7/29/25 - Online and Americans Should Try These Things
- bribriny
- Jul 29
- 2 min read
Tuesday 7/29/25
Celebrate:
International Tiger Day
National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day - most sources say it can be done by buying some cheese and breaking off some of it to place in a trap, in order to catch mice in your house.
National Chicken Wing Day
National Lasagna Day
National Lipstick Day
Rain Day - one day some guy in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania said it always rains on my birthday, and they started keeping track, now there's a festival in town.
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According to a new poll, Americans spend nearly HALF of their entire day online, between work . . . jobs and tasks . . . entertainment . . . and socials.
Here's how that breaks down: The average American spends MORE than 10 HOURS a day online. 5.4 of those hours are spent on work, reading emails, paying bills, browsing, gaming, and looking at social media.
And they spend another five hours streaming entertainment . . . watching movies, shows, and videos. 55% of them use their TV to stream content, followed by 25% who mostly use computers and tablets, and 20% who use their phone.
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There's a forum online where people from around the world are sharing the "non-American" things that they HIGHLY RECOMMEND to Americans. Here are a few of the better ones:
1. Month-long vacations. Or "holidays," as they're called. America is work-obsessed, and is one of the countries that offer the LEAST paid vacation days.
2. Taxes included in the price tag. Not to mention service fees, and tips.
3. High-speed trains. Or trains in general for public transit, not for freight.
4. Towel-warmers in the bathroom.
5. Heated floors instead of vented heat.
6. Bidets. This seems to be the most common response although bidets have been gaining traction in the U.S. in recent years.
7. Quality of life improvements. Like universal health care . . . maternity and childcare-leave . . . and affordable college. (this is a politician/government issue.)
8. Desserts that aren't insanely sweet.
9. Butter on sandwiches.
10. Poutine. "Still can't believe it hasn't found a foothold here . . . fries, gravy, cheese curds, What's not to like!"
11. The humble Dutch invention, the flessenschraper or flessenlikker. (or bottle scraper) "They're meant for getting every last bit of sauce or whatever condiment out of bottles, jars, and stuff." It's like a half moon spatula on a long stick.
12. Chicken salt. "It's uniquely Australian and everyone should try it."
13. Split duvets. "No more blanket-stealing, and you can regulate your temperatures however you want."
14. Fresh-squeezed juice machines in grocery stores.
See the thread here.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Elmira College Sports teams are The Soaring Eagles. There are 117 colleges whose sports team nickname is the Eagles. The Hawks is the second-most common with 107 schools, then Lions (66), Tigers (66), Cougars (59), Bulldogs (58), Panthers (55), and Bears (51). (oh my)
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