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.

  • Rule14@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I’ve never understood why the drinking age is higher than the driver licence age.

    And taking away voting rights from felons.

    Both baffle me.

    • argv_minus_one@beehaw.orgEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      I’ve never understood why the drinking age is higher than the driver licence age.

      Because driving is a necessity and drinking is not.

      And taking away voting rights from felons.

      That’s an instrument of oppression. Our right-wing party wins by stopping people from voting.

      • rurudotorg@feddit.deEnglish
        0·
        2 years ago

        With some infrastructure near your housing and a working public transport, driving isn’t a necessity.

        • argv_minus_one@beehaw.orgEnglish
          01·
          2 years ago

          How? If you live in a suburb, even with working public transport, there could be dozens of stops between home and work.

          • MilderRichter@feddit.deEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            why would the number of stops be a problem?

            when i went to secondary school there were 13 bus stops (15 minutes) and when i went to university there were 12 train stops (30 minutes). And i wouldn’t classify either of those as a long commute