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[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

High medical bills

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Going to the forest to pick mushrooms, nuts and berries. Going to the beach to pick up washed out amber. Having a lot of people grow their own food, even the city folk.

[–] Truffle@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

Oh that sounds like a dream!

[–] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 hours ago

I was 99% sure Finland for the first one though, but somewhat makes sense

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Being atheistic as the norm. Sky daddies don't hold much power here.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 1 points 1 hour ago

That's just....not unique tho

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Living below sea level for generations, and only remembering when you see other countries flood.

[–] match@pawb.social 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

if NL gets annihilated by some climate related disaster, can the rest of the world claim hubris

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 hours ago

Absolutely. You get first dibs on "I told you so". But until then, I get the right to go "neener neener neeeeeener"" at the sea.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

spending to much time at work and to much time on medical billing and administration and spending to much time on taxes and other government paperwork while making enough for now if your lucky but knowing you won't have whats needed later in life

Unfortunately not just a U.S. thing

[–] Biobaron@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You are save to eat raw meat. I Love Mettbröttchen with Zwiebel.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Isn't that like whole Europe? I eat tartar steak from time to time and I don't go above medium-rare with normal steaks.

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 34 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

People in the UK drink so much tea (or coffee these days), that breaks in soap operas (such as Eastenders) cause the national grid to be on high alert, due to the incredulous surge of power from so many kettles being turned on at once.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup

[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 9 hours ago

That's incredible actually

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Going bankrupt due to medical bills.

[–] Jon_Servo@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

It's easy to tell where you live.

It's in your username.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I can tell if you're Catholic or Protestant by the way you pronounce the letter H.

I thought this was a reply to one of my comments for a second and thought "what kind of roast is that?" haha

[–] AtomicHotSauce@lemmy.world 34 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)
  • Not being able to afford healthcare and insurance.
  • Half of the population worshipping a felonious, racist, homophobic sexist as if he’s a deity.
  • K.C. Barbecue.
[–] erev@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

None of these are unique by any means (i wish the second was but fascism is rising globally).

The styles of it tho, I'll give you that.

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[–] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 8 points 7 hours ago

People playing and hearing songs with looped beats and vulgar lyrics through a bass boosted sound system which costed them several months worth of minimum wage to pay for having it on their cars. They generally drive slowly through streets near beaches in order to exhibit their "fancy sound systems" while all the vulgarity plays repeatedly. I guess it's unique from this green-and-yellow country where I live.

I could also say wearing flip-flops and bermudas on a daily basis, or one of the highest usage and dependency of Meta's WhatsApp worldwide, or the country with the most welcome (often too nosy) people. Or, through a more positive lens, the richest land where crops easily grow when you sow something, the highest ecological diversity (especially plants, it's so common to find exotic plants here), the highest climate diversity (you can travel south to meet snow, then travel north/northeast to meet hot climates, without leaving the same country), etc.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Proper Poutine

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

Churches the size of castles full of people preaching humility.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Not just humility but literally poverty as a virtue too

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven but there’s such a thing as the Space Needle, and camels are like tiny compared to that thing…

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Good thing the Space Needle has no eye.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Leave me alone! I’m rationalizing!

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Losing a war with flightless birds.

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[–] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 6 hours ago

Winning a domestic sports league and calling yourselves "World Champions"

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Cheesesteaks. And no, a steak sandwich doesn't count.

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[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 25 points 10 hours ago

school shootings (being common)

[–] echo@lemmings.world 13 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Our "solution" to gun deaths is to add more guns.

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