American Reacts What's Something Europe Has Changed In Your Mind As An American? | Part 1 | TikTok

[@monyga]

The last lady...were the friends she asked about the hairbrush black? Because that's pretty much universal. If you ask a black person in Europe, they will tell you where to find black hair products. There are shops everywhere. It's just that white people don't need those, so they don't know where they are. I find it really hard to believe it took her a month. Just google afro hair shop and plenty of addresses pop out. I found some in Belgrade and Minsk. Some people just don't have common sense.

[@GretchenMuller-uw9sl]

thanks i was just thinking the same i live in a very small city in Germany and even our city have several afro hair shops

[@MsCheesemonster13]

Because of this, I checked out hair salons in the small market town in the north of England where I live, and I found several that sold black hair products. As a bonus, one of them has a strict no child policy, so I shall go there next time I need my hair cut. 😁

[@zaasfromparis]

Yeah I mean I’m a bold white dude and in Paris there is an entire district dedicated to Afro hair

[@Ruinwyn]

What confuses me is: did she not see a black person during her trip? You need something and can't find it, ask a local.

[@smallblueangel]

yeah i dont believe it either. There are afro shops in every bigger city

[@SabrinaBelladonna]

Scandinavian here; ifan American says that the "food" at McDonalds here in Sweden is good compared to that in The U.S.A, then you must have some really revolting food over there on the other side of the pond!!!!

[@iainansell5930]

yah, there are a few vids out there that show the differences in the ingrediants in european and US mcdonalds... some of the US ingrediants are banned in europe

[@reinhard8053]

@@iainansell5930 And the list of ingridients and additives is much longer in the US. Even for something as simple as fries.

[@letsgorandom1380]

I ones drank a Coke in a McDonalds at JFK airport back in the 90's. It tasted very differently than what I was used to, probably because of the water they used. It tasted like bleach. How could people drink something like that?

[@LyraDavis]

@@reinhard8053literally! Our McDonald’s fries ingredients in the uk is 1. Potato 2. Sunflower oil and 3. Salt -if you have them salted.

[@marvinc9994]

"must have some really revolting food over there" Hell, Honey, it's plain you ain't never tried ma dear granny's _classic_ Appalachian recipe: Boiled Hog's Eyes and Grits, with a side-salad of Poison Ivy and West Virginia Snail-Oil dressing! Something to die for.

[@framegote5152]

eggs are meant to be save. The shell protects what is inside against bacteria. When you wash an egg, you wash away the protection.

[@dirkbaldorad3634]

Yes, that's it. USAmericans cannot deal with the occasional blood, poop or feather on the shell, so they need them washed, which makes them less resistant.

[@Mike-zx1kx]

Yes but 70+ percent of US chickens slaughtered have salmonella and even also other dangerous bacteria's/viruses. Also the reason why they wash their chicken carcasses in chlorine fluids before packed for the consumers. When we began industrialise chickens in Europe we experienced same issues but realised that it were a question of how much space and stimulation they had including in what overall environment. Today the egg/chicken production in Europe are monitored and if a farm gets infected chickens the entire cull are euthanized and the farm sanitised. Chickens/cows/pigs in USA are all injected with growth hormone and antibiotics as standard. Both things banned in EU nations.

[@janicevango5791]

Yeah, I heard about this while ago. There was an item on a current affairs programme a while ago that said when eggs are laid they have a natural protection that stops bacteria getting through. When eggs are washed in America that protection is washed off.

[@DyslecticAttack]

It's also a problem with vaccinating livestock and with conditions they're kept in tbh. European livestock spread far less salmonella by default because there are regulations that prevent it from being as much of an impact. This is also why it's not harmful to handle the unwashed eggs in a kitchen, because there's less contaminants. In the US that's too "communist" to implement, so they wash the eggs to remove the more prevalent contaminants, and then are forced to refrigerate them constantly because they also removed the natural protection against bacteria.

[@novanettle7497]

I'm from Sweden and I have never understood why Americans are so affraid of raw eggs. But I'm starting to understand. So I did a quick search on how many Swedes get sick from eating eggs; about 3000 each year. HOWEVER! It is estimated about 3/4 are infected abroad. So really about 750 a year. In America that is 1,2 millions. And my math is terrible but even I can see that; 750 out of Swedens 10 million vs. 1,2 millions out of Americas 331,9 million is a big difference.

[@Halli50]

'Murica: "...it's like Disneyland, but without the fun". What a quote!

[@marvinc9994]

"it's like Disneyland" But at least you DO get to make a 'democratic' choice between Donald Duck and Goofy for President!

[@alcapone9550]

​@@marvinc9994😂😂😂😂 They call it the American dream ... Because you have to be asleep to believe it - George Carlin ❤

[@marvinc9994]

@@MrAbletospeak "But do you?" Do you mean me, _personally_ ? Or do you mean the entire Electorate in the UK? For myself, I long ago made the 'democratic' choice NOT to vote for _either_ major party, given their treacherous incompetence. As for the others - _they_ have to choose between the Bad and the Less Bad, just as in every 'democratic' nation in the West. Perhaps the Russians should be glad to have been relieved of the _burden_ of choice? In the USA, that 'choice' seems already to have been made - barring any lethal traps lying somewhere along Trump's path to the White House. Happy days, eh?

[@ArumesYT]

2:09 "No one's gonna change my viewpoints" is not left, not right, but just stubborn. Always keep an open mind for new information and new insights that might change your opinion.

[@vallejomach6721]

...but not so open your brain falls out. re: conspiracy nuts, pseudoscience followers and 'alternative' history believers, UFO believers and flat earthers...of which the US seems to produce an inordinate amount of in each category.

[@AnnekeOosterink]

Yeah, not willing to change your mind is a bad thing, how could anyone be so 100% they have not made any mistake, or missed something, or misunderstood something...

[@ausoleil8269]

@@AnnekeOosterink Sure, but political ignorance is not a good starting point if you want to have an informed viewpoint. We live in societies, almost everything is political or a direct consequence of politics.

[@AnnekeOosterink]

@ausoleil8269 uh I never once said anything about ignorance, or politics, so I don't know why you're replying to me.

[@ausoleil8269]

@@AnnekeOosterink Yes sorry, I was reacting to your comment and the video at the same time. And he said he wasn't politic. Sorry for the confusion.

[@markhinton1641]

The biggest difference in food between Europe & US is the food additive laws. In Europe nothing can be added to food until it is fully proven that it has absolutely no detrimental effects to health, in US something can be added to food until it is fully proven to have detrimental effects on health.

[@markhinton1641]

This is reason why a lot of US foods are Banned in Europe & a lot of other countries around the world.

[@richardhltrp1791]

@@markhinton1641 that "lot of other countries " is like 98 % of the world !

[@wingbullet]

@@richardhltrp1791 Well, that's a lot, yeah? XD So he wasn't wrong.

[@deadzio]

Yet some colors are ok, just need to specified on the packaging they may cause adverse effects on kids

[@kimjuul8866]

Denmark: Milk here is in the store in less than 24 hours after coming from the cow. It last 4-5 days in fridge (if un-opened). Lasting weeks would freak me out too lol

[@PSimonsen]

Yes, if you wan't it more fresh, you need to buy a cow yourself.

[@emilydavison2053]

Same in Britain

[@geoffreycodnett6570]

I'm guessing that 24hrs is advertiser hype. Generally cows get milked twice a day and the second and first daily milk kept chilled before collection. The processing and distribution takes more than 24 hrs even in a very small country. Like all factories milk treatment is a 24hr a day operation not a batch process.

[@Layden94]

@@geoffreycodnett6570 Just to clear up the details. First of all it is not all milk that gets branded/or treated like this, not even on the same diary plant. Yes it is actually batch production in the way they are operating, cleaning things between batches is pretty damn important when it comes to fresh milk with an already low best before date. its 24h between farm and it arriving at the grocery store. Their timeline looks like the following: pick the milk up after lunch, treat it in the afternoon/evening, package it in the evening, and distribute it to the grocery shops overnight/morning (pre-lunch). I dont really see how the countries size comes into the equation as that is simply a question of distributing the diary plants.

[@t.d.5804]

And milk only tasteds good with 3% fat, thats already less than from the cow, but 1.x% or 0.x% low fat milk is terrible

[@scdoors4128]

That last one was just silly, she was in London, there are loads of shops in London that cater to a black clientele & there were phones & the internet in 2018, she could have found them.

[@mangri71]

Not just silly, but dumb as f*#@ 😅

[@davidz2690]

Yeah considering london is half BAME

[@uncle_matula]

raw milk can be consumed for about 3-4 days, store-bought pasteurised milk for about 10-12 days here in Europe

[@MrTramborrios]

That's right and of exceptional quality.

[@richardhltrp1791]

darn .. nothing to add here .. )))

[@damyr]

The difference is in thermal processing. Pasteurized milk lasts for a few days after opening. Sterilized milk will last up to 3 months. Pasteurized milk is more nutritious and much healthier. Both types of milk are accessible in Europe. Don't know if that's the case in the UK, tho.

[@Spiklething]

@@damyr yeah we have pasteurised, sterilised and also ultra high treatment (UHT) milk. As far as I am aware, based entirely on how much of each different type of milk is for sale in supermarkets in the UK, pasterised is the one that is most commonly bought.

[@0Defensor0]

I personally prefer UHT milk. Once you open it, it is recommended to consume it within a few days, but unopened and unrefrigerated, it can last for almost 6 months according to the date, but at that point you probably forgot that you have it to begin with.

[@RickTheClipper]

About food: What You call organic food (and pay an extra) is the standard food in Europe, far less chemical additives in food etc

[@AnnieCamer0n]

Except that a lot of the time it’s not organic at all. The sticker just says it is so they can charge you more. Kind of like when the meat says grown in the U.S. doesn’t always mean it is. It could be from a different country and they cut it up and repackage it with a U.S. sticker

[@RickTheClipper]

@@AnnieCamer0n Maybe it is that way in the US, every kind of cattle has a number in Europe, it can be traced from birth to butcher. For sure criminal elements exist everywhere but they are definite exceptions

[@brigidsingleton1596]

What _is_ that "creamer" stuff?!! Those of us (_not_ me, I either drink instant Nescafe unsweetened Cappuccino❤, or black tea _minus_ any milk or sugar!!) who add milk to their tea or coffee, seem okay with it... "creamer" sounds yukky!!?😢

[@lucylane7397]

@@brigidsingleton1596 everyone in Britain adds milk to their tea but never cream

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@lucylane7397 Not everyone drinks tea with milk! My late Mum (🇮🇪/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) drank her black tea black, no milk (which she hated) and no sugar, but with some lemon juice added... I drink my 'Yorkshire Gold' black tea, black, no milk, no sugar. 🙂♥️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🖖

[@tracim3080]

Your eggs have more bacteria BECAUSE you wash them. You remove the protective barrier that’s is on the shells.

[@davidioanhedges]

Europe : make food safe at all stages of production so it's safe to eat USA : make food safe at the last possible moment so it passes the minimum standards Eggs are produced in unclean conditions, then washed Chicken is produced in unclean conditions, the chlorine washed Milk is heavily pasteurised so it lasts longer, and is sold in giant bottles

[@spyro257]

the egg thing... it's a coverup to not have clean farms, so it's a cheap bandaid on a much bigger problem... same reason u have a klorin bath for the chickens, just before they are ready to be packaged... if there's clean areas, for the chickens to walk and lay their eggs, they would not be dirty, and not need to be cleaned, and same for the chickens used for eating...

[@lynnhamps7052]

*Chlorine hun. But agree whole heartedly with comment. 😊👍🇬🇧

[@eidodk]

European chickens are vaccinated against salmonella, plus there's standards for chicken husbandry here. It IS a hygiene issue, but the vaccinations are the bigger issue in connection to the eggs.

[@LunarisArts]

Japanese eggs are so good you can eat them raw. Think the washing is for aesthetic reasons.

[@spyro257]

@@LunarisArts but that removes the natural procetive coating, that are on the eggs when they have been laid... that coating is there for a reason, and is the best protection from outside pathogens... clean farms will get rid of the "aesthetic" reason...

[@spyro257]

@@lynnhamps7052 oh lol, it didnt translate from my language to English... silly Google...

[@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284]

My family lived in Germany for seven years with the military. Most of the foods were shipped in from the USA, but all of our dairy came from Denmark. The difference was night and day and EVERYONE noticed it. The milk was fresher and somehow a bit thicker. Yogurt, cheese, cottage cheese all tasted SO much better. For me, it was the butter that blew me away. It was a flashback to my early childhood. I hadn't tasted BUTTER - real butter flavor like that - in years. When it was time to PCS the wives would lament the loss of good dairy. Something is really wrong with our dairy and I don't know what or how. Also, Coke. I'm talking about the soda pop. I got a small can in Czech and when that flavor hit my tongue, it was a revelation. I stopped the group I was with and demanded everyone buy a can. Same thing as the milk. The memories of the flavor of what Coke used to be waved through the group. EVERYONE stared at their can with wide eyes. THIS was the flavor of Coke a cola. It was hard for all of us to walk away from that and several bought cans to smuggle home.

[@zenniegaming9608]

"Most of the foods were shipped in from the USA" Seriously? May I ask why?

[@nathandts3401]

Our coke, the drug, is also a lot better. Purer and no fear of it being laced with deadly amounts of opioids.

[@nathandts3401]

​@@zenniegaming9608I'm English, but I'll hazard a guess that there are government contracts up for grabs to supply food to all of your hundreds of military bases. They'll be contractually obligated to get all of their food from the suppliers that won those contracts. Perishable stuff like dairy products are probably not able to be shipped from the US.

[@ringsaphire]

@@nathandts3401 I think they fixed that now. They had a massive case of ODs since no one was prepared for the sudden difference in quality... I think Breaking bad helped them realise you need a professional chemist to cook drugs lol

[@burninfeet]

Didnt know, that Coca Cola tastes different in USA and Europe.

[@aroblucky]

The difference between health care in the USA and Europe is caused by the point of view, in Europe it is a provision for assistance, in the USA it is a revenue model.

[@piggypiggypig1746]

like vaxxine 19

[@221b-Maker-Street]

Most of Europe has a health service; America has a health _industry._ 🙃

[@tisketisja5528]

Everything in America is a revenue model. But it won't take long before it happens in Europe.

[@mikeenwright2622]

@@bwilson5401 Nope. In the UK under this Tory government you're right, but not so in the rest of Europe.

[@etorepugatti9196]

@@mikeenwright2622 Unfortunatly big Pharma is pushing hard on the way

[@beldin2987]

About the " more options" for food, i guess it looks like that : Europe : 1.good, 2. decent US : 1. decent, 2.shit, 3.garbage, 4.poison but yay for more options 😄😄

[@nephilim2582]

Hello from Germany! You don't have to wash or refrigerate eggs, eggs have natural protection for about 28 days. That's how long it takes for a chick to hatch until the inside of an egg is full of bacteria and pathogens protected. It is only susceptible to pathogens if it is washed or cooled! Greetings Nephilim

[@wessexdruid7598]

The reasons eggs have to be washed in the USA is because industrial farms are allowed to keep their hens standing in their faeces. In Europe, the husbandry is much better, by law.

[@830927mjki]

@@wessexdruid7598 on top of that, in Europe it is a requirement to be able to trace back products to the farm and determine the conditions. Can't do that in US. Hails back to mad cow disease I think.

[@PSimonsen]

In a lot of places in Europe, they dont' refrigerate eggs. In Denmark it's the law to do so. All fresh food/raw food need to be refrigerated below 5C.

[@nephilim2582]

@@PSimonsen Hello! Yes, it's the same in Germany, sausage, cheese, dairy products etc. Milk and eggs are not refrigerated!

[@PSimonsen]

@@nephilim2582 You don't refrigerate milk ?

[@puffpride8344]

Yeah, as a leftist from Europe (anarcho-communist), it's mad to me seeing Americans call Biden a socialist. Biden is a centre right capitalist... If he's a socialist, what does that make actual socialists? It's mindboggling.

[@jonsnow6741]

looking from Europe Biden looks like a full on socialist / weak hitler type .

[@gillsejusbates6938]

well first of all it makes them psychopathic creeps, but alas

[@baronmeduse]

@@gillsejusbates6938 How does it make them psychopathic creeps. Give me your analysis.

[@puffpride8344]

@@gillsejusbates6938 Could you define socialism so we're all on the same page please.

[@jimduffy7199]

American definitions of left and right are wildly different to the rest of the world. What they think of as "socialist" is moderate social democrat or centrist in the rest of the world. What they think is "centrist" in the rest of the world is right wing, and the US right wing is pretty far to the right elsewhere. The idea that Biden is a socialist, or Obama is a socialist, is in the rest of the world's eyes utterly hilarious. At best they are moderate social democrats if not centrists. Obamacare was more right wing than a health care proposal made by a party in Ireland seen as right of centre. I think if Americans actually encountered a real socialist they would die of fright. It is something totally different to what they think socialism is.

[@jorgehurford1742]

Washing eggs: you are not allowed to sell eggs in the UK unless your hens are regularly tested for salmonella.

[@janmortensen9314]

Regarding politics; here in Europe Bernie Sanders would be more or less be center on the political scale

[@StergiosMekras]

And, at the same time, some American leftists (not politicians) make European left look like far right. USA is the land of extremes.

[@PrinsPrygel]

And the person describing the scale has no clue about the Overton window and how radically it has shifted last decade. A couple decades ago I would have been described as a center leftist. My views today are pretty much the same, but according to him I would be a far right extremist.

[@fionafiona1146]

Let's just say Germany consider Merkel right-wing

[@davidranger4468]

​@@fionafiona1146Brit here. Angela Merkel was definitely right of centre!

[@Ms.P.Sharma]

Yes. The Healthcare!!!! Norway. In Dec -22, Got severe headache, turned out it was subarachnoidal bleeding. Healthcare I got: - Two ambulance rides - One helicopter ambulance ride, with doctor on board. - One night in ICU in local hospital - Two nights in Neuro ICU at larger university hospital - All inclusive for three weeks, in normal neuro wing, or whatever it's called. - All the medicine, every type needed for those three weeks, from the one that stops the bleeding, to opioids. - Parking We paid like $10 in total, for the parking. That's it.

[@steveosborne2297]

If you look for instance at the same breakfast cereal in the US and the UK and then look at the ingredients you’ll see the difference . In the UK then maybe two or three ingredients and some flavourings . In the US there will be a list of about 20 ingredients , flavourings , preservatives and chemicals all added to it

[@brucenorman8904]

you can't due a straight up 1 to 1 compare as some of the same things are used but may have different name or use a different process that yields the same result.

[@chriskelly9476]

Breakfast cereal in the US is sugar, additives and not much else.

[@steveosborne2297]

@@brucenorman8904 I’m afraid that’s not true . All these various chemicals and additives have a worldwide code and in Europe we just don’t use them . If Europe has a total list of five ingredients additives et cetera and the US has a list of 20 , isn’t that very obvious to you .

[@finncullen]

The political analysis of the first video is spot on. America talks about Left & Right, but from European viewpoints, America has Right and Far Right. Neither of the two main parties are even remotely left wing, so it is hilarious and terrifying in equal measure as a European to hear Republican rhetoric denouncing anything not them as leftist. Look at worker rights if you need any indication of how unrepresented left wing politics are in the US - and look at how the status quo is defended by the people suffering under it if you need an indication of how pervasive right wing propaganda is. People can be trained to love the taste of the boots they're made to lick.

[@t.d.5804]

sat on an intl flight from the US back home to the EU. The american lady next to me was convinced that all countries (ie skandinavia) with good social security and good health system are all communists.

[@massyl25]

In France even Bernie Sanders isn't rly a leftist. USA love to talk about the freedom of speech, even allowing nazism. But for leftist there was a witch hunt in every part of the society, for the sake of "fighting communism". Never seen millions of people being so apathic about their situation. Even chinese with all the propaganda they deal with are more aware of their situation.

[@muciSAD]

They also have far left, where super weirdos exist. They they/thems and clowns etc.

[@marcogiuliocamurri]

I have tried to explain how far right the US are to many USAmerican. They are trained like Pavlov dogs to bark "Communist" whenever "socialised" is mentioned. And this is both Republicans and Democrats. Obviously "socialised" is not "socialism", like being a "social-democrat" is not being a "socialist" but USAmericans are taught too little about world politics in school to appreciate the difference. Democrats in the USA are unable to remove guns even when they are in power, they won't touch the death penalty at federal level, they won't institute any sort of workers' or consumers' protection. Any mention of free healthcare is dismissed with a laugh (without any knowledge) and so is any suggestion about free help to homeless and jobless people. The USA today are maybe even politically worse than countries like China and Russia. In China and Russia you don't have alternatives to the regime but at least you do know that there are alternatives. You may be forced to accept reality as it is, but you do know that there are other things out there. Americans are completely oblivious of the existence of other and better systems, and democracy in the USA is just a farce where two teams wearing shirts of slightly different shades of right-wing color pretend to confront each other. The dystopian side of it is that there are people in the USA that wnat to have more and more weapon to fight again the federal army if it's ever sent against them. You would expect these people to be the last bastions of some sort of left-wing but no, apparently there is a far-far-right in the USA that is even beyond description. It's a very sad state of affairs for the USA.

[@patrickporter6536]

The Yanks I have met (and there are many) were super brainwashed..

[@AmethystDew]

When my husband and I were in America many years ago we went out to a lovely restaurant for dinner. We ordered starters and main meal with the option for dessert. When we were halfway through the starter we realised we were having trouble finishing. So we left half, even though it was delicious, so that we could finish our main meal. Well we could'nt - it was too much!! The waiter was so worried that there was something wrong with the meal and it took all our time to persuade him quite the opposite. There was simply too much food. What we now do when we visit is to have a cocktail as starter, go straight to the main meal and share the pudding. That works better us.

[@scdoors4128]

Yep, when we go we just order 1 starter, main & dessert & share it. Portions, certainly in NY, were outrageously huge & I'm 180cm tall man !

[@larrynicholson5913]

Yes, it's been a while since I've been to the US, but portion size was huge. Easiest example to visualise. Pizza Hut US small pizza, about the same size as the large size in the UK (same Pizza Hut company).

[@gbulmer]

US eggs vs UK/European eggs: Typically US chickens are packed together tightly to maximise profit/square foot. So the chickens, and their eggs, are spattered with faeces. So the 'farmers' (manufacturers) want to remove the faeces before consumers see the eggs to encourage consumers to keep buying highly profitable eggs (otherwise consumers might seek out eggs produced in more sanitary conditions). Further, needing expensive, capital intensive, egg cleaning system creates an artificial barrier to entry for small producers. The legal requirement for egg washing is an agri-business scam to increase the costs for new competition, and reduce the benefits of less intensive farming of eggs. If there was no need for expensive machinery to wash eggs, the cost to start selling eggs commercially would be much lower. That would enable small business to easily enter the market and compete with large egg producers. Small egg (and chicken) produces could produce a better product by raising chickens in better conditions. So large egg producers (agri-business) is going to lobby politicians, and food standard agencies for regulations which require large capital investments to enter their market. It's a double benefit to large businesses. They can pack the chickens tightly, but hide that from consumers, and create a high-capital-cost-investment (an egg washing factory) as a barrier to competition. Further, if the protective layer (cuticle) is still on the egg, and not chemically washed away, eggs do not need refrigeration for transport and storage during retail. There are large transport companies who have invested in fleets of refrigerated trucks. So those companies are going to lobby for processes which maintain the value of their investment, and reduce the market for transportation operators with unrefrigerated trucks. The UK and European Union have found that fewer people (per capita) become ill, or die, from chickens and eggs which are raised in sanitary conditions, and hence do not need special washing equipment to make them clean enough for human consumption. US egg washing 'factories' enable very large 'agri-businesses' to maximise profit by packing chickens in unsanitary conditions, then washing away the faeces to disguise unsanitary practices. Further, the large capital cost of egg washing 'factories' creates a financial barrier to new businesses trying to enter the egg production market. New egg production businesses (aka competition) are unable to reap any financial benefit from raising their chickens in sanitary conditions. Raising chickens in sanitary conditions should have financial benefits by avoiding the cost of buying and operating an egg washing 'factory', refrigerated transport, and refrigerated storage in the stores/retailers. However, US regulations prevent egg producer raising chickens in sanitary conditions getting those financial benefits because they still have to wash the eggs (capital cost), must use refrigerated trucking, and their retailers must have refrigeration space for eggs while waiting to be bought. US egg regulations are a scam to ensure large agribusinesses can maximise profit by raising chickens in unsanitary conditions, and prevent new egg producers exploiting financial benefits from raising chickens in sanitary conditions. US egg regulation naturally follow from trying to maximise profits for capitalists, and erect barriers to non-capitalists. By that I mean businesses who are willing to start with very little capital, and fund 'organic' growth from its own profits, rather than need to be very wealthy to start, or able to raise very large amounts of capital. NOTE: UK/Europeans can and do put eggs in the refrigerator when we get home. Our unwashed eggs then typically last even longer than washed eggs because the shell is less permeable to evaporation or bacteria. Without refrigeration, unwashed eggs typically last a month without refrigeration anyway. Sorry for the long rambling answer, but I haven't time and energy to be more succinct. Best Wishes for 2024.☮

[@AdamMPick]

Added to that: The whole world innoculates chickens against salmonella, even parts of Africa does it. The US does not. Some farmers tried it, but most stopped doing it, because of the cost. Buuut, when everyone has to do it, the cost is not a factor. It's super cheap to innoculate the chickens, like 15c per chicken or something like that, but a no go, if you are the only guy doing it on the market.

[@steprob11]

Not just unsanitary conditions for chickens but very cruel!

[@gbulmer]

@@steprob11 Thank you for replying. I agree with you. However, AFAICT, US 'agribusiness' does not care about cruelty. Egg-washing and chlorinated-chicken enable cruelty, by hiding its consequences. If 'agribusiness' had not successfully lobbied the US FDA to make egg washing mandatory, there would be competitive benefits to raising chickens in more humane conditions, and not washing the eggs. Further, not requiring egg-washing (and its inherent dangers which require extra-cost fixes) would allow US consumers to choose more humane conditions and receive the economic benefit. Also, not requiring 'egg washing factories' enables new egg producers to start small without those capital costs. That should allow market and consumer forces to work. Best Wishes for 2024.

[@gbulmer]

@@AdamMPick Thank you for replying. I might be out of date, but I read an EU report about egg production, IIRC it was dated 2019. It said the EU was encouraging salmonella vaccination by egg producers, but needed significant further progress to achieve 100%. IIRC there were specific countries who fell well short of 100%. Having said that, the most recent report I found about UK egg production said deaths from egg-born salmonella were incredibly rare (ie zero, but there may be tiny errors in reporting). Meanwhile US egg washing appears to deliver worse results than EU averages (which included countries with low-vaccination and no egg-washing). Summary: even without universal salmonella vaccination for chickens in the EU, US egg washing kills more people from egg-born salmonella (and IIRC, that was not per capita, but the US's 330million vs the EU's 500million+). An obvious distortion in that comparison may be due to lack of universal health care in the US. Best Wishes for 2024. ☮

[@rosiex2018]

UK Chickens are also vaccinated against Salmonella, whereas its not required or deemed necessary in the US, so they treat their eggs instead which results in damaging the protective layer thus requiring refrigeration.

[@PeoplecallmeLucifer]

2:12 never say "no one's gonna change my viewpoints' accepting new arguments should change your viewpoints

[@Vampirzaehnchen]

Depends on the viewpoint. If your viewpoint is that facts are facts and can be outdated then it's not changing your viewpoint.

[@PeoplecallmeLucifer]

@@Vampirzaehnchen true but facts can also be presented to fit someones agenda. Wording matters

[@nicklomas181]

Big props to the lady at 10:10 for saying 'european countries' instead of just europe

[@daveofyorkshire301]

What is the difference?

[@lamablushes6427]

Because most U.S. citizen, think Europe is a country (as 1 not multiple) but is a continent + European and the European Union is different ( for example: UK is in Europe but not the union), (U.S. is part of the continent of North America but not in general) at list from people I have met, they didn't know the difference.... as we also had the argument that when someone says "I'm American" they mean I'm from the U S. .... And then have to sit down full grown adults with an atlas (the kind with colourful pictures ) the full wide world! That's not the U.S. 😅​@daveofyorkshire301

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@lamablushes6427 No, Europe is not a continent it's a political and social distinction. The EU is an organisation, a super governmental corporate entity. Both were created by man, a continent is a geographical term, Europe was created by man to define an area. _The term "Europe" is first used for a cultural sphere in the Carolingian Renaissance of the 9th century. From that time, the term designated the sphere of influence of the Western Church, as opposed to both the Eastern Orthodox churches and to the Islamic world_ _Europa is first used in a geographic context in the Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo, in reference to the western shore of the Aegean Sea_ In effect they're both man made names to define the area of influence and control, the social and economic area of influence and political boundaries... The European Union is a subset of Europe, both being man made distinction of political will...

[@wibekesvendsen]

@@daveofyorkshire301 🤣

[@lamablushes6427]

@daveofyorkshire301 I think you have to recheck .... If this was school, and I was your teacher you would have gotten an F, and that's lenient ....

[@baylessnow]

My wife has had a broken tooth for months, her dentist would not 'fill' it for her for certain reasons and kept putting temporary fillings in it. After the last one fell out, taking most of what was left of the tooth with it, she was in severe pain. She called 111 (NHS help line) last night and had a dentist call her back with an emergancy appointment this morning for later in the day. I took her to the dentist and she had the broken tooth removed. It cost her,........wait for it America............. £25! (if she was on certain benefits this would have been free). We left the surgery and 5 minutes later returned, because her gum was bleeding heavily. The dentist put a stitch in the wound and we left. Nothing extra to pay, catch up with the rest of the civilised world America!

[@BliffleSplick]

Her original dentist should be reported btw, that kind of nonsense can hurt more than a tooth, an infection can get into the nerve, into the jaw, and then into her brain. Report the original dentist, so they have complaints on file if nothing else.

[@crispydragon3262]

Searched for one month for a Hairbrush suited for her Hair .. in London??? This belongs in "The dumbest things americans ever said to me" video section.There are african shops & hair salons in every european city i have been to.I live in the second largest city in Austria and there are 5 .. here .. in walking distance . You wouldn´t catch a black girl with a bad-hair-day even if u tried around here. Dread from Austria sends greetings having fun with your reactions m8.

[@dfuher968]

Ikr? Im from Denmark, and that 1 floored me! How could she even manage to NOT find just 1 shop? In a month??

[@MegaDapperman]

After an extended visit to the USA a friend mine claimed The Matrix was a documentary!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

When you realise that Demolition Man was supposed to be a parody and social commentary, not an instruction manual.

[@lbhh]

In Italy, milk is selled in 1 litre bottles or bixes and last 2/3 days. Some years ago, a company tried to sell the same milk you have in USA , but they got fined because they wrote on the package "fresh milk". There is no way you can call fresh a kind of milk that has preservants and can last a week or more in the refrigerator. They had to stop selling that milk because they knew if it was not "fresh" and had preservants, people would not buy it.

[@eidodk]

Chocolate tastes weird, because the US seems to absolutely HAVE to use UHT milk. It makes the chocolate taste like baby vomit.

[@vsmash2]

actually its worse, its not even UHT, that would taste better, its making the milk just sour enough to be stable inside the choclate, vomit taste and all.

[@eidodk]

@@vsmash2 They use a production method called lipolysis, which is what is making the milk fat break into their base forms, of which butyric acid (baby vomit) is one. UHT treated milk go through lipolysis. They aren't adding any chemicals, it just naturally tastes like it because they would rather UHT treat milk than pasteurize it.

[@zrobsobiekrzywde]

Not only that. The second thing is- they use corn syroup instead of sugar. Also Sugar in USA is made of sugar cane not from sugar beetroots like in Europe, so even white sugar taste different.

[@chriskelly9476]

Yep its the corn syrup. That's why American coca cola tastes different. Here in Australia we use cane sugar and it tastes better.

[@XMan-tu4iu]

The first time I visited the US in 1990 (from Scotland) I really wanted to try a Hershey’s bar of chocolate as it was one of those long time “images” of the US. It was ghastly with a really waxy texture. After the first square I threw the rest away. The first of many disappointments!!

[@suekennedy883]

I lived in the US for three years and remember how my American friends were pretty shocked that I used trains and buses to get around 😅I rode the Amtrak from San Diego to New Orleans over night - it's pretty slow but I wasn't in a hurry. I used buses and walked every where I went and met some great people. One American friend told me 'only poor people use buses'. He preferred to sit in traffic jams 😆😆

[@butterfliesandmoths]

Most of the topics here are connected to your political system. It's about the unrestrained capitalism. Note that I write the Unrestrained - my comment is not meant to be political: when you have companies that can grow more powerful than sovereign nations, you hollow out democracy, and they will take the power from the people. Because it all becomes a game about profit. That's why you don't pay any taxes and can't call for an ambulance (I for myself once called an ambulance for a sprained thumb when being drunk at a party). That's why your food tastes funny, why you cheese taste like chemicals and why they cut corners to bath the eggs in some anti-bacteria or god-knows-what, so the costumer has to wash them from chemicals afterwards. That's why you have all these expensive insurances - because that is money that goes back to the companies. In Europe they got taxes to cover that instead - because that is money that goes back to the people and the society.

[@davidlamb7524]

@butterfliesandmoths Obviously a healthier system. Americans think it's communism though - it seems almost that many would rather die than get free health care for example.

[@AJ-ko9ov]

Not calling 911… I live in the Netherlands and was stopped for using my phone while cycling (12 seconds) on my bicycle by 4 cops in a mini van. They came, at speed, from the road and crosses over the curb, bikelane and sidewalk. Blocking me. Jumped out with 3 of them. I was mortified and baffled by this extreme measures. I tried to argue my point. They stayed quite calm, but intimidating in a semi circle around me. One had hand on their holster (yeah police has hand guns here).. just ain’t used to this i was shacking with apprehension.. feeling mistreated (right or wrong. This is what i felt) In the end I took the fine (they could have let it go imho, but alas). The next day i decided to contact the police and request clarification on the way this event occurred. I was recontacted a few hours later and they explained i was stopped by an overzealous group of agents in training. Got an apology and was promised my feedback would be provided back to the training unit. Still have to pay the fine tho 😂

[@kevinr9141]

So what exactly is your point here? i'm just trying to understand, ofcourse that was a little extreme and they should not even have a hand on there guns, im just trying to figure out how this relates to not calling 911 here?

[@kaizokuo5850]

I had a slightly similar experience once (I'm Dutch myself). Just got off work, when suddenly a police car stopped alongside me (pretty abrupt, maybe not quite screeching tires). All 4 cops got out and surrounded me, and asked for identification. This was literally my first ever interaction police where I didn't know what it was about. For example, I've been given fines before for small offenses, like not having a light on my bike at night, parking ticket, etc, but that's normal stuff. Now, I do watch a *lot* of content about American police (it's a fascinating subject to me), so because this was so un-expected, I actually pulled out my wallet with ID !! *with my index finger and thumb* !! because I was so shocked about what was happening, and didn't want to seem a threat. But 5 seconds later when they checked my ID, they *immediately* apologized. Turns out a store had been robbed in the area just 10-15 minutes ago, and I resembled the description that they had of the suspect. Wasn't manhandled, all that happened was that one cop casually grabbed my upper arm, not even forcefully, but just to keep me from immediately running.

[@Flaggyt]

If a Dutch cop puts his hands on his weapon even if it's holstered, they "used" their gun and you need to report it. It's not allowed to threaten people that way if there is no reason. If it ever happens again point it out and ask his name and number (dienstnummer) and just watch and see how your situation is changing at that point, they will be a lót nicer and forthcoming.

[@normanmart7933]

You might want to get your head around politics a lot of benefits in Europe , food standards , transport health come from government intervention ie 'big' government.

[@markofabecic6824]

I remembered my high school teacher telling me how he was in mcdonald's in america and how he heard adult women screaming like someone was attacking them, turns out they were screaming because they had seen a mosquito outside of their window

[@black4pienus]

People don't call 911 for their health, but they do call 911 when the store manager doesn't agree with you. lol

[@cybilm133]

I am sure first 911 refers to get an ambulance which is very expensive (4 figure amount). Other 911 call gets you the police which cost nothing.

[@PSimonsen]

In Europe you call 911, in an emergency, like if you need PD, FD or Ambulance NOW! In Denmark we have a similar number for not so urgent response. Where you can call fx police and tell if there is something shady/spooky going on

[@SysterYster]

You call the same number for emergencies and just to reach the police? I didn't know that. We call one number for literal life and death emergencies, and another direct number if we just wanna talk to the police about something less threatening.

[@black4pienus]

@@SysterYster Here in The netherlands there's one number for emergencies. They send which unit you need. But you can also call the police station with questions or less urgent matters. You can get a ticket or jail sentence for misuse of the number. Punishment depends on situation.

[@Bruintjebeer6]

For me as a Dutch person, it is the strangest thing that you have to pay for an ambulance. You get an heart attack, accident or something else why you need an ambulance and tin the US they treat the ambulance like a product they rent out or a very expensive taxi ride. It is beyond my comprehension It would be nice to hear it the other way around. From people from Europe that moved to the US.

[@chriskelly9476]

Here in Australia, at least in a few states, the ambulance service is not free except for senior citizens, however, most people pay for ambulance cover which is cheap. I think I pay around $80 a year for it.

[@MichaelHedegaardJensen]

And dont give CPR in USA, unless you want to be sued for savning a life

[@yumyummoany]

I phoned our medical help line (UK) on Sunday. During our conversation she said an ambulance is on its way. They arrived, did several tests and took me to the hospital. Cost - nothing!

[@MichaelHedegaardJensen]

@@yumyummoany same in Denmark

[@ciberzombiegaming8207]

6:26 here in Lithuania you can call ambulance for almost anything medical related, and unless you frequently abuse ambulace as a free taxi you wont get any problems , financial or otherwise

[@kjk8941]

Oh yes, the food at McDonald's in the USA... I'm German and I was at a McDonald's in Virginia. I just couldn't eat it for the life of me. It was fat and sugar. Nothing more. The burger consisted of a flabby white bun, a meat-like greasy something on it and an extreme amount of mayonnaise on top. And then the fries... If McDonald's in Germany had such quality, it simply couldn't survive.

[@melw5725]

Depending on where you go in Europe, you have a population density of dark skinned people of practically one in a thousand or so (I lack actual numbers, but I had zero kids in any school I went to, including university that had african-esque skin. Turkish, greek, Italian, yes. Actually African origin, no. The first actually black person I shared a curriculum with way in France. It's not that they don't exist, but even my entire home town I can't recall a single black person or family, including all neighbouring towns in the region. So, no surprise. You gotta go to a specialty store in a bigger city. They exist. They are just rare, roughly equivalent to the percentage of people, who need the specific products.

[@karengray662]

You should look at ‘Food Wars’ where they do the differences between UK McDonalds & U.S. A hint, UK fries have 3 ingredients, U.S. is a whole long list. Add on they use free range eggs here in UK 🤯

[@twofinedays]

If you admire functioning universal healthcare, better food regulation, and overall better social security, and then claim yourself not political... Well then, i should point out you'll never achieve thoes in your own country, because all of them have absolutely got to do with politics! I see another American reactor saying he wants better food quality and smaller government in the same breath, and i just dispair...

[@HappyGnoux]

yes the food and medicine, beauty products...etc. as an exemple i'm rounding it up but, in the US about 11 chemicals are banned in cosmetics, in europe it's 1600 something... banned because they're considered carcinogen or dangerous for the health (and/or the environnement) for one reason or another. And it's the same with the food. Good healthy fresh food is really accessible here. I personally get my fruits,veggies, eggs, cheese, meat...etc. at a local organic farmers market and it's really not expensive. But you have to cook! in the us the crappiest ready-made food is the cheapest. So it's tempting.

[@chorokaidaaberkanrkiaa4137]

what the last woman is talking about. She just gotta google afro shop and shill find a whole bunch. Even in a german village u can find hair products for curly afro hair

[@RustyDust101]

In addition to the many comments on why eggs need to be washed in the USA (and it seems in Japan) there's an interesting fact. Despite all the chemical processes needed to wash eggs the USA consistently has higher numbers of salmonella infections than Europe. Considering that in many European countries raw eggs are added to food and NOT cooked afterwards (original Carbonara comes to mind as one prime example, Zabaione is another) those numbers are even more astonishing. So yes, Washington couldn't help but issue a law via the FDA that requires the washing of eggs, costing MORE than clean animal husbandry, vaccination of chickens to PREVENT infections instead of feeding them antibiotics to treat an infection after it happened... The list goes on and on. That makes eggs up to three times as expensive in the USA than most European countries with still worse health outcomes. THAT'S the part I don't get. Paying more for getting less is something I simply can't comprehend.🤔

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

Steak Tartar is basically raw beef with raw egg and quite delicious. In Germany we eat raw pork called 'Mett' which is even nicer...and less pretentious.

[@ringsaphire]

Well, any us employee finding a way to make a product cost more while giving you less of it is set for employee of the year in his company 😂 Trying hard to give people better quality products for lower prices is so old fashioned

[@markwilkie3677]

@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 I`m Scottish with a Lower Saxon wife. My father in law used to try and find things that I wouldn't eat, for his amusement as I, like most Scots enjoy Haggis. I really liked the Mett on rye bread with mustard, raw onion and a bottle of beer. The sausage was also excellent, although the local speciality cheese smelled like something had died, and was a step too far 😅 I have also been wild boar hunting on several occasions, with my father in law and his hunter friends, although thankfully without success. Thankfully as I`m not much of a hunter and didn't fancy warm Mett 🤣

[@Osiris261]

doubt eggs just go from chicken to store.. maybe because the eggs are steam washed at the packaging factories where in the us they dont do that to cut cost or some other reason..?...

[@papalaz4444244]

"both sides are equally right and wrong" is EXACTLY the brainwashing that first guy was fkng talking about, mate.

[@nilsacb9542]

Well anything extremist is wrong about something and you can’t really argue that

[@nathandts3401]

​@@nilsacb9542That's clearly bullshit. Extremism is only bad if it's a bad thing you're following to an extremist level. Doctors Without Borders have extreme views on access to medical treatment, but that's an extreme attitude towards a good thing.

[@corberus3119]

first guy also made the american left reasonable when it too is more extreme than in other parts of the world

[@nathandts3401]

@@corberus3119 Huh. The American left are just remembering unions exist. They're not extreme in any sense of the word.

[@lauram4168]

the lady with the brush, she didn't do her research cause there are different products for her hair in Europe so it's not true .

[@daphnelovesL]

And McDonalds is in Europa is low quality food

[@baronmeduse]

Even though France loves it and eats it a lot. Although their McDonalds is actually quite good.

[@UtamagUta]

I always say "No matter how starving I am, MCd's is still not a food (or Hesburger or Burger King). I'd much rather eat submarines from a gas station than a low end burger... Fast food of choice is a donner kebab obviously

[@JaNouWatIkVind]

Agreed. McDonald’s is not food. Kebab, though, is actually good and fresh food.

[@MrSeine2]

Wondering about the milk, so I looked it up. 4 diffences: BST used in the USA (growth hormone), Antibiotics more often used in the USA, but also used in europe more bacteria in the milk in the USA because of a high speed pasteurizing (HTST) method, Amino acid proline type vs histidine this is in the genetic of cows, but still can cause isseus in the stomach. My personal thought is that we are not baby calves. So don't drink too much milk.

[@ssirfbrorsan]

Small portions can seem large, served on smaller plates. In addition, there is no good restaurant that does not take your health into account. Everything from a totally vegan diet to good (not processed) meat

[@ivindhimsett9803]

Regarding portion size; when me and my siblings where in the US in 2010 we got served starters that had the same size as a european main course.

[@tommi7554]

Healtcare isn't actually free in Europe, you pay it when you pay taxes. US just doesn't use tax dollars to healthcare, if they use even part of the money they put in military, it could lower the costs of healthcare a lot.

[@davidz2690]

The US government pays far more per capita for healthcare than any other nation

[@MiigsMusic]

On the ambulance in Germany. There are cases where you do have to pay for it, i got taken to the hospital by EMT because i was to drunk as a teenager and i had to pay a few hundred for it (think the day in the hospital was factored in aswell). Not getting free transport when you're an idiot that did it to himself😂 Also taking the Deutsche Bahn will make stereotypes about german punctually and efficiency dissapear long before your train appears. 😂 Never had american peanut butter but the Dutch seem obsessed with it and have a lot of different flavours, they might come close.

[@IKerensky]

You really dont know why food is so much better quality and taste in Europe ? I am gonna reveal the secret and all the magic reside in a single word that will blow up any american mind : REGULATIONS. That's it, that's all the secret ingredient. That's the magic you can't have in the land of freedom.

[@billiegr1969]

Washing the eggs is an old habit from the days of untrgulated flea markets when was buying them from the producers directly (still in some country’s but regulated). EU have very strictly regulations concerning food safety and eggs with chicken are in the top of the list. The chicken egg packs must have on the outer surface clearly visible and legible markings for Egg packing country code, Organic or not, quality class (e.g. "Class A"), weight class (e.g. XL - very large), date of minimum durability, recommendation to store eggs after purchase in refrigerated conditions. 👩‍🍳👩‍🔬🤷‍♀

[@lovepilie]

Hi from France ! Had to call our "911" twice... cost me nothing. I actually learned last year that the american 911 is dispatched to private companies, whereas the one here is a public service !

[@t.d.5804]

Hi from Germany, if the ambulance cannot be there within 30min they will send a chopper, which needs 20min or so. Unless you live very very far in the countryside. But there is always a doctor in the ambulance, no scoop and run

[@gymjunke1]

In my town in the UK, there is an Afro-Caribbean beauty supermarket right on the high street. I am a guy and have seen others too. She must not have looked very hard.

[@hilary4576]

Milk in UK is literally just milk(pasteurised). God knows what the US add to it to make it last that long.

[@AP-RSI]

In Germany, we have UHT milk (long-life milk) and this is preserved for a long time through special treatment. Nevertheless, this UHT milk is probably still much better than what Americans drink as milk. Of course, you can also get fresh milk in Germany, but it should always be well chilled!

[@MrJoerT]

5:30 In my experience, here in the Netherlands we don't call the emergency services if it can be avoided. This is not a financial thing, but a way to not put unnecessary pressure on the system, keeping it available for true emergencies.

[@Mike-po2gx]

In the UK we treat our animal livestock better. We spend the money inject the chickens against salmonella. No salmonella eggs 👍

[@fionafiona1146]

Same as in the EU

[@emilydavison2053]

The UK doesn't allow live export of farm animals.

[@fionafiona1146]

@@emilydavison2053 that's not exactly true, it's however a lot of effort given they lack the veterinary staff to comply with the border control in all relevant directions

[@djwroodbwoy]

No matter how you treat your animals. In the end you kill an inocent beeing.

[@emilydavison2053]

@@djwroodbwoy I know. I'm vegan. But there are some things that happen in continental Europe that don't in Britain - animals in circuses, foie gras, bull fighting, fur farms etc

[@8alakai8]

from the netherlands here on time in the weekend riding my motorbike with friends there was a box of screws that had fallen out of a car and gone all over the road there is a high service bat they dont work in the weeknds so had to call 112 (911 in the netherlands) i was asking the person should i call 112 for this they said yes and 10 min later the police came and they had a broom so they could clean it up they told us yes its good you call it just before going on to the highway they said people could crash

[@carlossaraiva8213]

In Sweden MacDonalds has a lot of difficulty implementing there because thexswedish have their own fast food company called Max's which are so much better, their bread and meat are real and daily fresh. In Sweden if you got to eat at a fast food joint go to Max's, accept no substitutes.

[@JaNouWatIkVind]

1:55 I’d love to say “yeah bad Americans” but the latest elections in the Netherlands have opened the door to people voicing extreme right, racist, human-unfriendly points of view.

[@OdaSundquist]

Norwegian here; Whenever I visit the US I cant eat any of your breakfast/lunch foods, I get really ill whenever I try to eat any of your start-the-day-food because of all the "add-in's" that's in them..

[@malonidave130]

agree my brother in Italy use train to go to France weekly and bike to Venice and still have plenty time to cook and travel and play sport while supporting his wife and kids in France

[@marianne6876]

Wash and go is, - wash your hair, comb your hair and that's it. You can now go do your thing. New Zealand (Kiwi) girl here. I have family in the Netherlands and I love to visit Europe.

[@NoVoiOvi]

We in finland have two main types of milk: UHT(Ultra-high-temperature processing) and regular. Regular stays good for a week or so, and UHT for months. No preservatives needed.

[@mwtrolle]

6:48 The reason the US eggs have to be washed in chemicals, is then you don't have to fight salmonella at the farms, and that would be expensive!

[@samuelchepkwony4895]

I love US fast food everywhere else except when i went to the states. The food had so much chemicals i remember telling my relative why does this food taste like dust? It also hit me, no wonder they have free "fountain" soda refills. No one really wants it, or like me could take more than a few sips. It was all chemicals! What the hell man. Then you grow fat, get sick and can't see a doctor. 😢 sad sh!t.

[@nassersi]

the word "fast food" itself - eat fast and get out - is repulsive. Why not have soup, food, a good beer, a cup of coffee in a nice cozy restaurant instead. Enjoy a good lunch in a pleasant atmosphere. Instead of shoving something minced and fried in a rubber bun into your mouth?

[@zoxkxr6552]

7:00 on the egg thing eggs have a membrane that keeps them fresh without refrigeration. When they get wet that membrane gets damaged and they now need to be refrigerated. Some countrys decidet they dont want birdpoop on the egs going to the customer and are ok with having to refrigerate eggs others trust theyr people to wash the eggs bevore using them

[@LouLou10000]

There are black hair shops though, all over the uk

[@immune85]

Wonder how many feathers I've found in egg boxes. 😂

[@lolololol7573]

I've had a lot of friends and family visit the US and some even live there. Most of them get sick the first few days or even weeks. The mother of my SO was sick the entire month until they got back home. It's worrying how common this story is!?!

[@reinhard8053]

Or that au pair infos state that it is normal to gain some kg weight in the US. They will loose it when returning home.

[@neonknees]

We do not refrigerate our eggs in NZ. They can stay room temp for ages

[@gadget8066]

NO No the portion sizes in the U.S are MASSIVE. I live in the UK and the portion size here is quite big, it looks big and is enough to fill you up... America how ever gives you enough to fed 2/3 people! I was shocked how much food was on the plate, and the lady was right the quality was not good! Refrigerated milk here lasts 10 ish days TOPS!

[@grahvis]

A sign of how large the portion sizes are, is the prevalence of and frequent use of doggy bags

[@themeantuber]

The more I hear about health insurance in the US or the lack thereof, the more I believe I get it. I get it, they are taking the Spartan approach - you're either healthy or not. Binary healthcare.

[@last2nkow]

it is absolutely heartbreaking to see americans brought to tears in some cases when they find out health care doesnt ever result in financial hardship over in europe

[@mione3690]

probably, the reason eggs are washed is because the chickens are kept in way dirtier conditions. If the nesting box is clean, the eggs don't get really dirty.

[@Tiflow]

you might wanna give this a go: what does your tax dollars actually fund, if by not fault of your own you get sick or you lose your job or even if you dont need anything in particular what do your taxes fund because rich or poor the government takes a cut of your salary and adds a value to the stuff you buy and then decide on your own if your getting anything worth your hard earned money. Its not even a question of America vs Europe, americans should look at what they give and what they get and decide if its worthy.

[@TheWeedcontroller]

You wash your eggs because they are collected out of the animals pen and that means there is germs on the shells. However; most of the world realizes that when you wash eggs they have to be kept in a fridge because the bateria that is naturally on the egg shell from the hen preserves the egg. We keep our eggs on the shelf for 2 to 3 weeks because we don't wash them. Fun fact, that bacteria is harmless to us once the egg is cooked but if it worries you, just wash the egg before you use it. Better fresher food is always a bonus, and not having to throw food away just beccause you washed it last week and made it rot sooner is better too.

[@SailorYuki]

as an European who used to live in the States, I have some stuff to add to this list as reverse culture chocks. Since I lived there and also visited so many times it felt like I lived in other parts of the country too, I had to buy groceries. I, just for fun, decided to take one shelf in the soft beverages isle and see what ingredients they had. Out of the 20+ items I checked only 1 had 1 natural ingredient - water. The rest didn't even cointain water as an ingredient. They're beverages! Juices and soft drinks FFS! Also sugar coated sugar cubes in fun colours. But I do agree with the lady about the cheesecake. Nothing beats American Cheesecake. Food quality in Europe is better because we care about what we put in our mouths. which is why so many things are banned in EU and Europe as a whole. Like American Eggs (lack of controlls for salmonella is one of the reasons). FDA lets anything slide if you pay them enough. EU regulates everything. If there's a potential health risk, they will flag it and do thorough research and then ban it. Producers have 12 months to adjust. We do have poptarts here in Europe too, but those are not the same as in the US since the imported stuff sold in stores still need to comply to the strict food regulations. So Stuff like Mountain Dew that contains carcogenic ingredients and Cereals that cointain artificial flavours that have been found to distrupt hormone production and infertility have a clean EU version, made in the same factory as the US versions. But these healthier options won't be sold in the US because, money is worth more than human lives. Europe thinks humans are worth more than money. That's the main difference between USA and EU.

[@Melisendre]

Health care in europe isn't for free. In some countries you pay it per taxes and in others per health insurance or a mix of both systems. The difference to the us is that you usually don't have to pay extra for your health treatments. As the health insurances and gouvernments are interested in not paying too much for health treatment the prices a much lower then in the us.

[@hamster4618]

9:17 😂 Not the milk, but the bread… I lived in the USA 25 years ago. First week bought a loaf of bread. Forgot about it. Left it on the countertop. 3 or 4 weeks later it still wasn’t mouldy and felt and looked fresh. I decided that if I ever want to decompose after death and/or not glow up green during life, I should probably eat different bread. So I went out to find bread that does turn stale. Meanwhile we seem to have moved to longer living bread at home. 😢

[@Bedsize]

UHT treaded milk - They bacasially boiled the milk at 140º C. To make it last longer. But it changes the flaveor alot!

[@nathanthom8176]

The most common method of pasteurisation in the US is HTST, which is also the most common method in the UK. The longer life in US milk is due to preservatives and not the pasteurisation method.

[@DaChaGee]

So why do they have to keep it refrigerated? It's not UHT

[@papalaz4444244]

"creamer" an artifical chemical product you wont get served anywhere in Europe. People here put actual milk or perhaps actual cream in coffee.

[@Oliver_Cumberland]

The larger sizes in the USA is generally true and often commented on by US tourists in Australia, Two examples. Macdonald's drink sizes: USA: small - 473ml; medium - 621ml; large - 887ml Australia: small - 300ml; medium - 500ml; large - 650ml Pizza Hut USA: personal - 6in; small - 10in; medium - 12in; large - 15in Australia: personal - 6in; medium - 9in; large - 11in Another video explaining the eggs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4auh4FmabidfK8

[@vihreelinja4743]

Yes. Americans are easy to lure in with big portions and "discount" prizes.. While in Europe and places like Australia people are more in to quality / experience then quantity.

[@drsiigabb9935]

You left out the family 15"

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

In New Zealand we see American Dems as to the right of our right leaning party. Damn near our entire political spectrum is left of American Dems.

[@lovepilie]

About eggs : in most european countries they are a natural shade of beige/brown ! The ones I get in France are s untouched that they sometimes even have tiny feathers on them...

[@missharry5727]

I have occasionally found a feather on Sainsburys eggs, which are all free-range.

[@Sine-gl9ly]

Egg colour depends entirely on the breed of chicken laying them. From dazzling white through cream to dark brown with even darker speckles, via beige, olive green, maroon and turquoise blue, these are ALL perfectly natural colours of eggs produced by hens of different breeds.

[@lovepilie]

I would agree, but ! I also heard about some eggs being "white washed" to suit the customer's expectations @@Sine-gl9ly

[@JaNouWatIkVind]

I usually find feathers in the eggs carton. Didn’t think anything of it? It’s chicken egg, they grow around feathers?

[@Royal_BLT]

🇨🇦 Peanut Butter is Canadian, and the U.S. messed that up too ! 🇨🇦

[@jorgehurford1742]

genetically modified food is not allowed in the UK; in the US I don't think they even have to tell you if it is genetically modified.

[@scrambledmandible]

All food is genetically modified, that's how agriculture and domestication works

[@frankgunold268]

9:08 That's the difference between fresh milk and UHT milk! Pasteurization is a super quick process whereby the raw milk is heated to 74C for 15 seconds. UHT milk goes through an ultra-pasteurization process, which safely heats the milk to a higher-than-usual temperature of approximately 140C for 2+ seconds before it is packed aseptically.30.01.2023

[@Vlad_a450]

The coffee itself is sickeningly sweet! Just find a good variety: it should taste good and not taste like tobacco ash. Just drink coffee without sugar for a few days - everything will get better and you won’t understand how you can add more sugar to this sweetness!

[@frankhooper7871]

I was born in London but lived in California for 20 years from the age of 2. Returned on holiday after living back in England for about 25 years and was at a buffet meal where I saw some beautiful, big, bright red strawberries; bit into one and...yeuch watery and flavourless.

[@thomaslowdon5510]

There is no BRITISH ACCENT.. Its English..or Scotish or welsh or Irish..

[@missharry5727]

Or Yorkshire, or Cockney, or Cornish...even I as an English person can distinguish say North and South Wales, or Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Highlands, or Belfast and Dublin.

[@nathanthom8176]

There is no universal British accent but there are British accents, so if an American said I have a British accent (or my Scottish stepdad for that matter), they would be right. I get the frustration as what is usually happening is that the person saying it is conflating an English accent for a British one but at least from a technical standpoint they aren't wrong.

[@elenaescocia2479]

Even then all our accents are regional! They all differ county to county in the UK!

[@PHDarren]

02:22 what's he's basically saying is Democrats and Republicans are both right wing parties, both being right of centre by varying amounts.

[@kalashnicovcosis]

Off course cajun cooking is great. It has its roots OUTSIDE of america.

[@mikeenwright2622]

She said "Everything looks like the thing, but isn't the thing." LOL It's funny 'cause it's true.