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[sarad]

As an American if I’m in a bathroom stall that has floor to ceiling walls and doors with no cracks I immediately think I’m somewhere super fancy

[shawnlandis]

Regarding times on the television, if it says “8/7 C” that means “8 pm Eastern time/7 Central.” Since we have 4 time zones covering the mainland in the United States, something might be starting at 8 pm Eastern time, which means it will be starting at 7 pm Central. From East to West, it goes Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific. Hope that clears that up.

[Rjstubbs]

You guys seriously need to stop getting your US knowledge from Buzzfeed lol

[robertcuminale]

When you visited the US did you notice how big it is? We occupy four time zones. Eastern
A show does not come on at the same time in each zone. If it comes on at 8:00 in New York it will be on at 7:00 in Chicago, 6:00 in Phoenix and 5:00 in Los Angeles. We follow the sun across the country. I listen to a radio show that comes on at 12 Noon on the East Coast. It's not unusual for a caller to say Good Morning at our 12:30 PM because it is 11:30 AM where he is.
Both US and British toilets are better than in Germany. In their bowls is a shelf everything falls onto and when you flush it's supposed to wash it off. Don't believe it! I'm told they are converting to US//British style toilets but it will take a long time.

University/college is expensive. Colleges make a lot of money selling the rights to their games to television. There are a lot of people who enjoy college level sports partly because it isn't full of a lot of egotists making millions of dollars from the game. These amateurs are very motivated by either being able to afford school and/or being spotted by a professional team and getting some of those millions. Come on guys! You know the US better than that. It's about money.
You wont believe this but men have sex in those toilets under the partitions. You can hunt that up for yourself. I worked in a place where men were caught at it

Don't the appliances you are plugging in have switches on them? If so why do you need two switches?

[evaburen]

These guys REALLY need an American friend...

[Paige-wouk]

Them: 10 American things that confuse British people
Me an American: what the hell is a tea towel 😂

[itsbrittfutch]

The C is for “central time zone, ” so 8/7c means that a show starts at 8:00 Eastern time zone, 7:00 Central. The two time zones will play a show simultaneously so they’re listed together.

[MrDmarc]

The gaps in public bathroom stalls is a deigned safety feature. That all began after a school fire when the heat caused the walls to warp and trapped a number of children in the stalls who all died of smoke inhallation. The large gaps at the top and bottoms allows for someone to climb over or slide under and the side gaps allow for room for wall warpage. A local building inspector told me this after I asked him a few years ago.
They aren't mandatory but most facilities have them for insurance sake.

[wonderhunter]

I'm waiting for someone to tell them we don't unplug our appliances when we go on vacation.

[myapeoples]

Lol our country is so large, that we have about 4 different time zones 😂. C means Central time zone while EST is Eastern

[elizabethvang]

“C” is central time. United States has different time zones.

[NicoleDuvall]

Not even being able to pee in private and y’all wonder why we’re good at talking to strangers 🤣

[MaryMary-priu]

Isn't the c for "central" time? East/Central/ Pacific time zones 🤔🇺🇸💕🐔🐿💕

[rebekahheiden]

On the "tea towel" thing I'm from the Deep South and if it's in the kitchen then it's a "dish towel" but if it's in a bathroom it's called a "hand towel"

[dancergirl]

The “c” on 8/7c means central time. So 8 would be eastern time zone, 7 would be for the central time zone.

[chadrehfeld]

When you hear a sports star in a movie say "I'd love to play but I don't have the grades" they are refuting to a real regulation called "No pass, no play" which is designed for them to be required to achieve a passing grade or certain GPA to be able to play, before this athlete's would often perform low academically.

[emmasilver]

As an American, I started watching this, and I was like "what the heck is a tea towel?"

[helenpage]

As an American I literally hate the gaps in public restrooms too.

[sorren]

8/7 C means it's on at 8 Eastern Time, 7 Central Time. The US has several time zones so by so 8/7 C means 8 Eastern, 7 Central, 6 mountain and 5 Pacific time

[comeradecoyote]

The plug socket bit, is actually a really interesting story. So originally, we didn’t have the two blade type sockets but just used edison screw base sockets, like lightbulbs for everything. Eventually the big electrical conglomerate, Hubbel (and later Arrow/Hart), developed a complex system of plugs for each different voltage and amperage that our system is designed around. As Part of that, different configurations of blades prevented different appliances from being used with the wrong volts/amps. As Part of the design, our plugs had two holes that would be held in place by the spring contacts. Over time the increased the spring force, but over time the spring wear and become loose like you say. This is particularly more a problem with cheaper older sockets. But we also have locking sockets, like the various twist lock varieties as designed for stoves, welders, other things that need to stay plugged in. As for outlets with switches: we do actually have them, usually it’s a duplex socket with a switch on one side, and an outlet on the other. But generally they’re uncommon as they take up a lot of space. Likewise most Americans appliances have an off switch as part of their design. Only simple appliances like lamps, fans, or low current draw devices tend to not have Switches, but generally most do. We also operate at half the voltage as the UK system, as we’re 110V, instead of 220 (even though we actually do get 220 service to our houses, it’s just broken into two 110 services for most devices, except washers, dryers, stoves, and air conditioning/furnaces.) That is partly the reason why electric kettles are uncommon in the US. We do have them, and most shops offer them, but they tend to be less efficient than your UK models, as they have half the voltage and half the amperage to boil water. They take twice as long. That’s why many Americans either microwave water (because it technically only takes a minute or two), or will use a stovetop kettle, because most stoves will heat the water quite quickly. Especially induction ranges. But even gas or coil tops.