50 Times People Just Had To Take A Screenshot Of Americans Being Unbelievably Dumb | American Reacts

[@Vie-vi]

I am European (French and Italian) long time ago I used to correct people (mostly Americans) about their “knowledge” concerning Europe. And then I remembered a Russian saying “Educating an idiot is like healing a dead body”

[@sjames1955]

You can't argue with crazy and you can't fix stupid

[@pv-mm2or]

@Vie-vi love the Russian saying, there is an English equivalent " when your efforts are akin to that of flagellating a deceased equine" (flogging a dead horse)

[@gerardflynn7382]

That's a good saying 👍

[@darshamuralidharan4694]

Im sooo stealing that 😂😂

[@EltaninMalfoy]

Here in Russia we also say "If you have to explain, you don't need to explain". It might sound confusing but in general it means exactly this: if you have to explain something THAT obvious, don't bother, it's a lost cause

[@Jesse_IDG]

She's worried about what non american brands put into their product? Meanwhile american brands: let's put some of the chemical used to make yoga mats into our bread to keep it fluffy...

[@ninemoonplanet]

Generic drugs are equal to the brand named ones, they must be because of the laws in various countries. Paracetamol MUST be as pure as any brand name.

[@randar1969]

And to make matters worse the USA also use loads of preservites in their bread so it doesn't spoil for 2 weeks (wonderbread). Meanwhile if don't freeze my EU made bread it get's mold after just 2 days on the kitchen sink. i tasted both sorry in this case EU bread is superior and taste much better. But then again you need local bakeries or small supermarkets in walking distance so you can restock with ease. That's the way our societies are different we don't have zoning laws for commercial buildings they are just in between residental buildings here and thus people on feet or bycicles are given more space to reach supermarkets and other commercial outlets such as bakery's butcher shops and in general way more small business owners in the EU. Even in my city in Amsterdam i can ask my 7 year old daughter to buy bread from a store about 100 feet from our home. Can't do that in the States even if it was just 100 feet away...

[@hinoron6528]

The FDA has had most of it's capability stripped away from it over the decades. It's a toothless department now. Drug companies can put whatever crap they want in the bottles and they'll most likely get away with it.

[@daveamies5031]

She was worried it wouldn't be toxic enough and her body that's used to all the toxic chemicals would not be able to handle medicines that are safe for human consumption, maybe she thinks the USA has already become the dystopian future portrayed in Crimes of the Future where people evolved to digest and crave plastic

[@JAW-i5z]

It's not just their ignorance, it's their arrogance.

[@eh1702]

At least once a month, I get called dumb online because Americans are unaware that other English-speaking countries didn’t have the USA’s 19th century spelling reform.

[@Phiyedough]

We also don't use the politically incorrect word "dumb" to describe someone ignorant or of low intelligence.

[@eh1702]

@@Phiyedough Who is this “we” you speak for? It’s always amusing to see what anshibboleth the expression “politically correct/incorrect” is. Nobody EVER uses that expression except right-wing people trying to police language.

[@Gambit771]

​@@eh1702So you're annoying you are rightwing because you are trying to police language. You do know that the phrase 'politically correct' came from lefties?

[@Gambit771]

​@@eh1702So you must be right-wing given you are policing people's speech and 'politically correct is a left term.

[@DAYBROK3]

@@Gambit771 tell someone you are an american without using the word american. a country with the lowest reading comprehension of the industrialised nations. i prefer stupid i.e. on in a stupior, but you will take offense at that. explaining a point is not policing usage. 🤔🤨😒🤦‍♀️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Jila_Tana]

08:25 British English : Memorise, American English : Memorize As a Dutch, when I'm around superior Americans, I on purpose use the British spelling.

[@sylviahiesbock5112]

Me too, just can‘t help myself triggering their „foreign“ language skills 😂🤣

[@Lexduden]

No, I do not use pseudo-french spelling. metre but pronounce it meter No.

[@Gambit771]

English spelling. There is no 'British' English. Only English or English, English. Also the English spelling is correct and the murican ones are wrong. Doesn't matter how many use it, it is wrong. You wouldn't ever agree that 1+1=4 no matter how many told you it did, would you?

[@Gambit771]

​@@Lexdudenwhat? Metre is french, not English. It is a measurement unit from the French metric system. If only your comment was in the video.

[@Jila_Tana]

@@Gambit771 I agree, but it gets really hard when every spelling checker tells me I have it wrong. I know I have it right, however it is annoying to see red lines under assumed spelling errors.

[@thehellyousay]

it took you a frighteningly long time to work out that 1/3 is bigger than 1/4, but at least you got there.

[@dylancobalt7807]

He's American, not the brightest bulbs

[@ItsCharlieVest]

haha you're right though lol

[@ItsCharlieVest]

hey now lol

[@rennratteb.8614]

it´s simple: you have 2 cakes, put one in 3 pieces, the other one in four pieces, which pieces are bigger? 1/3 = 1:3= 0,33

[@flitsertheo]

@@rennratteb.8614 That's only true if you cut the cakes in identical pieces ... which may be a challenge for the Muricans.

[@Onnarashi]

I love the irony of the 'Murican asking why the screenshots were in a European language, while writing in a European language (English, from England).

[@houseaccount3293]

The English no longer speak the dialect you are referring too as English, the dialect they speak of English is less than 200 years old. The English you are spoken of is now Spoken mainly in America and Canada. Which the most accurate English being in Ohio. To understand this better, Think Russian Slavic vs Serbian Slavic.

[@maddyc2412]

​@@houseaccount3293It's English buddy, it doesn't matter how it's changed in the various countries that also speak it now.

[@patriciamillin-j3s]

@@houseaccount3293English originated in England, that makes it a European language. All languages change and evolve over the centuries, including American English. Please don’t tell me, that people with a southern twang speak real English 😂

[@sillyjellyfish2421]

Also let's not forget - you may have an american accent, but with the exception of few letters here and there, the text is 100% eligible to british as well as american, ausralian, or canadian english speakers. Same gramatic rules, same vocabulary. A new yorker speaking with a floridian and a texan would have more troubles understanding each other despite speaking "american", than americans have troubles with reading text messages of british origin

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

@@houseaccount3293 The dialect spoken in the Black Country for example is NOT - and never has been - the same as those spoken in Surrey or Somerset or Glasgow. Which one of the MANY different dialects is the one in Ohio related to?

[@Erulin68]

The Liberian flag is so close the US one because the Colony of Liberia, later the Commonwealth of Liberia, was a private colony of the American Colonization Society beginning in 1822. It became an independent nation-the Republic of Liberia-after declaring independence in 1847. The ACS was founded by a group of wealthy white people in 1816 to deal with the “problem” of the growing number of free blacks in the United States by resettling them in Liberia, land which the ACS had bought. Liber(ia) - Liber(ty) that's how it got its name. Know your own history, my dear friend. 😊

[@ianjardine7324]

Damned good point all the POC complaining about the fake racism in America should ask why their ancestors decided to stay when there was free transport back to Africa on the table.

[@johan.ohgren]

The africans really had a bad few centuries back there.

[@allenmontrasio8962]

And while we're on the subject, the capital city of Liberia is Monrovia, so named after James Monroe.

[@hinoron6528]

Quite a few flags based on the old British East India company flag and logo. It's like having the Golden Arches for a flag and tucked under one loop, you have 50 French fries to represent states. (Or would that be a bit too on-the-nose for USA?)

[@glenmale1748]

Somebody knows their history. Kudos to you.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

"why don't they help with the problems in their own country first" coming from a person in a country where 99.3% of the population are immigrants that are otherwise very proud of their country of origin. But not when it comes to charity it seems.

[@randar1969]

Their decendents of immigrants and a large group of them are hating immigrants. I guess they somewhat know what happened to the original population and now are terribly afraid new arrivals will do to them what they did to the local indian tribes.

[@tinawitte420]

source(s)?

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Yeah so proud the majority don’t have culture. The paradox and irony when America was and still is colonized. The «country» was founded on colonialism, theft of land, genocide of millions indigenous people the past 500+ years and on going, slavery, and racism, yet they have the nerve to tell others: «This is America, speak English», when America don’t have an official language. America was never European to begin with, and nor is the majority of these so called native English speakers English let alone British🤣🤣🤣👀🤡

[@Otacatapetl]

We use the word "American" as an insult these days.

[@flitsertheo]

Only "these days" ? Muricans have been upsetting us since 1776.

[@Otacatapetl]

@flitsertheo Trying to, you mean. The loss of the American colonies was a big deal to them, but merely one small episode to us. Yeah, we lost them, but look at what else we had. US independence isn't even mentioned in our schools more than in passing; with over 1,000 years of history (and that's just England alone), they just don't have the time.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

Which is slightly unfair to all those Americans NOT living in the US

[@MrMaxEdelstahl]

@@Otacatapetl - more like “American conditions” I think?

[@flitsertheo]

@@MayYourGodGoWithYou Not really, you can take the American out of the USA but you can' t take the USA out of the American.

[@patriciamillin-j3s]

Realise/realize, recognise/recognize, memorise/memorize -> British English/American English. Sad that we Brits know that, but Americans don’t.

[@Thunderworks]

And these words are french.

[@trevorcook4439]

Australia sides with UK. The US is the odd ones out. Dictated by Webster and his dictionary.

[@pleegjepleegje]

​@@Thunderworks🎯

[@jayandreas1131]

To be fair, it’s not the only thing they don’t know.

[@eivindkaisen6838]

In British English, the -ise suffix while in the US the -ize is almost universal. However, the Oxford English Dictionary prefers -ize.

[@stephenhodgson3506]

0:56 'Two types of Nations: Those who use metric and those who went to the moon' Really???? Wernher von Braun who built the Saturn V was German and only used metric as did most scientists even back then. They had to do conversions into imperial for some American companies to be able to build some components.

[@ninemoonplanet]

Long before I understood the metric system, I knew scientists used it. I am "conversant" in both.

[@solaccursio]

I didn't know that Liberia and Myanmar went to the Moon 😂😂

[@RobertTaylor-gz2fu]

Millions of Brits & Canadians use both systems.

[@matthijsmaris8703]

NASA uses the mertic system

[@Erulin68]

Got to love "Congress set the world drinking age 21" Yup, your Congress is not gonna decide when our kids are legally allowed to drink. For beer it's 16 here, anything harder 18.

[@arctic_haze]

In Sand Diego it is as easy as taking the trolley (tram) to the border and enjoy the 18 year drinking limit in Tijuana.

[@JohnHazelwood58]

drinking age is 14 in my country, when parents are around! :)

[@arctic_haze]

@@JohnHazelwood58 France?

[@MrPagan777]

Drinking age here is 5, if it's in the home.

[@Ace-Of-Spades---]

​@@JohnHazelwood58 Germany? 😁

[@BlackAcePlays]

"......" "What are those signs?" 🤣

[@Lexduden]

Yeah, but to be fair I find them confusing at times, and I know them well.

[@arctic_haze]

The problem with the Americans is that their all experience and knowledge is about America so they cannot even imagine how other counties work.

[@ninemoonplanet]

If you watch or see the US media coverage there's little or no coverage of anything outside of the USA, especially during their interminable "election cycle" which never seems to end.

[@baramuth71]

The reason is that you have not learned it or are not prepared to think outside the box. Because for a lot of people, the edge of their plate is huge. Those who are able to inform themselves usually do so within the USA due to time constraints (vacation). That's why people know next to nothing about other countries or continents. But this is due to the system in the USA.

[@mehallica666]

@@baramuth71 With the entirety of human knowledge LITERALLY at ones fingertips, the ignorance can only be wilful. There are no excuses.

[@HaraldSeiwert]

are there other countries??? 😳 (the US American would ask)

[@baramuth71]

@@HaraldSeiwert to what extent other countries ?

[@ializarg]

Water freezes at 0º Celsius. Water boils at 100º Celsius.

[@thehellyousay]

easy peasy, lemon squeezy

[@vredeling]

As atmospheric pressure decreases, water boils at lower temperatures. At the peak of Mount Everest you can boil water at about 68celsius. In lab circumstances way lower.

[@GnosticAtheist]

Yes, in most scenarios where most people live, but the pressure always changes no matter where you are, so its not entirely static.

[@EliseVeltmanvanReekum]

​@@vredelingand that is not the case for Fahrenheit?

[@afriquelesud]

In a vacuum at sea level, that is. It differs with altitude. There are places up in the mountains where that same water boils at 43°C, but it won't boil an egg.

[@svenpedersen9140]

07:11. Paracetamol is not a brand name btw, it is just the medecine. They are a lot of brand names in the world for it.

[@danceswithcritters]

More commonly called acetaminophen in North America, same compound.

[@rastachech1375]

When you say "people think..." what you are trying to say is "Americans think..." Us, in the rest of the world, are very aware of the existence of other countries on peoples.

[@Otacatapetl]

@rastachech1375 They don't really understand the concept of "other countries". They think there's just this big thing out there called "not America". But what it is, they haven't a scooby.

[@Phiyedough]

I watch quite a few videos about aviation but some of the ones made in USA seem to ignore the fact that KZbin is international. This seems ironic given that aviation is the main means of travelling to other parts of the world.

[@somersetcace1]

In fairness, it's more like `some Americans.` We're a country of 340 million people. If even 0.5% of us are that ignorant, it's still 1.7 million people. You could profile 3 an hour, every hour of every day for an entire year, and not get through them all. Yet, it's still 0.5%. It's one of the main problems with political perspective. If you focus on the worst of the worst, then it appears as though that's all there is, even though it's actually a tiny percent of the whole. That's how politicians win elections.

[@clivebrealey6795]

The only 'pro' of a two party system? It's better than a one party system.😉

[@reduande]

In the end all types of democracy end up oligarchy or dictature. Bc good times create weak people...

[@tinawitte420]

the pro and con of a one party system? it doesn't spend all the time fighting the opposition but instead focuses on actually getting stuff done.

[@reduande]

@@tinawitte420 Problem is, only evil don't doubt... There were only a few cases in history this worked for the people. Legenary statesmen...

[@LeSarthois]

Fun fact : this makes North Korea superior to the USA because they have a 3 party system. (this is a joke, alright? not the 3 party but the "better" part)

[@hinoron6528]

I hope you're not holding up the USA as an example to prove that point?

[@youremymymymyLOVERRR]

an American guy once got mad at me for not giving him my number and said i was just bitter that we lost in the American-Mexican war in 1858, so i said i was Dutch and the guy looks me dead in the eye while saying, so what, dutchland is a province in Mexico in case you didnt know literally nothing of what he said made sense

[@pilarfernandez5621]

Lo mejor, mucho mejor, que he oído después de: España es una península de México 😂😂😂

[@pammelvaine8176]

You just can't help stupid.

[@nagranoth_]

wait... an _American_ is worried about chemicals in EU products? ROFL that's such a self own....

[@Zuzzanna]

OMG 🤣 try slicing up a pizza in four and another in three and see which slices are the biggest. 🤦‍♀

[@barrysmithers5816]

Just wanted to shout out both having the original linked in the description and also leaving it partway and saying that if you want to see the rest, watch the original. Great way of potentially diverting some traffic back to someone else's effort. ⭐

[@MonsieurNarlan]

For the paracetamol, it's not a brand, it's a name of the molecule (it has other names like acétaminophène). Doliprane however is a brand of paracetamol in France (and there are some more). You can either buy generic (brandless) paracetamol or Doliprane, but the branded medication would be more expensive (unless prescribed by your doctor of course - it would be free). To be fair with the American, even in France, some people were suspicious of the quality of brand less medications). When the molecules patent expire, any laboratory can produce it, so people were worried, but to sold it, they still have to pass a quality test and meet the old patents requirement.

[@gchecosse]

3:37 last I checked English was a European language, or was the OP thinking it should be in Navajo or Tibetan?

[@Onnarashi]

My thoughts exactly! I've seen Americans say things like this before. I watched a video where an American girl, while speaking English, complained about not knowing any European languages. You're literally speaking one!

[@arnodobler1096]

liberian and liberals is the best imao

[@mn4169]

Brit who has lived in Sweden for 40 years, still thinks that Americans need to look at the world, not just their world.

[@raystewart3648]

I can not believe that some of these even went over your American head as well, lol

[@mavadelo]

The Weekend: Canadian, Daft Punk: French, Coldplay, Gorillaz, the Rolling StoneS. Pink Floyd, Muse:: English. Well... he is only 80% wrong

[@helenemalenfant5435]

As a Canadian, who also loves many British bands, I started reading the list and immediately burst out laughing 😂

[@RobertTaylor-gz2fu]

I also doubt that Kanye West is widely admired outside the US.

[@karenchristinewise7833]

Munster is one of the four provinces of the island of Ireland. As Gaeilge or in Irish, it is An Mhumain. There are currently thirty two counties on the island of Ireland that are in the four Provinces of Ulster, Munster, Connaught and Leinster. Our English is spelled the English way too.

[@davidcolin6519]

A significant problem here is the problem that Americans don't think of themselves as "American" because they are so often required to define their "Americanness". You can't just be American, you have to be Native American, Hispanic American African American, Irish American, Swedish American etc. Not only does this ensure that most Americans think they're (something else) American, but it also ensures that they think others from their "native" land will be impressed when they go to that country. But the worst thing about it is that it continues to ensure that America remains really, really racist.

[@ninemoonplanet]

Rarely do other populations hyphenate the ethnicity. People who are First Nations people don't call themselves anything but that. There are "French Canadians" only because they speak French as their first (home) language. Otherwise, we're Canadian. This hyphenated identity reduces the full equal status of people.

[@olgahein4384]

Me as a german got so confused here for a second. Because we have the letter 'ü' that english keybords lack, they often write it just as 'u'. And in Germany, there is the citiy named 'Münster' and 'Münster' is also german for 'minster' (a type of cathedral), which are all over the place. I was like 'What, what now, which one? The city or the church? And why, neither has anything to do with Ireland?' and then i kept reading lol.

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@olgahein4384 I'm in Münster. But there is also a German place called Munster with an u instead of an ü, you know. I think it's slightly more northern - PLZ starts with a 2, not a 4. They have a tank museum, which seems appropriate as a neighbor of a Truppenübungsplatz (military training area). (Back when the Brits still had significant troops in Germany, quite a number were here in Münster.)

[@TheRealRedAce]

One of the four provinces of The Irish REPUBLIC. The island has five, equivalent to the ancient five kingdoms, and has had five for centuries.

[@thectyptid00]

I wonder what was the thought proses of the guy who commented about Queen. Like, yes, Americans, who are obsessed with democracy and don't have monarchy, would deffinetly name their band that

[@vtbn53]

Apparently Yanks can give it but can't take it.

[@TheRealRedAce]

Always been that way.

[@proudsussexer]

It's always been that way. They're pathetic and narcissistic.

[@EnglishRalph]

It’s almost certain that the German fellah speaks a more recognisable (note the spelling) version of our language, than the American who was criticising them!

[@steffent.6477]

We learn the british spelling in germany in school. After a few years of internet browsing it often gets mixed with the american spellings^^

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

But Big Ben literally has NUMBERS on it's four dials, going from I to XII [1 - 12 for the ignorant]. We learned to use these numbers IN PRIMARY SCHOOL - around age 8 from memory - and I grew up in NZ. One of these days i'm going to get a clock with arabic numerals on the dial, see how many can't tell the time then.

[@KaiHenningsen]

D'you mean Indian numerals?

[@antonijaume8498]

​@@KaiHenningsenEuropeans got them from Arabs, Arabs call them Hindu numbers.

[@gaetanoroccuzzo]

Arab numbers are the ones we commonly use. I to XII are Roman numbers...

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

@@gaetanoroccuzzo If most in the US thought they were arabic numerals they'd stop using them. I honestly can't see how people don't know how to read simple Roman numerals, so so simple and easy - or maybe that's just me. But we actually had to use them for basic arithmetic when we were learning [and we were about 8 so it was fairly basic still] to drive home what was what. And even if you can't, it honestly staggers me that they can't work out the time simply from the position of the hands.

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@MayYourGodGoWithYou I've always had trouble with analog clocks, and I was very happy when digital ones became more and more common. Roman numbers, on the other hand, are fine, even in MMXXIV.

[@ingegerdandersson6963]

And it is Max Martin that done the song that the American artist sing, and he is Swedish

[@olgahein4384]

Max Martin done all the songs that american artists sing since forever.

[@maxthecat14]

Ok, I know I am being picky, but if we are criticising Americans, we have to be correct. It's Max Martin that did the song, and not Max Martin that done the song. ( I agree about Max Martin though)

[@seanosborne3343]

I think the most stupid thing I've ever heard from a Brit was when a lady was being interviewed in the street about Brexit, and all that. She exploded, and said she was sick to death of hearing about the "bloody Irish and their bloody border." Unfortunately she was left floundering in her pignorance: it would have taken only a few seconds for the interviewer to explain to her who was responsible for the Irish border. The British, basically! So don't be too hard on your compatriots. Mind you, it can be very entertaining when your hear them in Ireland instructing the locals in how to pronounce Irish placenames.

[@Moamanly]

Do you realise that the Irish Border was actually a real issue during the Brexit debacle? Maybe she wasn't the stupid one after all?

[@QuentinRichardson-supersnail]

"…forgot to study her vocab because they spelled meomrized wrong." A) memoriSed is the BRITISH SPELLING. We kinda invented the language - that's why it's called ENGLish from ENGLand. B) when describing a verb… memorized… it is normal to use an ADVERB. Therefore …they spelled memorized wrongLY. …forgot to study GRAMMAR.

[@Moamanly]

...or 'spelt' memorised wrongly.😄

[@Lil.Mrs.C]

Dude, in UK and other countries that use their spelling, they use ise. But Mercans use ize. In Australia, because of all the fluencing, we are just confuzed.

[@ninemoonplanet]

🇨🇦 confusion is a national sport in some countries, it seems. 🤫😉

[@ulrikesextro4187]

Confusion is my second name.

[@TheRealRedAce]

Americanz get a lot wrong.

[@glenmale1748]

No confusion here. S is never transposed to Z. Ever.

[@PlasmaMongoose]

1:03 The American flag they placed on the moon in '69 has at the very least bleached white or worse the flag itself has disintegrated due to the radiation, but China has placed its flag on the far side of the moon in 2024.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

Better still, they have just discovered how to produce water from luna soil - or more accurately how to persuade luna soil to give up it's water - which is a HUGE advance for those hoping to colonise space some time in the future. It means future colonies might hopefully be able to pproduce their own water on the moon, Mars or Saturn.

[@mehallica666]

@@MayYourGodGoWithYou They'll have a job on Saturn! One of it's moons perhaps.

[@LeSarthois]

Also, the Soviet Union dropped Soviet "pennants" made of metal when crashing their Luna probes on the Moon. The first one crashed in 1959, but given the speed, there's probably nothing but a crater. The first confirmed success was in 1966 with Luna 9. OF course, it was a probe, without humans, but technically, the Soviets were the first to drop their nation symbols on the Moon. And being made of metal, they are probably still mostly intact, unless they got obliterated by a meteorite.

[@Lazmanarus]

Which is NOT the "dark" side, it still gets sunlight half of every month.

[@PlasmaMongoose]

@@Lazmanarus I know, which is why I called it the far side of the Moon.

[@RankinMsP]

And Project 2025 wants to shut down the Dept of Education 😮

[@SeraphArmaros]

We've already had decades of gutting our education system that has led to a significant portion of our population being this dumb, they just want to catch the rest of the population up to them.

[@AnnaChristina-l6o]

*what's left of it. I mean they want to get rid off child labour laws too, so I for once would not be surprised if more Kids then still do, work a field, a mine than going to school.

[@jopes4855]

These are funny to watch, though, don't worry. These kind of people can be found in every country 😀

[@paullow3377]

True, but I guess many of them are not as expressive as Americans.

[@di4se]

2"09' 'What are those(s?) signs "?" At this point, I do believe he is trolling.

[@chiisuigintou]

In Belgium, there's no drinking age, only an age on which you can buy a drink, which is 16yo. Heavy liqueur however, like rum, Wodka and such is 18yo however. Smoking and age of consent is also 16yo btw.

[@John-jw8rx]

Memorised is the English spelling.

[@justbeeeb2061]

Many medical products that have the same main effective ingredients in the USA and the Europe have different additives and bulking agents compared to each other, so allergies, intolerances, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Kron's disease; other inflammatory bowel diseases, and more can be effected. Example: Lactose is used as a bulking agent in many products, because without it is almost impossible to swallow the couple grains of salt sized stuff that actually does the work. In other medications other stuff is used for this purpose. So I think that being worries about differences in usa meds and europe meds is warranted.

[@karenmcglynn4931]

How in God's name do they tie their own shoe laces?

[@flitsertheo]

Be sure they buy shoes with laces pre-tied.

[@schwaelmsche1311]

That is why Croks are so Popular these days.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

Velcro my friend, VELCRO though I've also seen elastic laces so you don't need to tie them, just put them on ready tied. Here they're the shoes that children have when they first to go school because it's easier for them to put them on after PE

[@olgahein4384]

@@MayYourGodGoWithYou Yep, that swiss guy who invented it had a patent and became filthy rich from selling velcro shoes in the US lol.

[@AnnaChristina-l6o]

I was about to say there are shoes without laces and as annoying as my laces currently are, I can't even be mad at an invention like this 😭 😂

[@AlanisRae001]

🌹 In regards to the post about native Americans, as much as I dislike Kanye West (if it was actually him), he may have been confusing native with indigenous. American Indians are of Asian origin and their ancestors migrated to the Americas. They are, therefore, native to America but indigenous to Asia.

[@deadzio]

Kayne west is that guy who hates being black. Just the fact he likes white coloured clothes.

[@ninemoonplanet]

Not quite true, after several archeological findings. First Nations people didn't all come from the Siberian peninsula, nor across the Pacific Ocean from Asia. The most recent dating has First Nations people in the Americas, plural, around 14,000 years ago. Genetics has shown several root civilizations.

[@AlanisRae001]

@@ninemoonplanet 🌹 The most recent archaeological evidence indicates the 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 ancestors of American Indians (Paleo-Indians) did originate from Asia, dear. Subsequently, other groups also made the journey. However, my point was to differentiate between Native and Indigenous, not to delineate between the various bands of weary travellers.

[@Mario-p1m]

@@AlanisRae001 Following your logic, wouldn't that mean that ALL humans are "indigenous" to Africa?

[@AlanisRae001]

@@Mario-p1m 🌹 Yes, if you wish to be pedantic but that should be self-evident.

[@somersetcace1]

The burger size did me in! `What are those signs?` It's bad enough they don't know basic fractions, but not even a lesser/greater sign?

[@silkejantz]

Charlie's face at 5:57 - priceless!!!!

[@francoo.m.]

Roman numbers are strange lines : i'm dead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pandaradio8431]

I paused at 00:28 to make this comment. In my experience you are way above the many Americans I have met (and those were Americans I met in Europe so ...) You are aware of "foreign" ways of doing things and at least have a look at them instead of ignoring anything foreign. many things would not be practical in the USA and there are many valid reasons to do it your way. On the the other hand that works both ways. for instance commute on a bicycle which is common in the Netherlands... that would be highly impractical in any case where you would live more than 10 miles away.

[@flitsertheo]

The Dutch consider and handle their bicycles as a weapon. Americans can relate to that.

[@TukikoTroy]

Seriously, you had to sit there for several seconds to work out that 1/3 is bigger than 1/4?!

[@afriquelesud]

Lacking RAM & CPU. Was using Windows, that other dumb thing.

[@ulrikesextro4187]

The ticker below telling sth about 5/4 people was funny.😅

[@erraldstyler]

its because of corporate america. advertising and shit, its literally brainwashing

[@carinaejag]

And a lot of the pop music performed by American artists is written by a Swedish person.

[@victorialira]

Coldplay are Brittish

[@ruthfischer7615]

@@victorialira My guess is that was a hit at Max Martin. Who is Swedish.

[@mellchiril]

You're smarter than the average American, Charlie. Even just by attempting to learn about the rest of the world you've already placed yourself way above any one of these comments in the video you watched. I always giggle a little when I hear Americans talk about their freedom. When kids have to go through metal detectors to get into school there's something not entirely right imho.

[@robcrossgrove7927]

Memorised is correct for a Brit/Aussi, but Americans spell it with a Z. Because of Webster's dictionary.

[@Michael-vz9xk]

I agree you are too smart to react to stupid compelations, react to smart stuff. I watched you grow, learn, apreciate and experience your wit. You my friend is what I hope americans are like.

[@tinatovar7548]

I'm American native Chippewa

[@erraldstyler]

ugh, dont tell them they just barely dodged speaking german

[@Kent-77]

Yes 1/3 is bigger than 1/4. The original comment was saying the 1/3 burger FAILED because they thought the quarter pounder was bigger. I laughed my ass off when you were agreeing to the math but you forgot what the original comment was trying to point out. LOL

[@Preyfr60]

Tylenol is a brand. Paracetamol is the usual name of "N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide, N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanamide" the moleculewhich makes Tylenol. Like Dafalgan, Eferalgan, Doliprane in France.

[@berlindude75]

If you cut one ("1") pizza into three ("3") equal pieces instead of four ("4") -- so one divided by three (1/3) or four (1/4) -- then in which of these two cases do you get a bigger piece? In the first instance you get one third (1/3) of the whole pizza and in the second only one fourth (1/4) or -- as a different term for it -- one quarter.

[@ducobattes544]

Nice shirt, didn't know you liked Dutch spinach that much! 😉

[@melodyyoung9640]

Different countries spell the same words differently. Memorize... Canadian, colour, (same as England) America, color. From a phonetic POV, colour is also used to describe sound also, and the spelling with the "U" has more colour. It really doesn't matter but it's weird to hear Americans claim spelling when it is based on accents and usage.

[@BabsRooversKlomp]

I love the flag in your'e window.... oh i'm dutch ❤

[@vincenttiggelman4978]

What about his shirt? I want one!

[@BabsRooversKlomp]

@@vincenttiggelman4978 it's a funny shirt but the dutch flag in his house is so cool

[@SeraphArmaros]

Just to help (not a burn from me, I promise) "your" is the possessive, "you're" is short for "you are".

[@BabsRooversKlomp]

@@SeraphArmaros your'e right 🙃😉. Thank you

[@Muck006]

2:40 TECHNICALLY it is TRUE that "water doesnt NECESSARILY boil at 100°C" ... because AIR PRESSURE affects that temperature. The channel "Periodic Videos" has a video where they walk up to the base camp at Mount Everest ... and boil water ever few hundred meters of elevation.

[@elisabethb.131]

Lol, the rules about what you can put in products are MUCH stricter in the EU than in the USA. ESPECIALLY for (pain relief) medication.

[@SilverionX]

As always, it's not about intelligence, it's about education and attitude. Intelligence is our greatest advantage as a species, that's not going down in a few hundred or even thousand years.

[@alunrundle162]

The Liberian flag is based on the US one. A lot of freed slaves helped found Liberia with the help of the American Colonization Society.

[@evelynelewis7151]

Re 1/3 and 1/4, you looked a bit confused. Two pizzas, cut one into three equal pieces and the other into four equal pieces. Which individual pieces are bigger? Hope it helped.

[@bassieadriaan4278]

I don´t like to roast other people but i have to admit this is pretty funny 😁

[@hinoron6528]

Celsius vs Fahrenheit: So both these temperature scales are based on water. The freezing point is zero, and the boiling point is 100. Celsius uses fresh water (or rain) for its basis, and Fahrenheit uses sea water. An argument can be made that Fahrenheit is a relevant and useful scale to use if you're on a boat, or perhaps even on a coastline. For everyone else though...

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

The scale was originally based on the freezing point of saturated ammonium chloride solution (not seawater) as 0 ͏°F, although Fahrenheit actually used as lower calibration point that 32 ͏°F is the freezing point of fresh water. The upper calibration point originally defined 96 ͏°F to be human body temperature, but Fahrenheit later adjusted the scale to make 212 ͏°F the boiling point of fresh water to allow for more accurate calibration and easy conversion from Celsius. So in the end both scales are defined using the same calibration points, but Fahrenheit uses less convenient numbers.

[@Excanda]

8:28 Memorised is British and memorized is American. As Australia started as a British colony they still use the s.

[@n0namesowhatblerp362]

4:04 Look up Max Martin - he is swedish and responsible for the most american hit songs since the 90s. American artists - swedish producers and writers

[@dontshanonau1335]

About the thumbnail comment: I mean... when you just collectively group them together like that, they are the first to colonise those continents without prior human inhabitants as far as we know. But look at them in their own defined groups, the Iroquois, the Navajo, the Cree, and so on and so forth at no point were anything like "peaceful" and absolutely didn't start out on the land they lived on when Europeans arrived in great number, let's be real about that. Particularly the southern Iroquois were known for their extremely oppressive treatment of those groups surrounding them as well as driving them off their land to take it for themselves, not to even speak of the Mexicá (or "Aztecs").

[@sallyscrive]

You're actually better than me at flags. And, for the record: there are a lot of dump people here in Italy, too 🤣 I can see many of my fellow citizens saying the same things.

[@joanrobijn4118]

Dude, British English is memorise with an 's', just like organization is organisation in BR EN!!! 😂

[@Peannlui]

Please read them out next time! :O It's good background noise too!

[@JayeEllis]

1/3 is 33%. 1/4 is 25%. Does that help?

[@flitsertheo]

Translate in burgers please.

[@JayeEllis]

@@flitsertheo You have two burgers. Cut one in 3 and one in 4. Which has bigger pieces?

[@deadzio]

​@@JayeEllishot dog

[@flitsertheo]

@@JayeEllis It depends on which burger is the largest.

[@JayeEllis]

@@flitsertheo Fair point. Let's assume two 1lb burgers, being cut into even pieces.

[@carlosezequiel6480]

check the history of Liberia. then you will understand why the flag look like the USA you will be amazed.

[@Hodoss]

7:15 Europe is the main exporter of Packaged Medicaments in the world, some 80% of market share. US is the N°1 importer, mostly from Europe. So getting medication in the US, it might well be from Europe, although rebranded and with jacked up price.

[@susanhuntley9262]

Here by the algorithm. Enjoy your vibe and wish youd increase your own commentary

[@LinMonash]

Americans have changed a lot of English words. We too here in Aussie land had an English Colonial history. Thats why the National Language is English. We use a lot of slang, but very rarely have we changed the spelling on any word. If there's a difference between your spelling & the Original English, guess which one is WRONG! Also, when I was visiting the USA and people would ask me where I was from, I would answer: Tasmania. Can't tell you how many times people would reply: "Transylvania?!" And had an American tell me very firmly that there was no such thing as a Tasmanian Devil! Only a 'made up' Cartoon Character! Yes! We know! When Tas TV first running the Tasmanian Devil Cartoons over here, it was the topic of much discussion. In every bus stop, workplace, school, pub, there was an outcry. "Cleary these Cartoon people have never SEEN a REAL Tassie Devil!"

[@babalonkie]

It's painful...

[@eruantien9932]

British here: It's ok to be unsure about "z"s in words, we've been having the same argument for centuries. Most people say it should be an "s" in most words, but the folks in Oxford insist on "z" in many (but not all) instances. The simple version is "z" is American and "s" is British.

[@matsnetz1614]

Is that the Dutch flag in the window? Nice!

[@Lexduden]

Knowing the active ingredient in the medication will help you in other countries. For instance Tylenol: acetaminophen. The pharmacy will more likely know that acetaminophen is also known as paracetamol.

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

and all three names are just "para-acetylaminophenol" with different bits omitted

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

Liberia's flag is so close to the US one because its coast lands were bought in 1822 by the American Colonization Society from Portugal to settle there "liberated" slaves from the US (which led to conflicts between those former slaves and the indigene people there). In 1847 Liberia declared its independence, which was in 1862 recognized by the USA. 7:45 Munster is: - a town in Lower Saxony - the Munster Training Area in Germany - a province and former kingdom (or for some time three, which is why its flag has three crowns) in Ireland (in Irish called An Mhumhain or Cúige Mumhan) - a electoral district in London, England - a municipality at river Moselle in France - a town in the Alsace in France .... and also a cheese from the Alsace. In Germany and eastern France the word "munster" derives from "münster" - the church of a monastery, while the Irish provice got its name from the Celtic goddess Muma, and the "-ster" ending comes from Anglo-Normannic or French "terre".

[@silverado5306]

I think in the post about the Native Americans, he is trying to say that they were not there forever, and that they arrived 10,000 years ago crossing the Bering Strait.

[@barvdw]

That would seem to be a very generous interpretation...

[@pleegjepleegje]

😂Yep, that has to be the right interpretation of the post. If you go back far enough in time, we all come from Africa. Perhaps this person considers all Americans to be African American.

[@silverado5306]

@@pleegjepleegje Exact. We are all colonizers, just at different times in history.

[@tempsitch5632]

Yeah, that one was correct.

[@ninemoonplanet]

First Nations people have been in the Americas, plural, for over 14,000 years. Long before the pyramids were built. Not all came across the Bering Strait either.

[@isuckatguitar6252]

British spelling usually utilises an 's' for words like Memorised & Americans tend to use a 'z' instead - Memorized. Both are correct.

[@ninemoonplanet]

You need a chuckle? Try spelling any word with "z" in it to almost anyone in the US. They don't know what "zed" is. You try to explain, get told to say it's "zee" which is extremely annoying.

[@lindalor9284]

@@ninemoonplanet My name has a zed in it. If I spell it to an American, they have no idea what "zed" is. I say, "the last letter in the alphabet", and they'll say "you mean zee". Sure tell me how to spell my own name!

[@Lazmanarus]

Why do Americans insist upon saying "zee" instead of "zed", there are too many letters with the same "ee" ending, like "cee" & "gee", it's too easy to get confused. One time I was working in a shop (store for across the pond) & I asked for the lock code to the back office door, the staff member I asked had obviously been watching too many US telly shows, I don't remember the code as such but she said what sounded to me like 1234C (the "C" key is used to cancel the entry) & I was very confused until I realised that she meant 1234zed.

[@richardcooley9730]

Your Irish American is so Irish they don't know the Irish national anthem "from the four provinces of Ireland"

[@TomKirkemo-l5c]

Ok, the water boils at 100C at sea level, the boiling point where I live is 98C.

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

16 oz in 1lb. 4 oz in 1/4 lb. 5+ oz in 1/3 lb. I'm used to Metric measure but still remember how to use Imperial measure. Are fractions & arithmetic & approximation not taught in USA schools? It isn't quantum physics!

[@SuzanneU]

Get two pound of ground beef. Take one pound and divide it into 3 equal portions. Divide the other into 4.

[@anouk6644]

8:30 It’s both correct depending from which country you are. Memorised with an s is British English (also used in Australia and New Zealand), memorized with a z is American English.

[@baronmeduse]

Perversely the OED and Chambers (two of England's most used and respected dictionaries) both give preference to 'z' over s' and include sections explaining why. With words like memorise they give 'memorize' first then 'memorise' as the alternative. Yet the majority of British people just ignore it, including all through education.

[@babalonkie]

@@baronmeduse A American (William Chester Minor) adjusted words for "Better pronunciation"... "Memorise" is a Irish word... and there are no Z's in traditional Irish.

[@baronmeduse]

@@babalonkie Irish isn't English. 'Memorise' comes directly from the French spelling 'memoriser'

[@babalonkie]

@baronmeduse "Irish isn't English" Correct, but Irish will forever be closer in culture and importance to the UK than American. Always. "'Memorise' comes directly from the French spelling 'memoriser'" And yet the oldest documented usage of the word "Memorise" on paper is in Ireland... Not France and not England and predates "Memorized". Even the OED states this. OED has been officially separated from the English language and is not in anyway considered "official". With it officially getting a separate designation in literature, Recognised by the HM government, UK National Curriculum, linguists and philologist's worldwide. "British English" = Official. OED English = Unofficial. Both are officially defined separately. British English = Acceptance of our Irish brothers and sisters who were and still are part of united countries... ize/izer = ise/iser.

[@Thunderworks]

​​​@@babalonkieMemory comes from french word "memoire". And memorise, according to Etymonline: "The variation of ize and ise began in Old French and Middle English, perhaps aided by a few words (such as surprise, see below) where the ending is French or Latin, not Greek. With the classical revival, English partially reverted to the correct Greek -z- spelling from late 16c. But the 1694 edition of the authoritative French Academy dictionary standardized the spellings as s, which influenced English."

[@ignatiuskhan]

The way some Americans can't make their mind up to the idea that Brits don't spell certain words (Realise", "Neighbour", "Favourite"...) the way they do always remind me of the Lift vs Elevator joke.

[@OctoberOctopusM]

Tylenol and Paracetamol are not only the same drug - they are also produced in the same factory in India 😄

[@terryparker1694]

NASA used metric for the Apollo missions. Fact. And the Soviet Union landed rovers and planted their flag on the Moon first.

[@onlyfoes]

"I'm a Celt" 😂 this some ancestry cosplaying at finest

[@jasperzanovich2504]

1:20 There is a reason to not have many small parties, the fear is that if the senate is too fractured they won't get anything done. That is why we got the 5% hurdle in germany. That means if a party doesn't get at least 5% of votes they won't be eligible to take part. I am not sure I share that fear but two parties is definetly not enough. 2:10 But quarter-pounder sounds much better. 5:05 I didn't know that but one could have guessed if they just looked at their names. To be accurate they are americans with armenian roots. At any rate Armenia needs that money more than the biggest economy of the world.6:00 On one hand those are numbers, on the other hand you can read a clock which has no numbers at all.

[@KaiHenningsen]

A current land with many small parties is Israel. Small religious or otherwise extremist parties have an inordinate amount of influence because they are needed for coalitions. I'm not sure about right now, but I believe for quite a long time Italy had similar problems. And even with the 5% hurdle in Germany, the FDP is rather well known for having more influence than their vote numbers would suggest, though I think I'm willing to accept that in trade for not having a two-party system.

[@Bramfly]

Same rule in the Netherlands

[@kevartje1295]

Wait wheres the discussion? from 4:40 to 6:40 there was supposed to be a discussion!