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First of all, let's try to avoid American-bashing, and stay respectful to everyone.

I'll start: for me it's the tipping culture. Especially nowadays, with the recent post on !mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world with the 40% tip, it just seems so weird to me to have to pay extra just so that menu prices can stay low.

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[โ€“] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I guess it comes with being founded by puritans.

[โ€“] timicin@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

the puritans also founded canada and they don't have the same problems w nudity that we do; so i think it's much more than puritans.

the Puritans haven't been a thing for like over 200 years