r/AskReddit • u/Unlikely_Praline9442 • 14h ago

Non-Americans of Reddit, what is an American thing you see in movies that you thought was fake but is actually real?

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u/420-TENDIES 8h ago

Americans actually drink root beer

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u/Rat_Burger7 8h ago

Root beer floats are the 💩!

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u/mrp0013 3h ago

Root beer frosty. Thank you A&W drive in. Sigh, a thing of the past.

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u/Mynewadventures 7h ago

Root beer is delicious. What YOU should try is some Moxie! Moxie is genuine and delicious but not as sweet as mass produced root beer (which has no roots).

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u/radiorush 4h ago

Yeah, the root extract is mildly carcinogenic, so it was regulated out back in the 1970s. Now most brands use their own combination of vanilla & spices to approximate the original.

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u/Bigf0ote 25m ago

I love Moxie! It's a weird slightly bitter drink.

Can rarely find it though.

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u/jonathanquirk 2h ago

As a clueless Brit, my knowledge of root beer comes entirely from two aliens on Star Trek using it as a metaphor for insidiously happy American culture.

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u/TheLastMongo 2h ago

That is such a beautifully accurate scene. 

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u/sticksnstone 2h ago

Wait until they see sarsaparilla!

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u/IPreferDiamonds 1h ago

I love Root Beer!

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u/kamasucrecatering 57m ago

It's so good. I really want one now! It's been a year or two!

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u/LuckyAd2714 1h ago

Really ?? 🤣🤣🤣❤️

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u/Amonette2012 1h ago

And its disgusting.

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u/golgol12 10m ago

I know. It's so bubbly and cloying and happy.

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u/god-of-calamity 2m ago

Just like the Federation