Wheel of Fortune

 

If you’ve never travelled outside the U.S. – and if you’re American, chances are you haven’t – you have no idea how weird you are. You’ve no way of knowing how very LOUD you are in public places, whether you’re screaming at your kids in the park (while they scream back), or chatting boisterously with friends at a restaurant. You don’t know how odd it is to expect free public restrooms and free drink refills absolutely everywhere, or to assume tax and a tip will be added on top of every advertised price. You don’t realize everyone else in the civilized world removes their shoes when they enter a house (it isn’t just the Japanese, it’s everyone but YOU) and uses the metric system. You don’t know everyone else calls tomorrow 10/09/2023, and not 09/10/2023. And if you’re one of the more than two-thirds of Americans who don’t even own a passport, it’s likely you never will.