American Things That Brits Would NEVER Allow | American Reacts

[@jaccilowe3842]

A country so rich NOT investing in its people's health and well being is obscene as far as I'm concerned.

[@pruntyc01]

That's one of the reasons it's so rich

[@sunseeker9581]

​​@@pruntyc01 private healthcare companies are rich. The people arent

[@stevepalmberg5905]

They don't invest.. you pay for it in the long run ...taxes for example

[@stevepalmberg5905]

Sales tax debate overblown old

[@johnnygood4831]

@@stevepalmberg5905 How much a month do you spend on health insurance as opposed to how little I spend on health care tax per year? And then how much on top do you spend on hospital care that your insurance doesn't cover, as opposed to, I pay nothing else for hospital. I went in for emergency surgery 2 months back. It cost me $27 for the cab and that's it. I didn't even have to pay for my meds after. How much would that have cost you with your insurance?

[@kakeup]

It's crazy to me, Americans say they live in the "land of the free" but they're not allowed to walk over the road unless there is a crossing, they're not allowed to drink a beer in a park on a summer day, they're hardly allowed to take time off work and even when they do it's not even paid most of the time and if they get injured or sick they become buried in a horrendous amount of debt to the point where they must feel like an indentured servant to a system that doesn't care about you in the slightest.

[@kinzeesh]

Yeah. All of that is basically unacceptable to me.

[@markswabey5870]

'land of the free, who ever told you that is your enemy' RATM

[@FayeSless-di3jg]

I feel so oppressed in Europe, being forced to accept free healthcare and not being allowed to work till I drop with for a pauper's pay. If only we had all those USA freedom's!

[@jefffletcher1624]

But they do have the freedom to be shot at random or go bankrupt from unaffordable healthcare.

[@davidhines7592]

free to be exploited and gouged out of every cent, so american business can bribe the politicians to keep it that way.

[@SillyMoustache]

I'm a Brit, I went to a restaurant in New Hampshire with friends. We were seated, ordered meals and drinks from a smiling waitress and as soon as our entree was served the waitress stood over us and demanded that I pay - as soon as we started to eat! I pointed out that we are starting our meal rather than finishing, she replied that she "got off" at 9.p.m. To me that was irrelevant, someone else could serve us a sweet, drinks coffees etc and give us the bill. My American friends said that she needed us to pay so we could tip her. .... why would I tip someone who interrupts our meal begging for money? Crazy!

[@KryssTal60]

I was asked for a tip by someone who gave me an empty cup that I could fill with coffee myself.

[@WilliamBennett-up6gs]

This is just not in the UK Most of the countries in the world are the same as the UK

[@yggdrasil7942]

Just America is different. Even Philippines, which looks up to Yanksville and does most things like them doesn't do this price tag tax bollocks. They do the date format, which I used to ignore when filling out the landing arrival card (before covid)

[@LizzieJaneBennet]

It's not about UK vs USA. It's about weird USA vs the rest of the World.

[@Lazmanarus]

"Pledge of Allegiance"? Yeah - last time someone tried that in Western Europe, he came to a sticky end in 1945.

[@andyf4292]

thats exactly what I thought when I heard of it

[@B-A-L]

If you told an American that North Koreans made their kids swear allegiance to the flag they'd be like 'Wtf, duuude! What's wrong with them?'

[@LB-my1ej]

If you pay people correctly you don’t need to tip. NO WE DO NOT WANT TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

[@foolsjourney8118]

Schrodinger's patriot; Americans pledge allegiance to their country every day in school, and shout "USA! USA!" at every sporting event, while stockpiling guns because they don't trust their government.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

Pledge allegiance, Germany 1930s. You'd think people would learn from history wouldn't you.

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@MayYourGodGoWithYou It seems that, to Americans, history and geography have many blank pages and they float upon a sea of mystery.

[@FC-PeakVersatility]

Actually that there is one of the major problems with this country, that you feel you owe it nothing. Patriotism is a primary factor in making a country great. You are taking the Great out of Britain 🤨

[@hesky10]

​@musicandbooklover-p2o ironic given how close to nazi Germany the usa is becoming!

[@Rokurokubi83]

“Not every day”, dude, according to wiki there have been 432 mass shootings in America from the start of the year to the end of August, in the UK this year so far we’ve had 1.

[@Rachel_M_]

The latest news in the Hackney shooting is that it could be related to a Europe wide drug war.

[@Temeraire101]

And the last SCHOOL mass shooting in the UK was in 1996.

[@davidmalarkey1302]

You say America has a lot of redeeming features. Can you name one I'm interested in to find out what they are?

[@davidroddini1512]

Even if you only count school shootings there’ve been over 200 this year. However, it’s not really reported on in the news anymore except in the immediate vicinity where it occurred. So an American in Ohio, for instance, would not even be aware of shootings in other states unless the death count was high enough to make the national news coverage.

[@Rachel_M_]

@@davidmalarkey1302 have you accidentally replied to the wrong comment? Nobody has mentioned "redeeming features" at all

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

The US is the global exception or near exeption in: date format, no 24-hr clock, no universal healthcare, decent paid leave, no metric, no maternal leave or paid sick leave, scant public transport, school buses, farenheit, HOAs, single-use zoning, high drug costs, politicised judiciary and policing, high drinking age, gun regulation, few environmental laws, and unlimited political contributions by companies. USA - Unusually Strange Anomaly. 😅

[@jettser17UK]

And chlorinated chicken, receipt checks and a few others I cant think at this time too!

[@KevinStansfield]

Just to name a few things!

[@Mem1308]

You are spot on! Americans don’t realise that they are the weird ones and most of the world does things differently

[@Mem1308]

Ads for medication 🥺🥺

[@rayaqueen9657]

​​@@jettser17UK washing eggs? And what's this thing about front lawns and the local authority having some kind of jurisdiction over how green they are? In the summer in the UK they just go brown. Is that even allowed in the US?

[@TillyMint1983]

If you research the McDonalds coffee lawsuit, the temperature of the coffee was EXTREMELY hot. Not just the usual hot coffee temperature. The lady was elderly and suffered serious, deep burns to her groinal area and only sued for her medical costs. McDonalds used their power to put in the media that she was not seriously injured and was a frivolous litigant, only after a payout. This poor lady was treated awfully through no fault of her own.

[@willswomble7274]

Absolutely crazy yankee nonsense! She knows coffee is too hot to put it on oneself. If you are driving put both hands on the wheel, have both eyes on the road. Do not be drinking/eating/phoning ANYONE EVER. Just common sense. In the UK you could be fined by the police, and rightly so, for not being 100% in charge of driving! Also all UK cars MUST pass a pretty comprehensive safety test at 3 years old and each subsequent year! You also must inform your car insurer if you have 'modified' it in ANY way whatsoever.

[@Michelle-bo4hj]

Its disgusting she had to sue at all , health care should be available with out ruining your life with debt , its the 21st century shame on America for not looking after its people . I can't imagine my grandma going to court the stress alone would kill her.

[@CowmanUK]

Hmm, but when I buy a hot drink, just as when I make one at home, I expect it to have been made with boiling water. So fresh coffee, I'd expect, would be close to boiling point. An argument could be made about the security of the lid, I suppose, but she spilt it, not them.

[@scragar]

@CowmanUK McDonalds required francisees to keep the coffee at 82+° so it'd still be hot after the customer drove away. The common advice is to ensure it's no hotter than 72° as then it takes about 15 more seconds to cause scalds which is a big deal for reducing the damage in a spill. Most coffee places serve the coffee in the high 60s which ensures it's good to drink right away while also being hot for a while. The francise had the coffee machine set to 90°. They didn't need it that hot, there was no justification for it to be that hot. At that temperature you'd burn yourself attempting to drink from the cup unless you left it for about 10 minutes to cool down to a more reasonable temperature. No idea why you think it should be ever hotter, modern coffee machines make the water 80-84° because hotter than 85° denatures some proteins in the coffee beans(hurting the taste). Even McDonalds today outside of the US use 75° as their recommendation to avoid damaging the taste.

[@lewislaws6770]

​@@CowmanUKthe coffee was served much higher in temperature than it was supposed to by McDonald's own guidelines, which resulted in significantly worse burns than would have been typically expected for a coffee, which is why she sued.

[@lavalamp6410]

I live in Australia, here it is illegal to charge more than the advertised price, what is on the ticket is what you pay, not 1 cent extra. We also don't tip, what is on the menu is what we pay, the restaurant charges full price for the meal, from that they pay the wages of all the staff, the cost of the ingredients, rent on the property, utilities, taxes and have whatever profit they get. NO Tipping. The cost of the meal is the total amount paid, it isn't rocket science for them to know what things cost and if they cannot pay their staff they shouldn't be running a business.

[@crocsmart5115]

Never had to fill out a tax return,never had a medical bill,never had to work longer than a 40hr week.

[@17Blower]

A prescription is a medical bill.

[@mehallica666]

@@17Blower Never had to pay for a prescription! Who'd have thought epilepsy had benefits.

[@crocsmart5115]

There’s no charge for prescriptions. (Apart from England apparently!)

[@mehallica666]

@@crocsmart5115 Yeah, only the English are forced to pay for some reason. Unless, like me, you're exempt. £9.90 I believe!

[@crwydryny]

@@crocsmart5115 yep it's because the English, Welsh and Scottish NHS are all separate systems and each set their own rules. Wales (where the NHS started) believes all healthcare should be free or at least subsided (in the case of dental and some cosmetic procedures) Scotland follows the same route. England however wants an American style system (parliament has tried to pass it a few times)

[@padderz]

Every day, millions of American children pledge their allegiance to their Country, whilst suffering under its governing. My family moved to Miami for 8 months when I was around 10 yrs old, and upon returning to the UK, I spent my teen years wishing I was American (reflected in films, TV, music etc), bemoaning being British and mourning the life I should have had. It took time, but luckily I grew out of it. Brainwashed by It was the daily pledging of allegiance alongside my classmates, during a pivotal time in my development. Just as I was forming my personal beliefs and principles, my peers and I are united under a patriotic fervour, so innocent and innocuous that I welcomed being conditioning by it. Now, I am forever shocked when I meet really smart, travelled Americans who recognise the problems they have at home, blaming everyone except the system.

[@mehallica666]

That whole pledge thing gives off strong cult vibes.

[@tonys1636]

Surely as a non American citizen you would have been excused, just as R.C., Jewish and other non C of E are excused from the religious part of the morning assembly in English schools.

[@The.Android]

Imagine getting seriously injured by someone deliberately and needed life-saving operations or having an accident caused by someone else and then having to pay the bill for it yourself.

[@wandidabula2726]

South African here, The Day/month/year format helps a lot when you have events in the same month in a list form, you can always look at the dates it is in the beginning. American way will have all dates start with the same month. I feel like I would need to pay extra attention since the days are in the middle.

[@janehenry3206]

I know it makes no sense, maybe it's a way to keep them on their toes.

[@briangates6707]

Personally I prefer the ISO 8601 year/month/day/hour (0-24 of course)/minute/second/millisecond format. I name all my photos, letters etc. starting with y.m.d. so they are displayed in date order.

[@Stuffed_Cat]

@@briangates6707 Totally agree! Why wouldn't you? Imagine if you needed to look through a list of invoices to find everything processed on the 24th of May 2016 ... and just to be certain to screw you, the people entering the data have forced all dates entered to be text by typing "24.05.2016", because they don't understand how spreadsheets work!

[@gaynorhead2325]

My husband had cancer of the jaw almost 20 years ago (non smoker), the operation to replace his jaw took 3 surgeons 9 1/2 hours, bone from his leg to make new jaw, skin from his arm to make gum! He was in hospital for 2 weeks after. Cost in the UK - zero, would have cost £40,000 private or heaven knows what in the USA.

[@Swift2Grift]

Cost zero? no such thing as FREE health care, doctors got paid by the taxpayers.If you're ok taking OTHER people's money fine, just don't call it free!

[@PaulineHoward-b5o]

Would have been 100s of thousands in US

[@carpediemdoesdiamondpainting]

Pledge of allegiance seems to be like what Hitler expected of its people with the Hitler salute.

[@DAWNSIE1961]

Tyler, the woman burned by the McD's coffee was in hospital for months, had many many surgeries to repair the injuries and will have life long issues (it literally melted her private parts) The coffee was being served way above a reasonable temp. And she was only suing for her medical costs.

[@HerbsActuallyWork]

2:29 it’s weird what the Americans do. I mean, if I went into Tesco and bought their sandwich meal deal for £3, when I go to pay, it’s cost £3, nothing more. Why would Americans not want to do this?

[@sunseeker9581]

They just pay vat at the till they dont pay more.

[@tightropewalkergirl6485]

@@sunseeker9581not on food

[@owennoad-watson2820]

@@sunseeker9581you’ve got to try and guess the vat so it literally is more because that adds more to the original tag. At that point, what’s the point in even having a tag?

[@TRexo-ds5ze]

Until it's written into law companies won't do it. In the UK it's illegal to not include the VAT in the price when selling to consumers.

[@zetectic7968]

@@sunseeker9581 Its not VAT in the US it is sales tax which can be a combination of Federal, state & city tax. Only five states don't impose a statewide sales tax in the U.S. including Oregon, Montana, Alaska, Delaware, and New Hampshire. They impose other taxes to make up for it.

[@helenwood8482]

UK waiters get a fair wage here. It's illegal to give them less than the minimum wage.

[@alexcox5893]

Yea tipping is a choice not mandatory which I'm grateful for lol

[@sophiejohere]

Well waiters don’t get a fair wage these days but we still don’t accept tipping as a necessity

[@alexcox5893]

@@sophiejohere I worked in that industry for a few years so I know the struggle so when I visit America I always hand it to the person who served me as a thank you and good luck type of thing

[@sunseeker9581]

Fair is an exageration. Not sure many people can afford a home on minimum wage in the uk. Tou should tip in both countries even if its annoying

[@alexcox5893]

@@sophiejohere that's a fair comment but half the time (most of the time in the UK) they don't deserve a tip if they go above and beyond then yes I will tip.

[@lindsayb1152]

As an American who's lived abroad for 12 years: 1. Prices: America is literally the only country that makes you do math if you want to know how much you'll actually pay before you go to the register. Also majorly sucks if you 'get used to' doing it for your state and then go to a state with different sales tax. 2. America is not the only country that uses MM/DD/YYYY, but it IS the most counterintuitive format compared to smallest to largest unit or vice versa. Korea does use YYYY/MM/DD as you suggested, and I will always use this format for the sake of computerised organisation. 3.1. Healthcare prices are unfortunately going up here in Australia of late, but whenever I have to pay to see a doctor, I'm just thankful I'm no longer in the US, where I would either be in major debt or dead by now. 3.2. There have been 432 mass shootings in the US this year, at the time of my writing this. That's nearly 2 per day. 4. Tipping is fairly nonexistent in most of the rest of the world. In Europe and Australia, tipping is only for exceptional service. In most of Asia, it's often considered an insult to try to tip, as it's essentially seen as the customer treating the employee like a beggar. VAT stands for value-added tax, and is what Americans call sales tax. 5. Firing policies, job security, etc. depends heavily on the state. It's much easier in some states to just fire someone for no real reason than in others. I would also argue that many industries in Asia are just as bad if not worse in that sense, BUT the benefits of working are significantly better than in the states. 6. McDonald's essentially ran a smear campaign against the woman who filed the lawsuit you're talking about. They weren't driving; she was sitting in the seat of the car trying to add her cream and sugar, and accidentally spilled the coffee when she pulled the lid off of it. The lawsuit ensued because McDonald's used to serve their coffee at illegally high temperatures (180-190 °F), and it caused 3rd degree burns to the woman's thighs and privates in a matter of seconds. She also only sued McDonald's for $20k to cover her medical expenses, and I believe was awarded more by the jury, but it still wasn't 'tons of money'. 7. It made a lot of sense to me when I learned that the majority of Korean cults stem from American Christianity. Nothing further on this. 8. 12 weeks is protected by legislation in the US. That's how long you can take maternity leave and not risk losing your job, BUT companies in the US aren't required by law to pay for maternity leave, so naturally, most don't. 9. The Pledge of Allegiance is really weird indoctrination. Like the fact that we were made to do that starting from first grade now blows my mind as an adult. Something that still floors me as an American living abroad is that, as a US citizen, if you live abroad, you still need to file tax to the IRS. You don't owe anything unless you make over something like $120k a year (and you have to file a special form if you have over $10k in any bank account in your name at ANY point during the year). The US is one of only two countries in the world (the other being Eritrea, a totalitarian dictatorship with one of the worst human rights records in the world) that requires citizens living abroad to file tax, and this isn't incredibly well known so, despite having lived abroad for 12 years, I only learned about this somewhat recently, so now I need to get on filing back tax.

[@waynelowe3329]

Yet America is the land of the free and the greatest country in the world, it shows how delusional they are and out of touch with the rest of the world.

[@Deano-Dron81]

Nice info. 👌 Hope you continue to enjoy living abroad. God bless.

[@Slgjgnz]

What you're calling Benefits, Europe calls it Rights. Benefits are a company phone, holiday vouchers, or a billard in the break room. Rights are due to you, wherever you work.

[@jasonbuzby]

I had eye surgery 9 weeks ago, all paid for by the nhs. Not been back to work yet as on sick leave being paid in full by my employer. Due to go back next week but still have 4 weeks left of holiday entitlement to use before Christmas so taking a weeks holiday first this would never be allowed in the land of the free 😅😅

[@ukdnbmarsh]

the actual price not being displayed can leave shoppers open to fraud if you have a cashier that is upto no good

[@ianmontgomery7534]

I find it strange that you can pay lower than the minimum rate. What part of minimum do they not understand.

[@jettser17UK]

Nicely put! 👌

[@nolaj114]

Bit like tRUMp's "107%"

[@waynelowe3329]

I've just said the same thing clearly there isn't a minimum wage in America if it doesn't apply to all workers.

[@marydavis5234]

Not true, waiters/waitresses have to make out a daily tip form that the employers sent to the IRS aka the federal government ,as they charge a 10% rate for tips , even when no tips are given, the employers are required to pay the employees the minimum rate, as the IRS will still take the 10% tax rate out of your paycheck.when no tips are given. Both Tyler and his twin brother Ryan,need to get out more.

[@stephenlee5929]

There are different minimum wages in each of the States, in some (most) States, there is a normal minimum wage and a server minimum wage, I think the basic server min wage is about $2.50 an hour, with a normal min of $14 per hour, but I'm probably out of date. the server min was set in the 1970's and has not been updated I think. I could be wrong, not my circus, not my clowns.

[@timaustin2000]

Tipping is meant to be a reward for doing an EXCEPTIONAL job. I will never, ever understand how some states in the USA allow it to be "well, it's your wage". No. No, it's not. It's meant to be ABOVE your wage.

[@bulwinkle]

Tipping is optional in Britain and not expected. Workers are paid a 'reasonable' wage.

[@marydavis5234]

My cousins and some friends went to England ,this summer, they were asked why no tip by their waitress, my cousins friends said no tipping custom here so no tips, was told but your from the USA, Joyce said to the waitress, blame your no tip from your fellow countrymen for saying online no tipping in England.

[@johnfranks9271]

Most of the outrageous amounts of money Americans pay for their health services goes to the hugely profitable health insurance company’s

[@robertfitzjohn4755]

And to the hugely overpriced healthcare providers. The NHS (and other national healthcare systems) not only don't have to make a profit, but also they can drive down prices charged by pharmaceutical companies etc.

[@LiqdPT]

15:09 the coffee was actually over standard temp and the old woman received severe burns that required hospitalization and skin grafts. She originally just wanted her medical expenses covered and McDonald's refused. Thus, the lawsuit.

[@gggiiillllllyyy]

Yes and she was a passenger. They were parked up and stationary. The places the coffee between her legs to hold it whilst she did somthing else. She got burnt and spilt the coffee due to her knee jerk reaction and got third degree burns on her genitals. She was awarded 1% of all coffee sails proffit for 1 day. Then Mcdonald set up a smeer campaign against her which she didn't have the money to fight against it. Mcdonald did this because it was cheaper to attack her than it was to amend safty and pay out to others who were hurt due to dangerous temperatures. Mcdonald is a very unethical company when you dig below the surface. Don't get me started on them asking you to donate to a charity that they control and so use customers money as a tax write off to pay themselves.

[@Michael-yq2ut]

There are more mass shootings in the US than days in the year, the most up to date figures I could find were The US had 647 mass shootings in 2022.

[@simonorourke4465]

There have been over 400 mass shootings in the US this year.

[@mehallica666]

There have been well over 400 so far this year, with a few months left yet.

[@helenwood8482]

We have basic human rights here, because unions have fought on our behalf.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Yes, the Unions have had to fight people like Tory Dominic Raab who _proudly_ _boasted_ that he _didn't_ (doesn't) believe in Social Welfare or Human Rights... 😠😠😠😠😠

[@kelvinheron3425]

Exactly. People who routinely say "Unions have too much power", forget how much they owe to them. Nothing was given, everything had to be fought for.

[@RockinDave1]

In Britian, the things that come with our job are not considered "benefits" but instead are enshrined as legal RIGHTS. The employer doing health insurance seems great on the face of it. However McDonalds for example has pretty decent health and dental cover for employees in the US, and companies doing this in menial jobs would perhaps force a talented individual to remain in a dead end job due to a health condition that they could not afford to manage if they left to pursue a dream. It's just one more covert evil of the American healthcare system

[@darrenleake3343]

Erm... no

[@RockinDave1]

@@darrenleake3343 erm yes. The examples Tyler mentioned were things like “vacation time” and maternity leave. He was not speaking about bonuses and perks like a company car. I’d argue he was misusing the term benefits but sadly in the US paid holidays very much WOULD be seen as a benefit whereas here, as I said, it is a right.

[@darrenleake3343]

@@RockinDave1 in terms of maternity etc and vacation time, then yes I agree. They are rights. Stuff like company car etc is perks ie, what I would call benefits at least. Sruff you gotta fill out a p11d each monthfor like company mileage etc.

[@RockinDave1]

@@darrenleake3343 As would I Darren. They are indeed rights to us. However due to them only being rewarded at the whim of the employer over the pond, they very much are benefits as far as THEY are concerned over there when they should of course be rights such as the ones we enjoy.

[@keithparker5125]

Suing for everything! When I was studying for my insurance qualifications in the late 60s, premiums for product liability insurance for products exported to America went 'through the roof' after an American court made an award to a consumer after she put her pet poodle in a microwave oven to dry it after a bath - the reason being that the manufacturer had failed to mention in the instructions for usage that the microwave oven should not be used to dry pets!!!!!! In the UK we have a principle in law that Americans will NEVER understand - it's called common sense.

[@waynelowe3329]

It's why health and safety has gone crazy here in the uk too because too many are following the Americans and claiming for every little thing even though it's their lack of common sense that caused it.

[@stephenlee5929]

I thought she lost that case. There is a safety feature on microwaves, they won't work unless the door is closed, she was asked if she closed the door on her oven she did not on the normal oven but did on the microwave.

[@stephenlee5929]

@@waynelowe3329 Why would it be a lack of common sense? If you are sold a wonderful new electric box that works like you standard oven, but much quicker. How was she supposed to know how microwaves work? Its not like the salesman would have told her, even if he knew.

[@TheArgieH]

The old test was what would be reasonable to the average passenger on the Clapham Omnibus. Microwaves ruin damp trainers too.

[@WhadifuzAlottanois]

Benefits? No, no... Getting a car from your employer, a gym card, a "top-off" insurance for health- and toothcare, free coffee and lunches and a bonussystem. Those are benefits - Vacation, sick days, maternity and a noticeperiod (depending of how long the individual has worked) are not "benefits"... They are there for each and everyone, and are off course nothing to talk about because they are obvious.

[@robcrossgrove7927]

When I was at school, we had to say The Lords Prayer every day. That was bad enough. Bollocks to the pledge of allegiance.

[@tracymuckle8512]

In the UK we'll tip for as an extra for good service, like a wee bonus. In America you tip to pay the wages of the servers, in essence, you're subsidising the employer

[@Lazmanarus]

It's social security for employers. If the employye was paid a decent wage & the price of the service went up as a result, how is that different from paying for the service then paying again with the tip?

[@wandidabula2726]

Oh, we do YEAR/Month/day as well, the key is the month must be in the middle.

[@willswomble7274]

Because of computerised files?

[@XPLOSIVization]

The reason we Britts know a lot about America, and Americans know a lot about nothing, is because we see and hear a lot of the bad about America on the internet now, Its a way to make us feel very grateful and appreciative of our Countries, and laugh when a American says "land of the Free" Where you cant even cross a busy street freely, without getting arrested for "Jaywalking" or my favourite "The Best Country in the World" (The rest of the world waves and says hi with their free healthcare and no cancer causing chemicals in their food, and low gun crime, and affordable housing)

[@marydavis5234]

Anyone that believes everything they read on the internet, are not too bright.

[@masonbell8840]

Britain, Land of hope and glory, MOTHER of the free!

[@nicholaswalker4791]

I stopped tipping in UK since I watched Reservoir Dogs and it was pointed out "You don't tip people in McDonalds, they do the same job, they serve you food but don't feel the need to tip them?"

[@km76]

There are some areas where tipping is expected... taxis, window cleaners, hand car-wash, things where basically it's a self-employed position rather than a large corporation.

[@StephenButlerOne]

​Expected where? Ive never tipped my window cleaner, he is self emplyed snd sets his own price. Ive also never tipped in the local car wash. Taxis when i was a child in thr 80s was sothing that was tipped. But its definitely not ingrained exercise in the 2020s ​@@km76

[@brad-leaks-reality]

​@km76 this man is right

[@asankanu4578]

Idk what you mean because McDonald’s (at least in the uk) pays well and the people serving the food are the ones doing mich less work for the same pay

[@Tidybitz]

​​​@@km76... Really, never heard of that before, tipping should never be expected here, it's purely discretionary whether for self employed or not. If I'm given a price for something, that's the price I pay.

[@Lily-may123]

Hello, British person here, I just wanted to say I just started watching your videos yesterday and I'm already loving them

[@speciesspeciate6429]

The whole Young Earth Creationism thing in America is really weird. I know creationism is not unique to the States, but the vast majority of creationists are American. This is crazy because young earth creation was disproved in the 1800s.

[@zetectic7968]

they believe Noah's flood was real & covered the whole Earth. Yet that story was plagiarised from the epic of Gilgamesh 3 thousand years earlier & that wasn't even the original flood story.

[@richmerch]

America: The month always goes first. Also America: 4th of July 😂

[@gaynorhead2325]

😂😂😂😂😂 that one always gets me!

[@white-dragon4424]

Ironically, I think that convention is derived from when they were British and used the British method, so it stuck.

[@marydavis5234]

4 th of July is a holiday, when asked what day it is, we say July 4th.

[@white-dragon4424]

@@marydavis5234 Yes, but the name of the holiday is leftover from when the colonists were still thinking with a British mindset. Nowadays a lot of Americans find it hard to believe, but at the time the colonials were simply British people fighting their own government and military, rather than a foreign military power. There was no, "The British are coming!" It was "The Regulars are coming!", which simply meant their army was on its way. So yes, in the 18th Century they would've done most things exactly the same as someone in Great Britain, including the way they said the date.

[@scrappystocks]

UK - tipping not required. No angry server is going to shout at you for not leaving a tip because it's not expected. Why? - because they are paid a living wage with all the benefits of paid vacation days. It's not just the UK but all of the EU and most of the rest of the world

[@marydavis5234]

Not true, my cousins and some friends went to England, Scotland and Norway, the only person, who claimed they got no tip was from the waitress in England.

[@stephenlee5929]

@@marydavis5234 The comment was not that people don't tip, just that it is NOT REQUIRED. The servers earn a living wage, tips if they happen are nice, useful, but not essential.

[@marydavis5234]

@@stephenlee5929 it is not mandatory to tip in the US either, the IRS taxes waiters/waitresses a 10% tax on their income, they have to make out a tip slip after their shift and the employers sent it to the IRS at the end of the week, they still have to pay the 10% tax even when they get no tips, and most places in the US, the hourly rate for servers is $15.99 to $20.00 and the employers have to pay their employees ,the full hourly rate, when they get no tips, never ever believe anything you read on the internet about how things are in any country.

[@stephenhodgson3506]

While we pay the price of an item that is displayed on the shelf, which includes any sales taxes, when you receive your receipt it tells you how much you have paid in tax as well as the price of the item. How can we possibly manage to do this? answer we have these little things called computers that do the work for you. Here in the UK if you were an American tourist you could then claim that tax back when you left the UK but they stopped that quite recently. I suspect the US doesn't have Universal Healthcare is because in other countries the employer has to pay taxes to help pay for that healthcare. In its original format when the NHS was introduced here in the UK we also started thing called National Insurance (NI) which was used to pay for healthcare, pensions and unemployment benefits. A proportion of your salary is deducted to pay for these things but at the same time your employer also has to make a contribution which is larger than what the employee pays and their are no exceptions. I suspect American employers many of who are aware of this because of their overseas operations, don't want this in the US as it would come off their bottom line so they lobby their politicians to stop it happening. Tipping in the US is just a hidden tax that you are expected to pay to subsidise the establishment you are giving your custom to. I've recently seen that in the US they are now introducing the option to make a contribution to a charity of the the establishments choice (sometimes a charity created by that establishment) yet another hidden tax. I find it strange that particularly in the Bible Belt they in effect swear to the flag when the Bible that they claim to live their lives by says that you shouldn't be swearing to anything. I often wonder how they reconcile their brains to those two things.

[@gaynorhead2325]

Never heard of anyone in UK wanting to pledge allegiance in schools! Would never happen!

[@lorraine7960]

Hope you are right. Some of these right wing nut jobs we have around at the moment might think it a could idea. Never say never!

[@richardwani2803]

The tipping thing is stupid it's not up to me to pay you that's your employer in fact some countries like Japan find it offensive to tip and it's seen like you've done a bad job and could lose your job

[@percyprune7548]

Pledge of allegiance - loyalty should be given freely, not demanded, to be of any value. We have never had it as we do not need it and the reaction to the Queen's death and the Coronation prove our patriotism.

[@white-dragon4424]

You don't need to be loyal to a monarch or even government to be patriotic to your country. Your country is far more than both of them put together. If anything, it should be your patriotic duty to rebel against your government if they become too corrupt and self-serving. I also don't need an overprivileged figurehead to love my country and to want the best for it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXTbY56hnLRolbs

[@peterlennox4828]

The truest comment you made was "Americans don't bother to learn about these things". That's your biggest problem right there. If you're really an example of the 'average American', then imagine that 50% of Americans are even less likely to learn anything about the rest of the world than you are. To me, that's astounding.

[@JenniferRussell-qw2co]

We don't have sick days as such, we have sick pay, note the subtle difference. Regarding suing, I once overheard 2 Americans talking, whilst visiting a 1,000 yr old Cathedral. They were complaining about the equally as old paving slabs leading to it. Whilst most people were marvelling at the thought of all the people who had trodden on them over the years, they were saying that they would sue bcos they were a bit uneven. They were shocked that the slabs hadn't been replaced with new/better ones! Also, they couldn't understand why the beautiful 'close' (area around the Cathedral) which was like a park with trees, hadn't been turned into a car park to save the walk 🙄, all 200 yrds of it! 🤦‍♀️ 🇬🇧🙋‍♀️

[@gearwhizz]

Maternity leave in the UK is about 1 year and your employer has to keep your job available. For the first 6 weeks the mother is paid 90% of her salary and then ~£184 a week for 33 weeks. Paternity leave is 1 or 2 weeks taken in a single block in the first 8 weeks after the child is born, paid ~£184. The maternity leave can be swapped for shared parental leave allowing the mother and father to share the time, shared leave is capped at ~£184 so usually it makes sense to take at least 6 weeks of maternity leave for 90% of the mother's salary. This is pretty far from being the best in Europe but employers often offer better terms in their contracts.

[@white-dragon4424]

We prioritise health as a basic human right far, far more than self-defence. A gun only has one function, and that's to kill, whilst free healthcare saves lives. Some might say about our knife crime, but knives have multiple uses, most of which are very useful like cooking. They're also illegal to carry in public places without proper reason. Most modern British people (English, Welsh and Scottish) are either agnostic or atheist. We stopped looking to a book for moral guidance many years ago, since before the 1960's. Now we use our common sense to tell us right from wrong, which tends to be pretty obvious.

[@annfrancoole34]

Why do the US say the 4th JULY - just alking 😀😃😄

[@sophiejohere]

To celebrate what they’ve lost 😂

[@marydavis5234]

@@sophiejohereactually to celebrate getting rid of the British, as 4th of July aka Independence Day from Great Britain.

[@sophiejohere]

@@marydavis5234 I see jokes are lost on you 😆

[@unwatchedspacebum]

pledging allegiance can be interpreted as idolatry...

[@AkinokazeHaruichiban]

The coffee lawsuit wasn't just about it being hot enough to cause a minor burn, it was so hot it caused her 3rd degree burns on 6 percent of her body, including her vagina, perineum, buttocks, thighs, and groin area. She remained in the hospital for eight days while she underwent skin grafting. During this period, Liebeck lost 20 pounds (nearly 20% of her body weight), reducing her to 83 pounds. Two years of medical treatment followed. From Quora: Few people care about getting the facts straight before forming an opinion. Even now so many people just don't know what really happened. Here are the pertinent facts: - Stella was in the passenger seat - The car was parked - Stella held the coffee between her knees to open the lid, the coffee spilled - Stella suffered 3rd degree burns requiring skin grafts - The coffee at that McDonald's location brewed coffee at 193 degrees F, 3 degrees hotter than McDonald's prescribed range of 180-190 - The McDonald's range was 30 degrees F hotter than what home coffee makers brew at and 10-20 degrees hotter than the optimum temperature for extraction - Liquid at 180 degrees F can cause 3rd degree burns to human tissue with less than 1 second of exposure (Stella's expert witness testified 2-7 seconds at trial) - McDonalds had received in excess of 700 complaints about the temperature of their coffee resulting in burns, to which they took no action - Liability for the burns was split between McDonalds and Stella 80:20% - Only 200K before contributory negligence (before reducing by the 20% Stella was responsible) were compensatory damages (pain & suffering, medical bills, out of pocket expenses, etc.) the remainder was punitive damages meant to give incentive to McDonalds to reduce the temperature of their coffee - The judge reduced the total award to $650,000 - McDonalds appealed and negotiated a settlement below $500,000 This is not a simple case of a woman being careless and getting a minor burn because she spilled a little coffee on her, nor is it a case where someone received a huge amount of money based on a frivolous law suit.

[@FayeSless-di3jg]

VAT = Value Added Tax. Differs from a pure sales tax because, although it is applied at point of sale, it is assessed on the value added to a product at each stage of it's production and distribution.

[@cerliezio]

And it is an European tax That means that if you buy an item in Germany and pay German VAT when you take into another country of the Union you willnot be charged the local VAT Say for instance you are Italian and buy a car in Germany with German VAT when you bring the car in Italy you will not have to pay any import duty on it but just Italian registration fees.

[@TRexo-ds5ze]

@@cerliezio It's not a European tax as such, it's just something that gets complicated if you're taking stuff between countries.

[@cerliezio]

@@TRexo-ds5ze It is Value Added Tax in Italy IVA every country of the Union applies it according to each country s criteria but it will be charged only once. As I said if I am an Italian citizen (as I am) and buy a Mercedes Benz inGermany and pay VAT at the going German rate when I bring the car to Italy I need to show the invoice showing VAT paid that is it. I will not be charged IVA in Italy even uf the Italian rate might be higher.

[@jenniecockburn8811]

In the UK you have 39 weeks of Paid Maternity Leave, but can take up to a year off. And then we can use accumulated annual leave to extend the time off

[@michaelleiper]

Some places in Asia, such as Japan are yyyy/mm/dd - largest to smallest. Most of the rest of the world is dd/mm/yyyy - smallest to largest. The US is mm/dd/yyyy - sorry, no logical reason I can think of...

[@willswomble7274]

But does anybody know a logical American?

[@RatKindler]

In Canada we are officially y/m/d and the government uses that but d/m/y is common. Unfortunately because of integration and exposure to the US, m/d/y is also very common and so we get all 3 formats and it can be confusing with single digit months and days since we might not know which is which. I prefer y/m/d and use that whenever I can.

[@marydavis5234]

I can think of a very good logical reason, why it is month, day and year in the US and some areas of Canada, the date system in the US was set up by the British military, who colonized the 13 original colonies, it was just not changed after we gave the British military the big boot in the butt

[@ianmontgomery7534]

It appears Australia is similar to Britain.

[@mehallica666]

Ignore the climates and we're almost interchangeable, culturally speaking.

[@Lucia-1414]

@@mehallica666not to mention, many have a brit grandparent or parent and have rights to work in the UK

[@mehallica666]

@@Lucia-1414 yep, I’ve worked with Aussies here in the past. Great laugh, just don’t mention the cricket.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

"justice for all"? and Mr Trump is excluded. he should be in gaol.

[@judithhope8970]

Liberty and justice are exactly what you aren't getting!

[@ben-tendo]

The verbal way of explaining a date would be to say today is the 8th of September, 2024. Which makes it dd/mm/yyyy.

[@richardpoynton4026]

Regarding the Hot Coffee/ McDonalds lawsuit. The person HAD to sue McDonalds because the coffee was so scalding hot the person injured required SKIN GRAFTS! So McDonalds was definitely in the wrong and did have to pay out - but then they’ve managed to spread this story as a ‘typical nuisance lawsuit for profit’, when it was a legitimate lawsuit for their staff’s negligence

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6627]

Date formats around the world. The United States has a rather unique way of writing the date that is imitated in very few other countries (although Canada and Belize do also use the form). In America, the date is formally written in month/day/year form. DD/MM/YYYY or DD-MM-YYYY: This format is widely used in Europe, Asia, and many other parts of the world. For example, January 27, 2024, would be represented as 27/01/2024 or 27-01-2024. YYYY/MM/DD or YYYY-MM-DD: Commonly seen in Asian countries such as Japan and China, as well as in the ISO 8601 international date format. Using this format, January 27, 2024, becomes 2024/01/27 or 2024-01-27.

[@willswomble7274]

Very, very confusing when you work for a USA based company in UK/anywhere else! 'Meet me at the airport on 08/07/24' so when is that???

[@MrBulky992]

The difference between US and UK dates only applies to numeric dates. If the month name is given as a word, you are as likely to find month day year in the UK as not and it causes no problem because there is no ambiguity. For example, many UK newspapers use the format "September 24, 2024" and have done for centuries. Numeric dates were only introduced in the 19th century when most of the world adopted dd/mm/yyyy and the USA made the bad decision to adopt mm/dd/yyyy.

[@marydavis5234]

@@MrBulky992 Newsflash, the date system in the US was set up by the British military, when they were colonizing the original 13 colonies, and it was not changed after we gave the British military ,the big boot in the butt.

[@MrBulky992]

​​​​@@marydavis5234 I have not seen a wholly numeric date format in any document before the 19th century. The USA achieved its independence in the 18th century. Yes, the British used *and still use* (despite what you may read) the format month - day - year but *only* if the month is spelt out as *a word* and not *a number* . That is one of the systems which the British left your country in 1776 but the USA converted that one indiscriminately to a numeric one with numbers for months in the 19th century. In producing my family tree, I have had to look through many old documents back to the mid-1600s for almost 35 years and have never seen a wholly numeric date with the date given as a *number* before the 19th century and every numeric date I have ever seen in UK records has been in the format dd/mm/(yy)yy. Of course, I am human and could be wrong. Can you point me to some first hand evidence?

[@MrBulky992]

​​​​@@marydavis5234PS My great grandfather was born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1850 of Bavarian immigrant parents. I wish I could find out more about them all. My gg grandfather obtained US citizenship himself in Brooklyn in 1856.

[@nigelparrott6944]

I am English but working in Estonia . Here they charge the employer directly for employees heath care. So no concerns as to if your company pays !

[@mattwoodford1820]

Tipping is basically a product of employers bit paying their staff enough but passing off the emotional aspect onto the customers where the culture is to make people feel bad for not tipping

[@helenroberts1107]

Shop greeters. It would keep me out of shops. And giving the bill in cafes before you’ve finished eating. Tipping for every little thing. Unhealthy food. Guns and healthcare obviously. Trump. Fair wages for everyone. Sueing.

[@robcrossgrove7927]

I've got another "Don't want" for you. We don't want a presidency, or a voting system like America has. Our elections take around a month and it's all over and done with.

[@CometAura]

shame our candidates are full of shit but i guess thats politics

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Apparently a person learning First Aid must ask for consent from the person whose life they are trying to save befire attempting CPR for example?! (Or risk being sued by the person they have saved, for not requesting consent beforehand...) What the f🦆?!!😮😮

[@cherk9993]

Same here in New Zealand everything you buy has GST already in the price. Same goes for Australia as well. We don’t have the tipping system either they are paid a minimum rate. Minimum rate right now is just over $23 an hour.

[@MarthaArgaw]

British are very special people that American people will never understand. I am always wondering why gun culture and/or freedom is so important to Americans if you can’t control it. The use of gun is just to kill. I don’t think those people who carry guns are not going to use it when they feel like it. The other hand, the victims of shootings are not only lost their freedom but also costing their lives. I❤uk.

[@Lazmanarus]

Most spree killers were responsible gun owners before they flipped out.

[@vanquishpurr]

@@Lazmanarusdoesn’t help the families of the victims. I’d be scared stiff every time my children went to an American school. Scary as hell. We had a mad man kill some children around 28 years ago. That’s when our guns laws were really tightened up. Gun crime in the UK is very low. Knife crime on the other hand. Knifes are hard to monitor.

[@LiqdPT]

5:19 congratulations. You discovered the ISO standard date format. The side effect of this is that it's easily sortable.

[@DavidRobinson1978]

I just had hernia surgery last Wednesday, it was really bad and probably would have killed me left unattended (Much bigger than scans detected). NHS bill to me Zero, private bill would have been at least 15K

[@listerofsmegv987pevinaek5]

Prescription are charged by item 1 item ten pounds. Rounded it of. Two items 20 pounds ect. It doesn't matter that that drug might cost 80 pounds. A few years ago my mum was prescribed eye drops. Around 8 pounds for the Prescription. When she complained about the small bottle the chemist who see new smiled and said if you like you can pay for this. It will only cost you 145 pounds. That's what the NHS means to people. It's not perfect, but it is a dam side better than what you's have to put up with. If you want you can purchase an exemption certificate, a one of payment for 3 or six months.

[@willswomble7274]

Damn right and you never pay prescription charge if you are under 16 or over 65!

[@rosemariewelch1525]

Over 60 actually

[@alisonalder7317]

in Scotland we have free prescriptions

[@carolineskipper6976]

Our good employment rights were hard won by the trade unions over the years. It's not that our Government or employers are benevolent towards their workforce (barring a few exceptions). In the US Trade Unions seem to be generally seen as a Bad Thing.....hence the lack of good employment laws. We would do well to remember this.

[@stirlingmoss4621]

IDEOLOGIES...the USA can keep them all !

[@susieq9801]

A longer maternity leave is not just about the amount of care a newborn needs but the bonding between the mother and child and the security and peace of mind that both enjoy as a result.

[@charlottelundin1168]

Tyler you should do a reaction to the REAL story to the why she sued McDonalds. It wasn’t just ’hot’ coffee. She ended up in the ICU for weeks do to the severe 3’rd degree burns.

[@willswomble7274]

'Stupid gorl' sing along :) Da dum de dum de dum as sung by Garbage, 1995!

[@craighughes4906]

Only in the USA do you pay a handling charge to hold your own new born baby that's some kind of messed up thinking!

[@jefffletcher1624]

No, that's just fucking stupid. They'll do anything to squeeze more money out of you.

[@TheGwydion777]

In normal countries you pay for what the product is priced at in the store. Even if it's priced wrong and the bar code says it's dearer you still have the right to pay as advertised.

[@user-wh7hs2bc6m]

Hi, ok i have had this one or two times. Some people who pay cash do the math and give counted money to give many coins as possible to lighten(?) the wallet, if you pay by card it doesnt matter.

[@marydavis5234]

We do have universal healthcare care in the US, you have to be 60+ or disabled.

[@raymondhardy8468]

In Australia women get a year maternity leave. Also the father gets paternity leave

[@wandidabula2726]

Tipping in South Africa depends on how much you have or feel the person deserves. I estimate that about 20% of people sometimes tip, even those do not tip all the time. Waiters get a salary, also no other places people normally tip, only restaurants. Very few people will tip barbers and petrol attendants. Also any amount can be tipped, equivalent to 50 us cents to about a dollar is normal tipping no matter how much you ate.

[@jeffwalker7185]

Year, Month, Day would mainly be of use to a time traveller who has just arrived and needs to know the year they have landed in. Other than that, most people want to know what day of the month it is first.

[@richardedgar9670]

The thing with tipping has got to the point where self service checkouts are asking for tips. The companies involved insist it goes to the employees but there is no real way of checking. Maybe the companies should just pay their staff properly.

[@cerithomas2032]

The way my life has unravelled, I'd have been screwed if I lived in America , so glad I'm British .

[@robcrossgrove7927]

Getting less than the minimum wage doesn't make sense, because it's the minimum. It's the law, not a suggestion. Well, supposedly. I think it happens in the UK as well, though it's not supposed to.

[@MarkAJAgi]

I have never tipped for a hair cut or in a cheap restraint like a fish and chip shop or the pub. Only place I ever tip is in a restraint that's more expensive than a Mc-Donald. In most countries it is illegal to display one price and charge a different one.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

*restaurant ... ("restraint" is what is done to prevent someone doing something they shouldn't do)

[@jettser17UK]

Someone I know recently tried to get medical insurance to go to America for (obvious reasons) and proudly shown us her approved cover for the World but she didnt know in the fine print we read "...except USA" lol! The devil in the detail! 😏

[@ianlewis3023]

World wide travel insurance usually gives you the option of with/without 'USA, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean' cover

[@SuFernandesYoga]

Hi Tyler, as people have stated before, at least here in Portugal you can have work benefits, but we all have working rights. Those are two different things. We have a Labour Code which defines all the rights and obligations both employer and employee have. For example, if you've worked the past 12 months (for the same employer) in January 1st you earn the right to 22 payed holiday leaves, plus the National Holidays (in some lines of work you do work on national holidays but they are payed 150%), mothers have from 42 to 150 days after giving birth and fathers also have from 7 to 15 days. We also recieve 2 salaries in December (making it 14 salaies a year: 12 months + vacation and christmas subsidies). These are some of the basic rights we have that all empoyers must comply. On top of that, some companies give extra holidays, health insurance (although we have "free" national Healthcare), gift cards or any other benefit they see fit, but all companies have a "minimum" standart of rights they have to obide to.

[@nickjeffery536]

UK equivalent of Sales Tax is VAT - Value Added Tax. Basically, Value Added Tax is not just on "sales", but on any stage in a process where value is added - so, for example, you might pay VAT on timber that you bought from a supplier, as they have "added value" by ensuring it is provided in a convenient location, and cut to specification. If you then use that timber to build some wooden decking for a client, you would then also charge VAT for the "added value" of turning the timber into the decking.

[@geraldineafflick3947]

America is a bit uncivilised….does not look after its citizens…

[@TheLettybird]

The lady who sued McDonald had very good cause to sue them, the coffee was so hot it fused her labial folds together!!! It was in McDonalds interest to make the court cast sound trivial, but she was very seriously injured. I spilled spilled drive through coffee down my leg last Tuesday and I just smelt like hazelnut latte for the afternoon, it didn’t even sting me. Just imagine if your genitalia was fused to your leg, you would be very disgruntled and given the American for profit healthcare system, seriously out of pocket.

[@colinbirks5403]

Tips in Britain? Given for exceptional service, not for just doing their job.

[@willswomble7274]

Even then normally only a small tip to reasonably classy restaurant waiting staff or hairdresser.

[@nickjeffery536]

With the McDonalds coffee lawsuit, it was not an issue that the coffee was "hot", it was that the store was heating the coffee excessively - the coffee was at 190 degrees Fahrenheit - 88 Celsius, in other words, near boiling - and that as such, serving the coffee at that temperature was unsafe. Prior to the plaintiff receiving the injury, McDonalds had received around 700 other complaints about the coffee being too hot, but had ignored them. She did not WANT to go to court, she just wanted McDonalds to cover her $20k medical costs, and only went to court because McDonalds refused, only offering $800 in compensation. While the headline "Person sues because coffee is hot" sounds amusing in theory, when you look at the details, it is NOT a frivolous suit.

[@robcrossgrove7927]

Tipping. We generally leave a tip in a proper sit down restaurant, usually 10% I think, unless service is included in the bill. Taxi drivers I think. And that's about it. But in neither of these places is it "Expected". No one will say anything if you don't leave a tip.

[@CowmanUK]

I also tip barbers and pub/bar staff. But as you said, it's never expected.

[@nickydaniels1476]

The strange thing about health care is that you have to pay twice. Paying insurance / tax really isn't any different. But in UK, health care is free at the point of contact. WHY ARE YOU OKAY WITH PAYING TWICE!!!!...... It's not okay.😢

[@williambailey344]

We have heard the news of mass shooting at a school and the child and the father have been arrested its so bad a mass shooting but in a school you would NEVER get that in the uk.

[@nolaj114]

No British father would ever buy his 14 year old an AR15. 😮

[@williambailey344]

@@nolaj114 absolutely

[@dasy2k1]

Yep the last school mass shooting of any note was back in 1997 and caused a significant change to our firearm laws

[@wolfie854]

In the last 40 years I have had two triple heart bypass operations, three cardiac artery stent operations, and a whole lot of pills to swallow every day. The cost was zero, except for the pills until I reached retirement age, when they became free. The British health service has literally kept me alive and able to live a normal life and now enjoy 12 years of retirement and still counting. I was born the year after the health service started. My family was not well off and could never have afforded the cost of all this treatment. I thank my stars that I grew up with our health service.

[@isuckatguitar6252]

Tipping is uncommon in the UK. You might leave the change in a restaurant if your food was really good. Durning college - I used to work on the bar & waitress in a hotel over xmas & NY and rarely got a tip even over the holidays tbh but I was making close to US$7 an hour and this was in the mid-1990's.

[@km76]

When dating using scientific methodology, the YYYY/MM/DD format is used and I think that is universally accepted. However, we commoners (of the UK) rely on DD/MM/YY(YY) format while our cousins across the pond use the slightly jarring MM/DD/YY(YY) format.

[@airobsmith]

I do a lot of international work across borders. Almost always people use yyyy-mm-dd format to be clear for everyone.

[@petersullivan2837]

In the UK we tip for good service, usually in the form of cash left on the table for the waitress that served you