If there’s one thing you can say about many (most?) Americans, it’s that they don’t ‘arf like thinking they do things bigger and better than basically everyone else.

Take @bankertobuilder who took to Twitter to troll Europeans with the size of … his commute.

The European mind can't comprehend this daily commute pic.twitter.com/rIvg5WW19m

— Mason Home Builder (@bankertobuilder) August 19, 2026

You’ve certainly got a big one there, Mr Builder! And it’s fair to say it didn’t go unnoticed by the good people of Europe, a large number of whom replied in unison. Well, kind of.

1.

I don't know why you are flexing a 7 hour commute to work and back.

Think you've been brainwashed.

— Jonny Dee (@0xJonnyDee) August 19, 2026

My employer reimburses for mileage so it’s basically passive income

— Mason Home Builder (@bankertobuilder) August 19, 2026

2.

no because it's fucking insanity https://t.co/BNJiWz0aXW

— henry (@leap_dog) August 19, 2026

3.

What a waste of life.

— – (@MichaelLdn1) August 19, 2026

Sorry I like to appreciate a marvel of engineering

— Mason Home Builder (@bankertobuilder) August 19, 2026

4.

Yea dude that ain’t a commute to be proud of

— Phillip Marashian (@CheekyMAGA) August 19, 2026

You must be European. Yeah, you can’t do this Big Boy commute in a moped.

— Mason Home Builder (@bankertobuilder) August 19, 2026

5.

The European mind would move close to that destination to save that waste of life commute.

— Gator (@Deebo1903) August 19, 2026

6.

Europeans think 100 miles is far and Americans think 100 year is old , those are my 2 favorite cultural differences 😆

— Georgi P (@georgitheagent) August 19, 2026

7.

I think you Americans can’t comprehend having a train that does this distance in half the time

— Oscar Berggren (@CoinCurrently) August 20, 2026

8.

The European would get a workout in before work and dinner and drinks with friends after work instead of that commute lol not sure who’s winning

— Jonas Benner (@BennerJonas) August 20, 2026

9.

If you watch the movie of your life, you will be fast-forwarding seven hours every day. Perhaps then you will realize something. I don’t know; I am European.

— Peter Bartoš (@hrochodyl) August 20, 2026

To conclude …

Why would it be a flex to commute for 7 hours day 😭😭 https://t.co/EC9OkKVrFC

— no context memes (@nocontextmemes) August 19, 2026

Source @bankertobuilder