American Reacts to "Why Do The British Look Down on Americans?"

[@mrjinks5641]

It’s not that we look down on Americans, we just don’t look up to them.

[@101steel4]

It's more pity than anything else 😂

[@marvinc9994]

EXCELLENT comment!😀

[@LeftUntilRight]

Well said, this is a common sentiment. I personally think, a lot of Americans think the rest of the world is kind of star struck with the US of A but the world is not. Americans often give themselves a little too much credit in that regard. Lol

[@GrafindeKlevemark]

Great answer !!!!

[@mrjinks5641]

@Berley_1234 Try stringing a coherent sentence together.

[@neuralwarp]

If you want to find out UK attitudes, you'd need to ask outside the London bubble.

[@sandrahughes8645]

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[@williambailey344]

Yes absolutely true to the fact 😊

[@darrenwicks5772]

London is quite a big bubble with people from all over the UK living there

[@neilgayleard3842]

True and older British people.

[@shaunfarrell3834]

Agree, the responses struck me as very typically London metropolitan. While not wrong as such they have a very recognisable bias/cultural viewpoint that is in no way reflective of the rest of the country, it’s some what less broad and diverse in viewpoint

[@Goonerdarma]

I've been to America many times, but always happy to home to the UK. If theres one thing I dislike about the US, it's the statement you hear all the time, that America is the greatest country in the world, which is just nonsense.

[@manuel_winde]

I remember Dr Gabor Matè saying something along the likes of, that if you had a neighbour that constantly told you they were the best in the world and constantly said that everyone wanted to be like them and that they had to fix everyone else’s problems because they were the greatest and best in the world…. He would diagnose them with narcissistic personality disorder. Then as a Canadian he explains that he does have a neighbour like that, the USA 😂

[@seanlittle1261]

@@manuel_winde Trump is a classic example!! (I'm a Brit btw and not commenting on his politics - just him!)

[@nothanks4509]

Dont come back we dont need ya here

[@jat1994]

I wish Americans would realise that England is much more than just London

[@Barlofontain]

I wish the English would realise that the UK is much more than just England

[@w2cky400]

@@Barlofontain What? We do. Its just alot of the time when people refer to the UK, they do mean england and they would say other countries like wales or scotland by their actual name.

[@ruairi_d]

​@@w2cky400 and Northern Ireland too lol

[@dylandonut1234]

@@ruairi_dwhat’s that place?

[@ruairi_d]

@@dylandonut1234 seriously?

[@debbieidi5517]

As an American/British citizen, (I hold dual nationality), who has lived in England for 39 years, I can say I’m so very grateful to be here. Britain is not perfect. Like any country, we of course have our share of problems. But I don’t have to worry about health care. I didn’t have to worry about my precious children’s safety when I sent them off to school. America has changed so much. I don’t recognise the country I knew as a child. The direction it seems to be taking now really frightens me. I will always love the country of my birth, but I could never go back there. 😢

[@blurbbbb8397]

Where in England have you lived

[@carolemiller198]

Never heard this before, I don't look down on Americans.

[@dann756]

As a British guy living in Arizona, my job makes me lucky enough to have health-care. I dropped a fork on my foot, my girlfriend called me an ambulance cos the blood was intense. I was told, without insurance it would have cost me $890 just for the ride to hospital. When I was in the UK I had a seizure on the sidewalk, the ambulance ride, 4 days in hospital, 3 meals each day(choices from menu like a restaurant) and the cab home.. all free. The thing is, everyone puts a little into the costs via taxes there. Which is 100% how it should be

[@Smoshy16]

Don't worry. The chickens are coming home to roost in Britain too. We are being screwed over by our politicians no matter where you live.

[@gillianrimmer7733]

I don't look down on Americans, but I do feel confused by them. I just don't understand how they can be so opposed to universal healthcare, generous paid vacation time, paid maternity/paternity leave, and stricter gun laws. I just feel that they would be a lot happier as a nation if they voted for these things.

[@jerry2357]

12:01 I disagree with the woman who said we are more connected with America than with Europe. I always feel that America is very foreign when I visit there, but if I go to Germany or Austria or other places in Europe I feel at home, despite the language barrier.

[@alal-yy7jg]

I literally wrote the same thing before I came across your comment. I 100% agree, I feel European, not some weird America clone like what these people are trying to make out to be. I don't think we have very much in common with the USA especially when compared to Europe and European culture.

[@nomarxistspls90]

I feel nothing like other European countries.@@alal-yy7jg

[@valeriedavidson2785]

I am English. I do not feel similar to either Americans or europeans I think that we are different from other countries. Just look at our history..

[@xm7ld]

Same. I'm definitely European

[@michaelgray7847]

I don't feel European, in the least. I'm specifically English, Northumbrian .

[@stewrmo]

I have always felt that the whole "4th July" thing has another to do with it. We are taught that stuffing war victories down the "losers" throat is bad form (apart from footy, which is brutal as you know). We have Remembrance Day to remember our dead, we wear poppies and have minutes silence, the Americans ram it down our throats, with huge celebrations, and fireworks. This is just beyond us, we have won wars for thousands years but we don't have one celebration over our defeated foes. Why Americans do this is seen as crass and uncivilised. I may be wrong.

[@davidwhite4874]

I think they celebrate the fact that the victory led to them becoming an independent nation, rather than just a colony.

[@stewrmo]

@davidwhite4874 Yeah David, I am aware of that, and I understand it. But, we don't have a party day to celebrate ridding ourselves from the Romans, the Vikings, Napoleon, the WW1 nations, WW2 nations, and the other wars we have won. Americans celebrate winning a war over us, when we were fighting Napoleon remember, and then rub it in our face each year, this wouldn't happen here. Just a theory.

[@kayleighrothwell8189]

​@@stewrmonot just the French, the Spanish and the Dutch, they celebrate nothing as we were stretched thin the American war was not that much of a victory, without the French they woukd of lost

[@joepiekl]

Aye, we'd never say "two world wars and one world cup" or anything, would we? Hell. we've got an entire gesture based on Agincourt.

[@davidwhite4874]

@@stewrmo ​ Not the same, though, is it? The Romans were thousands of years ago before there was any idea of a cohesive nation, the Vikings was a more complex matter and, again, the UK was not a nation and Napoleon didn't occupy the UK. I don't know what you mean when you talk about the WW1 and WW2 nations, but we all mark the end of those wars with celebrations or days of remembrance. Countries who celebrate an Independence Day include, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzogovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Poland and that's just a few of the ones in Europe. There are many more and even more around the world. Are India and Israel "rubbing our faces in it' when they celebrate their Independence Days? There may be some of that, but I think it's mostly celebrating the idea that they could have a self - determining future.

[@diane9656]

British music/bands are the best, hands down 🇬🇧

[@khashayar8989]

Yes by far

[@lapsypal]

Bottom line is the modern world grew out of Britain. It was called the industrial revolution and it began in Britain.

[@kayleighrothwell8189]

Hear hear

[@michaelmcdonald5631]

By the £ the slave owners got when ,( they had to give up their property) helped to fianance the industry revolution

[@guywilletts2804]

​@@michaelmcdonald5631interestingly, one of the biggest products of the industrial revolution was cotton clothing, made in places like Manchester (cottonopolis was its nickname). Guess where the raw materials came from. Guess who picked it.

[@RichardDevereauxEarlofEssex]

@@guywilletts2804 So, you're intimating that by buying cotton from America, makes the Mancunions culpable for slavery in the USA. That's pretty sketchy, why don't you add that 'Being Human' makes us all liable?

[@andrewmackay8856]

Rule bretania, uk on a downard spiral after brexit

[@jackielouise7538]

I think we need Joel as an ambassador for the UK 😊 I don't look down on the Americans. It's more that I get the feeling that a lot of them see America as the centre of the universe and think that nowhere else could possibly be as good. As Joel said, they tend to be self-absorbed and forms opinions without educating themselves first.

[@kayleighrothwell8189]

Exactly

[@daftirishmarej1827]

... but ALWAYS want to say they're Scottish/German/Italian. One or t'other 😂

[@alithealien]

I'm English and Joel, I think you are such a nice, thoughtful young man. Keep up the good work and hope you come and visit Britain again. In many ways you act very British.

[@Moosealini]

My old gramps would say “Damn Yanks …2 World Wars and they were 3 years late for both” 😂

[@davidcook7887]

That is one of the best videos I have seen. I’m a 68 yr old bloke who worked for 2 American companies for 20 yrs in the computer industry. The US is a ‘ go get’ country whilst Britain is an ‘ already got’ country. Britain is still around. It will be a hard act to follow, believe me, USA.

[@susiea9058]

Go get, as if encourage everybody to live in greed, debt and a permanent state of wa r. I wish we were more like Germany and the rest of north Europe and Scandinavia. However British and USA banks are so closely linked, that Thatcher did the opposite of Germany in the 80s by making millions unemployed, destroying while communities, and then leaving us with an economy based on greed and debt. Everybody was encouraged to be a greedy yuppie, trying to be like the upper classes, until it crashed by the early 90s, when many couldn't pay back the debts they were encouraged to live on.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

And the UK is ahead of the US in some areas of Tech, which is always a surprise to us. We had faster national internet speeds for years, we use contactless (and previously chip and pin) for simple bank card transactions, where, outside of big US cities, they are still 20 years behind the UK (still using cheques and taking peoples cards to the back of the restaurants, are prime examples).

[@MsElfdee]

I'm a old British woman who's backpacked round the world, travelled with a few Americans, now close friends. I don't think we look down at American's, its more that disappointed parent look at a self-involved excitable pubescent teen.

[@kevwhufc8640]

That's a strange thing to say, I'm a British person. People from the island generally say I'm an English or I'm Welsh or I'm Scottish.. Whenever I've travelled abroad including to the states And in asked are you British, I always reply no I'm English mate .

[@meashearim9602]

So patronizing...

[@Tony-c7z9t]

The biggest problem with Americans is the education system, it shoves patriotism so hard into the young that it effectively becomes communists.

[@Jill-mh2wn]

I totally agree . When you look at the things that excite most Americans ( as they present themselves to the world), it`s fast cars ,who's got the most of anything, the biggest ,guns ,lots of activities with lots of noise .

[@danny1ft1]

@@kevwhufc8640 then you're wrong because you're British, just saying as another Englishman, I find nationalist English such a weird stance to take, are you not proud to be British when our brothers across borders have done so much for our country?

[@brkr85]

You are such an impressive young guy. As a Brit, its really great seeing how much you want learn , but also educate your friends back in the US. Really smart guy and you will go far with your mentality 👍 wish you the best for your channel

[@BarrySuridge]

Whatever is in Prince Henry's book can basically be taken with a grain of salt.

[@TimBadger-w7d]

You mean Rachel Ragland’s book.

[@larryfisher2633]

Same as this post

[@JDizzlekl3yh]

I hate when Americans ask ‘Why do you drive on the wrong side of the road?’ Arrggghhh 😠

[@joepiekl]

"I love your accent" as a comment on every British content creator's account.

[@JDizzlekl3yh]

@@joepiekl aww I like that one! ❤️

[@rosieposie6521]

Just plain ignorance 🤮

[@StevenKeery]

JDizzleki: In return ask them why y'all butcher our English Language? 😂

[@JDizzlekl3yh]

@@StevenKeery 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻

[@jillosler9353]

This is ONE Vlogger! We either like a person or don't - regardless of their colour, creed or religion. However, I do think that most Americans are ignorant of the world at large and think they invented everything; but that is mostly down to not travelling outside their own country and being taught 'you are the best'. Most Americans I have ever met have been friendly and fun.

[@karensimpson4869]

Agreed , 50% of Americans don’t own a passport and half of them will never leave the state they grew up in . They are taught that they are greatest nation in the world with a go get attitude and family is everything. Personally I read this as help yourself because the government won’t and the only support network your going to get is your family so don’t get ill unless your insured. 😊

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@karensimpson4869 It's nearly 60% of US Americans, who don't have a passport.

[@sophiabee8924]

For me, in the like stakes, Americans are at an immediate disadvantage.

[@stevewallace1387]

I'm English but I do not look down on anyone. I have spoken to many Americans in London and even though they do tend to be a bit louder than us they have all been very friendly and nice people

[@kikip2791]

That might be because they travel and so, might be more open minded and more open to learn.

[@Tyndaal604]

The funny thing is... To a Northerner, London is the America of England. There really isn't much of a difference there. In the NORTH of England, you'll find wayyyy different opinions. The North is more down to earth than the South. I asked my dad what He thinks of Americans and He said "They got so good at acting, they didn't stop, Everything they do is showbiz." 😂

[@gooffey81]

You spoke very well in this video. Respect young man.

[@gkkes]

"Do you know the Royal Family?" "Yep, we use the same pub!"

[@luvstellauk]

Whilst I voted Remain in the Brexit referendum what needs to be understood is that the British people did not vote for a United States of Europe back in 1973, they voted to join The Common Market which was a trade entity, without their say it turned in to a political entity. The misconception is the the British hate Europeans because we voted to leave the political entity that is the EU, this is not the case at all and there are European countries that are not in the EU like Norway, Switzerland and Iceland for example plus small principalities like Monaco, Andorra and Liechtenstein. We are European, what is disputed is whether we want to be part a political entity.

[@SeeDaRipper...]

Well said.

[@rossmackay-williams4583]

Sorry a good 50% of them voted that way to stop immigration of Muslims and nothing more....deluded to think that when there not from the EU and are from all the countries we attacked for no good reasons and the reasons given was a lie

[@luvstellauk]

@@AlexGys9 I never said I didn't, I was just giving some context. We were given a vote on joining a trade community back in 1973, we didn't vote to become part of a United States of Europe, may I also add that our application to join the common Market was vetoed by France twice previously, De Gaulle didn't want the UK to be in the Common Market. As mentioned I thought on balance we were better off remaining in the EU however I completely understand why people would vote leave. I never got all the remoamer bullshit which mainly came from the political elite who had their own, often financial reasons for staying in the EU and stirred up by the MSM, contrary to what the MSM and these politicians say, xenophobia and racism was not why most voted to leave, they simply didn't think we were getting a good deal.

[@mariatheresavonhabsburg]

​@@luvstellauk That's borderline insane considering the U.K most likely had one of (if not the) best deal's as an EU-member

[@mmckenzie8085]

​@@mariatheresavonhabsburg Indeed we did. I voted remain by the way. I didn't and still don't agree with all the Union do but for me on balance we had a better deal. We had more power within the Union than many other countries do. I think that is also why we were always considered the troublemakers of the Union. I personally take that as a compliment. Always good to stir the pot and not just blindly capitulate 😂 I think many over here didn't realise how much sway we had. We drew the line at deciding how wonky our bananas could be. I personally love a wonky banana. It is so British. Imperfection can be just perfect 😂 I do sometimes think the Union has got way to big for it's boots and there is much room for improvement. However I still regret us leaving and no matter how dishonest the referendum might have been imo the majority who voted, not the best turn out as we were complacent, voted leave and that is how democracy works even if it was a small margin. So I need to just deal with it no matter what I feel personally. Other countries have to deal with worse so it may be a bitter pill but I have swallowed it. ❤

[@stephengreen3801]

You, and your channel, show that there are educated, informed and open minded Americans Joel. Every society has its ill informed and arrogant element and its great that platforms like KZbin exist to help break down those stereotypical views. You will always be welcome in our country.

[@G53ij]

I have been to the States many times and as a Londoner can only say how friendly, pleasant, helpful I found them. All parts of the USA had great people, we enjoyed all our trips over there and happily welcome them here too. We don’t look down on anyone. Love to you all. x

[@sophiabee8924]

I had to work there for a year. OMG.....worst year of my life and I'm retired now.

[@Geordie_mess]

I’m a Geordie, been to many different parts of the US and really like it and the people. The only thing I would say negative towards Americans is they’re ignorant towards other parts of the world (through no fault of their own) this includes accents as soon as they’re not an American accent lots of people just say they can’t understand you. In Colorado I couldn’t order two beers at a bar 😂

[@MorDreadful]

Tbh, Broad Geordie, which I rarely hear anymore, is not exactly the easiest when spoken at it's natural speed (fast). I grew up in THE Geordie Regiment (15/19 KRH) and understood very clearly Broad and fast spoken Geordie. It's really not hard to understand Geordie, it's the preconception that it is hard, though it also uses very old English words in the more old English Style, though you may not realise it. I used to be told to Gan Leik as a kid by those Geordie Squaddies (Gan Leik = go play and from the Old Norse for those not knowing but also a Geordie term not heard much nowadays). Geordie, a singing dialect as in it sounds like singing compared to others, is a dying language from what I grew up with, a beautiful language just like the Mackem had Wearside which is now lost. Geordie is the most down to earth dialect you can get in England tbh, now that is, Wearside was the other. You should hear a German speak German with a Geordie accent, absolutely amazing. Her husband, a Geordie, would speak German perfectly but faster than any German, they asked him to slow down and thought he was a born and bred German, they thought his wife was a Geordie.

[@SeeDaRipper...]

Mate, I'm from Stoke, and had 'Geordie' grand parents (Chester-Le-Street) When i went to visit as a child, i could not make head nor tail what the people were saying, ultra fast...But hey, at least i was a 'canny lad'😁

[@Geordie_mess]

@@MorDreadful I know the history of the accent and I’m a nerd for that stuff! I was literally saying “can I have two beers please?” When they weren’t able to understand me. Maybe it was because it was a small town where they never hear any other accents as I’ve had no problems in LA or NYC

[@cultfiction3865]

More Americans can probably understand a geordie than English people can

[@snoopy63ify]

@@MorDreadfulAs a Mackem, it’s very sad to hear that the dialect has been diluted in Wearside.

[@SeanGunn-if8ik]

Here's what it boils down to. We look at Americans like our young wild cousins. Sometimes well shake our heads and other times were your biggest cheerleaders. Ones things for, we're extremely proud that our young badass cousin is also our best friend that we'll love forever. We couldn't imagine a world without you and I'm sure you lot feel the same way.

[@ArchimandritePhilip]

I have visited USA four times. On each occasion (Miami, New York and Upstate NY) I was shown amazing hospitality, kindness, warmth, welcome, decency, old fashioned courtesy, and generosity. Everyone told me I'd hate NY BUT although I don't get the built up environment I found it to be such a warm hearted, generous, open minded city. EVERYONE I met did everything possible to make my stay as interesting, fun and memorable as possible. Even the tour guide added places to the route because he thought I might enjoy them (I did) and the Deli wouldn't take money from me, the ice cream lady wouldn't let me pay, the bagel lady refused my money, the hotel staff and other guests helped navigate stuff like biscuits and gravy (not nice - yuk) and grits (even worse) and pancakes, streaky bacon and maple syrup with eggs and powdered sugar (really delicious), and the coffee machine (yum). So do I look down on Americans? Not one bit. I was in awe. Also what wonderful lakes, hills and rivers! If you want to blow your mind take a look at the Hudson River. There were so many casual surprises (jails, malls, huge cars, slow drivers, terrible trains, guns left by the door of restaurants along with muddy boots. I was there last time at Thanksgiving. It was such a lovely time. Three cheers Americans!

[@StevenKeery]

Archimandrite: The only thing Brits leave at the door with their muddy boots are umbrellas. Some of those umbrellas are automatics but not 9mm or 12 guage. 😂

[@ArchimandritePhilip]

@@StevenKeery 😂

[@miaschu8175]

Why would business people give you stuff for free? That's not friendliness, that's plain weird! I'm not impressed by the guns left at the door - who would be? (Btw, powdered sugar is known as icing sugar in the UK.) I don't look down on Americans. There are aspects of American culture that I look down on, but I can't blame people who were born into that culture, just as there are aspects of British culture that I don't like, but know that most people think it's the way things should be (royalty, privilege, etc.). I think that there are friendly people everywhere you go, and most people are more likely to help you than not. I wouldn't expect them to give me stuff gor free, though; tourists are a good source of revenue.

[@ArchimandritePhilip]

@@miaschu8175 I wouldn't expect anyone to do anything special for me or treat me differently from anyone else. Having so said: I am always treated really nicely by others and have been since I was very little. I think it may be a reflection of the fact that I find other people really interesting and genuinely like people. Everyone likes to be liked and everyone loves to be loved and they then reciprocate. I have travelled a great deal and lived in nine different countries and you are right: lovely people are everywhere. The New Yorkers (city and state) were beyond the norm though. I had a ball from the moment I stepped off the plane.

[@hs964]

Nice to see such a curious and intelligent youtuber. You're interested, what to learn but also challenge. Unlike many youtube channels that just want fame and fortune dissing or even hating a particular celebrity

[@annettemoynihan7064]

The one thing I actually love about KZbin is that alot of Americans are actually learning about the rest of the world 🌎 I watch alot Americans react channels

[@johnbishop6024]

"I don't know what Americans he met that were honest and direct" ... made me laugh, Joel. Thanks!

[@allanpalmer3143]

'Forever Autumn' by Justin Heywood will always sound better than 'Forever Fall'!

[@StevenKeery]

I remember watching a series of American videos made during WW2. It was called, 'Know your Ally' and was narrated, I think, by Walter Houston. It was intended for young American troops arriving in the UK to help them understand the local populace. It was released by your War Department of the time and is well worth a watch. It was a compare and contrast theme. The values we shared and how we expressed them. Our pastimes and interests, our beliefs and what was important to us. I think you would enjoy it.

[@theowenssailingdiary5239]

The biggest problem in America is the news cycle-there is enough interesting news in America to fill up the whole hour. Its no wonder that they seem self-absorbed, when all they hear about is themselves. Secondly, all Western countries are taught to feel this 'shame' of their past, rather than pride in it, or even interest. We have been taught to self-loathe and its brought the enemy to the gate. I love yez all, from the colony of Oz.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

London is the least British city in Britain. It's about 12% of the population but it's also the most "cosmopolitan" (aka mixed and European) collective in the country. Pollsters actually know where to go to ask a question and know what the answers will be. It's easy and been done for advertising for a long time. He got the answers he wanted because he asked in a place he knew would give him the responses he expected.

[@AledPritchard]

WOW! What a great video from you, well thought out, great input and solid critical thinking, as always. Nice one Joel! 👌🏻 ❤

[@annieh8956]

I have American friends who are great, all work in the NHS which they love. When I visited New York these 3 American guys were shouting how America is the best country in the world. They were homeless and living in a homeless shelter, not so GREAT!

[@tenniskinsella7768]

Msybe tbey were being sarcastic

[@zybch]

@@tenniskinsella7768Americans get sarcasm now???!!!

[@dfpguitar]

It is the most cringe thing in the world when Americans start chanting "U S A, U S A" at sporting events. As if they were not already the enormous favourite! The English football fans are the most annoyingly nationalistic of these isles but it would be unlikely for even them to chant "England , England" at a sporting event. Certainly not in sports that are not football. Americans would chant USA during a Piano playing contest. So unbearably cringe.

[@karensimpson4869]

@@zybch no they don’t which to us Brits is a national pass time along with cheeky banter . They don’t get irony either !!!

[@shaunfarrell3834]

We take the piss out of our friends, the US thinks we are being serious. As friends and proven allies we politely point out the error of your ways, entirely for your own good.

[@MelanieRuck-dq5uo]

Actually, football was 'invented' in Sheffield, South Yorkshire in the north of England. I refer you to the series of KZbin videos on this subject.

[@mana3735]

No it wasn't. That's where the league was created.

[@MelanieRuck-dq5uo]

@@mana3735 Yes, you are quite right, but I just couldn't remember what was what with Sheffield. So, thank you for shaping what I was trying to say.

[@kevwhufc8640]

I really enjoyed the Netflix series, shame it wasn't longer . Another series explaining the how the north south joined and the start of the league as we know it all came about. The old 1st 2nd 3rd 4th divisions..

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Football was invented in Scotland but the English had to put some rules in it, to cut down on the deaths and injuries.

[@jacquelinehecht7256]

Joel, you are such intelligent young guy, I love that you are so truthful, you are very honest, hope there are millions of more young people like you in America

[@greghilton7797]

In London a woman looked at me and said "Australian are you." I replied, "You started it!" The look on her face was priceless.

[@QTGetomov]

I agree with the theory of the narcissism of small differences very much, but I also see an identity clash that looks like sibling rivalry inflated to a national scale. We antagonise and annoy one another, we criticise one another, but there's still that "Special Relationship" which ties us together...

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

"Special relationship"? Don't fall for THAT nonsense.

[@fishtigua]

I played volleyball with some of the American crew of the America's Cup sailing team. They kept whooping it up and shouting motivational calls. I grabbed one by the shirt collar and told him to stop. I know how to play sport, thanks very much.

[@sophiabee8924]

Never been to Anfield then? 😂 YNWA❤

[@fishtigua]

@@sophiabee8924 That's a soocer team isn't it?

[@ezzapaigexo]

Us brits actually don’t really like being asked questions 😂 We answer very sarcastically

[@IntelLady]

Brit married to an American here. My friends and family have always been non judgemental with my husband. Also, the man who said Brits don't like to celebrate other people's success like the Americans do is spot on. I have experienced that a lot in life with fellow Brits and have never understood it.

[@susiepeters67]

Unfortunately most not all Americans celebrate mediocrity ....... we don't, mostly we Brits celebrate extraordinary instead

[@chsh1]

Yes if you are a team a player you support and encourage each other. What makes me cringe is the over exuberant fist bumping hooyaa culture, but then we are British, we're understated and reserved using a wide vocabulary to communicate encouragement and approval 😂

[@neilgayleard3842]

That's true, but it's not always been that way.

[@Gambit771]

I've never experienced not wanting to celebrate other people's success. Must be a London thing.

[@Gambit771]

​@@chsh1Not as much these days. Whatever the yanks do, pathetic Brits copy. Most young Brits think they are yanks now.

[@yorkshirelassdiaries4841]

I’m English and I love Americans. My best friend is American, and I’m heading over there next year 😊

[@russellpetrie119]

i think the british are happier because they know there free more than living in america

[@Bakers_Doesnt]

I think is six of one and half a dozen of the other, but I see your point. Take walking to your local shops, for example; something you wouldn't think twice about in the UK but in America you can't walk for purely practical reasons and have to drive, risk being arrested for jaywalking and risk being shot by robbers, muggers and lunatics. That's a gross generalisation, but there's no smoke without fire. How free are you really if you have self-imposed restrictions for the most basic things? It doesn't matter if you have laws that allow you 'freedoms' if everyone else's freedoms negatively affect you. I think Americans have yet to learn that their freedom ends where the next person's begins. I can live without the right to drive an unroadworthy vehicle, or own lethal weapons; they're freedoms I don't need and I'd prefer it if everyone else didn't either. thanks.

[@christinemarshall1366]

I don't think people necessarily look down on Americans as individuals but it's hard to ignore the influence American politics have had on Europe. The former guy opened our eyes to just how precarious our relationship with America can be.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

8:24 That’s good. Love it when Stefan and Arturo are learning about stuff while Joel learns too. It’s cute.

[@alastairjamesmainland2497]

Love your thoroughly educational videos Joel, as a Scots Highlander your depth of reflections are down right fascinating , keep up the good work and hope you manage back to enjoy the UK more. So much to learn from one another were a' human.

[@lisasmith2660]

As soon as this guy quoted Prince Harry and his book Spare he couldn't be taken seriously

[@Smoshy16]

I stopped right there.

[@rebeccagoldsack3295]

100% agree!

[@kayleighrothwell8189]

Amen

[@littlemy1773]

Came here for this comment . Thank you. Agreed ❤

[@lorrainehamilton5051]

Absolutely. Quoting philisophy according to The Former Spare who legged it...nah. Bull.

[@CameronRichmond-i3g]

I cane to the UK at the age of 13 from my native American land to live with my Welsh dad and i had a great Education thank god , if I'd stayed in America id have had no chance or business,

[@paulbromley6687]

I think you can take the piss out of your cousin and still have their back. It may be that Americans misunderstand the reason why we are being mean but we do that to each other and anyone we like it’s a test as to how much you take yourself too seriously. Aussies do this with Brits I got invited to stay after dinner with an Aussie family because we are similar and have a bond.

[@kayleighrothwell8189]

Yes if someone is nice to you in Britain then there is something wrong they really don't like you 😂😂😂

[@stevewilson7929]

I don't look down or up on them tbh. I love my American brothers and sisters and I hate watching the Country be dragged down the way it is. PLEASE DON'T FOLLOW US AND LET THEM GIVE YOUR COUNTRY AWAY. SAVE YOUR KIDS KIDS. Love and respect to you all from here in the UK

[@79BlackRose]

Drew gives Harry Potter as an example of English sophistication. What is he talking about?

[@Roz-y2d]

Hahaha. I’m starting to look down.....

[@legend9335]

You have a great advantage of being intelligent and clear thinking without prejudice,

[@pathopewell1814]

Intelligent?

[@colcollins4341]

Yay checking out ELO. Last train to London.

[@lottieew135]

He should see their blue vinyl 😁

[@jenniedarling3710]

That Freudian concept about small difference that was described sounds like the British relationship with Germany. In many ways the two countries are culturally very similar.

[@diddybopper2052]

Anything that uses Prince Harry’s whine fest as a research tool automatically loses credibility.

[@peterdubois4983]

Manners maketh the man? Throw in an ability to laugh at yourself. Great transport system. UK is one of my favourite places.

[@madams2312]

We know most of Europe doesn't like us brits and to be fair most of us like it that way

[@nickwolf6116]

To be fair, most europeans don't like each other anyway, just look at the slavics

[@cultfiction3865]

I don’t like it that way. I like people from Europe. Some lovely people there

[@leehallam9365]

I think part of it is familiarity, there is a version of America through media and social media that we see, and particularly that younger Brits grow up with that is totally unlike what older people grew up with. So as a kid in the 70s and 80s we would see American films, and a few American TV shows, mostly westerns, cop shows or cartoons. America seemed modern and other than Alan Wicker touring to show up a few eccentrics among the glamour we didn't see anything like the harsh light of modern coverage. That means many people tend to judge America in a way we don't judge other countries, because we a largely ignorant of them. Who follows the politics of Eutopean countries and judges its people on how they vote?

[@veilbreak5867]

I used to love wickers world....seems so antiquated now, that we relied on a personality in a TV show to view the world

[@julesstone7990]

How ridiculous. I am a Londoner and I have never seen anyone look down on Americans!

[@Kat-mu8wq]

London is its own bubble.. Try going to Manchester or Scotland. 😂 Edinburgh has quite a few American tourists when I was last there.. and they were definitely loud.

[@poppletop8331]

I'm English, a few years ago we were holidaying in Scotland, we stayed in a hotel which was very nice...lots of people from all over the world staying there. One particular morning we got up and went down to have breakfast, enjoying it very much until an American family ruined it. The problem was this, our son who has Autism had brought his own cereal with him when he suddenly had it snatched from the table in front of him, I went over to them and politely asked them to return it. It escalated into a full argument with them stating they were entitled to eat it as they had payed to stay there too. The Manager finally came as I couldn't seem to make them understand that the cereal they had taken was not the one that the hotel provided but one we had brought with us. I don't judge all Americans based on this one awful family.

[@jackwhitbread4583]

Yes you have, don't be ridiculous.

[@cultfiction3865]

Many on the London eye probably have 😂

[@alimar0604]

I was brought up in a tourist hotspot and I now live in one. We always considered American tourists to be quite comical and stereotypical. I couldn't care less what the American people think about the British, but I thank God my children survived their school years in England! 🇬🇧

[@chapmanvernon999]

If I were you Joel, I would check out ELO a brilliant band.... And from one of your favourite British cities.... Birmingham😂

[@DJChipsandGarlic]

the most american thing is just going to london XD

[@julesjwg]

One of your best reaction videos, spot on, I loved it

[@GeminiLeo6]

I'm British I don't look down on Americans. I think they're cool

[@nickbyrne3299]

I’m British and I look down on them. Well, some of them. Most of them.

[@KarlHamilton]

​@@nickbyrne3299 I'm Irish and the British are in no position to look down on anyone.

[@davomartico]

​@@KarlHamiltonreally

[@pugsterjosh7925]

@@KarlHamilton yes we are. You might hate us for our history, but we are several generations past that and it’s unfair to hate the people of a whole nation for something they never even did.

[@KarlHamilton]

@@pugsterjosh7925 you guys have literally elected the tories for the last 14 years. Have you seen the state of the country. So sad to see it the way it is with racists and fascists in charge of government and the NHS on its knees. Hopefully it can recover.

[@-Pol-]

Keep in mind too that we do actually LIKE Canadians!

[@paulbromley6687]

It’s not just Americans, and it’s not all Americans. I must admit I can’t respect the ones with MAGA hats.

[@sandradring6265]

You have to check out ELO...brilliant band...Great video btw Joel, and thank you for your kind words on our UK.👍

[@MrBlackfalconuk]

So I served in the British Army and in Germany where we would work with the US Troops, I did not know this until I was shown a card, but the American Troops used to get issued a card that read "Do NOT, drink, bet or fight with a British Soldier- You will Loose", though you are broad brushing the Brits with English temperments, I learned German, French at school and was an exchange student in Germany, while in the Army I kept up with the lauguages as I learned Nepali, some Swahili and Russian, though not all fluently enough to get by on everyday things and to give orders. There are four countries that make up the UK, but all you Americans class us as English from England and you perception of the UK is ONLY ENGLAND, especially London, its like comparing all Americans to Texans and Dallas only.

[@larryfisher2633]

From what I see, a lot of Brits only think America is NYC, LA, Florida, and Texas. There is so much more.

[@simonlewis720]

I am British and we don’t look down on Americans,I look on them as great allies and love your country,I have been several times and only been treated with respect,long may are friendship continue

[@TimBadger-w7d]

There’s a lot of focus on the language differences but there are really deep issues.

[@james1304_]

this is one of the most interesting videos on your channel!!

[@hs964]

In the 70s and 80s we loved Americans and looked up to them as we saw programmes like Columbo which showed houses and a life style even of normal houses that we could only dream about. And the accent was lovely and you had many cool cities not just one London, and cowboys etc etc. The Iraq invasion changed everything. And we aren't so poor now so we are confident too. And since Trump we have found out how bad the education system can be in the US, the health system is immoral and uncivilised, and the penal system is often profit related and racist.

[@jackwhitbread4583]

Normal houses? They live in shacks made of wood and cheap plaster board, normal houses are made with bricks not cheap tat

[@blakemwest]

When I serve an American customer at work it always brightens my day, they are always so lovely and the accent makes you all sound so upbeat and cheery. Having said that, I do feel complex humour doesn't quite land with Americans, like sarcasm and insult humour, ironic humour Also from my own experience, they can be quite possession obsessed, self involved...guess it makes sense growing up in the home of capitalism

[@Wooderz245]

That bit about the Narcissism of Small Differences makes a lot of sense. In the UK, everyone dislikes everyone that lives about 30 minutes away until someone from further away enters the fray. People from Manchester and Liverpool essentially hate each other, unless they're both talking to someone from the South of the country.

[@sophiabee8924]

Anyone south of the Watford Gap is probably dodgy !

[@kevinwhite981]

I do like the way you Americans generally react well to criticism, and i do like the way Americans appreciate our British history. Bothe our country's have intelligent individuals as well as our fare share of clowns, we should strive to move forward together and make the whole world a better place for those who will replace us once we are gone.😊

[@dereknewbury163]

Good job, Joel

[@TimBadger-w7d]

It’s the deep ignorance in Americans that shocks me every day.

[@davidberriman5903]

Joel, I watch to other guys from the US who also react to different clips. Your general knowledge is so far ahead of their general knowledge it isn't funny. You are an extremely impressive person. I hope you have a big future ahead of you because you have put a lot of effort into the groundwork. Please keep posting clips I enjoy them immensely.

[@maggiem.1539]

You are so cool! I love it that you are young and so understanding of how there are differences in us all. Gives me hope for the future.

[@raylightbown4968]

I think the British "take the piss" out of ourselves and everyone else. It is a fun activity, a way of pricking pomposity or when we think some are taking themselves too seriously. This is not the same as looking down but some US citizens may interpret it as looking down. .Have I criticisms about the US? Yes, I do. I have criticisms about very many things and many people, including myself. To be proud of your country (whatever it is) is expected. But I can't understand if someone says that their country is the best, let alone see it as perfect. Better or best in a limited area is fine but not uniformly or universally best. I see individual people as who they are but not representing every other person with the same country background. As side point, I see the US as - in a way - 50 different countries.

[@LeftUntilRight]

I'm British and I don't like hearing we are the Americans of Europe but we totally are. It's super true lol

[@Roz-y2d]

It’s true, cos we look down on ‘Europeans’.

[@alanhilton7336caradventure]

As a Brit I think Americans are funny and fun to be around they don't take themselves to seriously so yeah i Iove America and Americans. 🇬🇧🇺🇲....ELO will blow your mind.

[@harrybarrow6222]

This was an interesting video, on both levels. One thing I appreciated very much was that you watched and paid attention to it without much pausing and commenting. (Too many people doing reaction videos interrupt a lot and force their opinions on the viewer.) I like your style, I watched your video to the end. I will follow and come back for more.

[@paulharvey9149]

The British look down upon each other, too - and in many respects, there lies the rub - and I think so much of it is about language, accents and our assumptions about how educated or otherwise people from other regions are, based upon how they speak! As one of the lesser-travelled and therefore, lesser-informed people of Eastern Scotland for example, I was nearly eight, before I realised that not all of Glasgow or its people were rough... Then as a 16-year old, I was well on the way to exiling myself from my home country that everyone I had been taught to look up to, seemed to think so badly of - and instead, joining the enemy - not only English, but Londoners, at that! I didn't recognise it as such as the time, but I was basically undertaking that journey of self-preservation that everyone who has ever experienced bullying in their elementary years of schooling becomes aware of: if you can't beat them, then maybe you should just join them - which for me, used to literally involve staying awake until after midnight on my long coach journeys south, in order that I knew when to change both my attitude and accent...! And sure enough, in those early 1980s London social parties and gatherings, there was much prejudice to be heard about the stupid Irish, the sheep-shagging Welsh, and the 'simple' country bumpkins of Somerset and Devon... I honestly think that some of them visualised these people living in the same conditions and even dressed in the same clothing as they might have, two centuries earlier...! And on that basis I must ask you, do we even think of you as Americans at all - or does it feel more like you are simply the descendants of earlier British settlers? Only, I do notice that one of the most common first conversations we have with any of you, is to help you establish a family connection to our home nations. I'm not sure that any of us think of USA as a failed colony, nor anything as bad as that - maybe we simply think of you as yet another region that speaks yet another form of our language and perhaps, as a consequence of the slight differences between our otherwise identical languages, we look down on these 'errors', that banish you into yet another category of 'simpler' people...! One thing that is certain and which is not loaded with such petty judgements is that, we have far, far more in common with most of you, than most of us have with those country bumpkins from the 18th Century West Country...!!!

[@uksoloz]

The only problem I have with Americans is the “we are the best in the world” mentality, disregarding everything any other nation has. Easiest way to put it there is only left or right there is no middle lane for most of them, there is no compromise haha and that’s just mainly due to how there country works they pick a lane and they stay in it most of there life and I feel we are more open to a discussion about it before disregarding something from the get go.

[@daveduffy1755]

Envy by those who do but in general there is mutual respect and cooperation between each others

[@jonprice3342]

Ah "we're cute, like Harry Potter and James Bond". Well for one thing those character's kick butt and I think Americans forget that our small teeny weeny island were once a global super power.

[@Challenger540i]

Brilliant content, thank you JPS

[@richardmanning4722]

I'm an English man who spent 10 years during the 80sin the states and even joined usaf I met some of the best people and had the best time while I was there

[@matthewbacon5734]

I worked with my mate Adrian last week, he grew up in Boston but he sounds like an English Farmer. He was on the phone and said "We're going to BRING you to ........" A clue to his roots was the Grammar. "We're going to TAKE you to ......." It's just like listening to a child who needs to be corrected but he's a grown man with nearly the same language. He is a lovely bloke and I enjoy these foibles.

[@harrybarrow6222]

I lived and worked in California for nearly 14 years. I loved the Bay Area climate, the wonderful fruit, vegetables, and salads. We made many good friends. We had to return to the UK for family reasons. For several years, I felt quite homesick for California… Back in the UK there are things that I really appreciate. I love all the green foliage and grass here. The flip side of sunny California is that so much turns brown in the summer. (But it is optimistically known as “the golden state”.) I really like the public transport in the UK. Now that I am “over 65” I can travel on buses free of charge. Perhaps the thing I most appreciate here is that our National Health Service is free for everyone. (Well, we actually pay for it through our taxes, which I think is absolutely the right way to do it.) The staff in the NHS are not in the job to make money; they are in it because they really want to help others through illness and pain. They are wonderful!

[@annedunne4526]

The British music you mention is from the 60s, 70s and 80s.

[@KBJ58]

I worked in the US for several American companies. The root of the problem is that the US operates in a bubble, there is very little world news that filters through to the mainstream channels, so there is a false perception that the whole world works to American law and American rules. This has some unfortunate consequences for them. One of the companies I worked for tried to change my contract to 'employment at will' - there is no such contract in the UK - when I told them this, they fired me. I sued them for unfair dismissal and was awarded a year's salary, tax free. If they had done their homework, they could have made me redundant for around a quarter of that. I disliked the implicit racism, particularly in the South. At a staff Christmas party, when it came to dinner, all of the black employees sat on different tables to the white people. That actually shocked me. Naturally, I sat on one of the 'black' tables and had a great time. For such a rich country, there is way too much real poverty and deprivation, but the attitude seems to be that everyone can succeed if they try hard enough. There are always those who have disabilities or mental impairments who just can't do that. They need to feel taken care of too. That's not about being a 'commie' or 'woke', it's empathy. A large proportion of the people in the US still go to church, and then completely fail to follow the teachings of that religion. There is just this veneer of faking sincerity. The fact that a lot of American women would not let their husband see them without make-up is a fine illustration of the root issue. There are too few 'real' people.

[@markpaterson2260]

I use autumn, but "spring forward, fall back" is such a useful little idiom to remember DST that I use it all the time.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Every video referring to the British Isles is me praying that Joel says something about Scotland lol

[@Kat-mu8wq]

By Britain I'm afraid they mean England.. Us Scots and the Welsh are left out of it. 😂

[@DGLUK1]

Joel has featured Scotland and Wales a number of times. He's even visited Scotland.

[@mjwilliamsb2676]

The term 'British Isles' is the most inclusive phrase/description and refers to England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Guernsey and Great Britain, not just England.

[@kayleighrothwell8189]

​@Kat-mu8wq he has mentioned it a few times actually as he has been to Glasgow and Edinburgh so calm down

[@roswilkinson4335]

​@@Kat-mu8wq Grow up.

[@terrilofty]

I am British but lived in the States throughout my 20's and 30"s every American I met was lovely, kind and curious about me as an English person. It is a wonderful place and full of wonderful people

[@DazzataR]

I have had my fair share of interactions with americans, A few of my freinds are (im a gamer) but they are and have always been the first to joke and mock how we pronounce certain things. (Oregano, Basil etc.) Which moves on to our use of the letter U in colour or armour for example. Which by the way is the correct spelling. In the US back in the day the cost of print was by the letter so they cut out letters to save on costs. So Colour became Color, Aluminium became Aluminum. So I do try and educate on the matter.