American Things Europeans Can't Understand (American Reaction)

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[@leiaorgana8710]

I am always amazed that kinder eggs are illegal in the us because they fear people are to stupid and eat the chocolat with the toy inside it. But almost everyone can have a gun.

[@leoni7649]

I am laughing so hard because of your comment

[@brezzainvernale]

It's not about stupidity, children put everything in the mouth. But instead to forbid them, parents should take their time and teach the children

[@eeaotly]

Huh?! 🙄 But parents are the one who actually open that egg, take the toy out and give the chocolate to the child. It's simple. I have seen it. You just don't give kibder to an unsupervised child!

[@mihaitudor2912]

@@brezzainvernale exactly, they put everything in their mouth. That everything can mean a freaking gun

[@anonymususer1728]

@@brezzainvernale WTF ?! It's hard for an adult to fit a whole egg in their mouth, so a child would be even less capable of doing that. What I'm saying is that even if you are stupid enough to try to eat a whole Kinder egg you won't be able to, you will bite on let's say half of it, eventually your teeth will reach the plastic cilinder inside and .. you stop. Also, children get to eat those when they are too young to acquire them alone. The first time a child eats a Kinder egg they will likely be around 4 years old, and they will be given the egg by an adult, they wouldn't just find an egg laying around and start eating it without supervision. So they would learn that they shouldn't eat the whole thing.

[@jbird4478]

If the employer has to make up for the difference between tips and minimum wage, it means you are essentially tipping the company, not the waitress, because you're saving the company from paying wage.

[@MrProthall]

Pretending that's a good thing is hilarious too! Either the waiter doesn't give a fuck and makes minimum wage or the waiter puts in all the effort to get tips and... makes minimum wage.

[@johnchristmas7522]

Thats not the answer. I give a tip to a waitress because she deserved it. If you REALLY want her or him to get a decent wage, the boycott the restaurant until they do!!

[@wolfshadow_Obama_Osama]

@@johnchristmas7522 Restaurants are not gonna increase their wages because a few people don’t tip Laws need to be adjusted but America doesn’t care about it’s people

[@bailey125]

@@johnchristmas7522 Problem is a lot of the tips dont go to the waiters. It's either included in the card charge or the cash goes into a pool.

[@johnchristmas7522]

@@bailey125 Thanks for the tip! next time I come to the States I'll make sure the waiter/waitress gets the tip -I'll give them cash after the bill is paid. It seems companies just cant stop being greedy

[@petrasilberer6062]

A friend of ours went on a business trip to America. One Evening he decided to go for a walk to the next grocery store. He told us that while enjoying the walk, a police car stopped close to him and asked „ What you are doing?“. He had to explain in detail that he was going for an evening walk🤣

[@tom-sn4gd]

It always surprise me how "walking" can be seen weirdly in north america

[@robertcuminale1212]

He may have been in an area known for drug sales. when I was a teen in Miami the police would pull over cars with White kids in them if they were in the sections where drugs were sold.. This was in the Black sections like Liberty City or North Dade around the airport. They knew why you were there.

[@NiKaraguan]

Happened to my dad in a Business Trip once.

[@edcote]

@@robertcuminale1212 But he wasn't there for drugs. Police are allowed to stop and question you for walking or driving in certain areas? Wow.

[@anadd6195]

What???? Wtf?! Why?? 😮😮😮

[@sharon7968]

I've visited the US a few times and have to say the food portions caused me huge anxiety. My family weren't wealthy at all growing up so it was drummed into us from an early age not to waste food. The first time I was presented with a plate of food in a US restaurant I freaked out because I knew there was no way I could eat it all

[@tokyomootsie]

Valid. But this is the beauty of "doggy-bags" or "to-go boxes"... we just take that extra home. Often that's a whole 2nd meal, which makes the cost of the tips less annoying too b/c you're basically getting 2 entrees instead of 1.

[@frodehagen8690]

I wouldn’t be able to fit through the door after a few months living there. But we have the smorgåsbord/koldbord over here, and don’t get me started on the breakfast smorgåsbord. I gained a kilo just writing anout it.. ,p

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

@@tokyomootsie Yeah doggy bags are ok in America because you go out for dinner and one hour later go home again. In Europe we don't do that. Going out for dinner is an occasion, one that lasts hours, or even the whole night, or is the start of a lengthy night out. Doggy bags are great if the food can go in the fridge soon after, but if you're not going home straight away they're no use. We too can ask for doggy bags btw, but often, we're not going home straight away. . And the video didn't explain it clearly enough, because we DO give tips to waitresses... it's not that we DON'T tip! It's that our waitress CAN afford her rent whether we tip her or not! It's completely at our discretion. Our government ensures every worker is paid minimum wage at the very least, meaning the restaurant that hires you is responsible for paying you...otherwise you're helping to process customers and orders to financially benefit your employer - but, they don't have to pay you fairly....? GTFOH! Is he your employer or your pimp? . That's blatant extortion! I don't know how that can even be legal, it must contradict some other laws such as modern slavery or manipulation or something. I'm surprised some lawyer hasn't pointed out that it flouts some other legality. With all the suing you guys like to do, you must have some very clear legal requirements and responsibilities laid out to protect the rights of employees....there surely must be some way to interpret those specifics that would include this too? . Imagine any other profession where employees would depend on tips to make ends meet....teachers, police officers, childminders, clothes shops, the list is endless with jobs where this would cause literal uproar! Yet food industry workers are not valued equally...? That makes zero sense to me and genuinely sounds illegal! How can the government demand one employer pays a living wage, yet gives restaurant owners free reign to get away with paying less? I'm surprised businesses aren't angry that they have to pay their workers full pay, yet the coffee shop next door doesn't have to??? 🤔 . If our waitress is a grumpy sullen cow who scowls her way through serving us, the only tip she'd get from me, is to "cheer the f%ck up or get a different job!" 😂 But if she's polite, patient, eager to please, keeps us informed and is happy to accommodate our needs, then of course she'd get a tip. So we *DO* give tips over here, we're just not guilt-tripped into doing so. We do it as recognition for their cheerful service, not because she's got 3 small children she can't afford to feed! . Sometimes these types of videos clear up rumours, sometimes, like this tipping business, they still don't quite explain it properly. 😘

[@barfuss2007]

Liters of coca cola for free... very "healthy"

[@louiseerbslisbjerg7854]

Those portions are extreme. I might be able to eat a quarter of it... it's judt nutts how anyone can eat all of it.

[@Ronocos]

In Ireland the government has banned Subway from calling the bread as bread due to the high sugar content being the same as cake

[@The_Generall]

Seems reasonable

[@HappyGreg360]

Greece doesn't even have a Subway

[@Kylion22]

​@@HappyGreg360Italy neither

[@vp.vii4]

​@@Kylion22There are some

[@Kylion22]

@@vp.vii4 only in the american army base, not in the state of Italy

[@brian5154]

The term "bathroom" in the US means "toilet". In europe "toilet" means "toilet". A bathroom is where there is a bath and a shower.

[@jwuk11345]

Europeans will also use 'toilet' to refer to the room itself though, which is also wrong. "He's in the toilet". He's actually in the toilet? No he's in the room containing the toilet.

[@andreabea8829]

@@jwuk11345 "Europeans" As if they all speak the same language

[@krobotak]

@@jwuk11345 really? I heard "at the toilet" or "on the toilet" (rare) but never in.

[@birkeknauff770]

@@andreabea8829 Of course we don't speak the same mothertongue all over europe, we still use English for international communication though. But it's just a cultural difference, that's (from my experience) quite common for europe.

[@winterbeats3065]

@@jwuk11345 Europe consists of many countries and many different languages, in Swedish and other scandinavian countries you say he/she is "on the toilet" and not "in the toilet"

[@gillianrimmer7733]

Lots of things in the USA tasted unexpectedly sweet when I visited - bread, salad dressings, spaghetti sauces, whipped cream, to name a few - and the desserts are much sweeter than over here in the UK.

[@MrApocalyptica83]

That why they have so many people struggling with diabetes and big issue on healthcare vial of insulin in France about 8€ it's about 300 us dollars in us so if you can't pay you die

[@Kayta-Linda]

I swear, this is an actual government conspiracy to make people as fat as possible with all this sugar.

[@ethanor]

It's the corn syrup. They have to use that tax supported over supply of corn for SOMETHING, so they make a lot of corn syrup and use it as filler.

[@MrApocalyptica83]

@@ethanor so you know what is the cause of those B's and you don't fight against for your right to health care wtf

[@chriskatt]

Beeing from Germany and staying 5 months in UK last year. I felt like sweets where so much sweeter there. I couldn't drink soda and eat sweets other that bitter chocolate because of that. I've been in the UK before and after the sugar tax . I don't know if it changed something but drinks tased so artificial because of all of the sweetener. I can't imagine how sweet US junk food would be. 😳

[@nicksykes4575]

UK local newspaper headline, when an artillery round was uncovered on the South coast of England: SHELL FOUND ON BEACH.

[@CEP73]

😂😂😂

[@Geordie_Boy01]

UK humour is class

[@gchecosse]

"Sick Kids to be cut in half!" - the children's hospital in Edinburgh was to be scaled back and merged with the adult hospital (IIRC), and the children's hospital was always referred to as "sick kids". Don't know what a visitor would have thought of the headline.

[@wruzzer]

@@gchecosse "lol, those damn brits again" :P

[@warpedghost586]

@@gchecosse 😂

[@Simple_Lina]

The toilets: I was shocked when I visited NYC. My boyfriend and I were at Olives Garden and I went to the toilets. When I saw them my jaw dropped😅 The doors covered almost nothing. You could nearly see up to the toiletseat. And the doorslit! I could wach people go by and not just seeing their feet. No! I could see their face! And so they could see me, sitting there, peeing in total discomfort. The best part was a little girl (searching for her mom I guess) staring into my cabin. Really really not wanting this again. Cant understand why they built them like this 😖

[@ligakarklina5799]

Creeps by nature with lack of boundaries? :D

[@bibibigbombom822]

War on drugs could have influenced this.

[@Simple_Lina]

@@Groz_z never the slits aren't big enough for a grown up person. But too big for privacy

[@nannakurzhaar]

I find is especially interesting because everything with the toilet seems to be shameful - until calling a toilet bathroom. But then everyone can watch you there 😵‍💫 took me several time getting used to it ....

[@loisen]

I had the same problem with McDonald’s at Times Square. I had to wait 30 minutes to get inside because so many women were waiting. When I got in I turned around and had eye contact with the next woman waiting in line. The doorslit was so damn big! I just couldn’t do it. But there are thankfully places (Macy’s) where the doorslits aren’t so big. I don’t want to see what people so inside and I don’t want anyone seeing me!

[@dissuxx7422]

What's most hilarious is that Subway bread is classified as cake under Irish law because of the sugar amounts.

[@oliheg9230]

Toilets in germany MUST be free in every restaurant or bar or something like that for the costumers by law. there are minor exception like restaurants in trainstations (Mcdonalds for example)

[@John-Is-My-Name]

Has this recently changed? because I have been to berlin 2 times and both times most restaurant toilets had a place where you were supposed to leave a coin. But I havent been in about 10 years so it maybe has changed since then?

[@floriandiem1223]

@@John-Is-My-Name there are a lot of places that ask you to leave a coin or so for the cleaners but it isn't mandatory, they can't force you to leave money there

[@agnesmeszaros-matwiejuk8783]

@@John-Is-My-Name no, at gas stations they are still charging for toilets, in most you cannot even get in without paying first.

[@GeorgeGy]

I HATE that part of German reality, you are right. The most what does upset me are the gas stations. Sometimes the condition of the toilet is quite bad, even if you pay. But on the other hand the toilets in Austrian "Landzeit" freeway restaurant / hotel chain are superb and completely free. Just make sure you visit "Landzeit". But if talking about the quality of the coffee at the gas stations - America is the worst. Same about the gas station food.

[@jameszulze3865]

@@agnesmeszaros-matwiejuk8783 This is mostly true for gas stations near the autobahn because there is a gigantic corporation called "Tank&Rast" who are basically abusing a loophole to charge money for toilets that should usually be free to use (this is very simplified. The whole issue involves a lot more, including the Government actually financing "Tank&Rast" but that would go into too much detail). However Gas Stations away from the autobahn usually have free toilets, sometimes you have to ask for the key to the toilets, but i have never been charged for a gas station toilet except if its run by "Tank&Rast".

[@arip3363]

The sugar is such a huge problem for me since I do not have a "sweet tooth". When I moved to the US I couldn't even eat tomato sauce it was just too sweet for me. On the bright side we barely ate pre-made food but made everything from scratch so even baked my own bread. I guess that was a healthy way to live

[@christinamoxon]

We had to bake our own bread when we're over in the States too. It's far too sweet for us.

[@nevillemason6791]

@@christinamoxon I notice in Costco in the UK that scones are sold with sugar sprinkled over the top. It's an American company so I suppose that's what's expected in the USA. I don't buy them for that very reason. M&S scones contain 20% sugar so can't imagine what the American equivalents contain.

[@izibear4462]

I recall when I first moved over, a slice of cake would be 3 peoples' portion in the rest of the world.

[@blastomerx]

Yeah. At the first time i tried cookies in states and i almost threw up. It's almost made out of sugar entirely.

[@Sweet_An-Sour]

After a while you just Adjust to how it tastes😅

[@frodehagen8690]

I don’t understand why a toilet is called a bathroom/restroom. We have bathrooms where one usually go to take a bath/shower.

[@haraldtoepfer233]

because one is inhibited and has to talk like that. Oooh help, every person on this earth has to pee but we cannot talk about that.

[@9Misaki3]

My native language is not English but for me it depends what I call the "toiletroom". Like my apartment only has one room for bath and toilet so I might call it automatically a bathroom (sometime this also slips out if the room doesn't have a bath, because I'm just used to call it that). Mostly though I don't get why the room is called a toilet rather than a toiletroom (like the room with bath is called bathroom). So easiest way is to just say the old fashioned "I need to use the WC" (I really don't know why this doesn't seem so common anymore).

[@mgparis]

It's a euphemism

[@peterdavidson3890]

Why do Americans call a TOILET a BATHROOM when there is no BATH in there ?

[@aidagamemnon]

Americans call it RESTROOMS

[@ilsgrade8357]

​@@aidagamemnonbut I'm not resting there either😂

[@aidagamemnon]

@@ilsgrade8357 Right 😅

[@RainBwateur]

A sink is kinda a bath for our hands

[@vicksenful]

@@RainBwateur You just don't want to say 'toilet' for whatever weird reason.

[@chelsii5118]

I was shocked when I was in the USA that peanut butter was sold in such huge containers, it looked like a whole gallon. In Europe, you might find a 500-gram jar of Nutella in the supermarket. Even a bag of M&Ms in an American supermarket looked like a whole bag of cement you'd get at a European recycling center.

[@mademoiselledusfonctionell1609]

It's often not even real peanut butter. They take out the peanut oils and substitute some other fats, such as trans fats.

[@guguncube2308]

It seems like a staple in America

[@darksideofthemood]

" you have to work at least 40hours a week to have paid vacations. " me a frenchie who gains 2 and a half day of paid vacations every 3weeks while working 30hours a week : QUOI?!

[@extazy9944]

dont forget in usa you have "sick days" meaning you only have a certain amount of days where you can be sick. if you are sick longer, you still need to go to work 💀

[@viktorija4485]

@@extazy9944 How is that!? You have to work even you are not healthy yet!? That really sucks! Here in Slovenia (we are members of EU) you go back to work if doctor says you can. He must verife your sick days. If you are very sick, cancer for example, you can be on payed vacation until one year or even more (state is paying to the company all sick days up to one months.) But we have HIGH taxes! That's how it is...

[@philippeaffouard6414]

In France most of employees ( in companies with more than 50 employees) got about 8 weeks of paid vacations not including holy days . They can also have 3 or 4 days for sicked children....

[@fabiosoares7660]

@@viktorija4485 same thing here in Portugal

[@philippeaffouard6414]

@@veroj9280 all french compannies over 50 employees have the same 5 weeks of vacations and 3 weeks of RTT .

[@enemde3025]

In the UK we are not allowed to advertise prescription drugs on TV. As a Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator, I can tell you that we are nothing like a Homeowners Association. We don't charge people to become members and our local councils look after the areas outside of our home boundaries . We are there to keep a eye on one another and to make sure we are all safe. In the UK I work part time, 12 hours a week , and I still get paid holidays. Part time employees have the same rights as full time ones. I started my present job in February this year and have 14 days holiday to use before the end of the year( December). I just checked the list of ingredients on my bread wrapper. Sugar is NOT mentioned at all ! Most public toilets are free, while others you might pay 20pence to use them.

[@smockboy]

All breads contain some sugar, otherwise the yeast has nothing to feed on in order to make it rise. If there's no sugar listed in the ingredients of your bread, then its been listed as an ingredient some other way: either as a chemical name like 'glucose', or its been hidden behind the term 'starch' or 'carbohydrates'. You will also find it listed in the now mandatory nutrition boxes on the packaging (there's usually 4-6 of them in a row somewhere on package for 'fat', 'salt', 'sugar', 'saturates', etc. that lists the gram amount and the percentage of your recommended daily intake of that thing that that amount constitutes). Most white bread brands in the UK are something like 1% of your daily recommended intake of sugar per slice.

[@stephenlee5929]

@@smockboy Yeast can be started using flour, no sugar is required.. French bread uses Flour, water, salt and yeast.

[@lizzieburgess674]

@@smockboy Sugar - as an actual added ingredient - is only required if you want a fast rise and rapid growth of yeast, or a sweet bread. Added sugar content also increases moisture levels and how long the bread stays 'fresh'. Starch in the flour itself consists of long chains of sugars which yeast is perfectly capable of breaking down into simpler sugars which it then uses for energy. Most of these sugars so produced are not particularly sweet, and in any case are fully or almost fully consumed by the yeast before baking. Added sugar can inhibit certain process of the yeast which would otherwise result in added complex flavours to the bread, and adding sugar to bread is a very cheap way of producing bread which has a longer shelf life, a softer crumb, a faster rise and requires less skill in its making, than does proper bread. None of the bread I buy or make has any added sugar - unless I am making or buying a specifically 'sweet' bread. But I do not buy the white 'pap' which seems inexplicably popular in much of the UK. - but even many of the white paps don't appear to contain sugar eg the ingredients list of Warburton's White Farmhouse Loaf is :Wheat Flour [with Calcium, Iron, Niacin (B3) and Thiamin (B1)], Water, Yeast, Vegetable Oil (Rapeseed, Sustainable Palm), Salt, Soya Flour, Preservative: Calcium Propionate, Emulsifiers: E471, E481, Flour Treatment Agents: Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), E920 (Vegetarian). Where's the sugar there? There are certainly sugarS in the flour, but there is no table sugar or HFCS in that list.

[@wruzzer]

@@smockboy As someone who bakes his bread on his own, i can assure u that this is bullshit. i never used sugar in my entire life for that.

[@fabiosoares7660]

Same thing applies to here: Portugal

[@WaddleQwacker]

I'm French, moved to Canada, visited USA too. I always feel like the "small" portions in Canada/USA are the "Extra Large" portions of France. Plus I also feel full way quicker, and have too much energy. When I eat at McDonalds in France I just order a normal size burger combo. But in north America, I just take one of the mini wraps and call I'm full of energy for the entire day and could even do an all nighter with it. Also, the bread in north america, I'd call it brioche, cake, pastry, not bread.

[@wruzzer]

yeah, french bread is the only one except of our german bread that deserves the name. at least out of the ones i tried so far.

[@fabiosoares7660]

@Wruzzer here in Portugal you have a bread called : "cacetinho" that is like the shape of baguette, and you also have "molete" that is a normal bread but with some sugar in it

[@lucabalbinot6475]

Cof cof, Italian bread

[@arandomhuman9398]

Lol I'm Canadian and I agree. We have say too much U.S. influence.

[@WaddleQwacker]

@@lucabalbinot6475 in my local canadian supermarket they bake bread on site. They sell a "French Bread" and an "Italian Bread". Aside from the text on the paper and the orientation of the grigne, they are both the same brioche-y loaf of bread. Yet, people here are debating about which one is the best and the most authentic.

[@petrkubena]

European equivalent of "Florida man did ..." is "In Russia you don't ... " As for the tax differences - even in Europe we have wildly different taxes even on different products in one country, but he missed the most important difference. Tax is already accounted for in the price you see first (you may also see a small number that is price without tax)

[@arocena123]

Well he did not miss it. It's the first thing he said on the subject

[@nAmE18913]

Also the romanians are the same as the floridans, there was a romanian who went to Vienna and caught a goose in the middle of the city, cooked it right there and ate it.

[@Naviachi]

We have drugs commercials here in Poland and I think in other countries too. The difference is those are only over-the-counter drugs or diet supplements. Toilets are free and I've been in Germany many times and have yet to find a toilet that I have to pay to use.

[@jungi001]

Toilets in restaurants are usually free. It only happens in places where many people wouldn't consume anything. Like a McDonalds in a very touristy central square. Also some public toilets (without restaurants or anything) have to be paid for because it's basically a business and they are private companies. Or on highway stops maybe.

[@wruzzer]

@@jungi001 even in a mcdonalds you don't HAVE to pay, but usually the cleaning woman is sitting infront of the toilets with a plate, silently asking for tips. but ye, on a highway, at the train station or at a public toilet that's only a toilet and nothing else, u will have to pay 50ct up to 2€.

[@irgendeinname9256]

Zu Risiken oder Nebenwirkungen lesen Sie die Packungsbeilage und fragen Sie ihren Arzt oder Apotheker.

[@AllroundSwizzy]

McDonalds & Autobahn Raststätten

[@izibear4462]

Belgium you pay at some toilets but, they have a few people who clean tge toilet after every use and is super clean.

[@Hackercat77]

In the UK it is illegal for employers to pay less than the minimum wage and can receive hefty fines if they are found to be underpaying employees. Our national living wage is equivalent to $13.36/h for a 23+ year old, but even our under 18's are entitled to the equivalent of $6.77 /h. It is diabolical that anyone in the states could be payed less than that. Edit: Also, in the UK tips just get added onto your salary and are not used to make up the difference between that and minimum wage.

[@blueboytube]

In Germany after every pharmaceutical ad we get a double speed screen of “For risks and side effects read the description of the packaging or ask your doctor or pharmacist.”

[@FelanLP]

I live in a country where TV commercials happen "only" every half an hour and then go on for 10-15 minutes. And that already made me ditch my TV and just use on-demand services and screaming platforms.

[@MarcCGN]

Screaming platforms are good anti-stress tools ;p

[@MsEngelby]

yea, those long commercial breaks are no fun.. Plenty of times I've gotten annoyed. Flipped through the channels, found something semi-entertaining.. 1 hour later.. suddenly remember I was watching a really good movie/show on the original channel, hurry to change the channel back, only to find end credits/next show already started.

[@daviddieudonne7829]

In Belgium our national channels aren’t allowed to have commercials. Our commercials channels do, but nothing compared to this.

[@_P2M_]

Yup. The popularity of streaming services are what made cable crank up the ads. Less people watching means less revenue, so they need more money to keep the lights on, and they do that with more ads. Problem is, with more ads, more people will switch to streaming services, so they're in a real catch-22. They're trying to save themselves from their inevitable extinction and it's so pathetic.

[@FelanLP]

@@_P2M_ I am not sure if this has something to do with streaming services since they are having more and more ads too.

[@colinjones360]

My youngest daughter was in California working at UCLA for a month. Walked down to local shops in the evening and bought a chicken dinner. Was eating it for next 3 days it was so big. Work colleagues ask how she got the dinner and she said she walked to the shopping area, they were rather surprised as it was considered unsafe and after that they always drove her to and from.

[@LibraryofAcousticMagic3240]

that's very sad

[@AP-yd1wz]

Didn't they buy her a machine gun and body armour?

[@helenwood8482]

In most parts of Britain, public toilets are free. In London or in tourist areas, they may cost money, but there are usually plenty of free ones around too.

[@kiriyomase6209]

“You don’t have to eat it all” so wasting is fine? “You don’t have to order it all” your small is like a large in most European countries

[@sirlezard670]

Ask if you can take it out home with you so you don't waste it?

[@SoundNorthernstar]

not poisoning your body with food is "wasting" ? then yea, it's fine! We all throw tons of food each year, do a research on supermarkets f.e. (if you are thinking about "kids in Africa") They burn tons of food each day! Eating like a starving moron when you're already overweight is way more terrible than throwing up food that is already produced , exposed and payed for

[@MoReeceJTV]

If you eat at a fancy restaurant in a big city or built up area, they often add service charge to the bill and people don't say anything. It's the asking for cash from the server we find rude. We reserve tipping for when we feel a particular member of staff or team as a whole served us well. So we tip at will but some places include service charge

[@natasjastyle6119]

The sizes of the food are different in us and most of europe. So its not just about people having no self control. To make it simple a small in the us is a medium in europe. And before someone says something about how the portions are not always that differentand stuff, you can find videos on youtube where you can find the exact difference in portion size and they give measurements and stuff for different food items and drinks. Like they compare a small pizza or a starbucks and stuff. I just dont know the exact numbers myself.

[@daviddieudonne7829]

Yup and not only that, the ingredients change too… like fries, here it’s oil, potato and salt. In the USA they add so much stuff… coloring stuff, preservation stuff , different fats for flavor and all that kind of chemical crap. And for the rest, they add sugar in sooooo much. Like ketchup or bread in the usa is sweet (as in too much sugar) imo. So, bigger portions and added fats and sugar, of course weight becomes an issue.

[@izibear4462]

I think the free refills culture is also to blame. A large drink in Europe is smaller than a small in the States

[@jodibraun6383]

It's only partially related to portion size. The more insidious problem is that there is sugar in absolutely *everything* in North America, from the typical sodas and candy all the way to bread and tomato sauce, frozen foods. It's in all sorts of places it shouldn't be. I stopped eating sugar entirely, going far out of my way to avoid it in any packaged foods I ate, and made most of my own food from raw ingredients. I lost about 60lbs in 3 months. Sugar is definitely a culprit. Large portions, yes. But the sheer amount of sugar North Americans eat in a day is ridiculous.

[@brightdarkness420]

the small mcdonnalds soda cup is a larger size then the large cup in the Eu (at least in belgium)

[@anniemac7545]

In Australia, Dr.'s and pharmaceutic products are not allowed to advertise. Makes sense to me.

[@Joey-ct8bm]

It's not really the portion sizes. In Italy you get big portion too. It's the quality of the food. A lot of things in food are illegal in Europe. Even stuff in Mcdonalds has different things in the food. Milk is the best example. It's full of preservatives that are unhealty. Milk is fresh in europe. 3 day dates on milk here, weeks in the US.

[@marijkevandermolen9164]

Paying for the toilet is 9 out of 10 times worth the money. Because the toilets get cleaned several times a day. (at least, the toilets I went to). So a clean toilet is almost always garanteed.

[@wruzzer]

true. i was very surprised when i visited a toilet at a train station with 30 people waiting infront of it. i paid 1€ to use it, but it was the cleanest public toilet i have ever seen.

[@viomouse]

In my downtown there's a public toilet which is free, but there's a person working there nonstop and cleaning, so it's nice to use.

[@readyforlol]

Everyone need to use the toilet, therefore maintaining the toilets should be included in the price of whatever you’re doing in that venue. If it’s a public toilet, it should be paid for by the government. I don’t understand why some make people pay out of pocket per visit. It makes no sense to me.

[@Arkayjiya]

Toilets is a basic necessity. The cost of cleaning public toilets should be assumed through taxes by the government, just like every basic human right.

[@treisir.9649]

The price tag doesn't always correspond to the price you pay in Germany, as we pay "deposit" for some Glass and plastic bottles or beverage cans

[@tofferijere]

In Finland, that is also included to the price.

[@ivan321pum]

I'm Spanish and that was very shocking when I went to Germany

[@treisir.9649]

@@ivan321pum Although I'm German, I've also lived abroad most of my life and it was a bad surprise, coming back😅

[@graveholdtv8727]

When I visited the US for a month, I thought I wasn't eating too bad but once I came back home and weighed myself I gained 10 kg (22,0462 pounds), I still havent lost em :'3

[@Issblodh]

Ah yes, store policy. You bought it, you keep it. 😂

[@TanjainWonderland]

In the Netherlands guns are banned, the only exception is when you're a member of a shooting range. And even then you have to get a license (which will take a lot of time and some money and background checks) to be able to own your own gun. When you have a license you may only carry it disensembled in a special case (ammo separate) to and from the shooting range. When you get caught having it ensembled anywhere else then the shooting range you can expect a lot of trouble.

[@Navajonkee]

What about hunting?

[@x-a-]

@@Navajonkee It depends on the weapon category and the country in Europe. You can buy before 1900 weapons online in France, you can get modern weap9n easier in italy etc

[@John-Is-My-Name]

@@Navajonkee I dont know about netherlands but here in sweden its pretty much the same with handguns as the netherlands but hunting rifles is a complete separate process, you have to pay for and complete a hunting course to get your license. and when not being used to hunt in the woods it has to be kept inside a certified weapons safe bolted to the wall/floor and not loaded with ammo. getting to and from your hunt I think you can carry it and not have to be in a special case, but it can not be loaded when doing so.

[@wruzzer]

@@John-Is-My-Name same in germany except of the "carrying it back home from hunting" stuff. if u are done with hunting, u have to put it in a locked hardcase, ammo seperate.

[@fabiosoares7660]

@@wruzzer same here in Portugal

[@CharliCarl_97]

In Spain, any medicament published on TV ends with "read the instructions for this medication and consult your pharmacist"

[@katarzynabatory5577]

In Poland too.

[@PieeM]

Same in Russia and I think in most Slavic countries

[@mattynek2]

We don't have those in Czechia, but we have this tiny unreadable block of text at the bottom of every single commercial (not just in drug commercials) that usuall includes side effects and legal advice.

[@Aninten]

Confirmo, en toda Europa es así

[@Aninten]

El clásico: Lea las instrucciones 📝 de este medicamento 💊 y consulte al farmacéutico 👴🏻

[@EmilyCheetham]

There are some child beauty pageants in uk but we don’t usually go as far as in America. The dresses are usually more modest, the makeup is usually a lot more natural & minimalist. Plus the events are a lot smaller. Those that do child beauty pageants in uk usually do one or two a year for fun NOT taking their child from event to event.

[@conallmclaughlin4545]

2 grams of sugar in a slice of pizza is insane?! American dude says well that's not alot... Lol

[@christinamoxon]

I caught that too. I was stunned. Why do you need that much sugar in a single slice of pizza? In the video there were 8 slices. 16 grams of sugar in a pizza? Why?

[@basedhalo]

My favourite sarcastic joke about Americans: "Don't you hate the feeling when you are casually eating sugar and you suddenly taste chocolate?"

[@wruzzer]

i worked at a pizza restaurant when i was younger and we didn't use sugar AT ALL, wtf

[@elaineb7065]

The ONLY reason you need sugar added to pizza at all is in the dough to feed the yeast, & that's just a small scoop (1-2 grams for the whole thing). All other sugars would be naturally occurring in the tomatoes, onions, & veg...

[@SoundNorthernstar]

i would of bet there is no sugar in a pizza - or bread...

[@martinemartin4779]

You might not have invented the Homeowners Association, but you have to take full credit for blowing it out of proportion lol

[@yolgiebear]

Most toilets in Germany are free as well, especially restaurants, clubs & municipal buildings (they actually have to be free) there are some exceptions in train stations & highway stations

[@naraferalina2308]

Knew a woman who struggled with being underweight her whole life. To the point of her being infertile. After she and her husband moved to America, she packed on more easily and got pregnant in the first year of living there.

[@FacelessJanus]

There are HOA's in Europe, but their MO is different. Example, here in The Netherlands, usually apartment buildings have them. They can not fine you, though you have to join them. They basically decide on maintaining public areas and companies for general maintenance. All decided democratically in meetings. Yes there is a fee, but none the less they have no power over the home owner as such, can't write fines etc.

[@ivo6872]

The paid vacation thing shocked me. I live in eastern Europe and I have 43 days paid leave.

[@hay_brain]

1:55 Zu Risiken und Nebenwirkungen lesen Sie die Packungsbeilage und fragen Sie ihren Arzt oder Apotheker. 😅😅

[@vegalopez4698]

The Spanish version of "florida man" is definitely "the British man" doing "balconing" in Mallorca 😂😂

[@wruzzer]

Mallorca is part of Germany, what are u even talking about. xD

[@deutschegeschichte4972]

@@wruzzer ? Mallorca is part of Spain but many Germans go there and live there, also that doesn't mean Brits cannot travel there.

[@wruzzer]

@@deutschegeschichte4972 r/woosh

[@ivan321pum]

Literalmente

[@2005Guyver02]

Most public bathrooms in the UK are 100% free, you'll find paid stalls outside and or 5 Star hotels.

[@genericusername5909]

When I visited my first Starbucks I didn’t know how heavily sweetened their standard menu items are. I almost wretched, but the staff was very nice and gave me an unsweetened one instead

[@konradterlikowski8788]

Yup - everything here has a lot of sugar. I moved to the US about 1 year ago and I was stunned by that. But there are always sugar-free options so I'm ok with that. You just need to be aware of this.

[@Xnoob545]

Even the UK one is ridiculous 60 grams??? Also how big is Venti again

[@Xnoob545]

Up to 710ml in one cup??? What the

[@cogthrone9312]

I can tell you now "Ireland man" is definitely not a thing its quite boring here tbh id say Russia is the wackiest of all the European countries with Finland in a close second not shitting on Finland i do love them there just unique.

[@pauline8987]

Ireland is certainly NOT boring!! Stunning country with plenty of entertainment that caters for almost everyone! If you happen to live in the a**ehole of nowhere .... then you would be bored!!

[@cogthrone9312]

@@pauline8987 well this is simply a fact Ireland is a rather dull country for the residence especially outside of major cities. The rural population which sits at about 36% (1/3) get very little funds to go into developing anything that could be considered entertainment (unless you want to drink all the time). Now in my previous comment did I say anything about Ireland not being beautiful? no? well that's because I do think Ireland is beautiful doesn't make it entertaining though. The last thing is about the "entertainment that caters for almost everyone" this also isn't really true outside of maybe Dublin but very few there have money to do entertaining things because of how much the city costs. so my point still stands Ireland is boring for the vast majority of people here... doesn't mean we don't love our country though

[@cookie856]

*Looks at Belgium's newspaper* "Robbers wants to brake a shop, are told to come later because that's when the most money is there, accept and are arrested by the police waiting for them" "A farmer was eaten by his pigs" ... We have some closer to Florida man, too.

[@mamaluigi1438]

Even crazier is the fact that Belgians still read newspaper

[@cookie856]

@@mamaluigi1438 Nothing beat the paper feeling XD

[@simonbeech5421]

I hate the toilets in America. You're doing your most private business and the vertical gaps are so intrusive. All toilets are fully contained in the UK (aside from a small gap at the bottom) this is the same for free and paid toilets.

[@timothyreel716]

You have nudity on your beaches in Europe, why is that any different?

[@lagrenounouille]

@@timothyreel716 you can choose to go to the FKK beaches or to the other ones. Also you're not shitting when at the beach.

[@loisen]

@@timothyreel716 You don’t get the difference between being nude and using the toilet?

[@jamessaunders7931]

A lot of the time it's frowned upon, but in a lot of places in the UK, tipping is pooled together and shared with all staff of that restaurant.

[@80PercentScottish]

Even that video shows American ignorance. Displaying 'Europe' with the EU flag, when there are lots of European countries not in the EU. UK, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Norway, Russia, San Marino, Switzerland, Ukraine and the Vatican City. It's akin to including Canada and Mexico under the US flag when talking about North America.

[@rawrroar2670]

You need to fact check this, I'm icelandic and we're in the EU.

[@theomeletteguy]

16:20 I know in france public toilets are usually free. A couple of them aren't, usually in places with loads of traffic like train stations so that they can stay clean

[@greenpanda7201]

Same in Britain, I've only had to pay once or twice but that was after using a coach😅🤔

[@ThisTrainIsLost]

You probably already know this but, dude, you run a stupendous channel! I'm so glad that I found it (he said while sucking up just a little bit…).

[@suzannelacy8093]

Ryan , Sorry 😐 about your cold/cough but you did make me laugh because ( just like my husband and sons ) you are hilariously bad tempered .I enjoy watching your reactions to just about everything . Love to you and yours.. Anglo Irish mother/ grandma 🍀🙃 .

[@biancawichard4057]

the money you pay for the use of toilets in europe is used to pay the cleaning of it so most are clean when you use it

[@hisxxx2]

That's what they tell you, the cleaners get paid regardless.

[@olekzajac5948]

As for drug commercials here in Poland some drugs can be advertised and some cannot, but there's also a category of "diet supplements" that include stuff like vitamins, pills for slimming and so on. These can be advertised as they're not legally drugs (there's also waaay less restrictions on what can and can't be inside them and how they should be tested). And while we don't have that list of side effects, we have a so called "legal" - it's a sentence that has to be said in every drug commercial, but not for diet supplements, and there's a minimum amount of time it has to be said in, I think it's 4 or 5 seconds. In polish it goes like so: _Przed użyciem zapoznaj się z treścią ulotki dołączonej do opakowania bądź skonsultuj się z lekarzem lub farmaceutą, gdyż każdy lek niewłaściwie stosowany zagraża Twojemu życiu lub zdrowiu._ (And try saying this in that required minimum time, that's a real tongue twister.) It translates to: _Before use, familiarize yourself with the content of the leaflet attached to the box or consult your doctor or pharmacist as every medicine used improperly threatens your life or health._

[@GeorgeGy]

Long ago we moved to the US, lived there for a while - and returned back, this time to an other place within EU. The prices of medication in the US have absolutely nothing to do with European prices. It does not matter, what part of Europe. In 2016 I was visiting my than-employer in the US. One of my colleagues asked me to bring him... test stripes! We discovered that these Swiss-made stripes are very common, I bought them before visiting US at a random pharmacy and paid something close to $10 (market price, not prescription price). The same package was priced above $200 at Walgreens in the US, my colleague was very happy. Unfortunately this is with almost every medication. If we would move back to the US when I retire than about 50% of my retirement would be spent on medications, even if I qualify for Medicare. Which is an other thing what makes me upset: working in the US from abroad I have to pay that Medicare tax even that most likely I never will use it in my life.

[@DageLV]

public bathrooms are usually free, if theyre owned by a business, like in store etc. Public bathrooms are paid, but you pay like 20 cents. you pay the people who come and clean the toilets, because theyre always clean and spotless. Ive heard in merica toilets are in quite awful shape, so i think id rather give 20 cents (which i havent done for close to 15 years, because many stores have them, which are also clean and free), than go into filthy bathroom. When someone is in the toilet, our door knobs have a red marker, so you know. Anyways, the doors exist, so if you pull a bit on the door, if its locked, you know its busy. you dont have to make eye contact with anyone to confirm theyre there.

[@wildrea]

6 grams in bread?! It's bread, it does not need sugar!

[@lizjaved6594]

As a rule, I use half the sugar that an American recipe calls for.

[@basedhalo]

My favorite sarcastic joke about Americans is: "Don't you hate the feeling when you are casually eating sugar and you suddenly taste chocolate?"

[@debbielough7754]

UK paid holiday is 5.6 weeks (though that can include stats). The kicker for most Americans, though, is that if you're only part time, you get the same, just pro rata (so if you work 1 day a week you get a 5th, etc). Public toilets - depends where you are. Eg mainline train stations in London, they tend to be charged for. Mainline stations elsewhere you tend to get ones on the train side of the barriers are free, but in the concourse they charge. Shopping centres are free. Bus stations normally charge (it's a vandalism reduction thing). Town centres, it depends on the local council. Restaurants, pubs and cafes, they have to be free. But even the dodgiest, urine splattered, smelling of stale pee toilet I ever went to (at the beach when I was a kid) had proper doors that fitted without gaps. Even our nasty outside school toilets that didn't have lighting or heating had no gaps. The gun thing definitely is more complicated than just the number of guns. Cos pretty there are loads of guns in Switzerland, and they're still under the 3 deaths per 100k.

[@timothyreel716]

Government propaganda on guns!

[@awwastor]

17% VAT is high? Where I live, in Eastern EU the base vat rate is 23% and that’s not extraordinary (nearby Sweden has 25%), though it is lowered to 5% for books, scientific journals and basic food products like cheese, milk, meat, fruits, vegetables, flour, pasta and some products made from those. To add to that there are also sugar taxes on e.g. soft drinks which make them significantly more expensive, but that’s intentional. About tipping, usually you tip like 5-10% in my experience and only at like somewhat-fancy restaurants. 20% seems kind of ridiculous.

[@Iomar1975]

Wait, you can ask for half portions in US restaurants? Here in Europe this is mainly when someone or a party want to sample more of the mains offered, so they agree to half portions instead of individual regular ones and put them in the middle for everybody to try. I've never heard that being offered in the US.

[@newbris]

Investigations have found a significant % of employers dont round up their employees tips to the minimum wage. You also may only get the $2.13 per hour when on vacation.

[@danielbraun1898]

To explain 2:04 In Germany, a legally stipulated text must be displayed when advertising medicines. “For information about risks and quake effects, read the package leaflet or ask your doctor or pharmacist.” Now, of course, it should be mentioned that German pharmacists studied to become specialists in medications, their ingredients and their interactions with other medications. These are not simple clerks in a drugstore who are just capable enough to pour prescribed pills into small containers.

[@Amuztak]

In Spain too, after the commercial there's the same text over a blue background that a guy reads at x2 speed and it says "Lea las instrucciones de este medicamento y consulte a su farmacéutico", which means "Read the instructions of this medicine and consult your pharmacist"

[@Alex2K]

Here in Romania (Europe) tipping is normal at restaurants but we only tip if the service is good, also waiters get their wage which is a bit above minimum wage + tips

[@johnhodkinson2063]

The real reason for the gaps around the doors in the US toilet/bathroom/washroom or whatever is that you use less wood so they cost less. It's all about the mighty dollar

[@OspreyChick]

Every apartment in Spain pays monthly home owners association fees for maintenance of the common areas and so do residential developments with shared facilities. I would imagine that this still applies in France, too.

[@fabiosoares7660]

Here in Portugal if you own a house, that fees are included in the total price of the house, but if you are in rent house of course you have to pay to the owner

[@OspreyChick]

It’s not the same. Apartment buildings have monthly expenses such as electricity, etc., as well as repair and maintenance expenses. Some developments have pools, gardens, etc. Of course, if you live in a house with no common areas, you pay for everything.

[@wojtekpolska1013]

13:36 but sometimes its just not rly possible for example: a small Pepsi at McDonald's in Europe is 250ml (8.45 oz) a small Pepsi at McDonald's in USA is 16 oz (473.18ml), which is almost the size of a large Pepsi in Europe (500ml) so if you live in usa, its like your only choice is ordering large/very large/ultra large, because they dont sell a true small portion. i've read blog posts from visits in USA, and they simply recommended to only order "kid's sized" portions in most restaurants due to the ridiculous sizes.

[@simonman3042]

First of all, get well soon Ryan. With regards to public toilets, although the majority are free, there are W/C’s you pay a few pence for. I find the ones you pay for are a lot cleaner than the ones you don’t! & I’d rather this!!! I’ve complained a few times about the strong of urine in the free W/C’s. Also, I’m subscribed to your other channel, I didn’t know you had this one, just by chance KZbin recommend it to me! I had to look twice, I thought I recognised you!! Maybe, announce you have 2 at the end of your videos. I love the ‘Aussie’ reactions too!! 👍😀

[@gillianrimmer7733]

I'd say that here in the UK, public toilets are free in places like shopping malls, service stations, petrol stations, restaurants, cafes, pubs, shops, museums etc... You only ever pay to use public toilets that are found outside in car parks or on streets that are provided by local councils.

[@tettetto]

American "Bread" has nothing to do with Bread and is more of a Cake. Also about the Commercial Breaks, there is additionaly regulations that limit the duration and frequency which is why we have way less commercials, even in free tv.

[@Inferiis]

portion size does matter, it's psychological. They even tested it in Mythbusters with an unending bowl of soup vs a normal bowl of soup the ppl ate a lot more if the amount never changed, no matter how much they ate.

[@maryjane1916]

Your eyes are so beautiful!

[@Sweet_An-Sour]

My Elementary school once said the reason The Stalls were like that is so if someone passed out in there you could crawl under the stall, unlock it, and help them. Still doesn't explain the huge crack to see the persons face while they're using it.

[@braggarmybrat]

15:47 is our way of contributing to what the Brits call 'cottaging.' A lot of us got started that way. 😁

[@dmr8914]

Gotta say the taxes not included in prices drives me NUTS! But, the very last time i used a toilet in nth america allowed me to witness a guy shooting up in the next cubicle. The gap in the 'wall' was high so i could see the shadow of what was going on and when he dropped the tourniquet i high-tailed it outta there and let security know. The gap didnt stop him from doing what he wanted.

[@MoReeceJTV]

Depends what it is. My friend in the US said he could get fish and chips and when he showed me I was like 'what fish is that? A goldfish??' 😂😂😂 Our fish and chips is waaayyyyy bigger. Our chips are bigger than what you call fries too. Our fries/chips are more like what you would call chunky fries or steak cut. And our small fish and chips is bigger than your standard

[@Xanthopteryx]

Paid vacation: From Sweden here. I have 35 days paid vacation per year. And that does NOT include special holiday that are day off, or called "Red days", like the National day, so no need to use up your vacation days for those days. More common here is 25 days per year, and a MINIMUM of four consecutive weeks vacation in the summer.

[@JackHernandezGentlemanJack]

Lol I love the way he was like 2 grams is not a lot of sugar for a pizza. It's a fuckign pizza not an ice cream. Why is there sugar in a fuckign pizza? Why would you think that's normal?

[@autarchyriel1395]

The "commercial" at 1:44 is actually wayyyy different from what it looks like. It's from Adult Swim and let me tell you that's a wild video.

[@layla1385]

I think it starts with parents the whole eating more than you need thing. the UK isn't exactly known for being healthy and the amount of adults i know who's parents when they were kids made them finish what was on their plate before they could leave the table is a lot!! And they carry this behaviour with them for instance my partner hates waste if i don't finish my dinner and the kids he will try finish everyone else's dinner off because his mum made him finish all his food as a kid. My mum always allowed us to stop when we knew we were full up and i don't have this habit of having to finish all my dinner and i don't make my kids finish their's either.

[@louiseerbslisbjerg7854]

Not to mention chips, crisps etc.s snacks... I mean if you do that every day, it's...not good.

[@MrMohl1]

I can think of two reasons: they have to eat all their veggies, and they learn to only want/take what they are actually gonna eat. We always got a small-ish portion at first from our parents, and then took 1-2 even smaller ones if we were still hungry. And of course, once its out of the pot and on your plate, you have to eat it. Thoughtlessly forcing kids to eat when they are full is VERY bad, but it can be a way to teach kids responsibility and their own limits. (And of course "not so healthy" food is a whole different matter)

[@seandonohue6793]

When I was in the US for two weeks I just couldn’t wait to eat food that didn’t taste so sweet or so salty. It was becoming almost sickly by the end of the trip and I just wanted plain old regular bread 😅

[@dang1086]

I always thought the gap at the bottom so if the locks get stuck you can escape. The gap down side freak me out though.

[@plastermiodu]

Esp when you're short.

[@cutecatgamer_yt]

18:31 im from austria and in my country you need a weapon licence to own a hunting gun or a small pistol with 6mm ammo. for bigger weapones you need to go to the police, cobra (tha swat team in austria) or the millitary. At the police youre also only allowed to shoot with a up to 20mm ammo semi aoutomatic pistols or a rifle with ammo size up to 45mm. You can only shoot bigger guns in the swat team and there youre not even allowed to shoot shotguns or snipers.... thats only allowed in the military

[@Epero_SK]

Tipping in EU is bonus and it can be applied in many businesses for good service. Waiter is a profession here. Of course we have pubs and restaurants with bad services. But if you have a professional waiter with experiences you feel like nobility, even if you aren´t in fancy and extra expensive restaurant. And they are paid for it. EU has capitalism and with many flaws, but exploitation of waiters in US plus no maternity leave and not mandatory paid vacation are some reasons why US capitalism is example of evil capitalism. People should be paid for job they do and not rely on alms and charity of customers. That is why in some EU countries it is rude to leave a tip. If you pay for eating and drinking in restaurant, it should include in price everything, cook, waiter, manager, cleaning, not to have good service as bonus to pay for. Good service should be standard. And about gap in toilet door. You mentioned it here and in another video also that it is to see if there is someone inside. In EU person inside just lock the door. And when you try to open and it is locked, you know someone is inside. You don´t need to peep in if it is free.

[@janfelchner1543]

In Poland you should give tips, unless 'service' is already included in the bill (it sometimes happens only when you are in a larger group, and only in some restaurants)

[@liammcfarlane13]

In the U.K. we have “Council Tax” which is sort of like HOA Fees, it goes towards things like sanitation works, local parks etc

[@gchecosse]

No, the US has local taxes too, HOA is more like management fees, or factoring fees in Scotland, which pay for shared property, paths, play areas etc. Much more common for blocks of flats, but you do get them in housing developments as well.

[@izibear4462]

Nothing like council tax. Council tax in the States is called property tax and it can often go over $10,000 a year. Homeowners Associations are the devils spawn. They are often in gated communities. The things they can do are for example: tell you what color to paint your house. Tell you what plants you can grow in your front garden. Fine you if you leave your car in the driveway and not put in the garage. Fine you if you have your bins out. Tell you what colours your front curtains or blinds can be, fine you if your grass grows over a certain height. The list goes on forever. Those in Florida have retired New York lawyers on their boards and are a nightmare. I knew a British fella who flew the US flag and a Union Jack on a separate pole who fought his HOA for years eventually going to court over it. He won.

[@trad428]

Congratulations to the americans. Dont throw away your guns. Thats important no to let a robber enter in a house without fear. America is not Europe, has different problems and different history. Stay with you gun.

[@mirco1205]

Minimum in Germany is 25 days payed vacation and up to 6 weeks in a row for being sick, after the 6 weeks the duty health insurance comes into play and pays up to 1,5 years 70% of the last average monthly salary.

[@EmilyCheetham]

Ye when I came over to America last year (a trip to Disney world) after just a week in America due to all the sugar and high fructose corn syrup in the food & drink I got really ill. I got the chills, I felt sick, I couldn’t drink anything but water for several days after I got ill. I got headaches, I had nausea (thankfully just a feeling and nothing came up), I had fatigue. It took a week or two to get over it and a complete change of diet.

[@slyparis2447]

Anything considered small in the US catering business is at leat medium, and usualy large, in Europe.

[@blacksoulgem95]

About sugar: is used to make people addicted to the products, a lot of things produced in the US are illegal in Europe for this reason (& many others)

[@nethersnowell256]

In England you must be part of a gun club be police checked have a gun safe to get a licences

[@alexandrelarsac9115]

In France you don't have 5 weeks when you start a job. You save 2.5 paid vacations per month. So after a years, 12 months, you saved 30 days. And since you must use 6 days for a week of vacations, after a year you have a minimum of 5 weeks. If you leave your employer he will have to pay you the days you saved.

[@Infidi]

1:33 don't worry Europe has a its fair share of commercials as well. It's the nr1 reason why I stopped watching tv entirely.

[@einienj3281]

I haven't had a tv in 7 years.. got fed up with forgetting what I was watching..

[@Kazuya720]

6:20 We get paid vaccation also beeing a part-time worker. Like beeing 20 h per week working, than you get only 15 days paid vaccation, but.. you alread have some days of a week.

[@ITzDaveXD]

The law for servers wages are because it was only low income families doing these jobs, a lot were previously slaves, the American government didn't see a problem with screwing over people they'd been doing it to for years anyway.

[@FredPilcher]

Believe me, it's not only Europeans.

[@TCJones]

I went to SF in july and was surprised by how much food cost, my god it was like 4 times the cost at home, and only once did food come with any greens and even then that was fried ocra which i had to pic as my side option! We dilibraltey only ate one meal a day as we knew how bad the food was, and some days i hiked 24k, and i still put a kilogram on in SF!

[@feoltmanns7624]

If SF is San Francisco, then I am not surprised. Everything costs much more in the big cities in the United States.

[@TCJones]

@@feoltmanns7624 Yep, was not cheap coming from the uk, plus the exchange rate was not the best down at 1.10 to 1.20 i think while we where there.

[@deletedflame8424]

The only medications you see in commercials where I live are non-prescription stuff for the management of light pains and illnesses. And instead of listing all of the side effects, the commercials simply tell you to ask a doctor or a pharmacist about the risks and side effects.