New Zealander Reacts to 14 Things About the USA I Can't Get Used To...

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• YO

  @YourBoyTanks · 6 months ago · pinned

  Drop a comment👇: Out of all 14 things… which one do you think shocks foreigners the MOST about America?

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• DA

  @davidjohnson-sm3gm · 6 months ago

  I want to know what Americans they sampled who throw away 40% of their food. That ain’t a thing in anyone house I know!!!!

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• BR

  @briancleveland6115 · 6 months ago

  We don't have to pay extra for paper towels or straws either.

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• MC

  @mctoups4674 · 6 months ago

  Americans doesn't take food home from restaurants just to get home and throw it away. If that's the case, it would be left on the restaurant table. We eat the food we take home, at least I do and every American I know.

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• TH

  @ThomasWatsonHollingworthIV · 6 months ago

  We have Burger King here. It was founded in the US.

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• SP

  @spuds416 · 6 months ago

  Tanks start a Trend Start flying the New Zealand flag everyday

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• TH

  @ThomasWatsonHollingworthIV · 6 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEMbBKyjcEA&amp;t=741">12:21</a> so yeah, Australia and the UK also have a caffeine culture featuring to-go portions. Tea. So his astonishment is unwarranted. 🤣

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• EI

  @eileengriffin6476 · 6 months ago

  If we ask the waiter for a doggie bag to take home, the rest of our food we dont throw it out when we get home because what would be the sense of that<br>Obviously, he asked the wrong American about this.

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• LI

  @LilOneBear · 6 months ago

  Paying the sales tax, shows you exactly what you pay in tax. Its not snuck in on the price that you never see.

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• L.

  @l.sueszabo9618 · 6 months ago

  We like sales tax added at the end, tbh. We want to see how much tax our govt is taking from us in taxes. We think of it as transparency, not a trick. Plus, with 50 states with all different tax laws, it&apos;s impossible to roll a standard tax into a purchase like other countries do.

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• PA

  @patwelch8187 · 6 months ago

  LOL.....As of February 24, 2026, there are approximately 6,590 Burger King locations in the United States.

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• GA

  @gabytheonedd2695 · 6 months ago

  In regards to sales tax the Aussie said something about it being sneaky to add the tax on at the register. &nbsp;One reason we do this is not sneakiiness it&apos;s because we want to be aware of how much we are being taxed for things. &nbsp;If the tax is lumped in with the price on the tag I could be being charged goodness knows how much for taxes. &nbsp;Remember that back when the US was still British colonies the British were taxing the colonies without giving them any representation in government in England. &nbsp;We were not cool with that arrangement - paying taxes with no say in the matter whatsoever. &nbsp;We like to know what we are being taxed for things so that if we disagree we can take action against it. &nbsp;Additionally, sales tax varies state to state as stated in the video but sales tax also can vary county to county and local area to local area which makes it kinda complicated.

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