Not at all to anyone's surprise, there is a difference between the way Americans do things and the way the British do things. Since platforms like TikTok have made it easy to feel like you're having face-to-face conversations with people in different parts of the word, it's no wonder that these differences can sometimes be magnified.For a while there was a spat online because some Americans took to social media to spill their revelation of beans on toast. Of course it quickly turned into people joking about beans on toast because it's not something that is part of American culture. This set off a firestorm of back and forth commentary of British cuisine versus American cuisine with each arguing their country's food is superior.This same thing happened when the British social media users discovered southern Americans eat biscuits and gravy, and iced tea is a standard beverage. Cultural differences can be fun to discover as long as everyone remains respectful, but this discovery probably trumps them all. Supposedly, British people don't rinse off their dishes when handwashing them and American social media users are having an entire come apart. It's not clear where the claim originated but it quickly spread across social media as confused British people asked why Americans were confused. Someone created a skit showing two guys in the kitchen, one with a clearly British accent and one with a different accent. The British roommate was washing the dishes and skipping the rinsing before putting them in the dish rack to the dismay of the other person. People have been responding to the video confused on both sides–Americans confused about the lack of rinsing and Brits confused about the need to rinse. person washing hand on faucet Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash Jase from the TikTok account, Jase in America made a video responding to the tags he was getting, "Okay so for some strange reason a lot of Americans have been tagging me in videos about washing dishes in the UK." The man then demonstrates how he washes the dishes which includes the usual steps, filling up the sink with water and adding dish soap. After he places a bowl in the soapy water and scrubs it with a sponge, he then simply places it still fully soapy in the dish rack. He repeats the process with other dishes before asking if he's missing something because he doesn't understand "what's so different in America." @jaseinamerica What’s the difference? ♬ Monkeys Spinning Monkeys - Kevin MacLeod & Kevin The Monkey Another man from the UK that goes by the name Goonie Dad shared a video of him washing dishes and is shocked by the reaction, "this is how I wash up and this is how I've always washed up, I've never known any different and in the last 72 hours it seems like 99% of the world rise their dishes." There's even a video from 2022 that presumably shows someone teasing about people in the UK not rinsing their dishes. But according to a couple of British creators, they rinse their dishes after soaping them up and aren't sure why some are saying they don't. Maybe it's a weirdly specific joke that British creators are pulling on Americans, either way, American creators have concerns while others joke about spices. @gooniedad #Stitch British vs American Washing Dishes @CentralParkTurtle #WashingUp #WashingDishes #UK #Kitchen #WashingUpLiquid #Rinse #Reavtion #America #British ♬ original sound - GoonieDad "Ok, I finally get it...the British DO use a spice........dishwashing liquid," one person exclaims.Another flat out asks if the British are pulling Americans' legs, "Guys, are we being pranked??? Cause no way they see all those bubbles and just...ignore it."Some commenters consulted with each other with one writing, "I was convinced this was an elaborate prank the British TikTok creators were playing on us, but if that's true then my bestie in London is in on the bit because he confirmed." An American living in England concurred, "Texan in England, can confirm I've seen quite a few Brits wash like this. I've taken over washing dishes, my husband is not allowed to wash my dishes anymore," she laughs. @ukbirdcomedy Someone please tell ‘em #fyp #viral #weirdfacts #ukcomedy #ukmemes #britishpeoplebelike ♬ Splish Splash - Bobby Darin A few people couldn't contain their concern, "It’s dirty, soapy, dishwater. Why wouldn’t you want to rinse off dirty water?" While another says, "guys, please rinse. you're eating soap."Even people outside of America chimed in imploring the British creators to rinse their dishes after washing them explaining how they wash them in their own respective countries, "in Indonesia even before we use the plate, we rinse it again.""In Greece, when we wash the dishes, we don't leave them with the soaps, we rinse them," someone shares while another concerned international commenter writes, "In România we pre rinse if it's necessary, wash it thoroughly every side, and then rinse it down, and put it to dry." Giphy "In Nigeria we pre rinse(rinse off particles and oil in the plate) wash with soap and rinse with clean water and continue rinsing until it’s no longer slippery, which can make us rinse 2 times," someone else writes.Well, while a few British people have said they personally rinse their dishes, it's clear not everyone got that memo in the UK or this is the most elaborate multi-year prank ever. If that's the case that takes some serious dedication.

With one simple tweet, Nathalie Gordon had the attention of men and women everywhere. — (@) Women who saw her tweet probably knew more or less what kind of story was coming. Men, on the other hand, were in for an eye-opening ride.Gordon began by recounting a seemingly casual encounter with a man on a bus. — (@) — (@) The conversation between Nathalie and the stranger quickly escalated from casual to obnoxious to downright scary. — (@) "I'm horrified and turn to ask him to stop doing it. He laughs at me," she tweeted next.When she ran to the front of the bus to report the man to the driver, the driver reportedly told her to "sit somewhere else." — (@) The bus driver was no help. "You're a pretty girl, what do you expect?" the driver asked her. Gordon had a pretty powerful answer to that. — (@) — (@) — (@) As Gordon's tweets went viral, similar stories from countless other women poured in. Several women responded about their own run-ins with creeps on public transit. One woman wrote that, in her case, it was the bus driver himself who wouldn't take "no" for an answer, actually following her off the bus one day and insisting on a date."The stories I'm being told [from women] are harrowing," Gordon explained over Twitter direct message. "There's a real sense of hopeless when you see these messages en masse."Then men began responding to Gordon's story, many unthinkingly proving her exact point: They just didn't get it.Quickly, the Not All Men brigade was out in full force. So were the Victim Blamers, and the This Never Happened gang.Some of their responses were truly vile. One man even responded by writing a lengthy screed from the perspective of Gordon's bus driver, in which he tried to explain that the bus driver's right to say "no" to helping a female passenger avoid being sexually harassed or assaulted is what equality really looks like because the bus driver shouldn't have to "fight her battles for her."To them, Gordon has one simple answer: "Men, your input isn't necessary here. Just listen.""Don't find fault or shout your opinion over people talking about actual experiences," she later wrote. "Just listen, read these stories and be a better, kinder, more informed, supportive and understanding man for the women in your lives."Despite the critics and the doubters, Gordon says she came away from the discussion feeling encouraged."For every guy saying something cruel there's 10 rushing to my defence," she explains. "They've recognised that women don't want, need or expect to be saved. We want people standing beside us going 'This is wrong, we need to find a way to stop this from happening.'""I know so many good men and this has confirmed that there are plenty more out there," Gordon says. "I just hope they are as vocal in real life as they are on Twitter because they have such power if they do."This article originally appeared on 5.11.17

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