‘Non-Americans, what is an American thing you see in films you thought was fake but is actually real?’ – 23 ways the movies had us hoodwinked

13.

”Have a nice day’ everywhere all the time, and blueberry muffins.’
–AlfredLuan

14.

‘I’m an American, an Alabamian. I made friends with a guy at work who is Russian. He was new to the country, so we’d invite him to come over and eat with us all the time.

One summer afternoon, we were sitting on our back deck drinking beer and a hummingbird whizzed past his ear. Alex totally freaked out. I had to point out our hummingbird feeder to him. He sat there the entire day just mesmerised by the things. They really are magical when you stop to think about them.’
–AnybodySeeMyKeys

15.

‘I’m American from the CA coast and while we had high school football, I thought that it being a huge deal was only in movies/TV. Then I moved to Georgia and later Texas. Hahaha omg. Wow. I was wrong lol.’
–TakeMeBackToCA831

16.

‘Garbage disposals in sinks. I only ever saw one for sale over here and it was *very* expensive. Still kind of seems like a sci-fi thing to me.’
–fairytypefay

17.

‘Red Solo Cups. I thought they were just a Hollywood prop used to hide alcohol brands or signify ‘party scene.’ I went to a college party in Ohio and they were literally everywhere. I was shook.’
–Unlikely_Praline9442

18.

‘I am an American, but I’ve spent much of my adult life living outside the US. The one that surprised me the most was when my Irish roommate asked me if we really rode those yellow school buses to school or if that was only in movies. I told him that I did ride yellow school buses for my entire childhood.’
–kingmobisinvisible

19.

‘Prom culture. The king/queen stuff.’
–kyubeyt

20.

‘When I was younger, for the longest time I thought putting liquor bottles in paper bags was done in movies to avoid unnecessary advertisement, then I learned that there’s an actual law forbidding alcohol consumption in public places (in some states) and that’s how peeps avoid getting a ticket.

I’m European, if you want to walk around with a bottle of vodka and sip wherever you want, usually you totally can and most people wouldn’t even bat an eye at the sight of it.’
–vODDEVILISH

21.

‘Being able to buy a gun and ammo at a Walmart, and it being next to the aisle with the frozen stuff. I went there with my friend to buy stuff for a camping trip and a visit to the shooting range (I’d never held a gun before), so we walked out of there with ingredients for s’mores, the largest onion I’ve ever seen in my life, and ammo for his hunting rifle. Yes, this was the Deep South.’
–Rich_Training_4956

22.

‘Raccoons are indeed ridiculously cute.’
–Amonette2012

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