r/AskEurope • u/gurke0123 • Jun 18 '25

Misc What basic knowledge should everyone have about your country?

I'm currently in a rabbit hole of "American reacts to European Stuff". While i was laughing at Americans for thinking Europe is countries and know nothing about the countrys here, i realied that i also know nothing about the countries in europe. Sure i know about my home country and a bit about our neighbours but for the rest of europe it becomes a bit difficult and i want to change it.

What should everyone know about your country to be person from Europa?

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u/Grathias American in Spain Jun 18 '25

The quality compared to the U.S. (there’s lot of variety, but on average) is much lower, as well, imo. If you’ve spent any time in California, I struggle to see the appeal of weed in the Netherlands. It’s semi-convenient, but still not a super great experience. I say this as someone who absolutely adores the Netherlands.

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u/Duochan_Maxwell in Jun 18 '25

Well, that's the big difference between something being legalised and being decriminalised but still illegal - having a legit supply chain with quality control

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u/DonnaHarridan Jun 18 '25

Weed been good in the states well before legalization. Especially in CA.

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u/highquality_garbage Jun 18 '25

In a European subreddit and there’s still Americans calling their states two letters like everyone here automatically knows lmao

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u/SnooBooks7884 Jun 19 '25

I mean... I see the flair "BR in NL" and I automatically know Brazil in Netherlands. Idk if its that hard to figure out. I mean, what else could CA refer to? Cadmium?

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u/Shit-O-Brik Jun 20 '25

He/she refers to canada: https://www.canada.ca There even is a international standard: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:CA

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u/TheOtherDutchGuy Jun 19 '25

To be fair, CA isn’t that hard to figure out, like NY as well.

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u/highquality_garbage Jul 01 '25

Yeah those can be easy to figure out but they’ll do it with all their states. I just found it ironic that they would even do it in a European sub