American Stereotypes - Are They Accurate?

Today we look at some popular American stereotypes and talk about how they hold up and possible reasons for their existence!
NEW TRAVEL VLOG! • American Visits Wales ...
►Become a member of the channel community and get cool perks! / @evan
►SUBSCRIBE for new videos every week! goo.gl/65evwQ
Thank you so much for watching! Hope you enjoyed it!
If you're new to my channel and videos, hi! I'm Evan Edinger, and I make weekly "comedy" videos every Sunday evening. As an American living in London I love noticing the funny differences between the cultures and one of my most popular video series is my British VS American one. I'm also known for making terrible puns so sorry in advance. Hope to see you around, and I'll see you next Sunday! :)
Discord: / discord
Merch: ► evanedinger.tumblr.com/merch
Patreon: / evanedinger
Second Channel: / evanedingertravel
Tumblr: / evanedinger
Twitter: / evanedinger
Instagram: / evanedinger
Snapchat: EvanEdinger
Facebook: / evanedinger
Twitch: / evanedinger
How I make my videos! {affiliate links that support my channel! :D )
Camera - Sony A7siii: bit.ly/3jtvs7t
Lens - Sony G Master F/1.4 24mm: amzn.to/31QRLuP
Microphone - Rode Videomic Pro+ : amzn.to/2RDXfmE
Lighting - Aputure 120D mk ii: amzn.to/2Zf5XQ3
Memory Card: amzn.to/1RGzGEh
Editing software - Final Cut Pro X

[@evan]

Watch the video in 4k if you can! It's CRISP

[@john_smith1471]

Good picture, My smart tv is indicating 4K, thing is every blemish and line on your face and individual beard bristles can be seen, but the back lighting gives you a halo. The camera focus area is small, your head is sharp, I can read your glasses rayban logo, but the T shirt is not sharp.

[@lollylula6399]

You're crisp

[@AO2437.]

It's awesome!

[@ronni2664]

Ohh about the teath. THe US has a higher accepted limit for whitening chemicals in toothpaste then in the EU, and a lot of whitening chemicals that are illigal for everyday use in the EU. Besides that in 42 out of 50 US's biggest citys Fluor is added to water to keep the teath "strong" also called Water fluoridation

[@TheDucky399]

Literally feels as though you are sitting across from me! O.o :D

[@weebteckickedin6734]

I know all the states. solid, liquid, gas and plasma

[@elizabethlebeau866]

✨depression✨

[@MrGonzonator]

Bose-Einstein condensate.

[@anderkid1090]

Constant anxiety

[@weebteckickedin6734]

Army B. Mood

[@n1thmusic229]

Oobleg Bose-einstein, superfluid and nucleifluid

[@sams3015]

Actual Irish person here: No one cares if Americans are proud of their Irish heritage but we just can’t stand when act like they are part of our current culture and society. Our country has changed radically in the past 25 or so years, so as a result even adult first generation Irish-Americans have a limited understanding about our country unless they are constantly coming over here in summer or something. I think it’s the speaking on behalf of us that irritates people not expressing excitement about our common heritage. I could be wrong, but for example it seems Irish-Americans lean a lot more conservative than we do and tend to be more religious. I think it’s unfair on us, the massive shifts towards being socially liberal which is driven by increased wealth and living standards, educated and a general movement away from strictly following the Catholic Church (most younger and midage people are atheist, agnostic or lean more towards spirituality) goes completely unnoticed because Hollywood and Irish-American’s still push the simple old paddy who is madly religious and likes to drink. We appreciate what Irish-Americans done for Ireland but as a community could you please to get know the motherland better instead of making out it’s still the 1950s here.

[@Brigister]

actual Italian here: the exact same thing goes for Americans of Italian descent.

[@grainneflanagan7642]

From another actual Irish person, this is very well put!

[@ellis1034]

Preach

[@grainneflanagan7642]

@@nuansd that's a fair point but for me what I find very annoying is basically what Evan said in the video about phrasing. When people say that they "are Irish" it implies the present tense rather than saying they have an Irish parent/grandparent etc.. which lets people immediately know that the Ireland they have a connection to is one from however many years ago. And as the person who wrote the original comment said, a false image of how the country currently is ends up getting portrayed if people don't clarify that they have Irish heritage rather than saying that they *are* Irish. Hope that made sense

[@sams3015]

Gráinne Flanagan Exactly, why do we need to do the labour for their miscommunications and misrepresentation? Yeah sure it’s craic and Irish people don’t care that much and currently we are not an oppressed people, so you can’t really say it’s this big sociological problem but it does bother Irish people. I am gay for example and lived abroad and anytime I went on a date with an American guy, I’d usually have spent the first 15-20 mins explaining I’m not closeted, my family are not homophobic, our (now former) taoische was gay, we have marriage and all these things. Both American and non American guys have said to me they liked me but expected Irish people to be very conservative, they think these because as @Naunce said the Irish Americans are going around with a 1950s view point of Ireland. Also to reply to them: yes they shouldn’t pretend to be from modern Ireland but we just want them to know what the difference is and stop speaking out of place as us. Irish-American is it’s own unique sub-culture, being Irish isn’t a subculture but being a national / resident in an actual evolving real life society and Irish-Americans need to step up and do their part and stop conflating the two!

[@toxicginger9936]

4:31 .. "When you're visiting the country of Europe..." That feels like the most American gaff.

[@amilliev.6131]

i heard that and died a lil

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

I was reading the comments and missed it!

[@shotosynthesis312]

My friend said India is a continent

[@Pingviinimursu]

@@shotosynthesis312 They... could have been more wrong? Continents are stupid and there is no good definition for them, depending on how you want to count they can number anywhere from 3 to 22, if I recall correctly. One of the continental plates is mostly India, so you could almost argue they were right. But you'd have to argue, it's not a thing you say in casual conversation with no reasoning :D

[@aminadabbrulle8252]

@@shotosynthesis312 Well, it WAS. Maybe your friend is just millions of years old?

[@ChrisBetton]

Americans: "Why can't you name all fifty of our states?" Me: "Why do you think the UK is only one country?"

[@karstenbuer1376]

No American can name all 50 states

[@Olivia-wg8gv]

@@karstenbuer1376 most ppl I’ve met can, they teach us a song to memorize them lol

[@livkend]

@@karstenbuer1376 I can probably name all 50 but I honestly couldn't place all of them. Let's see... there's the west coast, east coast/New England...Colorado, Illinois, and Florida. Did I miss anything?

[@dugebuwembo]

Yesssssssss 👏🏿 👏🏿 👏🏿

[@RobertClaeson]

A: "Then what is the UK if it's not a country" M: "It's a country of countries" (actually not very dissimilar to the US and its states, but in a much more informal and unstructured way)

[@lucychisholm1255]

what i don’t get is how u can have so much history to learn THE COUNTRY IS ONLY 250 YEARS OLD

[@gaildahlas]

Literally! I live in a city where almost every building is either the same age or older than the US, and it just baffles me. I guess they don't have to distil it down as much, maybe?

[@kaitlinberanek4539]

usually what happens is the course will go into extreme detail. we'd learn the names of all the major people involved in any battle, decision, etc and where it took place

[@anniehowell5320]

The country is as old as any but it's native american. People learn mighty Columbus found this land but really they invaded a country and tortured it's people.

[@whitewave09]

but wow did they pack a bunch into those two centuries

[@M.M.Y.B]

Well, the country is only so old, but it does include PEOPLE from all over the world and their unique interaction with the laws and prejudices. Not to mention, the land mass is pretty large with a diverse range of ecosystems and such to keep us busy. So I'm surprised there isn't more history, tbh.

[@kitfoxworth5461]

"America saves the world". This is a movie genre in our house 😅

[@danielstopps]

Kitkat Frazzle then that’s a blatant lie

[@kitfoxworth5461]

@@danielstopps haha so true! But they need to feed their ego at least three times a day over there!

[@danielstopps]

Kitkat Frazzle true

[@clarasouthby4013]

Ah

[@vogelmeister6809]

"the americans won this one, they made a movie about it"- my dad, watching ww2 films

[@fleabug]

'We have to write essays about how amazing our freedom is and how thankful we are that we have this freedom'.....errrr ok North Korea

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

The only essays I ever wrote were for US history exams and World History politicial theory of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Montesquie. History is strictly objective so whatever he was made to do could easily get his teacher fired, license taken, and fined or jailed. It's unspeakable.

[@roguedruid]

His school definitely isn't representative of the whole US, that's not a normal thing for American schools.

[@daphne5720]

@@ivetterodriguez1994 Montesquieu *

[@jelletinny]

@@ivetterodriguez1994 i think he was referring to how history is taught to children- think about your elementary/middle schooling in history… there was almost certainly propaganda in there: an attempt to make you celebrate the founding of our country because we’re so good and moral and original, or how amazing our revolution was, or making you read and sometimes memorize the constitution, glossing over Native American genocide, praising the founders of the USA who were also slave owners without discussing that little fact at all, treating Christopher Columbus like a hero because he initiated colonization even though he was objectively evil… I can go on

[@gemoftheocean]

It was some jerk's idea of a "joke."

[@vantreese73]

As someone from Hawaii, I’m sure we did learn general American history but I mainly remember learning Hawaiian history. Also, recycling is very important here!

[@sarahpaty6108]

I remember that when I was there! I'm form Colorado and I thought we were doing pretty well on eco friendliness, then I took an eco tour in Hawaii and I was like ohdamn...yall killin it

[@austinblackburn8095]

@@sarahpaty6108 Well you kinda have to be eco friendly on a islands that small. When you can't just bury 100s of tons of garbage in the middle of nowhere, being eco friendly isn't a choice as much as its a necessity unless you want to be buried in trash you have no choice but to properly dispose of it through recycling and burning.

[@evan]

KZbin still haven't processed 4K on this video I'mma cry

[@GameRoll]

Evan Edinger 😂 i feel your pain

[@MittensZora]

Rip

[@playswith_squirrels]

Hello everybody and welcome back to just another American tutorial on how to get cancelled from every country :)

[@playswith_squirrels]

Yeah that's not too good

[@tropicalbeaches]

React to Eurovision!

[@haleysmith1501]

I love watching the dust particles flying through the air.

[@evan]

4K DUST (it's because of the sun)

[@bertaroo]

Th great dust

[@emporioalnino4670]

Rip paul ritter

[@absolvitor3541]

"the UK has a Magna Carta" - no, it doesn't! Magna Carta is a strictly English document; it was signed hundreds of years before the UK was even a thing (and very little of Magna Carta actually survives today because the vast majority of it has been repealed by Parliament over the years)

[@elizabethnahu3422]

just because it was originally signed in England doesn't mean they didn't export it to other countries - I'm from New. Zealand and we actually still have bits of the manga carter in our law. it's definitely of English origin but no longer strictly English

[@pixelated_bee3211]

@@elizabethnahu3422 They wouldn't have imported the actual magna carta tho it would be something similar but a later development of it coz the magna carta was signed in the medieval period far before we discovered other land

[@elizabethnahu3422]

@@pixelated_bee3211 they did. In New Zealand they passed an act importing every single English law over here. Many of those have since being wiped, but several direct passagers of it still make up our constitution. Source: my class at law school

[@pixelated_bee3211]

@@elizabethnahu3422 I'm sure they did pass english laws but at that point the magna carta would no longer be exactly the same. it would have been adjusted and altered so it was not the original magna carta. the original is a strictly english document

[@elizabethnahu3422]

@@pixelated_bee3211 bro, unaltered parts of it our in NZ law. When you invade everywhere and force your laws upon us, that law is no longer strictly English.

[@stuspawton]

Saying you have heritage isn't the same as outright claiming you're from that geographical area. So many Americans would claim they were Scottish because their last name was vaguely Scottish, or claim they're Irish because they have red hair.

[@pauliedoodle1939]

Lol my favourite one is when they claim they can understand Scottish accents because they have Scottish blood, like it gives you magical powers or something lol. They don’t seem to understand that we speak English and tend to tone down the accent when we are speaking to tourists. 😂

[@yogurLAPIZ]

I still don't get this too. Many people say they are XX when in fact they are not. I mean you are from where you were born. If you where born in Spain for example but your parents are from XX country and they raised you with that culture and all but in your home, you are still Spanish but decent of xx parents. Some people don't get that. It would be like I claimed I'm spanish because I was most of my life raised here, even being born in Brasil. I'm not, I'm Brasilian raised in Spain and that's what I say to people when they ask where I'm from. That helps them make sense of my behaviour and way of speaking. Is weird when I heard someone say that because they are the most convinced they behave like the people from that country and you are like: nah~ we don't do that. Also is funny how they are ones who stereotypes the most.

[@darianistead2239]

@@yogurLAPIZ It's the difference between ethnicity and nationality.

[@colinf3963]

Things I've learned from Evan's videos: either the education system has improved greatly since Evan was in school, or his schools were just terrible. My state is one of the lowest in education and I still learned how poorly the government treated Native Americans.

[@arunsalwan8558]

Colin F Exactly I learned about the trail of tears 30 years ago I learned about poison blankets. Does he realize it in the UK they don’t teach them about the British Empire and what they did to the colonists?Most British people don’t know the havoc that was committed in their name.. look up the bengal famine and Winston Churchill .. A lot of countries have skeletons in their closet it’s just that on this channel everybody loves to stereotype America because they are the perceived big dog in the world but let’s also open up the closet and look at the UK because remember the sun never sets on the British Empire know that Empire has faded it was still a part of history

[@VanatruFreyr]

Arun Salwan calm down man, we are taught about the empire and the atrocities it caused. The reason America is stereotyped more frequently is because it HAS to be the loudest voice in the room and a lot of current/recent world issues have been caused by the behaviour of the US

[@LongdownConker]

@@arunsalwan8558 we absolutely are taught about the British Empire and the atrocities committed! Also education is standardised here so we ALL learn about it.

[@arunsalwan8558]

Matt McC I don’t think we have to be the loudest voice in the room it’s just because we are most influential at this point rightly or wrongly I don’t mind being stereotype but man people love giving their opinion you’re talking to somebody has been to the UK many times I am also of east Indian descent I’m just saying it’s easy to critique other people try looking in the mirror once in a while America like many countries have committed sins and should be called out just wish it was a little more balanced Many of us are against the police of the world attitude that many conservatives have and I’m sick of the military industrialized complex

[@mmcgiggles]

I agree with this he seems to have grown up in the New Jersey that is currently Trump country and probably had those same views long before he ran and it manifested in the way they were taught about American History. I know I learned about the Trail of Tears, Andrew Jackson, and the way non-white people were treated in the US and watched documentaries about Emmett Till and other issues outside of the US besides WWI and WWII.

[@rebekahl840]

For British people, knowing all ths States is the same as Americans knowing all the counties. It just doesnt work.

[@MeFreeBee]

I'm British and could list all 50 US states (given a few minutes and a paper and pencil). No way could I name all English counties let alone Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish ones.

[@FrenzyBenzij]

MeFreeBee how there so easy to remember the counties

[@MeFreeBee]

@@FrenzyBenzij Counties just don't seem as important divisions within the UK as states are to the US. What region a town or city is in (e.g. North East, Midlands, East Anglia etc) is often much more relevant than its county. After all, who gives a stuff whether a town is in Cheshire or Staffs? Nobody, except the people who live there.

[@FrenzyBenzij]

MeFreeBee yeah no one cares that’s why we don’t really learn it but once you learn it’s easy to remember

[@MeFreeBee]

@@FrenzyBenzij I don't even know how many there are - which makes it harder to know if you've remembered them all.

[@MsCanadianLeaf]

“... like when you’re visiting the country of Europe..” Stereotype: Americans mistake continents for countries (Europe or Africa) ;)

[@sarahpaty6108]

what a sweeping generalization to make

[@colonyofrats4193]

Little Grape lmao

[@keysliceace5015]

They do it to themselves (America being continent not a country)

[@TheMultiGamerOfficial]

To be fair, I did it for a long time too, and I live in Europe.

[@lakthederg]

Half right. If you ever did any actually advanced geography course, no. You NEVER make that mistake unless you wanna die. I will admit though, I’ve heard a lot of people say “the country of Africa.” Europe, not so much.

[@RosLanta]

The British history syllabus does focus a lot on British history, but we DO look at other countries' histories too (albeit not as varied as I might like). I did parts of French, American and Russian history at secondary school, and some international history such as the world wars (including the Holocaust), as well as doing Classics as a separate subject so including ancient Greek and Roman history. I can't really remember primary school history lessons (beyond the Tudors and WW2 evacuation!) but I imagine we probably did ancient Egypt, most primary schools do.

[@maccladoz]

I have no problem with Americans claiming Irish heritage, but for the love of all that is holy, if you're going to celebrate St. Patrick's Day please, please, please at least get the name correct. It is St. Paddy's day and NOT St. Patty's day. Even typing that made me die a little inside.

[@brawler1972]

k

[@gaildahlas]

That's a thing? Isn't Patty short for Patricia? America, explain

[@lollyc832]

GD Gameplayer Paddy is a shortened name for Patrick. Patty is not..

[@kathyazzari839]

Really? It was St. Padrick? If I had ever seen that in writing I would have gone with that, but I've never seen it written any way but St. Patrick's Day.

[@GDGAI]

Kathy Azzari Sorry, I was making a joke. It’s not actually that

[@GameRoll]

Americans get mad when we don’t know FIFTY states but most of them can’t name the FOUR countries in the UK... Edit: Americans in the reply’s going ‘eNglAnD, sCotLanD, wALeS anD nOrThEn iReLanD rIghT?’ Yes I know I’m just going off what it says In the video hence why this video is about STEREOTYPES, however most Americans I talk to think that England is the only country in the UK lol

[@philomathstudies9226]

Actually, allow me to further plummet your view of us Americans even further by letting you know that most don't know the difference between England and the UK and think that the UK just comprises England and that is it

[@colinf3963]

Most of us don't know the difference between England, Britain, and the UK, and some of us think London is a country.

[@avalonsignoraalmas6150]

Bruh, we don’t care how many states you know, but I can definitely name the four counties of the U. K. Try again, honey.

[@haashirkabeer2671]

@@avalonsignoraalmas6150 not all Americans obviously- but I have seen alot of people in Scotland and Wales saying that its England

[@avalonsignoraalmas6150]

@haashir kabeer, as an American who lives in America and knows lots of Americans, I can tell you that no one I know confuses them. We learn in school about European geography, at least I did. I guess I can only speak for myself and not most Americans, but you, also, can’t speak for most Americans.

[@jwm8824]

In my U.S. school, we learned about Native Americans, how we took it, in 4th grade. We were given reasons why Columbus may not deserve a national holiday. In 5th grade we learned nothing about the U.S., we learned about Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Ancient and Modern India and China. We were also educated on Ancient Greece.

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

I have very little memory of that. I wish they taught that in high school as well1 We only get modern World History! Unless you take AP World History and maybe AP Geography.

[@qi6303]

I hate how it is referred to as we, when talking about our nation

[@jadethegamermc]

[@jalapeno1119]

Mine ciriculumn was bumped up from yours, then. We did early America in the 5th grade and mesopotamia/ancient world/eastern cultures in 6th.

[@GeeklingNo1]

I was homeschooled and it’s weird bc I know more about other countries’ history than I do ours. I know the important stuff about other countries and the us but not a TON about any of them which I think is how it should be

[@miriamrobarts]

9:20 According to urban legend, when there was an effort in the US to switch over to the metric system, the soda companies realized that 2 liters was slightly less than half a gallon, so they could change the size of the bottle, without changing the price & make slightly more profit.

[@n1thmusic229]

As a Brit I actually know about 40 of the 50 states, and if someone got angry at me for not knowing all of them I'd ask them to list the 48 English counties, and then as I am partly Canadian, the 10 Canadian Provinces and 3 territories

[@keriezy]

I can name some counties but I might not be able to put them on a map.

[@lucychisholm1255]

as a brit i didn’t even know there were 48 counties and i could probably only name 2

[@tammybabes3753]

@@lucychisholm1255 same

[@JustAnotherBrotherHD]

Lucy Chisholm counties aren’t really that important tbh. Only really need to know the county you live in tbh

[@n1thmusic229]

@@lucychisholm1255 So why exactly do we have to know the states if we don't even know all our counties, neither of them are important

[@jmasters7502]

Americans being taught in school only of their country's history, drilled to think it's the greatest country in the world, told to write essays explaining their gratitude for their freedom and not being taught the USA's shortcomings seems a lot more communist to me than free healthcare.... just saying 😗 EDIT : I understand people will have different experiences, the USA is large and every school district / state(?) may have their own curriculum. In the UK, Scotland, England, Wales and NI have different teaching methods. This was a joke and it's not a good joke because it's not well thought out lol but it's not meant to go beyond that. Every country has its good moments and its bad moments and we should be taught all of them, in the UK we get taught about British Imperialism and the empire and the effects that had on the rest of the world. Etc. Schools shouldn't be the end all of education, we should continously be learning new things and expanding our knowledge :) I hope I didn't offend anyone with my comment. It's a joke and shouldn't be taken much further than that.

[@rdaisydraws]

As an American currently in her senior year, it’s kinda weird but I don’t think it’s as bad as some people make it out to be. I don’t remember much of elementary / middle school history but from what I do remember in 6th grade we learned about early civilizations and 8th grade at some point we learned about the constitutional convention. 9th grade history is World Civ, so basically everywhere but America we learn about. 10+11 is US history 1+2 with 1 being basically revolution / creating the US, civil war, industrial revolution, etc. And 2 being about like 1900, maybe a little earlier, to current events at the end of the year. For me there’s no history class required for senior year so you can pick whatever class you want, or not take one at all. As for being “drilled to think it’s the greatest country in the world” I guess we are? But I suppose I never really fell into that trap. I haven’t said or stood up for the pledge in YEARS and was never told to write an essay about our freedom or anything like that. I was also definitely taught our short comings, especially in US 1+2, but that was probably because I had really cool history teachers every single year who would just tell us like it is. 😂 but yes, we should have free health care.

[@jmasters7502]

@@rdaisydraws That's really interesting! I hope i didn't offend, I was being hyperbolic to show how some people make free healthcare out to be radical 😅😂

[@thegup3839]

@@rdaisydraws Another American here! I do agree with some of the points you mentioned. For me, history in elementary/middle school was all over the place, not just America, focusing on the constitution and revolution in 8th grade. Freshman year was either geography or AP Human Geography, which, as I understand, both about the whole world. Sophomore year was world history, junior year was US history, and senior year was government, and it didn’t talk about just US government. When I was younger, I did feel like there was something to be proud about when saying the pledge of allegiance or looking at the flag, but now I just feel depressed by the state that our country is in. It feels like it would be magical to move to Canada or New Zealand or some place where they really have their shit together. I feel like if I just moved there I’d be seeing unicorns and rainbows all day. While Americans get a bad rap, and I don’t really blame people for thinking that way of us when stupid Americans are always in the spotlight, I really feel like something else to focus on about America isn’t our values of Freedom, but also our diversity. There are those idiots and crackheads, but there is far more to us than just the mess shown on media. We are all generally a mess though at some point

[@waterfall_tea4377]

I don’t know if you’ve watched Avatar: The Last Airbender, there’s a scene in the fire nation where all the students say the fire nation oath or something in a class room before they start class. Americans do that too so...

[@thegup3839]

@@waterfall_tea4377 true, yeah, sounds pretty weird, it is pretty weird if you think about it too much, yeah it’s a great show. The thing is that it’s not like we’ll get detention if we don’t say it, I’ve never had a teacher enforce that we say the pledge of allegiance, and less and less people so recite the pledge due to it being outdated and many people feel uncomfortable about the “under god” part. At least our pledge isn’t as creepy as the one in the show. And another thing in our defense (which we really need) is that, as shown in ATLA, the pledge doesn’t really affect us or make us bad people really. It was other stuff messing up those fire nation kids

[@cesarionoexisto2848]

americans r just like "im irish" but havent even heard of the troubles

[@charliewright4044]

They think the IRA's an Insurance firm

[@thecincinnatichick]

American here, before I google it, the troubles took place around northern island between Catholics and protestants, the Catholics wanted to keep northern island part of ireland and the protestants wanted to be part of the UK. I know there was an Irish Republican Army that I think were Catholics, not sure, and it ended in the late 90s around Easter. I believe there were frequent car bombings, we have a drink here in the States called an "Irish Car Bomb," that the Irish find very offensive. I was told that by an Irishman I met in a bar and hung out with while on vacation in Miami, we happened to be staying in the same hotel. He was a lot of fun. Anyway, I'm gonna Google it now and fact check myself. Edit: After reading up on the troubles I see it was much more complicated than I previously explained. From what I read it seems to have been more about a united Ireland than religion. I know throughout history the British haven't been to kind to the Irish. When I said it ended around Easter, lol, it was the Good Friday agreement, I was close tho. I didn't know the IRA was still active. Also, in response to the Irish car bomb drink, the Irish should make a drink called "american school shooter" or "twin towers terror attack," something like that.

[@blitzofchaosgaming6737]

And Europeans believe they discovered continents that already had people living on them.

[@ninjaked1265]

@@charliewright4044 my great grandpa was in the IRA and was wanted by the British which prompted him to move to Canada, and later Michigan

[@eugenelubbock5478]

@@blitzofchaosgaming6737 when anyone says "discovered" although yes it is a nonsense term, they mean discovered by some guy from the old world. And nobody in Europe even considers is

[@emmadoyon3282]

Evan you are by far my favorite KZbinr of all time, but as a hard of hearing subscriber, I find it nearly impossible to enjoy your content without closed captions. Could you pretty please caption your videos? 🥺 🤟

[@Hannah-wh3vo]

As someone with auditory processing issues, I second this! Accessibility is cool

[@Lena-vm9oo]

Would be so good

[@veronikagundersen9334]

I second this. I have mild audio processing issues and words get jumbled sometimes and I miss them. I watch the the automatic captioning on but it isn’t accurate a lot of the time.

[@ciarasookarry]

+

[@roslyn4303]

^

[@willb8343]

Evan: * very excited about his a7siii * "the sun is setting, I hope it doesn't ruin the shot..." Dust: I ' m a b o u t t o e n d t h i s m a n ' s w h o l e c a r e e r

[@FTZPLTC]

I think part of the recycling culture in Europe comes from the fact that we had two pretty big and expensive wars in a (culturally) short period, so "repair, reuse, recycle" was pretty ingrained in a couple of generations - enough that it just becomes a truism. Even when we're bad at recycling in practice, we still have that mentality that it's the right thing to do and that we're wrong when we don't do it.

[@theinkspell41]

I think the hard part about American stereotypes is just that America is so big. Education can vary wildly from state to state; everything varies really. There's been quite a few times when Evan talks about his school experiences and I (growing up in California) can't relate at all. My experiences are so different.

[@pebble312]

Thank you, I am from Cali as well and I was thinking the same thing!

[@allanagiles9470]

"A Tory who cares for the poor" asjkajsa Evan you didn't have to be this honest

[@really-quite-exhausted]

The one about being lowkey offended when people don't know all the states made me laugh. It's just hilarious to me that it's so normal to have memories all the states and capitals. Like??? Who cares???? I'm sorry but I'm a Brit and I just can't understand it because I haven't grown up in your education system, I guess. It's such an insignificant thing to be offended by. Also idk if it's the new camera but your outline looks really crisp and nice with the light from the window 👌

[@janani1826]

I mean i guess it would be weird to not no at least half of tbe countries in europe?

[@lydia3460]

Honestly I think it makes sense to know that stuff about where you live but I do think it’s pretty ridiculous to expect people from other countries to know all 50 states. Like we are just one country why would we be that important to most of the world?

[@janani1826]

@@lydia3460 whoa i didn't realise he meant that 🤣

[@philomathstudies9226]

I think it comes from thinking that 1. Everyone else in the entire 'civilized' world had to learn everything we did, 2. the rest of the world isn't as important as America, and 3. There was a strong emphasis placed on memorizing ALLL the states and capitals when we were like 8 or 9. Although the only time I can recall ever seriously judging someone for not knowing the states was when I was taking an Earth Science class in uni and we had to fill out a map of the states with mountain ranges and such and SO many grown-ass adults couldn't identify most of the states which still seems wild to me. Like we're so sheltered from the rest of the world but they couldn't even be bothered to learn about the parts of it that we aren't sheltered from. Not knowing the states in America is like a Brit getting Ireland and Scotland mixed up

[@blehe38]

I mean being offended by it seems a bit hyperbolic as well as having to memorize the capitals (what you mean New York City isn't the capital of New York? It's in the fuckin name!), but I think it's a reasonable expectation to know the general location of things in *your own* country. Obviously, the difficulty curve's a bit higher since the US is about 40 times larger than the UK by land area and has 46 more, uh, significant territories. I guess it's kinda like if you had 46 more Englands, Scotlands and Wales...es (Wali? Walen?); you just have to memorize their names, know roughly where they're located, and be able to discern them from similarly shaped Walesesien.

[@greyzski697]

I went to High School in Colorado (graduated in 2010) and I've always felt that I was taught quite a lot about the world. The history/social study classes I had were World History, European History, US History, US Politics and Government, and Current World Events. I also live in the UK now and the stereo type that Americans only learn about America isn't really true everywhere. The people that I've spoken to in UK that are the same age as me don't have much knowledge of world history either. Most of their info about America comes from the huge amount of American media they consume.

[@joepiekl]

They think they invented everything. Case in point: "The first ever car by Henry Ford." Unless you were saying that it was Henry Ford's first car. In which case, as you were. And to be fair, most countries think they invented everything.

[@jonb4155]

The Model T wasn't even Henry Ford's first car. That would be the Quadricycle from 1896 (I believe). But yes, Karl Benz beat even that by a decade.

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

Didn't he "invent" the the conveiter belt factory line? Or was it some other lame and boring middleschool "US history facts"?

[@Inquiring]

L M That is false.

[@Kyle-mo7bd]

In AP World History, because there's a dedicated AP European History course and exam, you do actually learn some bits of world history. The main focus for us was actually Chinese history- there seemed to be an obsession at the College Board. We also learnt bits about Japan, Central Asia, and Sub-saharan Africa in detail plus random things about all over.

[@treenutspeanuts]

lots of us high schools don’t offer ap world as an in person course and you have to elect to take it externally from the offered curricula :/ which is kind of ridiculous to me considering how narrow the scope of apush is. like we’re not gonna get into our interference with hawaii? or the philippines?? or that big ass white fleet????

[@Kyle-mo7bd]

@@treenutspeanuts That is true, access to these courses is largely dependent upon your school and there are many bright students capable of undertaking these courses who simply were not in the right school to have these opportunities. I think that speaks volumes about the US outsourcing education of any recognisable standards to a private company rather than states having a reputable standard of their own. When it comes to the course content, due to the speculation that comes with these exams many teachers will cover as much as possible but clearly emphasise particular events or periods/localities because they may know it better (it's cyclical, what they don't know well, we won't know well... and so on) or because they simply do not value a topic because it goes against their personal beliefs (America was peaceful, protector of democracy and the little man... so we got involved with colonisation but act like Europe was much worse). That's of course not an exhaustive list, but I think not enough effort goes into giving people in the US education system enough of an understanding of their own country or the world.

[@xrubyxlightx]

Ah, i was lucky enough to take both AP euro and AP world. I enjoyed those classes more than APUSH

[@achan730]

treenuts Did your school have at least a world history course? In my school, we have to take either a world history class, ap world or ap Euro. This is because we have to take an end-of year test based on world history in order to graduate.

[@markhh]

When I went through school (public) there was no American history after the fifth grade. I literally had no American History until college (as an elective).

[@cuddlingteddybears]

"Don't understand" is different from "never taught" i wish we used metric honestly

[@kaitlinberanek4539]

i love this distinction bc it explains so much

[@santospantoja5364]

I actually like using both. Also most of our building are built in the imperial system, and our sewage systems, and pretty much everything else. We can't switch without changing all of these.

[@Liamshavingfun]

I like imperial system. Metric system is for the birds.

[@M.M.Y.B]

I was taught the metric system multiple times in my education, once in elementary, again in middle school, and they'd use it for scientific papers. However, since I don't interact with metric measurements in my daily life, I would need maybe a minute to figure out exactly what you're telling me, and I can't make the conversions on the spot.

[@LongdownConker]

Ye sorry about that lol, us British gave u that imperial system then ditched it for a better metric system lol.

[@masakimoayra00]

As an American who can drive manual, I will confirm there is little benefit except you can maybe get cars a little cheaper because no one else knows how to drive them (emphasis on the maybe)

[@thatoneperson9002]

Haha here in Australia we have so many manual cars because a lot of people have older/second hand cars or "classic" older cars cause they r cool. And the majority of them are manual

[@athenarocks7657]

As a Californian, I cannot relate to almost anything he said about education. What on earth is NJ doing in their schools.

[@hersh511]

As for most of this video, I can’t relate. Also being from California.

[@austinblackburn8095]

From Texas which is super patriotic and they weren't like this either, but he is also much older than me so idk.

[@austinblackburn8095]

@@csnide6702 Well that's a lie Texas only makes up 13% of all carbon emissions for it to be more than all states it would need to be at least 51%. Sure Texas isn't doing as much as it should, but it is the number 1 producer of wind power. Besides a good portion of Texas CO2 emissions come from oil and plastic production which every state uses and could potentially collapse the entire US economy if it was stopped. Although they could pass legislation to make these processes greener with minimal financial impact so it's not really an excuse, but more of a reason.

[@sakura9400]

Okay but Evan getting a feul efficient car isn't just better for the environment, it's so much cheaper! "Gas" in the US is way way cheaper than petrol and disel in the UK

[@bertaroo]

American Stereotypes from a Brit are that everyone has a gun ,eat McDonalds every day and you are arrogant nationalists you probably not though

[@GameRoll]

Bert aroo no they are

[@cuddlingteddybears]

I never go to McDonald's it's gross 😂 but we do have guns but I rarely use it like literally we just have it in case someone breaks in (we've been robbed before )

[@ryanneflynn2805]

Depending where you are in the US, this isn’t a stereotype it’s just real life. (To be fair, I’m from Boston and snobby AF but at least I admit it)

[@avalonsignoraalmas6150]

Vedanti Karna, you are wrong. This is not accurate.

[@copyweirdo]

People in affluent city areas don’t go to McDonalds. People from poorer areas might go. Skinny people = rich. Fat people = poor. My gosh how time has changed. Thank you marketing and business for pushing the agenda of starving people and food shortages😒

[@nh1172]

"Americans are a lot more outgoing" Introverts: And you seem to think that's a good thing?

[@yuiop608]

I've switched over to always saying I have Irish heritage instead of I'm Irish after reading about a lot of non Americans thinking we are dicks about this.

[@veronicaandvanessa]

I remember being in Japan and having to tell European tourists who were misbehaving to please be quiet because everyone was going to assume they were Americans 🙃

[@laurencefraser]

Well, I bet that was quite effective :)

[@coolrunnings3]

They were probably Dutch.

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

In the 90's we had fuzzy video quality and now we have super high-quality images of actual fuzz flying around Evan's haloed head.

[@erikstolzenberger1517]

USA :"Look at us, we're superior because we have a constitution!" Every other country on earth:"Nice...so what? Basic equipment doesn't make you special"

[@austinblackburn8095]

The constitution at the time it was created was actually pretty special it was not a common thing and only became common because America. Most people at the time the monarchies and aristocrats of the time thought it was a stupid ,radical, and a barbaric way to rule.

[@lixak6307]

I’d like to point out that England does not have a written constitution. Magna Carta doesn’t come anywhere close to guaranteeing the rights that the constitution does (with the understanding that being told you have rights isn’t the same as actually having them cough cough racism cough) most of it is based on convention and the vague hope that no one notices nothing is written down

[@erikstolzenberger1517]

@@lixak6307 ...or nobody finds out that the queen is a mummy^^ But yes...the isle apes doesn't have a constitution

[@xersoslexersos6366]

@@lixak6307 The UK is actually almost unique in the world with it's lack of a codified constitution.

[@NeonKirbs]

Was my school the only American school that had world history? I remember having to learn about the Chinese Dynasties, origins of Asian countries, World Religions and how that relates to history, Latin American cultures, some African history (mostly about Egypt and Ethiopia), and admittedly a LOT of European history. They were some of my favorite classes. It was a breath fresh air after focusing on America for so long.

[@raychelmichel6457]

We had AP European history and AP World

[@starylize]

i also had world history which was a required class in high school. i assumed everyone had it.

[@hannahgibb5547]

"The fork literally has a curvature to scoop" 11:27 It also literally has prongs for prodding so... your point is?

[@emme2141]

Haha I was thinking that 😂 if you only use a fork for the curvature, you might as well just use a spoon 😂

[@emme2141]

@@johnp139 Nah just use a spork

[@spottedtime]

I use the metric system in my science classes, especially in Chemistry. That is actually when I learned that the metric system doesn’t just have centi-, milli-, the base unit (meter and liter) and kilo-. Also medicines come in metric system units, like my medicine is 120 mg. They also use the metric system in hospitals for an accurate measurements, like how much someone weighs. So, I guess only science based things uses the metric system in the US, with the only exception being bottles of soda being 2 liters.

[@philomathstudies9226]

Yeah same here except I'm never able to fully embrace the metric (as much as I want to) because everything outside of my science classes is imperial. What's really annoying is my meteorology classes which constantly switch back and forth between Celcius and Fahrenheit

[@Name-iq8te]

Metre*, litre*

[@TheUnillustratedChaos]

@@Name-iq8te that spelling always threw me off

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

@@jillhobson6128 Not sure? Maybe we kept the old one like most things we did and do.

[@allenwilliams1306]

@@jillhobson6128 US pints are 16 fl oz, whereas Imperial pints are 20 fl oz: that is the main difference. However, a US fl oz is about 4% larger than an Imperial fl oz, because the US did not follow the standardization which took place in the 1800s in the UK between the various fluid measures.

[@Sweepout]

Im the weird American when it comes to metric. I use metric for nearly everything. Needless to say for example no body around me asks for the weather really often anymore. LOL

[@whaaat365]

Just gonna say, the fork is bent like that so that when you hold it at a comfortable angle the tines point down towards the plate. It's not bent to scoop, it's bent to stab the food!

[@gemoftheocean]

Not very convenient if you have to mash peas on the back of your fork.

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

The only ones asking me how living in the GDR is are always US Americans. Like damn, it's been 30 years since German reunification you would think even they got the memo by now that there is just one Germany again now for a couple of decades. I also turn 28 next week so everything I know about the GDR is from history class, docus on tv and stories told by older family members. I never was a citizen of that country.

The same with Czechoslovakia.

[@PSN_OGRE]

The hell kind of americans have you been talking to? dropouts?

[@narnaudov0]

Just looked up my History-Curriculum from Germany, here are the topics: Grade 6 (10-11 y. o.): - How do we know, hat happend before? - Life in the early days: What do finds reveal? - Paleolithic, Neolithic, Metal Age: What do we know about the life of early humans? - Egypt- The Empire of the Pharaohs - The development of democracy in Germany - Rome - from city-state to Roman Empire Grade 7 (12-13 y. o.): - Lifeworlds in the Estates Society - National Socialism - an attempt at rapprochement - New worlds and horizons Grade 8 (13-14 y. o.): - America - the dream of a new, free world? ( Human rights for all? (slaves, Indians, colonialists)) - From "Sun King" to "Unity, Equality, Brotherhood" - The french revolution - Unity and freedom - Germany is taking shape - How did industrialization change people's lives? Problems and opportunities of the Industrial Revolution Grade 9 (14-15 y. o.): - Imperialism - European expansion at the expense of other continents - The primeval catastrophe of the First World War - Europe: between democracy and dictatorship Grade 10 (15-16 y. o.): - The NS dictatorship: Gleichschaltung, deprivation of rights and resistance - The Second World War: The extermination war and its consequences - The bipolar world after 1945 - the characteristics of the East-West conflict - The world in the cold war - What will become of Germany? From division to unity Grade 11 (16-17 y. o.) : - Foreignness as a category of historical experience? How People perceived the foreign and the stranger - Freedom, equality and brotherhood - new values for all? Genesis and effect of human rights in the occidental History - Fight of interpretations - clash of civilizations? The Confrontation of Islamic and Christian Culture in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times Grade 12 (17-18 y. o) Advanced history: - Diversity or unity? Nation building in the 19th century - From progress to the "primeval catastrophe" of the 20th century? Industrialization and imperialism in the 19th century and their significance in the process of social modernization - Democratic awakening or continuity of elites? The Interwar period in Germany and Europe as a historical epoch Grade 13 (18-19 y. o.) Advanced history: - Totalitarian Rule as an Answer to Social Crises of Modernity? Germany between Democracy and Dictatorship (1918 - 1945) - About the division into unity? Germany in the time of Bloc Confrontation and the Cold War - Burdens, opportunities and legends. Peace orders in historical comparison Hope this is more diverse than the US

[@cianfahy1177]

Wow, if only Ireland could have as expansive a curriculum.

[@kim.perlich]

In addition we learn in English about the history of England and America again and in French or Spanish the history about their country.

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

As an American, I would say this is a _very_ long curriculum! I don't know the US curriculum, but I can tell you that Germans seem to learn quite a bit about themselves and the world! Also, I notice that multiple grades dedicate part of their curriculum to learning about the Nazis and denouncing their rule, so this curriculum kind of breaks one of Germany's biggest stereotypes!

[@dasy2k1]

Wow, UK, curriculum (at least when I was in school was) Years 1-6(5-11yo) Stone age, iron age , Romans, Egyptians, ancient Greece, vikings some stuff on Tudors and WW2 (mainly evacuation, bliz etc) Year 7 1066, Norman invasion magna carta and medieval England Year 8 Tudors with more focus on the dissolution of the monasteries l, Mary Queen of Scots, and then right into the Stuart and the English civil War (and Oliver Cromwell) Year 9 the industrial revolution, arkwright, Telford, luddites, bouton and watt, trevithick, Brunel, Stephenson. Etc also the ending of child labour, the factories acts, the beginning of trade unions Year 10 WW1 from the assassination of Frans Ferdinand to the stalemate of the trenches, then the interwar years, the reasons behind the rise of Hitler (ww1 reparations, treaty of Versailles etc) and into ww2 Year 11 - cold War the space race, moon landings, and the beginning of computers

[@catarinaoliveira2886]

I don´t know if anyone cares but here is the curriculum from Portugal. Grade 5 and 6 - History and Geography of Portugal - we learn the history of the Iberian Peninsula and the formation of Portugal through the centaries for two years Grades 7 to 9 - History - Paleolithic, Neolithic, Metal Age: the early civilizations - Ancient Egypt - Ancient Greece - The roman empire - Europe from centaries VI to XII (the falling of the roman empire and the barbaric invasions) - Middle Age - The expansion of the muslin world - The formation of Portugal in the context of the chritian reconquest - Europe from centaries XII to XIV - The crises of XIV - The europe expansion - Renascence - The old regime: rule and exception - A century of change: XVIII - The industrial revolution - American and french revolution - The borgeois, proletarion, middle class and farmers - The end of century XIX - the falling of european influence - WW1 - Aftermath and the roaring 20s - The russian revolution - Portugal: our military dictatorship - The great depression - WW2 - URSS - The aftermath of WW2 - The cold war - with vietnam and korea - The colonial war - April 25th (our revolution) - The aftermath of cold war Then some people have history in high school, but this are the mandatory subjects. We go into detail in each of this topics. I'm probably forgetting something, but its mainly this.

[@konzertina9685]

It must be hard to grow when you’re constantly told that you are better than everyone else.

[@bethmeddins6472]

I play flute and I recently brought a new flute and ordered two to try, one was from Japan (as are most of the high quality one) and another from America The American one was rlly loud compared to the other one 😂😂

[@maryhopely6310]

Oo this lighting and camera is 👏👏

[@emilykate0835]

For me it was: 5th grade: US history 6th grade: Ancient World History 7th: World Geography 8th: US History 9th: World History 10th: US History 11th: US History 12th : US Government

[@honestlyidk8112]

For me high school was different 9th: government (US government and also diff types of governments in general) and economics 10th: world history 11th: US history 12th: not required (I took ap euro) The only thing I really remember from 5th grade history is that in the first section we learned about different Native American tribes. Oh and we all had to do a research report on a different state and on a person for black history month. If we dig back further...here’s what I remember: *2nd grade:* social studies (learned about different roles in society like fireman etc. there was probably other stuff too but idk) *3rd grade:* learned about different countries. *4th grade:* 50 states and capitals + state government and state history.

[@emilykate0835]

@@honestlyidk8112 yeah different states have different curricula

[@honestlyidk8112]

@Emily Ostmeyer For sure, some of it also varies down to the school district as well

[@justanotherweirdo11]

6th Geography 7th Texas History 8th US History 9th Geography 10th World History 11th US History 12th US Gov/ Economics

[@summernovah]

Wait you had US History two times in a row? Wack. At my middle and high school it went World Geography, World History, US History, in that order, for both 6-8th grade and 9-11th grade and then Macroeconomics/US Govt for senior year

[@leewatson9061]

I really love the informative videos you’re making!! Your humor makes it so enjoyable

[@thepeanutgallery1699]

Lol! I'm from NJ too. Used to have people tell me I should be proud of my Italian heritage. When I tried to tell them I had absolutely nobody in my family who was Italian, they didn't believe me because... NJ. *sigh*

[@user-es7ui5mc1m]

0:53 not saying you are proving the stereotype to be right, but you don't know for how long she has been learning English. This is an English-native-speaker thing moreso than an American thing but noone would make fun or/question your grammar in German, even if you made 4 mistakes in one sentence. I know it's all in good fun but just wanted to point that out. Americans often don't realize how privileged they are because they grow up with English as their native language, whereas everyone who speaks a different language is expected to learn it.

[@LG-bs1rs]

Nahh there are soooo many different Americans here with different accents. Really people unless dicks, won’t make fun of people that are bad at English

[@miriamrobarts]

I'm from the US and I was thinking the same thing. Although, there are a lot of people typing on their phones who don't care about spelling, grammar, or punctuation, so you never know if it's because of a secondary language, or someone being lazy.

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

@@miriamrobarts Not just laziness, they could have been in a rush.

[@miriamrobarts]

@@ivetterodriguez1994 -- My point wasn't exclusive of other possible reasons. It could also be that they got hurt, or have a disability, or other reasons. My point was more that -- there *can* be legitimate reasons, but it's often due to laziness &/or lack of caring.

[@angelelelelalalalalelae]

Everything about American stereotypes is usually based on the shitty regions. I grew up in a mainly Asian-American neighborhood so there was tons of other languages than English. Most people could speak more than one language and we're really kind and patient with people who are still learning English.

[@kitty121261]

I totally agree with the friendly one, went into a poundland and an American guy was working there and he instantly went "I love you're hair!" 😄 I'm used to people just staring and giving me weird looks so it was a lovely surprise ☺

[@vitaminjuk]

10:45 "The people that are obssessed with guns have ... got a semi" Ah, that explains things

[@LovelyLikeLaura]

While I have always personally cared about recycling in my own home, when I was in high school and I worked at AMC theaters we had bins that were marked recycle and trash and we would be told to put them all in the trash at the end of the night .. so stupid

[@evan]

that's so shit!

[@Rachel-lq9vl]

Nothing to do with the video, but you've inspired me to look into studying in the UK or Ireland, you've also opened my eyes to a lot of weird ass stuff and to really start to think critically about our culture as Americans, and I've never realized exactly how strange we look to the rest of the world until then really, so I just wanted to say thank you for making these videos, also, your new set up looks great!

[@sarahgreen1029]

You should definitely make a "what I learned in history class" type video. I do think it depends on what state you live in. Most of highschool for me was world history and geography (although it was mostly europe and asia.) Also there was like a year in elementary school where it was a bunch of South American geography and some history where we even had to memorize every south American country and it's capital. (Which I still remember because it was a song which idk about you but I learned the 50 states through song as well) I also had the same moment as you my senior year where we started talking about the Cold War in depth and I was so excited because it was something we barely ever learned about at all.

[@recordingalex1oo]

Driving manual just keeps you more focused on driving and less on... everything except driving, while you're driving

[@cg6511]

Actually driving gear shift gives you more control over the car, especially in winter (aka on slippery terrain) and if your car is front-wheel-drive. So screw you Mercedes and BMW! A car will always go into the direction the rear wheels want to go.;)

[@SCGMLB]

I’m an American who knows how to drive stick, but....... it’s because I learned it when going to Scotland to visit my relatives there. I always rent a manual car when I’m in the UK, and that’s where I actually learned how to drive a manual. In fact, since I’ve only ever driven a manual car in the UK, I’m only used to shifting with my left hand. The idea of shifting with my right hand actually feels funny.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

As someone who lives in the Southwest NO we don't all wear mcfricken cowboy hats and boots. If you do you're either IN THE COUNTRY of it all, or just like....I dunno you look like a tourist when you do lol.

[@AmsterdamKayakGuy]

"The country of Europe". Love it.

[@marinaserrat1425]

A video about history classes in the US sounds very interesting. Go for it, Evan.

[@mjblanton841]

Hey Evan, love your videos! This new camera definitely makes the shot look so crisp. I’m an senior in American Public highschool right now and I think it might be interesting if you did a video comparing differences in the education system from when you went to school and now. While educational reform definitely needs to be implemented much more rapidly across the entirety of the US I believe there have been some improvements. For example, when it comes to history classes I have been able to take several courses that do not focus solely on the US including World Geography (7th grade), World History (Freshman year), AP Human Geography(Sophmore year), and African American Studies (this year). Some of these courses, particularly African American studies are, to the best of my knowledge, based on relativity new curriculums which widen the historical lens to much of the world rather than just American History. Unfortunately, American the quality of an education is almost entirely dependent on how good the teachers are, but I have been fortunate enough to have some good ones who focused on the history of several other cultures, from those within the American that predated European exploration, to those in the other continents. (For reference, I went to school in Arkansas until 8th grade and have gone to Texas schools for the last four years, so I’ve been smack dab in the middle of the more conservative South this whole time.)

[@soph4954]

This camera though, I can literally see the dust in the air. That’s a good damn camera 😱

[@littlelola3879]

Is it a stereotype that jersey sucks or does it actually suck?

[@phoebecarey7414]

is everything legal in New Jersey? I hear this joke so much, is it that more liberal

[@daniellevalentino7723]

I've lived in jersey my whole life and it's actually pretty cool. We have the beach, mountains, farms, and close to Philadelphia and NYC. It's more liberal and has stricter gun laws

[@daniellevalentino7723]

BUT the property taxes are wayyy higher than other states so I'm most likely moving to another state in a few years

[@thewatcher6969]

@@daniellevalentino7723 So like it sucks but it doesn't suck lol

[@daniellevalentino7723]

@@thewatcher6969 every state has its pros and cons. I think it's a great location but not everything is perfect.

[@caffienatedcanuck4294]

The fact that so many Americans think Ford invented the first car is definitely something that surprises me.

[@afloatingpineapple6170]

I’ve been watching u for a few years now, your quality has improved so much!! ❤️

[@joshuaayres8932]

The Midlands are the Loch Ness Monster of England. All that exists is 1 grainy picture of something

[@kantpredict]

I have two colleagues from the Midlands (opposite coasts, Wolverhampton and Nottingham) but when I met each of them, my mind just went: * "Birmingham" *

[@lolliputbug]

as per usual I'm suggesting listening to different English/British county's accents.

[@shannonf101]

I agree lol, in wales I can't understand most of the time a valley over :| and vice versa. There are so many in a small radiouse.

[@libbyford6765]

I enjoy these sorts of vids but he has lived here an awfully long time now so he has probably heard a lot of them already

[@gaildahlas]

@@libbyford6765 Unlikely. London has a lot of accents in itself, but I've lived there almost 20 years and still come across new ones every time I travel to other bits of the country

[@jk-jl2lo]

19 year-old american here and i can confirm that very few of us can drive manual transmission cars. that's not so true for people in older generations (40+ years old), but most cars are automatic, so you get people never really learn. i have 2 friends who can drive stick shift. one of them learned because the car they wanted was manual, and the other learned it so she can drive when she visits family in india. everyone else just drives automatic, and most of our parents' generation feels very nostalgic for the stick shift cars they had when they were younger.

[@quinnmorgendorffer531]

when i went to france i instantly changed my silverware usage and never wanna switch back

[@achan730]

History is taught from mostly an American perspective Me: Not when you take AP World and get reprimanded from talking too much about America or being too Eurocentric

[@annaf2828]

And AP Euro

[@orana03]

AP world history sounds like a great way to teach history. Even in the UK our history classes were mostly British history. We did do some other history but it was only 2 topics the the cold War where we highlight all the stuff the Americans did wrong and the French rev/napoleon where we see where the French went wrong and ultimately got beat by Wellington

[@ellaf3877]

orana03 in the younger years we learnt a lot of british history, but at school in history i also learnt a lot about the two world wars from different perspectives, China, Germany, the USA, the cold war, the eastern bloc and the soviet union, among other things

[@sarahpaty6108]

yaaasss

[@vidincrisis]

@@orana03 i heard that colonialism is not taught as a part of British history? is that true?

[@ConsciousAtoms]

About imperial units: they are all pegged to metric. An inch is *defined* as 25.4 millimeters.

[@thekatazsiuniverse4868]

That's not a peg, that's a conversion. Because a foot is 304.8 millimetres, just because you can convert doesn't mean one is defined by the other.

[@silviasanchez648]

I love the lighting and colours in this video, it's just... ethereal.

[@givememycookies13]

Dude this looks so good! Your grading has improved so much! Love the back lighting

[@alistairburgess5064]

"'2:39' they're just being silly", living here really has had an effect

[@dramionehottie667]

When I was in high school in Texas 2010-2015, I took World geography, World History, US History, and European History(as an elective). Most of our history after middle school isn't as US focused.

[@MadelaineJonesCreative]

The phrase 'green theatre' is now firmly entering my vocabulary.

[@mikejamesporter]

Looks awesome Evan! That's gotta be the greatest focus test ever!

[@kellikeely363]

I live in the U.S. and drive stick. It's fun because you feel more connected with your car. You truly control the amount of power you can get out of your engine. I still usually shift for gas milage, but I can get decent power out of my 30 year old 4 cyl truck.

[@kantpredict]

Heck yes, I'm gonna choose when I want to shift, thanks very much. (UK manual driver here - Vauxhall Zafira)

[@ginnya4246]

Well this should be interesting

[@ellis1034]

The lighting and quality is really really beautiful

[@HaleyRaiford]

As an american, it was a rule in my household that my first car had to be a stick shift- no ifs, ands, or buts. Any car after that can either be manual or automatic. Because of this it gave me a better chance of driving either type of car. Personally, I think driving a stick shift is pretty fun, espacially if you're the first one at a red light and there's no one in front of you.

[@iwebman1]

American here. I learned to drive on a stick-shift. I still own one and drive it daily. This came in really handy when I worked in the UK back in the 1990's. I'd reserve an automatic from the car hire, but when I showed up all they had were manuals - and that was Heathrow. On the other hand...... like many Americans, I am right-handed. Apparently that's not a thing in Britain though, so even as a veteran manual driver I struggled mightily to get the Vauxhall into reverse with my left hand. I could manage driving on roads and motorways without issues, but the left-hand reversing thing made car parks a bit of a nightmare. That's when I missed the automatic.

[@justabitofamug6989]

"Like a tory that cares for the poor" wow BURN lmao

[@ahandmaiden]

I personally know that several states, at least, absolutely require World History for at least a full credit (daily class for an entire year), and that they absolutely teach the negatives of land acquisition, almost to an excessive amount (perhaps as an overreaction to previous decades?). But the world history is something that has been forever.

[@montage1926]

I actually noticed the difference in lighting and I'm loving it

[@N3RDYG0GGLES]

I swear the UK does mix and match too; occasionally inches are used in measuring certain stuff like our own height or TV/computer screens and we do use miles per hour for car speed. But I tend to measure things myself in metric because it’s so much easier to do the maths with.

[@paulhayes7670]

I’ve heard this comment a lot: “Americans don’t know about others countries?” I don’t know if this is different in Private schools or not. But being a private school student, we learned about every country in detail. I also studied in the Middle East and Europe while in High School. This continued throughout college and grad school. It was extremely important in high school. In grammar school, also private, it was also a priority. So I don’t get that stereotype.

[@cajunseasoning1846]

Well, being part of a minority that had private schooling kind of excludes you from what the definition of a sterotype is when refering to the majority of the population, unless the subject of the sterotype is 'private schools'

[@costakeith9048]

I went to a private school as well and, yes, I also had courses on English history, European history, and Classics, didn't get much on Asian or African history, admittedly, except as it related to US foreign policy, British colonialism, or the world wars. We also had a year of geography where we were expected to learn where every country was along with their capital and major cities and all the world's major rivers, lakes, mountain ranges, seas, islands, straits, etc. It's a bit shocking that such a basic education in not commonplace.

[@laratrevisol9023]

I'm brazilian and it´s so amazing for me how the USA lives in its own bubble, really wanted to just have a conversation with you just to compare hahahaha

[@overyonderways]

American stick shift driver. I drive a pick up. Because I pull trailers, haul lumber, we love them because for us it is a like a Swiss Army knife. I also have nieces and nephews they love riding in the back on the farm. It is a tool. I don’t need to own a car and a truck but rather a 4 door pick up takes car of it all. Less maintenance no extra insurance coverage no extra tags just one truck that can do it all. You know like taking the beeper, cell phone, and computer and making it something new and calling it a smart phone. One tool that does it all. That is the American pick up trucks.

[@Jakey4000]

My mum used to try to get me to use my fork upside-down, and for the same reason you mentioned I rebelled against that

[@the_ry_bread]

Now the question is: do you have a new lamp. Xx

[@evan]

Yes! Kevin has been fixed. :) He's still a bit ill in this one (his bubbles are too fast) but he's fine now

[@bentograce5187]

I'm American and my dad is Irish. I've never once said I'm Irish, but I've had people who had that one ancestor a hundred years ago that was Irish say to me, oh I'm Irish!

[@FireEye-zd4fm]

It's easy: do you have Irish citizenship ? No ? You're not Irish (or German, Spanish etc).

[@AndriaSilvaful]

European history is only an AP class in high school Every other history class was U.S history and in elementary and middle school was “social studies” (AP for those who don’t know is advance placement, meaning you can take a $90 dollar exam you have to pay for and is proctored by the county and if you get a certain score you can get college credit)

[@clemfandango274]

the main reason people prefer manual is the increased control. unless you have a pretty good automatic transmission, you are often waiting for a gear change, there are definitely situations where being able to drop a gear for added power quickly can be beneficial, also, I'd much prefer driving in adverse conditions like ice and mud with a manual rather than auto