I'm American. Ask me anything.

[anothersam]

OK, I have a few (apologies I haven't read the first 17 pages although I am about to!)

That you are going back to read the first 17 pages shows me you care. Some days this job leaves me weeping with gratitude.

1. Why do you have public toilets with an 18 inch gap at the bottom, and a door about a foot high? Even more extreme I have used some facilities in public parks etc with NO DOORS at all

To stop cottaging.

Such ill-equipped public toilets, where they exist (my mileage varies considerable), are homage to the American West.

View: https://youtu.be/SJKvMjgAwLw

Cottaging doesn’t feature, as we don’t have that.

2 How come you could put a man on the moon but you can't get a system that alllows you to price an item correctly inc tax?

We might not have put a man on a moon had we known this would set the bar so high for all future human endeavour.

Tax varies across all 50 states, for a start. But yes, it could still be programmed in. We would rather not, as strategically omitting it makes items appear cheaper, and by the time you get to the till you’re committed to your purchase (the sunk cost fallacy is suspended for retail purchases). This is good for the economy.

3 All those identical size/colour notes and the biggest coin is less than 20p

Medium of exchange is a particular interest of mine.

The largest US coin currently being minted is the quarter, which while smaller than the beer token, is bigger than everything else the British offer. The half dollar continues to circulate, and it’s larger still. For many years we had silver dollars, sadly discontinued because pirates kept insisting on being paid in them and it set a bad example.

The nice thing about US currency is that the designs vary considerably more than they do over here, where the queen has been squatting on the obverse for over a half century. Particularly beautiful was ‘Walking Liberty’:

Go ahead, flip it.

Any benefits to having different sizes of the (now non-)folding stuff have been negated by the slick modern notes which people avoid using because they feel dreadful and carry the plague.

View: https://youtu.be/7HrmD_vIMIk

If Breaking Bad had been filmed over here, they would’ve slid right off

Tipping. WTAF?

View: https://youtu.be/V4sbYy0WdGQ

I cycled across the USA and had a lovely time and warm welcome btw!

We are a warm and hospitable people, if you catch us on a good day!

View: https://youtu.be/QLAYw0vM-bw

Unfortunately, that was a good day to die

 

[anothersam]

The largest US coin currently being minted is the quarter, which while smaller than the beer token, is bigger than everything else the British offer.

Correction: the two pence coin is larger. And I'm not that familiar with what passes for money in the rest of the kingdom.

Why not all shops in England accept Scottish currency

 

[anothersam]

<Sigh> Also forgot about the 50p coin. Guess that shows how infrequently I use cash anymore.

View: https://youtu.be/30bgr6lr46g

 

[anothersam]

Cottaging doesn’t feature, as we don’t have that.

This is also haunting me as the morning grows late. It was a throwaway line – ask a typical American about cottaging, and they may think you’re offering to quaintly redecorate their house. Sex in public places is very much a thing, as a trip through Pornhub for research purposes will show. If you’re not shy,

Spoiler: NSFW, which may not currently be a problem

View: https://youtu.be/c7vipZLclXg

Agoraphobics do it in enclosed spaces

the world is your oyster

View: https://youtu.be/3ZCQvRKF6NI

 

[jay clock]

What the fuggery buck is the zip in zip code?

Zone Improvement Plan

 

[Rocky]

Zone Improvement Plan

Did it improve anything?

 

[MichaelW2]

Is there anything in the USA that you can't shoot?

 

[alicat]

Which is the most beautiful part of the United States?

 

[swee'pea99]

Is there anything in the USA that you can't shoot?

The Amerkin dream, dood.

 

[jay clock]

Which is the most beautiful part of the United States?

I cycled across it and was very impressed with West Texas. But natural beauty is everywhere

 

[Drago]

Why do the Amish do the old beard-but-no-moustache thing? What holds the beard on? And that's just the women.

 

[MichaelW2]

You can shoot Bald Eagles and the Stars and Stripes. You can even shoot a bald eagle wrapped in the US flag. You are not permitted to shoot Bigfoot.

 

[Drago]

When will we see President Schwarzenegger?

 

[Dirk]

When will we see President Schwarzenegger?

Never - he wasn't born in America.

 

[Eziemnaik]

Is it true that you drink beer from 'luminum cans?
https://9gag.com/gag/abrjeZr