American Reacts to How America Got So Stupid | Part 1

[@nolaj114]

"America is so big!" So is Australia. We have so many wonders here. And we are on the other side of the world. Yet we travel all over the world. You can't use that as a reason.

[@debster_does_recovery]

I loved my time in Australia ❤ Started in Sydney (as where my friend lived) flew up to Airly Beach, did an awesome boat/diving trip up there but weather was too bad to see the reef.... then got a Greyhound back down the coast and stopped off at many places along the way. Travel doesn't have to be expensive if you don't stop in 5* hotels.

[@Temeraire101]

America is just too self obsessed. Size and population also play a part.

[@patrickmcardle4771]

Can't compare Australia with Australia only 20% of Australia is populated. 😂

[@Temeraire101]

@@patrickmcardle4771 Agreed, there's a hell of a lot of barren Outback, more reasons for Aussies to travel abroad. Americans have a lot more to see in their country, but I do think they are too obsessed with themselves.

[@JenniferRussell-qw2co]

That's so true, I have been to Australia many times. I emigrated a few years back, great country, but the pull of Blighty was too great 🙄 My daughter lives there, but we visit when we can ✈ Australians are far more curious about everything going on in the world, compared with the Americans I found, London is full of young Aussies, many of whom have settled here. The cross pollination of our countries is immense, which is fun and rewarding. Okay, the sporting rivalries are deep and strong, ..... but we won't go there!! 🤪 Greetings from 🙋‍♀️🇬🇧🤗💖

[@malpa2345]

Americans seem to be on another planet and have no idea what is going on

[@terrymason8628]

if only they were

[@katejackson7432]

especially they dont even know what usa is doing across the world.

[@irinapejovic]

I agree​@@katejackson7432

[@vallejomach6721]

'Land of the Free' the biggest lie ever told.

[@soniajackson7829]

They stole that from Scotland: Home of the Brave, Land of the Free

[@disasterincarnate]

@The_Original_Geoff_B so its "The Land of the Fee".

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

land of the free, only if you never see a doctor or go to hospital.

[@robertmurray8763]

@@vallejomach6721 Agree !

[@janetkent8307]

Very true

[@GuntherVonSprout]

The geographic argument is moot- Australians travel lots What USAians don’t have is the annual leave /paid time off to be able to travel

[@davidelkins8067]

Most of Australia is barren waste except for the coastal regions mainly in the east and a bit in the north and west. I mean who wants to go a see a kangaroo in the middle of a desert?

[@pem...]

​@@davidelkins8067most of America is barren too

[@SnowyRVulpix]

​@@davidelkins8067and yet we still have amazing tourist attractions

[@MrConna6]

​@@pem... you must have failed school, probably not american school though, thats a low bar

[@anta3612]

@@davidelkins8067 I don't believe that was the point that GuntherVonSprout was making. Australia is far from other countries too and, geographically speaking, is even more isolated than the USA yet Australians travel around the world far more than Americans. In the USA it's a combination of having little paid annual leave and also the notion that America has everything you need so why go anywhere else.

[@samanthagibson5791]

I live in the UK. I don't have a passport and have never left the UK. I dropped geography at 13. I still know the continents, some countries, even a few states. I'm less likely to know which state is which on an unlabeled map, but if you asked me to name some I could. Theres a difference between being bad at geography, which is how I describe myself, and not knowing anything

[@LisaFerguson-lw8il]

@samanthagibson5791 I'm Irish. The excellent education system included my favourite, geography. I could draw maps of all continents and knew I would visit so many countries. I got my degree and took on the world, visiting every continent. I travelled overland through Africa and lived in over 12 countries. The biggest disappointment was America. I really disliked it and won't go back.

[@DavidPolley-ek9bh]

In America the required curriculum is almost non existent. Here in England as you know we have a large required curriculum with 6+ (idk) subjects as opposed to americas 1 or 2

[@maggieperry-og9gr]

The excise that America is isolated, so big, so far, etc is bs. Most Canadians travel internationally and currently own a passport. I'VE BEEN TO AROUND 70 COUNTRIES OVER 5 CONTINENTS AND LIVED ON 3 CONTINENTS. And, Canada is larger tgan the US.

[@RockinDave1]

I said much the same thing myself 👏🏻

[@debster_does_recovery]

Yep. Not hard to jump on a plane. Even if you only do it once a year.... thats 50 countries in a lifetime.

[@craigcurtis5965]

If you're from Canada, you get to move through The Colonies freely. Of course you can hop on a plane and jet in to whatever country was occupied by the Brits. EU is the size of all of the US?

[@Bryt25]

@@debster_does_recovery expensive + hotels

[@Showa-goj1]

I agree I live in Europe and I’ve been to like 3 European countries and also Egypt and turkey so not very far out of Europe. Despite this I still can name every country and flag in the world (minus some of the tiny islands) I think it’s just that Americans don’t care

[@Temeraire101]

America is just too obsessed with itself.

[@terjerasmussen1382]

A lot of europeans dont know much about countries they are bordering. 99 % of what most know about the USA are from movies, tvshows and big international news stories. Ask a norwegian what he knows about Slovakia, Bulgaria, or even neigbour Finland and you will have a lot of empty answers

[@manueltapia1859]

Yes they're always considering the best, until they learn the rights their country don't provide like maternity leave, fair vacations days including paid, no "five" sick days 😅

[@hecateRaven]

Usa, not America

[@jeanauguste-f7i]

They don't travel cos they don't get time off work for holidays. land of the free. 😂😂😂

[@Showa-goj1]

You mean land of the fee They have to pay ridiculous tips and healthcare

[@tihomirrasperic]

What is the trip of a lifetime for an American? When he enters Manhattan from the Bronx 😁

[@YellinInMyEar]

Yeah, I was going to say days off is a hard thing to get approved by employers, forget asking for a couple weeks.

[@nadinebaldock9691]

They still ought to know where different countries are.. The schools must be dreadful over there. They don't even know the countries that border the US. Good gruef

[@YellinInMyEar]

@The_Original_Geoff_B Whaa?! Well, I believe it. It's actually gotten worse when I started working in 2000 to now, so I believe it. When I started, we used to get bonuses at the end of the year, now none of the new guys know what that is.

[@zee2012]

Americans.."ohh i cant go to Europe its too far to travel and the rest of the world is just too far away", Brits and Europeans.. Fancy going to New York for the weekend F**k yea"

[@bernadettelanders7306]

Aussie here, my sister who’s 73, fit as a fiddle, flew to the UK on her own, had a fantastic time. Home now - but going back again to see more. She didn’t know a soul over there, went for the family history stuff. If someone over 70 can travel alone that far to learn about another country for whatever reason, Americans can travel too. Friends of mine, their son is a uni lecturer in Germany, they go over every 2 years to see him but always visit a few other countries as well. This year was France, Germany of course and , I’ve forgotten where else lol. I live in Victoria. I got a German Heidelberg Tea Towel (as there is a Heidelberg in Vic) among other things lol. If Aussies can travel sooo far overseas so can Americans. A few KZbinrs have and it has really opened their eyes and they’ve had a fantastic time.

[@anta3612]

@@bernadettelanders7306 As an 11 year old I travelled with my family from Melbourne to Rome. I remember it being a very loooooong journey! LOL. Years later I travelled from London to S. Francisco: not nearly as long of a journey (almost half as long). With Americans it's a combination of factors: little paid annual leave, cost (health insurance has priority over luxuries such as travel plus they tend to save any paid vacation time they many have just in case they need to take time off due to illness) and the belief (drummed into them since childhood) that the USA is the best country on earth and has everything so they don't see the point in going anywhere else.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

@@anta3612 Sorta sad really. They think (are told, they are the Greatest Country on earth) yet some poorer countries treat their citizens better. Maybe…. since Covid and people being online more, they are finally realising things aren’t that great there. IF things ever change there, it will take decades as some ‘wake up’ to how some other countries are treated by their governments. Let’s hope, as a lot of good people are suffering terribly re health issues, bankruptcy, education where they can’t even tell the time if it’s not digital etc etc. and having family members, children, being shot and killed. I know not everyone there like that. The online American friends I have, work hard, well educated, intelligent and so very funny and respectful. We don’t hear enough about the millions over there like that.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

@@anta3612 I’m from Melbourne, never been overseas. I was encouraged to, just never interested me, I’ve had a terrific life here, with amazingly wonderful parents. My sister is just back from the UK. she’s over 70. Flew on her own, had a terrific time, she’s going back to do more family history research lol. She can travel, I’ll pinch her info lol So glad you enjoyed travelling, some love it. Yes I was nagged to travel, I wasn’t scared, just never wanted to lol

[@anta3612]

@@bernadettelanders7306 Hi there. We used to live in the Melbourne area and I kind of consider it a second home even though I haven't been back to Australia in years. I agree that travel isn't for everyone and that's perfectly fine. I think most people's issue with Americans is that in the US there's this widespread attitude that other countries aren't worth exploring because they believe that the USA has everything you could possibly want to see and do and therefore nothing can beat it. They're really missing the point. Americans also tend to be quite dismissive of other cultures as they think that theirs is the only country that counts which gets up people's nose. It's not really about the odd individual's preferences regarding travel but the general attitude of the people there.

[@KorkytheKat-h3c]

Two words. Brain Washed.

[@Maggie-xu4qn]

In north Korea it's called indoctrination. In the USA it's called freedom

[@Searover749]

so right words !

[@KorkytheKat-h3c]

@@Searover749 Yes Searover you get it, they start them early (preteen) by pledging allegiance to a flag, a frigging flag. Reminiscence of 1930s Germany. Brainwashed so much that their OBLIVIOUS ! KorkytheKat UK

[@peterdubois4983]

What is the use of a passport when your boss won't give you time off?

[@AdalbertPtak]

Most European workers get paid time off. How about US workers??

[@nolaj114]

One only has to look at who, in all your "gigantic" country, is put forward as a candidate for the President of the United States - the very pinnacle of positions. Someone who thought Bagram was in Alaska, didn't know what NATO was, doesn't know the word asylum has two meanings, thinks abortions can be performed after birth, does not understand economics (failed multiple businesses) or how tariffs work... the examples go on and on.

[@captainadams8565]

Kamala Harris on morning radio explaining the Ukraine war to Americans. Ukraine is a country in Europe, next to a big country called Russia. 🙄

[@suerasbridge8494]

Yes George Bush junior before being president had never left USA!!!

[@terrymason8628]

not so much gigantic, more unwelldly

[@FC-PeakVersatility]

The frightening thing is that, in America, they needed to discuss that. The 'born alive' bill came about to protect babies aborted in the late stages of pregnancy who survived the process.

[@colecolettecole]

& didnt know about pearl harbour or that the uk had nukes ~

[@McKamikazeHighlander]

Saying Americans don't travel to Europe because of the distance is BS. So many Brits travel to Australia and Asia which is literally on the other side of the planet. And our country is not as rich as yours is. Most likely they can't get the vacation time off because the worker's rights are appauling in the US, compared to somewhere like the UK. That and the fact that they don't feel the need to leave as they think the US is so amazing that there is no need to leave

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Absolutely. It’s almost a rite of passage to go to Oz and then to Thailand Asia etc.

[@kristinelson5894]

Other countries may think of the US as rich but a lot of us are not and simply can't afford to take off work much less afford to travel, even within our own country.

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

@@kristinelson5894 I don’t think if it as rich. It’s like the uK . A very minority hold the wealth. However, I do think there is a general lack of curiosity about other countries. I think a lot of it has to do with you being told you’re the greatest country on Earth all the time.

[@heatherfruin5050]

​@@kristinelson5894The problem is the US has never had strong unions and workers striking for better conditions. The US is all about the individual and not for all the people. So glad I live in Australia.😊

[@kristinelson5894]

@@McKamikazeHighlander the country may be richer but the general population isn't compared with cost of living. Those that do have money do travel.

[@nolaj114]

"Are we really this dumb?" This coming from the man who didn't know James Bond was British and didn't know Shakespeare wrote Hamlet (even though he stated he read it in high school), and can't pronounce the River Thames after two years of videos "learning" about Britain. I guess the answer is "Yes..some of you."

[@KeesBoons]

Snarky! LOL!

[@reluctantheist5224]

But yet you love him and his videos.. You have a crush on him..

[@robhingston]

what makes you so smart? then?

[@Bryt25]

As a brit I lived in L.A. for two years. I loved being an honorary American, saying 'aloominum' , and finding plenty of smart, friendly people with a different focus. It did not conform to the stereotype. Also we share so much music and movies.

[@davidmalarkey1302]

​@robhingston We didn't vote for the guy who said the injection of bleach would kill COVID. More recently Haitian immigrants are eating the pets in Springfield. Not true at all my cousin lives in Springfield the immigrants are all there legally.

[@bjørnjacobsengaming]

12:44 The crazy thing is that Americans' idea of ​​freedom is that everyone should have the right to carry firearms anywhere, regardless of age. There is also no limit to the amount of firearms, and this applies to everything from a BB gun to a .50 cal. BMG. If you are not allowed to do that, you might as well be locked in a cage, just as they imagine you are in Europe, where you have no freedom.

[@RockinDave1]

You know none of the things you’ve listed are any excuse. The “our country is so big” excuse doesn’t work because so is Australia, many of them travel to Asia. So is Canada and as it stated passport ownership is much higher. And it’s no harder to travel to Europe than it is to travel to the states from Europe yet so many Europeans have been in to the US. Travelling around the US is what we call a “staycation” because you’re not actually leaving the country. Therefore most Americans have not ever taken an actual vacation. It’s a very safe thing to do, staying where you know the language and understand the people and the culture. The only caring about American things is not a good thing, and many Americans seem to think it’s alright to say this as a reason for why they don’t care about what goes on beyond the end of their own nose. I too am very used to American content, but as you said: it’s all you care about. Whereas I and most other people I know watch our own (British) media, American media, Asian media, European media, African media… all media more or less. Good media is good media. Sarkozy is only the president of France… not that important to Americans as again, you only care about American things. I wish you’d let them finish their points before you pause it and ask questions that are always literally about to be answered. Form your thoughts AFTER the point is made not mid point 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Sue-Eliz]

He interrupts far more than the length of the video

[@watermelon7998]

Sarkozy WAS the president of France, in 2007-2012. Would you know who the prime minister of Italy / Poland was at the time? In Europe, your own continent.

[@RockinDave1]

@@watermelon7998 I knew his as I have a very firm eye cast on formations.

[@Simon-lt6fe]

When people from most counties watch a good foreign film, they enjoy it. When people from America see a good foreign film, they re-make it with english speaking actors

[@razor1uk610]

...and that entire gamet.of domestic US's televisual/cinematic arts reproduction also applies to foreign TV series, shows, documentaries & comedies etcetera too, Plus ...also, unfortunately or fortunately, those re-envisionings are usually for the originals ...[sighs.].. are... B A D .

[@kayhoward8723]

Or make facts suit them, i.e., a large number of films are altered

[@LlejaSwordsinger]

I thought it funny that it said when asked to name American celebrities it showed a picture of Mel Gibson who is Australian lmao 😂

[@ajnphotography_uk]

Yes I caught that! 😂 even their confidence in recognising American celebrities is flawed!

[@RobinLoxley-fn8ex]

Gibson was born in New York, has an American father and has American citizenship. He also has Irish citizenship via his mother.

[@RockinDave1]

I thought about commenting this myself, but I decided that they’re technically right as he’s a celebrity in America due to American stuff so very much an American celebrity by that definition. Plus he is an American citizen.

[@LlejaSwordsinger]

@@paultaylor9498 He was born in Australia, lived and went to school in Australia and has an Australian accent. He now lives in the US but that doesn't make him American.

[@LlejaSwordsinger]

@@RockinDave1 you're right but Cliff Richard was born in India, that doesn't make him Indian. Even if he lived there and had Indian citizenship he still wouldn't be Indian. Actors change their citizenship for work but their nationality stays the same.

[@GiantHaystack]

I'm looking forward to the section where a non-stupid American comments further on the American actor Daniel Craig. 🤣

[@nolaj114]

😅 I'd like to see that!

[@pem...]

Great start to yesterday's video was that, he's a puddin🤦🏼‍♂️

[@dawnfishwick861]

I really don't know if he's acting so stupid or he really is , Britain done a version of Hamlet, how can he not know who wrote it and where he's from,i thought everyone knows Shakespeare

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

😂😂😂

[@eallawson7601]

@@dawnfishwick861 Now is the discount of our winter tents. 🤯

[@magnolia7277]

America had the money to make films in the 1950s, the rest of the world were struggling after the war.

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

Exactly.

[@VidarLund-k5q]

The USA earned "bigly" on WW2. Europe lost.

[@margreetanceaux3906]

Dumb by choice - and that’s even worse! And it also starts with, as a country, being ridiculously self-centred. You isolate yourselves - like there’s nothing else. Not knowing any continents. Or thinking the US ís the globe.

[@DavidPolley-ek9bh]

The American education system is also very poor. Schools are underfunded and only 2 or 3 subjects are required by law to be taught. Every other subject is just to make them look good. As you know in England virtually every subject is required up until GCSE level and even then we have more required subjects than all stages of American education

[@-R.Gray-]

A real eye-opening video dealing with certain issues you frequently bring up : "America Compared: Why Other Countries Treat Their People So Much Better".

[@johnnygood4831]

That's the problem with capitalism. Money becomes more important than people.

[@francescamoore8463]

Agree with R Gray and Johnny Good

[@SG_82]

I don't buy into "US so large, we don't need to go outside our country" when Europeans [Asians, ...] aren't sticking to their continent and travel to Asia, Africa, South and North America, Australia [and Europe] - but hey, your loss. Exposure to different cultures is really a good thing for your personal development and helps a lot to asses whats good and whats not so good in your home-country. I don't mean to offend anybody, I'm just tired of the "size-argument".

[@ngaourapahoe]

But every country has cool stuff ! It seems to me that Americans simply lack of curiosity. They miss out on a lot.

[@Undercovertheory]

Isn't that crazy, I love your channel and I'm here watching you in the UK. The world really is smaller and closer than we think. I understand the point of the US being big but don't let that stop you travelling... This was a great video though in general. Very detailed. Bring on Part 2!

[@02danhaz]

So funny how Americans say going to Europe like it actually describes anything about where youre going 😂

[@wrongwayconway]

I know right? Like when people say Africa, like it's a country...it's a continent!!

[@crazy4gta1]

You can say the same about any large country. If you say you’re going to America, which part

[@02danhaz]

@crazy4gta1 its still extremely similar state to state culturally. Nothing like Italy vs Poland vs UK

[@HaurakiVet]

On the education side I read an article about a year or so ago that some veterans groups were lobbying to have anything negative about the US removed from teaching programmes in the US. That is a great way to get a balanced view of the world and learn from mistakes. No wonder the poor dears are more than a little upset when they find that things are, in fact, a little different from their life's input of indoctrination of US good, everyone else bad. I enjoy your input Tyler, you are open minded.

[@stuartfitch7093]

Years ago, when I visited the US as Brit on holiday, I visited an American Civil War museum in Georgia. In typical British fashion, it was something I had been studying for a long time before my holiday so that I would be clued up when I actually got there. Once at the actual museum I got talking with the female curator and by the time I finished talking with her she was crying and actually paid me a compliment by saying to me "You know more about our civil war than most Americans". I was 21 at the time. I think this shows how open the British are about the world around us.

[@ingegerdandersson6963]

In the game show The floor on Swedish TV one US woman was challanged by a UK man. Her subject was the states of the USA. She couldn’t even name Alaska so she lost, he wasn’t great but she didn’t even know the easy states and it was her own country. This was the subject she thought was what she was best at (other people had choosen things like different candy, toys, Swedish comedians… )

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Shocking. I’ve seen that onYou tube. No idea of their own geography and history.

[@garycroft6091]

First off, I love your videos. I am from Dunham, England, and my girlfriend is from Detroit. She travels over here every year, and we have travelled to many places in Europe, she loves travelling. Her family and co-workers think this is like you said, wow! To her and me, it's normal. Traveling is like an education in itself.

[@martinshepherd626]

A vast majority of Hollywood stars past and present were are British' Irish or European

[@JulieFolsom]

...or Canadian :)

[@martinshepherd626]

@JulieFolsom true, I can't argue with that. As a Englishman I love Canada and her sons & daughters, sadly I don't have much time for US Americans if you catch my drift 😉

[@TravelingBibliophile]

Even early Hollywood studios were founded by foreigners e.g. Two of the founders of United Artists - Mary Pickford (Canadian), & Charlie Chaplain (British)

[@Feistygirl2024]

Canadian here, in August i took two weeks and travelled the upper states then came back home through the prairies, i learned as much as i could in two weeks and thoroughly enjoyed it. Next vacation will be across the pond lol. It really can be done 😊

[@jeanettebrannstrom2320]

Im from Sweden and I probably know more about the US politics than the average American 🙄 And this is crazy, dont the American people want things to be better in their own country? "No im going to vote for Trump because I have always been a Republican!" Just incredible stupid and ignorant view of politics and thats why the US is in such a trouble right now 🙈

[@david-jr5fn]

A friend was doing very bad at university, near bottom of the class in the UK and she transferred to the US and ended up at near top of the class, not even a joke😂

[@colinbirks5403]

Watched a video yesterday, from an American reviewing a Brit song, about the Mason Dixon Line. He didn't know what the MDL was. Americans are often unaware of other states in the U.S.A.

[@nolaj114]

I saw an American woman being interviewed at a rally saying USA should use their own oil, not from other countries like Alaska. 😅😅😅

[@1nikg]

Ever since I can remember I've had a thirst for knowledge about this planet we're living on and try to learn as much as possible. The ignorance of Americans can be frustrating af

[@continental_drift]

Hi Tyler, great reaction. I look forward to Part 2.

[@lyndacook9621]

Same here

[@acidburns121]

So do you Americans still feel free!!

[@neilfraser6646]

I doubt American women feel free anymore especially on what happens to their own bodies

[@Chiggins_]

"Now to be clear, I'm not ready to admit that we're all just stupid over here in America" No, but surely you have to be ready to admit by now that you as an individual are stupid. I mean, there is now hours of video evidence to prove that.

[@stevesoutar3405]

uninformed is not the same as stupid - Tyler is demonstrating a curiosity and willingness to learn, so i can't agree with your calling him stupid, thats just a cheap shot

[@clairelouise4063]

@@stevesoutar3405 ditto, well said

[@DJ-Eye]

@@stevesoutar3405 no, it's a fair comment, you can't fit a quart into a pint pot, ask him to pronounce the River Thames, he has been informed. Let see if he is capable of learning.

[@strawberrryhobi]

@@stevesoutar3405when it’s repeated behaviour it is not just being “uninformed” hope that helps

[@alijane6675]

Your comment says far more about you than Tyler. Let me help with your grammar and punctuation. You struggle there. “No, but surely you have to be ready to admit, by now, that you, as an individual, are stupid. I mean there are now hours of video evidence to prove this.” Your sentence structure is awkward, too many prepositions, and you’ve slipped up on are/is usage. That’s a tricky one. Guess you’re stupid.

[@lynette.]

Imagine the horror America had at the thought of decent welfare benefits and health care plus workers rights etc being allowed in America.😂

[@Crispi-ws6ju]

Whoa comrade Lynette! Socialism = communism. 😂

[@MikesVoyagesAndDrives]

I'm 61 and can only speak for myself, or at most for my generation. But we were already interested in other countries at school and learned about other countries. I traveled to the USA for the first time in 1994 when I was 31. Before that, I had already been to Italy, Austria, France, Belgium, Yugoslavia (in the 1980s) and the Netherlands. Of course, it's true that the distances are much shorter for us than for many US citizens. That makes traveling to other countries much easier for us. But I think it's also a fundamental question of interest and, as I said, this was already awakened in us at school. Even before my first trip to the USA, I spent a lot of time studying the USA and its history because it simply interested me. I still remember a lot of what I learned back then. About the War of Independence, the Civil War and many other historical events in the USA. I was in the USA a total of six times in the 1990s and early 2000s and then again in 2015. I don't know to what extent this is representative, but I always watched the news programs offered in hotels and motels in the evenings. I'm sure 60 or 70% of them were about local events, otherwise almost exclusively about things that happened in the USA or directly affected the USA. No information about things that happened in Europe, Asia, Africa or anywhere else in the world. Apparently, the newsrooms are either of the opinion that nobody cares anyway, or that the people in the USA don't need or shouldn't receive this information. I can't say whether they are deliberately keeping people “stupid” here. Everyone only knows what the media tells them, unless they actively search the internet for additional information to broaden their horizons in today's world. But many people are too disinterested or too lazy for that.

[@timglennon6814]

Tyler. You need to watch a young American KZbinr JPS. He’s 21/22 years old and he has been to the U.K twice and been to the Netherlands and Germany. You can watch his Vlogs on his KZbin channel. Or watch American KZbinrs The Magic Geekdom. That couple spent 6 months in the U.K., plus traveled to France, Netherlands and Germany.

[@Lixmage]

Stop wasting your breath... He doesn't read his comments - which is why he STILL can't pronounce the River Thames correctly.

[@rockybateman2904]

Also, we have a lot more rights won through the unions, which is really not encouraged in the US. That's not good.

[@mw-wl2hm]

"We aren't exposed to other cultures" - that's why one TRAVELS!

[@wrongwayconway]

As a child growing up in Canada I was exposed to lots of different cultures on our television shows and news stations. I do know that we had a booming fillm industry until America's film industry killed it.

[@zollykod2541]

This was very interesting - very revealing. I wasn't aware of a lot of this, either, and it certainly explains a lot. (By the way, in the UK we would say 'purposely'. 'Purposefully' doesn't have the same meaning...)

[@Michael-yq2ut]

A lot of people in the UK take a foreign holiday every year, i can pop to Amsterdam, Paris or Barcelona just as easily as i can visit London.

[@murraytown4]

Canadian here. I’d be embarrassed to be an American in 2024. Just look at who the frontrunner is for the highest office in the land. We are not laughing with America, but laughing at it.

[@neuralwarp]

I bet a ^lot^ of those top 500 films are actually British. Marvel movies, Mission Impossible, and James Bond for example.

[@robcrossgrove7927]

Marvel movies are British? You mean the Marvel superhero movies? I thought they are made in the USA? I think the actors in the various different movies come from all over the place don't they?

[@scottneil1187]

​@@robcrossgrove7927Probably means they were mostly shot here, a ton of stuff is shot at Pinewood, especially if it's a water scene, we have the biggest indoor water tank n the world. Alien and Aliens were shot here, a lot of the original Star Wars was shot here.

[@Phil_Kawana]

And a fair few that are Australian or New Zealand made (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit films, Avatar sequel...).

[@bobbyg1068]

An American production that does location filming abroad and features non-American actors is still an American movie Marvel movies are definitely American

[@maudeenseghers620]

You always say that the US is so big. But Europe is as big or even a bit bigger. The several times that I was in the US it hit me how little the people of the US were informed about their own politics and that information from countries abroad was almost not there. Of course it is as the Emperor of Rome said more than 2000 years ago: give the people bread and games and I will rule. I was amazed by the very low level of education that most people had. It was sad and so dangerous. Keep people not informed and on a low level and you can do with them what you like. They believe everything if you bring the story well enough. That is maybe why so many men are fighting outside the US, because of the stories they get to hear. Sad, very sad.

[@schnetzelschwester]

Emperor said to Pope: Keep them dumb, I'll keep them poor.

[@carolineskipper6976]

The UK is close to other countries within Europe, which of course makes travel to those destinations cheaper and easier, but a lot of Brits also travel much further afield- to the US, to Mexico, to Canada, to Australia and New Zealand, as well as destinations in South East Asia and North Africa. I think once you start travelling to other countries you develop a mindset in which that is seen as possible. Also, European holiday entitlement for workers also means you have the time to travel long haul. I do find it a worrying example that Tyler, as an American, seems unaware of the US anti-communist stance his own country took with regards to its own people. I thought US schools at least taught US history......

[@DavidPolley-ek9bh]

I thinks it’s more so the diverse terrain. You have flatlands, snowy mountains, deserts, craggy coasts, tropical coasts, Forrest’s and snowy. All in one country, the only kind of place they don’t have is Mediterranean, Scandinavian, tropical and rainy. (These aren’t actual biome names but it’s decent classifications)

[@0KiteEatingTree0]

This is one of the most interesting videos so far, and not what I expected from the title

[@xlerb_again_to_music7908]

So. How much of all this is intentional? As an old guy, what I have seen since the 1950's is a big dumbing-down across the board. As if the media+commerce want to keep individuals infantile, to only know products (and be given 101 flavours of the same thing), to keep consumers knee-jerk / emotively reacting, not thinking etc. etc. Can that be true? Why??? Perhaps it both help profits and stops people thinking for themselves...

[@PamelaMacmillan-pc4rx]

I agree, governments do not want the ordinary man to be well informed.

[@DJ-Eye]

@@PamelaMacmillan-pc4rx yes it is the same trick religions have been doing since year dot. They can't have the flock be smarter than the shepherd.

[@eallawson7601]

I believe that Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy exist and that all Western Media get their facts right, tell the truth about everything at all times and strive to ensure that non-biased and balanced views are presented to the public.

[@ArnoModelstate]

About 15 years ago I was visiting a friend in Germany and at a train station we were talking English and ordered stuff at a stall in German till an American came up to me asking if I could ask if she could pay for a pizza slice with a credit card :') Was quite funny that it still sticks in my Dutch mind.

[@billywilliams8752]

I do love how Americans always talk about how free they are but there's not much to actually show this

[@DiaborMagics]

The exposure thing is a good point. I'm Dutch and I remember that during our history and geography classes, I very often asked myself why we weren't learning more about our own country. It was about other parts of the world chapter after chapter and almost the only time when we touched upon our own history was when stuff hit the fan elsewhere and we got involved, like WWII. Recently they made a whole documentary about the history of our royal family and I think I recognised 1% of the content at most. So while you as American learned only about America, I feel like I've barely been taught about my own history and I think that that is a bad thing. Both are. It should be mixed better tbh. I can name more American presidents than past rulers of my own country. I do know not all school teach the exact same stuff so maybe I just got 'unlucky' in this regard, but I do think it's weird. If I want to know more about The Netherlands I have to actually go search for it. And don't get me wrong, it's not like we learned nothing, but most of it was just 1 chapter about the VOC, done, next up: different country again.

[@alexmctear5420]

Foreign films were generally only shown in art houses in America which were few in number. The film industry thought the US cinema audience were too dumb to appreciate anything requiring thought.

[@britblue]

good to see you watching something that challenges & educates in equal measure!. music videos film clips are all well & good but sometimes we need to feed the mind & not just the soul - looking forward to part 2!!

[@steverpcb]

The Americans that travel to Alaska often ask where they can change their money to Alaskan :(

[@DewdewDC]

What worries me as an educator is how many young children in the UK speak with an American accent because they have had more exposure to American TV and games than to British ones or even to discussion with their British parents.

[@cireenasimcox1081]

Hope the thing that "says to me" how prolific USA films were, takes on board the fact that post-war films were made in a country where not a single bomb had fallen in WWII. The rest of the world spent decades housing people who had been bombed out; whose cities, towns & villages had been obliterated; whose factories were reduced to rubble; whose children had been traumatised; whose lives had been at risk for 6 years straight...and whose families had been decimated. Obviously, the only country in the world who was able to make propagandist movies after 1945 was the USA! And boy, did they capitalise on that!!

[@JohnHollands]

yeah, but they screwed that up too, with the Hayes code. No kiss longer than 3 seconds, married couples in twin beds, no blood, no dead bodies, criminals always had to pay for their crimes, nothing bad to be said about the catholic church, no depiction of inter-racial couples... read about it, there's more, a real freedom-fest.

[@coltsfoot9926]

My family has travelled widely across the world for the last four generations. My parents, who were born in the 1920s, started taking foriegn vacations in the 1960s, when air travel first came within the reach of working class families. They both travelled widely until they were over 80 years old, when age and ailments made it too difficult for them. I now have relatives living in five of the continents. I personally have visited the americas (north and south), Africa, Asia, Oceania. I'm British living in Europe, so im close to a diverse range of history and cultures, and interesting places to visit, yet I've regularly travelled half way round the world to visit other countries. So I don't accept that distance is a real barrier. I could have only visited places in Europe, and I wouldn't have exhausted them all by now, but I chose to travel further, and I'm so happy that I did. Im now following my parents in finding that age and ailments are limiting my ability to travel, but I've managed to vist two countries in Europe (one of them twice) already this year, and plan to visit another before Christmas.

[@robertkirby4179]

As long as we are alive we learn something every day, which increases the power of knowledge, knowledge is now we survive.

[@TheAndie130]

I love that Tyler is picking up British sarcasm! ❤😂

[@sufferable]

I'm a Brit and we do get a LOT of American culture - kind of understandable because we speak the same (?) language, but why do we get showered with American politics but we hear so little about European politics?

[@DavidPolley-ek9bh]

Google American military bases

[@richardl.9611]

Travel : its all comes down to 2 things ; main thing : Cost ; second thing :Time . For me personally i live paycheck to paycheck and no im not as bad off as a lot of people or as well off as alot of others ; i feel I'm somewhere in the middle , there are a lot of things to consider when thinking about leaving the country , passport ; luggage ; pet care/lodging ; finding someone you trust to look after you home/belongings ; rides to from airport ; flights to from destinations ; places to stay ; food ; excursions ; transportation while abroad. All these things add up cost wise. Then even if you have the saved up money the next task which isn't always so easy is to get the time off work asking for a week of consecutive time off is like pulling teeth for a lot of us. Plus i dont get paid as much when taking time off as i do when working and all normal monthly bills are still due. As for the knowledge i grew up during the 80s i also was very curious about history as well as many othe things i watched the history channel a lot, i watched documentaries alot even tho im finding now not all that i had learned was accurate i feel i still have a decent understanding of other nations and peoples no expert by no means but i can point out alot of countries on a borderless map , and can name all the usual capitals , i dont know alot about Asian countries or peoples I'm afraid. Anyhow , just wanted to add my 2 cents have tons more to say but unlikely anyone will read this anyhow. Thanks

[@jeanauguste-f7i]

You always had and still have libraries to learn from. Education is free to anyone. There is no excuse for ignorance and lack of education . As for your films they have the same story line it's either hospital dramas cops and robbers or the ideal family . If you have access to Netflix you can watch many foreign films with great original plots.

[@c_n_b]

Not everyone wants to learn about the things you do. That's a perfectly valid excuse. How about you get your own life rather than getting upset about what other people choose to do with theirs?

[@janvanleeuwen2535]

Hey Tyler, you're learning. 👍💪👏 Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@janinshirley]

After WW2 America became frightened that Communism would take over the world and politicians like Joe McCarthy stoked that feeling. As a result a lot of actors and authors were unable to work in the USA , so many of them moved to Europe. Another reason possibly why so many Americans know so little of other countries especially in Europe is the distance plus the fact you only get a short amount of vacation time whereas as here the UK most people get 28 days paid vacation time per year plus any public holidays

[@nedludd7622]

If he reads this, he will have finally heard of McCarthy and the 2nd Red Scare.

[@janinshirley]

@@nedludd7622 I expect he was never taught about it at school. I wasn't aware of it until I was in my teens in the 1960s.

[@dustylong]

​@@janinshirley Think you're right, he doesn't seem to know much of anything about his own history.

[@janinshirley]

@@dustylong I did watch one of his other videos and thought most of them are made with his tongue in his cheek. I have met some Americans who are completely unaware of their history.

[@VidarLund-k5q]

The most famous actor being Charlie Chaplin.

[@tihomirrasperic]

My father was in Houston (Texas) on business, and there he presented the receptionist of the company where he was on business with a badge with a picture of the Zagreb Cathedral and the 900th anniversary (1994). The woman was amazed and spent the whole week telling everyone in the company that he lives in a city that is 900 years old.

[@davebicker8618]

It's ideal for the US corporations to keep the population blind to subjects that show them the way they are exploited. A uninformed population is a very pliable and complient one.

[@petekollie]

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon nicely nestled between the nutty Professor and Borat Had me laughing

[@fumblingman1691]

Famous American celebrity "Mel Gibson". Also, I question the Crouching Tiger point. Can we really count films like Lord of the Rings as American? Directed and written by New Zealanders, mostly in New Zealand, co-produced with a Kiwi production company and set mostly in New Zealand... with a cast of mostly non-Americans. Based on a British book. Premiered in London. Or what about British films like James Bond or Dr Zhivago (when adjusted for inflation)?

[@AdalbertPtak]

No, not all are stupid. However, the majority is either very ignorant, or stupid.

[@nickwalters5380]

I bet that 40% of US people with a passport live near the Mexican or Canadian border.

[@Retrochild1979]

Love your videos Tyler, and you’re quite easy on the eye too ❤

[@Joe_Sheffield]

Tyler: "Geographically it's harder for us to travel to like Europe and stuff!" Australians: "Hold my beer!" I've (as a Brit!) just done a very quick AI search for costs. The typical flight between the USA and Europe is $800-$1200 USD. The typical flight between Australia and Europe is $1500-$2000 USD So these arguments that you're A) so big or B)it's too costly... They're just excuses they don't stack up to reality. The reality is that the USA just doesn't educate it's people sufficiently and you're collectively ignorant about the world beyond your borders. 😂

[@davidelkins8067]

You talk more sense than most people I know here in the UK. I was in Florida over 2 years ago and all the folks I met were very friendly and not really dumb like the most of the world think you are. Keep up the content on the channel. You are great

[@mattbentley9270]

UK here... every person in my family, most of my riends and as many people I could possibly name at work has been to the US, shame it's not the same the other way.... proximity is true though, I have3 been to Paris on the train twice just for lunch and to Cofro in Greece just for a 2 night party weekend for next to nothing £££

[@xendastark]

The statistics forgot to add. 99% of Americans have passports for traveling their interstate 😂😂😂

[@ngaourapahoe]

And finally, there is no freedom anywhere (never was).

[@TheKathleenbaird]

Born in Detroit, Michigan. Growing up, never understood why the weather reports stopped dead at the border, as if nothing existed outside the U.S.A. Trips across the border to Windsor, Ontario, Canada were not that uncommon, since you didn't need a passport in the '60s or '70s... and the drinking age was 18.

[@greetjeb7030]

I do'nt understand why US Americans do not travel outside of their country. It's big, I know, but Europe is big too, and still it's people travel to Asia or Australia or Africa, so...

[@carolineskipper6976]

One reason is the lack of statutory paid leave from work in the US. If you only get 10 days leave a year, it's hard to set aside enough time to do long distance travel. It's by no means the only reason, but it contributes significantly to the situation.

[@mw-wl2hm]

@@carolineskipper6976 Canadians get the same vacation as the States - 2 weeks (10 business days) - and we are far more travelled. If you have no desire to travel you won't.

[@carolineskipper6976]

@@mw-wl2hm I'm sorry I offended you by suggesting a reason why US citizens are generally less travelled than other nationailities. Blimey!

[@psykocrypto4442]

A lot of americans now travels a lot. And just for example, during the spring break....it's a big amount of students who go to cancun

[@Mike-po2gx]

Life in 'Oceania' is always well. You are told it is. You believe it is. You are blind to the truth.

[@corringhamdepot4434]

Worked in Saudi in the 1980s and an American due to start work there didn't arrive. Apparently he turned up at the airport in the US, and believed that he could travel to any other country with only his drivers licence. Which was true for Mexico and Canada until 2009.

[@ingunnhast8661]

I came across this list by chance the other day. It shows all the films that Norway's largest TV station, NRK, has shown on TV for many years. And we don't dub the films either, but listen to them in the original language with subtitles underneath. From April 14, 1996 - May 16, 1996, so in about a month, just as an example, they had shown films from almost all of these nationalities: Norwegian German Swedish Denish British American Swiss Italian Australian Brazilian Spanish Canadian Icelandic Polish Here is a small excerpt from the list from April 14, 1996 - May 16, 1996: Author's note] April 14: Allein unter Frauen (German) (1991) [Film matinee] April 14: Twigs (Norwegian television film. NRK Fjernsynsteatret) (1978) [Part 1 of 4] [The film was shown in four parts. Forf.anm] [Reprise from NRK 11.04.1978] April 15: Raining Stones (UK) (1993) April 16: Comme un bateau, la mer en moins (French Television Movie) (1993) [NRQ Film] April 18: Natural Lies (British television series shown together) (1992) [Film 100 years: Panorama Europe] [Runtime 120 min ref.: program overview. The series was originally in three episodes with a total running time of 159 min. Forenote] April 20: Streets of Fire (US) (1984) [Night Cinema] April 21: L'interdiction (French Television Movie) (1993) [Film Matinee] April 21: Twigs (Norwegian television film. NRK Fjernsynsteatret) (1978) [Part 2 of 4] [The film was shown in four parts. Forf.anm] [Reprise from NRK 11.04.1978] April 21: A doll's house (Norwegian television film. NRK Television Theater) (1973) [Rerun from NRK 23.10.1973] April 22: Sixteen Candles (US) (1984) April 23: The Bald Ghost (Danish) (1992) [NRQ Film] April 25: Miss Mona (French) (1987) [The film 100 years: Panorama Europe] 27 April: Five Corners (British/American) (1987) [Night cinema] [Rerun from NRK 05.06.1993] April 28: L'homme qui a perdu son ombre (Swiss/Spanish/French) (1991) [Film Matinee] April 28: Twigs (Norwegian television film. NRK Fjernsynsteatret) (1978) [Part 3 of 4] [The film was shown in four parts. Author's note] [Reprise from NRK 11.04.1978] 29 April: Byttinger (Norwegian) (1991) 30 April: Gategutter (Norwegian) (1949) [b/w] [NRQ film] [Reprise from NRK 17.05.1972] 30 April: Dingo (French/Australian) (1991) 1 May: Rallarblod (Norwegian) (1979) [Film matiné] 4 May: Night and the City (American) (1992) [Night cinema] 5 May: Jacquot de Nantes (French) (1991) [b/w and colour] [Film matiné] 5 May: Twigs (Norwegian television film. NRK Fjernsynsteatret) (1978) [Part 4 of 4] [The film was shown in four parts. Author's note] [Reprise from NRK 11.04.1978] May 5: Visittid (Norwegian television film. NRK Fjernsynsteatret) (1976) [Reprise from NRK 10.02.1976] May 6: Deilig er fjorden (Norwegian) (1985) May 7: På rymmen med Pippi Långstrump (Swedish/West German) (1970) [NRQ film] May 9: Zawrocony (Polish) (1994) [Film 100 years: Panorama Europa] May 11: The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt (British) (1989) [Night Cinema] May 12: Der Kinoerzähler (German) (1993) [Film Matinee] May 12: Privattimen (Norwegian) (1995) [Recording from Rogaland Teater - Kjellerteatret] May 13: The Hotel New Hampshire (British/Canadian/American) (1984) May 16: Lenz (German TV Movie) (1992) [Film Matinee] May 16: Alles auf Anfang (German) (1994) [Film 100 Years] But usually there are a few more American films than what was shown this particular month. It is shown in the link. But mostly there are many other nationalities too. www.eace.no/Sider/Filmer.html

[@iannorton2253]

The USA is so huge and there's so much of it to see, I think it's a bit unfair to expect them to fly elsewhere. I am able to take an 8hr train journey from where I livein the middle of England to visit my friend in Burgundy. I can also take a 30 min bus ride to the nearest airport, then fly 2hrs or so to southern Spain. Both of these are different countries with distinct cultures and languages. For many Americans the only realistic option for travelling to other countries is to visit Canada, Mexico, or somewhere in the Caribbean. All such travel costs money, of course, which makes long distance travel prohibitive for a lot of people. The lack of global awareness is another issue; it's interesting to hear the explanation for this in the video.

[@Bunyipp66]

Many Australians travel widely! Work culture and ability to get long periods of time off is very different from the US.

[@iannorton2253]

@@Bunyipp66 True. They don't get much, do they; only a couple of weeks a year, if lucky.

[@bettychagas5760]

I am Canadian.. I just don't comprehend how American people are surprised that other countries have cars , roeda, shopping malls, houses , apartment building. Other countries have what American has and they are sooo surprised

[@1nikg]

I'm getting north Korea vibes 😂

[@Rabbit66ca1]

An interesting point that was made in this video is America's push to have everyone's right to consume information no matter its origin enshrined into the United nations, but then the United States Postal Service sensors anything that does not follow the American narrative. Without access to a different point of view, it is nearly impossible to learn anything about how anyone else thinks and feels, and when you are subjected to this kind of pressure for so long, it becomes the norm and then you no longer seek to expand your horizons . That in a nutshell explains why the vast majority of Americans live in their own world

[@catT5236]

I think American education starts isolating it's children from a young age. We tend to learn about other countries & religions, at least we do in the U.K. & friends/family in other countries like France, Australia, Spain, Germany have all said the same thing - it's only my American friends who don't & they have to seek it out on their own, but there's nothing to kindle that spark at school. I've been told by Americans in all seriousness that they were taught in school America has never lost a war, it's only when they were older they realised "strategic withdrawal" meant that America actually lost that war. So you have an education system that doesn't encourage learning from other cultures & propagates that America doesn't need to learn from other cultures because it's the best. If you don't encourage critical thinking but only look to affirm American exceptionalism in standard education you're going to end up with a large portion of the population being ignorant. Now don't get me wrong the U.K. could absolutely improve on this front too, but American really takes it to an extreme that appears to have become problematic.

[@ElDubz420]

Did you know the star spangled banner is a song we used to sing when we were staggering down home from the pub on a Friday night long before your country was even a thing

[@philipcochran1972]

This is the only time i have seen a map of the world with the Americas on the right. Looks like this confused some of the 'contestants'.

[@suerasbridge8494]

I think that proves the point, they don't understand the map of the world in any way

[@philipcochran1972]

@@suerasbridge8494 good point

[@JulieFolsom]

It only takes a second to orient yourself.

[@ingunnhast8661]

It is true that America is so big that we in Europe almost have to compare it with the whole of Europe and then there are many here who have not been outside Europe either. Or many have been outside Europe, but then it becomes more like that a rare time in life. But it is still not quite the same, because we have different languages ​​here in Europe, so it feels like having been abroad if we have been to different countries in Europe too, even though the physical distances are not that great.

[@NickBrown-ph6xd]

Was this video dedicated to Tyler?

[@KattSyllek]

Sarkozy was our president when I was in middle school 😂😂 Weird how I know american presidents and could name quite a lot

[@Ashleigh50]

With so little vacation time they get, not surprised!

[@schnetzelschwester]

No need to travel. They have Google Earth. For free. At home. They just don't care.

[@mark450]

I'm sure that knowing Americans rarely travel to other countries is a great relief to the rest of the world.

[@MissSJ4429]

I know you don’t read your comments but travelling to Europe is not that big a deal. I have flown from the UK to the US it took nine hours. It takes less time to get to New York. I don’t think America has enough to justify not travelling. In my town in the UK there are buildings from hundreds of years ago. There is nowhere in America that could compete with that.

[@tomcox2008]

As an English man. I am impressed with your sarcasm. You nail it pal