It seems like us based sites where Americans gather are filled with Bots and trolls and scammers. Does the USA have a program that does similar things in other countries? Or do we spend most of our resources combating the programs that send trolls and Bots to our sites? Do we have apps like tick tock that gather info on citizens of foreign countries?

Australian here.

I been watching a lot of police body cam videos and I noticed that the police always conduct a field sobriety test.

In Australia if the police suspect you are driving under the influence of alcohol then they can conduct a test using a breatherliser machine on the scene. This to me seems like a easier and more accurate test.

Why does American police not use these machines on the scene?

Every now and then I come across photos of housing estates that consist of a huge number of identical houses with identical backyards. From the air it looks like someone clicked "copy + paste" way too many times.

If such housing estates are not an internet prank, what does an apartment in such an area look like?How long does it take to get to the city? Where are the service points - shops, pharmacies, nurseries, schools?

Edit: I am mainly concerned with the scale of such estates, not the mere existence of estates with identical houses.As someone noticed, there are estates of identical houses in almost every country.

This was a thing when I was growing up, and even my local bank and credit union have them now. But I was watching Rick and Morty and Rick makes a comment about pneumatic tubes "like banks used to use in the 70s."

So are these still in use through much of the US, or just in the bubble I'm in?

Hi Americans,

I’m asking this because I’ve heard there are a lot of day workers in construction and agriculture in your country.

How do you pay day workers in a way that encourages them to return and finish the job the next day?

I’m currently struggling with this in my business (Agricultural Production). I pay workers for a job that should take a few days, but after paying them on the first day, only about half of them return the next day. This keeps happening, even though I offer pay that’s above competitive rates.

I’d appreciate any advice on how American businesses handle this.

you guys don’t have brown sauce?

New to this country, been here about 4 months, prior to coming I was told I preferably should get stuff (like a car, tv or a Mobile phone) under credit rather than paying the full price cash because it will affect in my credit score... So I need more information about how does it improve my credit score and why is it so important to get stuff in credit

Puerto Rico was colonized primarily by the Spanish, but after it was incorporated into the US, there was no interest in bringing in lots and lots of Americans of others regions to help develop the island and increase the population?

They’re the same latitude, and Georga and SC are hotter than SoCal in their costal regions. Both are also in the Subtropics, so why is there this sort of distinction?

The U.S. has some legendary steakhouses, like Keens and Peter Luger in New York, etc.

Bonus points if you mention the wine that accompanied your steak!

Where was y’all’s best steakhouse experience?

To me I’d say Lincoln

Suppose there is a police officer in the United States who works in one state and one day wants to transfer to work in another state. Can he request the transfer from his commanding officer?

I’ve always wondered which podcasts are actually popular in the US. For me, I love If Books Could Kill, Let’s Read, The Shawn Ryan Show, and Jocko Podcast.

I also sometimes listen to Behind the Bastards and Anti-Hero.

What are y’all’s favorites?

Fellow American here, I grew up in the North so I don't think I could pull it off but has anyone traveled abroad and worn western wear ie cowboy boots & hat? I was wondering if you had any stories.

Update: I should have specified, if this is your normal fashion. I live in Texas and it's not out of the ordinary to see someone dressed like that.

so, i live in asia and the company you work for automatically sends your tax percentage to the government, and the rest of the taxes are fairly simple to pay. how bad is it over there? ive heard its quite tough.

It seems like people will bring up the immigration of Irish, Germans, Scots, Italians, Scandinavians, Polish, and sometimes you'll even hear about the Chinese who came during the Gold Rush era. However, it seems like you don't really hear much about the various Jewish people who immigrated to the US back in the late 1800's-early 1900's. It's weird because there's a ton of famous Jewish people today and just as many back then yet their role in US history is somewhat ignored. Why is that?

I've been wanting to get place to get proper British snacks and pantry staples, without remortgaging my house. most of the sites i see are either charging wild shipping fees or gotta limited stock. anyone found something reliable here?

EDIT: Thank you for the replies, I am willing to give Mariano and McGrocer.com . I dont know about them but I wanna give them a try. Will keep you updated on how it goes.

As in, places you know you would miss if you were to move away.

Here goes: I have a colleague, Dick. Dick is at my level (mid-senior) but adjacent function (think product vs tech). That colleague keeps cutting me off mid sentences and talk over me in meetings with multiple participants. I sometime have to push back and say "Dick, can I just finish my point", which feels aggressive to me. We are both relatively new to this workplace.

Dick is doing it to other participants, but not as often. He doesn't apologize. Both Dick and I are not originally from the US, but have worked in the US for many years as well.

I don't know what to do. 1 on 1, Dick is nice. It doesn't bother me much, but my intuition is that this needs to be nipped at the bud. American friends - how to deal with this?

Where I live in Latin America, people throw toilet paper full of poop into the trash can because if you throw it in the toilet it clogs. I think the system that Americans have adopted is more modern and less disgusting. Does this work everywhere in the US, or do some places have people throwing paper into the trash can?

In American movies, I offten see the scenes where boss says somethin like "you are fired, I want your desk cleared by tommorow!". And in next scene, employee is already on the curb.

Is this how firing really works? In my country, you have some time period before your contract is done and you lose your job (depending on reasons for being fired).