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To name a few:
Calling yourself Americans, after the entire dual continent. There are two continents and many other countries in the Americas, you know... [I know you know. And, what are you supposed to call yourselves, 'USAians'? 'Americans' makes more sense and is easier to roll off the tongue. But it's weird.]
Holding the door open for me. Smiling at me on the street. Those are sure signs of a swindler, but it's the norm in the USA. [I am not suggesting USA folks are swindlers, only that those actions are what swindlers in much of the world use. USA people are generally super nice and a genuine pleasure to be around.]
Turning right on red light. Red means stop. It's weird and confusing.
Edit: I added a third thing.
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Regarding the red stoplight:
In Germany we have a rule that you may turn right if theres a sign permitting you to do so. In that case the traffic light is to be treated like a STOP-sign.
Functionally the same but inverted in the states, there are signs that tell you when it's NOT allowed. Just a matter of which is more efficient, signing when it's allowed or signing when it's not.
I'd prefer the need to look for the sign instead of hoping nobody ripped it off.
hoping somebody ripped it off? Of what? A tree? Those signs are literally huge. What next you cant get through a stoplight if it has no power because it has no clear signalling?
Those signs are the size of an A4 paper in Germany. Stop assuming everything has the same size as stuff in the US...
you're driving through america expecting the signs to be the size that they are in germany? That seems weird.
(partial /s)
Why would it really matter as long as you can see that it's obviously safe to do so?
Because more information is better than less.