Americans take many things very seriously, much to the rest of the world's confusion, including but not limited to portion sizes, the American flag, and Halloween. Everywhere else, Halloween lasts one day, people dress up and may or may not go trick-or-treating, and that's about it. But in America, Halloween lasts a month, everything is pumpkin-flavored, and no one understands why. These tweets articulate the rest of the world's confusion with America's go-big-or-go-home attitude when it comes to the spookiest day in the calendar.
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Vegemite, the Australian version of Marmite, is an acquired taste, which not everyone has. Australians are very protective of their precious spread and take offense at the way Americans eat it, as they make pretty clear in these tweets. If there's one thing Aussies are passionate about, it's clearly Vegemite. We don't know why, because it's gross...
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Apparently most Americans don't know when Brits are being passive aggressive. The polling firm YouGov has found that many US citizens they polled wouldn't notice when British people use dismissive phrases like "with the greatest respect" and "I'll bear that in mind."
Ever wonder what the rest of the world thinks of Americans? Apparently, it's not too hard to guess. This hilarious video from Conde Nast Traveler shows us what happens when 70 different nationalities impersonate Americans. And, surprise! Most of the impressions are basically the same. According to most citizens of the world, American men sound like surfers and American women have a Valley Girl accents. They love burgers, McDonald's, baseball and the mall. And of course, Americans think everything is great! Especially America, which is the greatest. Via: So Bad so good
Barbara Peacock is a successful photographer from Portland, Oregon. She has recently started a new project where she aims to photograph the hidden and transparent complexities of who Americans are through detailed and intimate portraits taken in the bedrooms across the USA.
