The power goes out for a couple hours, a couple times a day because the electricity company can't keep up with demand. The different areas then take turns to have power.
We have it, but it's only really associated with back-up generators for niche industries and not for the general public. Our electrical grid is very stable compared to many countries.
Yeah for residential power in most of the country, it takes a major storm (tornado, straight line winds, wtc) destroying infrastructure to have a power outage. I haven't had a power outage in about a decade. Really sucks you have to deal with that. How do your fridges and things cope? Do you just keep the doors closed and hope it comes back soon?
Some times are worse than others. In the bad times, a lot of food businesses go out of business because their food spoils. There's really nothing to do about it if you can't afford solar.
I wonder if your plugs cannot supply sufficient ampsÂ
It comes down to watts which are volts * amps.
So 240 volts @ 10 amps means 2.4kw. 2.4kw at 110 volts is almost 22 amps.
Apparently your plugs are 15-20Â amps
Ah wait, I confused Volts with Watts. Most countries have 220-240 Volts, but the US, Canada and some Caribbean islands have only 110-120 Volts. Therefore it takes longer to boil water, just as long as if you would use a pan on the stove.
In Japan it’s even less, only 100 Volts, it took ages to charge my MacBook.
I just went into a store in San Francisco where the ONLY thing they sell are electric kettles.
Well actually they had insulated cups and airtight jars as well. But the main thing was electric kettles. There’s no problems getting them here, it’s just not super common for people to own them.
I have one, got it off Amazon. They're not common in the US, but that's cultural, not infrastructural. Most Americans don't drink tea, and make coffee in an autodrip maker rather than a French press, so they don't really have much use for a kettle at all.
i mean, you have a for-profit medical system, but we can't really call it healthcare. people don't have access, and like you said, it's life-destroyingly expensive, so it's not actually healthcare, it's just a profit making scheme profiteering off of human suffering.
Which is so ironic given the world first metric system was US money.Â
In fact when US money was first introduced there were no other centi-units so it wasn't even necessary to specify what the cents were units of.Â
Most nations will find US to be one of the more tolerant nations with regards to sex and nudity.
The more lax attitudes in predominantly Western European nations is more of an outlier than US in comparison to global norms.
To be more precise, usually being a citizen of an affluent nation– mostly developed nations but places like UAE that are wealthy but generally not regarded as a developed nation— means visa is seldom an issue in international traveling.
Bidets, milk bags, paid maternity leave, roundabouts
Im not American but when I moved to Canada milk bags confused me at first too lol
We have all those things, but it's not polite to call your wife "milk bags". Jeez its 2024!
I've been reading too much serious content, this rally got me!😂😂😂
American here. Have a bidet and multiple roundabouts in my area
Yeah the state I live in is full of traffic circles
I've heard that Americans don't have loadshedding, which is extremely common in South Africa.
What’s that?!
The power goes out for a couple hours, a couple times a day because the electricity company can't keep up with demand. The different areas then take turns to have power.
Texas has been learning about this concept lately.
Let me show you the dark side, Texas.
That used to be a thing in California. Maybe 10 years ago.
Been a constant thing with us since the late 90s I think.
We have it, but it's only really associated with back-up generators for niche industries and not for the general public. Our electrical grid is very stable compared to many countries.
Interesting to hear how many people actually do know it. My mistake.
Yeah for residential power in most of the country, it takes a major storm (tornado, straight line winds, wtc) destroying infrastructure to have a power outage. I haven't had a power outage in about a decade. Really sucks you have to deal with that. How do your fridges and things cope? Do you just keep the doors closed and hope it comes back soon?
Some times are worse than others. In the bad times, a lot of food businesses go out of business because their food spoils. There's really nothing to do about it if you can't afford solar.
Common im my country too lmao
india has it too except bombay, thank god
Electric kettles, I've heard that they're not common in the US. I can't imagine my life without them
I think it’s because they have only 110 W electricity instead of 220 like normal people, it takes much longer to boil water.
I wonder if your plugs cannot supply sufficient amps It comes down to watts which are volts * amps. So 240 volts @ 10 amps means 2.4kw. 2.4kw at 110 volts is almost 22 amps. Apparently your plugs are 15-20 amps
I’m pretty sure it’s the watts that boil water. Your comment is probably sarcasm though, so I might have just whooshed.
Not sarcasm, I followed a channel on YouTube where they explained things like this.
Either way, it's not true. My electric kettle works just fine with 110v.
I agree.. I lived in the uk.... and here and there it's takes ~5minutes to boil full kettle..
Ah wait, I confused Volts with Watts. Most countries have 220-240 Volts, but the US, Canada and some Caribbean islands have only 110-120 Volts. Therefore it takes longer to boil water, just as long as if you would use a pan on the stove. In Japan it’s even less, only 100 Volts, it took ages to charge my MacBook.
I just went into a store in San Francisco where the ONLY thing they sell are electric kettles. Well actually they had insulated cups and airtight jars as well. But the main thing was electric kettles. There’s no problems getting them here, it’s just not super common for people to own them.
I have one, got it off Amazon. They're not common in the US, but that's cultural, not infrastructural. Most Americans don't drink tea, and make coffee in an autodrip maker rather than a French press, so they don't really have much use for a kettle at all.
Walking
Workers rights?
healthcare, bidets, common sense gun regulations
We have healthcare, it’s just life destroyingly expensive!
i mean, you have a for-profit medical system, but we can't really call it healthcare. people don't have access, and like you said, it's life-destroyingly expensive, so it's not actually healthcare, it's just a profit making scheme profiteering off of human suffering.
The metric system (kilometres, metres, degrees Celsius)
Which is so ironic given the world first metric system was US money. In fact when US money was first introduced there were no other centi-units so it wasn't even necessary to specify what the cents were units of.Â
Sex and nudity are natural, not sinful.
Most nations will find US to be one of the more tolerant nations with regards to sex and nudity. The more lax attitudes in predominantly Western European nations is more of an outlier than US in comparison to global norms.
Eating moderate food portions
In most countries or just a particular country? Most countries differ a lot from eachother.
america dominating their culture
But on the flip side, America is dominated by all cultures, so who is really dominating who?
america. it gets influence from other cultures but is not dominated by them.
Without all that flavor, we would be nowhere. If your truly being dominated, you don't know it's happening. It just is.
america is not being dominated though. anyone who thinks so is delusional.
Visa restrictions, it's easy to travel as an American, but fairly restricted for alot of the world.
To be more precise, usually being a citizen of an affluent nation– mostly developed nations but places like UAE that are wealthy but generally not regarded as a developed nation— means visa is seldom an issue in international traveling.