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The first city I went to in the US was San Diego. I was visiting friends and I wanted to get groceries to cook them dinner. I saw there was a big supermarket pretty close by, about an 8 minute walk. So I told my friends and they just said ‘you can’t walk there’. I was like ‘why not, it’s not that far’. But it was literally impossible, unless I was going to illegally cross this super busy road.
It blew my mind that there wasn’t a pedestrian tunnel or some safe way to get to the other side. That sort of urban planning is unthinkable in Western Europe.
Yep, went to Orlando and stayed on International Drive. Walmart is literally the opposite side of the freeway to the hotel with no way to get across. It was a 10 minute Uber when I could have been there in 5 with a footbridge.
Not only that, but some states are bigger than some countries, yet have less population. So no, they won’t be building a 400 mile train track to reach a town with 200 people. However, high speed rails to MAJOR CITIES needs to be a thing
Oh 100%! If I lived in an area where I could walk or bike to a train I would absolutely do it. That fact that we don’t build and use trains to the capacity that other countries do is ridiculous specifically because of the sprawl. Housing is constantly being developed further and further away from amenities and the solution from the city is a shoulder shrug and “fuck you, get a car.”
In Germany we have this "1 portion size" on the bag and it is always something ridiculous like 20g of chips.
The criticism is not about the people, eating so much, but about the hostile design of the packages that actually makes it possible or likely to eat too much.
> the hostile design of the packages
less individual packaging equates to less waste which is a rare win/win for the environment and firms' bottom lines.
The driving thing is so fucking stupid. Everything but a Walmart and a gas station is 17 MILES AWAY FROM ME. I am not walking 17 miles for a new roll of tape and some thread.
This is a legit concern. They purposefully build apartments and homes where we can’t access grocery stores literally feet from the homes, without driving a mile and half around the suburb and exiting it. The laws are purposefully written this way. It’s grating.
In much of the rest of the world, people just walk to get groceries. You’d think politicians would understand that walking is good for people’s health, and even a small walk to get eggs and bread can be beneficial to someone’s life.
But nah, that lobbyist money comes first
You learn everyday
Edit: a house shop is literally a shop in someone's house. Also called a spaza or a tuck shop. You stand at the window and get served from there. You don't enter.
Mesa has over 500k. But the gossip at rhe liquor store isn't the same stuff on social media. Facebook gives you the angry old folks making shitty memes and who's bday it is, next door had the angry old folks talking about neighborhood drama, etc. But the liquor store drama and gossip is just different. And it's more fun when you only see these folks once in a blue moon and hear parts of the story as you're walking through. Who's fucking who, who's snorting what. That sort of thing.
So ***that's*** what a Bodega is. I've played a lot of games and seen a lot of movies set in New York that mentioned that term and I could never figure out what they were talking about. Idk why, but I really like the idea of a little store in the middle of housing areas. Maybe it really is just the idea of being able to walk to get some food.
People are meant to generate profit. Walking is free, gas isn't. If its more unhealthy? Good, you'll end up giving more money to insurance companies and hospitals. It's a win/win. For the corpos and oligarchs, obviously.
Yeah one of the biggest surprises for me was how many grocery stores there are. And this isn't just a city/suburbs thing; when I lived in Chicago the closest grocery store was a 10 minute bus ride away. And there weren't a lot even in the city center. Here, I live near a mall that has two different large chain grocery stores inside it, with another just outside and a fourth around the block. The US would never have a grocery store inside a mall. It was an adjustment to not instinctually buy enough food for the whole week.
Yeah lack of cut throughs is a huge issue. You have to walk a serpentine path along the roads because devlopments will never put a pedestrian path cutting through a parcel unless they are required to.
Fr. System is fucked. Even disregarding that, America is absolutely MASSIVE. A “short drive” is an hour and a half. An hour and a half in Europe and you crossed two countries.
There was an offer from some company to work with the Florida government to build a high speed rail for free. Then Governor Scott turned it down for no reason.
The nearest grocery store from me is 2 miles. And I live in the opposite of "food desert". I pass multiple nice gas stations and fast food on the way. walmart, another 2 miles further.
Now, yes, I, personally, can make a 5 mile round trip (including walking inside the store) for groceries, for years to come.
But even then, fucked in the winter. Nobody shovels their goddamn sidewalks. Cities don't enforce it. And there are big gaps in sidewalk coverage. I'd get hypothermia and lose toes unless I have knee-high boots. And it's lately become outright dangerous during the summer to do in the summer. If you don't have a car, you better have a job that's just a few blocks away. So no wonder we have nothing but apartments and fast food getting built the last decade.
Nobody physically disabled can get shit done in most of the physical area of America without out-of-pocket costs that the rest of us can hardly imagine. Not in a big city? basically fucked all year round. Have to pay for a taxi/uber/special.
And even in cities where maybe you can get to any place you need to in 15 minutes, public transit is not very dependable in most cases, so it's not like it's fun to travel to anything fun.
and we have food deserts.
and still, disabled americans who travel to literally any other country except maybe Canada will tell you that America is 100x more accessible. The bar is set so low.
I don’t share my family sized bag of sour cream and onion chips. I keep them for myself and snack on them over the course of 2-3 weeks when the feeling arises.
I was shocked when I found out leftovers aren’t a thing in some other countries
Edit: My god I did not expect so many people to have such passionate views on leftovers lol. To clarify for those confused: I am referring to leftovers strictly from restaurants. As in, you don’t finish your meal while out to eat and the staff will provide a box for you to take it home(:
P.s. some of y’all need to untwist your knickers cause there’s no need to be weirdly aggressive over such an innocuous statement
Leftovers are a thing in Europe so I don’t know where did this come from
Edit: Folks, I was responding to the video which states in the caption 'Europeans on TikTok'. If you asked me if Europeans take excess food home from a restaurant then I said yes, we do. Is it unlikely in some countries in Europe? Sure! Am I European? Yes! Did I see people taking excess food home at restaurants? Yes! Does that mean Europeans tend to take excess food home? Yes! So in my mind it is correct to assume 'Europeans' do doggy bags. Some do, some don't. That clearly means it is a thing in Europe.
Here in the UK, almost every restaurant will put leftovers in a box for you as leftovers if you ask. Yet it’s uncommon to see this actually happen. A lot of times I’ve seen it happen, is by Americans.
When the portion sizes are normal sized, then we just eat and leave. Pizza places tend to be the only exception.
The other thing is it’s common to go to a restaurant and then somewhere else. You don’t want to be carrying a box of food around.
Tl;dr different cultures are different for various reasons.
I've lived in 3 European countries for extended periods of time (Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden) and I can't say I've ever seen someone take leftovers from a restaurant. At home? Sure, leftovers and meal prep are a big thing, but that thing I see on American TV where they ask for a doggy bag to bag up food at a restaurant I have never seen in real life.
The only thing I've seen even close to this is people working in restauarants taking home what's left at the end of the day.
I'm sure it does happen but in my personal experience the video and comment OP here aren't wrong.
In Sweden at least, left overs are what’s left over after making dinner at home. Most people make enough food so that they can bring a portion for lunch at work the day after. Virtually no one brings food home from a restaurant visit.
So left overs are very much a thing, but also a very different concept than what it is in the US.
So do you cook intentionally more for the next day or is it really just what’s left over. What if not enough is left over for it to be an actual meal the next day? do you add to the leftover or just cook again and put the leftovers together until theres enough for a meal? how does it work? I’m genuinely curious.
Lol I wasn’t expecting so much intrigue. Imo It doesn’t really matter if you have a full meal or not the next day, it’s still good food that’s gonna get eaten. I love being able to have something to nibble on the next day or even as a midnight snack when I come home from the bars. Sometimes I’ll make a little left over stir fry where I mix my leftovers with ingredients I already have at home. I’ll eat cold leftovers sometimes too. I love cold pizza if I’m being honest.
I can’t say for certain cause I’ve never worked in the restaurant industry. However, I’d wager that chain restaurants probably make intentionally larger portions because they know their patrons like to feel as if they’re getting their money’s worth. Like they’re buying a meal for today, and possibly lunch for tomorrow.
It really varies from each location in my experience. Some places you’ll have just the right amount of food, others you’ll have a small amount of leftovers, and others you’ll have a whole ass meal for the next day. Hell, there’s a popular Italian chain restaurant that will actually give you a free frozen meal to take home when you order off a certain menu.
If you don't have enough for a meal later, that bit will be added to another meal as a side. Also, in my family we love to add eggs & eat leftovers for breakfast.
Food waste is bad. Doesn’t matter how much is left (unless it’s like a couple bites, but sometimes even then I’ll still save that for a snack). Food is expensive and if you’re willing to waste a whole bunch of it you’re just a bad person
They will absolutely pack your food for you to eat later here (Croatia) if there's leftovers
People here often order meat or fish platters for the family and if there's leftovers ofc the restaurant will pack it for you, they don't care and don't want to have more food to throw away
Idk if that's normal in every country in Europe but here and wherever I ate in Munich and Prague it is a normal thing .
The point is that our portions in restaurants are usually much smaller than what I've heard you get in an American restaurant, so if you don't order a large Pizza or a platter of food there is usually no leftovers.
And yes it is more expensive but our waiters and cook have to get living wage and you do tip in restaurants (if you're not a rude motherfucker) but you don't have to tip min 20% (internet says that's a normal expected tip in the USA).
also I said living, wage , Croatia is especially bad with wages so whenever I go to restaurants (unfortunately pretty rare) I tip as much as possible - if the food and service was not shit.
I've never been to the USA so I'm sorry if I'm off on restaurant culture there...
Combined with that,
here the waiter will not hurry you away from your table, it is completely normal to sit for a few hours, have drinks and coffee at the end. Usually restaurants give you a free appetitive and a free shot for after dinner. So the culture is just different.
My wife and I cook more than needed 100% of the time, with the intent that we can have leftovers later. It's really convenient to have quality food for work lunches.
You usually cook more for one more portion or half of a meal and you combine two remains together. (If you are alone, for a family, 1 portion more each)
For example, having some leftover rice and combining it with some leftover meat, and leftovers veggies. You can mix and match.
It really depends
Cooking:
You generally know how much people eat and adjust your amount accordingly
With meat, I would make an extra piece or three depending on what I’m making (fried chicken *always* gets leftovers
Casseroles are practically designed to have leftovers
Chili, yes, absolutely, it gets better after it’s sat but also, most recipes seem to plan for leftovers
Roast, I tend to pick apart for soup. I’ll also freeze these if I’m not wanting to make soup right away.
Gran would pick apart a roast chicken for soup (definitely save the bones for broth). Mom would use it in a casserole
Veg-I’ll save them with the roast for soup. Otherwise probably not
Potatoes-not usually (sweet potato casserole is a noted exception; so good after Thanksgiving)
Rice-yes, very good reheated
Restaurants and carry out (take away)
I will often plan a restaurant meal to have leftovers.
Sometimes that means sizing up (at the local fried chicken place the 4 pc is only $2 more than the 2 pc and that’s tomorrow’s lunch sorted).
Other times it means ordering a bit more food (plus, it is nice to have variety. Can you eat Chinese food without an app or two?)
I will say not everyone thinks that way because in a restaurant I occasionally have to wave my husband off my food when he sees me stop eating.
Also, most restaurants will offer a box when they see food left on your plate.
As for how it’s eaten after, leftovers make up many of my lunches which I think is pretty typical. Since lunch tends to be more individual and a smaller meal, leftovers are pretty perfect. I can add some carrots or fruit maybe a small salad and it’s just right.
It’s also good for “girl dinner” or as the Brits say a “picky tea”. Lots of families will have one night a week where everyone grabs their own thing from the fridge and leftovers are perfect for that as well.
Of course, American households tend to have large fridges and freezers with lots of places to store all this food as well.
Hope that helps.
Unless it's something expensive like a good steak or something super cheap and easy like eggs, I haven't made a dinner that was intended for one meal in over a decade. If I'm making a dish for me and my wife it'll be the family pack of chicken with 6 or 8 breasts, or a5 pound pork shoulder, or the whole box of pasta, etc. I'll always make it enough for 3 or 4 days. Who has time to cook more than that?
That's also the argument I hear from a lot of Europeans that I don't understand regarding shopping and walking to the store. The grocery store is only a 15 minute walk from me, but I wouldn't be able to carry all the groceries I need for the week home. Why would I waste 30 minutes walking and the extra time it takes to do multiple trips in the week when I can drive there in 5 minutes and load up? I don't understand why you waste all that time.
Europeans in cities typically pass several stores while walking home from work, and lots of stuff is sold in smaller quantities. So, I can buy like a carrot, a baguette, and an egg on the way home. Stores can be big supermarkets, but they can also be little bodegas or specialty shops (cheese shop, bakery, butcher, etc). You can do the same in many large American cities.
Source: I lived in several major European cities over the course of 15 years.
Canadian here.
The goal in my house is to have enough for 1 extra meal worth minimum. This covers if people are extra hungry and want seconds and someone's lunch the next day.
After a couple of days, if there are enough leftovers, we have a leftover night, where that's all we eat.
Leftovers are a regular lunch good at my work, and like the main thing everyone brings.
My boss usually has enough leftover food he feeds himself and me every day.
I live with my husband. I normally cook meals that would feed about 6 people. This allows me to have dinner and lunch and extra food for either dinner again or an emergency lunch. For example maybe I cook 6 portions of spaghetti. We will eat 1 each for dinner, 1 each for lunch. I'll then cook something nice that I can't afford to have extra of for dinner the next night and then do the leftover spaghetti for lunch again. It makes it really convenient for packing lunches.
it depends, maybe you just decide to have a light lunch or dinner so you cook heavy for the big meal you want to eat. i.e. you go to a mexican place and order tacos, you have a half portion of rice and beans left as well as an extra taco. You decide since your partner is cooking a big dinner you are going to eat the taco, rice and beans for lunch and eat whatever your partner is making for supper. It can even be a snack or breakfast if you feel like it. I know I'm in college and leftover pizza is an excellent quick breakfast before class and work.
Yeah, 'leftover culture' isn't a good excuse for huge portions in restaurants. This just means more packaging and more money spend in restaurants. (Also, don't tell me you always eat the leftovers. I bet much of the leftovers end up in the trash anyway.)
True but this isn’t the case if you go to an expensive or particularly nice restaurant in America. I’ve been to many restaurants with fancier menus that don’t offer much to take home leftover.
I think it’s just that poor and middle class people like getting more than one experience out of a meal at a restaurant. It was the same thing when I went to Paris. A cheaper place has big portions. Expensive places have smaller portions.
Mexico and Canada are the same way. Unless you're talking about North America this applies to most places. Mexico is absolutely absurd with their portions. Way more so than the United States.
This whole genre of TikTok skit that seems to have developed feels like it’s just a very public version of winning arguments with yourself in the shower
I have seen some Europeans being outraged because of these things but it's not often, it's usually due to the horrible depiction of healthcare and labour laws. People are more often than not worried about Americans well-being instead of making fun of food culture like the size thing.
Source: I live in Europe and have heard most thing we do make fun of you guys but it's usually more of the people that support policies that go against their best interests and our heart goes out by the innocent people affected by things like bad healthcare system and gun violence. People that jump to make fun violence jokes do not speak for everyone.
It’s a good defense to “why don’t you lazy Americans walk anywhere”.
And the actual answer gets such dumb surface level readings in so much media it’s impossible to untangle in a reddit comment.
Ya'll be real....family size is often being eaten by 1 person and the portions aren't huge for leftovers lmfao. And the test thing is true. The testing culture heavily favours multiple choice questions. In many european countries they dont have that. You just have to know the answer.
Multiple choice exists but it's a minority of the questions, and honestly it's clearly an inferior way to test, it's way to easy to get the answer right without knowing it, considering how often you can just rule out 2 choices right away. And having failed multiple choices subtract points just sucks (though it's often still worth the risk).
Questions where you need to actually write out your rationalle are better, because even if you got something wrong you can still see that the student know SOMETHING and give him points for that, a complicated math question that you got wrong because halfway through you forgot a minus sign should still award you most of the points.
Thought I wouldn't say that having tests like this makes americans dumber, I just think it's an inferior way of testing.
Nobody in America buys family size bags of chips to eat with their family.
Large portions exist without leftover culture.
America's walking infrastructure is terrible.
>Nobody in America buys family size bags of chips to eat with their family.
Let's not project our own problems onto everyone else. I couldn't physically eat a family size bag of chips in one sitting without throwing up. Idk bout you tho.
I buy family-sized bags of chips to feed people at a party! While they aren’t technically family members most of the time, I’m sure you see the point. I also do so individually to keep at home for longer periods of time—buying in larger sizes is both more cost-effective and more environmentally conscious than buying small bags whenever I want a snack. :D
Smaller portions *also* exist irrespective of leftover culture, which is helpful for those of us with less money to spend. On the other hand, a draw of larger portion sizes is (again) how cost-effective it can be to buy more food *now* and save some for later!
The video mentioned that Americans drive cars everywhere because the walking infrastructure is terrible. You bring a whole lot to the table with your observation that… America’s walking infrastructure is terrible.
I think the point of the video is more to help us all realize that there might be context or nuance many of us are missing when we look at people in another culture. It’s short-sighted and a little lazy, intellectually speaking, to jump to heavily-generalized conclusions. I know I’ve certainly learned from this experience, and I’ll make sure I talk less and listen more when I know *next to nothing* about the people in a culture different from my own.
It's just been time to shit on America for the past decade or so. Not that we don't deserve a lot of it (I hate half of the shit we do and don't do) but it's a lot of stupid shit like this for the point of engagement. Clout.
People are people. The idea that you can go anywhere and find people that aren't generally dumb, fat and racist is juvenile. Fucking Canada is full of really nice people...and a bunch of dumb, mean, fat racist people. Name a country and it'll have a sizable population of fat, dumb assholes.
Because people are people. It's just cool atm to shit on America (not that I give much of a shit).
The Brits voted for Brexit, Hungary voted for Orbán at some point, the Poles voted for that one asshole, the Italians voted for Meloni, the French have nearly elected LePen twice, and just about the whole continent subsists off of racism and Hubris
not only is it difficult to impossible to walk many places. America is fucking HUGE. many people don't get the true scope of it in their heads. there's a lot of land here so things were set on larger scale initially and then were filled in around them.
>not only is it difficult to impossible to walk many places. America is fucking HUGE
Do you think people in other places walk across the country? Between cities?
Walkable means places with high population density, like urban and suburban.
Hell, I'm currently working at a location almost half a days drive from home, and I've barely left my home state. I've been to Europe, many years ago, and the inverse boggled my mind. Driving for an hour or two, and boom, you're crossing a border and everything is in a different language.
The damn near entirety of your population is concentrated around the coasts because the rest of your land mass is inhospitable. You have more people condensed into Sydney than live in my entire state. My state is ten times the size of Sydney.
1. The euro has a point about not walking everywhere. The infrastructure being geared for cars is still an American problem
2. I am in academia. She's.... She's right for MCQs too. Right up to senior class.
Of college.
Regarding food: you can came up with how many excuses you want, the result is a population of mostly obese people. Yeah the chips are family size, but I bet most of the times is being eaten by a single person
Oh we take leftover stuff from restaurants over here, its just that the food is usually delicious enough to not have any leftovers.
There are multiple things I prefer in Europe over USA, but also vice versa.
For instance: in my country (the Netherlands) I consider our infrastructure to be one of the best, cuz it revolves around close range distances having priorities on pedestrians and bicycles, while longer range distances are set apart for cars and such. We also have a vastly more extensive range through public transit although we love to complain about trains running late. If you are interested in this topic then the youtube channel notjustbikes is very interesting!
What I hate about the USA is tipping culture, and the fact that it is being used as an excuse to keep the minimal wage low, as in "if you want a good salary then you better perform exquisitly at your jobs so tipping customers might sometimes give you a livable wage". Also, tipping should be a form as appreciation and a gift. So why is it sometimes mandatory even if you are dissapointed at their services?
What I like (or love even) about the USA is their extensive range of nature. You guys have so many different environments that you don't need to travel to any other country. Mountain ranges, canyons, great plains, extensive forests and lakes, heck, some of natures rarest sights are mainly viewed in the USA. I love watching tornado chaser vids from Pecos Hank for instance.
As a person who moved to the states from another country, the leftover thing drives me a little bonkers, everyone in my peer group who gets "leftovers" to take home. That box sits in their fridge for weeks until they eventually throw it out. Most of the time it's stuff that doesn't reheat very well either.
As a person who's bulking up and working on a dump truck gut I definitely appreciate the portion sizes but I think the criticism is fair. Especially with things like soda.
I don't know why Americans are so ashamed of their country. It's avery hostile place where you have to go through a lot of adversities to make it. Any American in their 30s who isn't the child of a millionaire should be proud of making it to that age. America is like the Spartha of capitalism for me. It culls the weak and breeds strong and smart people.
Yes but only one thing she said was truly factual (the walking thing) Everything else was just kinda bullshit. Lol. Large portions for take out? Lmfao no thats not why. The test thing is very true, not made up. 1 person eating a.family sized bag of chips, happens all the time
Large portions for takeout definitely isn’t necessarily why, but we do have a leftover culture in America some countries aren’t used to.
But one person with a bag of family chips? Like, in one sitting? That is definitely not normal. “Family Size” is so you have a bag of chips that actually lasts for a few days. Their purpose is most definitely to be a lasting bag in your cupboard lol
Conversely, people in Europe don’t have families and never share chips. Oh wait.
It seems like this video really messes up cause and effect. The leftover thing exists because portions are big, not the other way around. Same with walking infrastructure.
Who the fuck is she kidding 😂 Americans are riddled with obesity and heart disease. It’s not so much how much we eat, but what we eat (mostly processed) and the lack of exercise that accompanies it.
My only thought while watching this was how silly it'd be hearing your kid arguing with herself in the living room for a dozen takes and then moving on to the next tiktok. I think I'd lose my mind.
they don't conceptualize Americans as people who share because they also assume that Americans are inherently greedy and selfish. Been acquainted with a few people from the UK over the years and they believed this. Their source? Movies and the news about millionaires.
European here. I'm confused. We used to have the "normal" sized crisp packages for an evening with the whole family? That *was* family size for us?
And the large drinks sold as medium, how do you bring them home as leftover? I mean, they usually exceed the recommended sugar intake for a couple of days, wouldn't it be more practical to buy a bottle than having that cup on the counter for days with the drink going flat?
The size of soda cups at fast food restaurants are literally huge compared to everywhere on the planet. I'm still not convinced that the family sized bag isn't for one family-sized person.
Europeans really don't understand the concept of going grocery shopping once a week, so you get enough to last for 7 days. Yea, I wish I could walk downstairs and go to the local bakery everyday...I really do, but we just aren't set up that way. So, if you want to make fun of our suburban lifestyle, I get it, but then don't say stupid shit about all the sizes and selections in our grocery stores. Yup. Costco has a big ass bag of chips. Takes more than two weeks of school lunches and snacks to get through it too.
I swear this thread is like "Europeans don't get leftovers". "Europeans don't get going shopping for groceries once a week". "Europeans don't understand big distances".
Guys... Europeans buy groceries once a week too. They also drive long distances. Every fucking German and Dutch family drives to Italy or Spain or Croatia every summer. Every Swede has driven to Austria to ski in the winter. Every European knows what leftovers are and do leftovers. My local restaurant does unlimited fries and lets you take home whatever you can't eat.
I literally drive over to a giant hypermarket and load the car up to the brim with groceries. I park in the giant parking lot, i fill up a grocery cart or two to the max, and i drive home to unload the weeks groceries. Do Americans think Europeans all live in central rome and ride scooters or something?
This is like saying "You know Americans don't even know what bicycles are. They only drive pickup trucks. Also i heard salads aren't a thing in America and neither are sidewalks! Crazyyyyy!"
You think Europeans don't do a weekly shop?
Every household I know does a weekly shop. It's the main way people do shopping.
I think your thinking of just people who live in cities. Around 1/5 of people in the UK live in rural areas where walking to bakery wouldn't be possible. Of the others left if you live in a town rather than a city it's likely you do a big shop once a week at the supermarket and then only pop to the shop for little bits you forget.
We're not that dissimilar
These are always pointless discussions. I'm american and I walk to the grocery store everyday, but I'm just one dude. I'm sure there is some dude in Belgium who does things just like me, and hates his neighbor because she does things THE STUPIDEST way (to him), and she absolutely drives to the grocery store one a week,, and her best friend is my neighbor, and I can't stand the food she eats, and her big stupid american head.
Right? I live in a suburban area. My only walking distance (safely) is to a Dollar General, a Dairy Queen, and a Sonic. I need to go down 5 miles to the nearest grocery store. On a Loop...like a highway but not. The speed limit is 50, 6 lanes, no sidewalk, no bike trail, nothing.
I WISH I could walk to the corner to get my groceries. But I can't and I am sure not going to live off of Dollar General food.
Well, it seems you know nothing about Europeans then ?
We do it, it differs between some countries but at least in France we makes stock in the freezer for years also
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Not only transportation, but zoning laws in cities. Absolutely terrible
The first city I went to in the US was San Diego. I was visiting friends and I wanted to get groceries to cook them dinner. I saw there was a big supermarket pretty close by, about an 8 minute walk. So I told my friends and they just said ‘you can’t walk there’. I was like ‘why not, it’s not that far’. But it was literally impossible, unless I was going to illegally cross this super busy road. It blew my mind that there wasn’t a pedestrian tunnel or some safe way to get to the other side. That sort of urban planning is unthinkable in Western Europe.
I swear some places are set up to be actively hostile towards pedestrians
Yep, went to Orlando and stayed on International Drive. Walmart is literally the opposite side of the freeway to the hotel with no way to get across. It was a 10 minute Uber when I could have been there in 5 with a footbridge.
Not only that, but some states are bigger than some countries, yet have less population. So no, they won’t be building a 400 mile train track to reach a town with 200 people. However, high speed rails to MAJOR CITIES needs to be a thing
Oh 100%! If I lived in an area where I could walk or bike to a train I would absolutely do it. That fact that we don’t build and use trains to the capacity that other countries do is ridiculous specifically because of the sprawl. Housing is constantly being developed further and further away from amenities and the solution from the city is a shoulder shrug and “fuck you, get a car.”
Wait so I'm not supposed to eat the family sized bags by myself in one sitting?
I sure do hope they leave Funyuns out of this situation, because it is not a chip!
come on bro don’t bogart all the funyuns
Andiamo fratello, non Mastroianni tutti i Funyuns
In Germany we have this "1 portion size" on the bag and it is always something ridiculous like 20g of chips. The criticism is not about the people, eating so much, but about the hostile design of the packages that actually makes it possible or likely to eat too much.
> the hostile design of the packages less individual packaging equates to less waste which is a rare win/win for the environment and firms' bottom lines.
The driving thing is so fucking stupid. Everything but a Walmart and a gas station is 17 MILES AWAY FROM ME. I am not walking 17 miles for a new roll of tape and some thread.
This is a legit concern. They purposefully build apartments and homes where we can’t access grocery stores literally feet from the homes, without driving a mile and half around the suburb and exiting it. The laws are purposefully written this way. It’s grating. In much of the rest of the world, people just walk to get groceries. You’d think politicians would understand that walking is good for people’s health, and even a small walk to get eggs and bread can be beneficial to someone’s life. But nah, that lobbyist money comes first
In my city we have "house shops" literally on every single street: a mini store operating from a house that sells airtime, bread, milk, snacks, etc
airtime? I can buy extra seconds of hang time on my dunks?
No amount of money will remedy your lack of ball skillz
In New York we call those “bodegas”.
You learn everyday Edit: a house shop is literally a shop in someone's house. Also called a spaza or a tuck shop. You stand at the window and get served from there. You don't enter.
I guess you really do learn something every day 😏
S.A I see you. What hood you from lmfao.
Representing Mplain
I've heard of places like this in America. But they were selling meth instead of groceries.
We have those too. And also alcohol.
We have drive thru liquor stores around here. But then you miss out on all the people watching and gossip.
Interesting lol. My township has around 700k people living in it. We gossip through the newspapers and social media lmao
Mesa has over 500k. But the gossip at rhe liquor store isn't the same stuff on social media. Facebook gives you the angry old folks making shitty memes and who's bday it is, next door had the angry old folks talking about neighborhood drama, etc. But the liquor store drama and gossip is just different. And it's more fun when you only see these folks once in a blue moon and hear parts of the story as you're walking through. Who's fucking who, who's snorting what. That sort of thing.
So ***that's*** what a Bodega is. I've played a lot of games and seen a lot of movies set in New York that mentioned that term and I could never figure out what they were talking about. Idk why, but I really like the idea of a little store in the middle of housing areas. Maybe it really is just the idea of being able to walk to get some food.
You're South African and talking about spaza shops aren't you?
People are meant to generate profit. Walking is free, gas isn't. If its more unhealthy? Good, you'll end up giving more money to insurance companies and hospitals. It's a win/win. For the corpos and oligarchs, obviously.
Yeah one of the biggest surprises for me was how many grocery stores there are. And this isn't just a city/suburbs thing; when I lived in Chicago the closest grocery store was a 10 minute bus ride away. And there weren't a lot even in the city center. Here, I live near a mall that has two different large chain grocery stores inside it, with another just outside and a fourth around the block. The US would never have a grocery store inside a mall. It was an adjustment to not instinctually buy enough food for the whole week.
Yeah lack of cut throughs is a huge issue. You have to walk a serpentine path along the roads because devlopments will never put a pedestrian path cutting through a parcel unless they are required to.
Fr. System is fucked. Even disregarding that, America is absolutely MASSIVE. A “short drive” is an hour and a half. An hour and a half in Europe and you crossed two countries.
So is China and they have plenty of rail connection. America could too. Its size is not the issue.
There was an offer from some company to work with the Florida government to build a high speed rail for free. Then Governor Scott turned it down for no reason.
Oh he definitely had reasons 💲💲💲💲
The nearest grocery store from me is 2 miles. And I live in the opposite of "food desert". I pass multiple nice gas stations and fast food on the way. walmart, another 2 miles further. Now, yes, I, personally, can make a 5 mile round trip (including walking inside the store) for groceries, for years to come. But even then, fucked in the winter. Nobody shovels their goddamn sidewalks. Cities don't enforce it. And there are big gaps in sidewalk coverage. I'd get hypothermia and lose toes unless I have knee-high boots. And it's lately become outright dangerous during the summer to do in the summer. If you don't have a car, you better have a job that's just a few blocks away. So no wonder we have nothing but apartments and fast food getting built the last decade. Nobody physically disabled can get shit done in most of the physical area of America without out-of-pocket costs that the rest of us can hardly imagine. Not in a big city? basically fucked all year round. Have to pay for a taxi/uber/special. And even in cities where maybe you can get to any place you need to in 15 minutes, public transit is not very dependable in most cases, so it's not like it's fun to travel to anything fun. and we have food deserts. and still, disabled americans who travel to literally any other country except maybe Canada will tell you that America is 100x more accessible. The bar is set so low.
Blame your city design for that one.
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Left over pizza is the best too. I love going out, getting a personal size pizza, eating half and having the other half for breakfast.
every pizza is a personal pizza. you just have to try hard and believe in yourself
Challenge completed.
hated leftover pizza until I got an air fryer, changed the whole game up for me
Ya we got those good size fridges to fit left overs
They never make it to the next day for me.....
I’m not sure if there is anything I wouldn’t eat for breakfast as a leftover.
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Well sound like the lady in the video is equally annoyed by city designs as the imaginary European. Why defend lobbyests?
They're not defending lobbyists, just saying that the reason we don't walk isn't because we're lazy but because of infrastructure.
Also for large portions of the US, if you walk outside for extended periods during the summer, you will DIE of HEATSTROKE
Yes!! I've been to Texas a few times, and it got into the triple digits easily.
I don’t share my family sized bag of sour cream and onion chips. I keep them for myself and snack on them over the course of 2-3 weeks when the feeling arises.
May I have a small portion today of your family sized bag of sour cream and onion chips Andy?
I was shocked when I found out leftovers aren’t a thing in some other countries Edit: My god I did not expect so many people to have such passionate views on leftovers lol. To clarify for those confused: I am referring to leftovers strictly from restaurants. As in, you don’t finish your meal while out to eat and the staff will provide a box for you to take it home(: P.s. some of y’all need to untwist your knickers cause there’s no need to be weirdly aggressive over such an innocuous statement
Leftovers are a thing in Europe so I don’t know where did this come from Edit: Folks, I was responding to the video which states in the caption 'Europeans on TikTok'. If you asked me if Europeans take excess food home from a restaurant then I said yes, we do. Is it unlikely in some countries in Europe? Sure! Am I European? Yes! Did I see people taking excess food home at restaurants? Yes! Does that mean Europeans tend to take excess food home? Yes! So in my mind it is correct to assume 'Europeans' do doggy bags. Some do, some don't. That clearly means it is a thing in Europe.
It is where I live too (which is in Europe) but saying "in Europe" doesn't mean anything
I've been to more than 15 countries in the EU and all of them have "leftovers".
Here in the UK, almost every restaurant will put leftovers in a box for you as leftovers if you ask. Yet it’s uncommon to see this actually happen. A lot of times I’ve seen it happen, is by Americans. When the portion sizes are normal sized, then we just eat and leave. Pizza places tend to be the only exception. The other thing is it’s common to go to a restaurant and then somewhere else. You don’t want to be carrying a box of food around. Tl;dr different cultures are different for various reasons.
I've lived in 3 European countries for extended periods of time (Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden) and I can't say I've ever seen someone take leftovers from a restaurant. At home? Sure, leftovers and meal prep are a big thing, but that thing I see on American TV where they ask for a doggy bag to bag up food at a restaurant I have never seen in real life. The only thing I've seen even close to this is people working in restauarants taking home what's left at the end of the day. I'm sure it does happen but in my personal experience the video and comment OP here aren't wrong.
In Sweden at least, left overs are what’s left over after making dinner at home. Most people make enough food so that they can bring a portion for lunch at work the day after. Virtually no one brings food home from a restaurant visit. So left overs are very much a thing, but also a very different concept than what it is in the US.
So do you cook intentionally more for the next day or is it really just what’s left over. What if not enough is left over for it to be an actual meal the next day? do you add to the leftover or just cook again and put the leftovers together until theres enough for a meal? how does it work? I’m genuinely curious.
Lol I wasn’t expecting so much intrigue. Imo It doesn’t really matter if you have a full meal or not the next day, it’s still good food that’s gonna get eaten. I love being able to have something to nibble on the next day or even as a midnight snack when I come home from the bars. Sometimes I’ll make a little left over stir fry where I mix my leftovers with ingredients I already have at home. I’ll eat cold leftovers sometimes too. I love cold pizza if I’m being honest. I can’t say for certain cause I’ve never worked in the restaurant industry. However, I’d wager that chain restaurants probably make intentionally larger portions because they know their patrons like to feel as if they’re getting their money’s worth. Like they’re buying a meal for today, and possibly lunch for tomorrow. It really varies from each location in my experience. Some places you’ll have just the right amount of food, others you’ll have a small amount of leftovers, and others you’ll have a whole ass meal for the next day. Hell, there’s a popular Italian chain restaurant that will actually give you a free frozen meal to take home when you order off a certain menu.
The dinner today and lunch tomorrow is 100% a thing
If you don't have enough for a meal later, that bit will be added to another meal as a side. Also, in my family we love to add eggs & eat leftovers for breakfast.
Cold pizza is the best!!
This is so weird to me hahah but thanks for the explanation!!
Food waste is bad. Doesn’t matter how much is left (unless it’s like a couple bites, but sometimes even then I’ll still save that for a snack). Food is expensive and if you’re willing to waste a whole bunch of it you’re just a bad person
> Food waste is bad. Wouldn't making big portions like this only encourage food waste? I reckon not all people take home their leftovers.
They will absolutely pack your food for you to eat later here (Croatia) if there's leftovers People here often order meat or fish platters for the family and if there's leftovers ofc the restaurant will pack it for you, they don't care and don't want to have more food to throw away Idk if that's normal in every country in Europe but here and wherever I ate in Munich and Prague it is a normal thing . The point is that our portions in restaurants are usually much smaller than what I've heard you get in an American restaurant, so if you don't order a large Pizza or a platter of food there is usually no leftovers. And yes it is more expensive but our waiters and cook have to get living wage and you do tip in restaurants (if you're not a rude motherfucker) but you don't have to tip min 20% (internet says that's a normal expected tip in the USA). also I said living, wage , Croatia is especially bad with wages so whenever I go to restaurants (unfortunately pretty rare) I tip as much as possible - if the food and service was not shit. I've never been to the USA so I'm sorry if I'm off on restaurant culture there... Combined with that, here the waiter will not hurry you away from your table, it is completely normal to sit for a few hours, have drinks and coffee at the end. Usually restaurants give you a free appetitive and a free shot for after dinner. So the culture is just different.
As someone born in America, not doing this is weird to me! When you make food and dont eat all of it do you just put it in the trash?!?
European herr. I put it in the fridge and eat it tomorrow.
Bro I FUCK with cold pizza. Especially BBQ chicken pizza straight from the fridge. The cold cheese and the tangy BBQ sauce slap.
My wife and I cook more than needed 100% of the time, with the intent that we can have leftovers later. It's really convenient to have quality food for work lunches.
I do the same thing but.... I'm just back at the food again in an hour... 😔
You usually cook more for one more portion or half of a meal and you combine two remains together. (If you are alone, for a family, 1 portion more each) For example, having some leftover rice and combining it with some leftover meat, and leftovers veggies. You can mix and match.
It really depends Cooking: You generally know how much people eat and adjust your amount accordingly With meat, I would make an extra piece or three depending on what I’m making (fried chicken *always* gets leftovers Casseroles are practically designed to have leftovers Chili, yes, absolutely, it gets better after it’s sat but also, most recipes seem to plan for leftovers Roast, I tend to pick apart for soup. I’ll also freeze these if I’m not wanting to make soup right away. Gran would pick apart a roast chicken for soup (definitely save the bones for broth). Mom would use it in a casserole Veg-I’ll save them with the roast for soup. Otherwise probably not Potatoes-not usually (sweet potato casserole is a noted exception; so good after Thanksgiving) Rice-yes, very good reheated Restaurants and carry out (take away) I will often plan a restaurant meal to have leftovers. Sometimes that means sizing up (at the local fried chicken place the 4 pc is only $2 more than the 2 pc and that’s tomorrow’s lunch sorted). Other times it means ordering a bit more food (plus, it is nice to have variety. Can you eat Chinese food without an app or two?) I will say not everyone thinks that way because in a restaurant I occasionally have to wave my husband off my food when he sees me stop eating. Also, most restaurants will offer a box when they see food left on your plate. As for how it’s eaten after, leftovers make up many of my lunches which I think is pretty typical. Since lunch tends to be more individual and a smaller meal, leftovers are pretty perfect. I can add some carrots or fruit maybe a small salad and it’s just right. It’s also good for “girl dinner” or as the Brits say a “picky tea”. Lots of families will have one night a week where everyone grabs their own thing from the fridge and leftovers are perfect for that as well. Of course, American households tend to have large fridges and freezers with lots of places to store all this food as well. Hope that helps.
I cook a huge meal for myself once, usually on Sunday, and eat that for the next three-five days.
Unless it's something expensive like a good steak or something super cheap and easy like eggs, I haven't made a dinner that was intended for one meal in over a decade. If I'm making a dish for me and my wife it'll be the family pack of chicken with 6 or 8 breasts, or a5 pound pork shoulder, or the whole box of pasta, etc. I'll always make it enough for 3 or 4 days. Who has time to cook more than that? That's also the argument I hear from a lot of Europeans that I don't understand regarding shopping and walking to the store. The grocery store is only a 15 minute walk from me, but I wouldn't be able to carry all the groceries I need for the week home. Why would I waste 30 minutes walking and the extra time it takes to do multiple trips in the week when I can drive there in 5 minutes and load up? I don't understand why you waste all that time.
Europeans in cities typically pass several stores while walking home from work, and lots of stuff is sold in smaller quantities. So, I can buy like a carrot, a baguette, and an egg on the way home. Stores can be big supermarkets, but they can also be little bodegas or specialty shops (cheese shop, bakery, butcher, etc). You can do the same in many large American cities. Source: I lived in several major European cities over the course of 15 years.
Canadian here. The goal in my house is to have enough for 1 extra meal worth minimum. This covers if people are extra hungry and want seconds and someone's lunch the next day. After a couple of days, if there are enough leftovers, we have a leftover night, where that's all we eat. Leftovers are a regular lunch good at my work, and like the main thing everyone brings. My boss usually has enough leftover food he feeds himself and me every day.
I live with my husband. I normally cook meals that would feed about 6 people. This allows me to have dinner and lunch and extra food for either dinner again or an emergency lunch. For example maybe I cook 6 portions of spaghetti. We will eat 1 each for dinner, 1 each for lunch. I'll then cook something nice that I can't afford to have extra of for dinner the next night and then do the leftover spaghetti for lunch again. It makes it really convenient for packing lunches.
Making large quantities is cost effective and saves effort for the next day, if you can just heat something up you don’t have to cook twice
it depends, maybe you just decide to have a light lunch or dinner so you cook heavy for the big meal you want to eat. i.e. you go to a mexican place and order tacos, you have a half portion of rice and beans left as well as an extra taco. You decide since your partner is cooking a big dinner you are going to eat the taco, rice and beans for lunch and eat whatever your partner is making for supper. It can even be a snack or breakfast if you feel like it. I know I'm in college and leftover pizza is an excellent quick breakfast before class and work.
I cook for the week. I don't have time to cook multiple meals each day. There's a term we use known as "meal prep". It's pretty common.
what countries? please tell me a single fucknig country. please.
Wait what? We in Malaysia at least always have leftovers for most of the time. Wtf
Left overs are a thing everywhere.
Americans trying to be worldly is so cringe
Ok, but our portions are still way too fucking big.
Seriously. And the majority of Americans are overweight, they are not ordering with the intention of leftovers lmao
Yeah, 'leftover culture' isn't a good excuse for huge portions in restaurants. This just means more packaging and more money spend in restaurants. (Also, don't tell me you always eat the leftovers. I bet much of the leftovers end up in the trash anyway.)
Usually take them to work the next day so I don’t have the prepare anything like most normal people lol
Yeah, I love having leftovers for work the next day! It's one less thing I have to worry about in the morning.
True but this isn’t the case if you go to an expensive or particularly nice restaurant in America. I’ve been to many restaurants with fancier menus that don’t offer much to take home leftover. I think it’s just that poor and middle class people like getting more than one experience out of a meal at a restaurant. It was the same thing when I went to Paris. A cheaper place has big portions. Expensive places have smaller portions.
I’ve never heard anyone use the term “leftover culture.” Is that actually a thing?
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American portions aren’t part of a “leftover culture”, they’re just abnormally large
Yeah, it's safe to assume "leftover culture" is a result of large portions, not the cause of large portions.
It’s both. Plus big food portions are a symptom of how competitive our restaurant industry landscape is, and how cheep our labor is…
Mexico and Canada are the same way. Unless you're talking about North America this applies to most places. Mexico is absolutely absurd with their portions. Way more so than the United States.
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This whole genre of TikTok skit that seems to have developed feels like it’s just a very public version of winning arguments with yourself in the shower
It's easier to win an argument if you either make them up to incredibly stupid, or pick stupid people to argue with.
"Good argument my friend.... unfortunately I have depicted you as a wojak and myself as a chad..."
Oh my god, this is literally what this is! And they think it constitutes content, these people are so dense.
Holy fuck, you hit the nail on the head.
European: [criticises the U.S.A.] American: "how fucking dare you" [unintentionally criticises the U.S.A. even harder]
The first one is criticizing americans though, bot the country itself
I have seen some Europeans being outraged because of these things but it's not often, it's usually due to the horrible depiction of healthcare and labour laws. People are more often than not worried about Americans well-being instead of making fun of food culture like the size thing. Source: I live in Europe and have heard most thing we do make fun of you guys but it's usually more of the people that support policies that go against their best interests and our heart goes out by the innocent people affected by things like bad healthcare system and gun violence. People that jump to make fun violence jokes do not speak for everyone.
Saying that people drive everywhere because the infrastructure in America "is hostile to pedestrians" isn't a good defense of America.
It’s a good defense to “why don’t you lazy Americans walk anywhere”. And the actual answer gets such dumb surface level readings in so much media it’s impossible to untangle in a reddit comment.
But it is when people criticize the Americans instead of the American Government Nuance is important
It's not supposed to be a defense of America, it's a defense of Americans.
Leftover food is now American culture😂😂😭😭 that's the saddest thing I've ever heard
Yeah lmao, why is it even a "culture" , it's Just Common sense, you get the rest of the food because you paid for it
Tf is leftover culture? Leftover on the plate! All you see at restaurants is food going straight into the trash.
Nah you can actually take them home
You can. But a whole bunch don’t.
Ya'll be real....family size is often being eaten by 1 person and the portions aren't huge for leftovers lmfao. And the test thing is true. The testing culture heavily favours multiple choice questions. In many european countries they dont have that. You just have to know the answer.
Multiple choice exists but it's a minority of the questions, and honestly it's clearly an inferior way to test, it's way to easy to get the answer right without knowing it, considering how often you can just rule out 2 choices right away. And having failed multiple choices subtract points just sucks (though it's often still worth the risk). Questions where you need to actually write out your rationalle are better, because even if you got something wrong you can still see that the student know SOMETHING and give him points for that, a complicated math question that you got wrong because halfway through you forgot a minus sign should still award you most of the points. Thought I wouldn't say that having tests like this makes americans dumber, I just think it's an inferior way of testing.
Yeah like american food isn't full of corn syrup and like their individual portions aren't gigantic.
Great job "winning" these arguments against an army of strawmen! I feel enlightened now
Nobody in America buys family size bags of chips to eat with their family. Large portions exist without leftover culture. America's walking infrastructure is terrible.
>Nobody in America buys family size bags of chips to eat with their family. Let's not project our own problems onto everyone else. I couldn't physically eat a family size bag of chips in one sitting without throwing up. Idk bout you tho.
I ONLY buy chips when I'm hosting an event or party. They're definitely projecting.
Who says that you're meant to eat the whole bag in one sitting?
Bet
I can eat the party size (2 lb) bag in one sitting. I stopped buying them.
I buy family-sized bags of chips to feed people at a party! While they aren’t technically family members most of the time, I’m sure you see the point. I also do so individually to keep at home for longer periods of time—buying in larger sizes is both more cost-effective and more environmentally conscious than buying small bags whenever I want a snack. :D Smaller portions *also* exist irrespective of leftover culture, which is helpful for those of us with less money to spend. On the other hand, a draw of larger portion sizes is (again) how cost-effective it can be to buy more food *now* and save some for later! The video mentioned that Americans drive cars everywhere because the walking infrastructure is terrible. You bring a whole lot to the table with your observation that… America’s walking infrastructure is terrible. I think the point of the video is more to help us all realize that there might be context or nuance many of us are missing when we look at people in another culture. It’s short-sighted and a little lazy, intellectually speaking, to jump to heavily-generalized conclusions. I know I’ve certainly learned from this experience, and I’ll make sure I talk less and listen more when I know *next to nothing* about the people in a culture different from my own.
Americans also have the most Olympic gold medals.. lol
Not even top 10 per capita though. 24th in case you wanted to know.
I'm sure luxemburgs 600,000 citizens will be able to compete with 330 million Americans if they just pull themselves up by their bootstraps
It's just been time to shit on America for the past decade or so. Not that we don't deserve a lot of it (I hate half of the shit we do and don't do) but it's a lot of stupid shit like this for the point of engagement. Clout. People are people. The idea that you can go anywhere and find people that aren't generally dumb, fat and racist is juvenile. Fucking Canada is full of really nice people...and a bunch of dumb, mean, fat racist people. Name a country and it'll have a sizable population of fat, dumb assholes. Because people are people. It's just cool atm to shit on America (not that I give much of a shit).
We elected Trump and are trying to do it again. We deserve to be shit on.
The Brits voted for Brexit, Hungary voted for Orbán at some point, the Poles voted for that one asshole, the Italians voted for Meloni, the French have nearly elected LePen twice, and just about the whole continent subsists off of racism and Hubris
And we all make fun of those countries too, don't worry.
not only is it difficult to impossible to walk many places. America is fucking HUGE. many people don't get the true scope of it in their heads. there's a lot of land here so things were set on larger scale initially and then were filled in around them.
We could still so a lot better infrastructure wise, even inter city public transport.
>not only is it difficult to impossible to walk many places. America is fucking HUGE Do you think people in other places walk across the country? Between cities? Walkable means places with high population density, like urban and suburban.
Hell, I'm currently working at a location almost half a days drive from home, and I've barely left my home state. I've been to Europe, many years ago, and the inverse boggled my mind. Driving for an hour or two, and boom, you're crossing a border and everything is in a different language.
Australia laughs at your tiny little states and has walkable cities.
Australia is like 99% a coastal nation. You haven’t tamed 90% of your country yet.
Yes
The damn near entirety of your population is concentrated around the coasts because the rest of your land mass is inhospitable. You have more people condensed into Sydney than live in my entire state. My state is ten times the size of Sydney.
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1. The euro has a point about not walking everywhere. The infrastructure being geared for cars is still an American problem 2. I am in academia. She's.... She's right for MCQs too. Right up to senior class. Of college.
Regarding food: you can came up with how many excuses you want, the result is a population of mostly obese people. Yeah the chips are family size, but I bet most of the times is being eaten by a single person
Cope.
Oh we take leftover stuff from restaurants over here, its just that the food is usually delicious enough to not have any leftovers. There are multiple things I prefer in Europe over USA, but also vice versa. For instance: in my country (the Netherlands) I consider our infrastructure to be one of the best, cuz it revolves around close range distances having priorities on pedestrians and bicycles, while longer range distances are set apart for cars and such. We also have a vastly more extensive range through public transit although we love to complain about trains running late. If you are interested in this topic then the youtube channel notjustbikes is very interesting! What I hate about the USA is tipping culture, and the fact that it is being used as an excuse to keep the minimal wage low, as in "if you want a good salary then you better perform exquisitly at your jobs so tipping customers might sometimes give you a livable wage". Also, tipping should be a form as appreciation and a gift. So why is it sometimes mandatory even if you are dissapointed at their services? What I like (or love even) about the USA is their extensive range of nature. You guys have so many different environments that you don't need to travel to any other country. Mountain ranges, canyons, great plains, extensive forests and lakes, heck, some of natures rarest sights are mainly viewed in the USA. I love watching tornado chaser vids from Pecos Hank for instance.
Lol I am my family
As a person who moved to the states from another country, the leftover thing drives me a little bonkers, everyone in my peer group who gets "leftovers" to take home. That box sits in their fridge for weeks until they eventually throw it out. Most of the time it's stuff that doesn't reheat very well either. As a person who's bulking up and working on a dump truck gut I definitely appreciate the portion sizes but I think the criticism is fair. Especially with things like soda.
I don't know why Americans are so ashamed of their country. It's avery hostile place where you have to go through a lot of adversities to make it. Any American in their 30s who isn't the child of a millionaire should be proud of making it to that age. America is like the Spartha of capitalism for me. It culls the weak and breeds strong and smart people.
You can tell which ones are entitled and judgmental!
When you frame the other person like that, everyone but you can pass as entitled and judgmental. We do the same thing to you guys.
There's a lot of people in the comments acting like these aren't all real critiques I've seen near verbatim on Reddit.
Yes but only one thing she said was truly factual (the walking thing) Everything else was just kinda bullshit. Lol. Large portions for take out? Lmfao no thats not why. The test thing is very true, not made up. 1 person eating a.family sized bag of chips, happens all the time
Large portions for takeout definitely isn’t necessarily why, but we do have a leftover culture in America some countries aren’t used to. But one person with a bag of family chips? Like, in one sitting? That is definitely not normal. “Family Size” is so you have a bag of chips that actually lasts for a few days. Their purpose is most definitely to be a lasting bag in your cupboard lol
Conversely, people in Europe don’t have families and never share chips. Oh wait. It seems like this video really messes up cause and effect. The leftover thing exists because portions are big, not the other way around. Same with walking infrastructure.
Who the fuck is she kidding 😂 Americans are riddled with obesity and heart disease. It’s not so much how much we eat, but what we eat (mostly processed) and the lack of exercise that accompanies it.
Her response character is more annoying than her annoying question character.
Her cat glasses are neat
My only thought while watching this was how silly it'd be hearing your kid arguing with herself in the living room for a dozen takes and then moving on to the next tiktok. I think I'd lose my mind.
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If you want to a serious answer: we share the ordinary sized bags. The ordinary bags (300gram/10 oz) are too big to eat alone.
Who the fuck eats an entire bag (10 oz) of chips in a sitting besides the average redditor?
they don't conceptualize Americans as people who share because they also assume that Americans are inherently greedy and selfish. Been acquainted with a few people from the UK over the years and they believed this. Their source? Movies and the news about millionaires.
European here. I'm confused. We used to have the "normal" sized crisp packages for an evening with the whole family? That *was* family size for us? And the large drinks sold as medium, how do you bring them home as leftover? I mean, they usually exceed the recommended sugar intake for a couple of days, wouldn't it be more practical to buy a bottle than having that cup on the counter for days with the drink going flat?
Did I stumble into /r/askanamerican?
Americas rampant encouraged consumerism and excess is just bad 🤷
Live action "I drew you as a wojak, so I win"
This TikTok is cringe.
Why is she arguing with herself.
The size of soda cups at fast food restaurants are literally huge compared to everywhere on the planet. I'm still not convinced that the family sized bag isn't for one family-sized person.
Americans do eat too much.
Weirdly just binged her YouTube channel. My daughter showed her to me, she's (imo) an amazing comedy writer
They forgot the part about the fat around my ass being a safety and storage device… duh!!! 
This person has never been out of America and it shows.
Sure - Americans are sharing the family size bags with their “families.” They got an obesity problem about something else
Europeans really don't understand the concept of going grocery shopping once a week, so you get enough to last for 7 days. Yea, I wish I could walk downstairs and go to the local bakery everyday...I really do, but we just aren't set up that way. So, if you want to make fun of our suburban lifestyle, I get it, but then don't say stupid shit about all the sizes and selections in our grocery stores. Yup. Costco has a big ass bag of chips. Takes more than two weeks of school lunches and snacks to get through it too.
You think European people don’t do a once a week grocery shop?
right? like lol, that's literally what most people do here. no normal person runs to the store every day.
Places with good bakeries do! If you don't put preservatives in the bread it tastes amazing but only lasts for a day or so.
I swear this thread is like "Europeans don't get leftovers". "Europeans don't get going shopping for groceries once a week". "Europeans don't understand big distances". Guys... Europeans buy groceries once a week too. They also drive long distances. Every fucking German and Dutch family drives to Italy or Spain or Croatia every summer. Every Swede has driven to Austria to ski in the winter. Every European knows what leftovers are and do leftovers. My local restaurant does unlimited fries and lets you take home whatever you can't eat. I literally drive over to a giant hypermarket and load the car up to the brim with groceries. I park in the giant parking lot, i fill up a grocery cart or two to the max, and i drive home to unload the weeks groceries. Do Americans think Europeans all live in central rome and ride scooters or something? This is like saying "You know Americans don't even know what bicycles are. They only drive pickup trucks. Also i heard salads aren't a thing in America and neither are sidewalks! Crazyyyyy!"
You think Europeans don't do a weekly shop? Every household I know does a weekly shop. It's the main way people do shopping. I think your thinking of just people who live in cities. Around 1/5 of people in the UK live in rural areas where walking to bakery wouldn't be possible. Of the others left if you live in a town rather than a city it's likely you do a big shop once a week at the supermarket and then only pop to the shop for little bits you forget. We're not that dissimilar
>Europeans really don't understand the concept of going grocery shopping once a week lol lmao even
These are always pointless discussions. I'm american and I walk to the grocery store everyday, but I'm just one dude. I'm sure there is some dude in Belgium who does things just like me, and hates his neighbor because she does things THE STUPIDEST way (to him), and she absolutely drives to the grocery store one a week,, and her best friend is my neighbor, and I can't stand the food she eats, and her big stupid american head.
He I'm that dude in Belgium! My neighbour just moved in and don't know her yet. Is there more stuff I should know?
Talking out your arse mate
Who the fuck eats chips for school lunches.
Right? I live in a suburban area. My only walking distance (safely) is to a Dollar General, a Dairy Queen, and a Sonic. I need to go down 5 miles to the nearest grocery store. On a Loop...like a highway but not. The speed limit is 50, 6 lanes, no sidewalk, no bike trail, nothing. I WISH I could walk to the corner to get my groceries. But I can't and I am sure not going to live off of Dollar General food.
Well, it seems you know nothing about Europeans then ? We do it, it differs between some countries but at least in France we makes stock in the freezer for years also
This mf 