The European Mind Cannot Comprehend This

About

The European Mind Cannot Comprehend This is a catchphrase that refers to memes and jokes about perceived cultural differences between Europe and the United States. Such discussions on X grew in virality after X user @powerbottomdad1 posted a map showing the breadth of the United States with a caption that read, "the European mind cannot comprehend this." The post was subsequently quoted by X users sharing images of things they felt that the American mind could not comprehend.

Origin

The earliest known viral tweet that read, "The European mind can’t comprehend this," was posted by X^[1] user @TPropositi on July 27th, 2023. The post showed a performer named Michael “Chili Dawg” Castleberry playing guitar with a beer bottle and using it as a slide. The post gathered over 26,000 likes in a month (seen below).

The European mind can’t comprehend this. pic.twitter.com/HrwiZiWnyy

— John Slaughter (@TPropositi) July 27, 2023

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On July 29th, 2023, X^[2] user @rob_mcstan posted a photo of an ice box with the caption, "the European mind cant comprehend this," gathering over 3,000 likes in a month (seen below).

On September 4th, X^[3] user @powerbottomdad1 made a post that read, "the european mind cannot comprehend this," alongside a screenshot that showed the time it takes to travel from New York City to Los Angeles by car. The post gathered over 67,000 likes in two days (seen below).

X users posting jokes about what the "American" mind "cannot comprehend" grew after @powerbottomdad1's aforementioned post. For example, on September 5th, 2023, X^[4] user @ronny_kurz posted an image of a window with the caption, "the american mind cannot comprehend this." The post gathered over 5,800 likes in a day (seen below, left). Also on the 5th, X^[5] user @crls1612 posted an image of an EU ID card, gathering over 45,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

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