While the culture of the United States is exported all over the world in films and on TV,

it also abides by some laws and practices that many consider unusual.

Europeans in particular seem to have a hard time wrapping their heads around some of them.

From child beauty pageants to gun laws, let's take a look at some American things that Europeans just can't understand.

You're listening. You're listening to be amazed.

If you're a European enjoying a cozy night in on the couch in America, some of the stuff on TV may shock and surprise you.

And no, I'm not talking about keeping up with the Kardashians. I'm talking about commercials,

which arrives so frequently that make watching TV feel almost unbearable to anyone unaccustomed to it,

especially pharmaceutical commercials,

which usually show grumpy men and women turned into smiling happy people by the product being sold to them.

These are usually followed by an almost comically long list of potential side effects spoken at double speed. These types of direct-to-consumercials peddle prescription drugs, which is an advertising standard that was rejected by the European Commission back in 2002.

The Commission stated that pharmaceutical companies were unable to provide impartial information on their medicines.

If that's the case, why is it practiced in America?

To put it simply, there's simply never been a federal law pass to outlaw the practice.

This is in no small part thanks to the fact that direct-to-consumer drugs and their accompanying

ads are a huge business.

And in America, whether it's right or wrong, the rules tend to follow the money.

Europeans might need a pill for the headache all those ads give them.

Let's say you're a European who just moved over to America.

You found a house in a nice residential neighborhood and you're going through your bills.

Rent, water, gas, and electricity all seem in order, but wait a second.

What's a homeowner's association fee? wait a second. What's a homeowners association fee?

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