crispymorgan said:

Y'all got a gun problem.  Any chance of tightening up those laws a little?

 

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No way , that law was written in 1791 and it’s still all totally fine. Those founding fathers really did want everyone tooled up with automatics. 

 

I believe young people would tag this with a ‘#sarcasm’

[TigerBurge 2,375]

  On 11/6/2018 at 3:54 PM, The3rdWalker said:

I don't know why we don't use the metric system or why we don't use DD/MM/YYYY format. It's just more practical.  

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I do every damn day. Fucking French 

[TigerBurge 2,375]

  On 11/7/2018 at 3:25 PM, techno said:

How are superbowl champions world champions ?

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Because we said so. The rest of the world can’t complete with us in real sports 

[TigerBurge 2,375]

  On 11/7/2018 at 6:56 PM, techno said:

While there is a football theme I've noticed more this season the inability of Americans to tackle in the open field, no wonder rugby players take the piss.

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Don’t watch the NFL it’s a bunch of over paid babies. Watch college football where they play hard so they can get to the NFL and not hit anyone again. 

[TigerBurge 2,375]

  On 11/8/2018 at 11:41 AM, crispymorgan said:

Y'all got a gun problem.  Any chance of tightening up those laws a little?

 

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We don’t have a gun problem. We have a society problem. It is also used as a tool to push a agenda to get rid of guns. People are going to do bad things regardless if they have weapons.