I can tell that most other people from other countries lack the ability to understand why we do this . I ' m trying to understand , that ' s why I asked . I understand it ' s something to make you individual and stand out , but I think many people find this strange because Americans are so patriotic , but also claim to be from other countries . Plus it ' s super annoying when people claim to be X because their grandfather ' s cousins dog was from X . It just comes across badly to people from that country because 90 % of people who do this inperson can be obnoxious about it . <| sep |> Looking at houses today ! I ' m hoping it ' s a positive experience rather than an exercise in cataloguing all the shit things they left out of photos .