For those of you whose ancestors lived in the US during the American revolution, how did they immigrate there?

I understand being obsessed about the NFL because they are professionals, but I never understood how people obsess over college sports because they’ve college students. So what’s the logic behind grown people putting so much stock into 16-18 year olds playing sports?

Is the grid size 5mm like in the whole world, or does it have some imperial system based size?

The card features Christmas tree and Santa and other cute Christmas motifs with "Merry Christmas" lettering. I'm from Japan and I'd like to send a card to a family with little girls who like japanese "kawaii" things. I could find lots of cute cards but they are all "Christmas cards". I know the family isn't super strict religiously.

For Blizzard, Im talking about Starcraft, Warcraft, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. For Riot Games, Im talking about League of Legends. I grew up in Korea, where majority of my friends played Starcraft and later League of Legends. They're quintessentially defining our generation; Diablo and WoW were ahead of my generation, but their popularities were well recorded.

When I moved to the us, I expected the same kind of popularity since they are American games. But perhaps because I came after their peak, I dont think they were as popular as in Korea? I know few who played League, not a lot.

Chicago and New York were once rivals 100 years ago but Chicago ended up losing and became America's second city. Chicago is now technically America's third city after losing to Los Angeles decades ago.

Why wasn't Chicago able to become America's premier city (in terms of finance, commerce, culture, fashion etc.), given that it was neck and neck with New York for decades in the late 1800s and early 1900s? How did New York ultimately win the battle?

It looks absolutely miserable

For all the questions about migrating to America, I’m curious what you guys think about being the ones who migrate to another country.

I see so many posts about leaving America because of a certain president elect and other things like high CoL.

Immigration is never easy. It’s always a long and arduous process wherever you go.

I read that downstate IL has no love lost for Chicago. Just wondering if it's the same for upstate NY vs. NYC, or outstate Minnesota vs. the Twin Cities, or Colorado outside of Denver vs. Denver, etc.

I've been watching the police gopro camera footage for the last few hours and I'm confused about the whole situation where someone who is clearly drunk gets out of the car and the police officer has to guess whether they can drive safely or not.

Here in Poland, police officers simply ask you to blow into a breathalyser and it takes 10 seconds. If the result is good, that's it. Exceeding a certain threshold means problems. But there is no guesswork. If Poland can afford breathalysers, so can America, right?

EDIT: What a miserable subreddit, holy fuck.

Whenever I’m watching films that take place in New England, there tends to be a lot of cursing. Is it really common?

I’m in Oslo, Norway, and I pay around 80$ for 150mbps fiber. Saw an ad here on Reddit for 150$ for 150mbps in the US and wondered if you guys are getting thoroughly screwed or this ad is just nonsense

As an Aussie, I wonder what you all think of the Australian Social Media ban for under 16s?

Unsure how it will be implemented, but kids and parents will not be penalised for kids using it. Only the platforms.

Platforms can be fined AU$50 million for not complying. They will be required to verify the age of users, but not by uploading ID. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/28/australia-passes-world-first-law-banning-under-16s-from-social-media-despite-safety-concerns

What do you think?

And which area do you live in?

You know, it’s hard to imagine today how America looked like at times when there was no USA, Canada or Mexico, but just a bunch of colonies established by different empires that have just got their independence. There was no international language(s) like English or Spanish today, so people had to very often communicate, cooperate and trade with people whom they couldn’t talk to.

Is there any kind of movie about those times? Or maybe a book could work too.

UPD: I guess I picked the right time to post this question. Happy Thanksgiving Day to you all guys!

I’ll definitely add all the mentioned movies to my watch list! Thanks a lot! And I promise to learn some US history finally 😅

In my trip recently to Australia, I was surprised to discover that Coke Zero Sugar was the restaurant default zero sugar/diet soda available just about everywhere we went. Diet Coke was exceedingly rare, although not completely absent. I saw Diet Coke in like one convenience shop at one wildlife park.

So…what gives? Why hasn’t Coke Zero Sugar displaced Diet Coke in our restaurants and stores as the default option despite being otherwise pretty widely available in the States?

Saw a post on here with milk in a bag and it baffles me as a Brit who gets milk in a carton, So do you ALL get your milk in bags?? Why????

Edit: Thanks guys! Turns out its those syrup yanks' fault 🍁

Over 100000 people die each year, in the 90's it was around 10000. Why are there movement to get the number down. Why is it not an important political topic?

Do American men commonly catcall women in public?

when im reading online stories or watching movies that are american, women walking in a street get cat called or hit on in public by random men like a player passing through NPCs in a video game

in the streets sometimes int the workplace even if they see a ring on the woman's finger they still hit on her

is this common and accepted? don't you hate it if someone did this to your mom/sister/wife/etc? (unless you have a specific fetish that is)

as an attractive woman doesn't it bother you? (unless you like attention)?

Whatever it is, it looks delicious and I need to find a way to get some in Australia!

I have some questions on class leaders:

1. How does one become a class leader? Is it through class voting or board, etc?
2. Are there different terms for the student who is representing (leading) the entire school and the student who leads his entire classroom (separate section?) or grade level?
3. If you (or know someone) who’s ever become class leader, could you share your experience becoming one, what you do, your duties, etc?

Some explanation on what concerns/reservations will be helpful.

More specifically wild vertebrate animals that frequently run around regular city streets. Zoos, designated parks and exotic pets don't count.

New York has rats, squirrels and mice.

Chicago has squirrels, bunnies and chipmunks.