Do Europeans Really dislike Americans?(Sweden, Germany, France, Spain, USA)

Why do Europeans Dislike Americans?
And Why do People Think Europeans Dislike Americans
We asked 4 Europeans why they or their country Dislike Americans and the Stereotypes that they have.
LET'S SEE

[@jpasek4]

I think its kinda messed up they painted this picture of everyone has a gun at home considering more than half of American households do not own guns

[@hoathanatos6179]

Yeah. The states with the highest amount of gun ownership per household only have around 56%. Many states only have around 10-20% ownership

[@thebiggamers999]

i mean, compare it with 1-5%

[@jpasek4]

@@thebiggamers999 but the person taking is from the US, so yes it's higher than other countries but it's misleading to other countries to say everyone has guns

[@manuelgutierrez6546]

Regarding everything being big, I think it's related to urban sprawl. US cities are massive, not dense with high residential blocks in a small space but an ocean of houses with gardens and yards. People live miles and miles away from the CBD or main shopping hubs, so they go grocery shopping much less often. Thus, when they do, they hoard. They need their gallons of milk if they're not going to return to the mall in two weeks or a month, whereas in Europe you normally live closer to shops and buy less stuff each time but more often.

[@Mary_Thompson]

Yes, most of us don't have time to go to a grocery store every day. Also, many shoppers are buying for a family, not only individual portions.

[@Mary_Thompson]

Thirdly, most individuals use milk in many ways: as a beverage, to cover breakfast cereal, in tea and coffee, in cooking scrambled eggs, and in baking.

[@user-xb6rn7qy2x]

Exactly. Most of us work over 40 hours a week and live an "on-the-go" lifestyle. Doing groceries ever few days is a waste of time. Plus it's not like we devour all the food at once. My items sometimes go bad because I don't consume them on time but I prefer that then needing it but not having it (not good but hey it is what it is".

[@thebiggamers999]

a lot of europeans do weekly or even monthly grocery runs, stocking up has nothing to do with how large the item is.

[@jolinalee3887]

The background music is way too loud, it’s hard to understand what they are saying if there wouldn’t be any subtitles

[@Onnarashi]

I think the European ladies are being polite as usual. I'm sure they don't dislike Americans, per se, but it's OK to say you dislike certain things about the USA.

[@martinfranzen9151]

Exactly my thought

[@CinCee-]

I'm American.. there's LOADS of things to not like about America

[@olgahein4384]

The feeling I get here in Germany is that the USA is disliked (rarely really hated though) as a whole - like, the politics, the society, the guns (and weekly school shootings), how the citizens are treated and do so happily and still shant 'land of the free, home of the brave' and think a pledge of allegiance to a flag in elementary school is something good (we had something like the later one too, some 80-90 years ago). Stuff like that. But that does not automatically apply to the individual american. Most americans i have met here in Germany are actually international students or professors, here in my city. And most of them are very open minded and eager to learn beyond what they were taught - nobody can hate people like that. Especially when they realize that they don't get bankrupt here when they go see a doctor.

[@bigtj5607]

@@olgahein4384weekly school shooting is crazy

[@Mary_Thompson]

No, it's not O.K. that they list off things that they don't like about one specific country where they don't live. They could list off things that they don't like about a list of many nations, but singling out one nation to put down is not all right. That's like bullies on a playground ganging up on one child to mock, laugh at, scowl at, and sneer at. There's a trend around the world to badmouth America and Americans out of envy or out of fear because our nation is so much more powerful and successful than theirs. Then they come crying to us when they need help.

[@sansnom5153]

I think the gun topic, and their affirmation towards it, is just due to which state/city they are from in America. Definitely not a common thing in my area unless you are in some shady business (or reside here and come from a different state).

[@--julian_]

I think it comes from some irrational fear of someone breaking in

[@lemonz1769]

I live in a rather red area of a blue state and it’s very uncommon for people to own guns here, especially ones for “protection.” I know a few people that may have rifles for hunting but I don’t know anyone that owns a handgun. That being said my state has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. Chances are the two Americans here grew up with more conservative/liberatarian leaning parents who had friends with similar ideas. Gun ownership is higher in those communities which could make it seem like “everyone owns a gun” if they’re around those people more often.

[@bre_me]

@@--julian_no that’s not where it comes from

[@Mary_Thompson]

​@@--julian_ That's not an irrational fear! Many homes are broken into. Most homes have attempted break-ins. Every home is watched by criminals and considered for breaking into.

[@Mary_Thompson]

​@@lemonz1769 You don't know if your neighbors have handguns in their houses for protection. You haven't even asked all of your neighbors that, and they wouldn't all tell you that private information.

[@josedosanjos2200]

Very very nice post. Thanks for sharing this.

[@purporchid8628]

I personally can understand why some countries/people don’t like America or Americans, as an American myself. Like the saying goes, “The emptiest barrel makes the most noise”, and unfortunately, all the rest of us Americans get lumped in with even the ones we are embarrassed about. It’s unfortunate, but I at least wished other people wouldn’t confuse the US govt with the US people as a whole…or at least not confuse all US people with the silly ones that couldn’t keep their mouths shut if their lives depended on it

[@Neurogenesis1251]

Most people, dislike America as a country, for destablizing the middle east and upper africa. Europe got punished by it due to immigration in the wake of destability.

[@Legend3n]

I'm French and there are a lot of Americans who think we hate them. And that's not true, I think a lot of French people adore Americans because they're very nice and very friendly, they come and talk to you and having travelled to the United States, they were very curious to know where I was from. But I think the so-called hatred comes from two things, the French hate American politics (we hate French politics too so don't worry) and that's been the case since 2001-2003 I think. But it also comes from culture shock where Americans have a very different social culture to the French where it's very easy for an American to talk to a stranger, whereas in France it can be seen as very rude in many situations. So when a lot of Americans come to France and see the French shocked that we're talking to them in public, a lot of tourists take it as an insult, whereas it's simply bizarre for us for someone to be so social when we don't know each other.

[@Justice55339h]

​@@Legend3nit's mainly because a. Many Europeans on the internet keep saying we are dumb, fat, fake and expressing other 1-sided grossly insulting contempt b. Some Europeans are really mean and hostile and seem to hate traits that Americans value, like being really kind, affectionate, friendly, and cheerful. I speak from personal experience. There are many great Europeans, but I don't know if it's worth dealing with that level of hatr which is clearly increasing..no one hates me like that here.

[@word42069]

When it comes to having guns at home, these two American girls have a very specific background and must be from a place with a lot of gun culture. As someone from the Northeast US, their response was extremely weird to me as a reasoning for “everyone having a gun” and I just want to chime in that a large portion of the US does not share those views. I wonder if they both come from a military background in the South or Midwest. In the Northeast US, West Coast, and developed urban areas around big cities most people do NOT have guns at home and are very anti-gun. Furthermore, in a lot of those places guns aren’t even legal or are very restricted. Additionally it’s important to note that within gun culture there is a distinct difference between those who are gun hobbyists or hunters… and those who feel that guns are self defense tools that are “necessary”.

[@SpoonieDidWHAT]

Agreed! I live in Florida, which is a place I'm sure people would assume we'd all have guns at home, but only a couple people in the very large pool of people I know have guns. I won't take a stance on whether you should or should not own one, but just saying that it's definitely not a 'one size fits all' answer for America as a whole that everyone has one. It really does depend on where you are.

[@liannasmith2923]

Agreed! I am from the DC area, none of my friends growing up and no one I have ever met in my area has this opinion surrounding guns or even owns guns. I have met people but it all depends on where you grew up, it is not just an American thing.

[@drbassie]

Yeah, I thought that was a weird take too.

[@l.h.3586]

As a Swede, I found their logic about having a gun at home for protection sounds a bit weird. If an armed burglar would brake into my home, I'd find it likely to be far more dangerous for me to pull a gun at that person than to just put my hands up.

[@aleet71]

The problem is not so much how many weapons there are, but who owns them, even in Europe there are weapons among civilians for various reasons, hunting, sport and for defense (Judges, lawyers, jewelers or private guards) but no one with problems with the laws or people with physical or psychiatric problems.

[@anttirytkonen11]

When Andrea mentioned the Spanish people being loud, I couldn't help thinking about being a student of Spanish at a university in Finland. Due to loudness, you were able to distinguish which group of us studied Spanish as our major. If you study a language, you learn its culture and customs as well, I suppose. 😅

[@listazar]

I think one reason food is bigger is so it lasts longer and have to make fewer trips back to the mall, I mean go to the mall in Europe usually means go walking in somewhere close, going to the mall in America means take the car and drive sometimes even hours.

[@geminix365]

Also bigger country, bigger distances, and a bigger car to fill, so the product would look even smaller

[@user-xb6rn7qy2x]

The European mind cannot comprehend

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

Back in the 90s I was still living in Kansas, stepdad says, "We're going to California on the Amtrak." 😃 Yay !! It was just pure joy and getting a feeling of being free.

[@thiagooliveira583]

Weird thing about Brazil is that traveling abroad sometimes is cheaper than traveling in our own country

[@MusicShortsGlobal]

It's true, such a massive country as well.

[@jimgorycki4013]

Yes. Especially to Florida. Buy those suitcases and fill them up with items because it's less expensive.

[@MusicShortsGlobal]

@@jimgorycki4013 I wouldn't compare a state to a nation because there's a huge gap between the two.

[@antoniopera6909]

Qualquer viagenzinha pro nordeste é um absurdo de caro Nem vale tanto a pena

[@Mary_Thompson]

​​@@MusicShortsGlobal The Brazilian meant that traveling within Brazil costs more than traveling from Brazil to other nations around the Caribbean, including the U.S.A., which extends far into the Caribbean with Florida's peninsula and island chain.

[@bre_me]

Unfortunately, Americans being patriotic is becoming increasingly more dependent on which side of the political aisle you’re on.

[@ruan441]

The same for Brazilians, the BR flag is 80% of the time a political sign because of Bolsonaro.

[@bryangonzales4198]

Blame the Democratic Party, they seem to hate the US by hating most things about the US, which is why being patriotic became more seen as conservative

[@jonpeley]

In Spain people who carries the flag everywhere tends to be far right.

[@bre_me]

That's so ridiculous. My mom is from Spain but hasn't lived there for decades. She bought a Spain bracelet here in the United States where we live, and when she went to visit, her family told her to take it off or people will think she's a fascist.@@jonpeley

[@jonpeley]

@@bre_me it's not that ridiculous when you consider we have had 40 years of dictatorship and wounds are still there.

[@Aldraz]

I think most Europeans don't dislike Americans that much, because they grew up watching their movies that shined more positive picture, but as many of us grew older and understand English well now, we start to notice tons of issues emerging from the US, so it definitely doesn't shine a good light upon them anymore.

[@word42069]

It’s because of republicans who most civilized Americans hate just as much if not more. Also though, a lot of things are stereotypes that Europeans who’ve barely or never been to the US believe…

[@Mary_Thompson]

​​@@word42069 About half of all Americans are Republicans. They're not uncivilized. The rest of us don't hate them. I'm an American who's nonpartisan (meaning that I don't follow a political party).

[@sandraperlstein79]

Same with Canada, because it is a large country and it costs a lot of money to travel abroad. In terms of a second language I learned French in grade 4 to grade 9 after that it is your decision, however people still continue to learn and even pick another language in High School.

[@Mary_Thompson]

Canada is a bilingual nation because Quebec is French, and the rest is mostly English. It's very practical for Canadians to thoroughly understand both French and English. (There're also many lands within their borders that are inhabited by Native American tribes with their languages, and some of their people attend Canadian universities and learn English and French to understand the classes.) In the U.S.A., I took French because I'm interested in the Arts, but most students chose other languages (such as Russian for international politics or Japanese for international business). Also, foreign languages aren't required before high school (ninth through twelfth grade)(age 14 - 18). Foreign languages aren't even offered in the U.S.A. before sixth grade. Each elementary school or middle school only offers one foreign language for sixth through eighth grade (age 11 to 14). I took Spanish in sixth grade, which was the only foreign language offered in that school. I transferred to another school that only offered German, which I didn't take. I later chose French in high school (ninth through twelfth grade)(age 14 - 18), which offers more foreign languages and requires at least one. My high school had many choices of languages because students came from all over the big city to my high school if their neighborhood high school didn't offer the language that they chose.

[@kaahzvi5820]

Weird, for me French was grade 7-11.

[@viniciuscunha4667]

Here in Brazil, we get our passports in two ir three weeks, it's hard to get a visa to travel to America though. In counterparts, americans get their drivers licence in a matter of weeks, and they can get it at their 16. Here in Brazil, we take months to get it because we have to go to driving school for months and it's desgustingly expensive

[@Mary_Thompson]

Each of the 50 states in the U.S. sets a separate age of eligibility for driving. In Oregon, driver's training permits are available at age 15, and driver's licenses are available at age 16. In California, driver's training permits are available at age 16, and driver's licenses are available at age 18.

[@imanuellaakp4233]

being proud of your country and thinking your country is "the best"/better than everyone else's, are two different things. personally, i'm anti-nationalist & do not consider myself patriotic as i belong to 3 countries in total. i don't watch the world cup or eurovision but i sometimes watch the olympics. in that instance, i root for my favourite athletes or countries, with faint support of my own countries. it's never been a singular case.

[@logician3641]

America has more olympic medals than any other country.

[@abremacabre8868]

The everyone having a gun to compete is not true outside certain backgrounds. There are many of us who do not like or posess guns because of what they represent.

[@reneelawrence7822]

No offense but I feel like sometimes we gotta change up who these girls are who are representing the U.S. because I often feel like a lot of perspectives are left out of these important conversations because they're both white women.

[@capeverdeanprincess4444]

This!

[@CinCee-]

But all americans are young white women... no?

[@capeverdeanprincess4444]

@@CinCee- Lol, I find Chinese and North Koreans do think that a lot but they are disappointed when they actually come to the US.

[@CinCee-]

@@capeverdeanprincess4444 WE ARE ALL YPUNG WHITE WOMEN ✊🏼

[@sjchung1632]

@@CinCee- no these girls don't represent the parts of the US that are very diverse, don't have guns, live in urban areas, and are more culturally diverse where (at least where I grew up in) you hear and see Spanish, Greek, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Indian, Pakistani, Jewish, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Russian, French, German, African, Carribean, Middle Eastern, etc., people and the languages.

[@AlexKall]

The audio of this video is very low, when the ads come on it feels like your ear drums are about to burst as you have to increase the volume to compensate for the low volume in the video. Is this something you can look into?

[@geminix365]

The thing she said about the 15 yo looking more grown up in the USA is because of the hormones they eat and that are forbidden in Europe

[@Mary_Thompson]

This is partly true. The past several generations, including myself, have been eating meat, eggs, and milk from farms and ranches that put growth hormones in the livestock, which was transmitted to us in childhood and has increased our growth. Nevertheless, we would've been bigger than most of the world's people anyway because we're descended from Northern Europeans, who have always been bigger. The first few centuries of immigrants to the land that is the U.S.A. were mostly Northern Europeans. I'm an American who's descended from settlers in the first few centuries of immigration, and my ancestry is Norwegian, Swedish, German, Dutch, English, Scottish, Polish, and Lusatian (Slavic community in Eastern Germany).

[@rearmedefreno1839]

In Spain you can choose a lot of language to study on high school, english (obligated), french, german (not in all high schools), latin and greek

[@module79l28]

Dude, the mic level discrepancy... RIP headphone users!

[@jonpeley]

Lack of public healthcare system. A nono for me.

[@Sayitlikitiz101]

The overgrown teenagers are not due to the workout culture in the US, they're that big because or corporate-run agrobusiness pumped lots of hormones and chemicals in our food chain, and it all ends in the bodies of US kids. Life expectancy is dwindling, allergies are everywhere, and now even that cheap toxic food is not affordable. I love my country, but every day there is less too proud of. Those 2 US girls are not being honest either with the other girls or with themselves.

[@pjschmid2251]

I know that’s a popular opinion, but it’s not so much about hormones or chemicals that they’ve pumped into the food chain. That may have something more to do with the decline in the health of the US population. But the larger size of American teenagers is something that goes way back farther than agribusiness and hormones and chemicals in food. This was a fact of life when my grandfather grew up at the beginning of the 20th century, it was so for my mother as well. It had more to do with the American diet in general, and the relatively higher levels of dairy eggs and meat. My grandfather was significantly taller than his father, who grew up in Europe, and my mother was taller than even her father, who spent the first 10 years of his life in Europe. There was a decline in the average height of The human population in general after the introduction of agriculture, when many peoples diets switched to primarily grain as a source of calories. Humans prior to that, when they ate relatively more of their calories in their diet from meat, were taller than they were after the switch to agricultural societies.

[@thematthew761]

Are allergies more common here than across the Pond?

[@Mary_Thompson]

​​@@EvsEntps Yes, this is exactly what I was thinking and typing. My ancestors emigrated to America from Northern Europe in the first few centuries of immigration. I also read an interesting comment that many of the settlers in the first few centuries were eating a diet high in protein from meat, eggs, and dairy products that caused an increase in the skeletal size of each generation after arriving here. Then the size stopped increasing after grains became such a prevalent part of the diet with the boom in agriculture and the decline of hunting on a daily basis.

[@Mary_Thompson]

​@@thematthew761 Americans pretend to have allergies, so their coworkers and schools won't know that they have viruses because they don't want to be forced to stay home from work or school for being contagious. They pretend to have hayfever because it has symptoms like a cold.

[@Mary_Thompson]

​@@pjschmid2251 This is really fascinating to me, especially as my ancestors all emigrated from various parts of Northern Europe in the first few centuries of settling this land.

[@Techgnome21]

I feel that the average everyday person in most countries, don't have any negative feelings toward individuals from other countries. We're all focusing on our own everday lives. It's a misconception that every American owns a gun. As others have said, it really depends on where you live in the US.

[@FantasyFae]

in my highschool we had Spanish, Latin, German, Mandarin, ASL and Italian

[@Mary_Thompson]

Yes, all of the high schools in America offer electives of several foreign languages. My high school offered more than a dozen languages because it was part of a "Magnate Program" wherein high schools specialize in certain fields and allow students from other neighborhoods to transfer to specialize in a field. Ours was international relations. Middle schools in America offer one or two foreign languages.

[@SaisaiDemigodess]

BS. IT DOES NOT TAKE SIX MONTHS to get a US passport. Maybe during Covid but not now. It takes about 3 for regular process and one month if you pay for expedited. I have even seen people get it in 24 hours because they have a flight scheduled.

[@Garmonbozia]

"Have you ever fill that Europeans have stereotype for american" GREAT JOB.

[@Mary_Thompson]

Most of us Americans drink more milk than most Southern Europeans because our bodies are genetically able to digest dairy products better as descendants of Northern Europeans, which has been scientifically proven about the descendants of Northern Europeans. Those of us Americans who are descended from the first few centuries of colonists in the land that became the U.S.A. are mostly descended from Northern Europeans. We use milk as a beverage, as an additive to other beverages, to cover breakfast cereal, as an ingredient in batter for baking, and as an ingredient in cooking scrambled eggs, soup, and other dishes. We also eat plenty of many other dairy products, including cottage cheese, cheese, sour cream, butter, whipped cream, ice-cream, yogurt, cream, mayonnaise, salad dressing, sauces, and more. Secondly, those shoppers at grocery stores may be buying milk for a household with other people and pets. Thirdly, we Americans stock up ahead of time on groceries because it's a waste of time to go to a store everyday to repeatedly shop for all of the basic, staple groceries, especially milk, which stays fresh a few days if refrigerated with a cold temperature.

[@J0HN_D03]

2:14 Absolutely NOT... In 2009, mine was made in 5 weeks. And in 2019, my new one has been made in 2 weeks.

[@jolinalee3887]

As a German it kinda offended me what Zoe said, but it’s true. Even Germans themselves thinks ur a racist if you are proud a d show ur flag. I’m just tired, why do we have to apologize for things we didn’t even do? Those generations are mostly dead now, I’m 22 I don’t have anything to do with what happened back then. I wish we Germans would be a little more proud of our Country.

[@zak3744]

I think both are weird. Pride is the opposite of shame. It's weird to feel shame about things you haven't done yourself, but it's also weird to be proud about things you haven't done yourself. Enjoying the country you were born in is cool of course. I'm really happy when England win in the football, but I'm not proud. I didn't do it!

[@tizioincognito5731]

I agree. I am italian and we dont mind a f... about what happened 100 years ago.

[@_joilife]

Sorry I didn’t mean to. But I mean I still think it’s kinda a thing if we have our flag somewhere outside and be really open proud of it I think a lot of foreign would use to hate us because of our past. Doesn’t mean I’m not proud to be German ♡

[@tizioincognito5731]

@@_joilife believe me, no one in europe hates germany for the 2nd ww. It is an american thing. 😉

[@_joilife]

@@tizioincognito5731 yea actually I think so too

[@tommi7554]

"We don't have gym culture at all"? What? Yes we do, and peoples size thing, biggest people comes from northern Europe, like Island, Norway etc. If you look at the worlds strongest man winners, they are most from old viking countries.

[@Mary_Thompson]

Yes, we Americans have big skeletons and musculature because we are Scandinavian. Northern Europeans were the majority of the immigrants to the land that became the U.S.A. for the first few centuries of settling. My ancestors all emigrated during those centuries, so my sister and I are somewhat large. My ancestry is Norwegian, Swedish, German, Dutch, English, Scottish, Polish, and Lusatian (Slavic community in Eastern Germany). My surname is Swedish, but I use my mother's English maiden name because English-speaking people have trouble pronouncing and spelling names that aren't English.

[@lucasleme2944]

Please balance the sound! Some microphones are painfully quiet, while others are disturbingly loud. And on top of that there's the incessant background music which is absolutely unnecessary. We should focus on understanding what the people in the video are saying, not listen to a random music.

[@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt]

Couldn't agree more.

[@KarstenWilken]

This video only used boring/basic stereotypes that are completely without controversy. None of those topics would be relevant for me if someone asked me about things I don't like or disapprove of about Americans.

[@ESUSAMEX]

I am a multilingual American who has lived, worked and traveled overseas often. I tell you from experience that most Europeans look down on Americans. Almost every time a European introduced me to others, there would be some eye-rolling and their body language would speak volumes about how much they disliked me even before I opened up my mouth to say hello. The anti-Americanism in Europe is strong, and it will never really go away. I have heard people say to others in their native language how much they hated Americans. These people spoke as if I weren't there in front of them. They did not even think I understood them at all. Most of the time I understood everything and I could even point out where they were from in their own nation by their accent. It's important to point out that for every pro-American video on KZbin there are hundreds anti-American videos which claim Americans are stupid. On the passport issue, most Americans did not need a passport to travel Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean until after September 11, 2001

[@beorlingo]

That's hard on a chap. Absolutely grim.

[@sarahprince2412]

You are right. What’s even more pathetic is that they hate us Americans(especially us who in military families) but LOVE asking us to help solve THEIR problems. I.e take OUR money for their gain. Look at what is going on with all these wars. Get us involved in something we have nothing to do with and ask for a handout. As well as taking many things from our culture like our entertainment and incorporating it with their culture but get mad if we do the same thing with their culture and incorporating it into ours. There are many things that we take issues with our own country because of how it’s being run and so forth but our country is a great county. There is nothing wrong with having pride for your own country. If people in Europe can have pride for their own country then we can too. I will say that I wish they got some intelligent girls here to represent our country to really explain all these stereotypes. Especially the guns portion and being patriotic. They sounded very dumb to me with their responses back to the girls from Europe.

[@bvanderford]

Been to Europe many times and have seen it. Canada too. Very ugly side of a people.

[@wer227]

as a german: yes we can! none of the people responsible are alive today and when you consider everything i feel comfortable saying that every german kid learns about it in school and how it happened, why and what to learn from it. not too sure the US can say the same, considering the amount of countries they "freed" (aka invaded) and left utterly ruined in the last few decades

[@CinCee-]

My parents are 68 they've only left America once in 1979 for their honeymoon.. its insane

[@donnatravel]

Yeah, the price of airplane tickets is also insane.

[@LePourfendeur]

Je ne suis absolument pas d'accord. Le français étant la première langue. En France en seconde langue on a soit l'allemand pour les villes proches de l'Allemagne, l'italien pour ceux qui sont proche de l'Italie, l'Espagnole pour ceux qui sont proche de l'Espagne. Et si je ne dis pas de bêtise les autres villes ont automatiquement en seconde langue l'anglais. Ensuite une troisième langue qui dépend de l'école. Pour ma part c'était le Russe, le latin, l'espagnole, l'italien, l'anglais. Certains ont des dialectes en 3eme langue le Catalan, le langage sifflé, ... En vrai on a un large choix et ca dépend premièrement de la position de l'école sur le territoire et des professeur que l'école peut bénéficier. S'il n'y a plus de Russe pour enseigner le Russe alors l'école ne va pas proposer cette langue. Et si l'école se trouve a 10 minutes a pieds de l'Italie, elle ne va pas proposer que l'espagnole. Comme c'est dit dans la video "And then the third, you choose between German or Spanish. So we have three in total anyways.".

[@Mary_Thompson]

We Americans have bigger skeletons because our ancestry is Northern European (Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Slavic, and Celtic). Immigrants from other places settled here later, but those of us who are descended from the first wave of immigrants to colonize the land that became the U.S.A. are mostly descended from Northern Europeans.

[@cpj93070]

My word that statistic that only 3% of Americans held a passport back in 1989 is shocking.

[@mattattack75]

Not really once you realize the size of the US

[@bishop1]

​@@mattattack75Europeans don't know how big the United States is or how expensive it is for us to travel aboard

[@georger.3489]

Wouldn´t say Europeans dislike Americans, we just grew up with their movies, tv-shows and music. Most Europeans ( and probably all people in the world ) don´t really care that much what happens outside their country :D

[@mar754]

Not all people. I care about what happens outside of my country. Like the Israel war now, or other events. The fact that I grew up with the US entertainment industry in Europe made me even more interested. I like geography and politics, so I have a dream to travel more outside of my country and city than I already am doing

[@georger.3489]

@@mar754 Some do, most don´t. I know people who don´t care about what happens outside their state or even town :D

[@kamikadzeto7]

@@georger.3489 From what I see around me people really care about what happens outside of our country. Both about here in the EU and outside of it.

[@Belnick6666]

6month to get passport with 300 million people is FAST, it take 6 month in sweden as well and only 10 million people and then you have toi redo it in 5y

[@markusolofzon]

That was when everyone went to renew their passports during covid in Sweden. Now it takes a week.

[@lanzsibelius]

Are you serious 6 months to get a passport??? In Mexico I got mine in a couple of hours

[@reineh3477]

As Markus said, that was after Covid. Most of the time it only takes a week or two.

[@J0HN_D03]

4:48 NO, because they are ARROGANT and RUDE...

[@manuelfg2902]

As a spaniard, i like america in general, but many over there think Spain and Mexico is the same country and i really HATE. How can u be so ignorant??? Im sick of that

[@sensit6276]

Para ellos todos los que hablamos español somos mexicanos 💀 no me molesta que me digan mexicana, me molesta que no conozcan ni siquiera a sus vecinos del continente ni a sus aliados politicos/comerciales. Incluso es molesto cuando el resto de europeos y mundo los llaman americanos cuando americanos somos todos en el continente y ell9s no tienen nombre

[@LuvThyMind29]

Your information is wrong.

[@manuelfg2902]

@@LuvThyMind29 definately not

[@LuvThyMind29]

@@manuelfg2902 Yes, you're definitely wrong. It's pretty ridiculous that you feel you can speak on behalf of Americans from your experience overseas... You know, I saw a video of a spaniard tasting canned dog food online. Should I announce to the world that a lot of spaniards eat dog food and that it sickens me?

[@manuelfg2902]

@@LuvThyMind29 nope, you should not

[@briantravelman]

To the contrary, domestic travel in the U.S. is actually more expensive. I know Americans who've been to Mexico, Europe, Caribbean, but have never even been to the neighborhoring state or their biggest city. Also, Americans don't get that much time off, but also, the U.S. is so diverse that a lot of the stuff they have in other countries we can find at home. As for the large meals and grocery items, I think it also has to do with the fact that in the U.S. we have to drive to get groceries or eat out, while in Europe if you run out of milk, you can just walk down the street to buy it. The introvert vs extrovert thing is so true, but no one ever talks about it. They basically force you to be an extrovert if you wanna succeed. The patriotic thing is also very true. We have a gun violence and homeless problem, yet Conservative Americans still believe this is the greatest country on earth. While French people aren't so boastful because they know their country has problems. Very sad though that Germans feel they can't be patriotic because of what their ancestors did. Language, they summed it up pretty well, that Americans have no need to learn another language. But most French people actually do know at least some English, they just don't like using it because they're embarrassed of their accents.

[@LuvThyMind29]

No, domestic travel is not more expensive.

[@J0HN_D03]

4:10 Please ask another person to come, she's WRONG. We also have German for the first language... 🤦🏼‍♂🤡

[@3_MiL]

sweden fuck yeah! älskar vår representant lol

[@stevetalkstoomuch]

International travel among Americans has picked up recently. The US State Department statistics - In 1990, 5% of Americans had passports whereas now it is almost 50%. The passport requirement for Mexico and Canada has helped spur this but a lot of people now want to explore the world more, especially young people. I only got one in 2010 since I had to travel to Canada for work, but have used it lot in the last 10 years traveling for work in Asia, Europe, and Australia. As for guns, growing up in the Northeast, very few people I know have guns. Nationally it's 30%. I never even saw a gun until my mid-20s. In rural areas people do hunt or want protection from the wildlife (bears, mountain lions, coyotes, etc).

[@Mary_Thompson]

Everyone in the U.S.A. who has ever been in the military (whether they fought in a war or were only trained) was issued a handgun to take home and keep after their service ends. The military men usually keep the handgun in a shoebox in a closet, basement, or attic if they're not worried about defending their homes, but some keep the handgun ready in a drawer in a nightstand (small table next to the bed with a lamp and alarm clock). They don't necessarily mention it to you. I'm American.

[@iFryTube]

Europeans most travel in Europe Traveling to another state isn't considered traveling to another country, clearly. Traveling to another EU state is. Thus they think they travel the world much more when in reality Americans travel longer distances.

[@n14s]

Andrea😍✨

[@LePourfendeur]

Je pense que chaque Peuple est fière de son pays ou presque et ferait tout pour défendre son pays. Sinon une guerre serait rapide si son peuple n'était pas fière. C'est juste que les américains sont a fond sur les armes et affiche leur drapeau chez eux, sur les murs our sur la carrosserie de leur voiture. Ils sont plus exhibitionniste et extraverti. En gros ils montre qu'ils sont fière. Mais l'habit ne fait pas le moine. Les autres peuples aussi sont fière et le montre quand il le faut.

[@axlFoleyBeverlyHillsPo]

French People have Napoleon Complex

[@jj2220]

Yes. The answer is yes. I saw the title so I just have to answer. Yes.

[@nellan1799]

Copying world friends videos?/content they had for years

[@J0HN_D03]

10:15 "we have to get a gun because... if someone's gonna break our house.... they're gonna have a gun"... because you allowed them to have guns!!! It's just a question of weapons lobby!!!! 🤦🏼‍♂

[@bishop1]

What if a man breaks inside of a womans house and attacks her and when she doesn't have a gun to protect herself? Home invasion is a big problem in the United States so how are we supposed to protect ourselves?

[@peggyryan2851]

I appreciate the recognition that in the USA we don't travel out of the continent due to expense or that we generally speak English and most often Spanish as they are useful in our daily lives. We didn't 't have passports because untill recently they were not required for Canada or Mexico and that about as far as we can go on vacation days. We go further after retirement. At least compared to other internet channels you're not just USA bashing. Most of us do not have guns, only the idiots

[@Mary_Thompson]

Anyone who has ever been in the military, even if they weren't in a war, was given a handgun with bullets to take home and keep permanently. Most households have at least one person who has been in the military at some point in their lifetime. Those men usually have their handguns in their homes. That means that most households have at least one handgun and bullets in the home.

[@Belnick6666]

no, most Europeans love USA as they are the world police, which means we need less military.....until "he" mr P tried to rebuild USSR

[@derrick5594]

well, i gotta say that most people in countries outside of the US (like my country iran) actually like American people. They're mostly very friendly and easy to connect with. People just dislike the US gov and how it tries to control every country by military to gain benefits from that country. btw, mr P is not wrong defending himself against the US. for example, look at what happened in Afghanistan during the duration when US gov was occupying it. Its in pieces now. Not saying their local gov is innocent though.

[@tizioincognito5731]

I strongly disagree.

[@arnodobler1096]

US Gunboat policy 🤔

[@reineh3477]

@@derrick5594 As a Swede, I say the same thing about your country. Most people from Iran are nice, I can't say the same thing about your government.

[@Carlos-wv3yj]

when the American girls said that everybody has a gun I was literally shocked

[@Mary_Thompson]

It's not shocking when you know how common it is in America to be the victim of invasions into homes and attacks out in public by other humans, stray dogs, and wild animals. The more passive the victim remains, the more they attack. Only aggressive self-defense makes the attackers turn to flee. Some attackers are on strong drugs and won't stop attacking even then and must be physically stopped.

[@Carlos-wv3yj]

@@Mary_Thompson wont it be more effectivo to make politics to prevent people from attacking Houses than keeping arms in your House and creating a gun culture all around your country?? Idk maybe you are right, i'm not from america so all that gun culture sounds a bit alien to me.

[@Mary_Thompson]

@@Carlos-wv3yj Of course, most of us Americans vote for laws to be passed that will lock up sociopaths and throw away the key, but they're not locked up until after they've already been committing heinous crimes, have been caught, and have been convicted. You don't want to be one of their victims before they're locked up.

[@Mary_Thompson]

​@@Carlos-wv3yj I'm not saying that anyone should be forced to own a gun. I'm saying that everyone needs to have an effective weapon of choice.

[@Mary_Thompson]

​@@Carlos-wv3yj If a person is highly skilled at throwing knives at a target, then that weapon may be a better choice for that person.

[@Lacteagalaxia]

Prefiera Tierra local lo de afuera no me importa

[@PPfilmemacher]

And why you watching videos like this?!

[@Hispano_200]

Second

[@DefinitelyGleek]

First

[@user-nm8lu7sx9r]

you dont have tobea muslim to support palestine you just have tbeahuman🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸😓

[@Techgnome21]

And no one should ever support terrorism, ever.

[@awellculturedmanofanime1246]

We dont care how about you get out of terrorizing Egypt, Lebanon and jordan ?? Your ppl are terrible

[@reineh3477]

@@Techgnome21 Terrorism is wrong, so is occupying an other country like Israel is doing.

[@jalee7749]

Could anyone shares their Instagram accounts? ~