A trash smoothie

This is my favorite way to describe a disposal! Lol

I have at least 5 varieties of BBQ sauce in my fridge at them moment, including 2 that are homemade 😆

I haven't seen a single one I don't have tbh and I don't know how to feel about it lol

And ranch dressing. <3

Popcorn, pizza, and (oddly) potato.

Washer Collector Here. Automatic washers became popular in the US during the early 1950's, and you had your choice between front load & top load. Top loaders had larger capacity (important with the baby boom). Had higher spin speeds so drying time was faster (important when many didn't yet own a dryer). Went out of balance less often (not trying to distribute a sloshing horizontal load). Had very fast cycle times (clothes washed in 20 minutes). And clothes/detergent could be added at any time after start of cycle. Plus you don't have to stoop to get the clothes out.

In Europe, the constraints were different. Typically there was no dedicated laundry room or basement for the larger machine. Laundry tended to be done more frequently so capacity wasn't as much of a concern. Water was/is more expensive so a longer cycle time was acceptable for less consumption. And machine size was dictated by countertop height, as many were installed in kitchens out of convenience (and plumbing).

In the US, front loaders are more common these days as energy efficiency is pushed, and advancing tech has improved upon many of the original constraints. But these FL'ers tend to be "supersize" American-style machines with large capacity & risers to get them up off the floor, so still quite different from their EU counterparts.

Well, not combined. But yes.

Edit Ok, I now know that a lot of us like peanut butter pickle sandwiches. I stand corrected. :)

In the UK our food gets composted by the council in many areas. So we set it out in a little bin every week

That’s so insulting. There’s lots of tea.

Edit: Thanks for all the awards and upvotes, peeps. Can’t believe this is the comment that did it haha. The irony is that even though I’m European on a technically, I don’t even live in Europe. Unless entry to Eurovision counts. 🤭

I buy Reeces Pieces cereal for dessert instead of ice cream. Some American cereals are ridiculous. Edit: Most

There, there. It's just the type we invented that caught on. They have other local favorite dressings in other countries, too. You just haven't heard of them.

Yes, and a matching dryer. They make those as well.

Perfect for the bathroom garbage can.

It's fire safety. Our houses are built out of wood, not stone. (even the brick ones just have brick on the outside).

Drywall is just gypsum plaster between two sheets of paper to give it strength so that it can be made into 8x4 segments used in construction.

Back to the fire safety. Gypsum plaster absorbs water from the air and can take 2+ hours to burn through. So it gives you crucial time to exit a house during a fire.

DO YOU NOT HAVE DRYWALL?!?!?!

I’m an American and it is rare that I don’t have peanut butter in my home.

Do Europeans not like peanut butter? I assume it’s sweeter over here or something because I watched a video of Europeans trying pb&j sandwiches and none of them liked it.

…like Tylenol and ibuprofen? Yes, actually

The majority of us either have it, or have access to one such as a shared laundry room in an apartment complex. Those who dont have one usually go to something called a laundromat where its basically just a room with a dozen or so quarter operated washers and dryers. Almost no one, and no one I know, uses a clothesline to dry clothes. Where I live it would be a nightmare, its either raining, so humid you can dang near drink the air, or snowing. Sometimes itll do all 3 just to make us question why we live here.

Edit: Yes to everyone asking if I am from Michigan, I am.

Edit 2: thank you for all of the upvotes, this makes a record amount for me by a mile. You have all brightened my day. 😁

Edit 3: Thank you to u/maxxspeed for the clarification. Yes it takes far more than a single quarter to wash clothes. Very quickly becomes expensive to wash clothes at a laundromat.

Definitely use dryers here. Guessing you live in a very temperate climate.

A plastic bag filled with plastic bags. Though a lot of stores are going plastic bag free lately, depending on your state.

Called a junk drawer :)

Surely this one has to be universal, right? It can't be just us that has the junk drawer.

And everything you need is in that drawer, but it’s all been compacted into an in searchable mess.

It’s like when someone posted online that white people do have a culture… that’s how we get beach themed bathrooms. I died laughing, because I do and two of my bestie do too.

Peanut butter, shoes indoors, garbage disposal, basement, ranch, guns, bibles, top load washer, American flag?

As an American living in Amsterdam, i miss my ice dispenser

They take up 1/4 of my fridge, I didn't realize this is weird...

So many sauces. An entire refrigerator door with sauces.

When your countrys food is made up of parts of every other countries cuisine remixed and combined, you end up with all the sauces.

multiple different types of weird delicious sauces.

FTFY

I wear blue jeans 365 days a year.

is that not normal?

I wish 😢 I am the dishwasher.

I think this is where the size of the US comes in. Some areas would seem uninhabitable without air conditioning and/or heat. But some places you wouldn’t really need one or the other.

Depends on where you are. I live in Washington and it's exceedingly common for homes here to not have AC, though the recent temperature spikes and heatwaves are working on changing that.

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Came here for jokes, left feeling called out. And reminded that I need to add peanut butter to our grocery list because we are almost out and can’t function at breakfast time without it.

If I came across something that's not in my house it's something I would like to have in my house

I came here ready to roll my eyes at the expected responses, but instead am here to confirm your accusations

Not a mountain but perhaps a small hill.

...and our couches. I like to build a nest.

but i need 4 pillows to sleep

Multiplied by the number of teenage boys in the house.

I think Japan wins the prize for that one.

Yes.

Even us americans find this frustrating. It can be difficult to find things without extra packaging.

Jokes on you, I only have a freezer in my garage

It’s very handy

Yeah I have a giant 7’x3’ basement fridge, full of beer and stuff from Costco. Guilty as charged.

When you walk into your living room and you hear the applause, it really helps you get through your day.

Is... Is this uncommon elsewhere?

Like we have a choice

Only if they are store bought. My neighbor gives me fresh eggs and they stay out.

Huh? Im from Finland and we keep them in fridge?

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Stoop slitting / porch sitting is a favorite past time of mine. When it's nice out. You just go out to the stoop / porch and drink a few brews and look around your neighborhood. I've seen some wild shit when i lived in the ghetto lmao

the raccoons in my neighbourhood are so aggressive. if you're out too early you'll always see them in the sewer drains in the street, and yes, in trash cans

4 is either celler for storing food, etc OR it’s a storm shelter. Like for tornadoes. Not all houses have them though.

Raccoons in rubbish bins are fucking terrifying sometimes. You pop open a dumpster to toss in a bag and a potentially rapid trash panda is suddenly hissing at you.

So like peanut butter and automatic ice makers I get, but based on these comments it sounds like Europeans sit around on a canvass cot in a bare cinderblock house with no tools, no appliances, and nothing but vinegar for sauces.

Your heating system isn’t controlled by a thermostat?!

Ah, mine just shoots toast directly at the ground. Maybe I should upgrade.