American attitudes Russians find weird

[@tastylimonad]

Glad you mentioned Moldova! In eastern Europe we smile to strangers only when we are drunk or high.

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

You make me laugh when you say " we are not KGB trained " haha. Very informative as well funny.

[@slavyanskiyrusich3368]

Zulkifli Jamil I’m Russian and still think he’s accent is a killer 😂🤦🏻‍♂️ha ha ha can’t stop laughing my ass out

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

Yea, but all KGB agents are taught to say that. It's true what he says about smiling. In the subways of Moscow and St. Petersburg, I saw almost no one make eye contact and smile.

[@martinkasper197]

Maybe he was FSB trained?🤣🤣🤣

[@MilenaCultom]

i love your channel please never stop making videos

[@CrazyRussianDad]

YOU GOT IT!

[@yourfellow_ravenclaw]

@@CrazyRussianDad I am American but my parents are Russian 🇷🇺Привет!

[@plimbarimuzicale7161]

“When they ask how you doing, you need to tell them what’s wrong with your life” ....hahaha..so true.

[@Ghost_Os]

I was just today discussing the "how are you doing" question, particularly with strangers, and used almost exactly the same example; 'My entire family burnt to death on Wednesday, I'm fine'. Laughed out loud when I heard you use it just now.

[@contesacarter8055]

I'm american born and raised. The russian culture difference in this video were quite funny. It's common sense there and here it's over sharing. I've very much enjoyed your videos. I have a few friends who are russian and talked about some of these differences. I find it fascinating!

[@deealexandra6928]

Pickling ✔️ olivie ✔️ collect mushrooms ✔️ lol I’m all set for this weekend

[@oookaypal3046]

BRUH I dieeeddddd. I made oliviej yesterday haha

[@Елена-ф2я7ж]

О, у тебя свой онлайн-магазин! Красавчик!😊

[@stellaeleptheriadou3062]

I couldn’t process the ‚hi, how you‘re doing as a hello’ either. My brain just malfunctioned.

[@KS-cb5er]

Lol, I'm pretty sure the guy actually doesn't have this strong Russian accent, his English is far too good, but this is hilarious.

[@Dyusik]

Katya Soldatkina maybe so, but my old boss speaks just like that, 3 khammboorgerrr and.. кто ещё что будет?and sыx potayyto freyes. A drive through was fun, but negotiations were even better, people just wanted out

[@HelmutNevermore]

Well, I used to attend English classes with a man whose accent was even worse than CRD's, yet his vocabulary exceeded mine by far and grammar was perfect (as far as I could tell). So, it happens.

[@Victoria-uz5rv]

You're absolutely right. I speak Russian fluently but, I was born here in the US so English is my first language. He obviously has an accent but I can tell that he's putting it on a bit 'tsi-ker' (thicker, lol) than it, is. Also, his vocabulary is of someone who has been here for a while so more than likely his accent isn't as thick.'

[@castro_458]

@@Dyusik excuse me, what does "wanted out" mean at this context?

[@castro_458]

@@Victoria-uz5rv in Russian and for example in Spanish an accent "is strong", and I actually thought it would be the same in English: "strong accent". Now I am hesitating... "thick accent"? Is it the rightest way to say it?

[@fariddarkazanli8624]

This channel is soo underrated I've just discovered it 30 minutes ago ,abd I'm already addicted

[@matthewdominik7558]

Smiling at strangers is a way to signal you’re not a threat

[@Iquey]

"it's like they are ChekinG On YU about the weekend. " It really do feel that way sometimes. 🤣

[@mikeerazo76]

I completely align to "if there is not enough food your party sucks". We bolivians have same sentiment. Great video

[@simphiwe4930]

"By merch, whatever the hell that means"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 This is why I'm learning Russian🙌 amazing culture🙏❤ большое спасибо

[@Kate-hm7cj]

he is saying "buy merchandise" - the stuff he sells - t-shirts and such...

[@lonelyvir]

"Don't smile when you go back home" 🤣🤣 I think Crazy Russian Dad have similar to Life of Boris sense of humor. And accent.

[@nicolestarkoniski5674]

I may be able to adapt in Russia I agree with a lot these things. When I learned about why Russians don’t smile at strangers I really liked the reason which was because if they smile at you it means they consider you a friend once they get to know you. I like that they are private as well they only share their lives with family or people who they have developed a strong friendship with. I love Russians! I also like that many people would rather not mess with them.

[@ladyelton4373]

I 👍agree with you, Nicole. I'm pretty much a private person myself and don't smile too much ( anymore). You're my kind of person! It must be the Russian in me!!!

[@Mortablunt]

I'm remembering a moment from Lugansk. I had studied Russian in school, but hadn't been there that long. I was on a forward picket when we got a light rifle fire contact and then got blanketed by a rocket artillery strike. When I returned to the dugout positions to report, I got glomped by formerly dour people expressing how happy they were I was alive., and impressed by the work I had done to hold the outer picket even in direct riflery duels. For a person with Asperger Syndrome used to deception, hostility, and confusion, this was extremely happy..

[@mirceazambitchi1151]

​@@Mortabluntput that flag up ur ass

[@masonkatz3195]

“When someone says hi it means привет and when someone says how you doing you tell them what’s wrong with your life”😂😂😂😂😂

[@SashaFights]

This is hilarious and so accurate. Love your videos! Spasibki! :D

[@lc3207]

This made me laugh! I'm half Russian raised American, and I do all of these things. xD Americans tend to be very open with people, except for when a friend is talking to someone we don't know. Then we become very shy and ignore the new person until we are properly introduced. Sorry about that!

[@CrazyRussianDad]

:)

[@ingenerchik]

Complete bs

[@Katya_Lastochka]

Those situations are kind of awkward. It feels like you would be interrupting a private conversation that will be over soon anyway, so you just pretend you don't exist while looking from the outside. Sometimes a friend's friend will come over and say a few words to them and leave without me ever talking to them.

[@ladyelton4373]

L C, Don't be sorry about practicing your Russian Culture, my comrade. I have Russian ancestry in my blood! Be yourself; don't change for anyone but for yourself if you want. But also, don't forget your Russian roots! That's what makes America good. We are ALL immigrants except for the Native Americans. Immigrants built this country! 🙏🏼✌🤝👍❤

[@darth-hellhound6534]

Good grief, I'm surprised by how many of these I do. How the heck do I stop smiling at strangers?!?!

[@AK-jt7kh]

Hellhound-342 I know right?! I was thinking the same thing. I was trying to imagine going to Russia and how hard it would be not to smile at everyone. But we do have a comparable example here in the US. It’s called New York City. Unless you’re serving someone, you don’t smile at strangers in NYC. It’s weird.

[@Katya_Lastochka]

You don't. The whole world needs to just let people be themselves. Some people smile at everything, others are more reserved. I've met some really warm and cuddly people who have resting bitch face.

[@dchristiansen1]

Don't try to stop smiling at strangers. It's an American cultural trait.

[@kloewe6069]

Don't! Smiling at others is not only said to lift your own mood, but the mood of those around you. Even if Russians don't know it, our smiles are helping them 😉

[@ladyelton4373]

Darth- Hellhound, I have that problem too. I want to be like a REAL RUSSIAN; as I do have some Russian ancestry in my blood. Da!! Da! Da! 🙏🏼✌🤝👍❤

[@Taylor-wt9zv]

5:15 I feel the same way

[@oookaypal3046]

It took me a looong time start smiling at strangers. I just feel stupid. Like why?

[@AK-jt7kh]

oookaypal People smiling at each other in the US is a lot like dogs wagging their tails. We’re always a bit uneasy or uncomfortable meeting a person or making eye contact with them. We smile to relieve the tension, and show the other person that we’re friendly and we mean them no harm. If you make eye contact with someone and they DONT smile at you - then that’s a really big hint that they don’t like you for some reason. Or they might be a very unfriendly or depressed person, or someone that could be dangerous/violent. So basically, smiles are used to make the other person you’re smiling at feel more comfortable.

[@nordikcajun5417]

Exactly

[@shadowmidna3405]

I’ve lived almost my whole life in American and still don’t get this and I still don’t smile at people. I feel like when they smile at my theyre laughing inside because of something I did? Maybe it’s just in my dna not to smile at people for no reason. I feel silly and fake.

[@Katya_Lastochka]

If you feel stupid, don't do it. It's a myth that all Americans are smiley. The truth is that stoic and introverted people are just ignored by mainstream society. Or they're given a lovely label of "resting bitch face".

[@lisaconnor4948]

Thankyou for enlightening people about your culture.

[@Taylor-wt9zv]

2:41 you're the best

[@MonkeyGirlLT]

Хахахаха!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 it’s funny because it’s so true

[@CrazyRussianDad]

yes!

[@iceFate666]

And buy my merch 😂😂 dude !!! Your attitude!👍🏻🤣🤣🤣 crazy and stright!

[@itbeard]

К слову (не в качестве рекламы), я тут в последнем видео у себя на блоге (которое про изучение Английского языка айтишниками) ваш канал включил в список "маст хев для изучения". Уж больно акцент подкупает - все прям очень понятно, будто бы по-русски говорите, хах)

[@CrazyRussianDad]

спасибо!

[@-salmather]

To be fair, as an American-born American, with full American roots, never spent a day abroad, I'm still trying to learn that "Hi, how you doing?" doesn't actually mean, "Hi, I care about how you're doing." It took me so long just to realise that people don't actually care how you're doing (that it's just a greeting), and I was always surprised that people seemed to move on without truly listening, and would never respond in any way to my own "How are you doing?" (since I genuinely meant it, I couldn't fathom why otherwise nice, polite people were ignoring my question). ...And no, I don't mean this was just some silly childhood mistake. It lasted longer than that... I'm enlightened now, but it still trips me up from time to time.

[@-salmather]

​@avonmoremilk1958 I mean, I think it's sort of adjacent to that. I don't think the rules of our society are built strictly on tricking people of other cultures; every people has their own rules, every culture, every class, colonisers and colonised alike. Because it's about identifying outsiders. "Do you know how to act?" and "Are you one of us?" become synonymous, and we have these (often obscure and obtuse imo) rules, and when someone unknowingly breaks them, we know immediately that they are "other", that they "don't belong". So when colonisers came to other lands, and these other lands had people with a vastly different culture, the colonisers saw that these people were different, that they "didn't know how to act" and therefore they "must be uncivil savages" who "[insert excuse for enslavement/genocide here]". Obviously, terrible conclusions. But I think there's an important distinction between the "social testing" that every society does, and the coloniser mindset of inherently being better/superior/given divine right over people. Those two beliefs definitely can work together, and to terrible effect, but they're not the same thing.

[@YaleBulldogs94]

You have autism

[@bellafarber5074]

This is very funny! I needed this today!!!

[@turnedoff7760]

Well sometimes when people say their fine it means they’re depressed or they’re hurting inside but people don’t tend to look deeper into it.

[@Katya_Lastochka]

They say fine cause they're expected to, which makes the whole thing pointless and annoying.

[@svetlanazavarza3555]

А ещё бесит когда спрашивают как давно ты в америке отвечаешь, 9 или 20 лет и у тебя спрашивают, как вам тут нравится

[@cookielove9310]

I love your humor. I hope your doing fine😂⭐

[@jessxkirby38]

you should be a standup comedian in Hollywood. No really, you could be a famous movie star. I would honestly pay to watch you at a standup comedy show.

[@bebegoth3361]

😂😂😂 I do all of these😂😂😂😂😂

[@CrazyRussianDad]

its all good. i am not THAT serious ;)

[@stormseed4799]

" we collect mushrooms" LOL

[@shawniquamcadams]

This video is hilarious 😭🤣😭😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣🤣🤣

[@lizavanniekerk1552]

I ❤ your videos! You are the Best 😊 I visited Russia ❤ a few years ago. With my friendly South African nature I smiled at strangers. 🙈🙊🙉 Oh ... they looked at me as if I was Mad 🤣 Nobody retuned my happy smiles. 😅 So Funny!!! 🤣

[@fee4900]

Nobody should ever tell a stranger their life story, but saying good morning Or hi is a American thing. Lol.

[@itbeard]

Неподражаемо :)

[@CrazyRussianDad]

spasibo!!!

[@kengerfil]

а что здесь делает айти-дядя? :)

[@malice41414]

I totally understand about "Stephanie". Personally, it's like overstepping boundaries if you introduce yourself while your friend is still speaking to the other person and hasn't introduced you yet. Although you can smile and nod to acknowledge the stranger.

[@ЕленаПрекрасная-ф1о]

Ahahaha! I have coworker, who was always looking at my lunch and ask or comment about. Sometimes I hide my bowl in my desk drawer, if I see him coming out of his office! Ahahaha!! 😂😂🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤣🤣

[@kerbyjackson88]

My family are Czechs and this is equally applicable to us.

[@travis3077]

This video is hilarious 😄

[@brat4ever-y9u]

The hotdog part is on point lol

[@SueEshelman]

I once worked with a student worker hired by my groundskeeper shop at a university. This kid would ask everyone what they were eating that day. It wasn't enough to just say "McDonald's" because then he would want to know exactly what. I halfway expected him to count my fries. This drove me crazy and I complained to another coworker about it. They evidently told him because he quit asking but if he was ahead of me in the drive thru he always paid for my order because he wanted to know what I was going to eat.

[@louelac.arguelles3822]

Haha. This is funny . You do more videos.

[@mrwolfe0812]

4:10 It is seen as a sign of respect in the United States for you to introduce 2 of your friends that have never met each other instead of making them introduce themselves. It also relieves tension between the 2 new people if they both have someone they see in a good way to relate this new person to.

[@LeilaNTris]

Hahahaha! This was fantastic!

[@eliseedwardsen251]

Great video!!

[@CrazyRussianDad]

thank you!

[@giftedsaucer631]

I love these videos lol. I’m writing a story which is about this guy and he is Russian, and so I just it would be a great idea to watch some videos about Russian, and everything. I’m enjoying your videos so far very helpful for details I need for the story. 💖

[@CrazyRussianDad]

good luck with your story! hope you have fun writing it

[@elizabethh4855]

A lot of these are normal where I'm from. I live in a southern state and generally people will smile and wave at each other, hold the door open out of politeness, say "ma'am" and "sir", etc. It's part of southern culture. I don't find it weird even though I'm not usually one for small talk. Howdy from Texas y'all!

[@ethiop_frum]

It's very interesting. Than Texas will be a part of Russia... Soon.

[@elizabethh4855]

@Justin H They sure do. I live in the suburbs but I've been out to the country parts a few times.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Everything CrazyRussianDad says here, also applies to Greeks - ditto.

[@demiansvideos]

This was fine video. :)

[@allakolosova2744]

I love it! So cool!!! Ridiculous, but this is truth!!! Keep going!!!

[@dupirechristophe7703]

0:56 Крошка енот lied to us folks! oO Oh wait, yeah... it was inspired from a book from an American writer, make sense x'3

[@Damen178]

I have to say, I find videos on cultural differences between America and Russia some of the most fascinating on KZbin. That said, if I, as an American, ask how many hot dogs you want, it's because I want to make sure you're fed, full and happy, but I'm poor as dirt and I don't want to make too much and have it go to waste. 😂 Also, if I ask what you're eating, it's likely because I'm curious and may want to try something new. Keep doing what you do, you crazy russian. 🤣

[@bobby7840]

Russian dad you are funny as hell I want to visit Russia one day you are awesome.

[@emintey]

In America people ask how are you? In Russia they already know you are miserable.

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

The introduction thing is very true for Americans and Canadians it's quite rude.. in Russia if you meet a person you will introduce your companions instantly

[@juanorellana2398]

He really makes me laugh. It's tru ,it is the way he says it,he's so funny .we are two worlds

[@eliseedwardsen251]

I learned a new word in Russian but Молодец 👏🏻

[@ethiop_frum]

Молодец! Продолжай!

[@MonsterC]

5:17 OMG GAWD

[@GonkDroid0923]

Where I live, there is a clear way to distinct locals from tourists. Locals only smile when they have a reason to smile. Other than that they remain stoic. Tourists on the other hand tend to smile too much and it leaves us feeling uncomfortable and weird. Staring is another common thing that locals never do but tourists always do, along with openly conversating with strangers. Word of advice, if you do not know them, do not bother to talk to them unless you have a reason to.

[@xsommer8558]

Everyone is so different in the USA so smile means I am in a good mood and mean you no harm. The ask "how are you doing" is to show interest in others to show concern and camaraderie.

[@matttawn9022]

this is really confusing me hahah can u please add the subtitle I'm having adhd , you sound awesome man 👏👏👏.

[@ladyelton4373]

I love these Russian customs. I'm going to try VERY hard not to tell my comrades about my health and private business from now on. I like that very much! Da! Da! Da!

[@dchristiansen1]

Smiling at strangers must be a uniquely American thing. The first time I went to Europe, I thought everyone was in a bad mood!

[@someperson8649]

There are areas of Europe where smiling at strangers is more common than some areas of the US.

[@stivosaurus]

Part of the fun of learning a new language or encountering strange cultures is you get to see your own with new eyes. I never noticed HiHowAreYouDoing? was not a question. My advice: do not think about the words. Treat it as a ritual, like raising the dead or calling Cthulhu. It is not the meaning of the words, but that they are said.

[@Mortablunt]

Not a Russian immigrant, but an American, and well, the number of hotdogs thing baffles me now, there are two modes for guests, fed enough or fed not enough, I know this is meant to avoid the awkward war of saying full versus please have more, but if your guests are not distended to thrice their size with crumbs marking their clothes, they are underfed and keep em comin.

[@icefire1357]

I needed this so bad today...you made my day CRD, thanks so much Спасибо большое

[@Matrix3079]

In Bulgaria before 2002 people having a same mentality :D But now its different

[@SonnetopticsVideo]

I love Russians. I have Russians friends and they are always laughing at me. Yes about smiling. It's great to hear all these details.

[@dennisholt7684]

I just smile at the strangers i make eye contact with

[@s589xjc9]

I laughed throughout the whole video 😂 😂 We are very private individuals, we do our Russian things... Don't tell me what they inserted where and how painful it was... 🤣 I'm not gonna stick my nose and my eyes into other people's containers... 👏👏👏🤝

[@LKW495]

«Есть три проявления Бога на земле: природа, любовь и чувство юмора. Природа помогает жить, любовь помогает выжить, а чувство юмора - пережить».

[@shawniquamcadams]

@timestamp 2:50 that's soo American 🤣🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣 .

[@doug5388]

Very Good.

[@blacktemplar2207]

I noticed something. In this video, he talking. With his hands. But car It drive itself Becuase in russia, car drive you

[@elizabetht9545]

Yesss 😂

[@2007Club]

When I first came to America from Russia, I used to cringe at strangers who smiled at me and I was 11. Now, I smile at everyone....fuck!

[@CrazyRussianDad]

yeah. it is a GOOD habit.

[@kivarum]

Говорю теперь исключительно с таким акцентом.

[@seerking]

Hahaha, and buy my merch! Whatever that means...

[@fullyselfexpressed]

I just subscribed. Order a mic from amazon, you need a mic:).

[@CrazyRussianDad]

yeah..... I just bought one!

[@Andredesz]

As an American I can tell you that we smile at each other as a way to show respect and to indicate that we don't mean harm. Like if you walk into a store and you're the only one in there with one cashier, you smile at the shopkeeper to let them know, I am not here to rob you.

[@karos108]

Makes sense

[@lizzythequeer3065]

i am American and do the smile at strangers thing. tbh i don't understand it either. like why am i smiling at you i don't you.

[@fullyselfexpressed]

Your video is super funny:)

[@clintclintonforshortbonser736]

It's not our kgb training, 😂

[@willbecker5632]

You know the one thing I don't get my American support cocktails but they put down mid drink like why are you putting your drink down if you're not done drinking it I pour enough liquor for me to consume in one sitting consume it and move on with life only to go eat seeds with friends and drink kvass

[@Pancake1464]

Yeah I’m opposite I smile at strangers but I just get it

[@Goldman2024]

We find it " вырд" 😆🤣

[@siemdecleyn3198]

Just perfect ☺️

[@orangejuice2348]

As a fellow american i only smile at strangers out of a panic if somone stares at me i panic and smile bc thats the only thing i can think of ;-;

[@orangejuice2348]

Personaly if somone asks me what im doing on the weekend i stare at them bc of my anxiety i will just stare into their eyes and say "No"

[@snowidog]

1:45 😂😂😂

[@TheUnicornWitch237]

New sub!

[@bradleymayberry9060]

"Unless you're kidnapped," I guess that would color your opinion of a county....

[@useyourbrain8047]

100% попадание LMAO 🤣

[@cynthiapereira8403]

You’re adorable!

[@virginiealix2543]

Ha ha ha! Excellent! I'm French, and watching this video makes me feel 100% Russian. Although I've been living in the US since 2007, I have never been able to get used to the "How are you?". It still sounds overly inquisitive to me. I absolutely hate it! (LOL).

[@keemm1]

Is this a self-driving car? :)

[@ethiop_frum]

If You don't want to listen how am I, don't ask me it. How to talk with Russian? Start talk another way! Example: Hi! Do You wanna semechki? ;-)