American Reacts to 15 Pics That Prove the UK is Like No Other Country | #2

[@Avfc-m4w]

Tyler really needs to learn how important bees are, without them the world would be a sorry place.

[@FuriKitten]

they better not look at artificial importation of Bees into Artificially irrigated land, the bees are bred and kept elsewhere and then exported for Trees in what should be desert in Southeren california / New mexico to pollinate trees in the middle of what should be a desert, but who needs fire hydrants, Twats need avocado and Almonds.

[@0zero728]

Fr the bee hate has put me off him a little, like he's saying "they'd rather die to hurt you", he doesn't even grasp the fact that stinging you is the last resort for a bee that thinks your going to kill it

[@pauloldfield8378]

Without the bees we wouldn't have any honey, without honey we wouldn't have anything to put on our porridge. (Or oatmeal for those who call it that)

[@arachne1960]

Yes, Tyler. Bees are necessary to polinate crops and other plants. Without them, they would die off and you would starve. I don't like them in the house, but out in the gardens and field they, along with butterflies, are great pollinators.

[@hammondfan2441]

The problem is that Americans do not seem to know the difference between Bees, wasps and hornets. Although wasps do polinate plants to a small extent the real hero is the bee. I would stamp on a wasp but let a bee go free.

[@jeanbicknell7887]

The couple are not rioting they are protesting - it's different.

[@Rottnwoman]

"All Americans must be accompanied by an adult "? Endorsed by EVERY country outside the USA. We in Australia plan to put it on our airport walls! 😂

[@yaonyaon9460]

This is slightly unfair. Albeit extremely rare, some Americans are open-minded and understanding and don't deserve such harsh treatment. Therefore, a better idea would be to introduce an obligatory test for them at the airports. One simple IQ test and a test about basic common sense. If an American fails they can be prohibited from entry and shipped back to the States.

[@tonyparkinson7224]

When I went through immigration in Australia, they asked me if I had any criminal convictions. I didn't realize I still needed one to come to Australia

[@edelgyn2699]

@@tonyparkinson7224 Old habits? 😆

[@misolgit69]

and you also have to use your indoor voice

[@AnnInghamlife-goals]

Yep. Americans can't be counted as adults after the last few months.

[@RogerBentley-be3mr]

Hershey's doesn't have enough cocoa to legally qualify as chocolate in the UK. It has to be sold as chocolate flavoured🧐

[@Kazza_8240]

Thats before even mentioning the 'vomit' taste 😅

[@shellbell1705]

The first time I went to the US I was very excited to buy some Hershey's kisses. What a huge disappointment. Absolutely revolting 🤮

[@bloodknottrevelian3396]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 We went to NY and I bought the largest Hersheys bar I could to take back and share with my work colleagues. It was bloody expensive and the taste was disgusting. As for NY, a total waste of time and money.

[@Joe_P839]

Any respectable Englishman would put gravy on sausage and mash, not tinned tomatoes!

[@susankenny5677]

Onion gravy 👌🏻

[@scottneil1187]

What about the rest of the country?. They say Americans think they're the only country in the world, seems like the English are just as bad.

[@vamvam7690]

⁠@@scottneil1187someone simply saying what an Englishman might do doesn’t erase the existence of the other countries in the UK lol

[@stevehaire6324]

​@@scottneil1187 Video = context 🙄

[@edelgyn2699]

@@vamvam7690 The video is about the UK/England. Putting tinned tomatoes on mash is extremely rare in the UK - the practice will be limited to particular households because the combination is unpalatable to most people, and rightly so.

[@L3x1_5m17h]

0:24 let me stop you there the UK isn't a country it's 4 countries into a kingdom UK stands for United Kingdom

[@Albanach-je1nk]

Exactly

[@Lynnwoody1]

I saw a video on KZbin where a man was asking random people around the globe to name a country beginning with certain letters and he asked a young lad to name a country beginning with E and the lad said England and he said England isn't a country it's the UK, the lad said England is a country I live here.

[@lubosduda9227]

Protecting bees is quickly becoming a very important part of saving the planet and saving our species as well, since if the bees are gone, everything will slowly but surely start going too - the bees are by far the most important polinators of all sorts of plants - fruits, veggies, crops, etc. It is a well known fact that bees have been steadily declining in numbers all over the world and it is very important to get them back "on track" as there are multiple types of wild bees, but these are just as important if not more than normal "farmed" bees. I belive there are buildings in London for example, bigger buildings as well, that have beehives on their roofs with small gardens (and parks in their surroundings) and this way they are also trying to allow populations of bees to be healthy and slow down their diminishing . US should do much more too.

[@jackhemsworth7515]

Did you know california declared bees fish because it was easier and quicker than trying to protect them as insects

[@eileencritchley4630]

@@jackhemsworth7515 oh woah great by strange way to help the planet.

[@Ianjowett1]

i used to be afraid of bees . but soon realised they are our frinds and dont sting unless provoked in general harmeless lil buddys

[@jackhemsworth7515]

@@Ianjowett1 yeah bees are chill. Hornets are monsters. bees die after stinging, so they really try avoid doing that unless you annoy them. Hornets don't, so they're aggressive little shits.

[@eileencritchley4630]

Reminds me of a verse an elderly gentleman used to say 'God confounds the world with the little things seen insignificant to human kind.

[@invexed]

Funnily enough the knife-related death rate in the UK is one of the lowest in the world (10th lowest as of the latest figures published in 2021). For reference the rate per 100k is 0.08 in the UK and 0.53 in the US, i.e. more than 6x higher in the latter. That's not to say it isn't an issue in the UK - we can and should do better - but I suppose we just care about this issue more than most other countries, which is why it seems so overblown in comparison 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@JohnWhite-mr3ec]

Tyler all the insects you stated that you hated are pollinators, so without them we would have very little to eat.

[@ConnorDunn-p5r]

He's brother has the same view on bees and wasps he said the same on one of his channels

[@helenwood8482]

Americans don't understand nature.

[@Daniel-sh3yn]

​@ConnorDunn-p5r what is his brothers channel?

[@GuinevereKnight]

​@Daniel-sh3ynRyan Was +2 more (Australia, UK, Germany). They seem to have lived locked up in a basememt. Or grown up in the US. 😂 Nature, climate and weather just seem to be something to get annoyed at or ignore and build roads and parking lots on. They don't seem to grasp we need all that to survive. Reality TV lbubble lives. 😤

[@robcrossgrove7927]

@Daniel-sh3yn Tyler's brother is Ryan Wurzer. kzbin.info?search_query=ryan+wurzer

[@SylvesterWolf]

The Bee bricks are mostly to ensure the survival of the insect over the winter. Bees are super important pollinators of plants and crops, their numbers have been declining over the years. The Bee bricks don't go deep inside the building so you can't end up with a giant nest in your wall. The bees and other insects will climb into a hole before winter and usually barricade themselves inside with a mud cap. They'll re-emerge in the spring after hibernating and go off elsewhere to build a nest. Its all part of preserving the habitat that we destroy by building acres of new housing estates. (Much needed housing, but still a shame to see the countryside flattened for a shoddily built "affordable" new housing estate)

[@andybaker2456]

You don't normally have to dig the road up to access a fire hydrant! Yes they're underground, but normally there's an access flap that you open with a key. In that video it looks as though the road must have been resurfaced and they covered the fire hydrant by mistake!

[@philhallbrook7008]

The access hatch is called a surface box cover. You did the rest for me... There's always a sign by the hydrant with an H and figures on it to do (I think I remember) with the water pressure

[@c0wbag49]

It usually a yellow flap on the floor teehee

[@GlennPegden]

@@c0wbag49 The other thing is the tender carries way more water than it can expel in the time it normally takes to hook up to a hydrant. Also, this is plainly a badly maintained hydrant, as it's normally MUCH quicker.

[@England-Bob]

The H sign has two sets of figures on it. One set states what size the hydrant is in mm’s. The second states how far the hydrant is away from the sign. Normally the hydrant does not need digging out but if it is in the road and not the pavement they can be filled with debris/dirt/soil. My fire department does go around clearing out the ones in the road.

[@frogandspanner]

One number is the distance to the hydrant

[@marionward7672]

I am English, born and bred. I have never had not seen anyone else eat tinned tomatoes and mash

[@stevetournay6103]

"Friends don't let friends eat tinned tomatoes and mash."

[@heathereley9749]

Hi Tyler. The bench one is to deter homeless people from sleeping on the bench. Yes, they are uncomfortable and are usually found at bus stops. Oh, and bees are essential to the environment. They are dying out, so the bricks will help them recover and therefore keep our natural environment healthy.

[@kevinmaslen9393]

I think they call it aggressive architecture. What has our society come to , when this is how we deal with homelessness. 😢 Save the bees. 😊

[@fedodosto3162]

We have something similar in Montréal (Canada) Benches in the métro station have metal bars that seperate the bench that leave spaces for only one person to sit in each sections. Homeless people can not sleep on them so they sleep on the floor. Instead ot this I think the city should spend the money on more refuges.

[@peteroz7332]

they are uncomfortable, because they aren't benches to sit/lay on... they are just to lean on (to give a respite) while waiting for a bus for a short time... 🤔🤷‍♂️

[@grenfellroad8394]

Perch seats

[@nomadpack4050]

I always assumed the benches are for older people that struggle to get up and down in seats so designed to rest against 🤔

[@Valant-t9p]

The statue made of Knifes is called the Knife Angel it’s 27 ft tall and 6.5 ft wide made from more than 100,000 knifes taken from criminals and donations, its a monument to all those who suffered because of Knifes.

[@MaoZhu-j6q]

No bees no food

[@lindamarshall-wc4yt]

And they are awful, you can't fold them at all.

[@kitcar2000]

Mushrooms have entered the chat.

[@lilolillful]

Fun fact in the uk our homes are usually private because throughout history people work in very busy built up places (remember the uk is tiny and more compact, compared to the usa where things are spread out over miles). People can see and have to comunicte with hundreds of people daily during work hours or going anywhere some people all day every day so when we go home to our private space it is just that a place for us, that is why in general it isn't polite to just turn up unannounced to someone's home, it's more of a planned or semi planned occasion maybe a call or message.

[@clivebrealey6795]

An Englishman's home is his castle.🙂

[@stevetournay6103]

Who knew I was still British...have only even been in England once, and that was 36 years ago...

[@jays2001]

The fire truck arrived with a couple of thousand liters of water in it that would have been plenty to be going on with while the hydrant was uncovred, you can see a firefighter in the background spraying water from the start of the video. Having them underground means they don't get tampered with or hit by cars.

[@PidgeYurashiro]

A lot of them are just flaps and don’t need digging anyway

[@maireweber]

Yes, the fire hydrants are only there to refill the truck continuously.

[@BentleyRotary]

Wrong..... As an ex fire officer, the fire appliance pump is there to control the pressure of the water from the hydrant. ​The water tank is only filled up at the end of the job to refill the tank IF NECESSARY. The digging out of the hydrant is because since the last time it was tested (yearly) the 'pit' has filled with dirt washed down by the rain!!!! @@maireweber

[@Tom-ed-w]

americans dont think, they see something and believe

[@grenfellroad8394]

@@BentleyRotaryI have to say, it’s been a very long time since I’ve seen anyone testing fire hydrants in our area. Also there seems to be a lack of the old style hydrant indicators that used to be around. Is this due to modern technology telling crews where they are? This officer digging out the hydrant in the video surely says the yearly test is too long a timeframe?

[@fionamackay266]

Why do people berate and patronise Tyler, instead of applauding his curiosity to learn? Why scoff at his interpretations instead of adding constructive explanations of what he’s viewed? Enjoy educating everyone that watches instead of telling us we are stupid for not knowing stuff. Thanks for the reactions to new and different stuff Tyler 👍🏻

[@alexandergutfeldt1144]

UK houses don't burn down in a minute and a half since they are not built from sticks, paper and plastic.

[@vamvam7690]

@@alexandergutfeldt1144 a lot of Americans seem to think everyone outside the US lives in mud huts or something so he may not have realised that 😅

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@alexandergutfeldt1144 Or have dodgy spray foam insulation! 👍

[@tonybussey8763]

If you look closely, the hydrant is feeding the fire engine! So they already had a least a hose reel on the fire

[@nomadpack4050]

​@tonybussey8763 Fire engines carry a large amount of water in the tank mounted at the back and have a float glass to view how full it is, the hydrant is to resupply the fire engine 🚒 can also be used as a second source of water if it's close enough to the fire and that's why you see a red hose and yellow hose on the ground, one for fighting the fire and one for resupply of fire engine 👍

[@Erny_Module]

In the UK, any building made from wood that's built as cheaply and quickly as possible, by unskilled labour and not meant to last is either a shed or a barn.

[@AlSnoopsReid]

I think you're not thinking clearly regarding the knife issues. We have zero people walking around with guns under their shirts or in a belt, but we do have young thugs who carry knives, possibly to be used to mug people, so having more ways of getting them off the streets is a major benefit.

[@elmarwinkler6335]

Mr. Rumple, in Europe we do NOT have the vast space you have, we never had. We can not waste the space we have. The whole of UK is smaller than some of your states. A lot of our towns were built long before the US was born. In the Middle Ages towns were built inside walls to protect the citizens. The streets had to be narrow for defence reasons. For us, using so much space like the US do is wasteful. We have a completely different look on things because of history. A part of my town in South Germany is more than 2,000 years old. You, dear sir, be safe and sound. Elmar from Germany

[@alexpervanoglu7420]

Got loads of uninhabited Space here in Spain, and as a matter of fact continental Europe is actually considerably bigger than the US. However here in Europe we have over double the population which is why we have less space per person.

[@vamvam7690]

The US has about 40x the land mass as the UK but only about 5x the population! They have a LOT more room per person over there

[@rosemariewelch1525]

Why do Americans including you Tyler take things so literal. If it does not make sense it is probably a joke, # British humour.

[@rosemariewelch1525]

I have never seen a knife amnesty box i am from London.

[@rosemariewelch1525]

I have never seen a knife amnesty box i am from London.

[@giggitygiggity8391]

After the Dunblane massacre in 1996 the UK introduced a total ban on handgun ownership in 1997. Since then knife crime has steadily increased. We now have some of the strictest knife laws in the world. No locking knives can be carried in public, OTF knives and switch blades are illegal to even own and only knives with a blade under 3 inches long can be carried in public. You can still be arrested if the police suspect you don't have a genuine reason for carrying one. If you were to tell police "I'm carrying it for self defence" you'll definitely be arrested and charged with possession of an offensive weapon.

[@stumblepuppy606]

tinned tomatoes and mash, with a couple of sausages? Nah, that is NOT a British meal. That absolutely is a monstrosity.

[@stumblepuppy606]

That weird bench is designed to be impossible for homeless people to sleep on.

[@TheIconsofsin]

agreed !

[@UnknownUser-rb9pd]

It's bangers and mash with tinned tomatoes instead of onion gravy. It wouldn't be my first choice but hardly outrageous.

[@vamvam7690]

Sausage, mash and _beans_ is a pretty standard meal…or sausage, mash and _gravy_ (maybe with peas and carrots too) Using tinned tomatoes instead is a strange choice and I agree it would be way too wet but it’s not the strangest thing ever I suppose 🤷‍♀️ No idea why Tyler thought it would be cold though…like its impossible to heat the tomatoes up or something 😅

[@jollybodger]

Correction, that WAS a very british meal back in the 1980s, my grandparents had it virtually everyday through the 80s and 90s, unfortunately they passed away 2002 and 2006 and the 'tradition' went with them. But I do agree, it is a monstrosity, I even thought that back then.

[@brianirvine1339]

We couldn't survive without bee's

[@stuartfaulds1580]

Funfact: A1 Steak sauce was actually created in the UK in 1824 by a chef to King George the Fourth. Also the version exported to the US dramatically differs from the UK & Canadian versions. British bank notes are now plastic.

[@stevetournay6103]

Canadian notes are too...

[@Naymy]

12:00 - those are houses on an estate. Most houses are like that, and yes, we Brits love our privacy. In fact, I think there is a law or two about windows being able to peek into other people's gardens and the height that fences can and can't be. But those are houses / homes, not apartments.

[@ianjardine7324]

Our bank notes like most of the developed world are different vibrant colours and sizes for each denomination making life easier for tourists and those with sight issues. We all find American insistence on using outdated easily counterfeited identical notes quite strange.

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Thank Australia for the Bank notes👍🤠☮️

[@gocrywolf83]

Our bank notes are also made of a plastic material now which also makes it harder to counterfeit.

[@vamvam7690]

@@gocrywolf83and they don’t fall apart if you accidentally leave them in your jeans during a hot wash 😅

[@rdouthwaite]

@@vamvam7690 but if they get hot enough they shrink...

[@PaulaXism]

@@vamvam7690 but they shrink if they get in the drier.. lol

[@TheSamWise]

Knife crime is a fairly major issue in the UK (not as much knife crime as in the US but still an issue), mainly from teenagers and gangs/ drug dealers. However, unlike the US when we have issues with weapons on the streets there is effort put in to address the problem, hence all the images you saw relating to schemes designed to reduce the number of knives on the street

[@MarylinWilliams-d3e]

The knife Angel travels around the country and stays in each town for about a week, it's huge and truly stunning.

[@edelgyn2699]

Bizarre statement about life in the UK though. I wonder what our grandchildren will think about it? When I was a kid we used to gasp at the massive whips, branding irons and neck chains in the anti-slavery museum - it brought home to use the horror of what slavery entailed. They've taken the items out of the exhibits, and I doubt the modern videos have the same impact as seeing the actual hardware that inflicted suffering on humans.

[@vivburgess4300]

@@edelgyn2699 The Angel is made up of thousands of knives handed in after a mother campaigned to get knives off the street, her son having been murdered by one. It's a truly amazing symbol of the importance of getting knives out of circulation. Try and see if if it comes near your area.

[@shook1245]

​@vivburgess4300 the knife angel came to our town. A young lad I hung around with when we where teenagers was murdered and now his mam does loads of campaigning and has set up a foundation in his name. The angel was the idea of clive knowles who is the chairman of the british iron works. He commissioned it after an increase in knife crime in the uk

[@Elaineshaw-d6m]

The angel is vile, looks like something from Dr. Who, and has probably glamourised knife crime to those who do it.

[@kelseyharkness-jones4074]

Sausage and mash with tinned tomatoes is absolutely NOT a British dinner. Sausage, mash and gravy, yes. This. Noooooooo 🤢 As for double-decker racing, I've never seen it, but I want to now! Amazing! Double deckers are a common thing even in small towns and villages. My school bus in a Welsh village used to go down an almost vertical hill. It defied the laws of physics and was a white knuckle ride for sure! 😂

[@skipper409]

That American food section encompasses EVERY foodstuff from the US that isn’t banned in the UK😂

[@stevetournay6103]

😂😂😂

[@Liz-nu5dr]

The vast majority of bee species are solitary and make their individual homes in trees, soil, garden debris, woodpiles and the like. In the UK, "bee B&Bs" are a popular item in garden centres. They are often made from a bundle of dozens of short sections of bamboo, or something similar, as long as these are wide enough for bees to spend the winter in hibernation. As others have said, they are vital for the pollination of flowers that produce our fruit and some vegetables.

[@alucardgd2523]

4:37 im from uk and no thats not a common meal, i think its more an american family trying to copy what they think is a uk meal

[@maryminty4]

It's real

[@jordanshopland0926]

I've had sausages with tinned chopped tomatoes before but that was something completely different there was no mash potatoes. I've never heard of sausages, chopped tomatoes and mash before. Doesn't really look appealing tbh.

[@alucardgd2523]

@jordanshopland0926 try chips, tinned tomatoes, steak, hp sauce, and sausages, its godly

[@7RIPP]

Love a tin of tomatoes on toast with some grated cheese. But on mash 😩 nope

[@Klucylu]

Never seen the meal myself .. but in my expert opinion it NEEDS SOME CHEESE 🧀

[@saraholiver1306]

The point about the stores nostalgia is that all of those were staples of the high street in the 70s/80s/90s and are now all out of business

[@SugarCube2003]

One of the most prominent types of crime in the UK is knife crime, especially amongst young people, often resulting in the death of young teenage boys. There are many programs and initiatives active all over the UK to try to prevent knife crime or at least reduce the number of fatalities.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Australian police now have electronic metal detectors to check suspects for hidden knives, it's recently become prevalent amongst bored teens here! Our largest toll is from the stolen car crashes, so many lives lost for a quick thrill - too many US movies make it look like great fun! 😟

[@GB-nu6ow]

You missed a key piece out of your comment - who is committing these crimes ?

[@MaoZhu-j6q]

@@GB-nu6ow trying to turn this into a racist chat are you. Give up you've been caught.

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

@@GB-nu6ow Youths, do not go racist mate!

[@elfishmoss1457]

I'm not sure about the answer you were looking for but it tends to be ​young British men and boys, mainly in London and usually involved in gang violence or drug use@@GB-nu6ow

[@ngaourapahoe]

Bees are crucial because they pollinate large quantities of different flowers = food for all

[@ultraSquiid92]

We don't have guns... we have knives.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Do you mean criminals have knives? Scary if everyone has them! 🥴

[@lynnesmith3775]

Not everyone carries knives here. Alot of gang members do and more and more teenagers too. They say for protection against others but it tends to be the innocent who get attacked. Recently a 14 year old boy was arrested for death of a 12 year by knife!!!

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@lynnesmith3775 So that has destroyed two families, for what, fun? Make these activities unfashionable, scars are ugly and the memories never go away!

[@DanMarshall-t7n]

@@jenniferharrison8915 Everyone has them at home in the kitchen. Carrying them with the intent of using them as a weapon is a criminal offence. I am of the opinion that media hype about knives and stabbings has resulted in more people carrying them as weapons as they are now part of the public's consciousness.

[@scottneil1187]

​@@jenniferharrison8915Everyone does have them, unless you somehow spread butter with a fork.

[@franwhite5371]

In the UK we’ve had a number of knife amnesties. One of our sculptors/artists have made an enormous angel using knives that have been handed in.

[@stevetournay6103]

That turns up later in the video...quite the work of art.

[@nickydaniels1476]

It's all about the bees!!! These bee houses are for solitary bees/rubble bees. Honey bees and bumble bees live in hives. Bees only sting you if they feel threatened. 🐝🌍😊❤️🇬🇧

[@dayzfallingdownx190]

Our money is physically smaller to large along with the amounts- five pounds is the smallest and 50 pounds is biggest. It is so visually impaired people can tell the difference.

[@BourbonBiskit]

Our bank notes get bigger the higher their value. it helps blind people identify the notes.

[@red_dolphin468]

same is with the Euro notes ... plus compared to the Unites states´money every other currency uses different colouring aswell , not just different motives.

[@THEREALCRUMPLEZ0NE]

43 year old Brit here and I didn’t even know that!!! 😂

[@red_dolphin468]

@ what exactly ? the colouring part ? the sizes segment ? ...

[@fedodosto3162]

In Canada our paper money has braille ''dots'' in the upper right corner to diferenciate the notes.

[@vinny3323]

​@@fedodosto3162 There is also braille on British notes

[@davidpollitt3846]

You should be glad we have bees . No Bees Eventualy no Humans As the bees are the ones that polonise all the crops flowers and trees so no bees no polonsation, no polonisation no Food ,Ergo no humans left .

[@wasc0783]

The fire engines (trucks for the Americans) have water onboard in tanks, so they can fight the fire using the onboard water, while the hydrant is connected. So the hydrant being underground doesn't delay the start of firefighting.

[@vamvam7690]

Exactly! The engines are used in the meantime so there’s no delay :) Also hydrants aren’t usually buried like that..normally they have an access flap. Sometimes debris (leaves, mud etc) can cover the access flap and you have to clear it out the way but you don’t need to dig down a foot like shown here! It makes me think this road may have been resurfaced and they accidentally tarmacced over the hydrant or something cuz this one looked properly buried 🤷‍♀️

[@andreww2098]

@@vamvam7690 the fire service is supposed to maintain them, but due to cutbacks it isn't happening as much as it should

[@edelgyn2699]

@@andreww2098 No, it's the water companies and councils that maintain them - could you imagine the FS having to go round all the hydrants to check them - they don't have the resources or staff...

[@vamvam7690]

@@andreww2098 I don’t know if it’s the fire departments responsibility or someone else’s but it doesn’t surprise me that whoever it is are struggling to do so adequately…like so many other things the necessary time, money or man power is often lacking :(

[@nicholascarrington7912]

@@andreww2098 In true British style, the Fire and Rescue Service checks and tests them, but it's the water companies who own and maintain them!

[@dawnk6910]

Actually seen the knife angel! It's amazing. We have a knife culture as we don't have firearms. Stabbings are equivalent to your gun crime. It's poignant, thought provoking. All the knives were from amnesty and crime. It travelled the country spending time in towns and cities

[@mattleppard1970]

Bees are the indicator species of ecological health.

[@sticklebrick2003]

6:20 no they dont usually have to dig for it. Usually its just lift flap, connect hose. This road was obviously re-laid recently and the workers didn't clear up the excess bitumen that gathered in the access hole.

[@MaoZhu-j6q]

Its not a bench, it's a leaner, you just park your butt on it and stay standing. Very Common at bus stops

[@AndrewHalliwell]

No, no, it's a bench, but they've designed it to be homeless hostile, impossible to lie down on. People who design that kind of stuff should be flogged.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

And also at the McD's at London's 'Marble Arch' Choose Food.Buy.Lean.Eat.Leave!!

[@MarkKnightSHG]

yeah, its designed as an anti-homeless bench... stops people from sleeping on them...

[@AltCutTV]

"stops people from sleeping on them..." Dad would accept the challenge. 🙃

[@edelgyn2699]

@@AltCutTV 🤣

[@NimbusNox]

For the fire hydrant, the Trucks are usually loaded with water already so they can start working on the fire straight away. While theyre fighting the fire with what's on the truck they're opening the Hydrant underground at the same time ready for when the truck runs out. There's no time wasted. The odd shaped seats are there to prevent the homeless sleeping on them. Called "Hostile Architecture"

[@helenwood8482]

Knives are less of a problem in the UK than they are in the US. We're just making sure it stays that way. A country that has mass shootings more than once a week can't really criticise.

[@ShadowGamingYT86-j4g]

Agreed as a British.

[@grenfellroad8394]

There’s a comedian whose clip has been on social media, who said to an American ‘your country has a gun problem. You let anyone have one. Have a gun, you’re going to use it. Give someone a mobile phone, what are the chances they’re going to use it?’

[@6_Imogen]

8:32 I’ll explain this in a way Americans can understand, Knives are like our version of guns except we don’t really fear them in schools

[@pennyroyalt2542]

We'd be in deep 💩 without bee's.

[@kidswidcrayons]

without bee's what?

[@vamvam7690]

@@kidswidcrayons without bees ability to pollinate such a wide variety of plant life and crops

[@kidswidcrayons]

@ My joke was that she used a possessive apostrophe for a plural. Then in your response you DID use the possessive form and DIDN'T use an apostrophe lol. Bees rule

[@danielflowers1630]

Knife crime in the UK is like gun crime in the USA so things like the amnesty boxes are like gun drives in the USA

[@b101uk9]

as for that fire hydrant, that road has been resurfaced and the contractor who did it failed to set the manhole correctly, so lose asphalt entered the hole when the when it was resurfaced, hence the fireman digging out the lose asphalt, as normally its just a case of flipping the cover, screwing in the standpipe, and opening the valve with the valve-key (the fatter pipe with the T top is the stand-pipe, the thinner long bar is the valve key, the bar the fireman is using digging at first is the handle that slides into the to of the valve key to turn it, that also doubles as the prybar to open the manhole) in other words this is a very atypical example representing a worst case, rather than the norm.

[@clivebrealey6795]

Our local firemen used do a check on location and functionality of hydrants - though I haven't seen them do that for a while.

[@b101uk9]

@@clivebrealey6795 they do here every one to two years, but in the original video of that clip, the road had been resurfaced some 4 to 6 months or so prior according to a local commenting on the original

[@thehobio9140]

Also, fire hydrants are mainly to refill the fire trunks' water tank after the fire.

[@johnrhodez6829]

A those with preserved steam engines find them useful too.. On the metal cover are the letters FH which can also mean "Fill Here" so they do!

[@conjie1986]

Hi Tyler, for the bench its to make it uncomfortable for long stays, you see them on bus stops and train stations. intention is to make it so anyone who is homeless could not use them. i believe it is called Hostile Architecture.

[@LauraC-ek4wd]

Yes seen a program about that, the struts deter anyone from being able to sleep there, kind of sad.

[@edelgyn2699]

Literally not 'bum' friendly. Also if you have a big arse these would be no effing use for a five minute, rest fat folk with heavy shopping forgotten again...

[@richardwilliams7692]

UK fire hydrants are usually underground to prevent them freezing in the winter, and to stop them getting damaged. They are in a brick lined pit usually about 30-50 cm deep, covered with a removable metal plate. The pits should be regularly cleaned and maintained, but sometimes, they can get silted up with grit washed from the road. This is when they need digging out, but it is not usual. Some large industrial plants, with a significant risk, such as oil refineries, have American style surface mounted hydrants.

[@WendyPage-iv8vc]

I am shocked at the ignorance portrayed I this video. I cannot believe he doesn't understand what bees do for us. We would starve without them.

[@JessicaMarinaRushie]

Our money is all different sizes and shapes for blind people and the like.

[@FuriKitten]

Fire Hydrants are VERY VERY clear, they are indicated and very accessible. that is either an oddity or a wind-up

[@tonycapri2608]

You are sorely lacking if you dont have a UK food section to find out what real food tastes like! 😂 13:36

[@andrewbowman4611]

Of course, the real question is: why would tinned tomatoes and mashed potatoes be in any way cold? Do some people not heat their preserved foods before serving or something?

[@vamvam7690]

I had the same question lol…that was a strange thing to say, like he forgot you can just heat the tomatoes up or something 😅 Seems a little odd to me why you’d assume mash would be in the form of a ‘preserved food’ though…surely more people make their own mash from actual potatoes than use powdered? 🤷‍♀️

[@sallyannwheeler6327]

@@vamvam7690Anyone who uses powdered should be arrested🤮😂

[@vamvam7690]

@@sallyannwheeler6327 with how quick and easy proper mashed potato is to prepare I don’t know why the powdered stuff would be necessary in most home settings lol because it tastes a bit rubbish by comparison Maybe if you were camping the powdered stuff could shine though? 😅

[@andybaker2456]

@@vamvam7690 When I was a kid, one of my favourite meals was bacon, beans and Cadbury's Smash! I loved the taste of Smash, especially with lots of added butter. Of course my mum would also make proper mash (and very well, too!), but Smash was an easy alternative for a quick lunch or when time was tight.

[@sallyannwheeler6327]

@ I don’t know about shine through. Maybe run through. Wouldn’t want to share a tent!😂😂

[@davethehatatkins708]

This statue came to our hometown too.. 😢

[@martinshepherd626]

Our bank notes are now plastic and not paper

[@mirjanamichelson1601]

Hey Tyler, I love your channel. As someone who has never been to USA nor UK, and been wanting to visit both, I thoroughly enjoy learning through your content.

[@Lemmys_Mole]

Tyler we have solitary bees in the UK, not just honey bees that live in colonies. The bricks are for the lonely bees .

[@vamvam7690]

Awwh…’lonely bees’ is a really sad way to describe them 😅

[@Jamwiththat]

A LOT of bumble type bees are solitary bees, buff bum, masonry bees, etc

[@bigludo22]

ref the fire hydrant, most hydrants are covered by big metal covers to protect them, it looks like there was some work on the road in that video and they obdtructed the hydrant. somebody probably got sued over that after the event

[@zoemoore3724]

The weird looking bench is our way of stopping the homeless finding somewhere to sleep… it’s ridiculous

[@Kazza_8240]

Out of sight out of mind. That's the way our government likes to deal with the homeless....can't have them getting comfy in the streets where the housed people are can we? 🙄😒

[@wren9320]

You don't recognise Woolworths? It's an American store founded in NY (but also very popular in UK, before they closed down).

[@IanKerridge-gg7gl]

He would know them as Five-And-Dimes

[@mosmarb]

Woolworths (or Woolies as we often call it) was part of the US F.W. Woolworth company for a large part of its existence so surprised you hadn't heard of that one. There is still a Woolworth building in NYC down by the Brooklyn Bridge.

[@Lazmanarus]

Woolworths as a store still exists in Oz.

[@jimbo6059]

Woolworths still exists in a lot of the world. The UK chain was bought out by Kingfisher and after years of low trading went bust.

[@Lazmanarus]

@ I didn't know about the rest of the world. I know it was started in the US but so many US people on YT don't seem to know about it, I thought it had closed in most other countries.

[@IanKerridge-gg7gl]

@@Lazmanarus in the USA , they are known as Five-and-Dime stores

[@paulmarsh8157]

Great video as always. A couple of things: 1. Mash and tinned tomatoes is not some kind of traditional UK dish. 2. Knife crime is an increasing issue in many UK cities. As you mentioned, with guns less readily available, people turn to knives instead. 3. Bees are vital to the environment and food production via pollination. Decreasing places for them to live together with increase use of pesticides which kill them have lowered the number of bees to dangerous levels. It's a very serious issue.

[@Kazza_8240]

Knife crime has been steadily decreasing here in Scotland, but in recent years its started to increase.....even at that...its still not as bad here for knife crime as it once was

[@AnyFuleKnoThat]

Sorry Tyler, you got a thumbs down for the Bee comments. Love the Bees, we need them. 🐝💜 🐝

[@Fallopia5150]

Americans don't care about the environment nor pollinators. The almighty dollar rules. Brits put bumble bee houses in their gardens to encourage them.

[@darthpyrogaming9463]

unfortunately the uk does have a knife problem

[@ianjardine7324]

The fire hydrant one show's a severe lack of maintenance and inspection. The fire brigade would normally have all the hydrants in their area opened up cleaned and checked on a regular basis. So its just a case of opening the cover removing the cap and screwing on the stand pipe. With the amount of time the fireman spent digging out the dirt id say that one hadn't been opened for at least a decade. Even with all that he had it set up and ready to go before the rest of the crew were finished unpacking their gear and the engine carries a supply of water to start initial operations while they're sorting out a resupply from the hydrant. This system saves money on infrastructure because each engine carries their hydrant with them and prevents kids messing with the supply and waisting water because you can't access it without the correct tools.

[@tonybennett9964]

Haven't seen lately ,but living in a rural area the Fire brigade used check access to hydrants every year

[@edelgyn2699]

It's never been the responsibility of the Fire Service to maintain these hydrants.

[@ianjardine7324]

@@edelgyn2699 I never said maintenance I said inspection and testing. And just because it was not officially their responsibility wouldn't stop diligent professionals from ensuring equipment their lives might depend on worked. Firemen regularly carry out fire safety inspections on businesses and even private property on request. This not only helps ensure public safety but helps them by making sure they are familiar with building layouts and safety equipment in important locations in the event of an emergency. As a kid I distinctly remember firemen regularly going around opening up hydrants and testing them.

[@Jamwiththat]

When roads are resurfaced the manhole covers for various utilities should be left, occasionally they get covered.

[@Sci-fi_Hack]

Quick note; If it has wheels & engine we Brits will race it 😂 WAIT! Scratch that! Forget an engine or even wheels we’ll race anything even a round piece of cheese down a hill!

[@steviesbadtv]

I’m sure Americans can ask the adult that accompanies them to help them buy a wallet when in the UK so their money will fit..😜🤷🏻‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@EnzoNeph]

Knife crime is the UK version of gun crime

[@Mymerlot]

Tyler, I’m with you with wasps and hornets but we have lots of non-stinging bees here in the UK and they’re really important for the environment and they’re on the decline. Many people have ‘bee and insect hotels’ in their gardens to give them safe havens. Even stinging bees are generally not aggressive like wasps and hornets and will only sting if threatened. I’ve picked up many bumblebees with my bare hands to put them out of harms way. As for the knives, it’s a big issue that seems to mainly be in the younger generation, it’s been particularly bad last week in Birmingham with at least 4 incidents. It’s horrible.

[@mobbs6426]

Not so fun fact, sometimes a bee will get drunk on the job and be unable to return home. If I remember, it's either after the first frost or the first heatwave. Something along those lines. What I do remember is that if she sobers up a little and finds her way back home, she will be removed from the hive permanently, and probably quite painfully. Unless you're gonna bathe them, put them through rehab, and make sure she stays on program, the kindest thing for a stumbling bee is probably the boot.

[@royhayes-ry6rw]

The fire truth has its own water supply and pumps, the hydrant is just extra supply.

[@maureenwood8910]

No bees, no food. Learn about bees!

[@dorsetone8142]

we call them notes not bills

[@user-PuppyDan]

Much like American engines our engines have on board water tanks. The hydrants are there to top up the on board tanks. Look at where the yellow hose is going, not onto the fire but into the back of the truck. The Red hoses are connected to the engine and are used to fight the fires the yellow hoses are the refill hoses. which connect the engin to the hydrant.

[@darkracer5]

In the uk we don’t have guns so people that are up to no good carry knifes to use or for protection against other that will have them in the uk knife crime is our version of the USA gun crime issues

[@grahamgresty8383]

You wait for ages for a bus then loads of them come racing around the corner!

[@yoshiclubcaptainfeerick7750]

😂

[@Sofasurfa]

I vote this comment, the best comment award, a true representation of our type of wit😂😂😂

[@pamelariker5525]

The Knife Angel was made out of knives that were dropped in the boxes during an amnesty exercise in the UK. It was made by The British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry, Shropshire, UK. It's a wonderful family day out, with great walks. The donation boxes for the knives were also made by the British Ironworks. I only know about this because I used to live about 3 miles from there, before coming to the USA. Also, here in Arizona we have a large grocery chain called Fry's and they have a very small section selling UK goods. I bought Ribena and Aero from there the other day lol.

[@clementsphil]

Knife crime is an issue in some parts of the UK but to a lesser extent than gun crime is in the USA. We take the view that although knives are much more easily accessible, by and large you shouldn't be carrying one without a good reason - not even a pocket knife in many cases, so possession, especially where it could be used to commit crime can be an offence. This, like gun control measures is very different to America where even switchblades can be legally carried. These and locking knives are banned here. Amnesty boxes aren't exactly common but do pop up in certain places or at certain events That video of a fire hydrant needing to be uncovered is unusual - even below ground they are easily accessed by firefighters usually. Lift a flap, spin the pipe on and turn the tap. Above ground, in many streets they would be a trip hazard for pedestrians, or for vehicles on our narrower roads, and there will always be some scrote that finds a way to urn it on and flood the place! Those benches are to deter rough sleeping

[@karstenstormiversen4837]

I always hear americans when we in the rest of the world is speaking against gun crimes in the US! But but but knife crimes,forgetting that even only knife crimes in the US is higher pr capita in the US than in the UK as well!

[@alextwycross7893]

Knife crime is very bad over here in the uk. Fire hydrants are usually under a man hole type cover with a large yellow marker nearby. Ive never seen one you had to dig up,until your video.

[@teiscrivens6214]

Bees 🐝 are incredibly important. The money thing. Yes each note denomination is a different colour (yes I spelt that correctly) and size, this also ensures you don’t tip with the wrong note and blind people know which note is which by the size. We also now have a plastic coating like Australia.

[@spursgog835]

Knife crime in the UK has reached the per capita level as the US so it is a serious problem especially amongst the young. Absolutely shocked over your ignorance over the need to protect pollinators such as bees, without them the food chain would be decimated!

[@jameslinham2733]

You acknowledge that America has a gun problem, the difference is that the UK is taking action to reduce the knife problem.

[@Jams848484]

Another difference is that in America the good guys can have guns too. In the UK only the bad guys have knives.

[@sammoore1704]

Also America has a bigger knife problem, it just has a much bigger gun problem, so it doesn't get noticed.

[@colinbirks5403]

The bench is clearly to prevent people sleeping on them. Just to rest your butt awhile.

[@petermizon4344]

BEES KEEP US ALIVE DID YOU NOT KNOW THAT ? THEY CARRY POLLEN FROM PLANTS AND FLOWERS WHICH HELP TO FEED US

[@kerriondarkice]

To the fire hydrant thing - out fires truck also carry a fairly large volume of water by default so the hydrant connection is an important but there is more time allowed it also has the benefit of less maintenance and protection from damage and frost

[@johnfairhurstReviews]

The packed houses are fairy standard and those will be individual houses or semis (two joined together). The high garden fences go together with the closeness in an effort to pretend the gardens are a private area.

[@chixma7011]

It’s why the pubs stay so popular. 😊

[@AstarothDeathSquirre]

In the first few months of 2018, the murder rate in London overtook the murder rate of New York. Sadly, America took this as a challenge. The American gun-nuts were gleefully saying "see, that's what happens when you ban guns." (guns are not banned in the UK, but they are tightly controlled) It should also be noted that the US knife crime far exceeds British knife crime too. And their schadenfreude was short-lived as the New York murder rate quickly returned to normal.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

2:01 🇺🇸-"Were obsessed with cars, engines, speed and racing!" 🇬🇧-"Aw, that's cute Junior" 🏁🚌🚌🚌🏇🏎️🏍️

[@davidb3979]

It looks like that fire hydrant hasn't been inspected for some time. No way would you normally have to dig like that. Normally you just take the manhole cover off and connect it all up!

[@almostded2818]

That picture of the knife angle was taken in a city near where i live, went there one day and saw it without knowing it was there. The statue is an art piece made up of confiscated knives because at least in some of the larger cities there are issues with people stabbing each other.

[@Kazza_8240]

'Knife angle'? Aye? 😅

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

Tyler, I have never seen tinned tomatoes and mashed potatoes as a meal, I'm not sure who would eat this. Fire Hydrants are normally under easy to lift hinged metal plates in the roads or on the pavements, obviously some idiot has tarmacked over this one so, the poor Fireman had to dig up the tarmac to get to it, there are plaques on the walls nearby giving measurements of where the hydrant is located.

[@dennisbranch6920]

There is a big knife crime rate in the UK. Recently a 17 year old stabbed 3 girls to death. They were aged between 6 and 9😢😢😢

[@matthewdearsley123]

really horrific event but that's sorta pure evil which isn't normal

[@dennisbranch6920]

@@matthewdearsley123 that was just as you said, pure evil! At least we know that he's not going to survive in prison for long

[@0zero728]

@@dennisbranch6920I wasn't surprised at all to hear he was beaten in prison, I was however disappointed to hear he's still alive and kicking somehow

[@karstenstormiversen4837]

But still lower pr capita than knife crimes is in the US!

[@tonysadler5290]

Re the fire hydrants - the hoses are deployed first from the fire tender (engine) in moments. The hydrants are used to feed water to the tender and keep it topped up whilst it's fighting the fire, and are coupled after the hoses are deployed - hence the time lapse. I think the US works in a similar way - first connect the hose to the Pump (tender/engine) and begin to fight the fire, once underway, the engine is connected to the replenishment supply from the hydrant.

[@phillipnash2843]

I’m just a typical average Brit here today to react and learn what is inside a typical average American’s head.