I know not everyone on this sub is from the US but what are things you have been surprised to learn are not a “standard” in other parts of the world (compared to where you grew up)?
I’ll add a few of mine
- Ice is not standard outside the US
- We went to Ireland and I had recently broken a part of my ankle, finding any ice was a wild endeavor
- US food portions are actually substantial
- this one is super easy mode but still, it shocked me seeing how and what we eat against other countries
- Major cities/countries can have power grid issues (looking at you South Africa)
- I had no idea that the grid was that unstable in SA until this most recent season of Other Way
That’s a great call out. I definitely shifted away from using our dryer but it’s still very “standard” and customary to a lot of families. I definitely grew up with the notion my mom had, which was not having a dryer = poor; in reality, it was just advertising and companies finding a way to profit off of classism and create more desire for a luxury product.