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[@JustMe-ks8qc]

Did you leave the TV on, Connor?

[@billyo54]

Jeez Connor. You always start by saying 'I'm here to learn', yet you spend most of the video defending America as if it was being accused of something. In other words, you're learning NOTHING. If you could stop being so defensive maybe you WOULD learn something. BTW Connor, Native Americans didn't all die. There are hundreds of thousands of Native Americans living right now, but perhaps not in your neighbourhood

[@dcoughla681]

Take a chill pill, pal.

[@julianbarber4708]

The plastic card thing is ridiculous!....in the UK we were using chip and pin when you were still using cheques and travellers cheques! When we moved on to swipe cards, it may as well have been magic to all the tourists who came in my store!

[@gabbymcclymont3563]

Ooohhh Tap.

[@panchomcsporran2083]

Haven't used cash for years

[@larrywave]

Indeed

[@garethalbans]

Over the last ten years I've travelled to France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Italy. I always take some cash, just in case, and have never used it.

[@cecilialeitet2794]

Im from Sweden and I don´t even know what our money looks like anymore. I pay with my plastic card, with the "Swish app" or just through apple pay. Maybe some parts of Europe still depend on cash, but I don´t know where that is.

[@Nite300]

British having bad teeth is a myth, Britain currently is joint 5th in world for dental hygiene.

[@stephenhowell5611]

Ultra white teeth does not necessarily denote good oral hygiene

[@gillbanton221]

Yes, this is a myth. Statistically, we actually have better teeth in the UK. It's an outdated view along with the bad food thing, which is generally claimed by people who have never even been here.

[@aidencox790]

@@gillbanton221 I'm 80 and English. The bad food / bad teeth stereotype dates back to WWII when food was scarce and most working-class kids (myself included) had never even seen a toothbrush. BTW it's the organic matrix between the enamel prisms of the teeth that gives the teeth their off-white colour. Most younger adult teeth are really about an A2 shade - never white and should discolour more as one ages. Non greedy honest dental surgeons agree that white teeth in an older person look ridiculous - we call it mutton dressed up as lamb. Aging is a natural process that should IMO be embraced and not hidden by a veneer of falsehood. B.D.S. degree from UNCLE, UK, when treatment was free. I left the profession when the greedy government introduced charges even for old people. I didn't sign up for that rip off. Healthcare and a good education should be a right for all and paid for via PAYE taxation in a civilised country.

[@aidencox790]

Additional - teeth that have been discoloured by some medications (usually those given at too young an age while the tooth was still forming) or other non-naturally discoloured teeth are valid candidates for some form of whitening since they fall under the same umbrella of other socially or physically damaging dental conditions such as malocclusions due to crowding or supernumerary teeth for example.

[@spacechannelfiver]

tell my teeth that LOL

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

Connor; "Question guys... Have I left the radio or TV on in the background? Please let me know in the comments section, love you all !" 😋😎

[@MaxineSmith027]

I thought the same thing, awful to have to put up with radio/TV in background.

[@stephenlee5929]

Hi Connor, your comment about us Europeans talking more about Americans than Americans about Europeans: I think your sample of European attitudes might be skewed, as most of your contact is with people who are reacting (currently) to an American. But we do tend to have a wider (general) understanding of Geography and History and our News is not just Local.

[@gaynorhead2325]

It always amuses me that they call America the land of the free when Europeans and much of the world don’t have such restrictions like buying alcohol, crossing the street being made to stand and repeat the national anthem in schools to name but a few!

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

"You can buy by card, which Europeans may not be used to"??? Europeans were using plastic to pay long before the US! Many USians are still bewildered by things like pay-wave and the ease of doing banking via phones, which Europeans have been doing for ages.

[@cecilialeitet2794]

I know! I haven´t set foot in a post office or bank in many, many years. And even if I did, they probably couldn't help me anyway. I do my banking, my taxes and all of my transactions through the bank app on my phone. Meanwhile I´ve heard some places in the US still uses cheques!

[@matthewjamison]

Them over the top I.D laws in America doesn't sound like it's to protect the kids & more to punish adults by treating them like children.

[@arnodobler1096]

👍

[@helenwood8482]

What you call patriotism, everyone else calls insecurity. Real patriotism doesn't need to worship a flag.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

Also swearing allegiance to the country, 'every morning' in school (?), just sounds like North Korea, yet Americans never seem to 'get' the irony of doing it... 😎

[@alundavies1016]

It is the sign of an adolescent country. Not yet ready to put down it’s blankie.

[@user-fq8rs7rz3i]

It’s really strange.

[@101steel4]

Cult

[@jeanbicknell7887]

The UK is ranked 5th in the World on the DMFT index - the most reliable and widely accepted way of judging an entire populations oral health status. The USA is ranked 9th.

[@j0hnf_uk]

America tends to focus more on the cosmetic side of dentistry, i.e. the appearance of teeth, rather than the actual health of them. Teeth are generally not naturally perfectly straight or bright white it colour, (although, there is some genetics at play in regard to some peoples having whiter teeth than others), but rather off-white.

[@Asa...S]

UK actually has a shared 4th place together with Sweden 1. Denmark DMFT Score: 0.4 2. Germany DMFT Score: 0.5 3. Finland DMFT Score: 0.7 4. UK DMFT Score: 0.8 4. Sweden DMFT Score: 0.8 6. Switzerland DMFT Score: 0.9 7. Canada DMFT Score: 1.0 8. Mexico DMFT Score: 1.1 9. US DMFT Score: 1.2 9. France DMFT Score: 1.2 (DMFT=Decayed, Missing and Filled Teeth)

[@nathanhassen9830]

They all died? What a statement that is wrong

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

Cash hasn't been a thing for over 20 years in Sweden

[@dcoughla681]

How do elderly people or tradespeople deal with this? In the UK, many people still need, want or ask for cash.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

@@dcoughla681 Cash can still be used, but it's getting more and more rare for businesses to accept them, and where they are (eg the liquor store, grocery store etc) there are often some lanes for paying with cash or card and some for only cards. Small businesses that don't have a card reader often only acceps payments with phone, the phone is also must often used for p2p payments

[@Dave.Thatcher1]

I've noticed in our (UK) supermarkets that the checkout staff don't ask for ID off of Bloody obvious Adults anymore.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Whenever my daughter takes me out in my wheelchair and I choose some wine etc, and say - what about I.D, we don't have any - she always says they won't ask you for any you're _obviously_(😅) old (I'm 70 and yes, my hair is mostly "salt 'n' pepper" grey!! So I can / do buy wine / Guinness / cider, without showing proof of my age thank goodness, though it's usually only for my birthday or Christmas!!)

[@productjoe4069]

I don’t know how typical I am, but I find grid systems harder to navigate than more organic systems. I orient myself by distinctive visual cues, which a grid system removes. Yes, I can look at a sign but I’m used to navigating subconsciously without needing to read or count.

[@PedroConejo1939]

Yep, I get totally disoriented in US cities, and they go on forever.

[@Tommy-he7dx]

What the hell is that sound in the background......i like a radio is on, way too annoying for me i'm afraid

[@ElandBee]

Europeans aren't used to paying with plastic? Really? What a strange notion!

[@PedroConejo1939]

I rarely use a card and have forgotten my PIN, but that's because I use my phone.

[@siloPIRATE]

7:39 You can pay by card anywhere in the UK, be it contactless with the actual card or phone or chip and PIN. You're still getting used to Chip and PIN when we've card and contactless for well over a decade

[@chsh1]

Putting your Christmas tree up in November is weird for me at least lol

[@helenwood8482]

It's so weird that a country where cannabis is legal is so frightened of alcohol.

[@user-fq8rs7rz3i]

Yeah, crazy. Michael Caine said Americans would be shoving cocaine up their noses whilst calling Brits alcoholics for having more than 2 drinks.

[@andypandy9013]

And guns!

[@panchomcsporran2083]

The legal drinking age in the UK is 5, in a private residence under supervision. In public you can drink beer or wine at14 along with a meal, and at 18 you can buy your own.

[@grahamsmith9541]

Its 16 with a meal not 14.

[@panchomcsporran2083]

@@grahamsmith9541 my 😞

[@kevanwillis4571]

We don’t talk about the U.S.A. particularly, unless commenting on a U.S. reaction video.

[@gaynorhead2325]

We’ve been using plastic cards to pay for stuff for years here in the UK so the guy in the video is wrong! We can now just pay with an App on your phone.

[@spirosgreek1171]

"american food seems big to europeans". Don't include us greeks into that. We go toe to toe with the muricans in quantity and also have amazing quality

[@andypandy9013]

Christmas Tree!? It's NOVEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@jerry2357]

7:35 The use of plastic is something that varies a lot between countries. Good luck with trying to survive on plastic alone in Germany, you need hard cash, but well over a decade ago I did a weekend trip to Sweden and never had any Swedish cash at all, I paid for everything with plastic.

[@billybudd5854]

At least Europeans eat food properly with a knife and fork in hand throughout the meal. Most Americans seems to eat like small children, cutting up their food first and then using their fork like they're trying to write with it.

[@Pluggit1953]

One weird thing is US KZbinrs leaving their TV’s blaring whilst making a video. 😊

[@PedroConejo1939]

I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[@StevenQ74]

In the Netherlands we only tip in restaurants or delivery people from restaurants and only for good service, if the service was bad we don't tip. And you only get checked for ID if they think you could be under 18.

[@shelleyjackson8793]

We use plastic to pay all the time! And we have contactless, just tap our cards, I don’t think you do that yet!

[@johnnyrandom100]

I find it a little weird that people are actually that interested in the differences between the USA and Europe. Europe has quite a large scope of differences between ourselves. We are loads of different countries with loads of different cultures. If you go a couple of hundred miles south east of London you are in Paris but if you go a t further North you are in Glasgow. Two very very different places. If you did that in the states it's like popping down the shop?

[@GazGaryGazza]

Weirdest thing about American Reactionary KZbinrs is when they have another audio track playing in the background that everyone can hear but them 😂.

[@helenwood8482]

Traditionally, in the UK and Europe, only servants are tipped, so in giving a tip, you are saying someone is your social inferior.

[@leannejohnsonliverpool]

Love The "You're Weird" At The Beginning & Then Apologising. 🤣 This Is Why I Love You. 😍

[@lukespooky]

12:43 London, England

[@kernowman2768]

Wearing sunglasses and baseball caps indoors 🤔. Unable to use a knife and fork at the same time. And using the fork like the knife (seen it, American trying to cut a steak with the fork😅) and also use fork like a baby scoop 😅.

[@MaxineSmith027]

On a visit to The Waltons Museum (funniest place I've ever visited, it was so bad!) in the Blue Ridge mountains, we presented our card and the little old lady looked at the card, then at us, then back to the card, sighed quite dramatically then yelled "We got one of them new fangled card things, bring the machine" From the depths of the museum, another even smaller old lady limped over to us with the old fashioned merchant card swipe machine. My sister and I laughed so much, our Mum really told us off, we were 51 and 48 at the time 😂😂😂

[@Ayns.L14A]

a Yard in the uk is concrete covered, we have gardens, either front or back Gardens, they have plants like grass and flowers sometimes vegetables, I live in a terraced house (built in 1837) that opens directly onto the street (sidewalk) no front garden, at the back of my house is a concrete covered yard used for off street parking, again, no garden......

[@malsm8892]

It's the hard line Southen Evangelicals that are the root of the trouble most European citizens are a lot more tolerant of other people's beliefs

[@1nikg]

It is strange asking someone in their 40s for ID

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

It *really* bugs me when people say that europeans use cash. Yeah sure Germany, Denmark maybe, perhaps some other countries

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

Outside of Paris and larger towns, the French prefer cash for transaction... and you always need to 'check first' before buying something and wanting to pay by card!

[@AnnaAndersson-oj2xk]

Annoying background noise. Is your tv on?

[@julianbarber4708]

Picking up some background conversation.

[@ledocteurgonzo]

I think you recorded with your headset microphone ^^😅

[@WithTwoFlakes]

I was carded going into a sports bar in the early 1990's. Stunned, I answered "I'm 37..." my US friends thought it was hilarious when I showed the guy my UK drivers license. I'd lived at the same address for many years so never needed to renew it, so it was an old style paper license (no photo). They also do not have a DOB on them. The best you can do, as I explained to the bemused door guy, is look at the expiry date which is at age 70 and work backwards from that. He gave up and just waved me in as (1) it was kinda cold as it was March, (2) there was a big queue forming. Like us, all there to watch the NCAA Final Four on a big screen. A quick Google tells me there are nearly 4 million old paper licenses still valid and in use here in the UK, mine included 😄

[@jaynadiah5498]

World cup is a much bigger thing than the superbowl though lol.... superbowl would be the equivalent of winning a domestic cup or league.... world cup doesnt just mean your team is the best in the country (like the superbowl) but in fact the best in the world... theres a level of patriotism there that isnt in the support of a club team

[@QueeferSutherland1]

The comment section ripping you a new one today lol

[@101steel4]

The weirdest thing is Americans who don't realise they're European themselves.

[@jackjames3190]

Love your videos but the sound quality on this one is so horrible I can’t even watch it.

[@scottwebb1978]

I'm in uk 45 am never checked for ID for paracetamol products at the self service checkout in supermarket when the machine stops and a staff needs to swipe the machine to say ID has been seen so I can continue scanning the rest of my shopping .So they swiped the machine to say they've seen ID to prove i'm over 18 even when they havnt or they swipe the machine to say... There's a bloody long queue just bloody swipe the machine and hurry up with scanning the rest of your shopping 😅

[@jackearl2398]

the UK national minimum wage is going up in 2024 to £11,44 thats $14,34 US .......... the US minimum wage is $7.25 , so tips is a must

[@Ikit1Claw]

Like others said, your mic needs some attention

[@alundavies1016]

I remember getting id’d at a pub that I had been drinking at since I was 14. I was 22. Obviously I didn’t have id, because I was British, so we went to the pub next door.

[@panchomcsporran2083]

Yeah I got asked for ID on my 18 birthday, despite having drunk in that pub for years.

[@krissyg7026]

Connor you should watch “banking in the UK vs the United States” by Peter Ort.

[@jerry2357]

6:49 Land of the free?

[@magnolia7277]

I can't remember when I last used money here in the UK, years ago!

[@bexbugoutsurvivor]

Europeans talk about the USA a lot...? I know someone who reacts to Europe and Britain on youtube....lol Question, does American news channels focus mainly on current affairs of the USA. . As European and British news focus on World events I think....

[@Ayns.L14A]

connor you have the wrong mic selected, we are picking up your headset not your desk mic.......

[@kevanwillis4571]

'There's a lot of land.' Europe is bigger than the U.S. although of course Europe have twice as many people.

[@johnnybeer3770]

Connor , you have talking going on in the background .🇬🇧

[@jjwatcher]

American cities were laid out in blocks to aid the Postal Service.

[@1nikg]

A person's attitude plays a big part on how much I tip them

[@jackearl2398]

Russia is a lot bigger than the US yet their houses are a modest UK size so that theory is tosh .... its because you have wood , its cheap and use it for house building ....

[@101steel4]

Ive never been asked for ID in my life, and ive been going to pubs since i was about 14. If someone asked me for ID now, im in my 50s, id walk out the pub/shop. The American ID requirement is ridiculous.

[@tlohecnal]

What was the talking in the background all the way through your video? Did you leave your radio on?

[@Rok_Satanas]

All native americans didn't die. A lot of them did, but not all.

[@emdiar6588]

"Europe seems to talk more about the USA than the USA talks about Europe.'' That says a lot more about America's inherent solipsism than anything else.

[@katyroseable]

Connor is right about religion in N. America Mexico: 87.7% [11] United States: 73.7% [12] Canada: 67.3% [13]

[@andrewfitzgerald2327]

Oh dear when was this made ? Its out of date. In Europe most people pay with either chip and pin (£100+) or just tap the plastic for £100 or below. I haven't used cash for over 20years. Tips yes we do tip the waiting staff for good service ,not because the staff are on minimum wage here is £12 to £14.50. normally 10% . Few stores have staff on checkouts leaning towards self service or self scan. You can't drink until you're 21 but can have a gun yeah. White teeth are not a sign of health normally cosmetic and in a WHO survey the UK came above the USA for dental health. WWE who cares, cities in Europe were going before the USA were founded. Having watched some videos many Americans think Europe is in Canada. The stores don't open 24/7 to protect the workers from abuse. Mayo' on chips ir fries is a Belgian thing not french although nice if you eat mayo'. There are police who carry guns who are trained for years not weeks. My friend lives in central London in a 1500 square foot apartment no yard but a balcony price £3.4m . It seems Americans like to think they are better than anyone else to make them feel better about themselves. I visited many times and worked there for a year l even have a ex pat as a partner,(now UK citizen) .

[@sjbict]

No body ever explains why you need ID when you are so obviously over the legal age, just say you need it but why?

[@stevekenilworth]

ive been buying cigs since 13 years old age limit back then 16, even on way to school in school uniform, id take of my tie and pretend i was in year 12 or higher further education, even started to buy extra on way to school to sell in school. alcohol since late 15-16 years old ive been getting served and age limit 18 and over in a licensed place but 16 if served with a meal and with someone 18 or over and low 5 i think in private home. small town so i made sure when i went into shop it was quite esp for drink just in case someone who knew my mum grass me in, but trick work a lot was when asked for id say he served me last week and wave to staff member a distance stocking shelves normally a wave back and that me served, after that they served me once they continue to serve. things were much more laid back then, now if you do not look older than think 21 or 25 they ask you for id. funny thing when i got to legal age to drink that was the time i got refused the most as no id as never needed one not even a fake one so first 2-3 weeks waiting on id i had most issues not getting served funny thing was i was 18 but no id i got my mate who much taller no id and not yet 18 go in to shop for me. it was same mate when nearly 16 or around that and i asked mate to get me some and he said go try your self and see if not he go in after, after getting served i tried many places, only one what was not easy rest were and was never much issue if one refused to serve another one would and prob week later the one refused me prob serve me depends on staff. sure bent the laws a bit when younger fun times tho

[@arnodobler1096]

I can't listen to that! 🙉 TV or radio on?

[@johnhood3172]

Your houses may be bigger but built from cheap wood . JH

[@philjones45]

Land of the free eh! Can't even cross the road to buy some beers. Get a life.

[@williambranch4283]

Going to see the new Napoleon movie today ;-)

[@claudiavictoria3929]

Was your mike on?

[@davidcooks5265]

It sounds like you've got somebody locked in your closet 😮

[@emdiar6588]

I call bs about paying by card. Europe is way ahead of the USA when it comes to cashless transactions, and has been since the 1990s.

[@teresadavilasoares6136]

😳 por que raio há-de alguém ter uma bandeira dentro de casa ?!?! Até me sentia mal. Em Portugal apenas quando há jogos de futebol muito importantes ALGUMAS janelas põem bandeiras. Dentro de casa é para haver conforto e harmonia, quadros ou plantas…. mas bandeiras 😢

[@spacechannelfiver]

Its not December yet, take that shit down.

[@razor1uk610]

If you arre not as short as a child or teen, plus having a smatering of greying beard hairs and slightly haggard & aged skin, how are apparently looking younger than 18, 21 or 24, except if the cashire has facial blindness syndrome?! Do 60 year olds need id or 80 or even 100 year old Americans need ID to prove they are over minimal age, even when they clearly are not that young.. do they need to give hookers ID too to prove they're above legal consent age#

[@BKKMekong]

The one that gets me is “Jaywalking” like WTF a brown adult can’t decide where and when it is safe to cross the road. That along with demanding ID’s from people,e obviously over 21, chance of going bankrupt from medical bills, HOA telling people when to cut their grass or what colour to paint their fomt doors and so on. Yet you claim it is the Land of the Free

[@chrisellis3797]

White and brown adults can do it equally. Sorry, the typo was a beauty pal

[@BKKMekong]

@@chrisellis3797 No need to apologies I deserve the piss take for that typo a classic “Typographical Homophone” Haha, I can take having the piss taken out of me just as well as giving it ^*^Double Checks Post for Typos

[@kevanwillis4571]

I keep the same €50 in my wallet for weeks at a time without spending it because I use cards for everything.

[@GrumpyOldGit-zk1kw]

What's with the background noise?

[@allanmck]

Vatican City is the most Roman Catholic place... not the most Christian place. Important difference.

[@jackearl2398]

Native Americans had been killing each other for centuries before Europeans arrived , as for British crossing the States killing Natives , i do believe we had a deal never to cross the Appalachian mountains and kept to it , its only after American independence you all rushed West ....

[@Bramfly]

But not in the numbers the settlers killed Native Americans (millions)

[@jaccilowe3842]

Too distracting with the TV/radio on in the background...

[@ninetails6634]

What is that distracting noise in the background?

[@shelleyjackson8793]

What is the link to this video because it’s so untrue for the most part. Don’t take it as gospel

[@judywelch1044]

If you want to comment, PLEASE wait til the end.

[@kevanwillis4571]

If you don’t want comments just find the original video, this is a reaction video. Simple.

[@Rick-me3xr]

Turn your TV off

[@paulhadfield7909]

in uk we dont have to carry id by law at all, so i dont,, we buy everything by plastic now, this video is nonsesne

[@tomstorey8559]

Think you need a new microphone

[@ledocteurgonzo]

right ? i dont know what happened. maybe he moved something

[@peteryarnold9707]

rough audio, not like you

[@shirl790]

Connor, what is playing in the background. It's very distracting