Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird?

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  • we invented the modern car, y’all are driving on the wrong side of the road
  • a switch is a switch, if you don’t like the direction it goes, just flip it over and put the cover back on, half the switches in my house go one way, and the other go the opposite way, some of them are even sideways.
  • y’all sank the ship that had the US copy of the metric standard on it, and also invented the imperial system in the first place.
  • if you look at the entomology, the US largely uses the original English pronunciation of things, it’s the British who have slowly changed their pronunciation over the centuries. We did have a guy who intentionally changed a bunch of the spelling, you are right about that.

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I'm not British. I just inherited mostly their system.

TBH, i laugh about both.

Eg the english language is a joke. Laugh? Larf? Laff?.

We did have a guy who intentionally changed a bunch of the spelling, you are right about that.

But one day if we are brave we'll get rid of the u in a lot of British words like color and armor. But by god we will keep the British u in the word glamour!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqfVE-fykk

we invented the modern car

I'm not saying that the left is the correct side to drive on, but you do realise that roads and "driving" (with horses) have existed well before the modern car right?

In fact the US used to drive on the left, until large freight wagons started preferring the right due to where the dude holding the horse whip was sitting.