🇺🇸 10 Things That AMERICANS are NOT READY to Hear! 🇺🇸 👀

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[@jerkinmcdikus6603]

It's not that we're not ready to hear it we hear it all the time especially from people from the UK and Europe and Canada we just have the freedom to ignore you because your opinion just like our opinion in your country is invalid

[@jerkinmcdikus6603]

Like something the British isn't ready to hear stop drinking tea

[@marydavis5234]

EWWW GROSS Philadelphia CREAM CHEESE on a philly cheese steak

[@RubyRubyheart]

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[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

0:59 oh that’s cute🙄 You should look a *_Japan_* about that!!!!! 1:17 probably is

[@emmaflournoy3821]

I wouldn’t say we worship the president. We either like them based on their policies and the changes they’ve implemented, or we don’t. Most of us don’t preface their names with “President”, we just call them by their last name. I’d always just say “Trump” or “Biden”, and this is coming from someone who is super involved in politics.

[@debc4542]

The only person I ever heard get uptight about not saying president was George Clooney. He wanted everyone to say President Obama…. Oh brother

[@MrAverageViewer]

@@debc4542 Yes, and a lot of Europeans worshiped and salivated over Obama, when they (the Europeans) didn't even have a clue about his policies.

[@debc4542]

@@MrAverageViewer but they did love that speech he gave in Europe where he apologized for America. That’s probably when they fell in love with him

[@garlandragland]

I think too many Americans (I am one, fyi) are too married to the two-party system. If anything, they worship one of the two political parties, Democrat or Republican, and then will therefore automatically knee jerk worship or despise the President based on which party they belong to. Find me someone who worships Biden and I'll find you someone that hates him equally as much. Same for Trump. Same for Obama. The office of the President, as a result, no longer has the same allure and respect it once did. But back to my main point: this hyperpartisan "you're on my team or not" mentality has really divided the country so much, especially in the last few years, and I think that is the real problem we have

[@stephanieallen7121]

I’m from the south and some people definitely worship TFG. And I have had friends where their grandparents have a photo of Reagan up in their homes a la Mao.

[@sadmadworld8889]

Why is the UK so little, why are your taxes so high, why are your food portions so small and pathetic, why is your gasoline $10 a gallon, why are your houses and cars to tiny, why do you have no wildlife, why is everything overpriced, why is everybody drunk, why do you have such terrible weather, why does everyone seem miserable, why do Brits complain about everything.

[@sadmadworld8889]

@@Violet-to4qq Not really, we can play the same game.

[@winterlinde5395]

@@Violet-to4qq At the end you sound like you could be one of snowwhite dwarfs😊😉🪞🏡🌧

[@sadmadworld8889]

@@Violet-to4qq Yes but they felt like they had to repeat it. You sound triggered.

[@sadmadworld8889]

@@Violet-to4qq Why can't we do the same thing. It's fun right?

[@sadmadworld8889]

@@Violet-to4qq I was just having fun. Something to do. I'm handicapped and have a habit of seeing things from both sides.

[@jlovebirch]

The Philadelphia brand makes cream cheese -- which does NOT go on a Philly cheese steak sandwich.

[@passingthroughtime3033]

There is a lack of public restrooms in England, and many times you have to pay to use them.

[@kernow62]

A big problem in some towns, I find myself just pissing all over the shop. Willy nilly to be more precise.

[@passingthroughtime3033]

@@kernow62 lol you tell them. Lol

[@brians9436]

Of course we realize that when we are in another country, we are foreigners! Just like those visiting our country from other countries are foreigners. It’s not derogatory- it’s just a fact.

[@tonybriarstone2285]

That is a ridiculous statement. According to each and every country, everyone else in world is a foreigner. That is true for every country, including England. Every country considers anyone a foreigner if they are not from their country. It is no different for America than it is for any other country. So those that attack Americans for thinking that anyone from another country is a foreigner, then they are hypocrites. Because their country also considers everyone a foreigner if they are not from their country. Don’t be a hypocrite.

[@marydavis5234]

I see them reacting to another hate comments video .

[@dobiebloke9311]

Tony Briarstone - I think what you say is pretty much exactly what they were saying. They were just reacting to some Reddit list of criticisms, but not meant that they supported or agreed with them, necessarily, and in the case of 'foreigners', I'm pretty sure they were basically saying just about what you said. I could be wrong, but that's how I took it. I'm from the States, if that matters.

[@tonybriarstone2285]

@@dobiebloke9311 I was not commenting on whether or not Joel and Lia agreed with the statement or not. I was talking about the statement itself and those who agree with that statement. I was not saying that Joel and Lia agreed with them. My comment was not directed at them personally.

[@luelladiaz109]

@@marydavis5234 😂 yep

[@andie22311]

I thought WE were supposed to be triggered by these. Joel and Lia were triggered by a LOT of what was said. 🤣🤣🤣

[@sdcowboy85]

The sales tax thing is very simple. In the UK, there is one tax rate. In the US there are different tax rates in every state, and can even come down to the individual city. Items like clothes come with a pre-printed tag with the price. A manufacture can't be expected to ship an item with a thousand different tags for each area. As for having to be good at math to figure out it - no - you just know it's going to cost slightly more than the price listed. It's not rocket science. If something costs like $10, then it's likely going to end up around $11.

[@kenbrown2808]

there is very little that comes preprinted with the price, any more.

[@EmelRaines]

@@kenbrown2808 Not true. I worked in a retail store and the clothes literally come in with two tags on them, one is the brand tag and one is the price tag that the company has agreed to with the brand.

[@sdcowboy85]

@@kenbrown2808 As someone who's worked retail for years, that's complete bullshit

[@kenbrown2808]

@@EmelRaines and of course, all retail stores are the retail store you work in and they only sell the clothes the store you worked in sells. I can't remember the last time clothes I bought had a price tag on the clothes.

[@kenbrown2808]

@@sdcowboy85 as someone who's made retail purchases for decades, it isn't. things don't get prepriced, because it's a lot easier to change one shelf tag than to retag everything on the shelf, when the price changes.

[@JenDowd444]

1. Agree…hate all the additives in our food. 2. Disagree…If I’m in your nation, I’m the foreigner. The world doesn’t revolve around me. I don’t call people foreigners. I will refer to the nation the person is from. The word alien is used in the US when people come across the border illegally. It’s actually the terminology use in law, not a slam. 3. I’ve never had anyone peak in the restroom stall at me. We do have restrooms with full doors as well. 4. The sales taxes change over time, even within every state. Florida has a 6% state tax and my county has 1%, so 7% total. The next county over is 7.5%. I don’t even think about when I’m purchasing something. I just have a rough idea in my head what it will cost when I look at the price tag. 5. I don’t worship anyone but God. 6. I know I have an accent. I’m from the South y’all. 😉

[@loosilu]

I have no idea what the sales tax is here. I just know there will be a bit added on when I buy it.

[@mommashawna707]

I totally agree with everything you said. We actually left England because we didn’t want to be part of them lol so why would we want to take on any of their ideas? You know?

[@roxcyn]

@@loosilu - each county is different in your state. As OP said you have the state tax and then your county adds on some too. In my county the sales tax is 7.5% on non-food items. We don't have a food tax.

[@loosilu]

@@roxcyn I think this might have been meant for someone else!

[@chelouha]

Additives are the pretty much the same in Europe, just different labeling standards that make you think they don't add the same crap.

[@sdcowboy85]

I wish these American-things lists would start being a little more original and dig a bit deeper. Like, we get it, tipping and sales tax not being included is strange to a lot of people.

[@garlandragland]

Personally, I love the tipping system. I've travelled over the world and most places I think the service sucks. The service is great here because the tipping system motivates it to be that good. There's not that kind of incentives in other parts of the world, so employees to the bare minimum because they're getting the same amount regardless. I worked in the restaurant industry for a few months when I was younger and I used to go above and beyond and as a result I got tipped well. I made minimum wage, but if I added up my tips everyday, my hourly wage was well over the $15 an hour minimum people want now.

[@mars8923]

When it comes to sales tax the reason I think is so people know specifically how much retailers charge and how much the government charges.

[@vodriscoll]

Everything you mentioned is not just an American thing. Many of those are a North American thing, as they also exist in Canada. For example, Canadians also add tax to retail items. If a shirt is $79.99 in Canadian dollars, that is not what you pay.

[@originalub]

You're right Vince. Also, every province has a different tax rate similar to the states in the USA.

[@milwaukeeroadjim9253]

If a shirt was 79.99, I would get it online and save 40 bucks

[@shalonsmith3653]

No In NY state anything under 110 dollars retail wise there’s no sales tax on it. So it depends on the state

[@wafflekiller123]

As much as Canadians hate it, Canada is very similar to the US so you can’t compare the US to them. They’re comparing the US to Europe, not Canada.

[@goosebump801]

I do think Canadians at least don’t have the “we are the center of the universe” attitude we have in the US - their smaller population and economy ensure greater self-awareness 💐

[@warrendavis9262]

I had a severe dehydration incident in a stall, and if not for the American style door, I would have wound up much worse...

[@micahwoodard]

I've heard this debate over bathroom stalls a lot from non-americans, and all I wanna know is, why are y'all trying to look through the stalls so hard? 😂😂😂

[@tegamingother]

As a person living in America, I whole ASS heartedly agree that the makers of the stalls should make it full privacy not half-assed privacy where a poodle could come in and sniff your dingus. I want it to change. Not just me.

[@micahwoodard]

@@tegamingother I agree. This comment is meant more as a joke than anything. I'd prefer more privacy if I had a choice.

[@tegamingother]

@@micahwoodard Well ok. I'm glad you agree.

[@luelladiaz109]

@@tegamingother 😂😂 poodle sniffing your dingus. 😂😂😂 the only cracks that I dislike are on the sides the open bottom is fine. Having had to take my kids in with I find that occasionally someone either climed over or under leaving stall locked. Kids an climb under and unlock it.

[@czak598]

I was like...I’m not going to get triggered, but then the comment about Americans think they are the center of the universe totally got me. I am someone who consumes a lot of non American media such as Kdramas, KPOP, JPOP, Cdramas, foreign films, Latin POP etc. and I hate stereotypes. I think Americans more than any country are respectful of other cultures since we live in such a multicultural society. I would never go to a foreign country and not feel like I was a foreigner. And the bathroom thing is on every list about America and although most bathrooms are like this l,not all. I have been in some really awful public restrooms abroad. At least ours are free to use and you don’t have to put coins in to open the doors

[@pacmanc8103]

@@rbfoster That isn’t what Joel and Lia were talking about - they were very specific about Americans thinking that everyone else is a foreigner. Right?

[@ML-sy3bn]

Other countries only think America is the center of the universe when they need something from us. I hope Joel and Lisa actually read their comments and learn something.

[@EmilyCheetham]

Most public bathrooms are free in uk. Iv only come across a few Iv had to pay for. Once on the London Underground near a very busy stop, a few have been in multi storey (non council owned) car parks or two in towns & one was a very long. Time ago so I cannot remember where it was. Most of the ones you have to pay for are privately owned rather than council run. Sometimes if I have to pay for a toilet I see if there are any pubs or restaurants or anything near by as they will usually have a toilet you can use for free.

[@luelladiaz109]

@@pacmanc8103 yes but Americans only think tourists from foreign countries are Foreigners not when we go to other counties we know we are Foreigners then. I have a bland American accent but if in my country and state then everyone else has an accent including East Coast, South, Midwest or New England. America is really a lot like Europe in that each state has it's own laws and taxes. Oregon does not have sales tax and there are other states too. California has a different tax in different counties. I always just figure 10% tax when guesstamating my total before checking out. Having traveled to a few foreign countries I realize I am a guest and what ever their customs are say ok. I don't get triggered by the customs in other countries as even here in the US America there are differing laws for even driving. The problem is that so many come to America thinking the movies are real life. Watch movies and teens have free run telling parents what is what but not in reality. The movies with kids in school are too ridiculous. Most schools are closed and students can't leave campus till after school. In movies I seldom see teachers but in my town they are there. Please check with real Americans not those that answer magazine quizzes. Oh we do not worship the presidential bit. We freely make fun of him in fact all of Congress. Politicians are a dirty word. I love your videos and personally watch mostly UK tv shows. England, Scotland, Ireland, Austrai9, Canada and New Zealand. I am totally in love with, Midsomer murders, Brokenwood, Murdoch's Mysteries, Grantchester, and Vera. Also all of Martin Clunes' shows. Kenny James is also one of my faves. I love Call the Midwife and the English version of Law and Order was better than ours.

[@pacmanc8103]

@@luelladiaz109 I’m not sure what you’re talking about when Americans think people are from foreign countries by their accents. Americans can understand American accents from all corners of the country and know that they’re Americans, right? It is people who may be permanent residents or naturalized citizens that native speakers might confuse as ‘foreign’ - especially Americans who’ve not grown up with non-native speakers. It’s their accents. There are large numbers of immigrants in the US - 50 million+ people not born here. One out of 7. Is that what you’re talking about?

[@jennifert1670]

Uhhm, what is happening in public restrooms in Great Britain that you need a door that goes all the way to the floor to make you feel safe? I have never, in my entire American life, had anyone look under the stall door, let alone try to crawl under it, when I was in a stall in a public restroom.

[@Westpark16]

At least they are free. Also there is no standard Plenty of places do have. Full doors or just one stall in a room that you lock

[@xsannes3884]

I've had someone crawl into my stall. He was halfway through when his mother pulled him back. Yes, he was probably about four years old, and his mother was mortified!

[@ML-sy3bn]

Yes, save those activities for when they are at home.

[@karolevans6891]

I think the gap at the bottom of the door is Incase the door gets locked, someone can open it, but I'm not crawling on the filthy floor. The gaps between stalls is so we can pass toilet paper to someone who has run out

[@Dominion.Intelligence]

Me, neither.

[@LarryHatch]

I love it when "foreigners" try to introduce me to something that originated in America like Heinz beans. Hilarious.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Used to get amused when the American backpackers I worked with always felt the need to point out things that "we Americans gave to the world", often in error.

[@michaelairheart6921]

Never heard the foreigner thing. Of course you are a foreigner if you are not in your own country. I don't know anyone that doesn't know that. When we say it, it not said as an insult. It simply means that you are not from America. The same would apply to an American in Britain.

[@amj4]

I have never, ever seen anyone look through the gap in the bathroom stall, and thank goodness for the gap on the bottom because when I was on a school field trip once my friend got stuck in the stall, the door wouldn’t open, so she crawled out the bottom. Works perfectly

[@carolyncollins5367]

When it comes to accents, I find that the more I am around people the less I notice their accents. I think, that as a norm, the brain adjusts to the speech pattern the more it hears it, eventually leading to hardly noticing the difference.

[@loosilu]

I didn't really "hear" NY accents until I spent 6 months in London. When I came home it was kind of a shock!

[@williamlarson9227]

When I went to college in Wisconsin, my fellow students would occasionally tell me how much they liked my western Drawl (I was from the Los Angeles area). I also remember going on a bus in Minneapolis with a friend from college and I couldn't understand a word that the bus driver said to me. Supposedly we both were speaking English. My friend had to tell me what he had said to me at the time. I think most people from the United States have been in similar situations. For more than 40 years I lived in Southwest Iowa and I still remember the particular accent of the people in Iowa compared to my California accent which probably was close to disappearing after 40 years.

[@illiniwood]

Unless it's an accent that gets under your skin that you can't get past. For instance, the southern accent makes my skin crawl. Every time I hear someone from the south, I have to fight the urge to want to give them a back handed six knuckle pimp slap straight from the bowels of Hades. I just want to tell them to go find a speech therapist and reschool yourself properly.

[@Peri2C]

I was a police officer at a large university with many thousands of students living in dorms. In our older dorms, there were shared bathrooms with multiple toilets divided into very sturdily built stalls from the 1950s. The walls and doors were marble and went nearly to the floor. I had a medical emergency call for a young woman who was unconscious in the toilet. Someone luckily saw a bit of her foot coming under the door or she could have died in there of positional asphyxiation or by aspirating vomit. She had a bad case of flu, and upon sitting on the toilet, she blacked out, slid sideways and went head down and got wedged. I had to remove my utility belt with the gun and do my best gymnast imitation to jump to the top of the door, flip halfway over then get the door slide bolt unlocked while upside down. Would it have been easier with the not so private modular stall construction for someone to see the sick girl and to extract her? Definitely. Is that the reason that the US has so many of those things in large public toilets? No. They're cheap and easy to construct or to remove. When I was growing up we never saw them. Public toilets had real solid walls and doors with tile, plaster, paint and wooden doors. I hate those cheap metal modular toilet stalls! I would rather climb over real doors for the rare emergency in a public toilet stall. I only had to do it once in my time as a police officer. All other times, we could reach the person because they either weren't in a stall or the door was open. Even solidly built modern toilet stalls can be opened from the outside as a slot is typically included that will turn or slide the lock as applicable.

[@billbrasky1288]

It would be a logistical nightmare to include the tax in the price in the US with all the different state governments. Other countries don’t have to navigate that. Some people from other countries don’t realize that each state is meant to operate almost like an independent country. In a country so big and diverse this helps ensure that laws are catered to the people that live in that state. The Federal government is supposed to be there mainly just to guarantee certain basic rights, to regulate interstate commerce, and manage international affairs. Unfortunately the federal government has become bloated over time and taken on too many additional roles.

[@wandavandegraft8396]

Don't forget many cities have their own tax as well!! I agree with you on this.

[@jameshudkins2210]

There are something like 10,000 completely different Sales Tax Districts. This is a huge issue for big enterprises with retail outlets all over the place.

[@mikealexander9116]

Absolutely

[@yvonnepalmquist8676]

@@jameshudkins2210 I believe it's up to 14K now.

[@CaptainNice]

Right. A chain store advertises a sale - the price with tax might be different in each city. And there's a lot of variety in which food items are taxed. I wonder if it is partly because Americans want to be reminded taxes suck

[@donnajalmeda]

Authentic Philly cheesesteak sub is Not made with Chez Whiz 😵 but with American or Provolone cheese. I grew up near Philly and never once did they put Chez Whiz on it. Maybe they are offering Chez Whiz as an option now but that's not the original. Philadelphia cream cheese is a totally different texture (similar to brie cheese) too soft and would become runny thus not adhering to the sub due to how hot the sub is when grilling. Also, there are Not a lot of additives in Philadelphia cream cheese.😲 As an American traveling outside the country I am ALWAYS aware that I'm the visitor/foreigner never the other way around.😎 I think the people that participated in the survey you are getting your information from are foreigners or very uninformed. In my observation, when tourists from other countries come to the USA their observations of how things are in the USA is so shallow and inaccurate in most instances.

[@garlandragland]

It is a thing now and I don't know when or how it got started but using Whiz is suppose to be the "working class" or "average man" way of eating a Philly steak... I like it personally, but it's definitely not traditional. It's also highly messy. If you go to Pat's or Geno's (which aren't close to the best imo but probably the most well known) they even have code built in on how you're suppose to order it now. "Whiz with" is cheesewhiz with onions, for example. I kinda blame Presidential politics for this because while it was popular for years before this became an issue way back beginning I think in the 2000 election with PA became more of a key Presidential swing state the going to Pat's or Geno's and ordering a cheesesteak became some sort of weird "right of passage" that all candidates had to do...and they had to get it "right" too and so many didn't. Then the media would say they were suppose to order it with Whiz because that's the way "regular" people there ate it and they would report if a candidate got it wrong. Famously, John Kerry got it all wrong and ordered his with...swiss. They also reported people didn't like how he took "tiny bites" and didn't just rip into the thing. And anyway, I feel like this is how this became a thing and why so many people think this now. It's all so stupid really. Just eat it with what cheese you like. The newer version of this is how politicians eat a NYC pizza with them being trashed when they use a fork lol. Oh, there was even an episode of The West Wing where one of the candidates eats a philly steak and is told the exact way to do it, does it, but then gets cheese whiz all over their shirt lol

[@passingthroughtime3033]

Cheesesteak hoagie

[@dianeatkinson7010]

@@garlandragland It's cheap - that's the bottom line. You can keep a big melted vat of it and just slap it on - no shredding, no slicing, no refrigeration. CHEAP. You're right - Geno's and Pat's are not even close to good steaks - simply cheap and in South Philly.

[@michaelairheart6921]

People do not worship the president, they support the president and most people do call the president by their name. There are so many accents in The USA. I worked on pipeline construction in multiple states and I had people saying "your from Texas" all the time.

[@jimmytwoguys]

Just a point. The word alien just means some one born somewhere else who is not naturalized. It predates the whole Martian craze and is not derogatory. There is a political bend that has misused the word, and because of this has recently become non-politically correct.

[@jamesbrynildsen4844]

It always amazes me that people spend a weekend in NYC and form all sorts of instant opinions about the United States.I lived 3 years in England as a child and formed two it rained a lot and it only snowed on Christmas Eve.My father was in the Air Force during that time and was involved in a number of special operations coming back from one he stopped into A British pub for a quick beer.The local patrons recognized his Brooklyn accent and proceeded to tell him that they didn’t like Americans only their money.My dad thought about it for a minute and replied we didn’t like your money either.

[@loosilu]

God bless Brooklyn! and those tourists definitely never go to Brooklyn. They stick to the disneyfied tourist areas.

[@larrybell1859]

Very sad to hear.

[@ML-sy3bn]

I have family who went to England for their honeymoon and came back saying that the weather sucks, the food is tasteless and they did not enjoy it at all. If I form my opinion of it based on that I would never want to visit there, which I have no desire to do actually. 😄

[@friscomorsegmail]

🤣😂😅

[@fionagregory9147]

@@ML-sy3bn good.

[@terrencemgentry]

Of course Americans know we have an accent.. There's many different accents all over the country.

[@19ScottMcRae85]

For pity sakes get over the bathroom thing. It's designed that way on purpose to save on cost because no commercial building is exactly the same so the gap in the bathroom walls is there so workers can install the same walls in different sized bathrooms. I still don't understand why everyone complains about that get over it.

[@rick262]

We worship the president? I'm not sure where anyone got that idea but it's completely ridiculous. Just because someone from Australia wrote a comment to that effect doesn't mean it has any basis in reality. Regardless of which party/candidate gets elected, the president endures something like constant criticism, even verbal abuse, from roughly half of the voting population here. Oh, and one other item: Americans are the only English speakers that don't have an accent (except Southerners and people from the Northeast). So there.

[@boutchie06]

People still worship Reagan, and Trump. What about the Neo Nazi’s, don’t they still worship Hitler?

[@rick262]

​@@boutchie06 It exists but I would say it's not true of Americans in general.

[@deanbush]

EVERY American right now HATES Joe Biden! Where did anyone get the idea we worship a president? We never have! I even hated Obama!

[@angelamckee426]

As an American from St. Louis missouri, I can tell you that not only do we believe that all "foreigners" have accents but there are several accents inside the U.S. I grew up in a small town an hour and a half south of St. Louis and my husband grew up in St. Louis and when I moved up here, everyone said I had a southern accent. I didn't hear it at the time but now that I've lived here for so long when I go home I can hear their accents clearly. Less than 2 hours away and it's that pronounced.

[@Scole23786]

I’m in a mid-Atlantic state. We have people with southern accents, southern rural accents and northern accents here

[@lisaolivares665]

I thought the bathroom stalls in the US are like that so a murderer can’t hide in the stall. Of course it makes it so the victim can’t hide either-it’s in all the slasher films 😂😱🤯

[@afterimage2k]

Point of information, in the UK, you’ve decided that the hereditary Monarch is the head of State, who represents the people of the UK at important ceremonies and represents you to other country’s and is given respect as your country’s representative. The Prime Minister is the head of government and is a politician who is elected and is given as much or as little respect as you care to. When the US ditched the monarchy, a constitution was written in which the person who is elected President every 4 years is both the head of government and the head of state so also represents the country and is supposed to be given the same respect you’d give your Monarch no matter how much of an idiot they are. In other countries like France, there is both a head of state and a head of government neither of whom are hereditary monarchs.

[@fionagregory9147]

Other countries*

[@Noelcard]

2. Different strokes for different folks. Foods differ around the world. Companies make foods taste the way they believe people in a market will like. No big deal, no conspiracy to hide something. I have traveled throughout Euope, Asia and Central America. I've had product from many manufacturers that taste different in other countries. Companies try to be successful by making their products match the people in different markets.So what? It's a big world with different tastes, rules and challenges. I think you two are legends, but after all your travels (maybe time to expand your horizons to other places than Europe and the U.S.?)I expect something less superficial than this discussion.

[@garlandragland]

This is true. Food companies will make and modify recipes based on the taste preference and pallets of the country the food is sold in. It could mean the food isn't as sweet, is spicer, is only available in certain flavors, etc. When I was in the UK all sorts of snack foods and fast food places had flavors based on Indian spices that you don't see that common here, like curry and tikka masala. On the other hand, it's damn near impossible to find ranch sauce at any restaurant

[@shells500tutubo]

@@garlandragland And in Southern California, Los Angeles and Orange counties specifically, you'd be hard pressed to NOT find Thai, Vietnamese and Mexican foods and condiments as commonly as salt and pepper. It is definitely NOT that way in most parts of the country.

[@jeanjohnson8492]

My question is why wouldn't a citizen of others countries not think their country is the greatest? All countries have problems. And, perhaps if the US spent our tax dollars at home, and not helping other countries, we could have a better life for most Americans.

[@marydavis5234]

If they keep it up, when they are in the US again and some American see these videos, they are going to get booed at.

[@dobiebloke9311]

Jean Johnson - I agree with you, basically, but I would say that it's not so much 'foreign aid' that deprives most US Citizens of vital services, but maybe the cost of War, or of being the World's Police force. I'm not saying we should or shouldn't be the world's police, but just that, if anything, that is where the money goes, that could otherwise feed, house, provide health care and educate the US public, in general. Again, look at the Military and Intelligence budget (which you will never get to see accurately), but even to the extent that they are willing to admit to it, the numbers are staggering. Again, not saying whether we should or shouldn't be the world's police, before we tend to our own camp, but I think I know the reason why we might not have the money to, even if we had the intention to (provide for our own),

[@tegamingother]

Other countries do think they are great or good enough but just not the greatest. If that's how you were phrasing it as?

[@sirgreedy88]

@@dobiebloke9311 Being the world's police is forign aid. If we were not doing it, The rest of the world would be speaking Chinese or Russian by now.

[@dobiebloke9311]

@@sirgreedy88 - Assuming I understand what you are saying, I agree. I didn't mean to imply that we shouldn't be providing 'Foreign Aid', but rather I was adressing those who say we 'shouldn't be'. I'm pretty much in your camp of thinking, particularly if the foreign aid gets to the right hands, rather than to just be skimmed off the top by the powers that be, which often enough happens. I'm not saying don't send 'Foreign Aid', but rather, let's be sure it is accountable, to get to, and do, that which we send it there for, and not just to line some rich folks pockets, my point.

[@williamharrold1422]

Everyone in America is used to taxes being added at sales, as we have Sales Tax not VAT. The classic example: you have 4 stores on the 4 corners of an intersection .. each with different rules as to what is taxed and how much is added. To prevent confusion and unfair competition, it is actually illegal to advertise the total price with taxes.

[@garlandragland]

I feel sales taxes are more transparent than the VAT. Since the VAT taxes are added into the final retail price before the item is sold people who live in VAT countries never really know how much they're being taxed. With a sales tax, you see it with every single transaction and on every receipt. Also, given the choice between only sales taxes and only income taxes, I'd choose sales taxes hands down. I can be more frugal and smarter with my purchases but I can't work harder and be taxed less since the harder I work the more I have to pay in taxes. It's counterproductive and creates an incentive not to work as hard. If earning that extra 10k a year is gonna put you in another tax bracket you may start to ask yourself "why bother?" and now hard work and effort and productivity has been removed from the market due to the repressive tax system. Anyway, sorry for the rant, I realize you were just giving an example to explain the VAT vs. sales tax, but you mentioning the VAT got me thinking

[@robertschwartz4810]

Philadelphia brand cheese is cream cheese. No one wants it on a beef sandwich. Also, it doesn't have a lot of additives or sugar. Many products don't. You just have to shop and compare.

[@giannag4581]

You are so wrong saying about this topic Americans not ready to hear. A large majority of Americans don't care what other countries think about them. They just don't care. 😴

[@stanger7565]

I think we are all inclined to think what we grew up with tastes better. For example, To me nothing compares to my Mom's fried chicken and mashed potatoes. And I'd assume the equivalent there would be a home cooked Sunday roast. We are all creatures of habit

[@joyhudspeth9547]

I know these videos are for fun. However, yes I'm triggered. I'm convinced that these Buzzfeed articles are based on answers from the most ignorant Americans they can find. If I say I don't have an accent, I understand that in another country I'd sound American. I would be saying I have a basic bland American accent. Yes, there are restroom stalls with ridiculous gaps but not everywhere. I'm shocked in all of J&L's travels they've never encountered one with more privacy. Taxes aren't some difficult equation. Manufacturers aren't going to make tags for individual states and cities. I'm very aware that the US is one country out of many. I'd never stroll through another country calling its citizens foreigners. Food here is what it is. That's part of the fun of travel. Trying various dishes. Yes, things can be artificial and packed full of additives. There are healthier options. I love Joel and Lia but man I wish responses on these quizzes came from the average US person.

[@loosilu]

When they tsravel to the US, so much of the time they are eating at chain restaurants and trying out snack foods. Of course those foods are full of additives.

[@avedurham]

I used to think people were complaining about the vertical gap in the doors, which I absolutely HATE. I don't really care about the one at the bottom so much because all you can see are people's calves, ankles, and feet. Who cares? But that vertical gap . . . ugh, why? It's so unnecessary. I used to work in a building that had the bottom gap but the vertical gap problem was totally taken care of by the shape of the door. It was so heavenly! I don't mind the full-doored bathrooms at all, as long as they have the vacant/in-use tags on them so you can tell if someone is in there or not. Nothing worse than yanking on a door and you realize someone is in there. I don't know why, but it's so embarrassing for me, whether I'm pulling on the door or whether I'm the one in the stall. Adding 10% to my shopping for tax is actually really easy. I'm great at estimating how much money I'm about to spend on groceries or clothes or whatever. Every dollar you spend, just add a dime (10 cents).

[@lawrencetomlinson761]

I don't understand the obsession with bathroom stalls. Quit your peeking Tommie bit and stare at the urinal deodorant tab or your cell phone when on the john. The stall has one purpose and it's not to read a book.

[@mindyd952]

We don't call you aliens if you are a foreigner visiting our country. If you come to our country illegally, you are an illegal alien-there's a big difference. We love visitors from other countries here. I think it's hilarious that you guys complain about our food and our ways of lives, after just having done a tour of some of our states. If I went to the UK I wouldn't complain about VAT tax-it's your country, and I'll do it how you wish. We absolutely know we are the foreigners in other countries. I wouldn't complain if the food was bland, because that's just english food. I think people in the UK are the ones that get upset about the differences, not us.

[@LongieR8er]

They visited Shitty Red States

[@tegamingother]

Big Mad

[@LongieR8er]

@@tegamingother Nahh Big Truths

[@yvonnepalmquist8676]

The other thing about sales tax in America is that it's not just whether or not the ITEM is a taxable item, the PURCHASER may be a taxable or exempt purchaser. With a VAT you pay the tax and have to get a tax credit issued back to you. With a sales tax, if you're exempt purchaser, you don't pay the tax in the first place.

[@pat2562]

Yvonne Who in America is exempt from sales tax? An item is either taxed or not.

[@yvonnepalmquist8676]

@@pat2562 Government agencies, schools, charitable organizations, wholesalers.

[@pat2562]

@@yvonnepalmquist8676 Thank you.

[@yvonnepalmquist8676]

@@pat2562 also an item may be taxable but not necessarily taxable for that particular transaction (such as to a wholesaler who may not pay tax on this transaction, but it will be taxed when it gets sold to the items end-user.)

[@yvonnepalmquist8676]

It's confusing to the UKs because they're on a VAT tax where EVERY transaction gets taxed on down the line from raw materials, to production, to wholesaler, to retailer...it's a Value Added Tax (VAT)... but here in the US, there is no tax until the sale, and even then, sales may be exempt as they're passed through to the next transaction until it finally reaches it's end-user.

[@DiacriticalOne]

Germans, and most Europeans prefer a more spreadable product, so they have different ingredients than the original in the US. I’ve seen disappointment both ways from Americans who cannot find good block cream cheese in Germany to Germans who can’t stand hard(er) cream cheese we have here (you have to buy a spread here). US Ingredients: Pasteurized Milk, Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt, Carob, Bean Gum German Ingredients: Pasteurized Milk, Cream, Cheese Culture, Whey Products (From Milk), Salt, Locust Bean Gum, Citric Acid. But most Phi. CC sold in Germany is in spread form, not in the original block form, so they get: Pasteurized Milk, Cream, Whey Protein Concentrate, Whey, Salt, Carob Bean Gum, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Natamycin, Vitamin A Palmitate, Cheese Culture

[@dobiebloke9311]

Douglas Palmer - I know you are trying to elucidate, but I am clearly more confused by what you have said, than I was before. Simply put, what is the intrinsic difference between Philly CC in the States, and the same in Germany, or anywhere EU? As we have it in 'blocks' (if you can call it that), they have it in what we, in the States, might call 'Whipped Cream Cheese'. Is that what you mean?

[@DiacriticalOne]

@@dobiebloke9311 it’s harder when kept cold here. Easier to spread there. The default is to suppose the European varieties are somehow more pure, simple, or organic, but most differences are market-based and many labeling differences are based on local laws.

[@dougwheeler1265]

LOL you guys.....first of all, in all the many many years I have used the public restrooms, I have never had 1 person try to pier through the cracks or spaces of the stall to see me do my poo! And they are certainly NOT going to crawl underneath the stall to see you or say hi..... whatever! People just go into the restrooms and do their business and get out. They, like me, could care less about who else is in there and what they are doing. Seriously, I just go in and do my business and leave. I don't bloody care who is in there! LOL you guys are making too much out of nothing with this public bathroom stall thing!

[@billbrasky1288]

The “foreigner” bit is so stupid. We all know it’s a matter of perspective.

[@melissabutler8520]

I think it would be much easier to clean multi-stall bathrooms with those gaps. Easier to spray with a hose or mop.

[@shells500tutubo]

Yes. There is no way those individual room stalls will be completely cleaned by staff unless they used a power hose in each one.

[@passingthroughtime3033]

Happy 4th of July America! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🍾🍷🍹🎆🎇✨

[@sadmadworld8889]

Brits complaining about our restrooms, but yet there is nudity all over Europe. In public parks in Germany people walk around nude, France has nudity in entire towns. There is nudity all over the UK, and then there is Amsterdam.

[@winterlinde5395]

Just before reading this comment I thought: How does the american stance on nudity and those gaps go together?

[@davidmansfield4192]

Philadelphia Cream Cheese has NOTHING to do with Philly. It was invented here, it’s never been made here. When it was first developed, in the late 1800s, Pennsylvania was great dairy country. The inventor was from NY state and wanted to glom onto Pennsylvania’s reputation for excellent dairy. Philly is the largest city in Pennsylvania, so that’s how the name got chosen.

[@erikhughes8412]

Philadelphia Cream Cheese (the only cheese called "Philadelphia") comes in blocks (usually, but is also sold as "whipped" and with flavors added), whereas according to the "r/germany" sub-reddit, the cream cheese sold as "Frischkase" (umlaut over the "a") in Germany is always spreadable, because it has more water in it - NOT better, IMHO (also, most Germans think everything is better in Germany, but there was a whole thread on Reddit where someone in Germany was begging to find the American blocks of Philadelphia Cream Cheese in Germany, but they can't find them - and NO ONE would put Philadelphia Cream Cheese on a cheese steak!). I wish you guys would actually DO THE RESEARCH before you talk BS "just guessing here" on your videos - this is what leads you guys to go to an American BBQ restaurant in North Carolina and order the CHICKEN!

[@TheRemixstress]

I always say this, seems they never ACTUALLY do research on what they are saying. And Joel thinks he's knows EVERYTHING about America and he is so wrong on a lot of things I've heard him say. He fails to realize USA is a HUGE country and saying things like, "This is how they do it in America" or "This is how they say it in America" is foolish because you can't say we ALL do it the same way, because it's different regions and parts here that does things different from other parts.

[@loosilu]

Oh man. I had this German co worker years ago and ISTG every conversation was her explaining how we did everything wrong and it was so much better, yadda yadda. Talk about fulfilling a stereotype!

[@slimmonkey3510]

Plus some Americans make our own cream cheese 🥯

[@erikhughes8412]

@@loveisall5520 Let me guess... You're GERMAN, aren't you? (LMAO)

[@dalemoore8582]

I love this post!!!

[@sadmadworld8889]

I have a rude awakening for you Joel and Lia. The UK buys a large amount of its animal feed from the United States, and all if it is GMO. So all your meats including chicken and beef, ect has GMOs in it.

[@sadmadworld8889]

I just did a little more research. Not only is UK feeding their livestock GMO feed, their milk and eggs also has GMOs. This is happening all over Europe now.

[@loosilu]

@@sadmadworld8889 As a biologist, I dont' get excited about GMOs. I personally think it's a lot of hysteria over nothing.

[@sadmadworld8889]

@@loosilu You're probably right. I think eventually they will be everywhere since it's such a world market place.

[@loosilu]

@@sadmadworld8889 I have no problem with that.

[@shells500tutubo]

Many of what we think are natural foods are GMO, just were modified a few centuries ago. The standard US banana did not exist in nature, and apples and oranges were scrawny little things Google a history of food modifications and be shocked.

[@ESUSAMEX]

Someone not from the US is a foreigner to Americans. If I go anywhere outside the US, I am the foreigner to everyone from the nation I am visiting. And all my countrymen and women know what a foreigner is. Philadelphia Cheese is cream cheese. And cheese steaks do not have cream cheese, but American cheese or provolone. On the sales tax problem for every foreigner: Just add 10% to you bill and you should have enough money to purchase it. The highest sales tax rate that I have seen in the US is 10%, in Chicago. It is illegal to hide the sales tax in the the product being sold. Leave it to Brits with all their rules concerning the royal family to try to tell us in America that the president of the US doesn't deserve respect. Leaders are supposed to be respected due to the office he or she may hold. You can hate the leader, but you should respect the office. And calling the president by his first name is so disrespectful. In fact, calling any boss by their first name without permission could get you fired from your job. Job titles are important and respecting that title is just as important as respecting the person with that title. As an American, I would never call any foreign leader by his or her first name. And doing so would tell everyone in the US that I am uneducated and disrespectful even though the leader in question is not a leader in the US. The only exception to this rule would be if the leader were a personal friend of mine, and we were in private having a private conversation. Many years ago, I met a person who was friends with the leader of his nation. In public, he always would say Mr. President, but once in private he and the president would use their first names because they had grown up together in the same town. Why is it that Americans always receive grief for our rules and customs, but other nations are allowed to have their own rules and customs? Americans do not want to be like other nations and cultures. We do what we want, accept it or stay home.

[@TickleMeElmo55]

Good post. There's a lot of double standards directed towards the US, its laws and citizens. Concerning business and political formality, rarely anyone criticizes or questions the formality found in Japan.

[@ESUSAMEX]

@@TickleMeElmo55 Yep, and Japan is a really good example because the Japanese have some very strange customs. And yet, everyone just accepts it as the Japanese way. But that same acceptance is not given toward Americans.

[@elyenidacevedo1995]

Omg I agree with the last one but damn we're the second most visited country it's so annoying when people come here just to complain. 😂

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Mainly it is because most other people never visit a foreign contry, including the US and then loudly complain that "this is not how we do things back home!". Americans are infamous for it and, coupled with your appearance and loudness, it sticks out.

[@ESUSAMEX]

@@owenshebbeare2999 I have traveled enough to have seen and heard non-Americans bitch about the way other nations do things. Most of the time, though, they complain in their native language, while saying the complete opposite in English.

[@shawnsmith5498]

Mad, this really came off badly. Had to turn it off. 🇬🇧

[@matthewshreiner6716]

I wouldn't say to make it addictive, but the preservatives are used to make the food product last longer before it cannot be sold. 🤔😀.

[@bkm2797]

Actually I believe it's both, to preserve and enhance flavor.

[@KawaTony1964]

I think the main reason our bathroom stalls are so open is because, if you run out of toilet paper, you can ask someone in the next stall to pass some to you. Just joking. The main reason is cost. It's way more expensive to make the fancy, fully enclosed stalls, and it's unnecessary. Very few of us here in the US are excited to get a glimpse of a stranger taking a s**t. I'm sure there are a few weirdos, but if you see them peeking at you just yell at them (it's never happened to me - I'm 58 years old). I feel enough privacy is provided by our stalls. You have to work hard to >>clearly

[@charleykim5215]

They “mock” American shortcomings and then in their discussion immediately backtrack 💀

[@mbuck5044]

Two complaining queens making $$ insulting America 🇺🇸 for likes 🤣🤣🤣

[@marieleemcgill5011]

Even in our country we have different accents depending where you live in the USA

[@junebug_tx2305]

Fun Fact: NOBODY is trying to peek at you on while you are in the bathroom. Except to see if you can see feet and know it is not empty.....and I don't have an accent, sugar.😉

[@stanger7565]

Toilets- Remember robust Elvis died on the toilet. Imagine if he died in a public restroom behind a locked stall door that went clear to the floor. His rotund corpse would still be in there. 😁 Actually probably just a cost saving thing , less metal in the door equals less cost

[@loosilu]

I mean, he was gonna die either way.

[@lidlett9883]

Why call them President? It shows respect for the office not the person. Much like we refer to your Queen as the Queen not the old lady Lizzy in Britain

[@antoniaperez7850]

A lot of child trafficking begin in the restrooms.

[@gaznfluffy]

I’m gonna preface my comments by firstly stating that I love you guys and I’ve been watching the channel for about 3 years. I am also a British expat who’s been living in the US for over 20 years. I’m actually a bit aghast at the content you have been putting out lately where it appears it’s just a dig at the American culture and people. Considering that you’ve stated multiple times your subscription base is mostly American I find your choices of content lately very narrow minded decisions and at the risk of ostracizing your viewers. I know that you reference other articles but it’s your comments that piss me off. And I’m not just saying that because I live here and I’m married to an American, I just find it nitpicky and childish. You really should also do your research. For instance, Philadelphia cream cheese was born in New York. We will continue to watch your channel, however I hope you make better decisions on the content in the future.

[@passingthroughtime3033]

Yes sometimes they like to jab at Americans.

[@gaznfluffy]

@@passingthroughtime3033 yes I would agree. This is just recent.

[@tinawhite302]

Very well worded 👏

[@leekanne1609]

Great comment. A few more silly videos like this and they are well on their way to sabotaging their American subscriber base into oblivion

[@andreaelliott728]

Joel is much more diplomatic, I think. Lia is definitely more snippy about things. You can also see the liberal agendas have gotten ahold of them quite tightly.

[@Barbarra63297]

If you are in a public restroom you don't have to knock to see if someone is in there, you can see the feet without being intrusive.

[@fluffymeisterfresh]

Nobody wants to print 100 price tags for all the possible tax rules here.

[@michaeldean846]

The only thing I can think of with the bathroom stalls is if Americans can’t tell if somebody is in the stall or not. They’re more likely to skip the toilet. Because you feel embarrassed if you knock on the door or ask if this stall is occupied and you get a response back.

[@loosilu]

European stalls typically have a lock like airplane restrooms that tells people outside it's occupied.

[@lorrilewis2178]

I don't think Americans in general worship the president. Those people definitely exist, but that's not most of us. There were more of those people when Trump was president, but I think that also reflects that there is a passionate split among voters right now. Many Americans are more uncomfortable with royal worship. I could do a whole video on why royal worship is bonkers, but I don't think you'd like it much.

[@loosilu]

I"n from NY. Trump's style of management was always to pit his employees against each other and watch them destroy each other. He did the exact same thing with the American people. I've seen it destroy families.

[@slimmonkey3510]

I don’t get why people would worship the queen. She sleeps, eats and poops. Who cares!! It’s outdated and no one really cares about those dumb jubilees and her gold carriages while people are dying of starvation around the world. I would like the queen if she sold all her crap and helped the poor and needy and lived modestly.

[@JerryGs-Cards]

Funny how one's perception can alter their reality. We (Americans) know we are foreigners when visiting another country. The term "Alien" is used by some to describe someone who comes to the U.S. illegally. If you come on a flight or drive in from somewhere and pass-through immigration with your passport and have every intention of leaving when you are supposed to, then you are simply a "visitor". We love visitors.

[@professorwigginslectures3808]

I feel perfectly comfortable in our US public bathrooms. We all here don't know anything else. It is what we are used to. They feel cleaner to me, less claustraphobic. We all respect each others privacy in the restroom, and who cares if a small child playfully peeks in?

[@OMGYanil]

I feel Claustrophobic in London lavatories.

[@dalemoore8582]

Why don't you talk about Britain.

[@LarryHatch]

Pasta Grammar channel repeatedly reports that Italian Philly cream cheese is way worse than American sourced tubs. It seems to be a matter of local taste tests (marketing trials) and local laws.

[@michaelairheart6921]

The bathroom gap is done for a reason. It is to encourage people to get their business done and leave the bathroom. It benefits the business owners not the people.

[@sib9769]

Lol. It's actually for ventilation so when someone blows up the bathroom, the air is always circulating.

[@paulmorvantjr.8072]

@@sib9769 Lololololololololol!

[@paulmorvantjr.8072]

Michael Airheart This is very interesting! How did you find this out, and how are the business owners benefiting? Not trolling, I'm really curious.

[@brianbrady3086]

If you don't want to shoot the messenger then don't promote the message.

[@karaaguilar4982]

We have always been taught to address someone by the highest rank they have attained as they worked hard to achieve that! You don’t talk down to people.

[@Revenant77x]

Philadelphia Cream Cheese is not from Philadelphia. It was originally made in New York and was named after Philadelphia because at the time that was where the best milk came from.

[@bobslate7231]

I don't eat Philadelphia cream cheese problem solved. I never leave the US so if you come to the US your a foreigner. Who really pays attention to a bath stall???? I'm there to relieve myself.

[@colettemurphy959]

The tax add issue is because sales tax varies state to state and in some states counties and even towns can also add taxes so it would be impossible for the vender added ticket to reflect the correct price. You have to remember the US is more like the EU as states make most of their own laws and set their own tax rates. For example Massachusetts has no tax on necessities like food clothing prescription medication and glasses but some other states tax everything while some states have no income tax.

[@danjordan6387]

I get the same response to foreign visitors when I used to work at a museum gift shop it’s not as easy as it sounds to put sales tax on products sales tax changes sometimes by the month or year and can vary from product. A product can have county, state, city, and federal taxes that can be on different products or on the same product that is why we don’t include it we would have to constantly change the tags on a regular basis anytime the taxes change.

[@garlandragland]

Foreign visitors feel the tax more because they're actually paying them and that's why it bothers them so much. The VAT they have in European countries is more hidden, less transparent and "baked" into the price so you really don't notice it as much whereas here the sales tax is presented front and center at check out and on the receipt. But more to the point, foreign visitors actually have to pay the sales tax when they come here, which they don't have to do for something like income tax since they don't live or work here. But, hey, you are visiting here and using our roads, public transport, some services, etc, etc. which those sales taxes help pay for so that's kinda the price of visiting.

[@sadmadworld8889]

The public bathrooms in the United States is a newer thing. They were not like that 50 years ago. And not all public bathrooms are like that. It doesn't bother me since I rarely use them, and you really can't see anything anyway. No one is standing there and staring through the crack, and Lia if you feel someone is going to attack you, they could attack you outside the stall.

[@loosilu]

I'm over 50, and they absolutely were like that 50 years ago. Just watch old movies. I figured the gap was for medical emergencies.

[@sadmadworld8889]

@@loosilu I'm 62, and where I live they were not like that.

[@loosilu]

@@sadmadworld8889 Where did you grow up? I'm in the northeast.

[@sadmadworld8889]

@@loosilu East coast. When I was a kid in the 1960s and 70s, they were not like that.

[@loosilu]

@@sadmadworld8889 That honestly surprises me. I didn't see a restroom stall that reached the floor till I went to France in high school.

[@tommiivey8450]

As a southerner I wouldn't call anyone by their first name unless they have told me to or are younger than me.

[@loosilu]

As a northerner, I had to learn that!

[@beverlyhill6783]

So True - Tommi lvey

[@crinkle2649]

The companies have to use ingredients from the countries they are in because the standards and rules of each country.

[@pattymcnulty1332]

I’m new to your channel and I enjoy your videos so far. I do want to point out a few things respectfully. Americans do not think that we are the center of the universe. I believe we all take great pride in our country and our heritage but I don’t think we are disrespectful to any other nation. We refer to anyone that is not an American citizen as an alien, but not the type from Mars. It is a legal term that needs to be used, even when buying a home… You have to show whether you are an alien or not because they need to know who the residents of the country are. Philadelphia cream cheese would never be used on a steak and cheese. You would only use a cheddar cheese on a steak and cheese sandwich. I have to disagree with the girl from Germany because I have been to Germany and did not care for their cream cheese at all. We would never call Donald Trump by his name. It is respectful to call him by his title, President Donald Trump. I don’t think you would go around calling the queen Liz. Hope I’m explaining the analogy here. It would be seen very much as disrespectful. In regards to the bathroom stalls… It is fire code in this country to have exposure at the top and the bottom in case rescue needed to take place. I heard that comment from other people before that they can’t believe we have a space at the bottom but I think they really over exaggerate the amount of space. Nobody can see you and it is highly doubtful anyone is going to climb over or under. I suppose that would be a whole different video! It also helps so you can see if the stall is occupied instead of constantly pulling on the door handle. Just wanted to clear a few things up

[@shwynnmom77]

We loved the public toilets while in the UK. When we landed in New York and used the restroom my daughter said “I miss the toilets in London.” Followed by someone visiting from the UK saying in a British accent “Why is the door like this!!!!”

[@tywco]

TRIGGER WARNING is right. You compared all Americans to Trump cultists. Major party foul, guys. And when people say they don’t have an accent it just means they have the General American accent and not a regional one. Nobody thinks their accent is neutral on a global scale.

[@hannahdyson7129]

There's so many genreal ones though.

[@gemoftheocean]

Tyler. You have TDS. Seek mental health before you have an aneurysm.

[@sadmadworld8889]

Most Americans are not into politics, especially young people under 30 years old. Some of our presidents we praise, most we do not, just like some Royals are lovely and some are not!

[@katalinas9264]

Thank God most countries run differently. We're all for diversity in every way worldwide, right? I'm glad we're different than the UK and everywhere else. I bet most people think their countries are great or better than others.

[@corinnalopez1774]

One reason the public bathrooms in America are built that way is because they’re easier to clean.

[@marydavis5234]

I live in Vermont, there are 14 counties and every county has a different tax rate, the two Walmarts in the next town over are less than 4 miles apar, they both have a different tax rate.

[@firstenforemost]

The thing people need to understand is that the same products in different countries taste better to locals because the ingredients are the local ingredients, which they are used to. The German girl in the story is just getting what she's used to. It's not that it's better. It's just different.

[@maruka1716]

Partial toilet barriers are cheaper to install and much easier to clean, especially when it comes to mopping the floor. Also, if your stall is out of toilet paper, you can ask the person in the next one and they can pass some under the partition. But I do like using the British ones more.

[@ghostwritergirl]

One thing y’all don’t realize about the sales tax is that it can vary from city to city because it’s a combination of state and city taxes. So having a pre-priced tag from the manufacturer wouldn’t work.

[@harrietbredehoft6578]

After adding my own comment, I read most of the others. On point and hilarious! I hope Lia and Joel read them all!!!

[@nathanlaoshi8074]

You want TRUE bathroom triggering? For my entire youth, boys' toilets in schools NEVER had doors installed. Bloody awful! That has changed now, but the trauma remains for the older generations...

[@tegamingother]

BAHAHAHA REALLY?!

[@tracymitchell400]

We don’t worship the president, we respect the office an,d, possibly, admire the man...... if we’re lucky....we missed the mark on current one....oh Lordy...

[@karlgoldman5150]

1. Philadelphia cream cheese is made by American cows in the US and Brit farms in the UK so they taste different. 2. The experience you get from people calling you foreigners is dependent on which State of the US you are in. We do feel that we comprise almost every country in our citizenship so when someone says "you Americans" we tend to feel that you are blaming all the cultures here (or lack there of) we are mostly foreigners. 3. You have to understand that most men's bathrooms didn't even have doors originally. We were very comfortable (or pretended to be) with our sexuality. I will say that the Brits didn't even have sanitation until much later than the US. This is why you find restrooms upstairs in most pubs, it was an added convenience. Also the UK did not have showers in the homes until after the 70's. 4. Taxes change more frequently than the price, so that is why it was separated. 5. We hate our presidents. Trump always was referred to as Trump out of disrespect by 55% of the US. 6. Lol about accents. I will say that all my times in England there seemed to be more slang in the middle class than usual. Someone asked me what do we mispronounce. Ok you drop your "R's". Military becomes Milli-tree --what are you going to have bonsai's fighting? America in general love British accents also I found Australia love's Texas accents (men hate us there because everyone with a few beers seem to flirt with us)

[@erikhughes8412]

Sales tax is different in every state (and sometimes there's an additional city tax as well). Here in Wisconsin it's 5.5%. Calculating this is elementary "maths" - besides, doesn't everyone have a calculator on their phone now? Certain things are exempt from sales tax, like caskets for burial, certain agricultural items, certain grocery items (like unprepared food), prescription medicines and medical items, etc., and these may vary by state. The fact that you don't know what the VAT ("Value Added Tax") is or on what it is applied speaks more to your ignorance rather than us being "not ready to hear" that the whole tax thing is "too confusing". I'd like to see you guys navigate an IRS Tax Form 1040 every year.

[@marydavis5234]

Did you see their video where they did a US quiz, they thought a 55 was a passing grade and were shocked when the quiz said FAILED, and Lia said that grade would get you into a university in the UK.

[@Jicori]

I feel you on the taxes, it would be easier not to have to think about how much more something is at the point of sale! I think that sales taxes are often not included in U.S. stores because while retail prices are the same (generally) across multiple locations, the sales tax varies by state, county, or city. Putting the retail price on an item provides a sense of transparency of how much you're paying for the product as opposed to the government of that state/county/city.

[@monikaseger8384]

Exactly, I feel like people don’t understand the transparency aspect of it. I don’t want the taxes to be hidden without knowing what they are. It’s really not that hard to do the math or round up.

[@fionagregory9147]

@@monikaseger8384 maths FFS! Mathsssssss

[@nikkikerr4626]

Honestly most of us don’t worship the president. You just hear and see the crazies.

[@Thesdr666]

I've been around the USA quite a bit, and... you must really have to work to find bathroom stall doors with huge gaps. I've only seen one in my life, and that one was in poor repair.