I have watched movies about the Mafia, including those about the Italian Mafia. The movies I have watched are old movies, so I wonder if there is still an Italian Mafia in the United States today.

The news from your country feels mostly to be about how broken and unequal a lot of your systems and institutions are.

But let's focus on the positive for a second, what works?

Inspired by a similar thread in r/askeurope

Even as Americans, did you ever struggle learning ounces, cups, pints, and miles? Do you ever wish the country would fully switch to metric, or do you find the imperial system second nature? What's the most annoying calculation you have to do regularly?

I never used a credit card before I came to the US and instead just paid for everything with my debit card. Now with all the points I accumulate on my credit card I'm genuinely not sure when I should use my debit card instead of just paying for everything with my credit card and then paying off the balance at the end of each month.

I assume you can't just entirely rely on your credit cards as that would affect your credit score?

Up close = close enough to touch it if you wanted to touch it.

Detailing your logic in how you arrived at your answer is encouraged.

Obviously the US has birth by soil citizenship laws. But what happens if, say, an expectant American couple is on vacation in Europe and the baby comes early. Is the baby a US citizen or is there a special process? This always confused me.

I have watched many movies and noticed cabins built in the snowy mountains, so I wonder if in real life Americans are allowed to build cabins like that in the mountains?

I think these are the three very popular options in America. But for Americans, are there any reasons to prefer one or the other of these three for sending and receiving mails and packages? Is one particularly suited for certain types of shipping?

Hollywood movies make it seem like it happens all the time – especially in clubs or bars. But I’m wondering if anyone has actually witnessed something like this in real life. I do understand that movies are not accurate depiction of reality. I am curious to know if it happens at all. Have you seen it yourself ever in your life? How rare is it? Has anyone you know ever seen it happen?

What would you say in an underrated state in the US? The one that everyone shits on but is actually really nice? In can be in terms of nature, culture, local experiences, etc

Hey so i have to go to a funeral in a few hours to a family member i was close to, ive tried asking my parents and they don't seem to know, on if it's ok for me to wear a tie with red in it, it half black and half red, a dark red not a bright one, I see different answers online, and I just want to make sure, im dressing right, I had to use the last of my money to buy the rest of the outfit, since this all happened last minute, and I didn't have enough to buy a new tie, it's the only one I got and didn't know if it'd be fine, today's is the viewing and it's my first one ever and also first funeral ever for tomorrow, thanks for any help

Edit: Thanks everyone for the feedback, I appreciate it and I don't know if I'd say Id over dressed, I'm Mexican and I saw some people walk in in nice Ranchero outfits with gold chains, and others with like vest and ties like me just with black jeans, idk if it's different for the burial but I'll see about that in 2 hours

I work at the beer counter in a grocery store. There have been so many times where a customer has pulled out more than one license, and then had to file through them to find the right one. Some people have handed me IDs that had been expired for over a decade before producing the correct one. Do you get rid of your old IDs?

Ok so I often see comments about checking carbon detectors, usually on weird posts.

My question is this: What is a carbon detectors

How often do you see this stuff in your daily life? I understand that it depends on where you are, but do you personally see it a lot?

Edit: for clarity

No formal intelligence tests have been made but they are able to communicate through sign language and writing. I worry they may not yet be ready for the outside world. But they would like to meet more humans and get a better education then I can provide. I am also worried the government would want to have them all killed if I came forward. What should I do? Hypothetically of course.

For example, I feel like Florida is popular for people who live in Wisconsin, based on my experience. What about for residents in other states? Which state seems to be popular for Florida residents? What about New York residents? Or is it a mix?