American reacts to 'American Things Europeans Find Weird'

[@scarba]

I always think it’s funny how Americans don’t think they have an accent. They have an American accent!

[@CDP1861]

One? Dozens of different ones!

[@CoL_Drake]

@@CDP1861 honestly ? no. the american accents are so close to each other for non americans it all sounds the same. i cant hear any difference in america from southern nothern eastern chicago whatever it all sounds the same. while in england i can hear a difference from city to city and some like liverpool i cant even understand xD

[@SatieSatie]

​​​​@@CoL_DrakeOr England vs. Scotland. Glaswegian is a challenge for most English native speakers to understand. (I find the dialect very attractive, though lol.)

[@Yandarval]

Americans believe they speak English too. They speak American.

[@CDP1861]

@@CoL_Drake Honestly. At least I got far enough that Americns would place me anywhere between the east and west coast and would never have guessed that I'm from Germany.

[@bertkassing8541]

Europeans???? There is only one German young man speaking who has only been to the US once. Weird video! I, a Dutchman, have been to the US four times. And for me as a Dutchman there were some striking strange things. 1. No privacy in US public restrooms All those big viewing holes at the doors! 2. Eating those ridiculously large portions. You feel ashamed as a European when you are served something like this. 3. Nice fruit, but no taste. That really struck me. It was, as I always say, polished and pumped fruit with no taste. 4. The bread was more like cake. I like German, French and Dutch bread. But that bread in the US........not tasty, not crispy. 5. You have to tip everywhere. I find that so strange. Give people a normal salary to live on. I was driven crazy by staff who keep coming by to ask if you need anything or refill things without being asked. If I need anything I'll call. Leave me alone! 6. The ridiculously large cars that are very often only driven by one person. Why such a gas-guzzling car? 7. Road signs with only text on them. In Europe we have signs with characters and almost no text. 8. That's right, ice is put in all drinks. I pay for soft drinks, not water. Well, I'm sure I'm forgetting a few, but for now I think it's enough :-)

[@jenniferharrison8915]

YES! 😁👍 They have to fry the food because it tastes to bad otherwise!

[@timothyreel716]

Well, nobody said you had to like it. lf I visited Europe I wouldn't be happy with small portions, small cars you can barely fit in, & get charged for refills & condiment? See, I as an American can complain about Europe too!🙄

[@timothyreel716]

@@jenniferharrison8915 Only if it's fast food, we have quality food as well. However, we do love fried food, not bc that's the only way to make it taste better, but just bc it taste better in general!

[@bertkassing8541]

@@timothyreel716 Eeeeuh, who says I'm complaining here? I've just noticed some things over the years that I find odd. That's all I say. I can also make a list of things that I find normal, as many other Europeans will find normal. I have nothing against the US at all. Beautiful country with very different states. I've been to about 27 states and I've found something nice in all of them. Anyway, there were things that really stood out to me and I've listed them. But sorry if this offended you. Was not the intention. Maybe it's because of my lack of knowledge of the English language that I didn't express myself properly. Anyway, if I say it in Dutch you don't understand anything :-)

[@beaucerongirlsjunaundgia563]

Thank you!!!

[@late8641]

I think it's crazy that many American classrooms have a flag in the corner and they recite the pledge of allegiance. In Europe, that's called indoctrination.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Totally, and it's still indoctrination! 👍

[@WLDB]

Yeah makes me think of China or North Korea. Here we do the national anthem and that's it.

[@t-bonejones3576]

​@@WLDB Even doing a national anthem is indoctrination. I went through a Canadian public school system. We said nothing as a group chant at all. Chants are indoctrination. Period.

[@angelavara4097]

Yes it's a bit weird pledging to a piece of cloth.

[@insu_na]

@@t-bonejones3576 Germans don't sing the anthem in school either. It's just that the national anthem is the only thing that's somewhat comparable to the insanity of "patriotism" in the US. The only time the national anthem is played is at international sports events or military parades (I believe also at the inauguration of the German president, but not sure about that)

[@Indiamood4love]

In Europe, especially in summer, you will get ice in your glass, but plenty people don’t like it because it feels like you’re getting cheated. Lots of ice means less soda in your glass. This applies to the restaurants that don’t give you a bottle of soda with your glass. And about the quantities of food, in Europe it’s quality over quantity, plus many of us don’t like to feel stuffed. At least I don’t. It’s also wasteful if you get a huge portion and you can’t finish it. I know so many people who will apologize to the waiter if they couldn’t finish their meal. I know I have done it too.

[@LuvNickynGina4ever]

Same ✋

[@timothyreel716]

We have to go boxes if we can't finish the meal

[@FourFish47]

If you get free refills how much ice you get doesn't matter so much, plus more water is better than more soda 😃

[@CabinFever52]

I'm American and I can't stand room temperature water...kind of makes me nauseous. It needs to be hot or cold.

[@timothyreel716]

@@CabinFever52 Ice water in the peak of the summer is the ticket!👍

[@gamingtonight1526]

In Europe the drinks are cold, so don't need ice.

[@bennymuller3379]

Yes just put the drink/bottles in the fridge before serving and you don't need ice which also dilutes the drink

[@Lee_303]

It has a dial you can turn to make things even colder 👍 I've box is for frozen food.

[@irgendeinname9256]

Yea we Germans also like cool drinks and don't get stomach pain wtf😂

[@henvdemon]

@@irgendeinname9256 the man's a failure as a german.

[@JimbalayaJones]

Greetings from 🇩🇪! I've worked in different restaurants. From fast food to stylish. The thing about the ice: - If your mug/glass is full of ice, your drink is only ~50% soda/juice. Thus, the operator of the restaurant saves a lot of money. So you pay full price for 50+% drink. - Drinks from the refrigerator are at 4-8°C (39-46°F). That's usually cold enough. Of course, you can get any drink with ice, but then it's usually just a few cubes. - Once the ice melts, the whole drink becomes watery. It just doesn't taste that good to most people.

[@SatieSatie]

In Austria, they don't put ice in water but in soft drinks or soda. It's nuisance as you get only a tiny bit of what you paid for (especially as you don't get to refill...) and the melting ice waters down the taste. I hate it.

[@CabinFever52]

@@SatieSatie , I appreciate it. Most of the sodas in Austria are too sweet, anyway. I usually just have it gespritzt.

[@SatieSatie]

@@CabinFever52 Too sweet? Now I'm curious where you're from. ^^ Because most soda-based drinks in Austria are just carbonated water with a slice of lemon or a few drops of raspberry syrup... Rather boring and are served without ice. Now I'm wondering whether our Fanta or Sprite tastes sweeter than in other countries?

[@CabinFever52]

@@SatieSatie , I'm from the USA, but live in Austria now. It's funny you mention that the drinks are made differently here. I know Pepsi is. If you add vanilla ice cream to it (a *float* in the states), stir it up and let the ice cream melt, it will turn into a clear liquid in Austria, but not in the USA. Many products used in the USA are banned here, so I am sure that many of the other sodas are also like that and that is why they have a different flavor here.

[@The_Panther]

​@@CabinFever52 now thats interesting. In USA mostly everything is made differently since the helth regulations in europe are much stricter, so many cheap ingridients arent allowed here. But USA is popular for its extremely sweet things. (If i didnt mess thinks up in my head).

[@ESCLuciaSlovakia]

The thing about ice in drinks 🧊: in Slovakia (and I guess in some of our neighbouring countries too), when we were kids, our grandmas and mums used to tell us that we shouldn't drink too cold drinks (or drink them slowly, not fast), because it will make our stomach and/or throat hurt. Ice is not needed in our drinks, it's not natural, and the tap water is cold enough. In restaurants it is not the standard at all, because the vast majority of people normally don't put ice in their drinks. We also don't want our drinks diluted. The ideal temperature of your food and drinks is room or body temperature. If it's too hot, it can damage the tissue in your organs. If it's too cold, your body has to make more energy to warm it up to the body temperature and as a result, you feel even more hot, so it's contraproductive. In summer, if your body is too hot, you should never drink too cold drinks, because your body could experience a shock and you can die. Also, cold brings your immunity down and you really can become ill much more easily. Our grandmas know this from their grandmas, it's centuries of experience.

[@catonkybord7950]

Thats exactly what the granmas and mums in Austria are telling the kids as well.

[@elflooffer5196]

Can confirm, I learned the same in France too

[@JarlGrimmToys]

Same in Britain and they’re right. Ice cold water contracts the blood vessels and restricts digestion. It causes fat to solidify in your stomach. All of which can lead to stomach, intestine, and bowel problems including stomach ache and constipation. Also if you drink ice cold water fast on a hot day or after exercise. It can cause your body to go into shock. Causing blood vessels to contract, so the body tries to regulate the heat by warming your core temperature. It causes your heart rate to decrease. The stomach also finds it harder to digest cold water, so you don’t get hydrated as fast.

[@salala4412]

I agree, from a neighboring country.

[@LythaWausW]

Why are we Americans all not dead already?

[@Dreaded-Flower]

4:25 love it when americans mention freedom. they are not even top10 on the freedom index but hey... let the illusion live just like the american "dream"

[@andrej7942]

I am from Slovakia and I hate ice in my drinks. It's too cold, and makes your drink watery after some time. Having drink from fridge is plenty cold. For example when I order menu in McDonalds I always uncheck the ice part in my drink.

[@Americaninparis2012]

Not too long ago, some fast food restaurants did offer free refills but then the government stepped in and put a stop to it. They were concerned the citizens would get too fat.

[@andreahorvath1303]

In Hungary, there were many people who abused it, so the restaurants stopped it themselves.

[@agnesmeszaros-matwiejuk8783]

@@andreahorvath1303 I recall when gypsys just took over Ikea, and sat there the whole day with their whole family and drank up all the soft drinks, they didn’t let anyone else to the counter to even ask for anything.

[@andreahorvath1303]

​@@agnesmeszaros-matwiejuk8783 Nice! 😅

[@JeroenJA]

the govs are right.. every teenagers drinks at least double if refilling is free.. and it's logical for the soda industry to provide it, since getting a habbit of drinking a lot of soda, stays. You develop a sweat mouth, that's how you get people that don't drink water anymore! thus they buyt bottle for at home too! i only know one place with free refills : ikea restaurant 😀 i renembered i only first heard of the concept some 20yr ago, doing a student jobs in a McDonalds, and having a canadian and someone from usa asking to refill, i really had to ask my manager if he could truly mean he expected to let his cup refilled for free. but only a year later, i did see in in Londer too, in a subway, the 'healthy breads' american chain, that had to pay more taxes a few years ago in iraland, cause their bread actually contains to much sugar to legaly be called bread with a lower tax. It's classified as a pastry :) , oh right, subway reall tried! i used to now 5 of them for a moment! the only one left now are in the airport for tourists :) . was good for once , intresting, but come 3 or 4 times and it get, way to plain taste, and you start to notice more it is really, i would call 'sandwich bread' , way to soft, light and sugarly, it bores pretty quickly if you're used to better ;)

[@jfrancobelge]

I live in Belgium and have visited quite a few other European countries. I've never been served drinks with ice, unless I specifically asked for it - very seldom when the drink I was served really needed cooling. We just keep our refreshing drinks in the fridge, that's cold enough for us. The large double-door refrigerators with the ice-cube maker are rare here; many kitchens would be too small for them anyway. You can actually buy them, but they are expensive; in French, and possibly other languages, we call them "American fridges" "('frigos américains") even if they are not imported from the US. I've also visited the US twice. I can live with my glass half full of ice, especially as I can refill 😉. The most confusing part for me is the tipping culture, as we just do not normally tip here. And... why can't you include the tax on the price tags?

[@Wezqu]

In Finland where I live the only time you get ice in water is when you eat in a restaurant and they bring you jugs of water for the table so people can refill their class without leaving the table. Those jugs have ice in the water to keep it cool while you eat but the noses of the jugs are usually designed so that the ice would not easily end up in the glass when you pour from it. Still you would rarely see ice in water that people drink at their homes because usually the water you can get from the tap is so cold already there is no need for ice to cool it even in the middle of summer.

[@marcgp6927]

In Spain you can get ice in your water during the Summer, when it's very hot. But all year round ?, no.

[@AlexBrowningPX]

I know right?? I was just talking about the tax not being included on our price tags the other day. And tipping culture here feels like a guilt trip. Can't we just pay our waiting staff a decent wage?

[@Xayidee]

@@AlexBrowningPXi work in an large corporation that deals on a daily basis with tax systems in countries around the world. The reason why sales tax is not added to the bill in the US is because it is decided on a district by district basis (could be county) a lot of times. So even in the same city you could have a different tax rate a few streets apart. And they change it frequently so it is hard to standardize, whereas in european countries there is only one tax value applicable to a category of services or products. At least this is how it was explained to me by my colleagues in the finance department from the US.

[@AlexBrowningPX]

@@Xayidee Ooh that's why they do it that way here. Thank you for sharing that with me

[@twinzyfantom3450]

When you're buying a fridge in Europe and it has the ice maker there's the American Style Fridge written on the label 😅

[@ebbhead20]

Yup, same here. And a price that will be about 80% more expensive. Amerikaner køleskab theyre called.

[@whattheflyingfuck...]

and they guzzle energy keeping all the ice ready

[@simo007_d7]

In Italy quite a few people (including myself) puts water bottles in the fridge and drink that (in the summer). I think that’s a lot more common here than in the northern states like Germany because the summers tend to be pretty hot reaching (every year more often unfortunately) 40°C or 104°F. Oh, obviously you can’t drink a liter of water in mere seconds or your stomach will have something to say about that

[@AD-qq9bk]

We also put bottles inside the fridge during summer in Greece. We also don't have ice maker in fridge. That's what I thought to about the difference in climate depending were each country is. Something we have more than other countries is we drink a lot of cold coffee with ice even in winter.

[@AlexKall]

I have water in the fridge year round here in Sweden, I like cold water, I don't enjoy water at room temperature.

[@TRW98]

In the Netherlands a fridge isn't connected with water. And has definitely no icemaker! So yes for us it's crazy to hear it. Only people who choose to buy a American fridge can do that. Because they are sold in the Netherlands. But I have only see it ones in my life at someones home. And they didn't use the icemaker.

[@hans9894]

oh come on.. It's not common use yet, but very easy to get most of us are just to cheap to pay for it

[@TRW98]

@@hans9894 I don't care about the money. An American fridge is too big for in my kitchen. And even if it would fit. I don't want so huge fridge.

[@aichohvee]

​@@hans9894 Or maybe I just don't want an oversized fridge? We don't eat that much yk, what am I gonna fill it with?

[@Glazox_]

Same in Poland. There are those big 2 door fridges, but usually without water conection. Instead it has water tank, which have to be refiiled to make cold water/ice.

[@vratislavvajner6385]

Im from Czech Republic and i have "american fridge" in US they call it side by side fridge. Also mine is connected to water because i like ice cubes in my drink, especialy on hot summer days. And i also have few friends those have it too.

[@SatieSatie]

I think he meant it in a casual flirty way. "You Americans eat super-sized portions and you two still look this good?" 😂

[@sabrinawolff6828]

Definitely. He didn't state a fact, he asked it in a question: "Super-sized? And you look like that?" Like how can you be this thin when you have acces to super-sized portions.

[@JUMALATION1]

I agree, he was trying to compliment them, even though it was worded a bit awkwardly 😆

[@dillgirll]

no, he was saying that the portion is the same size as girl

[@JeroenJA]

of course he did! it was, supersized, and you aren't fat at all, how could that be seen sarcastic? :-)

[@christineharding4190]

I had an American style fridge with a cold water tank and an icemaker. I didn't bother to replace it when it wore out. I always tell restaurant/bar staff not to put ice in my drink, this is because I like to taste my drink and not have it watered down by melting ice.

[@dumitrucozma2348]

We do drink cold water to...When its hot of course,we put the water in the fridge but we don't drink it with ice.

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

Why put frozen water in very cold water anyway 😂

[@timothyreel716]

@@no-oneinparticular7264 Maybe because drink machines won't fit in refrigerators, so they use ice instead?🙄

[@JH-lo9ut]

​@@no-oneinparticular7264 If you put ice cubes in a drink, the drink will stay cold for much longer. This is because it takes more energy for ice to go from -1 to 0 degrees C, than it takes for water to raise from +1 to +2 degrees C. So, it is not just that it is colder to start with, it will also absorb much more ambient heat before actually getting warm.

[@elsotto3314]

Fast food and cheap food is the same kind in Europe. We call those restaurants ‘snackbars’ and not restaurants. A restaurant is much more expensive and most times it’s a three course dinner and you’ll be there for at least two hours to enjoy your meal and the company

[@Jeni10]

Ice in pubs and clubs has the potential to cause food poisoning, so lots of people ask for no ice in Australia, also because you’re paying more for less drink! Why do you need ice in your drinks? The drink is already cold from the fridge. I have never understood ice in drinks and I live in Australia!

[@marks.9448]

americans need ice in their whiskey because they dont want to taste the flavor of bourbon.

[@henvdemon]

@@marks.9448 I mean temperature does affect the texture of things like liquor too. Why chilled booze tastes significantly different than room temp.

[@armelle6936]

cherry coke is a thing here in france, colde water but no ice . if it s too cold, it hurts the stomach , very painful . we put ice only in strong alcohol , whisky , ricard or vodka . fridge with ice dispenser are ridiciously expensive , but we have bags for ice to freeze . usually , we ask for soda with no ice , because half the glass is ice . i prefer a full glass of soda

[@JarlGrimmToys]

Yeah ice cold drinks cause stomach issues. As it restricts digestion. It also causes fat to solidify in the stomach. Which can all cause stomach, intestine, and bowel problems as it works it’s way around your system. I will have ice in drinks occasionally. But try to avoid it with a big meal.

[@JarlGrimmToys]

And as you say it waters the drink down. Also you end up with a lot less drink. Because half of it is ice.

[@mfcq4987]

Attention à la NASH, autrement appelée la maladie du soda. Ca détruit le foie presque autant que l'alcool (d'ailleurs, l'alcool est issu de la fermentation du sucre) car le sucre contenu dans les sodas est immédiatemment transformé en graisse (triglycérides) qui est stockée essentiellement dans le foie. En outre, la surdose de sucre que représente chaque soda stimule le pancréas qui produit un pic d'insuline, et les pics d'insuline augmentent la sensation de faim, ce qui favorise l'obésité.

[@armelle6936]

@@mfcq4987 je ne bois plus de soda depuis longtemps , mais merci pour l info, je me contenterai de boire de la biere , y a des bulles aussi ;p

[@FourFish47]

And you think alcohol doesn't affect the stomach?? It does.

[@kaelon9170]

13:52 some restaurants do put ice in soda here in Europe, but it's about hit or miss with restaurants. Outside that, we generally don't put ice in our drinks. Fridges with ice makers are also very rare in Europe for this reason.

[@bertrandronge9019]

Yeah like 2 little ice cubes for a soda... only fast food do put lots of ice in soft. But no ice in water (specially it's mineral water) or juices.

[@sk-sm9sh]

My understanding is thuat Energy in europe in general is just more expensive and producing ice is actually kinda costly. And just historically speaking average europeans were poorer compared to americans. Now poorer doesn't mean that we eat food of lesser quality but just buying equipment and paying for electricity and buying gas is more expensive. Also just buying fridge that produces ice is already much more expensive in europe as taxes are more heavy on consumables. Also having ice machine means you are basically heating up your house in hot summer day which you probably don't wanna do.

[@Duconi]

Fridges with an ice maker are really rare in Europe. They are actually called American fridge. So the normal fridge in Europe are like just one side of the American fridge. I have never seen an icemaker in a private home in Germany. My parents have a device you can make something like Italian ice cream with, where you then can put it with an ice cream scoop onto the plates. But for ice cubes we usually use plastic boxes that are formed like the ice cubes and we put that into the freezer until it is ice. But we rarely use it. Just maybe for a party or if you want to have a cocktail. But there are some special forms like suqare, round, hearts, frouts, animals, penises, etc. and people are trying out to fill them with juice for example to have tasteful ice cubes or put fruits in to make them look interesting. So you totally can have ice cubes looking like R2D2 from star wars and taste like apples in Germany.

[@tyttarentottero]

He meant that you eat super sized portions, you girls still look so fabulous. So "like that" refers to them looking "that" gorgeous. I can see he"s in awe.

[@kivaris8729]

17:17 "I would say that every European likes fries, America calls them French fries. But they come from Belgium " 🍟🍟🍟

[@deinauge7894]

and he as a german doesn't know that "Berliners" are fried too 😅 as well as some other bakery products

[@shapeshifter1211]

Do you think many of them know the difference?

[@LKfan6110]

Greetings from Hungary! This ice dispenser fridge really caught my attention. Although I would never put it in my drink, but the summers are getting quite hot too, externally, it would be excellent as a compress 🤣 I've never seen a fridge like this before, I've never even heard of it before. The other thing that is cheap in America-fast food is one of the most expensive here mainly in Eastern Europe,., the portions are not too big either, in fact there are small portions, average and large portions, the prices of these are very different, an average Hungarian family (4 people) if you have lunch at McDonalds, then counting an average portion per person,, you spend 2x as much as if you have a side dish with scrambled meat and potatoes at home, plus dessert would eat lunch. Returning to the ice, I would never spoil my drink made from fresh fruit with ice, which will turn into water if it thaws and this will cause the taste quality of the juice to deteriorate, we prefer to put lemon rings or mint leaves in soft drinks

[@yuukihoffner8433]

Drinking so many sodas and getting refills adds to the obesity and diabetes crisis in the States. Wuzer is making fun of the German guy, arrogantly forgetting that the European is making himself understood in a FOREIGN language. Which foreign language is Mr. Wuzer speaking?

[@joeyc8546]

We dont have ice makers in the fridge freezers in UK either. Fridges are smaller and generally it not hot enough outside most of the year. Big fridges do have them if people have bigger kitchens to fit them. Most fridges have trays we fill and put in the freezer for a few hours to get cubes for drinks. We do drink with ice in the glass here especially in restaurants although sometimes that is to cut the use of soft drinks or alcohol so we buy more.

[@Microtubui]

why ice? it takes volume from the actual drink you are paying for^^ the drinks are cool out of a fridge

[@pfalzgraf7527]

There is a law in Germany that there has to be at least one non-alcoholic drink on the menue that is cheaper than the cheapest alcoholic drink! And that is both per volume and in absolute terms. Stomach Ache seems to be a cultural health thing not only but also with Germans.

[@MetalGuitarTimo]

americans eat stomach pills on a regular basis to cope with their unhealthy diet and drinking habbits i guess...

[@DoctorNicolasGames]

The thing about free refills for sodas: Softdrinks make you hungry and also don't really quench your thirst. So, having you refill for free in a business that makes its profits from food makes sense in a capitalistic view. Also, german bars and restaurants generate most of their revenue through drinks (also we consume less soft drinks) so free refills could ruin many smaller establishments

[@013d3nn1s]

I'm from the Netherlands, and we have a lot of fried food. Kibbeling, oliebollen, bitterballen/kroketten, frikandellen and way more. And i do ice in water or soda but not always.

[@BrittaGausW]

German here 😊 Me and all my friends only use ice for cocktails!!! 😂

[@afiiik1]

Europe is roughly the same latitude as Canada. It is warmer thanks to the gulf stream but still the winters are chilly...so maybe that's why ice isn't that popular here. 🤔 We use ice in the hot summer days but not all year round.

[@MrRichieHK]

nah, its more because its a scam (you want coke, you get ice) ... but ofcourse.. with unlimited refills... its kinda "ok" for you.

[@Eshelion]

Europeans usually don't have ice makers and water dispensers in their fridges - probably mostly cause it increases the cost of the fridge and takes space - and European fridges are in general smaller than US ones - they have 1 door, where in US 2 is standard (which has roots in being able to store more stuff if you live in more remote locations). Also in US separate freezers are more common.

[@wZem]

Kinda funny with the ice in the water: the guy asked if it doesn't hurt their stomach and then Ryan compared it to soda and how that has ice in it. It's the exact reverse situation with drinking carbonated water. Americans and people from other countries who don't usually drink carbonated water often say it kinda hurts drinking it. And I always wonder what the difference is to drinking soda which are carbonated as well.

[@MrSwifts31]

It has been medically proved,that overuse of Iced Water can seriously damage your liver!

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

But is good if you drink before bed to aid a calorie controlled diet. Medically proved too.

[@CDP1861]

I don't know which one kills you faster: Running around in the Texas sun too much or gulping down ice cold water afterwards. But in Texas they have a few other dangers to your liver...

[@MrSwifts31]

@@no-oneinparticular7264 Well, most of the posts on KZbin (from doctors) seem to recommend warm water.

[@damionlee7658]

​@@MrSwifts31 I'd like to see some of this medical proof. The only study I've found was done on a handful of rats and at best suggested more research needs to be done in order to get a better understanding. Conversely I see lots of people making these claims but never citing any source for the research. I've seen a claim that excess cold water consumption could lead to constriction of four specific blood vessels and lead to a heart attack, but provided zero evidence. Similarly a claim that it would cause fats to become sticky and not be able to be processed by the liver, or to become stuck in the intestines and cause cancer... But again with zero evidence. So please, point me towards the evidence, because I haven't been able to find it.

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

​@@MrSwifts31 warm water is better in the morning, as it softens the stomach. Prescribed for hiatus hernia especially 🇬🇧

[@trifemaster]

I love cold water or any drink, i dont know where he gets the "cold water being bad for health" thing from. Water is usually free at any restaurant where i live in norway, and most of the time you can get a free refill of coffee if you buy one. Enjoying your reactions keep it up!

[@CDP1861]

Norway? Are you even aware that water sometimes comes in liquid form? 🙂

[@trifemaster]

@@CDP1861 great question, whats your point?

[@CDP1861]

@@trifemaster Just joking, but I lived in Texas for a while and saw people dressed up for an arctic expedition at temperatures where I was still only wearing shorts and a t-shirt. How to handle heat or the lack of it can vary a lot, depending on what you are used to.

[@simonanrijs2563]

Fun fact: in the middel ages there was only undrinkable water so they came up with the idea to brew it until it had a really low alcohol percentage(around 0.5%) so the water became drinkable. Even children drank this their whole live instead of actual water.

[@Akshay_PJO]

No dude, there is no ice in a soda glass here in Asian countries too! The thing is, we have a little something called refrigerators here, and "soda", as you guys call it, is served outta the fridge. Ice would just dilute it if kept for too long.

[@mfcq4987]

I don't know what it is in other European countries, but in France we don't call fast food "restaurants". The term restaurant is reserved for places where one is served at the table. And in restaurants, only children drink sodas, adults usually drink wine. And the water is obviously free, except if it's mineral or sparkling spring water, which is bottled (but we recommend not to drink water while eating, it disrupts digestion). In classic American fast food places, I imagine people drink sodas, but I never go there. In fast-food chains that thrive around Asian cuisine or “kebabs” or “pizzerias” (which are popular and not too expensive places to eat), sodas are served in cans or bottles (like beers ) and therefore we pay for each can or bottle ordered (and it is often at least half the price of the dish).

[@mats7492]

If you order soda in a german restaurant it has either no ice at all or maybe 1-2 cubes, not more.. Most people would probably send it back if it had 70% ice like they do in the US..

[@chefdc4308]

biggest problem with ice water in the US is , there is MOLD in 99 of 100 ice machines !! No joke !!

[@ebbhead20]

Never seen a fridge that makes icecubes, but they only started turning up about 10 years ago. And they're very expensive, so if a student is looking at fridges in Denmark he will get the normal one costing about 250 dollars. He won't spend 2000 dollars on a fridge just because it can make icecubes.

[@bentchristiansen8795]

20+ år siden :) der købte jeg mit første dobbelt køleskab med is maskine .. samsung vist nok

[@cmcculloch1]

we do get special fridges that make ice cubes - they are called freezers with an ice cube tray😂😂

[@carolmurphy7572]

Have you never heard of the best-selling novel (written by Fannie Flagg) and adapted to an Oscar award-winning movie "Fried Green Tomatoes", starring Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy? Fried green tomatoes are a very popular dish in the southern U.S.

[@viciousyeen6644]

Never heard of any of those, aren’t green tomatoes just unripe?

[@dtibvgz8441]

I can bet that Ice-maker are not very common in Alaska, perhaps the reason is similar. In Germany the average summer temperature is around 16 Celsius / 60 Fahrenheit. Ice in the drinks is popular in Southern Europe where the average summer temperatures are above 25C/77F and can easily reach 35C/95F.

[@TheAschkeks]

16 degrees celsius? Its more like 20-30 degrees even higher

[@jenniferharrison8915]

😆👍

[@norbertzillatron3456]

You'll have a hard time finding a fridge with ice maker in Germany. German fridges usually only have connection to power, not water. When you get ice in soda, it's just one or two cubes swimming in the drink, not mostly ice with a bit of soda flavor. But we often take our sodas without ice, but from the fridge.

[@whiskeredcrocodile]

Yes, we have Cherry Coke in France. We waited a bit for the diet version of it, it's a bit hard to find. Yes iced liquid is bad for the digestion, it's a well known fact. When you "stuck" in there, just drink iced OJ and that'll do it. And yes we do have fridges with ice makers and cold water dispensers. In France they're called American fridges. They're just more expensive than the basic fridge. But quite common I'd say. I know plenty of people who have one, even my parents used to have one in the 80's. We just used the ice maker for parties and never got a new one when it died. I found it a bit insulting the way she described the machine to the guy, like he doesn't know modern tech stuff. I had the same experience years ago when I visited the USA. I was asked "do you have washing machines and DVDs in France?". And they meant it serious 🙄

[@TheAschkeks]

8:30 he was asking "and you look like that?" like how is it possible that you look good when your portions are that big

[@pixelbartus]

As a kid i often heard from my mother on hot summer days: "Don't drink the cold water so fast, you will get stomage pain." So i had the same association, as i heard how much ice US Americans have in their drinks for the first time.

[@m.l.1320]

There are some people that getting stomage aches and diarrhea ,especially if you have irritable bowel syndrome .

[@jisatsu25]

There is a reason why ppl living in deserts drink hot/warm water, tea and coffee and not cold beverages.

[@JH-lo9ut]

You put ice in your drink so that it stays cool longer. That is the main reason, in a world where refrigerators exist. You may take a mouth full of ice cold water, but that water will usually have to get somewhat warm before you can swallow it down. Humans have a defence mechanism against swallowing too hot or too cold, because it could seriously hurt your internal organs. This is an evolved response and many people never thought about it. This response may be stronger with some than others. But for most people it is true that if you swallow a bunch of ice cubes, you will feel intense pain in your stomach. Don't do it!

[@eline2511]

You should visit Belgium, a lot of the times a glass of beer actually costs the same or less than a glass of water 😅 Oh, and most of the times there’s no ice in water or sodas, maybe like 1 cube and only in the middle of summer

[@ladykaycey]

Most people I know like cold drinks with ice but I don't. I always ask for no ice when I order drinks. I'm a bit of an exception to the rule though lol

[@Americaninparis2012]

You'd fair well here in France. If you ask for ice in a drink, even in Mcdonalds, you can literally count the cubes in one hand.

[@nightmare_1337]

If a german restaurant offered free refills they could call it „Getränkewiederauffüllungsgelegenheit“. I bet American tourists would like that.

[@Chuulip]

we actually had cherry coke when I was in school (15ish years ago) and it was kinda popular, but apparently not popular enough. We don't have it anymore, at least not on regular stock. Maybe you can still get it somewhere though.

[@GGysar]

3:00 He... he is a very naive guy. I've met some who are like this and idolize America, and none of them knew anything about the Middle East or what the US did in Vietnam or the good old American banana republics. Can't get more American than backing dictatorships to aid the economy and get bananas. Some even think the American health care system is good. xD It's like when Americans idolize Japan or other countries, like yeah, anime is great, and even traditional Japanese culture is very interesting, but... they have their own problems and dark past, why do you idolize the country? It's so weird.

[@Bennime_Once]

"and none of them knew anything about the Middle East or what the US did in Vietnam or the good old American banana republics." Pretty much no one cares about that in germany tho but most young people nowadays do know how shitty america really is. People realized that the US is very diffrent from the romantized version that Hollywood is trying to sell us thanks to social media.

[@h4nule]

A Czech person here, we had a law passed a few years ago that restaurants cheapest drink must be non-alcoholic because before that, it was pretty usual that the cheapest drink was beer. Even now it's still true in some places if you count the price for the volume of the drink. PS: The price is like 2 dollars for a big beer (0,5 litres).

[@JeroenJA]

i really never orde water in a restaurant, cause it's same price as soda , and for a euro or 2 more you can choose from real good beers instead ;). i think beer mostly is a healthier option then soda, way less sugar, all natural ingredients :) but Belgium has stronger beers, 33cl in the norm ;-). and that would costs at least 3,5 euros, but rarely more then 5 euro.. Czech is of course still cheaper then western Europe :). but half liters to me are really a German/central europe thing, there not so common in western europe, oh, England too, but an English beer of 0,5 liters has less alcohol then a smaller belgian one, every year some brittish tourist get drunk quick because they drink our 'small' beers to quickly :D , assuming it's as weak as theirs :p , they all really the taste of our beers though ;) .

[@charlenereichelt2831]

Jesus enough with the no ice cliché 😂 we do put ice cubes in soda, long drinks or cocktails, but usually 2-3 small cubes per glass - mostly in restaurants, not at home necessarily. But I do have an ice cube tray in my freezer 😂 The famous German bottled water is, especially during the summer, kept in the fridge - so not luke-warm.

he forgot about famous Wiener Schnitzel... :) in Slovakia/Czech most fried meals are schnitzel and fried cheese ...

[@nonegativity01]

the girls said they feel refreshed and cooled down when they drink ice cold water in summer but actually not true. This is at most a subjective feeling. It's better to drink room temperature water or even warm water to get cooled down in the hot summer. the reason is that if you drink warm water your body will be close to the ambient temperature and will not feel such a big difference. Ice cold water will make you feel even more hot. Softdrinks are usually served chilled so there is no need for additional ice cubes. The other thing is that you really can get stomachache from cold drinks and they are bad for the digestion. But I guess the stomachs of the Americans are used to the cold drinks.

[@jackydoucet9037]

For Europeans, it is bizarre to experience how a small brown paper bag can become your best friend in the US when it comes to simply having a joyful, relaxed time in public 🍻😎

[@ivanpetrov5185]

In Bulgaria drinking on the street is perfectly legal.

[@M13C7]

About the ice in water You can order that in summer especially. And there are refridgerators with an ice maker option, but they arent really that popular here. We used to have one at home, which only caused us issues because it froze all the time and was barely used. As for drinking super cold drinks, i am on this side. I would totally get stomach pain too if i drank too cold liquid wihtout having eaten. Also drinking something too cold actually does not cool you off, because it just shocks your body. So semi-cold is more prefered over ice cold. And there are other options too, like in summer you will get a cold drink (without ice) or an ice coffee (with icecream), so i dont need frozen icecubes that fill up my glass and eventually influence the taste of my drink I moved to Germany from Croatia and i AM shocked that Germany often, if not always, has you pay for water. Im so used to getting a cup of water for free with any kind of coffee, and you usually get a free glass of water with other meals too. I think that did change a bit from tap water to packaged water, so of course water in a glassbottle is going to cost you. But even then you often get a carafe full of water for the whole table, and thats either free or really cheap (even in Germany). If you like get your hair cut you will get a free glass of water, tea or coffee very many times. While coffee may cost you, water is nearly always free. Also if your at like any office kind of place, they will offer you a glass of water. Not sure how america handles that. Also what i noticed in germany is the obsession with sparkly water, you have to be very explicit what water you wish to have. As for the accents. Americans have such a strong accent, even between different states. I do think a lot of Europeans do have pleasant accents but i also think a lot of people i talked to have barely any accent at all, because they travel a lot and their english is really excellent. Germans DO have a very particular english accent though i noticed.

[@trevorlsheppard7906]

Do Americans really believe refills are "free "and that restaurants ,cafes ,bars etc don't recover the cost of free refills somewhere in tariffs ,charges etc ?

[@floraflowers]

They also tend to forget that they tip way more than Europeans do due to their tipping culture. Americans go for 20-30% by default, whereas Europeans would tip 10%, if at all. I mean, yes, the tip goes to the server, but if you look at it another way, you could consider that you're still basically paying for the refills.

[@veliki_sef.9034]

7:22 well come to the Czech Republic, in the majority of restaurants beer is actually cheaper than water. Also when you think about it like this, we basically get free beer refills, because yes, you have to pay for every single beer but luckily for us, the price is usually around 2€ for a 0,5 l (which is slightly smaller than a pint - 568 ml) and from what I've heard, you guys are usually paying like $5-8 so i guess you could view it as a one free refill of your beer.

[@elunedlaine8661]

I think the US has fried butter as well . . . ?

[@nothingspecial123Q]

Referring to ice in sodas - in Germany you grow up beeing told: "Don't drink ice cold water because it makes your stomach hurt!" 🤣. It is similar to the AC - we are afraid of catching a cold while using air condition 🙃

[@mgparis]

Same in France

[@simona_merkinin]

The American dream is definitely a wide used term here in Europe. Ever since the wars and the Soviet union times people were dreaming about going out there, starting a new life and people believed that everything is going to be okay once you get there. Nowadays I don't think that it's the same, but it used to be like that for sure.

[@renatewest6366]

I personally get stomach pain from cold drinks.Also dont like it in Restaurants as dilutes drink.The drink should be just cold.Alcoholic cans I wait till.its room temperature as so cold from Bottle shop(.liquer shop). I am not typical Australian.

[@freudenberg101]

Multiple high fructose corn syrup refills. 😋🥤

[@delta4135]

*In Poland (my expirience)* *Flag* We have some flags here and there, but mostly at places of goverment like courthouse etc. Also i don't think wester Europe is full of patriotism, seeing as they refer to our independence day as a nazi march. But that left media for you I guess. *Refills* No free Refills. It could be one of the many reasons why America has some pounds problems. *Portions* Yep, bigger food equals bigger people, because everyone wants to eat the thing that they paid for. *Water* So in Poland we have a fridge and lower or upper part of it is a freezer. There we put ice molds filled with water. Very rearly we use ice for water. What's the point of puting more water into water? The only exception are hot days at summer. Then we just drink cold drinks not cold water. *Fried meals* In Poland (my expirience) we cook more. It does not mean we don't eat fried meals, but mostly cooked food. (depends what you are eating) Avreage Polish dinner is Cooked potatoes, fried fish fingers or fried pork chop or mince cutlet and something like lettuce or cucumber with it. For a drink tea, water, juice etc. Also "Pierogi" and many soups like chicken broth or tomato soup are avreage Polish dinner too.

[@twinmama42]

Green tomatoes are delicious - especially the movie.

[@tonybrian7526]

Of course we have cherry coke, lol. Not only that, we have lemon coke! can you imagine? and we have strawberry, apple, grape, watermelon, orange, raspberry, melon, lime and a lot more of sodas! it's like we live in the first world. just joking.

[@SonjaPonjrev]

Oh, I saw a fridge with the ice-maker at a friend's house! I think that was my first or second time outside of movies though. We sometimes drink water or drinks with ice in it, but our ice-maker is just a bowl we fill with water, shaped to make cubes when it freezes in the freezer part of the fridge. Also, in fast-foods you have the option to have your drink without ice and in restaurants you will have to ask for ice in it when ordering.

[@ltrtg13]

To me the "American Dream" is. Earning 1 week of holiday after 12 months. Then 2 weeks holiday after 5 years. If the bosses don't try and guilt you into not taking them. The other part of the "American Dream" is going bankrupt because you have an accident and can't afford the care. Or have the wrong insurance. So it doesn't get paid for. Then there's the toxic food and the crap drivers who have no idea the car has brakes and how to use them.

[@denyycz2468]

Yeah, to me American dream is not a thing. Europe is better.

[@prodICYN]

@@denyycz2468 I always find it weird that europeans always feel the need to prove that they're better, i.e. your usage of the word "football"

[@denyycz2468]

@@prodICYN Yeah, our usage of the world football is really better, since the ball is kicked by feet. :)

[@Sine-gl9ly]

Given that many states in the US have no roadworthiness test for cars, you can't even be sure that the vehicle has any functioning brakes at all, even if they wanted to use them!

[@55garren]

Im from Sweden and I never have ice in water or soda, but have it in fridge but tapwater is cold here so 😅 And if you bye soda or so in restaurant its no ice in it if you dont ask to have

[@weejackrussell]

It comes out ice cold from chilly northern England. We need warm drinks to warm us up!

[@Awaken2067833758]

The flag thing is very common in all fascist states 🤣

[@IDKLOL-vw9yy]

not a bad roast

[@chucku00]

Free refills existed in France until 2017 (mostly at KFC) when it became illegal for health concerns on soda that contains sugar or artificial sweeteners (a specific tax was also added to sugary beverages in supermarkets). But free water (tap water is alright except in big cities that add too much chlorine) is still freely alvailable in most restaurants.

[@FourFish47]

You can make your own food, and make it healthy, but there's comfort food and food from the south (I know that's the same thing 😀) that's too damn good to pass up! The unhealthy stuff is convenience food - people with little kids, and people on the go. American food is effin delicious and other countries know it!

[@blackdragonstory1122]

Here depending on the drink and how hot it is outside you will get ice in your drink. At my home though we dont use ice that often. We dont have ice maker in the fridge but we do have those things you fill with water and put in the freezer which makes ice cubes to use in drinks.

[@arposkraft3616]

@0:10 ye we have that, i jist don't drink soda laced with aspertame or other chemical sulphates, i minimize sugar intake generally so soda is a "im gonna treat myself" kinda thing and cherry coke (with sugar) is one of my favs

[@don_peleon]

Its called American dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it

[@nanach6276]

We never get ice in soda because it watering out the soda and it makes less soda. Two valid points here. However, can you get refills if your ice has spoiled the soda and not drinken all of it yet? Or u have to drink it all before a refill?

[@reinhard8053]

I saw that thing with deep frying everything in Scotland. I had a Fried Mars Bar which was very good. I even did that at home later.

[@lamusicdanlapo]

Thank you for these videos, it's interesting. as a French woman, I think that in my country, we would prefer to eat a smaller portion, and not sodas at all, but excellent quality farmed meat, a piece bought from a good butcher, and serve it with vegetables from the local market square, accompanied by a good red wine from Bodeaux, the city where I live.

[@n_kliesow]

I try to help my landmate out a bit. I guess he does mean going out for food in Germany has the intention to get good food and try to reward you. Whereas in the US it's more ore less a common thing to get food just to save the time for making it yourself. So you just go for it because you have hunger... In Germany you usually make food at home and carry it to work to save money. This changed a bit because there are less housewifes and the work is more stress than before.

[@MrsStrawhatberry]

Americans often act like it is the single most unbearable thing to drink water without ice in the middle of December when they visit Europe and you are surprised that people find that odd. Of course you can get ice water in Europe. In summer, when it is hot. You can ask for it in winter too, they will make it for you but they will find you odd. Btw this is not just odd for Europeans but for many other people around the globe too. The US is def the odd one out here.

[@TRW98]

New York is only people from 150 countries. In Amsterdam it's from 180. So Amsterdam is even more diverse then New York.

[@msmichellewinchester]

I'm from Czechia and I've literally never seen an ice maker on the fridge. If I want ice cubes for like alcoholic drinks sometimes, I have an ice tray I put in the freezer. Also, no, you generally don'ť get ice in restaurants in my country at least. There are exceptions in case of specific drinks (like cream liquers sometimes come with ice for example), but other than that, the way people here usually view it is that it waters down your drink. It's not like we drink room temperature drinks either. If we want a cold drink, we keep it in the fridge.

[@michellemorrison9663]

Fine dining is a completely different experience. Ingredients are usually high quality and labor needs to be paid accordingly so portions has to be small and prices high. Also, you’re paying for the chef to showcase the flavor of the dish and their experience. Usually, you’re also eating a 3-course meal, smaller portions allows you to eat more and experience it better to actually taste. But you know, we love big portions here😂

[@nanach6276]

I like how you lean forward enthusiastic but watch your neck and back :)

[@arposkraft3616]

@14:30 ye we don't, but like i said earlier; the USA is a lot warmer, its more southernly and the ocean current brings tropical water mostly, europe is more northerly and the ocean usually brings artic or subartic water .. so you like cool, we like the warm , ice makers are extremely uncommon, but you can get ice in drinks, its usually not standard outside hot days or mcdonalds, restaurants sometimes do, usually they ask you, or if they don't and you want ice you just go, ice please, i personally would make sure to not have ice in it because it dilutes the drink i dont care if its warm or cold really

[@emanuelabaula]

Europe is not a country, this is a German guy, you won't find the same everywhere else in other European countries. In France for example restaurants have the obligation to give customers free tab water, you will only pay for bottle water.

[@arposkraft3616]

@13:30 usually no except if its summer at a terrace or in some american joint, usually not even in restaurants unless you or they ask it, but this ones easy to explain; the USA for most part is climatologically a lot warmer then europe, especially germany , the netherlands and higher, we are at the latitude of south canada + the ocean current often brings artic water cooling it more .

[@ticketyboo2456]

I worked as a bar tender in the UK for years. We only put ice in drinks if it was requested or part of the cocktail. People here want to taste the actual drink and not have ice watering it down tbh. I put my vodka in the freezer as it provides the cold drink without the need for ice.

[@midderftw]

We had a time in Prague, when water was actually more expensive than a beer, now it's not like that anymore in pubs or restaurants, BUT if you buy a beer in groceries store, its same or even cheaper than water in same size. Smaller (0.5L) bottle of water is way more expensive than 2L one. It's about 1€, and bottled beer is about 72 euro cents (it's actually anywhere between .5€ to 1.2€). So for anyone visiting Prague, 1) Don't buy beer that cost over or around 4.25€, it's extremely overpriced for tourists. Normal price for a beer is a bit above 2€. 2) If you want to drink in a park or at apartment/hotel, visit any Vietnamese groceries store or huge supermarkets like Tesco, they're everywhere (we basically don't have here small Czech groceries stores like 7-Eleven). They'll sell you any type of alcohol for or near the best price possible.

[@CZpersi]

In my country, Czechia, they actually had to promulgate a law that there must be at least one soft drink cheaper than beer. In most restaurants, it is a glass of water, usually only couple of cents cheaper than the same amount of beer. You can say that the lobby of breweries is strong here. The joke that "beer is cheaper than water" is still true in many places around here.

[@losarpettystrakos7687]

I've seen fridges with ice makers in every home appliances store. But I don't know anyone who has this fridge at home. So, they seem to be not very popular here. Or maybe I just know wrong people. ;-)

[@giprepus15]

Interesting on the fridges with built-in ice dispensers. I'm not European, but ice dispensers are certainly not hugely common here in Australia. Don't get me wrong, its not hard to find a fridge with an ice dispenser in a store, but its not something that's really caught on.

[@nilsekluund]

Freezers with ice makes are kinda common in Sweden, but most people I know that have one will have some sort of problem with it. It also takes up quite a lot of space that could be used to store food. And the hole thing with drinking cold water is the best. I love drinking really cold water in the winter when it's been cooled by the freezing temperature outside.

[@elizamarz7607]

Being in NYC recently I was shocked at how much food cost in grocery stores. It is much cheaper to eat fast food than buy food to cook at home. In comparison with London I would say NYC groceries were 40-50% more expensive. It was shocking that 250g ( 1 stick) was around $8 in the uk it would be around £2. Porridge oats (oatmeal) was 10 times more expensive that’s UK. We do have ice in drinks but it is usually something you ask for or are asked if you want it in some restaurants. In pubs or clubs you would get ice more commonly

[@snubblebunny]

😂😂 I love the lean in at the start of every video it makes me burst out laughing every time hahaha this was crazy

[@rehurekj]

the London feeling, atmosphere, is similar to NYC, the biggest difference is that London smells way better, its the absence of the black bags, and often just plain rubbish, left to rot on sidewalk.

[@zoeleclezio03051997]

I'm living in Europe (France) since 2018 and it's true that most people like "warm water" and I don't get it. I physically can't dring water or soda if it's NOT iced or fresh out of the fridge !