American Reacts to 25 Ways The UK Totally Triumphs Over The US

In this video I react to 25 ways the UK triumphs over the US. I knew the UK had a lot to be proud of, but I had no idea that the UK did things better than the US in so many different areas.
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[@dang2651]

"Why would i be offended over facts?" If everyone felt like this we would probably all be a bit happier!

[@nen1811]

It makes sense but people will always want to stick to their own narrative/head canon unless something major/obvious happens... but even then lol

[@SonsOfLorgar]

The problems start with people insisting their ignorant indoctrinated oppinion is facts in contradiction of all testable evidence.

[@xFODDERx]

I'm offended by this comment

[@VanJ900]

@@xFODDERx I'm offended by the offence taken 🤔

[@DenisePeel]

😂😂😂

[@elizabethnuttall5374]

The British don’t complain, they grumble.

[@fayesouthall6604]

I do, I’m polite about it.

[@billyo54]

Yes. But you grumble so well.😂

[@stevenr6397]

yeah we do complain, just not to anybody who can do anything about it!

[@kazzagreen84]

In Australia they're known as whinging poms.

[@mydogeatspuke]

I complain all the time. I'm trying to start a trend of people just being fkn honest.

[@morgangosling8673]

The thing about the date format that I always find funny is that the date of US independence is the only one they say in the UK format! It's always 4th July.

[@SevCaswell]

4th *of* July.

[@InevitableMayo]

YES! I've always thought this. "Hey guys let's celebrate our independence fromt he British whilst using their date format for this one day"

[@user-ne1ei1ox6r]

😂

[@davidmellish3295]

Not the UK format but the world's format. After all we go in chronological order, seconds,minutes, hours,days,weeks,months,years. So it's obvious to go day,month,year. Why would they go month back to day then to year ? Makes no sense

[@l4d1k06]

​@@davidmellish3295The only logical way is 2023-12-25 21:59:45 🤷

[@tezzcan1]

As someone who was born with major heart complications ( which has led to 3 open heart surgeries, pacemaker and heaven knows how many procedures ) I am so, so grateful for our NHS.

[@psttech4290]

meanwhile a family member died waiting for an op, waiting for 4 years because of a backlog

[@lennymccartney1]

@@psttech4290 so pay for private....

[@psttech4290]

@@lennymccartney1 yeah im sure that will work after the fact.

[@psttech4290]

@@lennymccartney1 also, we pay into the system on a monthly basis paying national insurance through wages, why should anyone go pay private when we already pay

[@lennymccartney1]

@@psttech4290 i was being disingenuous in my reply...instead of blaming the nhs, blame the tories for underfunding it as a way to bring in private health service...

[@obamtl]

You say “4th of July” in the US, so you could say 23rd January.

[@robg1151]

Lol excellent observation 👍🙂

[@ABee-jb9vz]

I was thinking of the song Billy Joe(?) "It was the 3rd of June"

[@MadameFlutterbi]

@@ABee-jb9vz Ode to Billy Jo great song.

[@Tractionengine_556]

obamtl That's freaky. 23rd January is my birthday.

[@Jib230181]

@@Tractionengine_556mine too lol.

[@corvidkusnos]

For our date in the UK, not only is it smallest to largest (which organisation-wise makes a lot of sense), we're also writing it the way we say it, too! It's more common for us to, for example, say "4th of July" instead of "July 4th". While the latter is quicker to say, it doesn't flow as naturally in conversation than saying it the former way. Definitely interesting

[@Jodiice1981]

Interestingly though if you watch a lot of American tv talking about the US holiday a lot of them call it the 4th of July not July 4th.. which is a weird flip to the way we do things, especially since it’s on the day to celebrate their independence and doing things their own way 😂😂😂

[@corvidkusnos]

@@Jodiice1981 Yeah, I've always found that rather bizarre!!

[@Notherenotever]

The UK (or just Scotland?) has used the MM/DD/YY date structure in the past I'm not sure when or why it changed. I've only noticed it from doing genealogy and looking at official records from 19th & early 20th century. My research has mainly been in Scotland so I'm not 100% certain this was UK wide.

[@DrGreenGiant]

Interestingly, it's very common to go in descending order too. This is the standard in the British military, for example. It makes sorting of files (particularly digital) very easy [YYYYMMDD]

[@robertburr2212]

Most of the UK is now covered by fibre optic...its alot faster than normal wifi and more reliable. Thanks for the great reaction Steve ❤

[@England91]

And the fastest I think is still Virgin

[@StargateMatt]

​@@England91yeah there biggest customer package is 1GBs

[@positivelyacademical1519]

@@England91 If you’re in an area with a local/regional fibre provider, they’ll usually be faster/cheaper than Virgin. Currently paying £30/month for 1Gbps/1Gbps

[@deanmaximus9770]

On average though usa wins

[@Hirotoro4692]

You mean to say it's faster than copper cables, not WiFi. WiFi comes from an access point, typically your home router, but that internet still comes down the cable.

[@1984Nets]

If you do have a cup of tea the British way do not use a microwave to heat the water, use a kettle. We do not boil water in the microwave. Boil the water, pour over the teabag in a cup. Let it sit for a few minutes, take the teabag out and add milk and/or sugar.

[@michaelgoodwin6565]

Boil the water, pour some into the pot. Warm the pot. Put teabags (or preferably loose tea) into the pot. Pour boiling water onto the tea in the pot. Wait. Pour tea from pot to cup (or mug) Milk, if desired, may be added to the cup before or after pouring the tea. Matter of personal preference. Lemon, if desired, added after pouring tea, never with milk. Sugar, if desired, only after the above.

[@rodpuckey8413]

Never make tea in a cup, use a teapot, cover with a tea cosy, leave to brew for 5 minutes before drinking.

[@Shoomer1988]

You would enjoy reacting to some David Attenborough Steve. He's a biologist, natural historian, author and most importantly the worlds best nature documentary film-maker and presenter. He's been making natural history documentarians since the 50's and really is a national treasure.

[@davidcopplestone6266]

He's a TV presenter, not a biologist. He's never worked in a field that needs biology. He is more of a naturalist though.

[@Shoomer1988]

@@davidcopplestone6266 Biology doesn't just mean the workings of lifeforms, it also can mean the study of community of interacting populations - which he does.

[@elisabethpitt6103]

Schoomer: I do like David Attenborough but he will "go on" about evolution. When evolution is man made & has NOTHING AT to do with David' ideas. It's like saying, " I've got a mimi, but it will grow into a Rolls Royce" it's a fallacy. We all know I mini is a mini. Just like a fruit fly is a fruit fly. A whale is a whale. Bear is a bear. It's the way they were CREATED.

[@harryoates91]

​@@elisabethpitt6103 created by what?..

[@Shoomer1988]

@@elisabethpitt6103 What the hell are you taking about?

[@moonramshaw1982]

Love the way Steve's head exploded when trying to talk about the date format 😂😂

[@Trevor-Stephen]

Yeah that was funny. But at least he said January 12th not like American cinema release clips in the UK 🤣

[@fade.2.black.ffd8ff]

For computer logs, and Microsoft inefficient file sorting systems, naming files YYYY-MM-DD format means a lot easier to sort other than d-m-y

[@Robr1701]

Yet Americans don't have a problem using the 4th of July. 😅

[@leonbanks5728]

@@fade.2.black.ffd8ff At least that system makes more sense than mm-dd-yyyy. Also, Asia uses that system.

[@debbee0867]

@@fade.2.black.ffd8ff YYYYMMDD is the government way of using a date format for filing, well in the UK it is anyway, I cannot speak for anywhere else 😅 I've always used it as a pre-fix to a naming convention for finding files easier down the line.

[@Sophie.S..]

Hi Steve, I hope you are familiar with the 24 hour clock (military time in the US) because we use it for all timetables - bus, train and plae times.

[@stevepage5813]

Familiar with 24 hour clock? he probably hasn't heard of it, never mind know how to use it. 🤣

[@Sophie.S..]

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who was English, did not invent the internet, he invented the World Wide Web, without which the internet as we know it would not exist.

[@kevinhayes3184]

The internet was invented by Gordon Welchman

[@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej]

Sir Tim gave the WWW to the world absolutely free. He made no money from it. Respect! 🤩🤩🤩

[@jenniferwhite3258]

...who is English...

[@lynby6231]

The Americans invented the arpanet which was basically just Emails, it was with the invention of the World Wide Web that the internet as we know it came into being. So I suppose you could call it an Anglo American development 🤔

[@thetruthhurts7675]

@@kevinhayes3184 So I googled "who invented the internet." Guess exactly who that was. It wasn't your nameless guy, it WAS Sir Tim Berners Lee. Pages, and pages, and pages all simply stating the same thing. He was the first person to get two different computer makes to talk to one another. Wthout him you would still be sending paperwork to the guy ate the next desk if he had a different computer to yours. So for examplke I am presently using an HP device, without Sir Tim we would have to correspond by letter Email would not be possible from Apple to HP, or vice versa.

[@kevanwillis4571]

' A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam born on the fourth of July.' I'll just leave this here.

[@stevepage5813]

😐 Just about sums them up for consistency.

[@leighnisbett9691]

Number 21 is true in the UK we have an little indicator on the door of public toilet stalls that are either red ,(occupied) ,green (unoccupied ) and you only see the feet of the person in the toilet stalls .

[@romystumpy1197]

Used to be engaged or vacant

[@RoughWeightloss]

In relation the the roundabouts we have a town called Skelmersdale which has 0 traffic lights and a roundabout which is half a mile around it.

[@blooky102]

In UK public toilets instead of the 2 feet tall gap under the door we have a mechanism in the lock of the door that either says vacant or occupied, but last time I went to France in Paris for some reason ... the walls were slightly taller than my hips where the urinals were attached, it was rather strange for me.

[@wolohans4085]

in the UK we have a city call Milton Keynes and it has over a 100 roundabouts YES 100 hahaha . check it out

[@MaxwelloftheClocktower]

On the marketing aspect, it depends what channel you're talking about. If it's being broadcast live on the bbc then yes, ad free but if it's live on something else like ITV then they will take ad breaks

[@madyottoyotto3055]

The USA DID NOT CREATE THE INTERNET the UK invented the internet The USA invented the localised version called the INTRANET huge difference The UK is fastly rolling out 500MBps fiber to the house as a standard line which can handle over 1.5GBps For around £30 a month which I doubt you beat the price either

[@heatherbarnes3143]

I came on to say just that. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, definitely a Brit 🇬🇧

[@idcgaming518]

8:56 I (and a lot of brits) would say day of week, day of month, month of year, year.

[@cketts8128]

Us Brits tend to say eg. 21st of January, not January 21. So putting 21.01.23 makes sense to us. Also, the Internet (system of connections between computers which the www uses) was invented in the US but the world wide web (pages of information ) was invented by a Brit - Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

[@insoft_uk]

Tho in the computer industry it’s largest to smallest like 2023-01-21 as this is also another format and unlike the other two like 01-02-2023 how do you know what’s the month is ?, why computer industry is in favour of largest to smallest as no matter what country you’re from one knows what the exact date is

[@cketts8128]

@@insoft_uk - that’s interesting. Maybe one day everyone will agree on a single system. 🤞🏻

[@pilgrimageintothepast6086]

@@cketts8128 Everyone but the US already does use a standard system

[@stevepage5813]

Yes and without World Wide Web, The Internet wouldn't have been possible.

[@omegasue]

We say and write dates like so: 1st September 2023 - day, month, year.

[@vereybowring]

For the internet thing I live in the first UK City that got full fibre throughout and many cities have followed. Other companies have also started laying fibre everywhere (well towns anyway), with two other companies rolling it out where I live since the first company laid cables. While the top speeds are still usually only gigabit (up and down each that speed) it is probably more widely available here. I know I have many friends in the USA that struggle to get a decent connection and many of them choose houses based on what internet they can get (gamers mostly you see).

[@ramezhachicho1777]

9:00 You've actually hit the nail on the head there I Wager. We'd say the 23rd OF January. Not January 23rd. So our way of doing it makes sense from our own verbal custom. I've always thought it weird when Americans find our system weird. But you've probably nailed it there. Also number 1 hasn't been true for a while. It's true britain lagged in internet speed for a while. But they been catching up fast.

[@sillycookie1982]

No gap. There is a little green and red indicator on the locks go show whether someone is in it or not

[@missyjet5177]

Britain is very good at football we just haven’t won a international trophy for a while.

[@l3v1ckUK]

#6 I'd much rather have to pay higher taxes and not have to worry about hospital bills.

[@corvolavender5586]

We all love a good moan in the UK 😂 I work with a guy who loves to complain about the way deliveries come into the warehouse and laugh about it

[@MandyH1972]

Strictly speaking we don't have lawyers in the UK, we have barristers and solicitors.

[@brilyman]

sometimes we have the gap at the bottom of the door but very rarely on either side of the dooor is there a crack,

[@samanthajames-cooper5529]

It was a Brit who invented the internet - it was taken viral by 2 Americans who developed the current Internet Protacol system..... So I think we should share that 1!

[@b.9724]

Top notch whingers - absolutely. And proud. Comes in handy when on holiday and the hotel or airline are playing up. Bit of a bore otherwise though cause we all do it here - do it right though and you can make friends anywhere through complaining about the same thing together 😅

[@julieturner5281]

My birthday is the sixth of February 1959 , that’s how we say it and write it . Coincidentally I was watching an episode of Masters of the Air ( excellent Spielberg / Hanks show ) the Germans tried to infiltrate a German into the resistance pipeline for escaping American airmen , they caught him because he wrote the Date the European way , it was very clever .

[@rod370]

Hi The doors on a public toiet in Amerca was made that way. To save wood.

[@jonathangoll2918]

In much of the eastern side of the UK it doesn't rain that much, but we have a lot of raw, dreary weather, and - global warming is changing this - it has rarely been that hot. ( So it is rare for a UK house to have air conditioning.) Springs in particular tend to be late and cold, although autumns tend to be late and warm. This is why our beer is often only slightly cold, and our tea is hot. Both iced would be too miserable much of the time.

[@jmillar71110]

Depends where you are really, in eastern Scotland we get plenty rain still and lower temps than the west unfortunately😂 a raw deal😂

[@angelawhitehouse8066]

Speak for yourself. I'm in the East Midlands and I've practically got gills and flippers.

[@Hirotoro4692]

What? Cold beer over ice and iced tea is really easy to get here in the UK.

[@RedAndWhiteSFC]

He’s right about football. One World Cup win - all the way back in 1966!

[@pnlrogue1]

RE: Dates: Yes we generally say "12th January 2023" in the UK, which is the same way we write it. RE: Sports: Yes - we tend to lose at them internationally. RE: Tea: I personally don't like it but it is super-popular here. I wouldn't say we add lots to tea - some folk just drink it as-is whereas others might add some milk and/or one-to-two teaspoons of sugar. RE: NHS: Part of the benefit of a state-run medical service is that the state also restricts products and prices. A group called NICE are responsible for reviewing the price/performance of drugs and deciding if the NHS is allowed to buy them. If a drug is too expensive compared to its benefit then NICE won't sign off on it. This can lead to some controversy around treatments not being made available, but it also forces companies to think about the pricing of their products as if they charge too much, the NHS just won't buy. There are also laws on branded drugs here - if a company were to invent a new medicine tomorrow then they would only be able to sell it under their brand name for a fixed time before they had to make it available under a generic name which also brings about a better price. I think I remember the company that makes Gaviscon getting in trouble for not releasing the generic version of it in the right timespan a few years ago. We also remove drugs from the pool that have bad side-effects so while we may not have the latest, cutting-edge treatments, we don't end up with treatments that are ultimately worse than the problem they treat.

[@domwaite9818]

The most interesting thing out of all of this to me is the sports ads thing, im from the UK and i tried to watch an NBA game, and it could just not keep my attention because of the amount of ads it was showing me, in comparison to a champions league football match where the only ads you'll see are before the match, at half time and after.

[@stuartfaulds1580]

Regarding the date formats, as far as I'm aware only the US uses the Month/Day/Year. From something I saw online recently China & surrounding Asian Countries use Year/Month/Day and the rest of the world uses the Day/Month/Year format.

[@JohnImrie]

Year month day is the standard for computing, makes sorting simple

[@stevepage5813]

@@JohnImrie Correct as far as computer format goes, but when I see dates in this format I get confused because I am English. Certain numbers within the date get confusing and I have to work out the details. Because of this mixing up of numbers, I often write the words instead, eg. Sat/17/June/23 I have sometimes got the year number mixed up with the day number, especially when I think the date is round about the twenty third for instance.

[@kevh9610]

I would imagine the gaps in public bathrooms were left there for safety. So if someone was to suffer a heart attack or health issue whilst on the toilet, someone could still potentially crawl under to unlock the door and help, as opposed to potentially not being able to get to someone or notice any issue when it's fully closed off. But we do have the sign on the door to show if its being used while the door is locked or if the cubicle is free to use.

[@Fornicis91]

The roundabout you're thinking of is probably "The Magic Roundabout" in Hemel Hemsptead, 1 large roundabout surrounded by 5 mini roundabouts, not too bad driving around it tbh

[@TameTom]

Had cancer when I was 17 (11) years 2012 had the surgery saved my life did not cost me a penny thank god for the NHS

[@wblue74]

Never understood why Americans quote weight in pounds and ounces, but not stones. Stones are from the same measurement system as pounds and ounces. 16 ounces in a pound, 14 pounds in a stone, 8 stones in a hundredweight, 20 hundredweight in a ton.

[@PigmyPipistrelle13]

The 13th of September 1997 Is how I would say dates. Nhs: I was peeing blood so I left work and took a bus to a town "walk in center" within 20 min I had, had some tests taken and was given free antibiotics.

[@thenewmodelworkshop5743]

Had highest speed available for home use for the last 24 years. Not in a big town, but not in the country either, Solid 1Gig all day long

[@thenewmodelworkshop5743]

Oh, and We invented the 'Internet' just google Tim Berners-Lee (Could there be a more british name?)

[@susanned29]

From the UK, we tend to say the dates like '23rd of Jan 2023' if we had to say the exact day to some one and when we write it, we skip out the 'of' and just write it like 23rd January 2023 or in short form 23/01/2023(23).

[@naDalous]

About the date format one, you guys literally call Independence Day, “the 4th of July” 😂😂

[@chrisstoner15]

If you think cheese rolling is weird, in a town called Stacksteads in Lancashire they used to hold an annual gravy wrestling championship. Yes you read that right, gravy wrestling.

[@scitchmunkey5587]

23rd of January is how we would say that dude

[@moretus2270]

Sir David Attenborough ❤ national treasure 🇬🇧

[@lupaswolfshead9971]

In Britain we still use the imperial system alongside the metric system

[@davidmellish3295]

New subscriber here,good on you for not getting triggered. Ive watched a few of these on other channels and some reactors really took it personally. I like the way you look at it objectively, good for you and best of luck with the channel

[@wilkosgaming9224]

So I use a VPN to access CBS to watch shows like NCIS, and my god, the medicine adverts are actually nuts lmao

[@TheEyez187]

In the US you can't even vote for his "Noodliness", "the Great Meat-Ball himself" the Flying Spaghetti Monster!!! Don't worry; one day he'll come regardless!! >XD

[@SuperDebyO]

Not all us Brits drink tea all the time! I’m one of those who prefer coffee, or herbal tea & I dislike milk in them. I don’t mind iced Lipton’s tea but only occasionally as it’s awfully sweet. I would make my own version using fruit tea & ice with fresh lemons or mint. I love iced coffee in the summer though. Preferably black & sweetened a bit. (I use maple syrup).

[@simonkirk3067]

"Dear America. You invented this thing." Actually Britain invented the internet too!! . Tim Berners-Lee in 1989.

[@marieofthetoon09]

I was in Iraq in 2005, right when the election was going on. We sat in the bar watching US news, and they were reporting bombs going off and all this fighting....we were like.... where 🤦🏼‍♀️ I'm not surprised there's so much hate in the world

[@JungleTunes94]

Tp put the football one in perspective only 9 countries have ever won the world cup including England and we have not won in the last 15. England are fairly consistently ranked top 5-10 in the world so we win plenty just not world cup finals.

[@paulfranklin8636]

Just to clarify you mean 15 tournaments not years...England haven't won any trophy since 1966 fully 57yrs

[@stevepage5813]

That's probably because it is instilled into English players to play fairly. We usually win the fair play award because of this. However, it also means the teams we play against usually beat us. Just saying. 🤔

[@JungleTunes94]

@@paulfranklin8636 Yeah tournaments, but the way thats sold is disingenuous, my point was that barely anyone has won a World Cup and not much difference with euros. The way its pushed you would think everyone was off winning these frequent events when infact the majority were won by such football powers as Brazil, Germany, Italy, France etc and there have been very few tournaments

[@JoshuaNicoll]

Yeah we'd typically say the day first, 23rd of January.

[@SureVibe]

for the adverts in partial, the amount of ads on us tv would not work, we see ad's and we change channel

[@Rose.Archer]

I have soooooo many questions about the US. I’ve never been so only from tv and films. Like do people eat out/get a takeaway really regularly? If so how do you afford it?! Growing up we had a takeaway every Friday. So many questions!!!!!!

[@DeneF]

The BBC never has adverts.

[@TobyBarrows]

In the U.K we say 23rd Jan, also with the football he's talking about the national team at the World Cup and European Championship. The NHS is by far the best invention in human history!!!!!! also you should investigate the BBC as it an independent organization non-partisan by law (mostly) and keeps everyone honest

[@Michaeltroughton]

I don't think we necessarily have faster internet, but from what I've heard it's cheaper. For example I just signed up for 1Gb internet with Vodafone (which uses the same OpenReach network as most other providers) for a 2 year contract, and it's £36 a month (~$46) with no sign up charge. Being a much smaller, denser country though I guess it's less costly to run the fibre cables needed to provide the majority of the population with fast internet.

[@callum3651]

I swear that British guy invented internet. Tim berners-lee I think I was

[@rodpuckey8413]

The American government has two approved date formats. Date Format 1,and Date Format 2. Check it out.

[@alexanderevanska4274]

Don't get me started on the weather here and what about our public transport huh? HUH? I missed my bus by two minutes! I had to wait a whole ten minutes for the next one! TEN MINUTES!!!!

[@martinmillar7137]

Those bathroom stalls were a thing in the uk at one point.. i remember them from like the 90s.. probably all usa chains..not sure tbh but i remember then being in main shopping centers (malls i guess) now they are nowhere... Thankfully cause older i get more i shit 😂

[@angiecrooks9725]

I’m in the UK 🇬🇧 The food thing got me. If I had to make a guess at why the healthy food I cheaper here is because our healthcare is provided by the NHS which is government funded. In the US if you’re unhealthy then you ultimately pay the price for that. Just an opinion of mine and not something I’ve researched at all. Let me know what you think.

[@Violette_Nekimaya]

"do you guys complain alot?" as a brit i can confirm, we do complain alot, mainly about the weather, traffic, road works and pot holes edit; and politics

[@NB-xq4qt]

Brits dont complain...too polite

[@rambo8wradio]

As a Pole: Brits have much to learn from us about complaining. :]

[@femcymoedd535]

Dates: first of September is more common in the UK than September the first.

[@ohiggso4112]

I would say the 12th of January 2023. No when a football (soccer) match is on live. We only play adds at half time.

[@DeneF]

You have never heard of Attenborough? The most beloved man of nature in the known world!

[@JanetHill-ft7rk]

Massive culture shock when l went to America for the first time. NYC Manhatten 2014 Dec. The huge gap someone could literally look under / get under the toilet door in the cafe toilet ..l made my adult daughter stand infront of the door as l felt embarassed lol. The Hotel had plug sockets in the bathroom and nearthe sink ! ..we wouldn't use it and used the plug socket in the bedroom as we wa scared incase we got electrocuted 🙈. On the subway police casually walking about with a gun on a belt that you coukd clearly see ..l.said to my daughter look you can see the gun. She has bedn to NYC three times before so she wasnt as shocked as me.The grud in the road ha steam comming out of it ..l.was waiting for Superman to pop out lol . Going through passport control my daughter said mum you have your finger prints taken here ... The man said left hand mam..l looked at him .He said it again .There was just a little opening . He said it again ..l was looking at him and at his desk bit and l actualy said ..But wheres the ink pad !! Omg ..like in the old films. Its was just a scanner thing .He must have thought lve got a right one here ..l.burst out laughing . Also l have never seen Muffins so big in all my life like those in that hotel Metro. New York New Years Eve we ended up having an early night as we couldnt get near Times Sq at 5pm...all sealed off capacity only ..shoukd have got thee at sat 2pm . ..we wa freezing . Police kept saying " Go down the other Block " That was also blacked of railings they also said Go down the other block ..they had big rifle s and all in black with just eyes showing as it was cold. .so we just went back to the hotel . We fell asleep ..my daughter felt ill .. brrr what a memory !

[@laurajohnson7075]

The BBC news gets criticism just like every other news network but they are meant to be impartial. I think they manage that quite well and the fact that the comments are pretty much 50/50 that the BBC are too left or right leaning says a lot

[@adamnewman6846]

Fun fact basket ball American football and baseball originally are British invented sports Basketball comes from netball baseball and softball come from rounders and American football comes from Rugby albeit some of the rules have changed but the core rules are still the same.

[@rimmerpb]

My internet in South Yorkshire is 498mb DL 79mb up it’s quite slow and need to change it soon

[@Ellatron9000]

If your gunner drink British tea get yorkshire tea. Its the best tea bags your gunner get

[@kabadisha]

In the UK it's said: "23rd of January 2023"

[@icikle]

I would be more than happy to post you a UK collection of snacks and beverages to react to on channel. If you had a PO box of course to avoid giving your address.

[@judithgraham-smith]

The bathroom 🚽 part I don’t really like using public bathrooms 🚽 and when I do I place my backpack 🎒 at the bottom of the door and also we have lock on them red in us green free but I only ever use them if I know I can’t make it home 🏡 but if I don’t take a backpack 🎒 I have friend stand outside my door 🚪 as well incase the lock is broken lol

[@louisabone2614]

We say for dates 23rd of January for example when speaking

[@VanJ900]

Brits complain when is too hot, too cold, too chaotic or to quiet, i inow people that complain about having nothing to complain about 😅😂

[@jessjones9668]

Im English and can confirm that nobody complains better than us british😂😂

[@Redfae7]

I’m British, and I don’t like how we or the Americans write dates. I propose it should be Year, Month, Day, because then when filing digitally, it’s sorts into year order, then month, then day. If you sort by day first it’ll be a mix of months and years. If you sort by months first, it will be a jumble of years.

[@TheFranceskaTree]

I had cancer in 2021 and if it hadn’t been for the NHS, I would be dead now. The NHS is literally a life saver.

[@Daktangle]

I'm so glad that even with the NHS in the state it's in, that you managed to get the care you needed and are here to talk about it.

[@LadyLyndhurst01]

I too am being treated for cancer and would be dead without the fantastic NHS care. My partner suffered a stroke couple years ago and his life is saved too. My local major hospital opened it's lovely garden today. Beautiful sitting there in the sunshine. Americans have this idea that UK hospitals are drab 'communist' institutions. Long may we have our NHS. It is a treasure. It is suffering at the hands of the greedy Tories.

[@imalittletoxicjustalittle]

lmao the NHS almost killed my best friend and did kill someone related to family not to mention how ambulances dont turn up most of the time, in some instances like yours yes it helpa and if it was just for serious illnesses like yours id be all for it but having the NHS as or only form of medical care is a huge problem to the country. i'll put it like this yeah you pay for an ambulance in America but it also actually turns up

[@rogink]

Apart from all those poor souls it has killed.

[@nonassured]

Glad you were saved by it, sadly it was too late for my mum

[@NeilusNihilus]

The US healthcare system is terrifying. Would put me off living there TBH.

[@justicar5]

puts me off even going on holiday there,

[@PinballGamer42]

I'd love to live in the US but as someone with major health issues the health care system definitely puts me off moving from the UK

[@stevetaylor7403]

Americans don’t live; they scrape by fearful of falling ill.

[@andyhughes5885]

@@justicar5 Do as i did and take out holiday insurance which includes health.

[@rogink]

'Terrifying'? You've obviously never gone to an NHS A+E ward!

[@clivemitchell3229]

In the UK, toilet cubicles have latches which, when applies, change a white or green panel on the outside of the door to red or a sign saying "Vacant" to "Engaged". Thus there is no need to look around or under doors. Perhaps the U.S. system is to allow bosses to keep an eye on where their employees are!

[@jetpigeon8758]

If the British go in to a restaurant, and they are not happy with the service, they may mention it, but they will simply vote with their feet, and simply go elsewhere.

[@rbnhd1144]

Absolutely True, I do it myself, they get two chances tops then I'm done, I stick with places that have it together.

[@50sRockChick]

And not leave a tip.

[@lordomacron3719]

@@50sRockChick tip? No we don’t have to pay the wages of the staff. The business does that not the customer. But in the USA the customer not the business pays the staff. And the business make more profit. When profit is all that matters this is what you get.

[@50sRockChick]

@@lordomacron3719 yes, but you can tip if you wish. It’s not a necessity in the U.K. it’s a sign of great service and food.

[@lordomacron3719]

@@50sRockChick yeah an that is all a tip should ever be. It should never be instead of a actual wage.

[@grahamgresty8383]

You like the US date format? So when is independance day? July 4th or the 4th of July? The latter is the way we pronounce the date in the UK and many other countries.

[@KeesBoons]

I agree it's a bit of a week defence, because the way it is pronounced and the way it's written is probably directly linked. If they would write it in a proper order, the date would probably be pronounced differently as well.

[@josephw8662]

The US is almost exclusively the only country to use MDY dates unanimously

[@richardjohnson2026]

Dates, we go day, month, year. Smallest to largest. 1st January 2023. Our Internet is not only faster, it's available fast in most of the country including country side!

[@bcase5328]

Largest to smallest makes sense for chronological filing/grouping.

[@stevebailey805]

By far the most sensible date format is the ISO (International Standards Organisation) format of yyyy-mm-dd. It inherently lists things in chronological order (2022-12-25 (december) comes before 2023-07-12 (july)). The next best is dd/mm/yyyy which the UK uses but it doesn't sort well. The US mm/dd/yyyy makes no sense whatsoever, and if it is because that is how folk say dates then I recommend they change their speech patterns.

[@glenmartin7978]

As someone from Britain The Male England Football team has not won anything in quite sometime but the Famale England Squad (The Lionesses) seem to have won everything over the past couple of years and are a far superior team in my opinion

[@HorusHerotic]

Superior when playing other women. They wouldn't even place if they played the men.

[@glenmartin7978]

@@HorusHerotic the Female Team has won the Men have not explain that

[@readmore7180]

He did explain it. Women playing women, and they have won one tournament. Don't get carried away lol

[@VanJ900]

Technicaly we didn't invent football (soccer) It was the Aztecs 😅 Also England woman's team do us proud ❤

[@michaeldickson5134]

@@glenmartin7978 the females play against females, are you stupid or something? if they played against the worst male team they'd still get demolished.

[@artemisia770]

There is sometimes a gap at the bottom of British toilet doors, not the side though bc that would be insane

[@damianbutterworth2434]

I have a rich Italian boss and she has got us sliding automatic toilet doors. Trouble is they has broken and someone just slides it open by hand when your having a poo. Makes me too nervous to poo lol. Your always on edge when someone comes in.

[@GWJUK]

They are disgusting and down right weird.

[@GregoryLancaster-rf7ce]

Probably the gap is to allow mopping the floor?

[@DJRockford83]

​@@GregoryLancaster-rf7ce correct

[@brianthesnail3815]

I am form the UK and spent 2 months in Kentucky doing a job and the firm I was working at had those strange toilet door arrangements. I used to go really really quickly.

[@meghanvidler9147]

I’m Australian and we are closer to Britain than the US per this video. The one that strikes me most is the date - I don’t know anyone who says January 12th, here it is 12th of January. We also use the metric system, have safe electrical plugs.

[@ward1ism]

From what I understand, we say the day first because you just automatically assume the person knows what month it is. So it just makes sense to say it's the 12th rather than it's January 12th. I'm Scottish.

[@blondebrandy]

BBC does not have adverts, never watch the news as it has a bad name as most news broadcasting does. 22:55 The shows etc are usually excellent but you pay..... It used to be free for pensioners but the last I heard they were wanting to charge them.

[@jennarose4695]

British here and we say '12th of January' too

[@shendisackett]

It's not really surprising that the UK and Australia are close in terms of how we do things. You're like our cousins!

[@shendisackett]

@@blondebrandy I use the BBC app for news it's still the most impartial news outlet, that is compared to the others, it can never be completely impartial as humans are in charge, and it does just cover news. It's newspapers that you can't trust here and I don't know anyone my age, 44, or below that buys them on a regular basis. I might buy the one that is just news local to my area but not a national one.

[@davidgraham370]

9:15 a British Airways flight, BA 009, was flying over Indonesia when slowly every single engine failed. Captain Moody, went on the tannoy and said what is considered the biggest understatement in aviation history: "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. We hope you are not in too much distress". The flight went on to land safely in Jakarta. The problem was caused by the intake of ash from a nearby volcanic eruption that the crew was unaware of.

[@TheLastViking27]

As a brit I've been in a toilet that had gaps in a restaurant. In true British form people formed a line a good 5 feet away and the person in front was facing away from the door

[@jamiesimms7084]

Formed a "line" or a "queue"

[@fermisparadox01]

It only makes sense that Brits want no gaps since most are gay and perform in the stalls.😂

[@_Hollie_]

@@jamiesimms7084interchangeable

[@axeman3d]

Medicine ads are illegal in the UK and much of the rest of the world, particularly those with social medicine. We don't tell our doctors what to give us and they don't get paid to force certain meds on us. It's a nice balance.

[@alberttenfoot]

Unfortunately, they are legal in New Zealand and have been for some years. However,there is hope on the horizon as there is a move to get it reviewed. The sooner it becomes illegal, the better, in my view.

[@garylinker69]

When I have been in the US I've been shocked by medical ads. They spend a few seconds telling you what the drug does and then 2 times as long listing the dreadful side effects the drug could cause. Add the news channels showing kids dropping dead at school while exercising (for your breakfast news) and I'm surprised I don't have long term emotional issues now!

[@paulabevan]

Totally against the law all over the EU advertisement of prescription drugs, it’s not just the UK

[@paulabevan]

We do like the French, that’s not true that we don’t like them they’re only 20 miles away from us so there are neighbours are good neighbours really

[@paulabevan]

That’s for the Commonwealth countries,

[@gavinhall6040]

David Attenborough is someone you should check out.

[@Sophie.S..]

Davud Attenborough is an absolute legend.

[@elemar5]

@@Sophie.S.. Recently he's become a bellend.

[@mubbles1066]

Most definitely! National icon and treasure 😊

[@l3v1ckUK]

Documentaries will never be the same once he dies.

[@luismorgan2422]

A must

[@ebonywillow77]

There are so many US food items that are illegal here in the UK because they don't meet FDA safty requirements. Its honestly kinda terrifying. (Edit, we call it the medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency)

[@jmurray1110]

EU safety requirements not FDA

[@frgal1336]

@@jmurray1110mate. The uk isn’t in the eu.

[@jmurray1110]

@@frgal1336 it was though and we have kept a lot of the regulations it kept in place