4 Things Foreigners Will Never Understand About America
4 Things Foreigners Will Never Understand About America
By C. Coville, Cracked.com, October 2, 2014
This sundae is just a hint of the kinds of things that confound foreigners.
I moved to America from Australia almost five years ago after a long immigration battle, and these days I feel like I'm finally assimilating. My accent has mutated into a weird Ausmerican-hybrid mess that sounds like a drunk person pretending to be Hugh Jackman. I go to the gym regularly to strengthen my arms enough to carry those horse-trough-sized soda cups at the cinema, and I'm sketching out my first "bald eagle ripping open my skin to reveal an American flag" back tattoo.
But there's still a lot about this great country that I don't understand, and I have it on good authority that I'm not alone. Some aspects of the USA are so weird that they leave foreigners scratching our wacky national-costume hats in confusion, no matter how much time we've spent here. For example ...
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As a Canadian I sympathize with the author's feelings, although I'm embarrassed to admit that due to being contiguous to the USA Canada has become infected with some of the things that confuse him.
Having lived in Australia, there are things there that are confusing as well.
Only 4 things!!!!
Cute article! And very likely entirely true!
I think optimism is a great way of coping with stuff, too. I mean, there is absolutely NOTHING I can do about a lot of the world's problems, so why would I worry about it excessively? Sometimes, you just gotta have faith that things will work out, no matter what happens, and keep on going. I can't make much headway if I'm paralyzed with fear and worry, so, why not look on the bright side? Do what you can to make things better, and don't worry about it. Most stuff that goes on, you have no control over anyway.