American reacts to the "the little" Australian culture shocks

[@buchinsku]

Hanging clothes in the Aussie sun serves as a second level of sanitising the laundry.

[@ryanreaction]

I can't tell if youre pulling my leg or not but that's interesting lol

[@vinsgraphics]

@@ryanreactionHe’s right. UV-A disinfects.

[@debwaterson799]

It's true :) hills hoist

[@lynnmoses3563]

@@ryanreaction No, thats true

[@lynnmoses3563]

Also even if you have a dryer, which I dont, its costly...When you can, who doesnt prefer to have sun drying their clothes when you have it?

[@bramba1953]

Clothes dried outside smell wonderful(and saves the planet).

[@xaj1543]

bramba Saves the planet, yeah right. Sounds like delusional climate alarmism to me.

[@Jaydaydesign]

@@xaj1543at least it saves on your power bill

[@adrianpalladino3388]

@@xaj1543 Let me guess you're probably one of these people who believe in God that was created in medieval times without evidence he exists, but you don't believe in climate change for which there is scientific evidence 😂😂🫤. The great paradox!!! Anyway dryers use a lot of energy if you're happy to pay higher elec bills for it.

[@xaj1543]

@ adrianpalladino You guessed wrong, I’m not in the least bit religious, you on the other hand are obviously easily fooled. At this point the evidence you mention is mostly nonsense being fed to people like you to keep pushing the agenda. Please give me some examples of the predictions made from, “evidence,” that have eventuated. There have been hundreds of predictions, surely you can come up wth one, (clue: there isn’t one) My favourite example is from Al Gore, 20 years ago in his documentary he said that all of the coastal cities would be under water in 5-7 years, and we should all reduce our carbon footprint. As of now, he lives in a mansion that has 80 times the carbon footprint of the average house, has recently spent millions on water front property in California and flies all over the world in his private jet. Was he wrong or is he the worlds biggest hypocrite? Actually he is both of those things. My advice to you is to stop watching mainstream news and do some searching and find some of the thousands of scientists who don’t buy it either but will never be heard by the masses of ignorant plebs, like yourself.

[@myopinion69420]

that depends on your neighbors. we had to stop hanging cloths out on the line due to next doors dogs. between the dogs that stunk and the rotting animal carcases the owners checked in the dog pen, it stunk. made our cloths stink to high hell.

[@KarenFusca]

Not only faster but the electric kettle turns itself off

[@ChristopherJewels]

Plus you don't short-circuit the microwave with a teaspoon left in the cup.

[@belindasmith9638]

Yes at boiling point. Microwave can go higher temperature and scorche the coffee

[@belindasmith9638]

There's a lot more than 50 thousand people in Newcastle. Dubbo!

[@belindasmith9638]

Oh dumb strikes again!😮 ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

[@rogerover8301]

Doesn't your microwave turn itself off?

[@gregkelly7685]

I'm 74 & I've never microwaved water for a coffee, that's why God gave us kettles & jugs.

[@helloshiny8475]

and god didn't divide the jugs evenly. 😆

[@marmadukescarlet7791]

And uses less power, i believe.

[@Aaron_Hanson]

I love that Ryan feels comfortable enough with us all now to say “shit” on the regular 😂

[@AshCox-u2k]

Nah shit is just becoming a more widely accepted word, I know plenty of yanks who don't consider it a swear or anything other then a regular word...... Now if he were to call us cunts then he is comfortable lmao

[@taylorjones4939]

No one boils a cuppa in the microwave. Kettle all the way.

[@mileyyy3547]

I feel like it tastes weird once it’s been heated up in the microwave.

[@shazzm9252]

I do it in the micky wave! Tastes great! But only in winter and only if i make it with all milk instead of water.

[@kathleenmayhorne3183]

It has to boil to steep properly, then cool with milk.

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

My Mother :(

[@That_is_for_me_to_know]

The temperature depends on the type of tea, boil for black tea, 80degC for Green tea

[@somersetaussi]

As an Australian living in England, both countries use electric kettles. For tea and coffee. Instant coffee granules are what most working families use! So we use the kettle for tea, coffee, pot noodles.. gravy granules.. filling hot water bottles.. whatever else you could use a quick couple of litres of boiling water.

[@Neme112]

I think Americans don't use electric kettles because it's twice as slow for them due to the lower voltage in their outlets.

[@James_7]

I never knew eating with a knife and fork would be a cultural shock to someone from America. Using a fork to cut your food and then think we are weird using a knife instead is just crazy.

[@judithstrachan9399]

Yanks (well, most of them) cut with knife & fork, then put down the knife & pick up the food with the fork, tine points up. We use the knife to cut, then to push/hold the food on the fork (tine points down - very impolite to turn your fork up side down) so it stays there until it’s in your mouth. Mostly.

[@dianacourt377]

​@@judithstrachan9399 mostly😂

[@matthewmcclure5218]

​@@dianacourt377yeh lol, I sense bullshit 😂

[@helloshiny8475]

umm yeah coz a fork isn't very sharp. and you also need two tools to cut meat or even baked beans on toast. do people like,not even serve dinner with a knife ??

[@vinsgraphics]

That was a bone of contention when I came to the US. In Oz, fork in left hand, knife in right, get it done. Here, it’s cut food, put knife down, swap fork to right. My American stepfather (Oz mum moved here and remarried) was adamant that I follow that routine. Being left-handed, it took some getting used to with the right hand. I’m equally dexterous now, even with chopsticks. I still switch it up, left or right.

[@kerriekeefe936]

I’ve been on a Royal Caribbean cruise. Yes, us Aussies are absolutely judging Americans using cutlery like they’re Edward Scissorhands!

[@kevo6190]

Yes... We use Table manners in Australia. It's a fork NOT a shovel America 🍽️

[@davidmalarkey1302]

Watching Americans eat is like watching a toddler eat .

[@trevorcook4439]

Cutlery is foreign to them, as is table manners. They call a knife and fork a fork and knife ffs.

[@adriancampbell6924]

@@trevorcook4439 Just villains.

[@trevorcook4439]

@@adriancampbell6924 it is brutal to watch.

[@monikalamont677]

omg you're so right. Every movie or television show I've ever seen from America I play spot the knife. Ryan so glad you eat like a human. You are going to fit in perfectly.

[@Danceofmasks]

Dryers ANNIHILATE elastics. Don't be complaining that your clothes don't last long if you're putting them in a dryer.

[@cassieoz1702]

Folks forget that every bit of lint they take out of the dryer, is no longer in their clothes ie the clothes are wearing out and getting thinner

[@coolhandluke1503]

I'll still complain

[@mindbomb2000]

I agree with you, however one disadvantage of drying on the line is that if you don't have shade, the Australian sun fades the heck out of bright clothes.

[@cassieoz1702]

@mindbomb2000 if the piece of clothing is 'special' I rack dry it indoors. Most other things on the line (teeshirts etc) I hang inside out. I'm not fussed if my undies fade

[@Espritlumiere]

​@@mindbomb2000 or live somewhere with not a lot of sun and not a lot of space for an indoor airer. Most people have dryers these days anyway.

[@user-jw1us2kz7p]

The Salvation Army started in London, Ryan. It’s not American.

[@davidmalarkey1302]

He's your typical willfully ignorant American who assumes everything is American.

[@ryanreaction]

cool!

[@silverstreettalks343]

That is correct, however, a lot of its innovations were developed in Melbourne -- hard for a Sydneysider like myself to say. They produced some of the world's earliest movies in the 1890s, developed employment services, opened homeless shelters and pioneered new approaches to people with addictions. I believe the Red Shield appeal is an Australian idea, and they were also active in providing services to troops both in Australia and overseas from 1914 on the outbreak of war.

[@Noelzsazsa]

​@@silverstreettalks343such as Child abuse the salvation army are notorious for child abuse like the Catholics but have not been held accountable and they made a fortune from child labour and even selling children if they were ever held accountable they would most likely shut down like other cult's

[@user-bf8ud9vt5b]

And we call it in Oz 'the Salvos'.

[@None-y2f]

Learnt is English, learned is American.

[@geraldblaney9764]

We use the good old hill hoist clothes line. Great for spinning on as a kid.😅😂😂😂

[@davidberriman5903]

Unless I was caught in the act. Then it hurt my backside. A firm application of the board of education to the seat of learning was enough to discourage me from repeat performances.

[@KarenFusca]

Or to put a goon sac on 😂

[@adelelouise]

​@@KarenFuscaCame here to say this lol

[@kateorwell7203]

Hills hoist.

[@geraldblaney9764]

@kateorwell7203 yeah I spotted I forgot the s after I wrote and sent it 😅 😬

[@ChristopherJewels]

I just timed my electric jug. Started boiling at 32 seconds and auto switched off at 37 seconds. Plus I did not have to worry about leaving a metal teaspoon in the cup if I microwaved it.

[@missjane1403]

Plus I bet it boiled more than 1 cup of water too

[@itsamindgame9198]

Our 220/240 volt system can put a lot more heat into water per unit time than the American 110 volt system. This is why we have electric kettles and they have stove top kettles.

[@MissFost]

It pains me to hear Americans talk about making a cup of tea! No wonder they don't drink hot tea much, they don't know how to make it properly! Also, I would have thought using a knife and fork to eat was pretty standard.

[@70chevs]

It has been proven that Tasmania has the best quality air in the world.

[@adriancampbell6924]

Its so good, I have been chugging it for 10 years today. Still as sweet as 2014.

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

Which is why air samples from there are collected to keep tabs on the atmosphere.

[@CassTaz]

Yes we do.

[@charzemc]

Ocean air is aloymt cleaner

[@CassTaz]

@charzemc the air that is sampled is on the West coast of Tasmania and has travelled across the ocean (Roaring 40s) so yes you are correct.

[@JimmyJupp]

As you said, you're watching an old video, there's free wifi in lots of places now - hotels, shops, town centres, the cities etc

[@earlygrayce3200]

There was in 2017 too. The woman he is reacting to is an idiot.

[@DanDownunda8888]

Even drug-rehab 😊

[@stevegraham3817]

It is free, but it it is usually so slow and or congested that it wastes more time connecting than just using the broadband over the phone.

[@robynecullen8838]

Electric kettles are power saving overall because you can make 5 or 6 cups of tea in one go all in a couple of minutes you can buy a kettle at big w, Coles or woolies for about $7 but also there are expensive brands as well

[@Zygon13]

I don't even drink tea or coffee but use a kettle.

[@springdemon.w.]

@@Zygon13it's just overall convenient for boiling

[@DanDownunda8888]

I met a woman in Hawaii and we hired a car to go sightseeing. I went over to the drivers door on the RIGHT side of the car, instead of the left side. She thought that I was very much a gentleman for opening the car door for her. I never did tell her that I'd made a simple mistake. Every time we went to get into the car I kept doing it.

[@JustDeLuca]

Haha

[@jogould1045]

I don't care how fast or how you eat as long as you keep your mouth closed and don't start on mine when you have finished yours.. 🤣

[@coolhandluke1503]

You know I'm going to steal your chips😅

[@estherlesch2998]

We don't need dryers except in winter, we love hanging them out in the sun and fresh air, I've had dryers and barely used them

[@FM-jg1yr]

@@estherlesch2998 neither Winter

[@nerissarowan8119]

I’ve used mine in summer when it rained every day for a month - but I literally only have it because I got it for free. Air dry all the way.

[@AlliePye]

As an Australian, I’d like to address some of these points. - I’ve always had a dryer, I don’t use it for everything, but I really hate hanging up washing. - you don’t have to wash an electric kettle, but you do want to use a descaler every now and then depending on the qualities of your tap water. And you can use it for things other than tea. - we have wifi, but it’s definitely awful compared to elsewhere. It was just as bad prior to NBN. This is one of the reasons we sometimes hate things that rely on being online. It’s still better than dial-up 🤷 - maccas has free wifi, but it sucks. I would never use free wifi. - op shops vary wildly depending on the area they’re in. They’re usually run by charities, the staff tend to be volunteers. They’re still very much around, it’s just the same as a thrift shop. - the word differences are only a problem because Americans tend to export media and not import it. We’re familiar with your words, but y’all don’t know ours. - literally no one cares how you use your cutlery. We might take the piss out of you for it, but no one actually cares. - the food is good both because of what was said in this video, we don’t import as much, and because we have such a large multicultural influence. Bananas look like bananas, different varieties can have small variation.

[@mindi2050]

I also use a dryer in the winter. Where I live (inland southern NSW) most people use clothes dryers in the colder months.

[@DeepThought9999]

“Y’all”? What’s wrong with the good old Aussie “youse”? ;-) 😂 Our bananas are all straight, unless they come from Queensland. They bend them there. ;-) 😂

[@debwaterson799]

@@DeepThought9999 funny buggar

[@nerissarowan8119]

@@DeepThought9999can confirm, I live in Queensland and rarely see a straight banana.

[@ellefitzpatrick6339]

Microwave boiled water tastes strange. My electric kettle has different temperature options for tea, coffee, green tea, oolong, etc. Trust me, it makes a difference.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

you don't boil the water for tea (unless here is a particular health reason). Green tea and Ooolong need to be around 90C.

[@joandsarah77]

Sounds like we have the same kettle. I may have to get a new one soon as the glass lid has a crack in it, very strange. We had one before this one and it finally died and this one isn't even as old.

[@joandsarah77]

@@ianmontgomery7534 I always boil the water for tea. I thought it had to boil to steep properly.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

@@joandsarah77 No it doesn't. Millions of Chinese people make tea with hot water from a machine that delivers it at around 90C (the machine has a 19litre bottle of water on it). Its no drama if the water is boiled it just isn't necessary.

[@mika72.-Bois]

I need a kettle/electric jug like that!

[@stephaniehawkins5211]

Hi Ryan, garbage disposals are illegal in Australia. Dryers have a tendancy to shrink and damage clothes after a while. As for coffee, Australian's have a massive coffee culture. It is considered sacrilege to put your coffee in the microwave, Aussie internet ranks 74th in the world SHOCKER.

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

They're not illegal in Australia. They're illegal in WA.

[@somersetaussi]

What!!!! I live in the Uk but grew up in Melbourne and always had a waste disposal unit in our kitchen! When did they become illegal?! I’ve been in the UK a very long time.

[@itsamindgame9198]

Garbage disposals are not illegal - except perhaps in WA. There are hundreds of thousands of in-sink macerators in use. You can buy them at Bunnings. As to internet - the rankings are bogus. They only compare the internet where there IS internet, so a country that is for example 98% abject poverty with not even electricity but the 2 ultra-rich in the capital city have super fast internet gets a better ranking than a continent like Australia that has much better overall coverage.

[@realriki]

I've had a garbage disposal in Qld, but I never replaced it when the kitchen was redone because I didn't want to contaminate the waterways. If the drains here went to more environmentally aware waste management systems instead of dumping into rivers and oceans, I would have one again. Apparently Garbage Disposals are not totally illegal, just regulated, even in WA.

[@itsamindgame9198]

@@realriki Waste water drains in Queensland go to treatment plants. By the time it gets to waterways it has been thoroughly treated to remove waste, remove dissolved contaminates, remove nutrients and then disinfected to remove micro-organisms.

[@Guvament_bs]

Australia has 2 main varieties of bananas. Cavendish and Lady Finger. Lady Fingers are shorter fatter and straighter and they are more sweet and tasty than Cavendish.

[@MsPoppsie]

Carnarvon Cavendish bananas are the sweetest!😊

[@kazz3956]

@@MsPoppsieyessss, totally agree. Yummy.

[@lindyasimus]

Hell yes we judge you when you cut up your food before you start to eat, like a kid.

[@9wombats]

You bet we do

[@TheAussieturtle]

We totally judge you hahaha...

[@j_edwards6075]

Nothing wrong with being more efficient lol

[@fayriader]

In Chicago many years ago at a 'ladies' luncheon, an American lady sat staring at me as I ate my meal. In what to my ears was an exaggerated Southern accent, rudely came out with "I just LUV the way you eat - it's so QUAINT !" I was using my cutlery Australian-style i.e. fork in left hand, knife in right hand British-style. Also, there are splades which are used while standing to eat plated food at functions, plate in one hand, splade usually in the right. Interesting customs, although I confess the intense scrutiny of the woman mentioned above to be extremely rude manners.

[@lindyasimus]

@@fayriader Fun Fact - Splayds were invented in Sydney. >>A magazine photo that showed women at a party awkwardly balancing cutlery and plates of food on their laps inspired William McArthur to invent the Splayd, a single-handed fork, spoon and cutting blade. From 1943 to 1967 his wife Suzanne used and sold them in her Martha Washington Café in Sydney. I think Americans have Sporks. Another seldom mentioned difference is the US propensity for drowning food in mayonnaise. I am convinced it makes it easier to swallow without chewing.

[@AnneRollo-xt1tb]

Hey Ryan. An Aussie here. Your videos are great. It would be so great to get an Aussie on to explain a lot of the things this person is talking about. Some of the things are not totally true. The WiFi is much better now for eg. I would be happy to come on. I have lived in both the US and Aus. I often thought the knife and fork differences were weird. We don't cut with a fork! Happy to come on and explain a lot of the things. Love your channel. Thank you

[@ginagriffith2846]

She recorded this 2017. Nonsense about the internet and wifi. Also our phone plans are so cheaper than US. We use English spelling.

[@Sharyn-x8e]

@@ginagriffith2846 my wifi is brilliant. Absolutely no complaints.

[@itsamindgame9198]

We us a combination of UK and US spellings.

[@ginagriffith2846]

@itsamindgame9198 I can't think of any US spelling, please give me some examples 🤔

[@itsamindgame9198]

@@ginagriffith2846 -ise instead of -ize is the first that comes to mind. These days people insist that -ize is American and -ise British, but it is in fact the other way around.

[@davidbroadfoot1864]

@@itsamindgame9198 It is certainly not the other way around. Americans use -ize, and Brits mostly use -ise. "British spelling mostly uses -ise (organise, realise, recognise), though -ize is sometimes used." "In Ireland, India, Australia, and New Zealand[64] -ise spellings strongly prevail" Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences

[@trevorcook4439]

A lot of us would silently judge for poor table manners and no cutlery etiquette. Meals are to be enjoyed and not rushed like pigs at a trough. Learnt that when I was 4

[@JordanWoodyatt]

Our pay rates also can influence eating. Because our wait/restaurant staff are paid a decent wage, going out to eat is not a rushed affair. You can go out and spend hours at a restaurant and the servers are not losing out on tips/wages as they are not relying on table turnovers.

[@brainfreezone]

Tea drinkers all over gasp! lol I think microwaving changes the taste.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

Microwave water for a cuppa 😱 Noooo lol. I tried it once. The water wasn’t hot enough. Always use my kettle for a cuppa.

[@elizabethpilarski1076]

It cools quickly too.

[@lynneperry7454]

It does change the taste for the worse.

[@belindasmith9638]

@@brainfreezone definitely

[@Joanne-t6j]

I eat my peas with honey, I’ve done it all my life. It makes the peas taste funny, but it keeps them on the knife. - Spike Milligan. The heating element of an electric kettle is in direct contact with the water so it boils faster.

[@judithstrachan9399]

I’ve known that ditty forever, didn’t know it was Spike but not at all surprised.

[@JillGraham-dz7vv]

There are holes in the sky where the rain gets in,they are ever so small, that’s why rain is thin. Spike Milligan

[@NicholaWallace]

​@@JillGraham-dz7vvI used to love Spike Milligan. You could never get a straight answer from him.

[@heatherhursell3721]

The fork is placed down because it is not a spoon

[@annettebanks6022]

She wrong on the dryer. We hang our clothes on the hills hoist or you would call clothes line . Because the sun kills the germs on your clothes and makes them smell really fresh.

[@lynneperry7454]

I love the smell of freshly laundered clothes.

[@carked5707]

@@lynneperry7454 Americans have something called dryer sheets that make their clothes smell like whatever fragrance they pick!! Just another item we don't see a use for.

[@Espritlumiere]

Sunlight does not sanitise clothes, nothing but bleach and actual laundry products with sanitising agents will do that. But the sun does lighten/sun-bleach clothes if left out too long!

[@carokat1111]

Ryan, try and find the clip from the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2 where Maggie Smith's character explains to an American waiter how tea should be made. You won't regret it.

[@judithstrachan9399]

Found it, watched it. Back to Ry.

[@pamelafrancais4650]

Was about to suggest the same 😊 A brilliant 30 or so seconds on how to properly make a cup of tea from the brilliant Maggie Smith... Wonderful ! Cheers from Perth Western Australia

[@helenbartoszek243]

It depends on how much water you put in the kettle as to how long it takes to boil. With electricity we have different tarrifs for different times of the day.

[@StormMackenzie]

Salvos and second hand stores are still a thing. I got my reception wedding dress for $9 😂 I get all my clothes from Salvos, Good Sammy’s, Vinnies, etc.

[@StormMackenzie]

Though the more in the city you are the higher the prices. I went shopping in Armadale WA and most shirts are $2-5 (about 40mins out of the city) then went in Booragoon and Fremantle (20mins out of the city, much fancier neighbourhoods) and everything was $9 and up for the sale shirt (even if you could get it new from the store for barely more anyway). I assume it’s both the cost of renting that space being more in fancier suburbs and also expecting the people that live in fancier suburbs to be able to afford higher prices b

[@bhsaproduction]

If you visit a restaurant where the cutlery is laid out on the table (in UK, USA or Australia) the knives and spoons are set out on the righthand side and the forks on the left - this is a worldwide standard, having said that, many casual meals (at home or when out) are less formal and also include chopsticks, sporks or splayds - depending on what you are eating and how casual the meal is.

[@ezzie_is]

If there is an option to use chopsticks I will always choose that option. I even use them to eat snacks like popcorn and Doritos to keep my fingers clean 😂

[@miniveedub]

Ryan, if that’s how you make your tea I’m not surprised you don’t drink it very often 😂 electric kettles not only boil a little bit quicker but they turn themselves off once they reach the boil instead of frantically whistling at you. Although clothes dryers aren’t common a lot of people still have one just in case they need it for relentless wet weather or something. Personally I hang the big stuff on the line and put the small stuff like undies and socks in the dryer. And I put my clothes on coat hangers to hang them out and just bring them in and straight in the wardrobe, none of this folding or ironing nonsense. You’re right about a lot of the food being fairly local, even the tropical fruit comes from Queensland on the east coast and from NW Western Australia on the west coast. Part of that is for bio security reasons to stop the spread of plant diseases and insect pests. Fruit and vegetables are usually seasonal not held in deep freezers to be brought out and available year round. Our meat doesn’t have hormones and antibiotics and our beef is not usually grain fed, it’s usually pasture fed. The NBN or National Broadband Network as it was originally designed was great but it was only in its infancy when we had a change to a conservative government that thought high speed broadband was unnecessary and only useful for playing games. They decided to roll out a bastardised version that was supposedly just as good and much cheaper. It ended up being an inferior, monumentally slow mish mash that cost a lot more and made our internet speeds a joke. Gradually their inferior version is being replaced with what was previously proposed but it’s a drawn out process and a lot of people have turned to alternatives.

[@Linda-bg5vd]

Need a dryer just in case of floods etc in Queensland

[@mika72.-Bois]

Re NBN I 100% agree with you!

[@NicholaWallace]

​@@Linda-bg5vdI'm lucky, I have an under the house clothes line. Dries in fresh air without being faded so much in the sun.

[@CarmelMoore-sg3bl]

My mother was sent to a Catholic boarding school during WW2. They weren’t allowed to talk during their lunch so the nuns used to read out all about table etiquette. Subsequently, tabled manners were drummed into me and my 5 sisters and 1 brother. No elbows on the table or you would receive a bit of a head slap.

[@patelk3648]

Lots of food stuffs are transported from east/west and west/east daily. Out truckies dont sleep 😊

[@johnwatters6922]

Head slap totally fine but contact with the table a taboo, seriously ?

[@jaykorhonen2903]

Inland we even even have beaches on the river in south western nsw. Wagga Wagga beach on the Murrumbidgee river was the first inland beach to ever make the list of the top 20 beaches and came in the 9th best beach in the country in 2020

[@grannyof12kids]

Well as far as I remember we had dual flush toilets in the 80s to save water, water, due to droughts I don't kniw where she's been there's free wifi everywhere, maybe not in the country , but in cities, most food is good because we have rules /laws to ensure it's fine ..

[@esmeraldagreengate4354]

Even in the country we have free wifi at lots of places. It's just crap is all 🤷‍♀️

[@wendyjohnson5711]

The video was made in 2017 I think. Lots of changes and upgrades since then

[@Goatcha_M]

Ah, No! I do not put peanut butter on strawberries, what a disgusting thought. Almost as disgusting as having both peanut butter and jam in the same sandwich.

[@judithstrachan9399]

Amen to both!

[@pg1376]

The idea of peanut butter on strawberry should be classified as a crime against humanity.

[@johnthornton73]

I first introduced to mashed banana with Vegemite on toast at a very young age by my Uncle. Peanut butter and mashed banana and a drizzle of honey is also delicious

[@angelinnz6796]

Agree. Chocolate goes on strawberries .... or cream

[@tianthee]

Peanut butter only goes with honey & banana

[@overworlder]

Driers are regarded as expensive. while a clothes line in the sun or a sunny room is completely free and only slightly more effort since you have to sort and fold at some point anyway

[@aussierando9582]

I put wet clothes on coat hangers then hang them on a clothes tree which is a plastic air drier and then when clothes are dry I just hang them straight in the wardrobe so there is no need to iron or fold so it’s much easier.

[@DeepThought9999]

No mould problems from those wet clothes?

[@nolaj114]

Same..males life easier and no peg marks.

[@Roszarie]

👍 I hang my coloured stuff in the shade so it doesn't fade.

[@bhsaproduction]

Electric kettles preceded microwaves and allows you to heat enough water for 1>many cups of tea/coffee/milo all at the same time. Most homes have gas or electric stovetops and using an electric kettle is often more convenient - plus our household power supply is 220-240 volts and a kettle heats water here quicker than in the USA.

[@StormMackenzie]

Also, Australian agriculture, such as our animal production systems, is one of the best systems in the world. We have a LOT of activists that say how badly animals are treated and majority of the time the footage and statistics are from America, and that stuff doesn’t happen in Australia. It’s really frustrating for me as an animal scientist because we have a lot of science and research trying to improve quality of life and humane practices for our production animals, and then a lot of the time farmers have to go AGAINST the evidence for what is best for the animals because consumers push for something based on incorrect information. E.g. free range piggeries… the mortality rate in free range is RIDICULOUSLY high and pigs are proven to suffer so much more yet more farmers are going free range because consumers think it’s better for the pigs when in reality it’s not.

[@coolhandluke1503]

Is it free range when they still never touch grass? I know nothing destroys vegetation quite like a pig, but same example for "free ranged eggs" they get to step 10meters outside, still overcrowded and unable to graze. At least they get to use their legs. Battery hens have a used by date of 1 year, in that time they never sleep and never walk. We used to get these chickens in 2weeks they'd be stable on their legs and on their way to a healthy long life of sometimes over 10 years. You only need a few or your forever giving eggs away. It's the definitions I have an issue with.

[@itsamindgame9198]

@@coolhandluke1503 "Free range" is not what it sounds like, but we generally do not have factory farming, with the possible exception of eggs. But it isn't battery farming itself that is the problem. We used to have a battery of cages attached to our chook shed, so that there was no back on the cages and chooks could go at will between the cages and the large chook shed. The shed had feed and water, nesting and roosting areas. The chooks still spent all day in the cages - because the could simply just eat and drink without doing much of anything else. Generally it was only one or two birds to the kind of cage that now has many times that, though. Apart from that, remember that it would be a stupid farmer that stresses or harms their livestock. Most do the best they can based on the best information available, up to the point where the consumer rejects their produce unless the do stupid things like free range their pigs. For any further welfare improvement, see the consumers not the farmers.

[@StormMackenzie]

@@coolhandluke1503 we have “caged” eggs, but the cages are bigger than battery cages now and have enrichment perches and aren’t as tiny as the images with multiple chooks stuck in a foot square space. But also, when given the chance, such as free range chooks, a lot of them don’t go very far (as someone above said). They’re mostly couch potato’s, imagine if you had weak legs and could just sit and be fed and watered and lay eggs with minimal exertion and just laze around. Not many would go out and about voluntarily jogging and exploring. I spoke to a chicken farmer, this is in WA so not sure about other states, but over here it’s basically a few farmers that have been around for AGES and perfected their business. And it’s very competitive. Happy chooks are the best layers, the best growers. Happy chooks mean better production, if you’re chooks aren’t happy with the competitiveness of the industry then you basically won’t make it and can’t operate profitably for very long. You just won’t survive as a business in such a close industry. I think one of the primary problems with free ranging animals that have been intensively farmed for so long is that they’ve been bred for that specific production style. Pigs and chickens are the main examples, they’ve been intensively farmed for a while in closed off barns where everything is controlled, temperature and ventilation and everything. Water and feed has been RIGHT there and they’ve never had to seek it out before. And they also haven’t a bit of that “bubble” scenario, they have really strict biosecurity around pigs and chickens, more than other production animals. Because they are so used to a controlled environment and get sick so easily when outside that environment… aka in free range. Not sure about pigs, but chicken farming is starting to go backwards to breed more for strengthening and health not just production (because laying hens are so weak and prone to things now). But I think the push to go from intense farming to free range has happened too quickly, the genetics of these animals just haven’t had a chance to evolve and catch up, so they are suffering as a result. But as I said, there’s more push from consumers and animals rights activists to make the animals lives better in ways that don’t necessarily improve the welfare of the animals. Consumerism outweighs the welfare of the animal, because it’s the consumer buying the products. An example is grass fed beef. People seem to hate the idea of supplementing grain to animals and feed lot farming, but a lot of the misinformation is from other countries not actually from australia (like some of the chemicals and antibiotics that people claim are added to grain). But the problem I have with it is that Australia can be brutal, we don’t have green pastures all year round, there’s feed shortages and limitations to pasture in most farming systems. Supplementing with grains can bridge the nutrition gap, and actually help the animals. Same with feedlot cattle, if introduced to feedlots appropriately and minimal stress methods, they are actually so much happier in a feedlot as they don’t have to waste energy walking to find feed and water, it’s nearby and right there. Another example that frustrated me is “sow stall free pork”. Sow stalls seem horrible, but they are soooooo much safer (proven many times over) for the piglets. There’s been many trials for alternatives, like sow stalls that the sow can come and go but the piglets are confined, but they’ve had many issues too. Sow stalls are only a temporary confinement and they aren’t in there forever, just when the piglets and tiny and squish able. And as someone who has had 3 babies, it honestly sounds appealing being able to just lay in a soft bed and feed the babies, being fed and watered and happy. And the science is there to back up the fact they are safer. But people see all these ads of pigs stuck in tiny cages and think it’s better for them to be free roaming when reality is different. It’s a matter of finding the balance between animal safety and enrichment, including their happiness in how we measure their health. Something hard to do (there’s a few studies just looking at that, trying to work out the best way to measure an animals happiness quantitatively). But because of consumer views and animal rights activists pushing for things that “look” better for the animals that aren’t necessarily better, or are based off facts from other production systems and countries, the priorities in research are skewed. We need to focus on what is going to benefit the animals whilst being productive and profitable (so that it actually gets done and doesn’t end up shutting down everyone if they try to do it), instead of trying to minimise the risks of doing what consumers misguidingly think is best.

[@HippieGrungePunk]

@@StormMackenzie Thanks for all that, I leaned a lot

[@StormMackenzie]

@@HippieGrungePunk sorry turned into a rant 🤣

[@CoralMcPherson]

Bananas grow straighter in cooler climates. The old nickname for someone from North Queensland is "Banana Bender"

[@aussiebornandbred]

All bananas grow straight, they send them to Bendemeer, near Tamworth to get the bend in them😂

[@danielponiatowski7368]

im much happier being called a sandgroper.

[@tacitdionysus3220]

Kettle boils in only a couple of minutes. Faster than any other method.

[@vk3crg]

Nearly 40% of Australian homes have rooftop solar systems installed. Lots of sunshine = free electricity! I live not far from Melbourne, so not the sunniest part of the country and I rarely have a power bill to pay really. It all balances out really. We also get credit for solar we generate that is exported back to the grid that we don't use. Also remember, our wages are higher, so the electricity price difference is not as much as you may initially think 😎Craig

[@jennifercampbell7698]

Yeah I have solar panels and a battery so I earn money for my feed in credit.

[@bronwyn6415]

@@jennifercampbell7698 Enjoy it while you can.

[@caltravels9454]

The NBN sucks because the government half arsed it, Kevin Rudd came up with it and was gonna be great, when he got the boot, the next government, instead of connecting direct to the home, they only went to the node, you can look that up, Billions spent, internet still sucks

[@nickislade5533]

You mean abbott and the coalition that stopped it.

[@marmadukescarlet7791]

I’m on the NBN and it’s fantastic-for me. It all depends on the level of service you have. Some areas have it good and some have almost no service

[@Faelinor]

@@marmadukescarlet7791 The issue is, because the network was half assed, instead of everyone getting gigabit speeds from the get go, the top tiers were limited to 100mbps. If we got the original plan from the start, then 1gbps would be standard now.

[@Rassskle]

Kevin Rudd did NOTHING for Australia but everything he could for CHINA. RUDDS NBN would have cost more than Covid and China would have reaped the profits and given direct access to every Aussie computer. The problems with the NBN are Telstra based. Telstra was a corrupt government sell off from the start. The whole exercise was the worst government fraud ever forced on the Australian people UNTIL Covid.

[@Delsin4077]

Actually if you look into it the NBN sucks because Rupert Murdoch paid the government to use the shitty cable and only go to the node instead of the planned to the home.So he could make Binge to compete with the other companies who were planning on making a streaming service once binge was announced the government announced that the NBN will be upgraded but we now have to pay out of pocket

[@lucindasavona2278]

Clothes Dyers chew up electricity. Dryers give you humungous power bills. The sun & wind are free. When you have as many hot days as Australia does, dryers are only used in emergencies.

[@cgkennedy]

I have solar power and have had nil balance electricity bills for the last couple of months.

[@bronwyn6415]

@@cgkennedy Depends on where you live and how many solar panels to have installed.

[@annaduffield8964]

Ryan electric kettles turn themselves off when the water has boiled!!! Best plus there is you don’t have to stand there or run back to take it off the stove when the water boils 😁

[@DianeFrey-e7f]

Table manners are ijmportant. We wouldn't say anything or embarrass anyone, but manners are important.

[@SoniaMcKellar]

The sand in Australia is white powder. Google Hyams beach South coast Australia. Often at the beach there is free BBQs for people to use that are clean. A full day out mate.

[@johnaquillo3397]

Electric Kettles have been very common in Australia for at least 40 years (early 1980's?). Advantages are they boil water faster and they also switch themselves off when they reach boiling point.

[@harryflashman9495]

Longer than 40 years.

[@Zygon13]

Electric kettles have been around since the 1920s in Australia. They were ceramic and Bakelite and early ones quite collectible.

[@mika72.-Bois]

Electric jugs have been in use in Australia from the 1930s? But they did not switch off automatically.

[@johnaquillo3397]

Yep.

[@johnaquillo3397]

Didn't know that, great!! 👍

[@rhondarjhjewellery7876]

Generally, we don't put our knife down to eat. We cut with our dominant hand and use the fork with our non-dominant hand.

[@AureliaMangan]

I would hurt internally or laugh at you but seriously who cuts a steak with a fork

[@mitzee8621]

I would as a sort of flex if I'm ever eating really tender steak. Although even in that case I'd more commonly use the back of the knife, and I would certainly never put the knife down once I've picked it up.

[@dianacourt377]

What the?

[@trish5111]

Table manners depends on the occasion. We are absolutely judging you. Especially if our son has brought you home for dinner lol. I didn't really push it with my son when he was little because meals were so stressful as a kid trying to follow all the rules !

[@Maureen-g2c]

Electric Kettles can be used for MUCH more than making tea and/or coffee. Anything that you need to make with boiling water is so much easier with electric kettles. Many people make the mistake of thinking they have to fill the kettle to the maximum each time they use it, only put in as much water as you need for each use. This allows it to boil faster and use less energy. Also I think you only have 110 volts in the US, where as most other countries have around the 240 volt mark, which means it would boil slower in USA.

[@dudleymills1427]

USA electric sockets limited to 15A * 120V = 1800W. Aus 10A * 240V = 2400W. 2400 / 1800 = 133% = USA 33% longer to boil.

[@anthonyj7989]

@@dudleymills1427 With the higher volts in Australia, does that make a deferens with the cost of power in Australia and America?

[@dudleymills1427]

@@anthonyj7989 Current * Voltage = Power. Amps * Volts = Watts. I did not answer your question. Cost of electricity is $ per unit Energy, (not $ / Amp, not $ / Volt, nor $ / kW). Power * Time = Energy. kW * h = kWh The $ / kWh is set in the market or by government regulation.

[@Maureen-g2c]

@@dudleymills1427 Thanks for that info, wasn't sure how it worked, but now I do. It's left me with another question though, if a kettle takes longer to boil because of voltage does it affect other appliances in the home like vacuum cleaners, washing machines, toasters or food blenders etc? I'm not trying to be a smart ass here it's a legitimate question. 😀😃

[@dudleymills1427]

@@Maureen-g2c USA kettle takes longer to boil, not due to voltage, but due to limit on power drawable from socket. USA socket 15 Amps, maximum power drawable: 15 Amps * 120 Volts = 1,800 Watts.

[@willpugh-calotte2199]

We've had all-day coverage here in Australia of the US presidential election as if it were one of our own federal elections. The only thing missing from the coverage was Antony Green (a legendary election-night analyst/commentator in Australia who covers all of our federal / state / territory elections, and has even covered elections in New Zealand and the UK).

[@ericafarrow667]

You’re talking about lady finger bananas. They are yummy. But we have all different varieties of bananas available as well as avocados and mangoes. Honey Gold is my favourite mango 👍

[@realriki]

There are shorter, fatter bananas in Australia, they are called Lady Fingers (bit of an insult to ladies really), but the most common type is Cavendish bananas (and there are a few other types). Maybe search for "types of bananas in Australia".

[@joandsarah77]

20:00 I would find that quite funny. The kind of thing where we would say nothing, but later at home, you can bet we talked about the '"funny American" and had a good laugh.

[@cbjones2212]

Electric kettles have been an Aussie thing for decades - but we use stove top kettles as well. Look up Nilsen Pottery Kookaburra Electric Jug/Kettle. They're actually kookaburra shaped and began in 1920s/30s. They're ceramic with bakelite lids and the kookaburra 'beak' forms the pouring spout.

[@mkwn2320]

Watch a movie called "The Fastest Indian" a line in it by an American says to Sir Anthony Hopkins, Playing a New Zealander, Just remember that the drivers side of the car is always to be in the middle of the road whether you drive on the right or left side. Watch the movie and be educated

[@thenumberpirates]

Kettles are a must have in every kitchen along with a toaster. We use them more than anything else in the kitchen, coffee, tea, 2min noodles or even if you're fitting a hose, boil water and soak the hose in it to soften and expand it. 1st thing we buy moving in.

[@livertic]

Americans struggle with cutlery

[@davidmalarkey1302]

Just like a toddler.

[@BobWobbles]

That's because you don't need a knife and fork to eat a big mac.

[@terryjeisman7550]

Unlike the yanks we all grew up with more than one knife in the house and have no need to pass the knife from person to person.

[@letsseeif]

In the early years of this CENTURY Steve Brackes saved VICTORIA AUSTRALIA by Inventing the Duel Flush Toilet during a drought where he is said to have said "We may never see Green lawns again. And I for one still use dual Flush Toilets.

[@esmeraldagreengate4354]

I didn't think you could get anything other than dual flush now

[@allenwheatley1900]

Rubbish, Sth Oz had duel flush inthe 70s. Nothing to do with vic drugs of this century!

[@RudieMuia]

That's right. Must be a dual system. ​@@esmeraldagreengate4354

[@bar-d1423]

No, no, Ryan. You need to pour boiling water onto tea leaves to extract their flavour. Anything else tastes stewed. Don’t ever admit you stew your tea!😮

[@joandsarah77]

If you are making tea, you never just warm the water, it needs to boil to steep properly! Is this how Americans normally make tea? No wonder the British say you can't make tea. Tea sacrilege. 😱 We use our kettles for more than just tea. Our kettle has various heat settings. What if you are cooking and the recipe calls for a cup of boiling water? If you are already using your stove you would have to wait and then, garb another pan. Sound annoying. A full kettle of boiling water also makes a good free weed killer.

[@thisnametaken3735]

In 2017 the NBN broadband sucked, mainly because the original idea of full fibre to the home was scuppered by a change of government. The Conservative LNP decided to do it half-arsed with fibre to cabinet in the street, and existing copper to the home. It's like building a multi-lane freeway to 3 kilometres short of an airport, and then using donkeys on a dirt track to the boarding gates. Mobile data here is restricted by there being a small population in a large country. Building towers in locations that would make it more viable is just too expensive. I live 10km from a large city centre, and the mobile reception is rubbish.

[@nerissarowan8119]

Unfortunately, phones through Telstra is the solution to your problem. But even then, my parents can’t get good signal inside and have to walk up the driveway for decent phone signal.

[@thisnametaken3735]

@@nerissarowan8119 Yep. The same here. I get a reliable signal only in the bathroom, toilet, and laundry. Otherwise the phone goes on speaker and put on a table. Turning around and facing east will drop the call.

[@JennyMillikan]

I was in a bus las Vegas near the driver i looked up and screamed, i was on the other side of the road, that poor driver scared the hell out if him. L.A airport i got in the front of the taxi that poor driver he looked at me with a petrified face and then said you must be Australian he let me sit there all the way to the hotel. Got used it

[@infin8ee]

It's a fright 😂

[@michaelbentley278]

When I was a student here in Australia I had an American roommate (from Schenectady) who scared the living daylights out of me by turning corners in his VW and driving up the wrong (right) side of the road

[@gailstevens6831]

Hanging washing out on the line goes back decades. We are happy to use the sun to dry our clothes - it's healthier and better for the clothes. NBN has come a long way since she made that video.

[@Danceofmasks]

Replacing one problem with another. My phone is disabled even though it works perfectly fine, just because it's an import and not on the senate's approved list.

[@GrethCunnington]

Depends where you live, not available here, 4 km outside Adelaide metro zone, so we have satellite.

[@adrianpalladino3388]

Also better for the environment with less energy use, esp those without solar panels.

[@trevorchapman1694]

Its not WiFi that you are talking about. That's the wireless transmission inside your house. You mean internet connection. It's slow due to political interference. It's improving now.

[@trevorcook4439]

Censorship is on the decline after today

[@clintdaniel7511]

@@trevorcook4439surely you jest…censorship is about to become the norm again

[@trevorcook4439]

@ ah no. Left wing parties across the world have being aiming for censorship. Elon Musk and X is all I need to say yet you’ll still not believe it.

[@coolhandluke1503]

What internet or political interference?

[@trevorcook4439]

@@clintdaniel7511 yeah Elon is all about censorship, as is Donald 😂😂

[@briantayler1230]

G'day mate, the kettle boils and turns off in a minute max. We drink instant coffee using the kettle, not drip coffee.

[@janwalker8716]

Learnt is correct for past tense here

[@judithstrachan9399]

Really? I learned “learned”. Where is here for you? I did have English grandparents & used to say a few things differently.

[@bar-d1423]

No, it’s learned.

[@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138]

​@@judithstrachan9399learnt. Aust and UK English.

[@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138]

​@@bar-d1423That's American English.

[@FM-jg1yr]

@@bar-d1423 Not in Aust

[@BowieZ]

13:24 no, she actually pronounced Melbourne correctly lol, MelBURN is just the way we tell Americans to say it because it's easier than explaining Mel'b'n.

[@paulmolloy4649]

We use 240 volts as our power supply. It is quicker to boil using an electric one.

[@ChristopherJewels]

When I lived in South Korea & did frequent trips to Japan, I always had to be super careful of which side of the road the traffic was going and in what country I was in. Japan drives on the left and Koreans on the right. First time I experienced right hand side driving was in Laos, so I totally understand the initial confusion and dismay.

[@FM-jg1yr]

@@ChristopherJewels my brother and wife have just returned from Soeul after 3 years. She is with DFAT and was 2nd to the Aust Ambassador there. I am now addicted to K-dramas and K-pop LOL

[@ChristopherJewels]

@@FM-jg1yr Check out vintage K Pop Super Junior - Sorry, a major hit when I worked in Korea.

[@madozloco]

My experience in Laos was that you can drive on any side you want

[@judithstrachan9399]

You did vote? Excellent.

[@trevorcook4439]

He’s not the smartest. I think his candidate lost.

[@NicholaWallace]

We have a variety of sand on our beaches. Ranging from fine white to course yellow to dirty brown. In summer it can be so hot that you need to run across to the damp areas. In many places the sand squeaks as you walk. I love near some excellent beaches and even on very busy days you'll find quiet locations because we usually don't have enough people to fill up a beach. 😅

[@davidmalarkey1302]

American use their cutlery 🍴 like a toddler.

[@himbo754]

Who won? The criminal, not the prosecutor.

[@stevegraham3817]

No one won - but Camel Ah got voted against.

[@sarahbergmeier1154]

The criminal

[@stevegraham3817]

No one won, especially the US Citizens.

[@RoxanneHudson-dd3bs]

Last week it was sorta hot. I got 3 loads of washing done, dried and put away in one day.

[@annaduffield8964]

I have no idea where you live but every single shopping centre have free wifi. And I have never had issues with getting internet service and our nbn is good enough for serious gamers who I understand need good internet speeds for their streaming. It always amazes me how much Americans say we have bad wifi and yet when I went to the USA I had way more issues with internet connectivity than I’ve ever had here in Australia.

[@caltravels9454]

Salvo's are a not for profit organisation, a charity, began in England. Sales only go to administration costs pretty much.

[@DanDownunda8888]

And the staff are volunteers.

[@shazza160]

Wring. Salvos is not a charity anymore.

[@DavidCalvert-mh9sy]

On the topic of electric kettles, you don't need to wash it internally. And immersing the kettle in water, or worse, putting it into the dishwasher, spells quick death to the heating element. Not to mention the smoke and sparks next time you use it. However, depending on the local water supply, the inside of the kettle may need to have the mineral build-up removed using de-calcification solutions available in every supermarket and hardware store. In most places this only needs to be done every 2 years.

[@adrianpalladino3388]

Just use half a lemon in slices in the kettle overnight, it removes the calcium & mineral build up.

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

If you eat with just a fork, yeah we'd probably be judgy

[@joandsarah77]

The fatter shorter bananas are 'lady Fingers" We grow both those and the longer 'Cavendish".

[@Misdajay73]

Electric kettle turns off automatically when it's done 😉

[@rollerat22]

Hey Ryan no one cuts steak with a fork here also i'm happy with the NBN in (Sydney) i get about 55mbps and it costs about $90 a month. do agree driving on the other side of the road is tricky i stopped playing cyberpunk 2077 it was too hard to drive on the right-hand side. most Macca's have free Wifi Newcastle is a large costal town/city about 2 hours' drive from Sydney it's lovely there

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

Can everyone stop calling the internet "WiFi"? They're not the same thing. Wifi is a substitute for an ethernet cable.

[@sjb2471]

Dryer use has little to do with cost, decades ago when electricity was extremely cheap, Australians still didn’t use dryers much. It’s partly cultural, but mostly due to climate and space, historically. Also, we recognise that dryers are damaging to clothes and lately the realisation, also the environment.

[@hbaykiwi]

Kettle is much faster than a microwave or electric stove. 2kw of energy going direct into heating the water. Its about twice as fast as a 1000w microwave. It needs to boil to extract the stuff out of the tea leaves properly.

[@ajcooler8439]

NBN internet is super fast. You get what you pay for. 10 devices streaming movies simultaneously in your home. All shopping centres, mcdonalds etc have free wifi. I don't know why she says Australia is well known for slow wifi. We invented it. The lack of air pollution gives us very blue skies, Europeans often comment.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

In Newcastle where she is there are beaches that are over 30km long and some days you could be the only person there lol

[@FM-jg1yr]

@@lillibitjohnson7293 I love Newie

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

@ it’s gods country, has a bit of everything within an hours drive

[@Swish64]

Yep beach to bush all within a morning Love Newcastle

[@MrAZed209]

Microwaving water with a tea bag is a sure way to make a cup of crappy tea. Any tea maker knows you pour the boiling water over the tea whether it's a bag or leaf tea. That's probably why you don't drink much tea there.

[@Steve_P_B]

Exactly. Microwaving with a teabag at the very least results in a burst teabag and a mouthful of tealeaves