What's something about the US that is totally normal to a US citizen, that Europeans can't seem to wrap their heads around?

@DrWatson Not even, they're (half of them at least) in better terms with "totalitarianism" than the world "socialism" lol

It's pretty much the generic word for anything they don't like / should be afraid of

@DrWatson Had a friend from Bulgaria and they moved here, worked with her for awhile. She was telling me about the life there. She had a degree in chemistry and was the inspector of water treatment plants in a very large district. She had to drive through the mountains for her routes, I think she said each route took about 3 weeks and then onto other routes. She said the professional jobs didn’t pay very much compared to here. I asked her why people pursued them & she said for the love of education, maybe the government helped pay for that. Anyway she was telling me that everyone had gardens to grow their own veggies & can them and make pickles etc. I asked her why and she said food was expensive there. Which kind of left me puzzled because they were able to own a nice large home. I guess things are different under Socialism. She had no problem with it but for some reason wanted to live here. She was trying to get a similar job here, she was well qualified & had the experience and nobody considered her. Her command of English was excellent and she was a graceful lady. Died at a young age (about 50 years of age) from a stroke.

@cherokeepatti I was not referring to Eastern Bloc /Soviet "socialism", which really wasn't socialism at all.(And I think the cold war experience is what accounts for Americans' association with the word. But this is ironic, seeing as Europe was a lot closer to the iron curtain geographically than we were.) I am referring to socialist parties that hold seats in the parliaments of contemporary western democracies.

@rinkydinkydoink round and round I don't understand what is the point

@pineappleicenicotinebuzz

Eggzactly!

@AngelUnforgiven
You might need to ease up on the recreational drug use ... 😂

@helenS We build them so the grill is 4 feet off the ground and wonder why like a bajillion kids get run over a year

@BlueVeins Traffic-related death rate is, in fact, much higher in America, compared to Europe (per year per 100,000 inhabitants):
Denmark 2.62
Switzerland 2.65
UK 2.61
USA 12.84 😳

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate

@NerdyPotato Could be yeah, but in this age it's impossible to tell lol

@Elessar The illegals took our economy.

@GeistInTheMachine Trump and his cronies do a lot of illegal things, but I'm not sure that makes them illegal 🤔

@Nimbus Not only that but a buttload of chemicals added to processed foods and many of those chemicals are banned in foods in Europe.

@cherokeepatti That's true, Patti 👍

@Ducky People take a whole lot for granted for sure.