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Most euros have no goddamn idea just how huge the US actually is.

Q: Why don’t Americans travel abroad? A: That’s a 12+ hour flight I can’t afford to go somewhere I don’t speak the language. I barely live paycheck to paycheck if I’m lucky.

Q: Why don’t Americans speak other languages? A: I can drive for up to and over 1,000 miles in almost any direction and everybody still speaks English. The exception is most of Mexico. And some of Quebec, but that’s because some of them are just assholes.

Q: Is America really that big? A: All of Europe could fit inside the continental 48 states alone, with room left over for desert. We have literally every biome here, more vacation options than you could fit into a human lifetime of just visiting them all, and we import all the best stuff from everywhere else. There’s no practical reason to leave the country, and we don’t have to mess with border crossings in-country. Until recent years we didn’t need passports at all, in country. Now the TSA demands them (or the Real ID equivalent) for some security theater political bullshit reason, but that’s flying domestically only.

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MadBob@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Most euros have no goddamn idea just how huge the US actually is.

We do, because Americans never stop bleating on about it.

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- dufkm@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Baaaa.
  
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Miaou@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Calling people who don’t speak English assholes, and then whining about being labeled close-minded.

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guiguinofake@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

And some of Quebec, but that’s because some of them are just assholes.

It’s not just some of Québec that speaks french, it’s most of it. Our only official language is french. Sorry if it inconveniences you that other countries have their own culture.

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galanthus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
“all of Europe could fit inside the 48 continental states alone” - are you sure about that, fam?

Maybe if you had a clue about what is going on outside of your country you would want to leave it, but alas, you don’t.

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- AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  All of Europe can actually fit inside of Texas. Three times, even. Little known fact. You can even also fit Russia there, although there might be a little bit sticking out.
  
  Several Texas people told me this, so it might be true.
  
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- PugJesus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  “all of Europe could fit inside the 48 continental states alone” - are you sure about that, fam?
  
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  Not far off.
  
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  - galanthus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    The continuous US states are 8,080,464.3 km2
    
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    PugJesus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    
    The continuous US states are 8,080,460 square kilometres.
    
    Europe is 10,186,000 square kilometres.
    
    In what world is that “not far off”?
    
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  - Miaou@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yeah, if you exclude all the bits that don’t fit, everything else fit
    
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  - ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Canada "Hold my beer, eh."
    
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ryper@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

We have literally every biome here, more vacation options than you could fit into a human lifetime of just visiting them all

Americans just don’t have enough vacation days; Europeans might be able to manage it.

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- PugJesus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  We have vacation days?
  
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  - ZeffSyde@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I think they are taking about the four unpaid sick days some people choose to use for vacation. /S
    
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