American Reacts to 25 Ways the UK Triumphs Over the USA

[@JohnJoannou-xq5rq]

The USA was nearly stopped on having the soccer world cup in 1994, because they wanted to make the game have 4 breaks instead of 1, because they wanted to get more advertising revenue. True fact!

[@Kva-b8x]

49th reply to this content. SanFran

[@dianehodgkinson7113]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kevfullo]

An option of three thirds with two 15 minute breaks was also proposed and was closer to becoming reality than you would think.

[@debarrosc]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheManwithaview]

Complaining- Consumer Rights Act 2015 - everyone's tools for Complaining

[@rubyflo6999]

btw the reason why we don’t have gaps is because on the door is a indicator that is red or green depending if a person is in there or not.

[@scotmark]

Better spell it out for the yanks: the colour-coded indicator is part of the sliding lock mechanism, so (a) you don't have to either whistle or separately set an indicator to "I"m in here!" (RED: OCCUPIED vs GREEN: VACANT). and (b) the indicator actually means the door is locked (only possible from inside, so very likely occupied 😺).

[@RogersRamblings]

As an Englishman I'm offended there's only 25 on the list. 🤣

[@TherealHeisenberg75]

I think 24 is wrong. We have far less Karen's than the U.S.A They certainly beat us in stupid drivers though 😅

[@dogmuncher_69]

@@TherealHeisenberg75 I second that 😂

[@xx_predalien_xx4217]

@@TherealHeisenberg75 1 word alcohol

[@alexrowson-brown6568]

Agreed, we are superior in democracy, gun safety, healthcare, standard of living, everything outside of defense spending and how much we fuck over our own citizens

[@alexrowson-brown6568]

@@TherealHeisenberg75 nah just as we don’t have as many Karen’s doesn’t mean we don’t complain worse

[@brianbradley6744]

Yes, we do save time with 220v. I was astonished how long kettles took to boil in the USA.

[@gerardflynn7382]

The reason why it takes longer for Kettles to boil in the US is because of their lower voltage levels. Plus it's also to do with the fact that they don't have a neutral wire to stop electrical overload.

[@AntonyHalliwell]

H'mm 240v. Our amperage is higher too! The USA make some great audio equipment, but can't ever realise its true performance!

[@alfredthegreat9543]

Maybe they take longer to boil because their ad breaks are so long? 🤷‍♂️😁

[@andrewmartin8622]

​@@AntonyHalliwellisn't the UK amperage and voltage also slightly less likely to kill you?

[@gaiaiulia]

Took ages to charge my Canon point-and-shoot in NC in 2002 and it never went yo full charge. My DSLR fared much better in 2016 in Florida.

[@Marie_salut]

To me living in Germany the idea of someone coming across a roundabout and having no clue what to do is just hilarious. I can‘t even picture the situation in my head. This is just mind blowing to me. In Germany roundabouts are basically everywhere and sometimes even in places where you think „Seriously? Here? Why?“ 😂

[@mariahoulihan9483]

we have those here int he UK too, lol.. ie.. mini roundabouts where a T junction would service just as well.

[@0vers1ght13]

Bro, there's a roundabout in England, that is made of four separate roundabouts

[@mariahoulihan9483]

@@0vers1ght13 the Magic roundabout in Swindon, Wiltshire I was brought up 10 miles away and after I passed my test at 19 I had ti negotiate it. I had my non driving mother in the car.. and took a wrong turn and came face to face with a bus. the driver was screaming and shouting at me. I soon mastered it lol..I think it has more than four on it..

[@themothmanreturns]

​@@mariahoulihan9483But a mini roundabout is clearly better than a T junction...

[@scotmark]

Roundabout: the annoying bump in the road at a junction. 😹

[@seanhickling7340]

It's always made me chuckle that Americans are so set on their (ludicrous) date format yet say 'the 4th of July'! 😂

[@OriginalPuro]

American's make little sense, like how their national motto is "in "god" we trust", so their judicial system doesn't even think they themselves can handle running the country, they leave it up to a fantasy figure. "The most free country in the world", they say.. So wrong.

[@TheB0FH]

It does allow the cheesy puns of “May the 4th (be with you)” of course!

[@Trillock-hy1cf]

True dat, and you reminded me about this 'confusion'......😁

[@julianbarber4708]

They did get the whole world saying 9/11 though!

[@Trillock-hy1cf]

@@julianbarber4708 I just called the muderous mooslumz attack....😄

[@charlielouise2428]

If the football World Cup was interrupted for adverts, there would be a riot 😂

[@ciberzombiegaming8207]

*just* a riot? i think it would be mass riots

[@missharry5727]

World War 3, more like.

[@Nobson-2539]

There would be a war😂

[@Markcain268]

Thats news to me!

[@jessicapayne8622]

There would be a nuclear explosion of testosterone and alcohol. Imagine the riots. Ads in sports at inappropriate moments will never happen!

[@reluctantheist5224]

When I was in America I barely noticed the tv programmes in between the ads.

[@simonupton-millard]

Yes they would have there mind blown that we have TV and Radio channels with no adverts and that adds have to fit round the Sports including matches that last 5 days 😂

[@Great_King_Rat]

The worst case of that I noticed was in 2007: an episode of 'Family Guy' had three Ad Breaks in it, it ended and had yet another Ad Break, then came back for the closing credits followed by ... guess what?

[@Ireallymissmymind]

On trips to the US over 20 years ago now, as an exercise in anthropology I watched local TV channels wherever I was just for the ads made by the owners themselves or by the local version of the Mrs. Grace L. Ferguson Advertising Agency (and Storm Door Company). - Comedy gold! Mostly hugely overweight, shouty men in various stages of excitement - some apparently on the verge of a stroke or cardiac arrest - with lots of flashing dollar signs and gunshot/slap sound effects - no matter what was on offer - from toilets to real estate.

[@srprice2383]

The TV was terrible. And all adverts.

[@xenorac]

@@Great_King_Rat Yes, I was in Vegas and watching Family Guy and right at the end there was adverts and after the adverts the credits. What is the actual F is that about!?

[@WeekendWildling]

hahaha you cannot reduce the work of Sir David Attenborogh to a narrator / Voice over artist hahaha. He is not just a beautiful, charismatic and calming voice, he is heavily involved in the making of his BBC documentaries and has been making them since 1954. The day we lose him on this great green earth, there will not be a dry eye in the UK. I think the world will be shocked by the wide spread mourning they will see over here. Every time I see his name trending on social media, I panic! We love him!

[@wispa1a]

Right. He did a few in his garage. Like Ants.

[@TheFridge0x]

He is also responsible for Snooker on TV, so therefore a share of it's popularity of it in the UK.

[@debarrosc]

I'm not British, but I grew up watching his Wilde live programs with great fascination.

[@thfreakinacage]

Quick explanation of why higher voltage is technically safer. Firstly, no, our phones do not charge faster. The voltage is dropped to 5-12 anyway so that's the same globally. Where it matter is in high current load applications, such as ovens, cooktops, washing machines, etc. When those machines are given a lower voltage they must necessarily pull a higher current from the lines. This can lead to the wires burning and catching fire. Americans will know that such appliances are often put into special sockets that have >200 volts. This is why, because if they were plugged into 110v lines, they'd probably burn your house down.

[@Burglar-King]

Sir David Attenborough (96) and still active in the field, is a British legend and national treasure. He is a relentless advocate for saving our planet, the animal kingdom, frozen planet, etc through his many stunning documentary’s. He is hands on and in the field up close and personal. Pure magic.

[@jonisilk]

His brother was Sir Richard Attenborough, who was an Actor and a Director ("Oh, What a Lovely War", "Chaplin", "Ghandi" and many more as director, but you'll probably know him best as John Hammond in "Jurassic Park")

[@vilebrequin6923]

And to describe him as a "narrator" would be considered Lèse-majesté on this sceptered isle, if not high treason!😊

[@Burglar-King]

@@jonisilk Absolutely, 😊but did you know he then became Lord Richard Attenborough?

[@andybaker2456]

​@@vilebrequin6923 Exactly! Simply being a narrator doesn't tend to get you two knighthoods!

[@steveyates7044]

You know you`ve made it when you get a ship named after you.

[@thevonya3977]

For the "Why British Electric Plugs are better vs American Electric Plugs" I would highly suggest reacting to one of the numerous KZbin vids that elaborate on this in much greater detail. There are a huge variety of reasons, including the longer Earth pin, the fact that British plugs are internally fused individually, the switch on the outlet, the voltage, the safety hatches on the socket.... The one major downfall for the British plug is accidentally standing on them. Boy if you think Lego hurts....

[@mmcgrath2510]

agree- the Tom Scott video on this is really good :)

[@SilvanaDil]

@@mmcgrath2510 - I have found NO source for the UK having faster internet, but many for the opposite. Plus: I'd rather have an empire of bases than a faux ceremonial empire. 🙂

[@lorrainemoynehan6791]

@@mmcgrath2510 tom Scott is a legend

[@jollybodger]

@@mmcgrath2510 Was about to suggest that exact video.

[@jollybodger]

@@SilvanaDil We have a faster national average than the US, but the US has faster max speeds so depends how you define faster.

[@zo7034]

I don't think anyone in the world compares to David Attenborough in terms of documentaries.

[@libradragon934]

He is the original national treasure! (although probably Richard dimbleby is up there too!) And of course it's no just the documentaries, it's so much more!

[@cmcculloch1]

you don't 'think' that - you know that! 😊

[@17Blower]

Steve Irwin had a charisma that came close, A different approach obviously but he made people interested in what he was talking about.

[@eddyspliff4090]

@@17Blower Steve was like Dave on a pound of coke.

[@fifinoir]

Or referencing him as a narrator. He happens to narrate his nature programs but he’s more than the narrator.

[@rarajiboo]

David Attenborogh is not a narrator. He physically visits nature at its home for months at a time observing unobtrusively. Learning studying and allowing audiences learn and enjoy nature in their own homes.

[@Samtheman91]

And narrates

[@mariahoulihan9483]

however, in his now 90s I think he does more narration than before. I met him once.. briefly.. what a charming man.. the bluest of eyes.. he was in his 50s and extremely good looking.

[@elizabethstevens4160]

He is a national treasure and the day he dies will be a day of national mourning, at least there better be. I'm getting a lump in my throat just thinking about it!

[@yessi1585]

He literally is a narrator

[@mariahoulihan9483]

@@yessi1585 its PART of his job. He does more now he is elderly but his main job was going out into nature to see animals for himself and comment on what he saw and with other experts.

[@No1sonuk]

UK (and most other countries) live sports don't have "TV timeouts". If the broadcaster wants to show ads, they have to do it while the event is running, or during "natural breaks" in the event. The sport isn't paused for the TV. Most commercial broadcasters will show live sports uninterrupted, but put more frequent commercials during the pre and poste event segments they control.

[@oulibemusic1257]

And those who interrupt, we won’t buy their stuff anymore

[@vanessamootoo2193]

In France the sport is stopped and ads played often for a long time especially tennis it really annoys me

[@oulibemusic1257]

@@vanessamootoo2193 true, they do it at the French Open..in the breaks but I agree with you. They don't interrupt football or rugby though for ads

[@KernowWarrior]

If you think not having ads in the middle of sporting events is amazing, finding out that tv channels are only allowed 12min of adds per hour is going to blow your mind.

[@Great_King_Rat]

So Far: OfCom is trying to increase that. The BBC is already making "30 minute" programmes with only 21 minutes of actual content [the remaining 9 is currently infested with Trails, Recaps, Look-Aheads & pointless repetitions, so they can be edited down for selling to fit the 21-minute standard overseas]. If OfCom get their way, the BBC will make 19-minute programmes for the half-hour slot and 38-minutes for the hour, instead of 21 & 42. Or, 4 extra 30-second advertisements per hour on a commercial channel.

[@Yandarval]

@@Great_King_Rat When I was at school in the 80s. None programme content was only nine minutes per clock hour.

[@pauldootson7889]

i thought it was 8 mins for the big channels and 12 for the smaller less watched ones

[@Great_King_Rat]

@@pauldootson7889 Probably varies between different territories. OfCom rules only apply to United Kingdom.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Exactly

[@Rokurokubi83]

Yeah France is our historic rival, but these days it’s all in humour, we tease each other like siblings. But if any country were to attack France you can be sure we’d be amongst the first to defend them. They’re our enemy, not anyone else’s.

[@TheNicoliyah]

😂😂😂

[@Rokurokubi83]

@Dj O.B and then try to sell them our fish with tariffs that have been sat in the docks and are no longer fresh waiting for paperwork to be finished. GG Brexiteers.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@Rokurokubi83 I'm allergic to fish, Brexit works for me.

[@Rokurokubi83]

@@Thurgosh_OG I’m vegan so don’t eat fish, but we can’t ignore the economical impact. Less money coming in to the country means less public funding which leads to cut becks in health, education etc

[@boztec7187]

​@@Rokurokubi83 Why did you have to start that comment with "I'm a vegan" .? Nobody cares 🙄

[@newuk26]

If you stopped an important football match in the UK for an advert there would be a riot!

[@johnnygood4831]

It's probably the only sport that is dangerous to the spectators.

[@gerardflynn7382]

Not just the UK. Every country except the US.

[@newuk26]

@@johnnygood4831 That edge is what makes it so much fun

[@johnnygood4831]

@@newuk26 Like the motorcycle races on The Isle of Man.🤩

[@hazelcoggane6419]

Love European football and the love but Hate any violence.❤

[@Carlzz92]

The taxes thing is 100% made more complicated on purpose. Same with education, it costs so much because they don't want a smart population. Also, the bathroom door gap thing really scared me when I was in the US. Landed in DFW and the bottom of the door was at the same height as the toilet seat so I felt very exposed. Bathrooms elsewhere generally are about 7 foor tall and only have a small gap so you'd only be able to see feet. Also they generally have a little sign with the lock that says occupied/engaged or something like that.

[@babalonkie]

Sport: All our sports will have a half time... but not for ads... for the players to have a rest. There will be no scheduled advertisements tied to the sporting event. All advertisements will be "normal" or displayed on the sides of the pitch or uniforms and they must be regulated, equal and not over bearing. Half time is also considered a opportunity for viewers to have a break from the TV. Infact it's officially actively encouraged to have a small break every 20 minutes from TV or the PC where possible in normal circumstances. It's actually under our health and safety laws that all jobs requiring a sitting desk job, that a brief walk/break is taken by the worker every 20 minutes.

[@marieparker3822]

If a public lavatory cubicle is occupied, you would expect the door to be locked from the inside. The closing of the bolt on the inside would normally cause a red tag to appear on the outside. Also, if you push the door, it does not open.

[@Milamberinx]

Yep, and hopefully the hinges are constructed so the door gently swings open if the door's not locked.

[@citizen9378]

And why do Americans insist on calling a toilet or lavatory a bathroom? To qualify it as a bathroom, a room needs to have a bath (or bathtub if you prefer)!!

[@HarrisonEkeblad]

@@citizen9378 Calling a toilet a bathroom is definitely still a British (and Aussie) trait too in my personal opinion, I've heard many Brits and Aussies say this. The word toilet can be received awkwardly whereas saying bathroom implies the same meaning without the awkward crudeness; in effect it's a basic form of manners (which some Brits and Aussies pride themselves on) that has trickled down from upper class mannerisms over the years. Bathrooms and toilets are rarely far away from each other (at least here in Australia, excluding outhouses). Very interesting question though 😅 can't say I've ever thought about it until now.

[@nickbrown7499]

I just ask where the shitter is, saves any ambiguity

[@12aw12]

​@@HarrisonEkebladEither if it's at an expensive restaurant or you're referring to the "posh" English. Nowhere in Wales, Ireland or Scotland would u hear "I'm off to the bathroom" it most likely be, "off for a piss" "need a pisser" etc we hardly say toilet either unless in company.

[@amyclaire27]

Sir David Attenborough is probably the most popular British person. The nations teacher when it comes to nature and the natural world. His voice is so soothing and he's so passionate he makes you want to listen to him. I think he's 96 years old and people from all generations know who he is. His brother was Richard Attenborough who was an actor in jurassic Park etc.

[@Jeffasaurases]

And the most hated man is the go compare guy

[@jillhobson6128]

Have you really not heard of David Attenborough? Not pronounced Attenburrow. Don't you watch PBS where they show his documentaries?

[@vtbn53]

I can't stand the gut, much too big a lefturd for me.

[@Greenwood4727]

the problem i have with him is he was director General of the BBC, during the Saville time period and we all know what he got upto everyone knew

[@jillhobson6128]

@@Greenwood4727 He never was DG of the BBC. Check your facts. You can find them on Google.

[@alantentevier4018]

Basket ball was NOT invented by the Americans. It was invented by James Naismith who was a Canadian born in 1861 in what was then British North America. He was still a British subject and a citizen of Canada when he devised the rules of basket ball in 1891.

[@Trebor74]

While English muffins were invented by a British expat in America,so technically American

[@alantentevier4018]

@@Trebor74 Samuel Bath Thomas arrived in the United States on November 13th 1871. Within ten years, he had purchased his own bakery and began selling his now famous muffins. He did not become a naturalised American citizen until 18th November 1895. So at all relevant times, he was a British Subject. The “English Muffin” was therefore technically a British invention. The fact that it may have been created on American soil by someone who, after the event, became an American citizen is immaterial. Jimi Hendrix found fame in England and created much of his best music there in the late 1960s - that does not make him or his songs British. Conversely, Charlie Chaplin (later Sir Charles Chaplin) found fame in America and did much to develop the film industry in the United States; but he remained British until the day he died. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in the United States but was a British Subject at the time. Indeed, the first song ever sung over the telephone was his rendition of God Save the Queen.

[@vladd6787]

Remember the US Olympic basketball team that was full of professional players and the Americans called it the dream team, they still couldn't win the gold.

[@pesmerga182]

@@Trebor74your doing an example of the opposite…

[@ChrisMDSmith79]

Actually in the 16th Century we played Base-Ball, that came over on the Mayflower

[@patsysadowski1546]

There are certain things we are obsessed with, tea, the weather, fair play, socialised healthcare and David Attenborough is a true national treasure.

[@TrueSlice]

The whistling teapot is something your nan would own, we have electric kettles, which we use to make coffee tea, pot noodles, instant mash etc

[@scottwallbank4794]

Yes, thats correct for sport broadcasts in the UK. The private company channels will fit in adverts during natural periods (e.g. half-time in a football match), but there is no break during actual play. Its infamous how when the US hosted the 1994 FIFA world cup, they wanted the game changed from two 45 min halfs to four quarter periods so that they could put more adverts in (FIFA of course told them where to go).

[@matthewgoodsell480]

Two small points: Sir David Attenborough is probably the greatest broadcaster ever. His career has spanned seventy years, and his innumerable landmark series include Zoo Quest, Life On Earth and Wild Isles. Secondly, the internet - or at least the World Wide Web - was a british invention by Sir Tim Berners-Lee

[@mhenryj5525]

And it is pronounced attombruh

[@Paragon13]

I thought the first iteration of the internet was invented in Switzerland.

[@GarryGri]

@@Artemis1855-k4w The WWW and the Internet are two different things. The internet had to exist first before the (HTTP based) WWW. Sorry, my geek slipped out there 🤓

[@TomGodson95]

​@cryscorde Internet is different from the World Wide Web but still connectedas of today, it was usually used by scientists to share their work more easier when it first came out. The Internet came after

[@johnbeaker8721]

​​@@mhenryj5525Attenburuh

[@tonyhooper1468]

To be honest, in the UK we use both imperial and metric measuring systems. It depends on what you are doing.

[@johnnygood4831]

Same here in Canada.

[@Logboy.]

Ye like driving is normally miles (imperial) but running is normally metres/km (metric)

[@DB-pk7hb]

My husband is construction worker and he will often txt me to do quick calculations for him. How many square meters in a rectangular with measurements: 4meters 8inches and 7mm by 6 meters 12 inches and 25mm It’s not him, they all do it and then wonder why Maths is so hard😂😂😂

[@dwarzi]

true, you don’t say someone’s height in metres and cm-

[@rb-fk9rx]

@@dwarziyou don’t? everyone i know does lol

[@HaurakiVet]

Dear America, you did not invent the internet, that's another + for the UK.

[@cbnewham_ai]

Sadly you are incorrect. The Internet was initially developed by DARPA which was part of the US Department of Defence. Nor was the World Wide Web (which I guess is what you meant) despite Burners-Lee blowing his own trumpet all the time. He was a co-developer and it was designed at CERN, so not even in the UK. The UK was responsible for many fantastic things through history, but these are not part of that.

[@HelixDrumming]

I always though the uk made it but I am wrong I will research it though. But whoever made it is a legend

[@webdesignsbytom]

@@cbnewham_ai had to give that a serious google but wrong. Darpa invented some switching protocols and had a small not interconnected network that used it, darpa made their own internet arpanet about 6 years after

[@cbnewham_ai]

@webdesignsbytom and the UK? Yes, did not invent the internet.

[@mikefrederick2696]

One of the best thing about the metric system is that 1 litre of water weighs 1 kilogram and a cubic container 10cm by 10cm by 10 cm would hold 1 litre - so lengths, weights and volumes are all connected. Not all liquids we use are water, but the density of most liquids we use (milk, beer, liquid soaps, etc) are close to that of water. So if you know the dimensions of a container, so can easily calculate the volume it will hold and what it will weigh when full e.g. 1m x 1m x 1m cube will hold one tonne (1 Mg (megagrame) or 1,000 kg) of water.

[@slimofbonar1978]

Sir David isn't a narrator, he's a living legend, I'm sure you'll also know his brother rest his soul, Richard 👍🏻

[@johnrhodes3350]

Thomas Frederick Richard Attenborough (born 13 October 1986) is an English voice actor and theatre director. He is the son of theatre director Michael Attenborough, grandson of the late film actor and director Richard Attenborough and the great nephew of broadcaster David Attenborough.

[@ShrubScotland]

I’m not sure that any American has really understood the understatement thing. We’re being ironic - like - all the time. So if it’s absolutely pouring with rain outside and the streets are flooding, we’ll say “it’s a bit wet…”

[@MarkmanOTW]

I used to joke "that Americans think 'irony' is something you do to your clothes" 😂

[@avaggdu1]

The award goes to a 30 year-long violent conflict called "The Troubles". Now that was a bit of argy-bargy and a rather nasty squabble.

[@onionman2117]

You see it in WW2 documentaries. British vet "5 sillouettes came over th hill towards us, Let's just say one made it back"

[@rubyflo6999]

or say “lovely outside today innit”

[@thefiestaguy8831]

I always jokingly say "It's 'tropical' outside" when it's absolutely chucking it down.

[@emmajayne4894]

By far as a English woman I am most proud of the NHS. Even RUSSIA!!!!!! Has free healthcare. C'mon Americans look after your people.

[@AL-PAKA]

It's not free it's paid for out of NI contributions

[@mtsenskmtsensk5113]

@@AL-PAKA Free, in this context means 'free at the point of use', which means you don't pay when you visit a doctor, or pay for an ambulance or pay for hospital treatment, as you say it is covered by taxes.

[@nedludd7622]

So does Cuba.

[@Lou-mr7kf]

@@nedludd7622 Can you cite any American or anyone from anywhere in the world going to Cuba for any sort of surgery? Why aren't American refugees risking the high seas to escape to Cuba? Obviously they don't realise that Cubas 'free' health service, free housing, free education has created a communist utopia.

[@Lou-mr7kf]

@@mtsenskmtsensk5113 Actually it's not 'taxes' it's 'insurance'. This technically means that the latter must be invested not spent by the Government. Last I looked National Insurance was 11% on salaries. It gets the rest of its money from its investments. Not sure how well they are doing with the latter. There have been some very big disasters in the last 20 years.

[@JacquelineFellows-h4o]

Over the last 2 years I have had spinal surgery and surgery to a fractured wrist, ambulance attended and treated me before taking me to hospital, absolutely free, love our NHS.

[@Sp33chl355]

For number 24 at 4:35 (roughly) when he says ‘complaining’ I think he’s referring to the fact that every single company in the UK has some kind of ‘complaint procedure’ in which a customer can log an official complaint which will be reviewed by the management within that company or the complaints team that work at that company. Often this is if you feel you’re miss-sold an item or perhaps the work you’ve paid for hasn’t been done correctly. Companies can give customers compensation through money, additional products or provide the correct product to make up for the complaint from the customer. What is compensated depends on what the customer is asking for and what part of the contract has been broken. This is because in the UK every transaction is regarded as a contract (receipts are a good example), making them legally binding therefore the complaints procedure was created to take pressure off the civil courts, as a customer could sue a company for not following through on their end of the contract, so instead they negotiate to make the customer satisfied and avoid a law suit. Or, he was being totally on the nose and meant we just like to moan 😂. In which case… totally true but often not in a negative way. We tend to use language weirdly, like for example you can be talking about buses and if you’re telling a story about how they think they run the road or the people on the bus on their phones talk too loud, etc, generally the other party sees the humour element and join in. It’s hard to describe to someone who doesn’t live here. For example, someone says “lovely weather we’re having today” whilst they’re holding their umbrella up in the pouring down rain - it’s like we say the opposite to what we mean to point out how ridiculous or funny it is, and this is our sarcasm. I’m sure other countries have this too, but the English language we use is very good at this nuance, so much so that the other biggest English speakers in the world, America, often don’t get it! Another example to explain this, if someone on your team at work is late you’ll go ‘awww good of you to make it!’ Or a quick look at your watch and saying ‘what time do you call this.’ What we’re actually saying is ‘You’re late again, I’m never late, what excuse is it this time?’ But it’s the WAY it’s said that takes the sting out of it into being ‘just having a bit of a piss take’ (taking the fun out of something). Then that person would probably be like ‘i slept in’ or ‘the traffic was so bad’ or whatever. God knows why we do it 😁

[@Loulizabeth]

Apparently two of these go together. The reason we can enjoy our many hot cups of tea, from our teapots more easily is because of the kettle which we love for many reasons and because it boils faster because we have the higher wattage of 220. So we can make multiple cups at the same time. Rather than wait for the microwave to "ping" multiple times. Or the pan of water to boil.

[@DruncanUK]

Oh no! Not the dreaded "tea in a microwave" controversy. There should be a universal law against it.

[@Loulizabeth]

@@DruncanUK It is interesting to think that many people who won't make their tea using the microwave, may well reheat it in the microwave if it gets cold. I'm sure there are those who wouldn't do that either, but I think there are still many many who would.

[@draculakickyourass]

*voltage....wattage refers to the amount of energy consumed,probably your kettle have around 1500W.

[@watfordjc]

@@draculakickyourass Most kettles I have come across in the UK have been 3 kW. US electric kettles tend to be 1500-1800 W. A third thing to add to tea and our nominal 240 volts: ad breaks. Our ad breaks are the right length of time to either use the toilet or make a cup of tea.

[@wybird666]

@@draculakickyourass Wattage is actually power - i.e. energy per unit time. Joules is the amount of energy consumed - or the ridiculous but often used kWh (kilo Watt hour), which is a power times time, or energy per unit time times time. A kettle (costing >£5) is more likely to be 2-3kW.

[@Andrew-uq4zo]

I was really ill last week chest n stomach pains rang 111 for advice they sent ambulance n 2 paramedics round to my house took blood n temperature, and blood pressure cost nothing but gave me advice I was better next day ,as stopped taking ibropuraphen, cost me nothing !! At my house good 45 mins respect 🙏 to N.H.S ❤️🙏

[@johnrhodes3350]

Yes as a few people know ibuprofen can upset the stomach, but it also knackers blood platelets that cause them to clump together and can lead to a stroke or heart attack. Don't start thinking Paracetamol or Asprin are any better either.

[@Andrew-uq4zo]

Cheers pal 👍

[@Resgerr]

​@@johnrhodes3350hospitals recommend Paracetamol- when I recently broke my right arm and dislocated my right shoulder, I was told to stop taking Ibuprofen and take Paracetamol as the Consultant swore by it so a Junior Doctor told me, the physio at the hospital told me as well. I had to take the 8 everyday whether I was in pain or not so it would build up and help the pain when it came.

[@horatiobumbleton-smythe9427]

In the UK, we are civilised. Our public toilet doors informs other patrons whether the stall is occupied or not!

[@AHVENAN]

I think a lot of americans confuse roundabouts for traffic circles, which are a moronic and completely ruined version of roundabouts that from my understanding used to be a bit more common in the states. So if they think a roundabout is exactly the same as a traffic circle, then I understand the aversion towards them

[@lindakirk698]

Hes NOT a narrator!!! Hes a highly educated & knowledgable biologist who researches & writes programmes. The fact that he does voice overs on it is incidental!

[@DatDirtyDog]

The internet is faster in the UK because we have many providers to choose from, BT, Virgin, Sky, to name a few big ones, which means they all have to compete for and to keep customers. In the USA your providers work together and usually you only have the choice of one. Which means they have no reason to improve.

[@robcrossgrove7927]

I don't know much about Broadband speeds. I've got superfibre for my PC. Not sure what the speed is. I can't find out. I think the service can provide up to 900MB download speed. Don't know if that's good, bad or indifferent?

[@DatDirtyDog]

@@robcrossgrove7927 900 mega bits is about 112 mega bytes so pretty good.

[@richardhockey8442]

providers whose primary selling point is providing a better and/or cheaper service than the competition - since there is no decent competition between providers in the US....

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@@robcrossgrove7927 Not sure if you are in the UK or USA, but I've had 1Gbps at my house since late 2022. And i'm a home user. Could have got it a few months before that but we were previouisly on 500Mbps so wasn't a huge difference. With Virgin Media and have been since 2016.

[@thegrouchization]

This. US providers basically agreed to carve out little fiefdoms across the various states where they wouldn't compete with each other, which allows them to get away with worse overall quality. There's also the logistical issues of setting up network infrastructure over such long distances.

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

22:51 No, of course we don't stop live sporting events for adverts 😅 that's insane.

[@davidlisteresq]

The idea that America does that blows my mind.

[@bluecheesey701]

This blew my mind, imagine being at a Premier League game, and 10mins in they all have a break for adverts .... could you imagine the chanting on the terraces when coverage resumes.

[@devinecaesar]

The reason UK internet is faster is historical. Without going into too much detail, at one point almost all telephone networks were unified under one nationalised company called British Telecom, today known simply as BT. The network has been partially privatised over the years but much of the infrastructure still relies on BT's network which today operates under the Openreach brand. Other private companies have built their own networks up over years which have high capacity to compete with Openreach so today either through Openreach or a competitor pretty much most of the UK except some rural areas can access high speed internet, the biggest barrier for most people now is price.

[@petertrznadel8107]

The GPO was the national provider before BT, The GPO was the provider long distance for telegrams long before phones. cities and towns had tere own systems that were linked by the GPO, te GPO provided the "trunk" routes, However, the GPO also made use of an even older and more dense communications system.Tthey used the routes already in existance on the railways, one time the railway was a provider of telegram services to the public most mainstations had "Telegram Offices" where you could get off a train and send a telegram arriving at such a time, ten get back on to complete the journey. The GPO made use of the system, and any village that was near a railway line could be connected to the phone system. a lot of the BT main cable lines still follow the railways, or the path of long closed routes. the GPO began taking over the local city net works to have a common uniform system with interconnectability, the last city to hold out was Kingston upon Hull, and its phone boxes are still a cream and green trim colors. its this GPO interconnection and the railway system combined that has led to a homogenieous whole.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

I used to work for a telecoms reseller. The vast majority of the lines in the UK are owned by Gamma Telecom, (under the "BT" brand - now "Openreach"). Some lines are owned by Virgin Media themselves, but only a tiny percentage. Less than 20% if I recall. So when Virgin Media charge for line rental, it's actually a BT or "Gamma Telecom" line they're just obtaining and no doubt adding £2 more onto the cost and passing it on to you.

[@techsalesandmore3649]

higher voltage means lower current for the same power used. However, its the extra heat produced in your lower voltage that he's refering to I think. As by doubling the required currents at 110v, you actually produce 4x as much heat in the wires delivering power to the plugs. 4 times the risk of fire if the wires are getting a bit thin in places etc

[@ianrundle5862]

The UK also has a 3 pronged plug that is fused to prevent accidents. If there is a current surge the fuse will blow, stopping further potential for disaster. So you common plug is a 13A fused plug

[@es4666]

Also each outlet can be turned on or off even if something is plugged in.

[@johntouw3153]

But they dont have ring mains so every outlet "in theory" has its own feed and trip switch also the wiring is rated for the current.

[@nagillim7915]

The funny thing about socialised healthcare is it works because of capitalism. The NHS gets many medications and medical equipments a lot cheaper because it can buy in bulk and rely on ecomomies of scale. Instead of every hospital.and GP surgery having to go to the medical industry individually and negotiate their own contracts for supplies the NHS can often go as a unified front and negotiate discounts because they're buying so much. I'm sure it also doesn't hurt to have the government have a vested interest in keeping prices as low as possible when the regulatory bodies that authorise medicines and treatments for use are government agencies. It's surely not a sheer coincidence that the UK regulatory bodies approved medications from India and other developing countries for use as the prices of US versions were going up.

[@archiebald4717]

The UK invented not only soccer. Also, baseball, golf, tennis, rugby, cricket, boxing, squash, badminton, table tennis, snooker darts ......

[@theSFCchannel]

Hey there on the others yes, but boxing now the ancient SUMERIANS invented boxing and its plainly shown in cuneiform

[@rwentfordable]

@@theSFCchannel He might be referring to modern boxing using Queensberry rules.

[@darrellpowell6042]

@@theSFCchannel Obviously Horse racing and boxing was done in ancient times. The British created international rules of that sport. Boxing in the modern world has is roots in the UK. Even football is a past sport of humans kicking a thing, that game evolved into football. Those rules and regulations were devised and has rules that qualifies the UK as the inventor of most sports by a nation.

[@theSFCchannel]

@@darrellpowell6042 sYou could say the inventor off the majority of things. The British have far out invented evey other nation on earth and have the Septic Tanks beat by around 50-1

[@dmisso42]

and Tiddlywinks.

[@tomcoward16]

The uk bathroom stalls have a lock that turns red when you lock them so people know.

[@mariahoulihan9483]

public loos that is.

[@da206hbe]

​@@mariahoulihan9483In Sweden in our homes too!

[@ReticentObsessive]

Loved your confusion at the idea of live sports NOT stopping for commercials 😂😂 My mind boggles at the idea - I cannot possibly imagine a referee having to stop a football match so we can watch ads. It would completely ruin the flow of the game and there’s zero chance of fans accepting it (especially if their team were having a good spell). If anything, it would make us want to boycott whatever product was ruining the moment. Ads come at half time (unless you’re watching on the BBC where there are none at all, ever) when everyone is gone to put the kettle on (and putting so much extra strain on the national power grid that they have to plan ahead for any big events, it’s a real problem in the U.K., called TV pickup).

[@petertrznadel8107]

There was many years ago now, on UK Channel 4 a sports program for american football. this program showed a complete game start to finish, plus highlights from one or two more games. plus some other news about the game. tis program was about one and a half to two hours long. An american serviceman who used our local pub, used to watch the program and his comments were of surprise on the lines of how short the game was, he was used to spending a whole afternoon watching a game, and in the UK he could in effect watch two games in a vastly shorter time.

[@MrMedicalUK]

Fun fact about David Attenborough He literally got a phone call when he was younger that went along these lines "Hi David. We are doing this new thing called Television. Would you like to be a part of it" Yes look it up he is literally a TV OG

[@1SkyRainer1]

The bathroom stalls thing shocked me so much. Like in the UK, if the door doesn't easily push open it's locked and in use (there are often little colour codes on the outside of the door that indicate to others this door is locked from the inside). Here in the UK it would freak people out terribly if someone was to try and peak if a toilet was in use.

[@Jeni10]

Actually, not having a safety switch on the power point is really weird!

[@davebirch1976]

I don't know about my fellow Brits, but I've never heard of the name "David Atten-Burrow" 😆😆😆

[@denisemackay1411]

😂😂😂😂

[@lisbetsoda4874]

David Attenborough

[@GGMCUKAGAIN]

It's what his kids called their rabbit

[@henners05]

Yeah, I only know David Atten-bruh 😂

[@Ireallymissmymind]

Many, many years ago, before the internet was properly the internet and life was slightly less complicated, I was a senior police officer in a UK police force, attending an international symposium on police computing. One of the opening presentations was on data transmission rates and network problems and was given by some officers from the CIA and the FBI, one of whom said (only half jokingly) that they had come over to show us how it's done. They were somewhat put out at the reaction (a few giggles) from the largely British and European room when they talked (with some pride) about the rates they could achieve. After they found out from subsequent presentations that our performance was much faster by a couple of orders of magnitude than theirs, both nationally and within Europe, they looked a bit sheepish.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

That must have been fun to see.

[@commuterbranchline8132]

Very poor long drawn out video full of repeating the same words and waffling about nothing.

[@redboyjan]

Haha they think they are the best, but who sees US products in UK shops, other than junk food?

[@charliebear]

@@redboyjan that’s because there’s a lot of ingredients used in US foods that are banned from use in the uk

[@noladavis5085]

Yeah my Dad had that problem with forensics. He was head of SOCO. Americans do like to 'show us how it's done'

[@BrianFlyingPenguin]

11:42 And cricket. America is basically the only former colony that can't beat us at cricket.

[@adehol]

For the moment, anyway...

[@noraa2635]

The fact he doesnt recognice david Attenborough voice and what a legend he his. Missing out on so much.

[@mmcgrath2510]

i cant imagine bathrooms with gaps i would hate that, we sometimes have gaps in the bottom and top but the doors always go right to the sides the locks are green when you slide the bolt open and red when you slide it closed so you know if it’s occupied

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

I went to a London theatre where the loo doors were made of glass with only the central horizontal panel being ftosted! Not the most relaxing experience!

[@jaxcoss5790]

​@@Lily_The_Pink972 They have ,its of those types of toilets across Europe.

[@clivedouglas2950]

For a little clarity, the Internet was developed in the USA as stated in a previous reply. The World Wide Web (www) was indeed developed by Tim Berners-Lee which he gifted to the world free of charge. Think of the Internet as the floorboards and the www as the carpet that sits on top of it. Can't belive real ale never made it onto the list 😅

[@HarrisonEkeblad]

I think the misconception lays with how the terms 'World Wide Web' and 'Internet' began to be used synonymously in the modern world. The original Internet was a form of sending information from one specific computer to another. The World Wide Web focused on having readily receivable information accessible from any device on the network at any time, not specifically between two or more computers in a given timeframe; this is the internet we know of today. The conclusion is that without both the US and British minds the Internet we know of today would not exist. Fascinating stuff. 👍

[@patsysadowski1546]

It wouldn’t have been gifted free if they got their first.

[@trailerman2]

Amusing vid...but he got number 24 wrong. 'complaining'....British people are notorious for not complaining for example if you eat out and the food is bad you will moan to each other about it but when the waiter/waitress comes across and asks 'is everything alright' everyone will say 'yes lovely thank you'.....then when they get outside will say 'that was bloody awful'......on the rare occasions people do complain they will apologise for doing so "Excuse me, I'm sorry, but this is cold or whatever"....all in hushed undertones so as not to cause a scene LOL it's called jolly old British reserve ;-)

[@Thurgosh_OG]

I think there may be more to this, as when we do finally, find the need to actually complain, we put 'Karens' the world over to shame but with dignity.

[@jillhobson6128]

I think Americans complain a lot more than Britons in my experience. I saw an American woman being so rude in a restaurant in Whitby, totally unjustified. Don't you have manners? I admire the staff for being nice to her.

[@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.]

"Don't make a scene!" could be the national motto. Can remember once a restaurant forgetting my family's dessert and us sitting there like lemons for half an hour. When they finally came with the bill and realised they had forgotten, we shut down any attempt at an apology by insisting we were quite full and couldn't possibly have eaten dessert anyway.

[@thelibraryismyhappyplace1618]

A joke from 1980s South Africa: How do you know that the British Airways flight has landed? The engines have stopped but the whining continues

[@Fiobo823]

This is so true. I had a terrible haircut once, but she never knew I was crying when i got outside, I even tipped her!!!

[@Jinxed129]

David AttenBRUH 😭 5:07

[@B1gBoyL22]

tell me ab attenbra (pronounced) n no not BRAR its bra

[@ardentynekent2099]

Tea: Often, it’s sort of a ceremony. It’s polite, calming, and sociable.

[@trevorlsheppard7906]

One reason electric kettles are more popular in UK is the higher voltage means they boil water more quickly, 2or 3 minutes to boil 2 pints of water , whether phones will charge faster is entirely dependent on the charger ratings .

[@ciberzombiegaming8207]

thats just voltage , actual power is in Amperage, that one depends on device itself, how much does it load its power supply

[@Salfordian]

Its only the Chinese models that need that higher voltage for charging anyway, Samsung, Apple etc know it isn't good for battery life

[@ciberzombiegaming8207]

@@Salfordian you are joking, right? you do know that devices (mostly electronics) use transformator (usualy internal) to convert AC to whatever DC voltage they "need" , right? you do know that there are a switching power supplies / chargers / ect that detect what AC voltage is (110V or 220V) and switch modes to still give needed DC voltage , right? also, if you use something that is made strictly for 110V AC on 220V AC then "not good" is large understatement for basically any electric device, most likely frying/damaging some components of it.

[@Salfordian]

@@ciberzombiegaming8207 Sherlock the US does not have the voltage to charge a Chinese fast charge model so you need to get over it

[@ciberzombiegaming8207]

@@Salfordian are you sure we are talking about same things? because after this response i beginning to doubt that. i am not about some specific brand or model of chargers, i am about electronics as whole, or even electrical devices in general also why you keep mentioning chinese? since ~110 V is mostly just in north and central america and japan, while ~220 V is in rest of world

[@Great_King_Rat]

We know America doesn't have/didn't have an Empire: Remember, the USA used to be part of the British Empire... until you decided you didn't like our tea ...... or something.....

[@theSFCchannel]

and they cant win a war since, and always beg the UK to help them,

[@darrellpowell6042]

@@theSFCchannel Americans have never won a war on their own.

[@theSFCchannel]

@@darrellpowell6042 Correct and still lose to most third world nations. The last time we saw them , they were running away leaving us to rescue them....as usual

[@theSFCchannel]

@@darrellpowell6042 and how do they thank us? Routine friendly fire and funding the IRA via Noraid

[@jamiemoss3633]

The issue was taxation without representation.

[@chloeebaaker]

when pronouncing words with "borough" at the end it is pronounced "bruh" its only a little thing but its a tiny pet peeve of mine 😂 its the same with place names like Edinburgh

[@reluctantheist5224]

I think he has got Edinburgh ...just the rest he has trouble with.

[@edwardecl]

To be fair it's us who gets the Edinburgh wrong... it actually translates to Odin's Mountain , the same as iceburgs are ice mountains etc. Why its pronounced the same as borough today I have no idea. It's really interesting to see the origin of names and words.

[@reluctantheist5224]

@@edwardecl Hill Fort of Eidyn . Eidyn being the area around the Hill Fort and "'bruh " being an old English form for Fort . Eidyn bruh perhaps.

[@Great_King_Rat]

and "Middlesbrough", known locally as "The Boro"?

[@Thurgosh_OG]

As A Scotsman we more often say it as Edin-Bu-ruh. And because we roll our 'R's is sounds better.

[@vasiljevicheather]

Tea in England growing up for me is this = gets you warm when your cold,cools you down when hot , gives comfort and or cheers you up when you feel down ❤❤❤

[@1414141x]

The 'Teapot' is not the kettle. The Teapot is a spouted jug with a lid that you put the tea leaves in and then pour in the boiling water. You then let it 'brew' for a few minutes before serving the tea to the individual tea cups. This is how it was done in the past, but used less frequently now we use T bags. The Victorians had Tea rooms where you could go and have tea served this way with lovely cake as well. You can also get 'cream teas' in Devon and Cornwall in England. Nice tea served with creamed scones.

[@markpodlesak7204]

I'm still a full time teapot user. 😂

[@benniboi5164]

every house in the uk has a kettle to boil water for tea and coffee

[@avaggdu1]

..and Pot Noodle!

[@benniboi5164]

@@avaggdu1 ahaha yeah them as well, always got to have them in the house incase food shortage

[@lolaesther]

This Canadian household has a kettle, which is used daily

[@Oddballkane]

I heard a story of some brits that visited America. They went to an American football 🏈 match. About half way through, the players stopped and stood around and the British asked the Americans what's going on. They had to explain about the adverts on TV.

[@sharonhurley8693]

I have so much respect for the NHS in UK

[@rexiefraser]

David Attenborough is NOT just a narrator! He is a biologist and natural historian first and foremost.

[@Yorci62]

Just for a bit of trivia the widespread use of the modern roundabout began when the UK's Transport Research Laboratory engineers re-engineered and standardised circular intersections during the 1960s. Frank Blackmore OBE DFC (1916 - 2008) was a pilot in the RAF and later a traffic engineer, he led the development of the "offside priority rule" (giving way/yielding to traffic on the right. He also subsequently invented the mini-roundabout to overcome capacity and safety limitations. The nearside is the side nearest to the kerb in the UK the left side, and the offside is the other side nearest the traffic, or the right side. In Europe it would be the opposite, give way to traffic on the left, nearside being on the right nearest the kerb.

[@timglennon6814]

No we don’t stop live sporting events on Tv for adverts. For example if it’s a live football/soccer or Rugby game the full first half of the game is shown, and at halftime the pundits will talk about the first half for 2 to 3 minutes, then you will have a 3 minute commercial break, back to the pundits for 3 minutes, then another 3 minute commercial break, then back to the pundits just before the start of the second half of the game. Where the second half of the game is fully shown.

[@timglennon6814]

From about the 11th Century to the 18th Century the U.K. has had 20 wars against France. Us British even had a war against France which lasted just over 100 years. Started in the year 1337, and ended in the year 1453.

[@thevonya3977]

So much so that a large chunk of France was, at one point, mostly under direct control by the British and was more British than French. Even now we have quite a tense relationship with France, but mostly at this point we are just munching popcorn as it tries to tear itself down internally

[@clivenewman4810]

​@@thevonya3977 We just enjoyed beating France.

[@seanhickling7340]

We were having such a good time beating France we thought it would be a laugh to just keep extending the war. Ok, 100 years might have been taking the p**s a bit! 😂

[@Goddzi]

@@seanhickling7340 we’re British. Taking the p is what we do best! 😁😉

[@KissMyFatAxe]

​​​​@@seanhickling7340 I'm pretty sure France won the 100 years war though. The English were defeated at the Battle of Castillon if I remember correctly.

[@gavinhall6040]

If you hear a British Rupert saying he's "in a tad bit of trouble" it means his unit is surrounded and its surrender or certain death 😂

[@reluctantheist5224]

In a tad of trouble or in a bit of trouble but never in a tad bit of trouble😊

[@KissMyFatAxe]

​@@reluctantheist5224 I've always said "a tad bit".

[@reluctantheist5224]

@@KissMyFatAxe Are you a fifth columnist ?

[@Thurgosh_OG]

That's similar to the "We seem to be in bit of a bother".

[@billyo54]

This is so true. There was a tragic incident in the Korean War when a British officer was in radio contact with a nearby American tank force. As the British were being overrun by enemy forces the captain said to the US commander he was on a bit of a sticky wicket. The US commander didn't understand the reference and ended the call, leading to the surrender of the British forces with heavy casualties.

[@ianmarshall218]

I asked my brother in law, who had worked in the States, If America had a National News service. He told me that most American news was local. This explains why Americans are so ill informed about National and International events.

[@Dynasty954]

I was expecting him to say Doctor Who as one of the reasonings. Seeing that he is wearing a Doctor Who shirt and holding a Sonic Screwdriver.

[@ericblair9103]

Sorry, but he didn't mention biscuits (cookies). Part of our "Tea culture". Almost every supermarket in the UK will have an entire aisle devoted to biscuits of all kinds. Most people will offer you "a cuppa" when you come to their house. The real "tell" is what type of biscuit they offer you to "dunk" in it. "Rich Tea" - They despise you and want you gone as soon as possible. "All Butter Shortbread" - a) They're Scottish. b) They got it as a Christmas present. c) They need a new box to store their sewing items in. "Hobnob", "Digestive", "Custard Creams" or "Chocolate Bourbons" - You are acceptable, I shall tolerate your presence for a limited amount of time. "Chocolate Digestive", "Fox's" - They Like you and would be happy for each other's children to marry and reproduce. "Artisanal Biscuits" - Says "I am a twat" - anyone who is offered one should run fast and run far...

[@alexmckee4683]

Rich tea is my favourite biscuit. Guess I am just low maintenance 😂

[@jadeshaw1867]

Wwll if theyv got rich tea im staying untill iv dunked them all. Id be offended if it wasnt a full pack. Ill dunk rick tea in a cuppa intill the tea has gone. Then go home and nake a cup of coffee. 😂😂😂

[@catherinemcintosh3793]

I'm from Scotland, if you have tea or coffee in my home you get a chocolate biscuit , plain biscuit or slice of cake or all three! I only invite who I want, it saves any awkwardness of having someone there you don't want. And depends if I'm in the mood for company.

[@mariahoulihan9483]

@@catherinemcintosh3793 I never drink black tea nor eat biscuits routinely.. ie I don;t buy them more than twice a year...... yet I call myself British. i should hang my head in shame. I somehow survived being a Police officer..and the Service runs on tea. lol. In from the cold.. make tea.. in with a prisoner.. make tea.. in with a pile of paperwork.. make tea... I was such a maverick not to toe the party line on that one.

[@cotton9087]

The Bathroom solution is easy lmao we just lock the doors.....they also magically say if its occupied from the outside 😂😂

[@CowmanUK]

And many of the doors swing open if not locked, so not difficult to see if they are unoccupied.

[@MegaWilderness]

Bathrooms have baths

[@davidseale8252]

Carl Sagan when he was alive was a much appreciated American documentarist over here in the UK.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Cosmos was fantastic.

[@CowmanUK]

Sagan is one of my all time heroes of science.

[@fayesouthall6604]

An absolute hero to me because of Cosmos. I was only 12 when it came on. Blew my mind.

[@johnam1234]

I really enjoyed your videos and comments plus learning more about the world around us.

[@cannissolis]

Tyler Rumple. David Attenborough invented the nature documentary in the early 1950's, he got permission from his bosses at the BBC to go with one other, to obscure places with an 8mm clockwork cine camera to film exotic animals and indigenous people. The man is a legend and went bravely into unknown situations for his art. The only other notable contemporary nature documentaries were all ocean based by Jacques Cousteau who started in the 1940's

[@rllb5757]

No sporting avents don't stop for adverts.... but some stations will play an advert during a natural stop in some sports. So for a UK football/soccer match you might get 10mins of adverts at half time. So much better to watch! 😅

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

But the timings of some big events are governed by commercial TV. At one time football league matches were always st 3pm on Saturdays with evening matches 7pm or 7.30pm on Wednesdays. Since the advent of Sky that has all changed.

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@Lily_The_Pink972 a curiosity this weekend a 3pm game on Saturday on tv. It was supposed to be on Sunday but got moved back because of scheduling and sky had the contract to show it.

[@jcook3986]

The UK adopted the metric system in 1965 and converted to decimal currency in 1971. This changed from a previous system of 240 old pennies to the pound, and 12 old pennies to a shilling, to a system of 100 new pence to the pound. Prior to 1965 the UK did not use the metric system, we had pints and gallons, which are still used along side litres. Milk containers having both shown on the container. We had yards and miles, still used on all roads, but centimetres/metres and feet/inches are both shown on measuring devices. When the change to metric weights was pushed there was a bit of a rebellion so we got to keep lbs and ounces along with grams and kilograms. There are still quite a few non metric measures used in the UK.

[@hgvbish6606]

I was 29 years old when we converted to metric and it did cause a great kerfuffle in Britain. There are still people who haven’t really grasped it.

[@welshlad691]

Our higher power supply is one of the reasons UK homes are more likely to have electric kettles for boiling water, they often can boil enough water for a cup of tea in a minute or two.

[@kasper2970]

Isn’t true. It’s just a few seconds. The problem with lower voltage you need higher current to transport the same energy. Because the higher current you need thicker wires. Americans don’t drink Thea in the amount of the Europeans .

[@davidshattock9522]

It is thegeneration side of things the us has to have three phase power to bigger a appli 🎉anc es as 110 volt bigger appliances not viable as ohms law at110 volts is much greater amperage drawn not such a problem at 230 volts nomin al , kettles typical kettle UK is 13 amps at 230.volts .whereas at110volts. 28 amps so cable size from2.5,mm,,to ,4 ,or ,6mm

[@GillMosley-wo9mf]

I'm learning so much about America from you,thankyou.❤

[@lexihaggan5959]

I'm English and I love your channel

[@dasy2k1]

Yes British bathroom stalls have few or any gaps.. There normally is a 6" gap at the bottom (not the 18" you guys have) to make cleaning easier but there are no side gaps as the door isn't normally flush instead sitting just inside the stall door frame and being about 2" wider than the frame. You can see if they are occupied as there is a red/green indicator on the back of the locking mechanism that shows if it's occupied (it's also the way that the door can be opened in an emergency (using a tool such as a screwdriver) so we don't need a gap you can crawl under for that reason only)

[@janinshirley]

Our public bathroom stall doors have the words vacant or engaged in windows above the door handle which change when you lock the door

[@da206hbe]

So typically American. Instead of using iconography or colors to make people understand the meaning rrespective of what language they speak, they print it as a word only in their own language. Like many of their road signs, while most of the rest of the world has standardised most signs.

[@knightwish1623]

In Briten (also here in Germany) they/we have VAT (value added tax) which is set by govenment and applies to all. In the US every state/county/city cooks there own soup. That is still not an excuse to not put the full price on the tag. Every shop knows how much tax is added in their state/county/city, so just add it when printing the tag. British plugs not only have a switch on the outlet but also have a fuse in the plug itself which blows if something has a defect and shorts out. The plugs also have a longer earth pin which when being pushed into the outlet opens a safeguard which stops children putting things in the live holes.

[@jamiemoss3633]

VAT taxes individual items. Sales tax taxes the total cost of taxable items in a transaction at the point of sale. Sales tax 101. You take the total cost of your taxable items say $100. Say the sales tax is 6%. 100 x .06=$6.00. It's pretty basic math.

[@sarahdano55]

As a French, I have a remark : we obviously complain more and better than British. I mean, all those revolutions kind of proove it, don't you think ?

[@oaksandelm]

David Attenborough (At-ten-bur-a) was the boss of BBC Two, one of the main tv channels when there were only three. His brother was Richard Attenborough, the famous actor/director. David was the same age as the Dear Old Queen (AKA the Queer Old Dean, look that up).

[@Stewart682]

As a Canadian we have the metric system too but because we live right next to 'Murica we still use Imperial as well!

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Just as we do in the UK but, of course not because of vicinity to the US but more to the this is our British version of Imperial (example, a UK pint is bigger than a US pint, 20oz, to the US 16oz) and we're not ready to let Napoleon win that battle.

[@hiredgun7186]

@@Thurgosh_OG Canadians use the British imperial measurements as a secondary, the American pint, and Gallon are smaller, thats why metric took off as it did , standardization and accuracy of measurement , our fuel is sold by the cubic meter as gasses, Liters for liquids, etc , but a LOT of industries still use imperial inches and feet for measurements

[@watfordjc]

America never adopted Imperial, they are still using the old English units. Some Canadian pubs were illegally/unlawfully using American-sized pint glasses to rip off consumers even after being told to stop, so the Fairness at the Pumps Act 2014 introduced bigger fines for using glasses that have been outlawed since 1826. Distance and weights are different to volume measures, because neither old English units or Imperial are used to define the inch/yard/pound. When America's yardstick was found to be getting shorter, America switched to defining the yard based on their meter stick. When Britain's yardstick burned in the Houses of Parliament fire, they replaced it, but eventually inverted the legal definition of the metre so that the metre defined the yard. British Standards defined the inch as 25.4mm, a definition then adopted by America followed by the Commonwealth. Eventually, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Africa created the international yard (defined as 0.9144 metres, imperceptibly longer than the Imperial yard) and the international pound (redefining the avoirdupois pound as 0.45359237 kilos, imperceptibly lighter than the "old" avoirdupois pound).

[@Rokurokubi83]

That’s SIR David Attenborough.

[@nataliestafford6231]

In the UK and other countries I've visited, you know someone is in a particular toilet cubicle because the lock from the outside will tell you. When you flick the lock from inside it will show on the outside of the door with either 'engaged', 'occupied' or just show red. Simples 😁

[@cotton9087]

That baffled me lol they live in third world country conditions 😂

[@markboots6518]

It is not David Atten-Borrow it's pronounced Attenbruh. He is the greatest maker, director and writer of documentaries ever.

[@BlackTempleGaurdian]

If you ever need to remember the English date format, just remember your precious "4th of July" :P

[@zyndr_]

Morgan Freeman would be a good example of a well known US narrator. Even here in the UK he is known for the sound of his voice (as well as his acting).

[@jollybodger]

I think the only british voice more recognisable than Sir David Attenborough's is Queen Elizabeth II's (or at least the stereotypical imitation of it.)

[@PedroConejo1939]

Morgan Freeman is brilliant but he is an actor narrating - no shade on him. David Attenborough has a degree in natural sciences from Cambridge so he knows the subject very well.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@PedroConejo1939 He also used to be a hunter and guided hunters before he decided talking about animals was better than killing them.

[@loopywren]

Morgans voice is great hut no way could he have achieved what David did. Can you just imagine putting him in the middle of a jungle or the Arctic.

[@Xmascactus1]

David Attenborough doesn't just narrate - he's interested in his subject; he studied zoology at Cambridge and writes and presents on the subject. He's had an extraordinary career. He was a top manager at the BBC and headed up BBC2.

[@BellaSue70]

I don’t think we complain enough tbh, we are too polite to upset anyone so don’t agree with that…

[@reluctantheist5224]

Haha , yeah I don't think it is the quantity but rather the quality.

[@qwadratix]

My experience in the US is that many people just try to make the lives of servers and sales assistants miserable to make themselves feel important. It's pretty toxic and it's commonplace. When someone is moved to complain in the UK, they usually have a good reason. I had a surly Tesco delivery driver who refused to drop my groceries into the tub I leave outside for the purpose ('cos Covid and my age). Usually it's a quick transfer and he's on his way. This guy made a huge song-and-dance and insisted that I had to do it (while he stood watching with his hands in his pockets, literally). I phoned the customer services line and discussed it with the operative who agreed with me that it was unacceptable. The guy has disappeared from the route, probably fired. I should imagine I wasn't the only complainant. When somebody gets mad enough to make that call in the UK, it's usually taken seriously.

[@ShrubScotland]

So I had that thought too, but he is not talking about complaining like in a restaurant. He’s talking about complaining to your friends, about the weather, your work, the price of the Freddo, that sort of thing.

[@wobaguk]

I think its understanding the difference between complain and moaning. We are good at the latter.

[@reluctantheist5224]

@@wobaguk haha ! You might be right!

[@grahvis]

Some of the British Empire was acquired, mainly to prevent the French taking the places over. For centuries, it would have been dangerous to let France get too much power to prevent England being attacked.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

You say British Empire then dwindle it down to being england attacked?

[@grahvis]

@@Thurgosh_OG . Because there were factions in Scotland that would ally with the French. Check out the Auld Alliance.

[@nagillim7915]

There are currwntly 13 parties in the UK parliament.

[@werdvdgvgch]

Scot here. I get the american way for dates especially when it comes to data input. Makes it a lot easier to find months in consecutive orders