Americans say “ketchup” instead of “tomato sauce” when logically I’d say tomato sauce is right since it is typically a sauce made out of tomatoes.

People need to stop being so judgemental/serious in this thread.
We’re completely different countries but when it comes down to it we’re all people and we are not all determined by the stereotypes given to the country we live in.

That comment about the burger is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. I have news for you Americans invented the hamburger! A hamburger consists of groundbeef grilled or fried between 2 pieces of bread! That is the criteria and the short term is just a Burger! This also means hamburger! Once could have a cheese burger. Note that if one were to have a cheese burger one would get not a sandwich with just cheese but one with grilled ground beef topped with cheese. The easiest way to see how foolish your comment is would be to admit that using your rational you would be required to call a peice of boneless chicken breast between 2 pieces of bread or a bun a chicken hamburger!!! this is because you are trying to replace the ingreadiant in the burger with chicken however if you look carefully at the word hamburger you will note that not one piece of ham goes into it!! Everything besides grilled ground beef between bread is a sandwich! Oh by the way Filete is pronounced Fill-eh Not Fill-ett. its a word with a french root. Do you say Fill-ett Minion??? hmmmmm yeah I didn’t think so! Food for thought.

One note about the restroom differences. There are plenty of places to use the restroom in most US areas, except for, it seems, New York City. I visited my cousin in Chelsea for about 4 days. One day I was out touring around and I had to use the restroom. I looked for about half an hour for a restroom and came up empty handed. I ended up having to buy a ticket to a tour of the Empire State Building to use the bathroom on the top floor. Most expensive toilet I’ve ever used!

i must admit coming from northern ireland to america was a big culture shock when i was 12 but the more time you spend there the more similar to home it starts to seem.you start to notice more similarities than differences after a while

i loved the states anyway and felt it was the kind of lifestyle i wanted. In fact i hate rainy northern ireland compared to the states.

I do hate however when people bad mouth eachothers country. We are all part of the world and we all bring great things to it.i also hate stereotype which is what most of this article is.It is a bland stereotype of both nations.we are all stereotyped.Im sure u think im a red haired little leprachaun who lives in a cottage but no i am an average dude who goes on the internet and listens to his ipod.leprachauns dont even exist believe it or not!lol

i just want to say that you shouldnt generalise because everyone is different.i also want to let people know that there is more than meets the eye to all places.

and another thing i feel annoyed about is that people seem to love to bad mouth america for being a proud nation.they are not saying they are better than us they are just proud for what they have done so dont be cruel to them for that, afterall they have done so much for us and i thank them for that.

P.S.lets just remember we are all part of the world and we all rock!

What makes Australia so much better than the USA?

Is it because of any of the following?:

1. Is it because of a weak criminal justice system that seems to find reasons to let criminals go free instead of locking them up? You can go to any Australian news website or read any newspaper and read countless articles about repeat offenders that keep getting light sentences for serious crimes. Even muderers often go free.

2. Is it the need to blame its own obesity crisis on another country? Australia has had an obesity problem for several years, and is now the world’s fattest country. But it is all America’s fault.

3. Is it the lack of school-based extracurricular activities that encourage kids to work hard in class and stay in school? If you want your kids to play sports you have to pay for it. These kinds of activities also give kids the chance to go to univeristy for free. You don’t have that here in Australia. That is why there are so many Australians going to American universities. Kids are encouraged to quit school instead of stay in school. I have heard on numerous occasions of teachers telling kids that they should just quit after year 10 and get an apprenticeship. Most kids that do quit school don’t go on to get apprenticehsips.

4. Is it the nonchalant attitude towards education? You are allowed to leave school at age 15 or 16. Here where I live you only need 50% to pass. In all US states you are required to get at least 70% to pass. When I graduated from high school which was year 9 through 12 in the US we had to take 4 years of English, 1 year of Foreign Language,3 years of Physical Education,3 years of Science,3 years of Math, and 3 years of Social Studies/History to graduate. These are just the core requirements. That is not to mention all of the electives we had to take as well. There are no such requirements here where I live. They are too worried about computers when most people here don’t even know basic vocabulary words. Most people that I have met didn’t graduate from high school. You can see kids of school age walking around in public instead of going to school, and nobody cares. I know at least two parents who think that there is no reason for kids to finish school. One parent says look at me I turned out fine. She is 45 and works at a fish and chips shop.

5. Is it the blind eye turned to statutory rape? You have men with girls that are young enough to be their daughters. 17 year old boys chasing 12 and 13 year old girls. My stepson had a classmate who had a 18 year old boyfriend at 12 years old. Both sets of parents let them live together. Another one his friends’ dad was 40 with a 15 year old girlfriend. He threw her a sweet 16 and she was giving his 13 year old son alcohol. Now he is a policeman.

6. Is it treating women like pieces of meat? You can’t go into a supermarket without seeing at least a half a dozen magazines that have the word sex on the cover and some half-naked girl on the cover. THe majority of the magazines have nudity in them. Girls as young as twelve can be seen walking around dressed like hookesr-in-training late at night. There was a tv commercial for feminine products that had this young lady walking around with an animated beaver. Its slogan was of coure “take care of your beaver.”

7. Is it pornographic magazines such as Penthouse being sold unwrapped amongst the rest of the magazines? I have seen kids as young as 6 looking at those magaznes. Nobody seems to care.

8. Is it the public television that shows nudity, sex, and profanity. Also on the radio.

9. Is it the underage drinking and smoking epidemic? I know parents who provide alcohol for their children. I also know of parents who buy cigarettes for their kids. One guy was a policeman.

10. Is it a government that encourages illegitmate children and teenage pregnancy by giving women thousands of dollars for just giving birth? Is it the 25% of the population that is on welfare?

Having said all of that I am not trying to judge a whole country of 20 million based on the actions of a few. Too bad some people can’t do the same when it comes to a country of 300 million people.I just get annoyed when Australians always bad-mouth the US and Americans when there are plenty of bad things going on in their own country.