American Answers Web’s Most Searched Questions about US 🇺🇸

[@Smeowglass]

"American answers questions about America." Me, an American: Hey, I can do that! An educated American answering questions thoughtfully with confidence and facts. Me: Oh, no I cannot do that.

[@michael2775]

The problem is, a few of his answers are wrong and most of them are not completely true. The prohibition was not the reason for the drinking age of 21. American is most definitely an Ethnicity. He makes a good point about Americans feeling like their identity is political, but it doesn't change that there are certain things that make someone an American. Being born in the U.S. is one of the only ways.

[@michael2775]

@@NecessaryTruths Either way it's a legally recognized Ethnicity anywhere.

[@kaldo_kaldo]

@@michael2775 It's not. It's a nationality.

[@damienfinnegan8272]

he's right in some areas and wrong in others, and he does have some bias when it comes to certain questions

[@putaidanganimal1]

HAHAHAHAAHA

[@Alec_Xavian]

"America just likes things to be bigger" that's the most American thing I ever heard 😂😂😂 it's so true though

[@feelingprettynice4894]

I thought it was just cause we had more space

[@knightwolf3511]

no it's we have more space but we do like to have things bigger, luxurious that's mainly the rich. spoiled is questionable if all drinks in america are 12oz but in Europe it's 10oz, is it really spoiled or it's just normally that we like have larger drinks. i like larger drinks because they last longer. If you had 1 drink for whole day would you want a 6oz or 24oz? rules and regulations are more strict in Europe with food then america as well. and cars and trucks it's easier to drive higher up for some reason and it prevents less scratching when you hit bumps on a road less damage to the car.

[@froeloe]

yeah. big everything. big rent. big student loans. big debts. big depression. big sales. big money. big boobs. big dicks. big ego. big lies.

[@froeloe]

Salvador Luna, exactly. we have big egos.

[@lilcorgipuptato7722]

I mean Texas tho.

[@NatalynSchlabach0215]

As an American, I love how well spoken he is and how thoroughly he answered each question!

[@viis374]

I mean he is a teacher so makes sense

[@Coco-kr7dz]

Agreed

[@ce666isa3]

He sounds like a character in a family sitcom .

[@4624Denise]

He's our son....and thanks! We're so proud of him!

[@aceggkspade958]

30 seconds in and I got to say Apple valley is not near Los Angeles. It’s like 3 hours away at least depending on traffic more. That’s like saying Washing DC Maryland is known for being that city next to Philadelphia. Haha it’s just not even close. Sorry about that, but Apple valley is known for having crime, cheaper nice houses in southern Cali, those go hand in hand, people with dirt bikes and quads and a great place to do door to door alarms lol

[@genericsmithson4379]

Honestly, America is so big and has so many different cultures it’s really Impressive how he managed to answer each question comprehensively

[@danip3270]

Agreed. With 350 million Americans, 50 states plus the territories, multiple cultures, and generations, I agree he did as good a job as anyone could have.

[@minirambler4042]

@@danip3270 350 million? Pretty sure it’s a bit lower

[@oscarlinebaugh8930]

@@minirambler4042 331 million at the start of 2020.

[@minirambler4042]

@@oscarlinebaugh8930 oh okay, didn’t know that

[@raindrop2417]

@@minirambler4042 I think they might be including the territories, but I’m still not sure if that adds up

[@beans6936]

how tf did this guy know why our egg shells are white lol

[@vliegendehollander]

He is naturally curious and has a passion for learning about the world instead of spending his life sucked into the TV.

[@jojoelio5537]

They are teachers so they should know alot.

[@ohyeahnyx]

Movies tv

[@vliegendehollander]

H S - lol I guess that’s possible for the chicken question, but his knowledge about the other topics doesn’t typically come from a person locked into the boob tube. He speaks like someone who reads a lot.

[@sunmarsh]

They are white for the reason he states, but they do go through a process that removes the invisible coating an egg naturally has which makes it non-porous and protects it from the external environment. So they are technically 'cleaner', but they are then vulnerable to environmental factors, which is why they are then refrigerated in the U.S. The reason they are cleaned in the first place is to remove potential contamination with salmonella bacteria. The reason we have such a high rate of salmonella transfer to eggs in the first place is because of the poor conditions the chickens are raised in. So long story short, we wash and refrigerate our eggs so that it is cheaper and easier to breed chickens (we can keep more hens in smaller and less sanitary spaces). Bad for the chickens, good for the chicken industry. 'MERICA!

[@apollo5582]

*are americans happy?* well you see... i have what you might call “depression”

[@feelingprettynice4894]

Hehe kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6HcoYljf7WIZ80

[@kalkidanalemayehu2236]

We all do in the US

[@chrisb.7787]

You can only know you are happy after you've been sad.

[@jinajung8413]

well yes but.... yea your right most americans do have depression.... im not even full american. my american percent is like 25% or less... i dont know. im mostly mexican and asian, even if i dont show it many people think im from like german, canada or like the uk but nope im just really pale but im not sure where my family is from. i guess it just depends.. but most people that live in america have depression. thats my answer and if im wrong im sorry.

[@signalfire15]

V here and I love bts Um, no, we don’t. I think the percentage of people suffering from depression in the US is 7%. And if it’s less in other countries, its most likely due to misdiagnosis, ignorance about depression or culture differences that don’t allow people to even accept that they are depressed. The vast majority of Americans are happy.

[@np-cos4065]

"Are Americans British?" History books: *Well, yes, but actually, no* Edit: I-It's a joke...

[@LynnJynh9315]

The ruling class of the U.S. is termed WASPs, White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. They wrote the history books, they wrote the laws. But in actually, even most white Americans are of German, Scottish, and Irish descent.

[@LynnJynh9315]

@NotJo Maybe. But history books make a clear distinction between the Anglo-Protestants, the Scots-Irish lowlanders, the Germans, and later Irish immigrants. They formed modern New England, the Midwest, and Appalachia. The Southerners are more difficult to pin down, but they seem to be descended from Norman nobility.

[@ariellopez7999]

Are the British French?

[@fatdanjuggalo]

We beat the greatest military the time with farmers and kids. Then Vietnam did it to us. Ya win some ya lose some boys!!!! USA!!!! USA!!!!!

[@tristangriffiths7939]

13 British colonies committed treason and formed America that is why there is 13 stripes on your flag

[@aidenbagshaw5573]

I'm just impressed how politically neutral he was throughout the whole thing.

[@akshayrsarangdhar9864]

Well I am impressed that he knows so much about American history

[@sunkfishy435]

That's the American way

[@margarethoad2200]

@@akshayrsarangdhar9864 yes

[@praxidicethorn5905]

Agreed!

[@masechabakhaji6362]

Im am your 1k like ■U■

[@queenoftheslums3714]

bruh his answers were so good he even taught me some stuff as an american

[@pleaseparkjimininmygarage-6212]

same, i'm 15 so i'm still learning and its actually interesting

[@nathanvalle6997]

Some answers are incorrect though like the one about why the drinking age is at 21.

[@SherriLyle80s]

We are always learning something. I knew pretty much all of it but I'm probably much older. I always say, the day I stop learning will be the day I die. We all need to open up and keep learning and readjusting what we think we know if something more accurate comes along, or if our belief system has changed. Its okay to change your mind and learn.

[@devinwhite5064]

@Melissa laurin some things you don't learn in school. I had to get a Canadian to tell me about the war of 1812. And even then I still have no clue what it was about.

[@marleyismydog2175]

For reals

[@reagan1316]

I’m glad this guy is representing us, he knows his history and spoke thoroughly without bias

[@tahwoncharay5559]

Lol wrong about the origins of the word yankee and the fact that untill MADD got the federal government to change the law in 1981 to 21 did it go from 18 to 21 so this guy needs to fact check befor he opens his suck hole for another REAL American.......

[@zynbo2265]

Tahwoncha Ray He did get a few things wrong but his answers were impressive for off the top of the head answers

[@totahsam8293]

@@tahwoncharay5559 And what makes you a real American? What standard do we go by? I'm Navajo by the way so I have legit credentials. I'm 100% real American. So he fucked up a few facts? No need to get your panties in a twist. Just show him how much smarter you are by giving accurate information instead of questioning his authenticity. That's just silly.

[@jrc25_]

R except i don’t say erbs i say herbs because i’m from the midwest i don’t say erbs it’s herbs

[@kelnor21]

@@totahsam8293 not to be a jerk but you have no more claim to be an american than anyone else.

[@johnny2003]

His answer to “are Americans British” was 100% spot on.

[@charleneraymond4036]

I was kinda confused by it honestly because isn't that the case for most of the western world?

[@tlam3028]

Charlene Raymond no, due to the fact America has only been a nation for about 250 years. we haven’t been able to develop into a separate ethnic group. Unlike Europe in which for example French people are ethnically French and are from the geographical location of France.

[@LAbeauty316]

yes! I'm from Louisiana, which was heavily influenced by France and Spain (but especially France) and they used to also speak Cajun French. however, just like how they forced native Americans to conform with colonial British society and customs, we were forced as well. Cajun French stopped being taught in schools and people were essentially shamed into not using it. only the much older generation who live in tiny towns can speak it. my grandfather spoke it, and he was 91 when he passed last August just to give some context on how few people are left that still know the language. Americans are only "British" because like he said, they were the strongest country.

[@TJ042]

John Abbatiello Americans (such as myself; the name is quite apparent) are most likely to be German. Unless you use the *real* definition of British to include all ethnic groups of the British Isles (Irish, Scottish, Manx, English, Welsh, Cornish).

[@daveyhouston]

John A not if you are black

[@desolatefox]

Who goes to urgent care for a cold?! That's a trip to Walmart. XD

[@catgirl6803]

I just said that above before seeing your comment.

[@plantagenetsurvivor8771]

What do Americans do for a cold? We suck it up! You gotta be dying before you pay $100 Urgent Care visit.

[@braelynnsimerra1310]

@@plantagenetsurvivor8771 exactly xD unless we have like for sure broken a bone or worse we are told to just suck it up xD sometimes even with a broken bone they suck it up too lol. It costs too much to go get it checked out. We’d rather just suffer and save our money so we don’t go into debt

[@CRRNCRW]

Where I live, if you get a cold or flu during the winter season you just go to Walmart and grab some Tylenol or something and go back home to just chug water. Unless it gets to the point where you get diarrhea or intense vomiting (most flus seem to calm down a lot after vomiting however) you just keep doing whatever you were doing before you were sick.

[@leylacastro3813]

@@plantagenetsurvivor8771 I was born in America but im Puerto Rican and for me my mom puts vaporu on my chest and under my nose and gives me a gingerale

[@izzyk70]

"Are American's Happy" students: no Edit: please stop making this about politics. This is a joke- even so it’s statistically proven students nowadays have higher depression rates and anxiety levels. If you’re going to start an issue in my replies just leave.

[@Dylan-oy3ch]

Jinx :3 i’m a high schooler republican and is very happy and proud some americans don’t realize how previlidged they are to live in suck a free beautiful country ✊🇺🇸

[@Ladynoir-rr5lv]

Yup

[@anastasiacline6159]

@@Dylan-oy3ch Try working for the state of Texas as a student worker and you'll change that tune the first time you work 5 hours for $10/hour only to be told "oh, haha, we don't have $50 to give you, tough luck!" and then when you seek out an employment lawyer you're introduced to the very republican idea of "sovereign immunity". There's also the very republican idea of "civil asset forfeiture". Look up the meaning of both of those and tell me how free and privileged the republicans have made this country? The real world is a lot different than highschool political science and history.

[@rebeccashuster3373]

so true

[@bethcummings1124]

My depression agrees

[@rachelkinnamon6152]

“yankee” is definitely still a derogatory word in the south. most southerners will take offense to you calling them a yankee.

[@PamelaMMBerkeley]

Yes I moved from NJ to SC when I was seven and was bullied for being a "d*mn yankee"

[@mcm0324]

'Yankee' is a very derogatory name that many from the south still call the north - on the East Coast. Being from PA, when I moved to Virginia after college I was actually kicked out of an interview simply because I was from the North. I was told they don't hire Yankees and the Confederate flag still hung outside their office building. The Mason-Dixon Line is the difference between the north & the south. My friends from the south cannot believe that in high school US history, the Civil War in the North is just a chapter. For some in the south they studied the Civil War their entire 10th grade year!

[@renataester8158]

what should we call them? American people? I mean America is a continent so

[@daemonskycloak6818]

Because they’re still racist in the south.

[@karentyas5440]

It’s intended as derogatory from southerners which is why I find it funny that in any other country EVERY American is thought of as a yankee. Being from PA, I’m honestly not bothered by it at all.

[@TheDoctorsDancer]

The "h" thing is because of the influence of French on the development of the English language.

[@joseph1150]

Yeah, English is definitely mutable. The Y at the beginning of old words like Ye Old Tavern was the Th sound. American English is actually closer to real British English from what I remember reading. There was a shift due to fads and trends that made mainstream British English shift (IIRC had to do with the leisure class taking their summers in the South of England and adopting parts of the local accent to show how posh they were).

[@allyson2day]

@@joseph1150 the boston accent is supposedly linguistically speaking the closest accent to what the colonial British sounded like

[@Valenvic]

Even so, it depends on the specific American accent.

[@demented_cycles]

The adding of the h sound to words like herb and the actual letter H came from a time when lower classes in England were omitting the h sound from all words. In response the higher classes were emphasizing the h sound in words that it was previously silent

[@ferablue1318]

Mrs.Oakenshield the problem with that is when you say British you are referring to the entirety of Britain. Scotland and Ireland have accents very different to most American accents.

[@FastForwardPlans]

"What do you do if you get a cold?" You guys go to hospitals for colds?

[@weebnerd6942]

And not like idk not go outside for like 2 days????

[@Camillelele69]

yeah in korea they literally go to hospitals for even the slightest cold or a pharmacy. In the us we just go to target, walmart, or even 711 to buy medicine.

[@elizabethwoolnough4358]

Not in the UK, no, we don't.

[@taylor41]

lmao i think thats just him, most people i know just take some over the counter medicine and wait it out

[@KnightslayerK8]

I've had a really bad "cold" and my mom took me to the doctor I had bad strept throat and I couldn't talk without being in severe pain My mom thought it was a cold

[@WendyDiane9575]

"Yankee has no negative connotation back in the US". Southerners: "Bless your heart"

[@AlienAbles420]

*cough *cough Texan *cough

[@orion8981]

I grew up with "Yankee" being a very negative connotation, usually followed by some other flavors of language. The south is interesting. Nicest people until they aren't.

[@enischial965]

I don't know what a Yankee is, but I know what a Damn Yankee is😂

[@Kerrisive]

I think it depends on which part of the South. I was raised in SC, and I almost never heard the term being tossed around.

[@Draftspike]

dist0rt I think everyone does

[@annafed2419]

Damn John is educated😳 As an American I’d say I’m relatively happy. Also with the drinking age thing, I think the American government wanted all the states to raise their drinking age to 21 but technically congress doesn’t have authority to do that so they have what’s called “categorical grants” where they give money to a state to fix their roads but only if they raised the drinking age

[@ITSMERlVER]

Anna Fed241 oh I took your first statement as a criticism of John telling him to be educated 😅 I assume you meant Damn John is educated, right?

[@annafed2419]

ITSMENIKKl yes sorry. I’ll rephrase

[@TheCriminalViolin]

It's a lot like speed limits. Speed Limits and Road Safety is TECHNICALLY a federal responsibility and they hold ultimate power, however, states have been and are allowed to set their own speed limits, and even legal age to drive/learn to drive. Montana, in example, has places where there is literally no speed limits whatsoever and it's sort of a "drive how you want at your own risk/peril". I also believe they have a lower drinking age, too, I think it is 18, might be 16. Can't quite remember. Though it may have been changed since I last researched the drinking age there, since that was a good few years ago.

[@gursharansingh4531]

army😊

[@jamesbroderick840]

@@TheCriminalViolin Its actually been 21 here in Montana for awhile now

[@daneroberts1996]

I love this new series, and the guy was actually really knowledgeable. Hopefully we can see questions about Australia, South Africa and Britain as well sometime in the future:)

[@lifeofjohn3993]

I have a feeling you will 😏😏

[@bigbud6842]

He's wrong about healthcare here he clearly is very liberal in his viewpoint. There's free insurance amd free care in every u.s state for anyone who doesn't make enough money to afford private insurance.

[@daneroberts1996]

@@bigbud6842 And is that a lot of people? I mean, do many people rely on that free healthcare or do most get good coverage privately?

[@kiradotee]

@@bigbud6842 so anyone can have free healthcare if they don't earn enough or can buy one if they earn enough? So everyone is covered??

[@joshweissert8085]

vitali Hey, I work in a pharmacy so I thought I could add to this conversation. The United States has two types of social health care systems. Medicare and Medicaid. Medicaid is for anyone who has a low income and basically everything is paid for less than $100 a month. Medicare is for people 65 years old and older or for people with certain disabilities. Unlike Medicaid, these people still have to pay a decent amount for medical care and prescriptions. If someone doesn’t have medicare or medicaid they either have private insurance(if they can pay for it) or no insurance(which is risky because hospitals are very expensive without insurance).

[@deaddead698]

“Are Americans British” is like asking “Are Japanese people Chinese” or “Are Mexicans Spanish”

[@robinnico7212]

Not really since Americans are very ethnically diverse and mostly all the other countries like japan are mostly that race

[@violettachalamet1409]

@@robinnico7212 True, the US is very diverse

[@cr8213]

@@internet4543 Not all

[@chimp1561]

Yamato pfp hello cool person with a good taste in anime

[@shooting6lasers]

@@internet4543 Technically Middle Easterners, people from the Caucasus, and more than half of Latinos are considered white as well.

[@tsubakihanazono]

I’m so glad to see an intelligent and kind individual repping US.

[@RickZune]

Must have been hard finding someone

[@tsubakihanazono]

Rick Zune definitely...

[@mr.shepherdspie7958]

@@RickZune really?! I hate when ignorant people that know nothing of the U.S say that we're stupid and unintelligent. I'm not being nationalistic for saying that, and I really don't care if you don't know about America, but making these assumptions about America, and posting them on the Internet like you know what you're talking about boils my blood. Unless this was supposed to be a joke. If it was, my apology.

[@mr.shepherdspie7958]

@@RickZune wait, are you American? I don't think you are seeing as you posted something that is negitive towards the U.S and even I'll admit, most Americans are proud to be American, but you very well could be American.

[@mr.shepherdspie7958]

@jackmichael285 yeah that is true, definitely

[@purplecatloverrandompizza]

"are Americans British" Not since the revolutionary war as far as I know

[@sydneyliles5752]

The revolutionary war: am i a joke to you?

[@codyhess7749]

I just know that if asked about any other country the answer would be something along the lines of "Some of us." But when asking if we are British the answer is a flat no.

[@katecooper3410]

Actually, English/American dual citizens technically fall under British as well. I'm one of those British Americans

[@HorusDeathtouch]

When he says brown eggs are healthier, he is incorrect.

[@bluesdealer]

Damn redcoats 😄💂‍♂️

[@moonlightbabe7918]

Him- says Apple valley Me- thinks of Washington Him- a city near Los Angeles Me- ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ

[@madogthefirst]

City "near" LA. A 2-4 hour drive from LA depending on traffic. Apple Valley is in the High Desert practically all the way to Barstow.

[@Black_Dawn]

I thought about New York.

[@ardencross2992]

Are thinking about New York City's nickname, The Big Apple?

[@kelceyabigail7349]

I thought about apple valley, Minnesota.

[@jadewhite1201]

I used to live there. Nice place, LOTS of Joshua trees.

[@squidwardis_life102]

“Some people in America do think of themselves as an island” I think Thts just for us Hawaiians💀

[@loveremy2928]

Lol people in Florida do too

[@sukisukijanai971]

Lol relatable

[@kayEnt3rtainm3nt]

@UNKNOWN : 0 Well Manhattan Island also.

[@kayEnt3rtainm3nt]

@UNKNOWN : 0 It's an island in New York City but NYC is itself divided up into sub-sections called boroughs, the island of Manhattan being one of them. Don't worry, your confusion is warranted. You should see how confusing it gets when discussing New York tax classifications, haha.

[@patrickstar77]

And puerto rico

[@haleyviner2523]

“Are Americans happy?” I am an emotionless space creature

[@alyssainnis4432]

Haley V. 👽🖖🏼

[@j.williford179]

Yes American's are happy.

[@123domo8]

Yes, thats why we love to say we are depressed all the time its a challenge to see who can go the furthest

[@アリー-t4s]

HAH SAMEEE

[@cadenperry2330]

I'm happy except when i'm not

[@HandattheHelm]

There's a fun old comment about the word "Yankee" that goes like this: "Elsewhere in the world, a Yankee is an American. In America, a Yankee is a Northerner [born north of the Mason-Dixon Line]. In the North, a Yankee is someone from the Northeast [area extending from Maine south to D.C.]. In the Northeast, a Yankee is someone from New England [states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut]. In New England, a Yankee is someone from Vermont. And in Vermont, a Yankee is someone who eats pie for breakfast."

[@nozhbozh]

HandattheHelm Vermont really likes pie...

[@mitchderise]

Breakfast pizzas aren't all that weird

[@Jezqi83]

in Massachusetts a Yankee is a terrible baseball team :P

[@Declan0Connor]

Desirae Hersey yeah in my small town in Vermont we have an annual apple pie festival

[@tlam3028]

Gotta disagree as a Massachusetts resident, nobody here wants any association with that title.

[@manifesteddestiny.]

The British called us yankees as an insult in the revolutionary war. We pulled an Uno reverse card and embraced it. that's where the song comes from.

[@Rose-nj6mb]

Ohhh, just like the n word

[@manifesteddestiny.]

@@Rose-nj6mb yeah but we don't start burning our neighborhoods down when a brit calls us a yankee today.

[@iamadodecahedron2226]

Ive never cared for the name Yankee.. of course, I'm thinking of the baseball team when it's said. It's old terminology that until today I never understood. It's reference has no meaning still after learning more.

[@clickclackclickclack3058]

@@manifesteddestiny. I can't tell if this is an insult to black people or not-

[@lotusinn3]

Chris Stewart Except no one has done that ever. 😂

[@arielrose6361]

His response to the question about us being overworked sounds like he forgot about the service industry (retail, restaurant, etc).

[@snbatman]

Agreed. The answer to that question is "Yes" without any doubt.

[@DarkDreams948]

Right. Like yes. Were severely overworked because we cant afford rent and food and all our other bills if we dont. But he also said he didnt work overtime so... he never had that issues im sure

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

poverty threshold definitely takes overtime.

[@alexander5662]

@@DarkDreams948 well tbh u most not be overworked because ur watching this KZbin video lol. But all serious Ik a guy who works 95+ hours a week simply because he wants buy houses and save a lot for retirement at his younger ages

[@noeller9187]

In terms of the “wearing shoes indoors” thing, I think a big reason that it’s less of a problem in America is we never sit in the floor like many people do in Asia. While obviously there are Americans who prefer to take their shoes off when entering the house because it’s cleaner, it’s not really something we think about as a necessity because, to us, the floor is only something you walk on. However, speaking from personal experience and knowledge from some of my Asian friends, it’s way more common to sit on the ground with low tables to eat, etc. So being closer to the ground, obviously floor cleanliness would be much more noticeable and therefore more important :)

[@alexandercuevas6783]

That is a great answer

[@brookb5890]

Yes! This is exactly what I was thinking. From another standpoint, there aren't a lot of places to put shoes when you walk into an American household. Someone would have to purchase or build extra storage space for shoes and most Americans store their shoes in a closet. I wear house shoes (slippers when it's cold, flipflops when it's warm), but I don't usually take off shoes I'm wearing until I go up to my bedroom to change.

[@yourbiggestfangirllivv]

As a Canadian I don't know anyone who wears their shoes inside of their house cause it's just dirty🤭🤐 We wear slipper cause it just makes sense. If you wear shoes inside your house then I am going to seriously judge you cause no offense that's weird😣

[@Vee_Vee662]

I'm too lazy to take them off 😂

[@alexandercuevas6783]

@@Vee_Vee662 there's that too

[@Thefootqueen]

“Everything in America is just bigger” Me: *Looks down.” Not everything-

[@usageunit]

This is the correct answer to "Why are American cars so big?"

[@izzybobizzyy]

Wait is this a boob or dick joke-

[@navdeepkaur7233]

i-

[@fadedrelaxation3516]

Boo you crazy

[@skelecat0374]

*pat pat*

[@bud389]

"Where would you go if you had a bad cold" - Down to Rite Aid to buy a 6$ bottle of cold medicine.

[@memphoscorpio]

As someone who works in healthcare, there’s no cure for the common cold. You are right that OTC medicines are just as good as what the doctor will give you. Also, if you have a nurse in the family or as a neighbor ask them.

[@spFOX-pz3fx]

yeah, a pharmacy.

[@kaldo_kaldo]

@@memphoscorpio I think the difficulty is differentiating between a cold, the flu, a sinus infection, etc. My family was quite poor so historically we learned what was what and we would be diagnosed by our parents and we would be taught what to look for to figure out what you had. For me it's pretty easy to self-medicate for these common ailments (and don't worry, I'm smart enough to go to the doctor if I don't know or if there's more to it)

[@jazzycup9274]

@@memphoscorpio My nurse neighbor is anti-vaccine, I'll trust the Rite-Aid bro with two training courses entitled: "Plan-B shelf" and "Med shelf".

[@iamadodecahedron2226]

@@memphoscorpio It does help with the symptoms..the common cold is always alive in you.

[@gr8gracie858]

One time my British friend had to Google “do Americans has cheddar cheese” because she had a bunch of Americans, including myself, coming over and wanted to make sure that they knew what was on their plates.

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

We put in anatt in our cheddar as a preservative I think. Which makes it orange in color. It's anatto.

[@braelynnsimerra1310]

If we didn’t have cheddar cheese I would’ve moved the second I turned 18-

[@jw4277]

Lmao making up random cheeses? Get out of here with your "cheddar" bs

[@bowenzhou5402]

@@jw4277 wtf? Cheddar is legit one of the most popular cheeses here??

[@justanotherbaptistjew5659]

The reason that Americans say “erb.” Is because that’s how the French did it. The Brits said it that way for most of their history, but then that sort of pronunciation was associated with the low-class Cockney accent, and most of them stopped using the correct way, which is “erb.”

[@Deamo18]

I don’t think you can really call it correct or incorrect; accents change, words change, dialects change. The way we talk now is not the same as 100 years ago, so does that make our accents today “incorrect”? Language is constantly changing, so you can’t pick one dialect and say it’s considered more correct than another.

[@justanotherbaptistjew5659]

@Deamo18 I only call it correct because the Brits like to brag about how we “corrupted” the language, when in fact, American English is closer to the original.

[@Deamo18]

Zero to Awesome I’ll concede you that point, American English is a bit closer to the original, the modern British accent is a man-made accent, similar to the one you’d see in old 50’s movies that actors were taught. It did have a small place in America at one point, but because the accent was considered posh and most people in America at the time were working class, it never really took off. In England it spread more because finishing schools were teaching it, and it trickled down as a sign of wealth. However, no dialect today is close enough to sound similar to the accent that was replaced, because that was around 300 years ago. Accent history is fascinating!

[@steve1583]

it also matters which part of the country you live in cause I say herb and i live in az

[@mama_ber7179]

I see it this way (as an American), "Herb" is a name whereas "erb" is something you add to food for added flavor or something you smoke😂

[@PrincessNinja007]

The shoe thing- when you enter someone else's house, taking your shoes off indicates that you intend to stay a while, essentially inviting yourself over. The rule of thumb I learned is that if you're comfortable enough to sit without being invited, you can take your shoes off without being asked. Also, I wear work boots and walk around all day. You reeeeeeally don't want me going shoeless in an enclosed space after a long summer day of work.

[@Udontkno7]

Yep. If the shoes are off, you're spending hours there. Not a few minutes.

[@pyjamaramasam]

I usually take my shoes off even if I'm only staying for a few minutes. Only because my mom taught us to do that as respect for the person who cleaned the floors. Lord forbid I came home and walked all over her clean floors with my dirty shoes lol. It's a thing ingrained in my brain even now as an adult and I find it weird that it weirds people out 😅

[@brie4308]

I find it funny that I’m America taking your shoes off is rude, because here in Canada it’s polite

[@NTNinja]

@@brie4308 I live in america and when i used to live in canada I went to someones house and most of the poeple there were wearing shoes

[@IsMeAbi]

@@brie4308 it's not rude to us Americans we are just surprised to see that sometimes it kinda depends how your raised

[@kaylazelinsky4087]

I don’t know anyone in America who would go to Urgent Care for a bad cold. Just take some NyQuil and drink plenty of water and save yourself the $120.

[@darkjill2007]

@JC Denton agreed.

[@victoriatidwell2268]

I’ve had to go to urgent care for bad colds before but that’s just because I’ve had performances (I sing) that I didn’t need to be sick for!

[@macvena]

If one's illness progresses into pneumonia or pleurisy, visiting urgent care or the ER might be advisable.

[@fasztimes]

It’s a man. That’s why.

[@Razgriz920]

@@fasztimes idk. im a man and never went to urgent care for a cold or flu.

[@minicat3640]

I live in the us and I am happy, aside from my clinical depression. 🤣

[@jordaniaA1830]

Very Relatable

[@mememaster6928]

*'are Americans british?'* I wonder who searched that

[@lifeofjohn3993]

Ha ha I guess it makes sense to ask but.....

[@SarahElisabethJoyal]

I bet it was British Sam

[@bmoreriseup6130]

The british trying too claim america

[@crowbirdryuell]

British Colony 2.0 anyone??

[@Route-cy6cx]

I think maybe they were referring to ancestry? But apparently most Americans are surprisingly Germans

[@snoogkies]

"Americans like big things," like butts, and we cannot lie.

[@JadeRabbit373]

People who don’t get that reference will be mildly confused XD

[@ooferdoofer7091]

All my other brothers can’t deny

[@jeromeshalom9250]

I really like pizza pie

[@jeromeshalom9250]

And when I forget those little bitty things i forgot i wear shoes back in the house

[@userdarren3384]

Nice reference

[@samvimes9510]

_"Why is North America not an island?"_ If you think about it, aren't continents just really really big islands? 🤔

[@arokiadoss2153]

Thoughtfull question🤔🤔🤔

[@neuse74]

🤔

[@TheNoiseySpectator]

There is some kind of technical difference between a continent, and a very big island, but honestly, the question is not worth worrying about. Ask Australians?

[@thespankmyfrank]

I think the difference is the tectonic plates and the land actually being connected to them? I don't fucking know though, I'm not a geologist lol.

[@Kenneth-ce2wi]

Redhead Update North and South America aren’t connected anymore because of a canal they dug there So North and South are technically big islands🤔🤔🤔

[@CheekandBluster]

OK, I'm a lifelong American and now I have to go google "how did NASCAR come from prohibition"

[@jacobcash7848]

NASCAR was started by booze or moonshine runners. When moonshine was made in the south people would need to deliver it to rural and mountain communities. They also needed a car to outrun the cops if they caught them. Over time runners would compare delivery times and would start racing. At these races people could get alcohol and watch the race.

[@JourneyGirl44]

Right! I had no idea

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

Gettin' away from the Feds!

[@keithmoore3199]

I can assure you, when a Southerner calls someone a Yankee, it is not a compliment. Being from California, you may be unaware of this.

[@lesliekilgore648]

yup! damn yankees is STILL an insult in the Southeast.

[@manniefresh3425]

I call people from NY Yankee, never thought it could apply to me lol

[@stevez.6805]

Northerners have derogatory terms for Southerners...

[@Buttsceatcgee]

I’m american and Grew up in the north west area of the US. I still don’t understand how calling someone a “Yankee” is an insult. Someone explain it to me pls

[@hannahcatesilver2154]

buttscratcher it’s just a way to distinguish northerners and call them out for not being from the south and not understanding southern culture

[@studentdoctortuan1565]

I really like the way he answers all these questions. We're going through a very tough time of COVID19 pandemic, so hope all of you guys to be safe and sound. Nothing beats laying down in the bed and watching your KZbin videos...

[@billy_on_aire]

Stay safe x

[@sueyoung2115]

Re the shoes in the house, ...Laziness. My husband is still working in the middle of the virus transmission, and the first time I requested that he remove his work shoes and change his clothes when he came home, he acted insulted. For Pete's sake!!!

[@bigbud6842]

I have to correct him on healthcare here in the u.s. if he didn't have insurance here its because he never could be bothered to take a minute and sign up for the free insurance and excellent free healthcare that you can access in every state in the u.s.

[@gursharansingh4531]

@@billy_on_aire hi

[@johnalden5821]

@@bigbud6842 Was that sarcasm? The only free insurance I know of is medicaid, and not many people qualify for that.

[@melodypanek448]

I live in Wisconsin. Most of us take our shoes or boots off when going into a house. We don't want to track in wet snow, water or mud.

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

I from the southwest, pretty much desert, terrible drought. No need to take off shoes because the dirt is dry.

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

But still, walk around barefoot at home unless my dad yells at me to wear something because the floor is cold in winter and that'll apparently get me sick.

[@allenroisen2386]

"What would you do if you had a bad cold" Buy some nyquil and go to bed wtf? I thought you were gonna ask about cancer or something.

[@PhoenixBlazer39]

Not even. Knock back some tea. Eat some soup. Drink fluids. You'll be fine within the week.

[@Mariah-ddalgi]

@@PhoenixBlazer39 yeah I was surprised to find out other countries go to the hospital even when it's not sever and life threatening

[@sluttymctits4496]

Chicken noodle soup. Ritz/Saltines/oyster crackers. Ginger ale... with a straw. That's all you need. Maybe some Benadryl or Sudafed, depending on the kind of symptoms you're having. Power through it because you can't afford to skip work for too long. It's the American way.

[@MushroomQueen27]

American healthcare is so expensive Americans wait to seek care until they're basically on their deathbed, AND we rarely use sick time (if sick time is even an option) so we work even while sick

[@gregoryjames6051]

As an American, I didn't even go to the hospital for my broken arm or to get stitches. This came after a few bad experiences from hospitals as a child where my dad (with his very basic military med training) had to fix what the lazy doctors screwed up. The care I had access to would have been free for the broken arm and most of the stitches because that sort of thing usually happens at work for me and would be covered. In other words, I'd rather under-qualified people who care (such as my dad or myself) than some lazy, disrespectful, arrogant, apathetic, overpaid, overqualified moron getting near me. The problem here isn't as much cost as it is indifference to lower-income people.

[@ks9759]

I’m wondering if the “Are Americans happy?” question comes from the stereotype about us being kinda loud, talkative and outgoing. Like, an American is more likely to say hello to a stranger, to talk loudly with them about their day and laugh without hesitation. We value self confidence and open communication, so we come across as “happy” unbothered people. Of course, that’s just a generalization. A lot of us are depressed and introverted as hell. 😂

[@uhliketheplanet]

Also in the south it’s kind of part of our culture to just be friendly and talkative to strangers. I’m pretty sure it’s different in the north cause I’ve heard about New Yorkers just always focusing on their business but that’s a stereotype and I’ve never been so I don’t really know about the north 🤷‍♀️

[@ks9759]

Marinara Sauce Yeah, I think it depends where you go. Big city vs. rural communities, rich vs. poor communities and all that. But maybe the South is a little friendlier because they can get out and socialize year round? Northerners are cooped up for a third of the year battling miserable conditions and seasonal depression. I’ve seen ice/snow/wind storms that just suck the “happy” right out of ya, especially when you realize you got to dig your car out of it at 5am to go to work. 💀

[@SkippyTheSpiteful]

Americans: *talk loudly* Italians: *Are You Challenging Me*

[@rachelclark6393]

I think our culture is more open, and we have freer guidelines for talking to strangers without being considered rude or bothersome. Pretty much anywhere but the most dangerous cities you can freely strike up a conversation in the right circumstances without being side eyed. But in terms of personal lives that depends and varies wildly based on your background, upbringing, and personal circumstances in life. That said, we are friendlier to outsiders than a lot of places, as other people have mentioned. I go to New york often, so I can say that people there don't talk to strangers on the street much. But if you do stop and talk they are totally unfazed and super friendly. I live in a city with a bad crime problem smack dab in the middle of the east coast and people here are friendly as long as you don't trip any alarms. We may not always greet strangers on the street but we often nod or smile politely, we wave and greet you if we know you, and you can talk to people in the supermarket or whatever so long as you're polite. My dad, who lives down south, thought our city is full of cold unfriendly people because where he lives basically everyone talks to each other and waves and greets strangers and stuff. He knows every worker in the stores around his neighborhood by name and backstory. He's gregarious by nature, but that's not super uncommon. If his family had been from there, he'd have known people's families for generations and stuff. Our family is from even further south and a much smaller town and it's definitely lile that. Everyone knows everyone. We have an astounding amount of variation in America. As a whole, we are friendly but every state has its own personality and cities and small towns and rural areas are different. I've never been to the interior of the country so I can't speak to that but i've met people from all over and regardless of our satisfaction in life we tend to be fairly friendly.

[@lylasaur6694]

Yea- in my state, it's just normal to have a conversation with a random person

[@chaitanyasamant4934]

"Americans work a lot" Japanese Indians and Korean "Hold my beer"

[@Hbizzjohnson]

I think the more appropriate answer to that question would be it depends on your job or your aspirations in America. we do have a work obsession here but the extent at which you work is also dependent on your career choice

[@namjoonsexpensivecrab8104]

😂

[@dayra6425]

I get paid really good and i work like 20 hours a week

[@manniefresh3425]

We work more hours per capita with less time off than most European countries

[@stevez.6805]

I know Americans get a lot less time off than European countries and usually a longer work week... You can't compare it to a sweatshop in Bangladesh though...

[@zoe_dawg]

As an American I always thought people saying "herb" was fancy until I heard an Australian saying Americans were fancy bc we said "erb" lol

[@gator5432]

The true reason American cars/roads are normally bigger is because our roads were built with automobiles in mind while other places were built with horeses and carriages in mind. (We also had the room)

[@ferablue1318]

Yh also hasn’t been around as long to suffer from badly planned road systems and the merging of small towns. It runs more smoothly that way.

[@taylormathis9181]

Highways are large because they were designed for military mobilizations

[@SaylerDave22]

@@rauritorbrand5629 no, not high speed rails. There have been a couple videos on youtube that i cant remember that explain how it is too expensive to build a cross country high speed rail system and how airplanes are more efficient to get from eat to west rather than high speed rail. Too expensive for useless results. Jobs are good and all, but the number that was estimated for the price of making a high speed rail system was in the trillions i think, so not worth spending, considering before the corona, the unemployment was already seriously low.

[@prinxeoo]

wrong!!! The American Interstates were built bigger than usual (especially the interstate) to accommodate military vehicles and troop movement in case the Soviet union I.E Russia now decided to attack after the 2nd World war. I just realized someone already provided this Answer. Search on KZbin for documentary on Eisenhower's Road trip in a military vehicle. try and watch more documentaries and expand your view of the world's History.

[@savanahbustle3361]

prinxeoo yes and also they aren’t wrong. No one is really wrong here. You’re all right.

[@Twisted_Logic]

"Yankee has no negative connotation in the US." Someone has clearly never been to a southern state.

[@billie-jobenway8658]

Agreed. My experience with it was as a kid from NY living in Texas for the first time. I was called a damn Yankee a lot, sometimes as a light slur and sometimes with real hostility. Keep in mind this was back in the late 70's so I am sure things could be different now:)

[@Chris-lc4bo]

Apple Valley is not far from Los Angels in southern Cal yankee is not a negative.

[@piyodsbl1900]

Wait rlly???

[@bambihall169]

I have family in the south and any time they call me a Yankee I respond with, "Yeah we did win thanks for reminding me."

[@sarenamoreno6387]

We all know the term and know how it is meant but I agree, I still don't view it as negative. To me it just generalizes where you are from, southerners come from the southern and almost southern states and Yankee is everywhere else.

[@ianhowick]

Americans get our pronunciation of Herbs from the french, where the "H" is silent.

[@aiden3627]

Matthew Fronsoe our nonsensical system of measurement came from medieval Europe, one foot used to change based on the size of the current ruler’s feet.

[@allison-valdahlia3208]

@Captain Redbeard instead the British pronunciation of the word Herb is actually to spite the french pronunciation. Look at how Britain pronounces the word lieutenant

[@macvena]

There was a period in the late 18th century America where anything British wasn't very popular, and French enjoyed wide popularity. Many terms, spellings and pronounciations were deliberately changed or adopted to be less British.

[@lailagreen8614]

I'm an American and I didn't know what an erb was until today.

[@alondor8157]

Yes. And the British used to pronounce it erb as well, being it IS a french word. But sometime in the past they got a hard on for strong H sounds, and was generally popular amongst the wealthy, probably to sound posh and put down the poor. Like the British pronunciation of white, they say WHite, which wasn't always the case. The english language has evolved over time. The British would be shocked at how much different they sound compared to the old times.

[@jillthornton5512]

In the South, “Yankee” is still derogatory.

[@tilted4fun805]

yes they’re still mad about the civil war....... 🙄😂

[@jillthornton5512]

No, it’s because Yankees are condescending.

[@jaycee330]

Only to southerners, northerners don't give a shit.

[@shooting6lasers]

Latinos can use yanqui as a slur, but gringo is probably used more often.

[@danielkyavata6233]

The cultures are so different. And we feel like our culture is constantly made fun of and always equated with slavery. Strange, because much of our culture has ties with African roots.

[@chancekromer4269]

This dude honestly did SOOOOO good avoiding politics I’m impressed!

[@altogrape5647]

@Ty The Great you a foreigner? So was I, and I thought that too, until I went to live in this country

[@altogrape5647]

@Ty The Great just saying, politics is everything here. I've lived here for a long time, I see it everywhere, and it just gets worse

[@angelelelelalalalalelae]

@Ty The Great America is a political joke awfully strange the president is gonna be Biden in less than a week mans can barely form a sentence

[@angelelelelalalalalelae]

@Ty The Great english is a strange language my friend

[@angelelelelalalalalelae]

@Ty The Great can you just explain what you don't understand

[@yamuda]

*Why do Americans speak English?* Answer: We don't. Ask the English. We speak something that sounds like English, but it's really 3 languages in a trenchcoat waiting in a dark alley to mug passing by languages of loose grammar and vocabulary.

[@savanahbustle3361]

Michael Downer I’m copying this and sending it to all of my grammar police siblings. They will love it. ❤️

[@atomheart7907]

We speak Cherokee here

[@Ahahahahstayingalive]

I love this

[@owieprone]

It's a dialect of English.

[@whataboutbob9786]

@Matthew Fronsoe that's because language is constantly evolving. English as we know it today is completely different from what was spoken in the 1600's.

[@CheekandBluster]

"Are Americans happy?" I don't think you can generalize us all as happy or unhappy. I think most of us could easily be much happier than we are, but our problem is that we think of happiness as something you attain. We think "if I got this promotion, or if you could afford that fancy outfit, or if I had a Lexus, or a cabin in Tahoe," that those things would make us happy. But as it turns out, the people that have those things aren't any happier than people who don't. Real happiness is the little everyday experiences, often things we take for granted. A pretty sunset. The guy's hilarious reaction at the coffee shop when he tipped over in his chair. The excited look on a student's face when what you've been telling them clicks, and they "get it." Watching your kid squeal with delight as he plays on a swing. Writing tl;dr KZbin comments full of platitudes that nobody's gonna read, except for you, the person who read this far. You and I get each other. : )

[@graciee.458]

"There's no negative connotation with Yankee" ummm this dude obviously doesn't know about the south...

[@moonrayne27]

And to be 100% honest... The South technically won the civil war because the confederate soldiers (the 'republicans') were the ones fighting to abolish slavery. The democrats or Yankees were the ones fighting to keep and expand it. The South wanted nothing to do with slavery. Since it was abolished the south/republicans/confederates won the war. Edited for typos

[@graciee.458]

@@moonrayne27 I think you're a bit mixed up there. During the Civil War the South was not majority Republican and the North was not majority Democrat. In fact, it was the opposite. The North was mainly Republicans, hence Abraham Lincoln being the leader of the party and official president at the time. The South was mainly held by the democrats or the aptly named "dixiecrats". So, in closing, the South most definitely lost the war and the North fought to end slavery and won.

[@ahall9839]

​@@moonrayne27 What? There is no "honesty" or "technicality" required here. There is absolutely no way someone could think the North was pro slavery or that the South won the war unless they have literally zero knowledge of the entirety of the history of the US and have never visited America. Just even do a cursory google search or something before trying to "correct" people.

[@cobiebentley9277]

@@moonrayne27 you should really watch the mini series called Grant, you'll learn a lot about the civil war.

[@duck8049]

Freya Lotus I think u need to relearn history bcs I do not think that is correct at all- HAJSHSJSJS OOH

[@staticshockk]

This guy is just so good at explaining. He explains better than allot of people I’ve seen. I think I understand America more than some Americans thanks to him

[@mr.shepherdspie7958]

I disagree with that statement, but okay

[@mitchderise]

@@mr.shepherdspie7958 Just out of curiosity what do you disagree with?

[@theogpinkyboo]

He is good at it, I’m American and couldn’t have said anything better myself.

[@americanpatriot70476]

@abdihamid as an American i feel this guy is a poor representation of an american

[@ajunicee]

Dylan Sims in what way?

[@SherriLyle80s]

Are Americans happy? Me in particular: Yes Us as a whole: okayish

[@jaminwaite3867]

Im pissed.

[@tarttart5435]

Damn just found out some people in America are still happy 😳

[@andrewchatman622]

i disagree

[@SherriLyle80s]

@watergod 83 as I posted this a month ago, I was. However, now I'm sad for our country. In my personal life, I'm still happy, yes.

[@SherriLyle80s]

@@tarttart5435 if you look at my timestamp, this was posted a month before you or what has happened recently with George Floyd. No, I'm not happy about that. But I wish people would use common sense and look at the time when I actually posted this in correlation to present time America. Thank you.

[@hellomynameissadddx6719]

As a Texan the most times I hear “yanks” or “Yankees” is when we are talking baseball lol

[@evilgenius4213]

"Yankees" is definitely an insult in certain places in the U.S.-I give to you the American South.

[@tenkaiandtransformerfangir7814]

*are Americans happy?* Me: “Depends on the day, the year, star sign, etc...”

[@erinsimmons7627]

This is the one 😂😂

[@CookiesAreNoice]

Exactly bro

[@jeanneumutoni9609]

True

[@FriggSaga]

Legit response.

[@lyx8039]

Uh is it not supposed to be like that- I is confusion-

[@DavidSmith-tc7mo]

This guy might just be the best “American Representative” on KZbin. Color me impressed.

[@bombuchu]

white

[@thedude4762]

David Smith I’m definitely not impressed by him he doesn’t represent me as an American

[@clemsonbloke]

That is a big nope! He was wrong about several issues and he didn't even know he was wrong. They should have given him the questions beforehand so he could read up. Better yet he should have got out of California and learned more about his own country before moving to Korea. He knows more about Korea than he does the US.

[@clemsonbloke]

@@thedude4762 I'm serious! I was like "what is this guy doing?", he's clueless.

[@char5285]

Sure I just need to find my impressed crayon

[@thelegendofyolo]

I think the whole “calling pizza a pie” is largely a northerner thing, especially New York. You can go into a pizza shop and say “I’ll have a slice” or “I’ll order a pie” and it just means a plain piece of pizza/plain pizza pie. I find that once you travel outside of NY/NJ region, you don’t hear pizza being called a pie anymore

[@jaycee330]

It's definitely a New York/Long Island thing. No one else out here in the midwest calls it a pie.

[@Solo_gurl1]

In Maryland it’s not called a pie but a pizza

[@DAllenMartinphotos]

Americans don't actually speak "English" we speak "American English", which includes a lot of words from several other languages, and a shit-ton of words derived from slang.

[@HolyWarriorFury]

Yeah, but a lot of other languages have borrowed words too.

[@joshsmith2178]

So does british english

[@vliegendehollander]

Well your language is still absolutely English and happens to be the most sociolinguistically influential variety of English in the world, likely due to Hollywood's budget. American English is just a group of accents, not even a dialect like maybe Jamaican Patois would be considered. Every language family in the world from the Indo-European to Slavic, Asian, Semitic and Bantu languages, certainly have thousands of cognates and most make use of loanwords from other languages. Especially nowadays as it's increasingly difficult to live in cultural isolation. Also every language is rich with slang that's not just an American thing. And as for the notion that American English is not "proper English" as it's meant to be spoken in England because it's been changing since settlers arrived over 400 years ago. Well actually British English has changed more since 1600 than American English has. Languages simply evolve over time, in fact if we transported to Shakespeare's time the pronunciation would be so different we'd hardly understand anyone.

[@MushroomQueen27]

As someone who hears a large variety of American accents and dialects, I can confidently say there are English dialects that are just unintelligible to any other region. It depends. I guess you could just talk about "Standard English" which is what you're usually taught in school but regional dialects, while still English, can have wildly different vocabulary and grammar. It's usually influenced by whatever group immigrated to the area in the past (for example Swedish in I think Minnesota? Or is it Wisconsin? Idk)

[@vliegendehollander]

​@@MushroomQueen27 - Unintelligible? I'd be fascinated to learn where these dialects are spoken! I spend a fair amount of time nerding out on the website www.aschmann.net/AmEng which has the entirety of Canada and the US mapped out by accent with recorded examples. Also this site - www.dialectsarchive.com The strongest accent I've found in North America is the Appalachian accent, but I still understand at least 95% of what they're saying. I even understand everything in England, Australia and South Africa. I have to listen to some Scottish comedians like Kevin Bridges speaking quickly or watch some Jamaican movies before I only understand maybe 40-70%

[@MonumentToSin]

"Why do Americans wear shoes in the house?" Most of us wear the shoes into the house, yes, but that's because we store our shoes in the house and not outside. Most houses have a "mud room" or a closet close to the front door where people store their shoes. Also, it's usually considered okay to wear shoes into the house if you have wood or tile floors; most people only have a problem with wearing shoes on the carpet. Also, if you live in the South/Southwest, you don't want to leave your shoes outside because there's all kinds of creatures that like to crawl into them. If I leave a pair of shoes by the door, I always check for snakes, spiders, scorpions, etc. before I put them on again.

[@santiagonicolaslopezbravo2624]

I didn't know You used shoes in the USA, because your houses are made of wood and carpets and I thought it could get dirty easily. Here in south america we use shoes but the materials of our houses are really cold and the distribution of the house is different.

[@wadeofearth]

In Arkansas here, yep found a frog in mine the other day lol

[@TonyAlmeida1]

I think laziness would have summed it up well.

[@Dr.Westside]

Here in Florida I found a very large fishing spider in my shoe . I haven't touched those shoes since .

[@dothedo3667]

What? People who take off their shoes in the house still store their shoes inside...

[@57Ron57]

"Yankee" - If you ask an American, Who is a Yankee?", they will tell you it's someone from above the Mason-Dixon Line. IF you ask someone from above the Mason- Dixon Line, they will tell you it's someone from the north-east Someone from the north-east will tell you a Yankee comes from New England. Go to New England and they will tell you a Yankee is a person from Maine. If you ask someone from Maine, they will tell you that a Yankee is a Baseball Team in New York

[@johan.ohgren]

That's sound exactly like how we argue if our region (in Sweden) is "northland" or "southland". Everyone you ask is gonna have a different answer.

[@sciguy98]

The whole Mason-Dixon line thing still annoys me because as a Deep Southerner I know that Maryland is a Northern State. The Mason-Dixon line was drawn long before the social or economic differences between northern and southern colonies ever existed. It was created to define the southern border of Pennsylvania. But, it's an easy line to reference so it keeps getting used.

[@savanahbustle3361]

R. Vincent Bows this is wonderful. Well done.

[@bentleyr00d]

Etymology online says: Yankee 1683, a name applied disparagingly by Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam (New York) to English colonists in neighboring Connecticut. It may be from Dutch Janke, literally "Little John," diminutive of common personal name Jan; or it may be from Jan Kes familiar form of "John Cornelius," or perhaps an alteration of Jan Kees, dialectal variant of Jan Kaas, literally "John Cheese," the generic nickname the Flemings used for Dutchmen. Weird!

[@nicolemartel6183]

As a New Englander, I didn’t know the Mason-Dixon Line was something still used or talked about outside of history class. As a Massachusetts native and Red Sox loyalist, if you asked me who a Yankee is, my thoughts immediately go to New Yorkers. It’s very interesting to me how broadly the term is applied by people outside of my state.

[@croonch6538]

I'm an American and very happy in the US! I love my country!!

[@atrashfire]

i thought we pronounce it as “erbs” because it was originally a french word and their “h” is silent

[@LaShumbraBatesAuDHD]

You are correct.

[@yo18momas]

Yessir

[@lajksueye5749]

When u live in Hawaii, still part of America but call it herbs with an h sounds and everyone, literally everyone, takes their shoes off the go inside :|

[@jillreads6142]

Just like poutine. It’s pronounced as "poutine"(silent e) not "pouteen"

[@nurselaykan3721]

“Yankee has no negative connotation in America.” Me, a Southerner: INCORRECT

[@danielpatterson1576]

CNNS you are a rare breed, and most would not agree with you unless they’re too old to work

[@allisondoke]

I was looking for this lol, I live in TX and ppl use it more negatively than neutrally

[@tae4342]

My parents are canadian but I was born in Georgia (the state obviously). When we were living there we had this neighbor who called his wife a yankee because she was from north georgia. He tried to pull that on my dad who turned around and said “im not American, to me You’re the yankee” and that Really shut him up.

[@Fatblue246]

yea but literally no one up north finds it offensive whatsoever lmao. like you could da be callin everyone on the street of NYC or Boston yankees and they’d just look at you weirdly. It just has no power cuz to a northerner there is nothing wrong with being a northerner lmao

[@katrinaingram7871]

agreed im from pa and southerners always use it negatively

[@jessicasanchez6560]

The reason it is Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness is because with saying the pursuit of happiness it’s saying you have the CHOICE to be happy. doesn’t guarantee it, because it is up to you :)

[@TheBlankJoker]

I would put it more along the lines of "you can make your own happiness." Make your own choices and then suffer the consequences. Consequences being both Positive and Negative. Otherwise yes, that is the American Mission. For those of you that don't know it comes directly from the Declaration of Independence. And for those of you who don't know of the Declaration of Independence its the Document the American Found Fathers used to tell England that they are no longer English and why they are separating from England. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Side note: The rough draft of the Declaration of Independence also had Slavery in it. Most of the founding fathers wanted to separate from the crown partially cause of Slavery. If it wasn't the main reason for Thomas Jefferson's hand writing changed when this topic came up. However they agreed that everybody that signed needed to be 100% on board with everything written down. There are of course those few that pushed for Freeing the Slaves out of the Independence and pushed to make sure that if any slave fought for the Colonies that it wouldn't guarantee them freedom.

[@VivaCohen]

That's true. I very specifically learned that in a Lit. class of all places lol

[@jessicasanchez6560]

blancjoker choosing happiness and making happiness are practically the same. i was just letting people know. :) there isn’t always consequence for happiness either

[@adrianaluna8721]

Pursuit of happiness is because the founding fathers didn't write property. You aren't guaranteed property but you could fight for your happiness.

[@snuggies8037]

Good ol James Madison

[@joel1228]

I wear shoes in my house, because my dog sheds enough to sweep five times a day. lol

[@sandrajohnson4233]

You did great job of explaining things. The "herb" question...actually its because we got the word from the French and it sorta just translated that way. It also depends on how the sound is stressed in the sentence (more or less to do with the function of it). There are lots of times we drop it without realizing it (herb notwithstanding). The pizza pie is from the Italians, they wanted to sell us on the idea of pie. They apparently won that battle. I am happy :)

[@heatherweglin8294]

Herb can also means pot.

[@eliselapointe7013]

The French don't pronounce the h's

[@mfree80286]

@@eliselapointe7013 "The French don't pronounce the h's"... they don't pronounce a lot of things... thank God. Hors d'oeuvres?

[@isaacevilman7586]

It was also silent in the Latin word that the French got it from.

[@mr.tambourineman]

I just have to say that every single answer was extremely on target. Very informed and unbiased. You even got many of the small historical details down. As a fellow American, I think you do well representing us!

[@JackiJinx]

"Are Americans overworked?" I don't think he took into consideration all the people that need to work multiple jobs to get by. For many, the answer is yes.

[@thefallen501st4]

I need to work 3 jobs to afford my many luxury goods like a tv in every room of my house and dozens of appliances I have no real need for

[@xiaobai7060]

and the lack of days off/vacation time.

[@surrealmoss9988]

Bruh if you need to work three jobs just to get by in the USA you in the need to move somewhere more affordable...

[@Rhaenarys]

Exactly. I take it he has a nice cushy job. Maybe not. But that seems like the answer from someone whose not struggling working 80 hrs a week to pay rent and have food on the table. We are told to get better jobs. But problem is...theres only so many "better" jobs.

[@seam322cub187]

Those Americans need to move out of over-taxed, Democrat states.

[@cosmicdahlia]

it's called pie because when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's amorrreeeeeeeeee

[@iowaclass5657]

“Yankees has no negative connotation in America” I mean, depending on the season...

[@ammandahall3521]

Iowa Class 😂 I love this

[@whataboutbob9786]

Depends where the rebel flag is bring flown.

[@LynnJynh9315]

To be fair, here in the Ozarks, I've heard 'Yank' used negatively. But never 'yankee.'

[@yeahright343]

I think he's referring to the baseball season, in which case, yes,"Yankees" has a very strong negative association, especially if you're from Boston, which happens to have the best baseball team in the world...

[@devincetee5335]

@@yeahright343 Hey, it also depends on where in New York you're in as well.

[@saavedra-ut1pi]

“Why do Americans speak English” there something called the 13 British colony

[@dalemoore1308]

The drinking age is 21 due to MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) lobbying politicians to raise it to 21 in the 1980s.

[@Caleb-qr6lo]

Thus now you can go to war before you can drink yay! /s

[@lilghost121]

@@Caleb-qr6lo Actually, with a military ID you can purchase alcohol at 18.

[@redacted1431]

@@Caleb-qr6lo *legally*

[@janellemcmichael-puller9514]

@@lilghost121 no you can't. Under UCMJ you must be 21 here in the US no matter military or not.

[@stacyhun5203]

Caleb u act like drunk driving is okay. You’d want the age changed if ur kid was killed by a dumb and drunk teen driver.

[@aubree7524]

I’m concerned- I’m American but I’ve never called pizza pie ;-;”

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

Maybe it's a Brooklyn thing.

[@Romancefantasy]

I think it's an Italian thing. I grew up in the North East where it's called a pie in every pizza place.

[@moniquep1141]

I consider that the “proper” description. 🤣🤣 I just say “slice”.

[@meganwarnock7937]

In the South Yankee is still derogatory. As in “damn yankee”

[@williambarnes5023]

The War of Northern Aggression didn't need to happen. Industrialization would have ended slavery far better, by giving plantation owners the tractor and the press. States should have the right to secede. It's an important right that ensures the proper flow of power from lower levels to higher levels by consent of the governed only. Having it be violated and states being unable to leave and renegotiate terms of union is partly responsible for our current political turmoil, because we can't just break away from each other to escape bad laws from overreach. Even the threat of secession without taking any action is sufficient to produce productive compromises between otherwise intransigent parties. But when that isn't an option, we get this creeping power grab that leads to hyperpartisanship.

[@tlam3028]

William Barnes *Civil War

[@chuggon7595]

@@williambarnes5023 you guys literally fired the first shot,

[@travishill5675]

Yankee still has a negative connotation in the southern United States.

[@khkayla6575]

Travis Hill I live in Florida and use it more jokingly towards northerners. Such as “This sweet tea sucks, yankees must have made it” or if someone is complaining about the heat then they’re called a yankee.

[@TheXev]

@@khkayla6575 I lived in Florida for 3 years, and I found that Yankee was used to refer specifically to northerners who were exceptionally rude by southern standards. Something small, like... not handing a casher cash (which is possibly something you'd never do in the north) could get your thrown out of some places in Florida. To some southerns, not handing cash to casher would be equated to spitting in their face. I only ever learned these things because while I lived in Flordia, I worked retail, so I received many explanations in great detail... my own personal learning curb, being originally from Pennsylvania, was pretty great at times!

[@VivaCohen]

True, but that's meant more as a joke.

[@cgdivamoxy]

I was going to say, yes it's still negative in the south sometimes. It'd be a more interesting answer if he knew.

[@constanzabarcelli3230]

Here in South America someone “yankee” or something “yankee” it’s basically something from the US

[@floralcouch]

"I see alot of snow storms in America" Florida: am I a joke to you?

[@Bublio53]

Floridian here: *hard core laughing. meanwhile is getting eaten alive by mosquitos and epically applies sunglasses while waiting for the next Hurricane to make landfall... only to say, "SIKE" at the last day...* our time is coming... I feel it...

[@hellotoeveryone658]

If u just travel to colorado for a couple weeks. U will see snow. 👌🏻

[@bethanyhu1881]

Californian here and once when i took a test about what state I lived in, they asked what I would do when it was raining. I said, What’s “rain”? For another question it asked what i would do whether it was slightly cold, and I said Que?

[@deez3000]

Hawaii: *haha, what is snow?*

[@TheFIoridaMan]

We just have sand that looks like snow on the gulf coast

[@potatoes7741]

when he said that he was born in apple valley i screamed (i was born there)

[@sassylassie6608]

I just love the fact that this guy didn’t hesitate in his answers. America is proud🇺🇸

[@theshanamaster]

I'd say a decent portion was stolen from others, not "all bought"

[@oliviasorenson1336]

Yankee Doodle has origins before the American revolution - Yankee Doodle “stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni.” Macaroni at the time was a term for a sophisticated, well-dressed man. So Yankee Doodle was mocking or mimicking by placing a feather in his hat. The British used Yankee as a derogatory term towards Americans meaning disheveled, unsophisticated, etc. Doodle itself meant fool. Americans during the revolution embraced the term as a part of their rebellion and considered themselves proud to be Yankees. So proud, that Yankee Doodle was played when the British surrendered at Saratoga.

[@rachelsaunders7746]

So, um, I don't know about the whole Saratoga thing, I wasn't there. But I do know that Yankee Doodle was written by George M. Cohen who wasn't born until the 1800s. So, they may have played some song about being Yankees, but it was not Yankee Doodle. That song came well after the Civil War.

[@lesliekilgore648]

yeah, you're way way WAAAAY off. this song is filled with 1770's slang from around the Revolution. feather in his cap was an espionage signal. and macaroni was a code word as well. :) do a smidge more reading before you go mis-informing folks.

[@hudsondonnell444]

@@rachelsaunders7746 the original Yankee Doodle was a nonsense song going back to the middle of the 15th century. The words sung today are only slightly different to those penned as an insult to the colonist during the rise in tensions before the Revolution.

[@hudsondonnell444]

@@lesliekilgore648 a macaroni was a type of tall wig that was in fashion during the 18th century.

[@MzFoRi3]

Hudson Donnell You’re right, but macaroni had a wider meaning as a slang. A macaroni was a man who exceeded the ordinary bounds of fashion in mid-18th-century England and spoke in an outlandishly affected and epicene manner. Also, a fop, a foolish man excessively concerned with his appearance and clothes in 17th-century England.

[@jai-amahjabrown-williams41]

“Are Americans happy?” Me: can you define happiness....

[@hoshimiyaichigo7807]

WAIT WHAT WE CALL PIZZA A PIE💀💀💀 never in my life whAt

[@Naiant]

The reason we say "herbs" with an "h" is because that was the pronunciation of the word at the time of the Revolution. It had been brought into English from French, where "h's" are silent, but the French spelling was kept. Then, at some time after the Revolution, the British decided, based on the spelling, that the "h" should be pronounced. Bottom line, then, the British changed, not us, and the British are wrong because spelling should be based on pronunciation, not pronunciation based on spelling. Sorry, British (and others).

[@phoebe5]

its similar to how we say soccer instead of football. the british started deciding to use soccer for a short amount of time, us americans picked up on it, the british switched back and we didnt. Now they make fun of us for it.

[@TheLibran1]

This is actually an important point, for whatever reason at least up until recently American English actually retains, point for point on variations, more of the older English than the British do. File under "Odd but true".

[@manns746]

The pronunciation of the letter h in Britain was also related to a class issue where you were perceived as stupid and/or poor if you didn’t pronounce the h in certain words.

[@KingErictheRed]

Funnier one is that British accent and language come from a nobleman who thought they sounded "too American'

[@charles7003]

It’s a French word. The French pronounce it Erbs.

[@zaq1712]

If you're going to urgent care for a cold, youre just wasting money and time.

[@mehkarma2772]

Then again you also have to keep in mind that it depends on how bad the cold is. How long it had been going? And if it's getting worst.

[@Camillelele69]

Yeah, in the us we just go to target, walmart, or even 711 to buy medicine. But in Korea and I think a lot of places don't sell medicine outside of pharmacies and hospitals. In Korea they literally go to hospitals for even the slightest cold.

[@DarkDreams948]

Right. If its a cold im not getting shit. Im staying home (if i can) and sleeping it off. If its bad enough i feel i need meds ill goto the grocery and get some OTC meds. Im not going to urgent care or my physicians office for a cold or even the flu. If it lasts a long time (3+ weeks) MAYBE ill go to urgent care to make sure its not turning into pneumonia but otherwise nope. Im dealing with it at home and saving money.

[@daisyhenry-antonio5246]

Not necessarily. For some people, like my son; a cold can quickly become life threatening. And ergent treatment is needed while we wait for an appointment. Going to the hospital ER would be a waste of resources if it wernt for ergent care clinics

[@Ragin1njun]

I still gotta go to work if I wanna pay rent so can't go to the hospital

[@atalantalennareon1412]

Dude he gives me John mulaney vibes his mannerisms and the way he answers questions and stuff

[@lucasm4299]

Atalanta Lennareon That’s a compliment. They’re cute!

[@eddiemercury313]

Lmfao funniest jew i know

[@InquisitorNocturne1]

"life liberty and the pursuit of happiness"

[@otterheart3844]

Chicken farmer here: the reason white eggs are consider "less healthy " is because the leghorn, being the prolific layer that it is, is the bird most often used by factory farms which under nourish their chickens and there for produce subpar eggs. Where as most heritage bread chickens lay brown eggs and being heartier birds but not as strong an egg producer as the leghorn are typically raised by farmers and backyard chicken lovers. Being fed and cared for better they produce healthier eggs. So in short brown or white eggs produced by a factory farm will be bad while brown or white eggs produced by a small farm or homestead will be best.

[@clemsonbloke]

Yeah, that American guy, while nice, is really clueless on a lot of things. What makes it worse is his propensity to just pull things out of his ass.

[@lauralowe7834]

Thanks for that! I was going to write something similar, but you put it way better (used to raise chickens for 4h here)

[@gamesandglory1648]

My grandma has chickens like 20 of them they lay all sorts of eggs a surprising amont of colors some brown some white some off-white some slightly blue all colors

[@djday1974]

clemsonbloke PhD here and he is spot on. Stfu ‘bloke’

[@AndrewJamesGordon]

The US has no official language codified by law or “de jure”. However, English is the language most used by the government and populous, so it is the “de facto” language or lingua franca of the US

[@TheCriminalViolin]

But still not the legally "Official" language. There will always be a de facto language for all nations, depending on what the majority of media and people use. That's why there is always a difference emphasized between the two (Official Language/National Language and "De Facto Language")

[@MrJoshm0nkey]

From what I recall reading, languages other than English used to be used quite popularly by local/state governments and populace within some states, such as German in the Midwest, but died out over time. But yeah, like you said there's no federally official language. There are states with official languages, however; Alaska has over 20, most of them indigenous.

[@DeliberateContrarian]

@@MrJoshm0nkey German was institutionally suppressed. Children would be sent home from school for using German. Look up the Siman Act of 1918. German is the Single largest ethnicity in the US at around 16 percent.

[@grumpypotoo3965]

​@@DeliberateContrarian For better or worse cultural assimilation happens. Cultural assimilation is still needed to some extent in the U.S. as to bind us together as a single nation; However, in some cases in U.S. history those actions were taken too far or just used as an excuse to persecute i.e. "Kill the Indian: Save the Man" philosophy of the 'American Indian boarding schools'.

[@dragonrune6800]

@Complex Ez I agree that we need a Federal Official Language. We spend a lot of money printing paperwork in a lot of other languages. If we had an official language, we could only supply paperwork in that language.

[@pearlofthedarkage]

"Are Americans happy?" Well, I don't know about everyone else, but as for me... *NO.* ಠ_ಠ

[@memphoscorpio]

I’m not happy if this pandemic or that I can’t travel abroad.

[@airusmajor5860]

Same

[@arthas640]

I'm a hard working, cheese burger eating, red blooded American and I'm absolutely not happy ever about anything

[@TheNoiseySpectator]

Being happy is not everything. Benjamin Franklin pointed out that The Constitution talks about " The _pursuit_ of happiness, it doesn't guarantee the right for us to _catch_ it". 💡 The well known American actor and politician Arnold Schwartzineger says that when someone is happy, they are also complacent. In fact, one of our proverbs teaches that if you want to achieve more with your life, you should "Stay Hungry".

[@travisvalentine8093]

XD same

[@chilesmiles2245]

I am “Happy” and at this moment, am wearing comfy shoes in my home ✌🏽

[@finnian5588]

OMG!! that's the secret?

[@haileyp9658]

I really like how the other people in the room were very respectful with the questions while still being genuinely funny. A lot of times I feel like people talk about the US as a bad thing.

[@dylananderson6358]

I mean of coarse people talk about the us as a bad thing. There are good and bad things about every country and bad things are generally talked about more, and that’s important for improvement, and usually good things are less interesting to talk about.

[@alexgnoffofilms]

I think one reason is that they all seem like good friends (idk for sure, this is the first video I’ve ever watched from them lol) and I think they are more open to respect him because of that. Another reason could be because they’re from different countries, they might not know too much about America and don’t feel like they could make valid points arguing against it. He also offered a non-biased perspective, so that could have also been part of it lol. But one thing I see in America is that there is a large majority of people who don’t like America, which can of course be a good or bad thing. On hand, there are the people who have valid points as to why in their perspective there are some negative aspects of what happens in America, and some people even do things about it, and as long as it’s a peaceful protest like holding up signs in front of somewhere or a petition, it’s fine. On the other hand, there are people absolutely hate America and either accuse America of something they a. Never did or b. did a long time ago and the vast majority of Americans don’t stand for that thing anymore. (By the way, when I mention America, I mean more so the actions of the federal governing body during whatever time period it is). Personally, I think that America is an amazing place to live based on the immense economic prosperity over the past almost century, large diversities of people living here, the isolation from a lot of foreign conflicts (by that I mean geographically far away from them, not necessarily staying away, because as most people know we have and still do intervene in foreign conflicts, especially in the Middle East as of now), the strongest militaristic force on the planet keeping us safe, even the culture of the region being so heavily influenced in pop culture like Hollywood movies and television shows, and most of all, the freedoms we are allowed here. We have the freedom to say anything we want without prosecution unless it can cause physical harm to someone (brought up in a Supreme Court case during WWI I think it was, they gave an example of someone shouting fire in a movie theater when there was none, though I could be wrong and it might be limited to wartime, I’d have to look deeper into that). Along with that, you also have have freedom of the press and freedom of protest through peaceful means. You have the right to protect yourself, your belongings, and most importantly your family with a firearm (which, if you know anything about American politics, is highly debated). And despite what some people might say, everyone current day has the same rights, economic freedoms, and equal opportunities to do whatever they wish with in America, which nobody can rightfully argue is a bad thing. If you want to be an artist, you can be an artist. If you want to be a plumber, you can be a plumber. If you even want to be a CEO of a large company, it’ll take a lot more work, but you can certainly do that. And that’s what’s beautiful about America. Some, if not all of those reasons are why thousands, maybe even millions of immigrants immigrate into the US every year, or at least try to. That’s why some people even try to immigrate illegally here, just so that they can have a better life here than they could in say war-torn countries like Syria, countries with cruel and harsh leaders such as China and Cuba, countries with high levels of poverty such as Mexico and a lot of African countries, or even if they just like it better here than they do in a prosperous country, such as the UK or most countries in the EU. And just to be clear, I’m not arguing with you, I’m just adding into what you said. Yeah, this is long, but I had to get it all out in one thought.

[@Cedestra]

On our drinking age being 21, it was actually due to the MADD movement in the early 80s. They petitioned hard and it was raised from 18 to 21 in 1984.

[@Marscandy1]

I forgot about the Mothers Against Drunk Driving thing. I was born in 87 so I heard about it in passing.

[@meltedjello7313]

Smoking age is now 21 too

[@moonshadow--1207]

Kids in the US can get their drivers licences at 16 as kind of a right of passage and usually if not their own car at least access to the family car. Lots of small towns and bored teens. The US is huge. Thousands and thousands of miles of back roads. Many teens died from drunk driving stupidity in every state per year for decades.

[@KrunkMunkey]

@@moonshadow--1207 Raising the drinking age and increased penalties for drunk driving had no impact on drinking related accidents. The rates of drunk driving were persistent through out time. The lowered fatality rate was a direct result of increased car safety features, namely, the airbag. ~the more you know~

[@KrunkMunkey]

@@NecessaryTruths Ok. I never said anything about prohibition. Are you confused?

[@tomeverett2212]

His reply to what is an American was the best I've ever heard!

[@kdrapertrucker]

Are cars aren't really big, everyone else's cars are just tiny.

[@redpandajet478]

We have the tallest people in the world so idk what tiny most the people in the “north@ side are the same size as there cars

[@Ninahbell]

Adding to the alcohol one: there was also scientific evidence that the brain doesn’t fully develop until about 21 years old, so as they raised it they kept in mind the development of kids. You also can’t rent a car until you are 25 I believe. Don’t take my word as law. These are just the reasons I heard growing up, but I’m not of legal age to drink (and will choose not to when I am) so I’m not sure and have no say in that

[@lindaross3387]

Car rental ages are based on actuarial (insurance) probability of having accidents. The drinking age in most but not all places in the US was 21 or higher at the end by the end of WWII (not sure how long before then). There were major protests of the Vietnam war and one of the issues younger people raised was that it was immoral to be able to draft someone at 18 and send them off to war, but those same 18-year-olds could not drink or vote. Voting age was lowered to 18 via the 26th Amendment in 1971. In Pennsylvania where I live, the drinking age soon followed in 1972 and was lowered from 21 to 18 for similar reasons. The national drinking age in the US was raised to 21 again in 1984 and all states that wished to receive federal highway funding were required to comply with this standard. One of the major reasons for raising the drinking age at that time is that most young people were known to procure alcohol for their younger friends. The thought process was that a legal 18-year-old drinker was likely to procure alcohol for the 16-17 year olds while a 21-year-old drinker was more likely to procure for 18-20 year olds. Once again, statistically, young people are much more likely to be involved in automobile accidents than older people. I do not personally agree with these theories but thought the history would be useful.

[@purelysmetalnightcore]

I wasn't able to rent a car in Michigan because I needed to be 22. I was just shy of 20 at the time.

[@bluesdealer]

Whatever “fully develop” means 🙄. The brain is constantly developing and changing. There is no final state until you’re dead. The drinking age was the federal government bullying states around when it had no right. Technically, the drinking age is still up to individual states, but the federal gov. started withholding funding from any state that refused to raise it from 18 to 21. Texas resisted for a while, but eventually caved. Louisiana resisted for much longer and their roads are still shitty to this day...

[@briannahanson1340]

bluesdealer I believe when he says “fully developing” he speaks of the permeability of blood/brain barrier as it concerns alcohol and how that may affect the brain’s development since it does not reach maturity until approximately age 25, although that can vary. The teenage years are very important for brain development and studies have shown that alcohol consumption can lead to significant impairment of learning and memory in teens. www.mcleanhospital.org/news/what-you-need-know-about-alcohol-and-developing-teenage-brain

[@lexiealexander2264]

Generally most areas of the brain are fully developed by 18. Car insurance companies make money off the idea stat that in *some* people the frontal lobe of the brain isn't fully developed until 25. The frontal lobe controls risk vs reward decision making and makes younger people more impulsive which leads to more car accidents. The drinking age in the US is generally higher because of our driving age being lower. The philosophy is that someone will have been driving for 5 years before they can legally drink and our more likely not to mix the two.

[@ntertanedangel]

"American" isn't an ethnicity, but Native American definitely is

[@randallvaughn9318]

I see Native American as born in America. Native Tennessean, born in TN. Any other region, it would mean that you were born there, but for America most see the definition as being American Indian. I have some Cherokee, so I would relate to Cherokee rather than American if that was the direction I wanted to go.

[@gisellem6576]

Randall Vaughn While you are correct about the main point, sorry but having “some cherokee” does not classify you as native american. it only makes us, who are actually native american, feel like our struggles are taken lightly, which they are. people always want to claim they’re native american for the benefits but never want to take a stand for issues when something is affecting us negatively.

[@stevesteve7354]

Giselle M what issues do you guys face I’m really curious because I always here the basic of oh everyone is racist and they pushed my ancestors to endangerment but obviously that is not our fault so could you please tell me what struggles you face.this comment may sound rude but I am genuinely curious

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@@gisellem6576 Sorry didn't mean to offend you. Only used an example. Maybe you should watch the video again

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