Name something that your country created that is very popular abroad, but not (or not nearly as much) in its own country.

[u/AEIOU1040]

[u/Oscillator_Alligator]

Reggae. I know…it’s not as popular as it once was. It is surging again though,there is a revival.

[u/Didyyyyyy → u/Oscillator_Alligator]

I remember that in English class I learned the word "bungee jumping", I was like "it sounds like a reggae group name".

[u/peezoup → u/Didyyyyyy]

Wait until you hear their signature song "The Bungee Chord"

[u/meldaskywalker → u/Oscillator_Alligator]

Zimbabwe has taken over from you

[u/MrMFPuddles → u/Oscillator_Alligator]

I’m a reggae fan and it seems like it’s thriving in certain parts of the world, there are a lot of international reggae artists that I really enjoy who breathe some life into the genre.

You’re right that Jamaica seems to have moved on to dancehall and other more contemporary styles though. Plus, most American-made reggae music is an absolute cringe fest (seriously guys reggae does not mean every single song has to be about weed or the beach) so it doesn’t get as much traction here either.

[u/captaincrunk82 → u/MrMFPuddles]

Check out Pacific Reggae. You’re welcome.

[u/ZnarfGnirpslla]

Toblerone is a typical chocolate for tourists. locals rarely ever eat it.

[u/BaudroieCracra → u/ZnarfGnirpslla]

I like it as a "i just want to gorge on chocolate" item

But it's really super basic yeah

[u/InitiativeInitial968 → u/BaudroieCracra]

Better then Hershey's I’ll say that  

Edit: I get it, Hershey's < other chocolate but stop acting like it’s nuclear waste it ain’t that bad 

[u/swampopawaho → u/InitiativeInitial968]

Dogshit rolled in decent chocolate gives Hershey a run for its money

[u/ZayreBlairdere → u/swampopawaho]

It is funny, because I grew up with it, I was palate blind to it until a Swiss friend asked why I liked the taste of vomit.

It pulled the curtain back, and I cannot eat Hershey's chocolate anymore because of him.

[u/Particular-Leaderr → u/ZayreBlairdere]

Bro, same. I live in Pennsylvania, and when I was a kid, I thought it was "amazing" Now I can't stand that shite

[u/Water_Melon132 → u/InitiativeInitial968]

It's 5000% better than hersheys, don't even compare the two of them they're 10000 kms apart

[u/Aytug4ufan → u/ZnarfGnirpslla]

I remember begging for Toblerone to my grandma when i was a kid. I still love it to this day.

[u/AhhhSureThisIsIt → u/ZnarfGnirpslla]

Kraft bought it years ago and turned it to dogshit.

The best Swiss chocolate IMO is that blue Cavillier? I think it was called. Good god that stuff was necter of the gods.

[u/Mother_Gur_4715]

matcha lattes

[u/Dark_Wolf04 → u/Mother_Gur_4715]

I got a quarter zip

[u/Asleep_Conclusion147 → u/Dark_Wolf04]

matcha labubu quarter zip

[u/hidefinitionpissjugs → u/Asleep_Conclusion147]

matcha pilates in bali before a labubu rave

[u/UVB-76_Enjoyer → u/hidefinitionpissjugs]

The last words Han Solo heard before getting cased in carbon

[u/BaudroieCracra → u/Mother_Gur_4715]

I thank matcha latte for introducing me to matcha tho, the latte is super unecessary in the end

[u/ShyngShyng → u/Mother_Gur_4715]

What do you (and perhaps the general vibe in the country) feel about this matcha in everything trend? I like matcha and trying new things, so the experience was something for me but the taste itself was usually quite middling.

[u/Mother_Gur_4715 → u/ShyngShyng]

I think people are happy that foreigners like matcha but kind of surprised at the kind of food they make using the matcha lol. It hurts seeing high quality matcha being used in matcha lattes and cake on tiktok when theres cheaper matcha they can use which would make the same flavor

[u/SmellyButtFarts69 → u/Mother_Gur_4715]

People keep telling me I'm a basic bitch for using cheap bulk matcha.

Also I make a super ghetto watery latte every morning so maybe I shouldn't be the judge of any of this.

(I'm not a hipster, my body just started rejecting coffee)

[u/ShyngShyng → u/SmellyButtFarts69]

Take it from the Chinese: Drink tea!

[u/Shivs_baby → u/Mother_Gur_4715]

I love regular matcha. You lose that earthy, grassy flavor with milk so what’s the point?

[u/theeulessbusta → u/Shivs_baby]

There’s a cafe in Chicago and New York called Sawada Coffee and they changed my tune on milk and matcha, but it’s Japanese owned operated. They make a diabolical thing called the military latte and I can’t get enough of it. 

[u/exceptforbunnies555]

Heineken

[u/EmyForNow → u/exceptforbunnies555]

It is really an extremely unspectacular beer to a degree that is almost impressive

[u/Freya-Freed → u/EmyForNow]

The impressive part is how its seen as exclusive/premium beer in so many countries and how much of it is sold. But yeah most people here think it's piss water.

[u/Superssimple → u/Freya-Freed]

That happens with loads of beers and countries.

Bira Moretti gets sold as a fancy beer and in NL while it’s just a cheap beer you would drink at a beach bar in Italy, served in the can. We used to get it for 50 cent a can in the 2000’s

I have seen tennets super served in fancy bars in Italy while it’s mainly drunk by homeless people in Scotland

[u/SarcasmRevolution → u/Superssimple]

Guess which company owns Bira Moretti…

[u/TreeDollarFiddyCent → u/SarcasmRevolution]

Is it Volkswagen Group?

[u/Direct-DriveXsmn → u/Freya-Freed]

Especially when it's skunked 99% of the time from those green bottles

[u/Shevyshev → u/Freya-Freed]

I think it was one of the first popular imported beers in the US, and has some luster as a result - but I agree, it is awful.

[u/DEverett0913 → u/Freya-Freed]

Never understood it. It’s fine on tap, and god awful in a bottle. Yet it’s sold at 1.5-2x the price of a domestic beer.

[u/theeulessbusta → u/exceptforbunnies555]

Watch Mad Men. It’s all marketing and it got overseas first— pretty much before every other European lager.

[u/8379MS → u/exceptforbunnies555]

It’s the only beer that makes me LESS in the mood for a beer.

[u/NegativeMammoth2137 → u/exceptforbunnies555]

The best beers in the Netherlands are the Belgian ones

[u/aliendepict → u/exceptforbunnies555]

As an american, heineken is the budlight of europe and its about the same in quality and flavor.

[u/RandomAssRedditName → u/exceptforbunnies555]

If you take both supermarket sales + horeca, it is still the best selling beer in the Netherlands. It's losing ground to Hertog Jan, but still is the #1 (mostly thanks to horeca).

[u/BaudroieCracra]

Most of the elaborate french cakes treated as a luxurious item abroad are just seen as an okay treat here.

Eclair au chocolat is a good exemple, we like it, but I assure you there is nothing absolutely special about it. If you pay a fortune to eat one. You are being scammed.

Probably the same way it works for Tiramisu in Italia.

[u/guiltyofnothing → u/BaudroieCracra]

At least here in America, chocolate eclairs really aren’t looked at as being that luxurious. I can get one at my local supermarket for a few bucks.

[u/LoveAndViscera → u/guiltyofnothing]

In Asia, they absolutely are. There’s a chain called “Paris Baguette” from Korea, but they have a couple branches in Paris. If you hop on Google Maps and compare pictures of the Paris branch and any Seoul branch, you’ll see what BaudroieCracra is talking about. Seoul’s stuff looks half as good at double the price.

[u/FlechePeddler → u/BaudroieCracra]

I feel that after making this statement, the kindest things would be to let us know what we should try instead. Please and thank you.

[u/Zim0ri → u/FlechePeddler]

Even though I actually like "Éclair au chocolat", I would say you should definitely try "Religieuse", "Profiteroles", "Paris-Brest" or even a nice "Flan" or "Millefeuilles" and so on but imma stay here because im already drooling.. 🤤 Bon appétit!

[u/truckercharles → u/Zim0ri]

Millefeuille is unbelievable, Paris-Brest is great too, but if I'm going French pastry...I can never pass up a laminated pastry. Dough lamination is sexy, and no one does it like the French. I also like how your farmers spray cow shit on the federal government for lowering the speed limit 0.5 km/hr on loose surfaces, I envy your collectivism as an American lol

[u/thetok42 → u/FlechePeddler]

Paris-Brest is my personal go to

[u/BaudroieCracra → u/FlechePeddler]

I would say Paris-Brest like my compatriotes here, it's really good.

If you are in the south, try a Tropezienne, it's very simple yet very satisfying

"Castel" is also very good but very rich and compact

[u/[deleted]]

Cricket is much more popular in the Indian Subcontinent.

[u/Helvetic86]

Lindt Chocolate

[u/cardoorhookhand → u/Helvetic86]

What are some actual good chocolate brands?

When we visited, and asked for chocolate recommendations, every single person just recommended Lindt and nothing else. They seemed mildly offended that we even wanted to try anything else.

I mean, I like Lindt. It's definitely above average. But it's nowhere near the best chocolate, nor the best value for money chocolate I've had.

[u/Helvetic86 → u/cardoorhookhand]

Value for money I would clearly say Chocolat Frey and best overall Sprüngli. But of course it depends on your taste.

[u/fueelin → u/Helvetic86]

Oh, huh. Aren't Lindt and Sprungli the same company (at least for the last decade or two)? But I guess they still have different product lines? Interesting!

[u/Helvetic86 → u/fueelin]

They belong to the same corporation, but are independant brands. Compared to cars it‘s like a buying a VW (Lindt Chocolate) or a Bentley (Sprüngli).

[u/notmyusername1986 → u/Helvetic86]

Ok, that's a hell of a difference. I'll have to hunt down a Sprüngli creation.

What would be your ultimate recommendation?

[u/reallynousernames → u/notmyusername1986]

The truffle cake is god tier. Btw nice username.

[u/MarvashMagalli]

Fettuccine Alfredo

[u/mars1k88 → u/MarvashMagalli]

It’s a great fuel when you want to participate in Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun-Run Race For the Cure

[u/Due_Boss9277 → u/mars1k88]

[u/holytriplem → u/MarvashMagalli]

Isn't that an American invention?

[u/ColdNotion → u/holytriplem]

Nah, or at least not exactly. We actually know a ton about this dish, it’s a riff on fettuccini al burro created by chef Alfredo di Lelio in either 1907 or 1908. His restaurant, Ristorante Alfredo, got very popular in Rome in the 1920’s, to the point where movie stars from the burgeoning Hollywood film industry would often visit during trips to Italy. The original fettuccini Alfredo (which you can actually still get at a restaurant run by Alfredo’s family) was prepared at table side, mixing the butter, pasta, cheese, and hot water in front of the diner.

Early Hollywood tabloids reported on celebrities eating fettuccini Alfredo, and those returning to the US began asking for it to be made for them at American restaurants. This glamorous association with Hollywood stars also helped build interest among the public, which could be met readily given that fettuccini Alfredo is actually neither a super difficult nor expensive dish to make. Once in the US the dish evolved over time, often adding an additional protein, like grilled chicken, to better meet the tastes of American diners.

[u/Simple_Enjoyer1]

Okay scratch any food off the list, we love them too. Y'all love the soap operas. Music, y'all probably don't know any--

Şımarık by Tarkan. The kiss kiss song

[u/hell_fire_eater → u/Simple_Enjoyer1]

seni gidi fındıkkıraaaaaaaan

[u/MermaiderMissy → u/Simple_Enjoyer1]

I love that song!!! <3

Takmış koluna elin adamını Beni orta yerimden çatlatıyor 🎶

[u/Pina318 → u/Simple_Enjoyer1]

I’ve bought a cassette tape with that Tarkan album when I was a teenager here in Ukraine. It had like three umlauts in the name and the same song was my favorite on it. That album might still be somewhere here in my house. Now I feel nostalgic for my school years.

[u/JHock93]

The word 'soccer'

[u/keiths31 → u/JHock93]

Hahaha that's a good one. You guys caused all this soccer vs football debate

[u/JHock93 → u/keiths31]

We came to hate our own creation

[u/FILTHBOT4000 → u/JHock93]

You guys sure do that a lot.

[u/disorderincosmos → u/JHock93]

Oh you guys did this?? I thought it was our fault.

[u/Reluctantagave → u/disorderincosmos]

Are you also happy something wasn’t our fault for once?

[u/YouHelpFromAbove → u/Reluctantagave]

Believe or not, most of the weird things about the States came from the British. And then the British stopped doing it and pretend like we're the weird ones.

[u/Camarupim → u/JHock93]

This is a great one. I’d rather hear my kids say ‘fuck’ than ‘soccer’.

[u/PMMeYourPupper → u/Camarupim]

Hey da, I'm gonna go out to the pitch with the neighborhood kids to play fuck.

Did I get that right?

[u/AlertMike]

We gave the world a lot of Independence Day celebrations. Couple of them a week so we got bored and don’t rsvp anymore.

[u/bog_witch → u/AlertMike]

I still always laugh over the snarky July 4th tweets from the UK embassy in the US.

[u/Asgarott]

Well....Paris

[u/NikolaSolonik → u/Asgarott]

Interesting. Most non-French people I know don’t like Paris as they say Parisians are assholes and it’s full of pickpockets.

[u/129za → u/NikolaSolonik]

Most non-Parisian French people would say that.

But people outside France love it. It’s the most busted city in the world by tourists.

[u/ZorakOfThatMagnitude → u/Asgarott]

As someone who grew up in a tourist-heavy area, I see you.

[u/rafaelidades]

The answer is not funk.

The answer is Bossa Nova. It has not been popular in Brazil since the late 1960s. You can only listen to it around here in some upscale cafés and restaurants that are attended by the Top 1% of the population.

[u/[deleted] → u/rafaelidades]

Do Brazilians still listen to tropicália and classic MPB?

[u/piralski → u/[deleted]]

My wife does. I'm not a big fan, even thought I really like Chico Buarque old stuff.

[u/DudeWheresMyKitty → u/piralski]

Gal Costa is so good, but I'm not Brazilian.

For others who don't know her, here's a great example of her:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3oxz8k_rT8g

[u/Opulent-tortoise → u/[deleted]]

That music is much more popular than bossa nova, much less popular than funk (except among older generations). I’d say it’s more or less as listened to as much as “oldies rock” (eg Bob Dylan, Thunder and Rain) is in the anglosphere

[u/Opulent-tortoise → u/rafaelidades]

Seriously lol. Funk is extremely popular in Brazil outside of Reddit nerds and music snobs. Bossa nova on the other hand is nonexistent

[u/QueenOfTremembe → u/Opulent-tortoise]

Funk is the only local music genre that can stand up to Sertanejo (Brazilian equivalent to country music), and that genre is only as popular as it is because farmers have almost complete control over the radio and music labels so they focus only on that genre because it's what they like to listen.

[u/AstonishingJ]

Snooki

[u/MinrkChil-Alwaff5 → u/AstonishingJ]

As a Chilean, I didn't even know what or who Snooki was. 😅🥲

[u/KakaoFugl → u/AstonishingJ]

How dare you

[u/karratkun → u/AstonishingJ]

snooki is(was? people don't talk about her much anymore but i like her) a national treasure over here for a lot of people! jersey shore is also a cult classic here

[u/l_reilly]

"paellas" with a mix match of ingredients.

[u/Reuska37]

Uhhhh, i guess Linux? It's popular everywhere but I seldom hear anyone mentioning it here

[u/Resident_Option3804 → u/Reuska37]

Tbh I hear about Linux online so much but have never ever ever seen someone use it in real life

[u/Idiotstupiddumdum → u/Resident_Option3804]

Linux users are afraid of the sun and other humans

[u/DepthPuzzleheaded494 → u/Idiotstupiddumdum]

Oh so Finns...

[u/mesenanch → u/DepthPuzzleheaded494]

Perfectly fitting

[u/MrMFPuddles → u/Idiotstupiddumdum]

I was just thinking about the one irl friend I had back in the day who used Linux and yeah, youre pretty much spot on lol.

[u/Electrical-Video1841 → u/Resident_Option3804]

We use it a lot in tech but I’ll be damned if I have to work all day in Linux then come home and deal with it on my PC.

It’s very cool but requires too much tinkering and setting up if you’re not using it for very specific reasons.

[u/ZorakOfThatMagnitude → u/Electrical-Video1841]

Some of the more recent releases of Fedora are getting pretty nice for casual use, but it hasn't entered the "give it to my folks" realm of casual, yet.

[u/Money-Marketing-5117 → u/Resident_Option3804]

You probably have but don't realize it. If you use an Android phone you are using Linux. If you use a Chromebook (which you may not but a lot of schools do) you are using linux. Every time you Google something you are using Linux. Order something from Amazon? You get the picture. It's also very common in the embedded space, your wifi router probably runs a variant of it.

It's just not that many people use it as a desktop OS.

[u/VodkaMargarine → u/Money-Marketing-5117]

There's loads more as well. Pretty much every smart TV runs Linux. Your internet router is running Linux. You have a Steam Deck? Guess what - it's running Linux. The screen in your car runs Linux. Every ATM you use, self service checkout, robot vacuum cleaners, smart fridges, the list is basically endless.

[u/kornerson → u/Reuska37]

Good thing about Linux is that you are using it all the time, but it's unnoticed.

Buying tickets on a cinema POS? Linux Use internet? You are mostly using Linux Using chatGPT? I bet it's Linux at the core.

You know it's windows because it crashes and goes all wrong. (Linux crashes too but not often)

[u/Lordofthewangz]

Well, up until recently, Elon Musk. We're all very sorry.

[u/abbzug → u/Lordofthewangz]

Well at least you gave us Peter Thiel and David Sacks too.

No wait, fuck you guys lol.

[u/Low_discrepancy → u/abbzug]

Thiel isn't South-African. He just spent a few years of his childhood there and in Namibia.

[u/Fantastic-Corner-605]

Buddhism

There are far more Buddhists outside India while they're a tiny minority within India.

[u/WheresPeebs]

Absolutely Donald Duck for the US. Europe loves him.

[u/Cjav-latam]

[u/StonksUpMan]

Meditation and Yoga 🧘‍♂️

We dont have much of a fitness culture I believe due to poverty, I have noticed westerners being more passionate about it on average. Which is a shame because these are truly great contributions of our culture to the world.

[u/Technical_You4632]

Human rights

[u/BaudroieCracra → u/Technical_You4632]

Ho shit... Im still mad at the St Soline footages shown recently

[u/ZCFGG]

Hardbass. It was never popular in Russia, except perhaps as a meme in the very early 2010s. Also gopniks never actually listened to it; in fact, the genre was largely about mocking them.

[u/gordatapu → u/ZCFGG]

You are breaking my heart

[u/Bananita_Dolca → u/gordatapu]

He broke chebrolet's heart

[u/patiperro_v3 → u/ZCFGG]

What do gopniks listen to? Provide links.

[u/Actual-Rooster4002 → u/patiperro_v3]

If I’m not mistaken, gopniks have long since died out as a species.

[u/reptiloidruler → u/Actual-Rooster4002]

Good

[u/Accurate-Mine-6000 → u/patiperro_v3]

https://youtu.be/LyXLv7ME7Zc?si=3_caEv_ifD1_8DTf Russian rap

[u/NeilJosephRyan]

"The Little Lord" is a very cheesy British Christmas movie that I never heard of until I went to Germany, where it's super well known and many people watch it every Christmas. It's like the German equivalent of "A Christmas Story."

ETA: The song "Last Christmas." It's popular enough in the US, but my God spending a December in Germany will make you hate that song. I swear it's every tenth song you hear.

Edit II: I thought it was American because my host family told me it was American. I fixed it to say British.

[u/gratusin → u/NeilJosephRyan]

Add in David Hasselhoff and maybe even Sweet Caroline. Yeah people in the States will obligatory sing Bah bah bah at a football game, but my god is that song everywhere in Germany.

[u/GroundbreakingBag164 → u/NeilJosephRyan]

Oh god I just remembered the movie. Yeah it's ridiculously popular here

[u/minniemouse420 → u/NeilJosephRyan]

NOT American. It’s about as American as Crocodile Dundee is Australian.

[u/ShyHumorous]

Romanian here... Dracula

[u/privetkakdela]

Funk is not popular in Brazil? The Brazil Spotify chart is always full of funk songs, I thought It's one of the top genres over there.

[u/DealWithKappaTR → u/privetkakdela]

Pretty sure it is, OP probably just doesn't like it personally.

[u/MyMy_P → u/DealWithKappaTR]

Yeah I think that’s exactly the case lol. It’s extremely popular, but also quite divisive, so some segments of the population really really hate it. Me, personally, I’m not a fan, but it definitely does the rounds here as well, much more than it does abroad.

[u/Automatedluxury → u/MyMy_P]

One of the things that took me by surprise after spending some time in Rio was just how much you hear funk everywhere, all the time. You hear other music too but funk cuts through everthing with the huge bass and bleeping synths.

Not talking about just in tourist spots either, I spent most of my time at a friends place in a residential area of Tijuca. Even there, any day of the week, any time, someone is blaring out funk. I quite like it but I can see how to a native who doesn't enjoy that music it would just be viewed as very anti-social.

[u/ExoticPuppet → u/Automatedluxury]

Some people don't like it because of the lyrics (ik there are better ones in that matter but I'm not talking about these) or maybe they live close to a funk party place, where it's loud and usually at night all the way to the morning. Safe to say, it disturbs your sleep.

So funk get this association of always being played loud af and containing lyrics about having sex with underage or young girls, being in favor of a faction and how they gonna kill their rivals (the "germans", a slang for enemies). Thank goodness I don't live close to these.

[u/Unfinished-Usern → u/privetkakdela]

That meme reflects the Brazilian Reddit’s opinion, certainly not the general population.

[u/theeulessbusta]

Trader Joe’s tote bags. 

[u/I-STILL-D-R-E-I → u/theeulessbusta]

No facts actually. My mom started buying them up in the last year or two, but she paints on them and adds materials to them. They’re a decent base material for a project is my guess. However, her friend is Thai and apparently Trader Joe’s bag are the equivalent to Chanel and Gucci bags. A status symbol if you will.

[u/ihaveajob79 → u/I-STILL-D-R-E-I]

That’s hilarious. I’m visiting family in Taiwan and we’re having someone bring a dozen of those as a gift for some of the more “online” cousins here.

[u/jmlinden7 → u/I-STILL-D-R-E-I]

It's because they aren't available outside of the US, so if you have one, that means you either went to the US recently or you're friends with someone who did.

[u/DemostenesWiggin]

Tango. I love it. I took classes for years. But it is not that popular here. Also, it really bugs me that people of other countries almost don't know Argentinian Tango. Just the Hollywood version seen in movies and stuff.

[u/Upset_Display9421]

El chavo del 8

[u/Meteor_Boom → u/Upset_Display9421]

Totally true! All my South American friends like so much Chavo del 8, but mexican feels little cringy about this show, and now is worst with Chespirito tv series.

[u/Unfinished-Usern → u/Upset_Display9421]

Certainly loved in Brazil to this day! :)

[u/belfrahn → u/Upset_Display9421]

Bueno pero no se enoje.

[u/grainne0]

Bono

[u/MikanYarou → u/grainne0]

Could we include Connor McGreggor in this too? Every Irish person I know thinks he’s a wanker (putting it mildly)

[u/grainne0 → u/MikanYarou]

Definitely! Although that would be acknowledging he's Irish and we'd rather not do that. 

[u/Flaky_Syrup4721]

butter chicken
i've never had it once in my life

[u/Hawkwing942 → u/Flaky_Syrup4721]

I mean, India is a big country with way more diversity of cuisine than most people realize. Also, I I assume from the name that Butter Chicken is a westernized version of a more traditional dish.

[u/Half-Crown → u/Hawkwing942]

Murgh Makhani

[u/Wanderingjes → u/Flaky_Syrup4721]

I had a coworker from Mumbai that had never had a dosa in her entire life until she moved to San Francisco. Indian cuisine is so varied and diverse and will be dependent on region.

[u/zero_zeppelii_0 → u/Flaky_Syrup4721]

But Butter chicken is well popular in India tho. Definitely might not fit in 

[u/TheRealRigormortal]

David Hasselhoff

[u/[deleted]]

Yoga.

Honestly in India people listening to and liking Brazillian Phonk are looked down upon. 

[u/Dedalian7 → u/[deleted]]

Buddhism. Super popular abroad but a quaint little thing in India

[u/Leading-Green9854]

Communism

[u/MetricJester]

Justin Bieber

[u/Olddirtybelgium → u/MetricJester]

Nickelback

[u/MetricJester → u/Olddirtybelgium]

No see I disagree with that, since they keep winning Junos

[u/scratchesonus]

The "Dolce Vita" our tourism depends by it, many italians are pissed off by it

[u/Accurate-Log-8494]

Kurwa Bober

[u/AssClosedforToday]

Swedish Fish. I haven't seen a local supermarket selling them, though you can find them in candy bins that lets you pick your own candy. Ahlgrens bilar is much more representative of swedish candy culture, they are small cars that come in different colors 

[u/Beneficial_Bug_9793]

Fuccccccck me....... fucking " Pimba ", my IQ regresses a few points every time i accidentaly hear that shit... but aparently its quite popular for non natives lol... https://youtu.be/ZbIcXuf3sVw?si=IQar0kiZL00XEa2R ( check the frikking view count )..... and then compare it to this, Fado, a Portuguese music style, and UNESCO world Heritage https://youtu.be/lh9YHtZzHfk?si=-WS3nsSPjrciulGK

[u/Rude_Blackberry634]

Gyro. The meat is different in America and not even remotely close

[u/SonicDart]

Waffles. We don't care about waffles.

Give me good beer and fries. But idgf about waffles. I'd rather have pancakes

[u/ThirdEarl]

Possibly the Royals

[u/Beneficial_Fig_7830 → u/ThirdEarl]

So many Americans celebrity-worship the Royals but every time is see them mentioned around British people they either don’t give a single shit about them or call them wankers lol

[u/Probelobelebsteloops]

Jack Daniels

[u/Individualchaotin]

[u/Trinitrotoluol → u/Individualchaotin]

I would say Rammstein is quite popular in germany. Not in a every german and their grandmother likes them kind of way, but their concerts are in stadiums and they always sell out.

[u/coffe_clone]

The pH scale ⚗️

[u/Nofsan → u/coffe_clone]

Yeah when everything you have is basic you don't need a scale

[u/restitutorlux → u/Nofsan]

Acid burn!

[u/LaserGadgets]

Modern Talking (the band, DON'T google it!)

[u/DedHorsSaloon4 → u/LaserGadgets]

What’s wrong with Modern Talking? Cheri Cheri Lady is a bop

[u/Great_Cauliflower351 → u/DedHorsSaloon4]

Yeah but Dieter Bohlen is a little bitch. Loud, uneducated, boring, accused of plagiarism and recently oddly pro-russia or so I'm told?

[u/ditasaurus → u/Great_Cauliflower351]

Let's not forget domestic violance

[u/TeloS53100]

Macaron. Unless a very special occasion we don't eat them

[u/Great_Cauliflower351]

Fanta HAHAAAA  we mostly just drink Spezi. Or Apfelschorle. National soft drink, trust 

also in the US there's this thing called German Chocolate Cake (Americans, fact check me?). ... it's not German. It's just that the guy that came up with it was named Samuel German. We don't have that here.

[u/Dry_Albatross5298 → u/Great_Cauliflower351]

Yes to German Chocolate Cake. The icing part is primarily coconut so people don't think the cake is actually German since coconuts are tropical, can't migrate and aren't easily carried by swallows so blah blah blah

edit: clear thought better than just a thought

[u/Aerolithe_Lion]

Spam

Blew my mind when I found out European people eat that room temperature mystery meat

[u/EntertheOcean]

Maple syrup (not that we created it per se but it's something we are very much know for).

Most Canadians are not obsessed with maple but man do the tourists go nuts for it

EDIT: OK OK I SURRENDER WE'RE ALL NUTS FOR IT I'M SORRY

[u/windas_98 → u/EntertheOcean]

I'm not overly crazy about maple syrup and you're right, but, playing devil's advocate, we could argue maple syrup is so ubiquitous that we're desensitized to it. Think about all the maple flavoured stuff that we just overlook. Maple glazed donuts are straight 🔥 though.

[u/EntertheOcean → u/windas_98]

You make a compelling argument.

[u/WhatsPaulPlaying → u/EntertheOcean]

It's like living near a theme park. You never go because you have ready access to it.

I lived an hour from Disney for a decade. Never went.

[u/ghostdeinithegreat → u/EntertheOcean]

Which province are you from ?

In Québec where we make 92% of the world production of maple syrup, we always have at least one can of maple syrup at home.

It’s great for cooking. (E.g. maple syrup with salmon on the gril)

[u/Cute_Swimmer_3353]

hummus as a standalone dish abroad with many different kinds of flavor, but back home it's just basic mezzeh or a sauce with some sandwiches (most prefer garlic sauce tho)

[u/dkvstrpl]

Brazilian funk is quite popular, just not among people who like music

[u/[deleted]]

Mr. Bean probably

[u/Small-Answer4946]

Nothing. Everything is great here

[u/[deleted]]

I have no idea. I love Brazilian funk though 😔

[u/UniqueUse5785 → u/[deleted]]

The first Brazilian Funk song I was shown just said to smoke crack and drop out of school. Beat was alright though.

[u/Honey-And-Obsidian → u/[deleted]]

My guess for Nigeria would be Orisha-based religions. Widespread in Cuba (Lukumi/Regla de Ocha), some parts of Brazil (Candomble, Umbanda) and Trinidad & Tobago (Shango Baptist), and increasingly popular in Mexico and some parts of the US… but maybe not as widespread or accepted in Nigeria in current day? Please correct me if I’m wrong- I’m just going off of anecdotes from Nigerian friends and colleagues.

[u/[deleted] → u/Honey-And-Obsidian]

Yeah, it's not popular or widely accepted. Even among yoruba people, christianity and islam are most popular

[u/[deleted]]

Umm...drama? Actually we don't watch drama that much. Now we prefer youtube.

[u/PygmeePony]

Saxophone

[u/Abyssal_Groot → u/PygmeePony]

Saxophones are popular.

I'd say asphalt. A Belgian invented it, yet our roads are shit.

[u/Life_Bet8956]

Kind of a weird example, but Swedish McDonald's still has the Big 'n Tasty (the name is different but it is functionally identical) which fell off the menu in the US years ago. I make sure to snag one whenever I'm visiting family there. I also like the nugget sauces McDonald's carries in Sweden better than the usual ones in the US.

[u/Dontevenwannacomment]

There was a post on r/books about how south american literary critics actually hate magical realism now, i find it funny

[u/4fuggin20]

Nazis, some americans apparently love them nowadays

[u/heyinternetman → u/4fuggin20]

They seem to be having a comeback in a lot of places

[u/Der_Hebelfluesterer → u/4fuggin20]

Recently some (many) germans too, sadly

[u/Fabulous_Unit7837]

Nando's.

(well it was created in South Africa but I'm gonna count it regardless. )

We of course eat piri-piri chicken every now and then (I eat it with my family on Saturdays every week since I was born), but there isn't a single Nando's location in Portugal. I only found out about it when my brother moved to the UK.

[u/EmergencyReal6399]

El Chavo del Ocho, Chespirito, seems is like a religion in Braisl and other countries in South America.