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Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] QualifiedKitten@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

We absolutely have blackberries. In my neck of the woods, there's apparently 2 species of blackberries, one of which is highly invasive. I was going for walks about a month ago, specifically routed to pass by as many wild blackberries as possible, and they were very delicious!

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I avoid anywhere with blackberries and raspberries when they're in season; that's where the bears tend to hang out, and I'm not super keen on surprising a bear when I'm out hiking.

Surprised a family of bears (sow and two yearlings) trying to walk out of my basement last week in the dark. That was not fun.

[–] QualifiedKitten@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That sounds quite terrifying! I'm in a pretty urban environment, so I don't think there's any bears hanging out on my usual routes, only coyotes, but I will keep that in mind whenever I venture out of the city.

[–] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nice username. 😏 Dynavap fan? 🍃🍃🍃

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Generated by diceware, actually. I wanted to keep it as random as possible.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Do you have blackberry jam? Or is it a different berry I was thinking of?

Edit: it's blackcurrants, isn't it?

[–] QualifiedKitten@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure we have blackberry jam, but I'm not much of a jam person, so I can't say so from personal experience. Although if we have the berries, I can't see why we wouldn't also have the jam. Looks like blackcurrants is probably what you were thinking of, although they're technically available in the US now.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackcurrant_production_in_the_United_States