I Found Out 20 Things Only Americans Do (And Think It's Normal!)

[@Tireburn1]

I served 40 years in the military and appreciate your love for it I am 63 and retired 6 years ago. Thank you for your support

[@katherinedinwiddie4526]

Thank you for your service! Salute!

[@larrybremer4930]

Amen Brother. I only served my 4 in the 1980s USMC and appreciate everyone who steps forward to defend our nation and way of life. I think many people abroad don't understand the lesson we learned after Vietnam when people treated returning veterans badly because of their mere participation and following orders they cannot refuse. We learned that you can appreciate the service and sacrifice of the soldiers, sailers, and airmen without agreeing with the conflict we may find ourselves.

[@poopshoes7579]

Congratulations on serving Israel sir

[@SGlitz]

South Park creators Parody and Satire. BTW

[@SGlitz]

Watch Mojo can be intolerably smug

[@prostack4577]

What I hate is being taxed heavily on my earnings, and then being taxed again when I spend my earnings.

[@Sonorandeeess]

And keep going

[@TarnaxTheBarbarian]

And then you find out what happens to your money. Politicians use it to buy drugs, bomb people, and give the rest away to everybody except Americans.

[@vi-r22]

Some states are very abusive with their taxes on everything they can get away with taxing. I agree, gov takes out its tax before you get the left over pay .. then you are taxed every single time you spend what you did get. It needs to stopit.

[@perryshaffer8358]

Then being taxed annually on the property I bought, with the earnings that are being taxed on the income I already paid the tax on. Tariffs on top only make it worse. We are a country led by mules with the head jackass on top (not a shot at a particular party, both majors are guilty of this). As a citizen, my country is the US (shorter) and I am an American because It's the shortest way to refer to my citizenship. If it's more convenient to refer to my country or citizenship for whatever reason, I'll certainly give you the long form. But remember you asked for it. 4:30 More common as a pre- engagement engagement party, baby shower or wedding shower. Just a way of ensuring the couple has all they need before taking such a huge step. My opinion, pleeze don't roast me. 05:30 Unless you actually want to look thru the gaps, They're not that big a deal. If you do, you should be ashamed of yourself. The partitions serve the purpose. That being said, I prefer the privacy of a private john. 08:15 That would be because ' drugstore" and "Apotheka"have different meanings in US and European cultures. To you, it's where drugs are bought and sold, as a hardware store is for tools, nails and electrical switches, etc. Whereas for Americans a drug store started as places for cheap goods that didn't always perform as advertised. Snake oil salesmen dominated the market and products like Coca-Cola and cough medicine were addictive. We started rough, it took us time to catch up. To be fair, the same has been happening in our gas stations for at least 50 years. I remember my om buying milk at J&L gas stations at least 50 yeas ago. Forget "If you build it, they will come," fact is, "If you sell it, they will come." I love my neighbors, but they'll spend ten dollars to save ten minutes even if they're poor. 15:00 as far as tips go: The system works well from October thru December, badly January thru April and then as it should May thru September. Christmas puts a huge weight on the year and the debt it causes takes time to get used to or pay off. Americans are the most generous people when it comes to charity, but personal finances are a whole other can of worms. 18:00 I don't like the amount we spend on our military. I don't agree with the missions they're assigned a lot of the time. But I was a servicemember. I wasn't allowed to pick and choose my assignments or the orders I had to obey. I can separate the person from their role, respecting the first while disagreeing with the latter. We can differentiate the messenger from the message; this is no different. Only dorks, wannabes or would-be thieves of valor wear camo. Real heroes put that garbage behind them. Not to be remembered for the stack of enemy behind them, but the task they set in front. Just my thought.

[@Draconightfury]

Don't forget getting taxed for things you bought years or sometimes even decades ago. What was the revolution from the British over again? taxes huh, interesting.

[@Briansgate]

Team America is indeed a movie you should see. It literally makes fun of how much America thinks of itself. The movie of the military jets fighting aliens is "Independence Day". Great movie! Should watch.

[@FlyOverZone]

I love the movie's theme song.

[@IvoryOxen]

Make this a LIVE WATCH PARTY. ILL BE THERE

[@IvoryOxen]

​@@FlyOverZonefreedom costs a buck o five

[@shaddupfarva]

Yes, true America lovers have to see Team America.

[@ravinhud4979]

'merica eff yeah!!!!

[@patm5594]

Part of the reason we treat our military personnel so well is the way they were treated after the Vietnam War. They were treated so poorly that it is a national embarrassment. We vow to never again blame the soldiers for the war.

[@phillipbooth787]

we still don't treat veterans as well as we should. ask any veteran about their experiences with the VA.

[@patm5594]

@@phillipbooth787 agreed

[@Coldcooler3]

The VA still needs serious work but compared to what it was like for vets from Vietnam, it’s night and day, hopefully someday we can give our vets the respect they deserve and privileges that they rightfully earned (no tax for vets,free healthcare for life at any provider, and one that I think should be added is guaranteed government jobs for combat vets when they return home too curb the homeless vets issue, as well as many other than I won’t list here)

[@joykind4258]

Its true. I served during the Vietnam War. We were treated horribly both abroad (I was stationed in Germany) and upon returning home. Veterans don't deserve that.

[@Soloong_Gaybowzer]

Dude they started treating soldiers like that again as soon as the Iraq war started. Not just the hippies, but the VA screwing over vets in every way possible as well.

[@JL-ql2jo]

I got a $40 tip recently for helping a woman to her car with hardware supplies. Made my day!

[@OkiePeg411]

André, lets say you have a sick child. You go to the pharmacy to pick up his prescription. Then you start thinking... your child needs more diapers and wipes, pedialite, applesauce, you're nearly out of laundry detergent and you need something to eat, too. You dont want to go to the big grocery store, so while you are at the pharmacy, you will pick up those items all in one stop. Also, for my regular prescriptions, I'll just go through the drive-through, pick up my prescriptions, and go. I don't have to go inside and get exposed to anyone else's germs.

[@insylogo]

The whole pharmacy-as-general-store concept starts to make more sense when you realize how far apart towns are here. If the next nearest town is a 30 minute trip away, and your town is so small that there's one pharmacist for the whole community, it may not make sense for them to have a store with all the upkeep and facility management expenses just by itself. So, putting a pharmacy area inside of a grocery store makes sense. From there, it's an easy skip backwards to putting a grocery store inside a pharmacy...

[@Michele-z4k]

The grocery store is 1 minute away from my Walgreens. I think it’s more of corporate America’s and trying to pull customers from each other’s stores to get higher profits.

[@StarkTripod2006]

In my home town, we have one grocery store and one pharmacy, and we get our groceries from a city 45 minutes away

[@rinhayashi8949]

Where I live, we have a Native American owned health center, but before that really blew up, the nearest pharmacy was about a 30 minute drive. We still don't have a grocery store here either, just two convenience stores - one gas station, and one family-owned. Any vegetables? Meat? 30 minute drive to the next town over.

[@JoyPeace-ej2uv]

Ah, history. The pharmacy as the post office selling stamps, selling toys for use at a pool or the ocean plus towels, baby food, are a leftover from "blue laws". Once upon a time stores could not be open on Sundays. Then pharmacy stores were given a pass especially when it turns out when you go to the ER (emergency room) and get a prescription instead of them handing you the medicine. If you are in serious pain and want the pain killer toady not tomorrow, or want to start treating the issue you went to the ER now not later. For most especially small towns, they were the only place you could go on a Sunday so they also started carrying toothbrushes and toothpaste particularly for the out-of-towners. The stamps? Were also for tourists to be able to send postcards back home before leaving their vacation location. Depending on how small the town was often dictated just how much variety the pharmacy had, the smaller the town the more the pharmacy carried. That is also the reason so many gas stations carry a wild variety of products, they were the other store to be allowed to be open 7 days a week. So travelers would not be stranded when their gas tank was close to empty. You can still buy not just ice cream but toys to keep younger kids entertained while strapped in to seat belts these days. I remember the days when you had to stop and think on a Sunday if a particular restaurant or store was open in this state we were traveling through, or did they observe blue laws. Back then lots of families traveled for vacations. Just to see the amazing country that is the USA, its variety, depth and breadth. You can see both oceans, Atlantic and Pacific. See two or three seasons in a day if you travel from an area below sea level, like deep canyons, to the top of really tall mountains and we sure have some.

[@Lemonjellow]

Don't forget the soda fountain and lunch counter... ​@@JoyPeace-ej2uv

[@kellysong2256]

While some people do throw huge "gender reveal" parties and spend a fair amount of money, a lot of us Americans either don't announce it in a fancy way or we have a small party with immediate family. For example, my sister had a gender reveal party for 10 people with just pink balloons and pink cupcakes. Simple and cheap! 👌 As for "baby showers", those are parties that are usually thrown for family and close friends to help the new mother with expenses for the new baby. (We give them diapers, baby clothes, bottles etc). Expense varies

[@radicalreaderasmr45]

Wait, you guys can afford to have kids?!?!

[@goldfieldgary]

Regarding firearms, I live in an open-carry state and do occasionally wear a holstered pistol. Partly I do this to remain comfortable with the concept, and partly because I'm not about to pay my government money for a "concealed carry permit" when the right to bear arms is enshrined in our nation's constitution. What's next, everyone forced to wear a speech meter and be charged money for speaking? Our human rights are not for sale!

[@Typexviiib]

A carry permit is no different than a poll tax, serving to deprive the poor from fundamental rights

[@ewfisher89]

I live in a Constitutional Carry state (West Virginia) and the only reason I keep a concealed carry permit is because my local FFL can do a NICS Bypass if I have one (just attach a copy to the 4473, no need to call for the background check).

[@CrowBarActual]

It's a good idea to have one for reciprocity sake if you travel out of state.

[@ewfisher89]

@@CrowBarActual I've only needed that once, when I went to a friend's wedding in Tennessee.

[@brassbat]

It amazes me how people think they need any local or federal government's permission to carry. I'm 45 and have carried anywhere and everywhere for as long as I can remember. I do not ask, will never ask. ALL gun laws are infringements.

[@keithfrazier2558]

39:14 "All Flowers and dogs"😆😂🤣. That was a new one. That one made me laugh, I like it.

[@jbug1979]

when you say "my friends", it sounds like "muffins" 😂❤

[@BlackCat604_2]

Rather than using the words "obsess over" and "fascinated by" our military, personally I would choose to use the phrases "proud of" and "staunchly support". I appreciate everyone who has served and I'm glad that you do too, Andre.

[@662363]

That's far more accurate. Perfect example Nobody: America: *smiles in gau-8

[@firefly9838]

Maybe its just because I know a lot of Marines and Soldiers but its hard for me to idolize most of them as most are just complete dumbasses .

[@CircusFoxxo]

We also do more with it than the old "murica world police imperialism ree" thing, just look at the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake. The United States Navy is one of the largest and best funded disaster relief organizations on the planet, and we can deploy them anywhere anytime

[@msgtpauldfreed]

As far as firearms carry, there are 29 states where you do not have to have a permit to carry openly or concealed. The rest require a permit, and several don't allow open carry, only concealed. There are limitations and in Texas unless you have a permit there are several areas that you can't carry without a license. I have mine, so I'm unrestricted and always carry concealed because I don't want to be and armed criminal's first target, I want to be the guy he doesn't see coming for him.

[@athanasiusofalexandria4304]

Yeah, in MS we have “Constitutional carry.” But if you want to carry in places like government buildings, sports stadiums or schools you need to get the “enhanced carry license”. I was shocked when I went into the court house to sign something for my daughters passport and there was a metal detector and two cops. I said I have a gun. I can go put it in the car. They said. “Do you have the enhanced carry?” I said yeah and they said “go ahead.” So I was like…well we got something right at least.

[@EWischan]

We can carry open or concealed without permit in Texas. Concealed carry permits really only still exist for traveling.

[@athanasiusofalexandria4304]

@@EWischan yeah that was my point. We can as well in 95% of the places, but there are areas “schools courthouses…etc where you have to have the “enhanced” to carry. So you CAN do it, you just have to get the permit. (Which is also helpful as you mentioned, when you go to other (reciprocal) states. If you don’t have to do that in TX. God bless Texas…even more. I’ve only been there a few times. My only complaint is the George Bush Hwy and DFW being a shit show and telling me I had “bomb residue” in my laptop bag…obviously I did not. So after being sexually assaulted…at least once they determined it was in fact “not bomb residue.” I had simply had a candle that had been lit before in my bag. Otherwise I love TX.

[@brittanyteague1008]

In Texas where I live, most food in the grocery stores isn't taxed. Chips, candy, and soft drinks (soda and any juice that is not 100% fruit or vegetables juice) all are taxed because they're considered a luxury. Regular food, water, and juice that is 100% fruit or vegetable juice has no tax.

[@octoniumvideos]

Oh damn, I thought that was a national thing?

[@branchrickey9123]

@@octoniumvideos it is

[@ThewTheKooky]

As a Texan who works in Louisiana. I can assure you not all states only tax processed foods.😮😢 ​@octoniumvideos

[@brittanyteague1008]

I learned that because I have some relatives who moved to the east coast and they're taxed on pretty much everything

[@kenyonmoon3272]

@@octoniumvideos Groceries are not taxed in most areas, ditto personal items like deodorant and toothpaste. Snack and junkfood are being singled out in many areas to be shifted into a taxable category (basically, items the average person will 'prepare' are not taxed while something an average person might eat while shopping would be; sandwich ingredients not taxed, a handmade deli sandwich would be). But it's a state and local level decision, and a few states do still have sales tax on all grocery and/or personal hygiene items, not just snacks. Illinois just approved eliminating grocery sales tax, Hawaii has an excise tax (this is a mess related to shipping stuff to the islands, long story), and I think ten or fifteen states have either state-level and/or local-level sales tax on groceries.

[@AgentSapphire]

To clarify: if you have a supermarket with a pharmacy in it then the pharmacy is a different company (though often owned by the same parent company). The idea is that when you go get your groceries you can also go pick up your medicine. It also saves space since you don't need two different stores that way.

[@CutChemist4688]

I hope you enjoy your visit coming up! Almost all of the top comments are spot on my friend. I hope to visit Portugal one day, I feel it goes under the radar.

[@fredschwartz7943]

It looks like the VAT tax for Portugal is 23%. Nowhere in the US is sales tax that high!! We don't like hidden taxes, so that's why it's added at the register and printed on the receipt. You go to the store and see an item for $100 (or I should say, the equivalent of). We go to the store and see $77. You pay $100 We pay from $77 to $84 depending on the state, and sometimes the county and city within the state.

[@reliantncc1864]

A lot of Europeans find it more convenient to simply know how much they'll have to pay, regardless of how much is tax. I think it makes sense for us to know how much of the price we pay is the government stealing from us. It's probably why European politicians get away with raising taxes so high, because the people don't directly see how much it's costing them.

[@jryan9547]

23?!?!? Holy crap! - in my Frank Barone voice.

[@andronicase]

Depending on the state, many things are not even taxed . For example There is no tax on edibles such as bread, meat, dairy,vegetables, canned goods, etc..

[@jryan9547]

@@andronicase PA doesn’t tax clothing. Or used to be that way. I don’t live there any more but that was nice.

[@tecranch6224]

TX does not charge sales tax on food items.

[@DonalldArmentor]

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all

[@Adelynstar]

Thats right! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@lynnw7155]

And even in my youth we weren't forced to say the pledge. We did have to stand respectfully, but didn't have to recite it.

[@reneelancaster8714]

Seeing these words in a post brought tears of pride to my eyes. I’ve lived, traveled and studied abroad and no country has the patriotic heart of America. It’s actually like if 50 countries came together and United under one flag. Our shared history and continued effort to be free unite us further (along with the turkey & dressing, biscuits & gravy and fried chicken!….lol!).

[@violetlove3580]

United *Corporations* of America, you mean.

[@katsmeow6946]

Every time I see this I hear a classroom full of kids repeating this. it’s been longer than I would admit to.

[@ericbuscher]

I'm an American and I've watched several of your videos. I appreciate your perspective on the US and I must say that I believe you may love the US more than most Americans do.I like that because it makes me appreciate my country more. If you like how friendly people are in public here, I ought to show you a video of my dad grocery shopping. He has to stop and make a joke or an interesting comment to everyone he meets. It's insane.

[@izamalcadosa2951]

The sales tax can range from 6% to 11% here in the U.S. Taxes tend to be higher in Liberal, blue states vs Conservative, red states. You can open carry guns in red states in the U.S. as long as you don't have any felonies. Here in California where I live, it's very hard for a civilian to get a license and permit, unless you're in security, the police, government agents, and private investigators are the only ones that can get open-carry licenses and permits!

[@lankthedank6931]

This video talks about lowering the voting age in the 70’s. My mom was in high school at the time, and told me couple of stories from back then. This was during the Vietnam war. During some time in the 70’s, when you turned 18, you would be old enough to go to war. Many young adults were forced to go to war, a lot ended up dying their first day. She told me that there was a common argument that people started to protest and speak up about: And that was the fact that at 18, you would be eligible to go to war, but at the same time, you weren’t eligible to vote. A lot of people found that ridiculous and for a good reason. (Also, my uncle turned 18 just days before they stopped sending people to go to war. You have no idea how lucky he was)

[@AnnacolleenEtters]

Your mother was correct.

[@richardmartin9565]

I turned 18 in 1966. I couldn't vote until 1969 at 21. Also got my first Draft Notice in 1969. Believe me, that sucked.

[@DamonNomad82]

While lowering of the voting age happened before my time, I certainly enjoyed the benefits of it. I turned 18 less than a week before the 2000 election and was so excited to be able to vote in it.

[@Matt_Hatter101]

As a US citizen, let me tell you that anti-war does NOT mean anti-military. There's a specific, small, and loud segment of the population that wants to be involved with wars. The majority of the citizens, however, prefer peace while supporting a strong military to make sure we don't get invaded. The USA is a big country, with a relatively small population. Based on population density, we're very, VERY vulnerable. We make up for that with a powerful military, and having more privately owned guns than we do citizens. While many countries like Israel or Korea have a requirement for everyone to spend a minimum amount of time in the military, we don't, but when it's likely that anyone you meet on the street is armed in a country of 300+ million, that makes invasion seem like a bad idea.

[@bobbiejojackson9448]

Absolutely! It's about peace through strength.

[@minecraftfox4384]

American. The demonym for a citizen of the USA is "American". Other examples include "Canadian" for citizens of Canada, "Mexican" for citizens of Mexico.

[@UrGonnaLuvMyNutz]

@@bobbiejojackson9448that was my strategy in Spore™️ 😂 make the strongest deadliest creatures possible and then force peace on the species who showed me aggression

[@zetsumeinaito]

Yep. I wish politicians didn't have a financial stake in the military industrial complex. It's the primary reason there's a war a decade.

[@FarremShamist]

The US doesn't even need a large military to avoid being invaded. It is probably one of the geographically safest nations on the planet.

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

I grew up saying the Pledge in school every day. Every morning. Face the flag (it was in every classroom) hand on heart. The phrase “under God” was only added in the 1950s, as a reaction to Communism and courtesy of Joe McCarthy. I learned it ~by heart~ by the time I was five and entered kindergarten.

[@reliantncc1864]

McCarthy was right.

[@heathercottrill3505]

Add in 10 hail Mary’s, 5 Our Father’s & God wasn’t a bad word- that was my childhood.

[@travisray2934]

I grew up saying the Pledge, and then the Texas Pledge lol 😅 double pledge down in Htown

[@UrGonnaLuvMyNutz]

@@travisray2934 Texas is one step away from North Korea, bro 🤣

[@DarthRane113]

​@@UrGonnaLuvMyNutz Huh, good economy, strong gun rights, strong castle doctrine, good infrastructure , I think you confused Texas for New York 😂

[@MatterBaby68]

2:16 😂😂 literally the best movie every made. A true American masterpiece

[@johnjoseph2010]

Made by the Southpark duo Matt and Trey the destination of "US freedom of speech". A must watch/reaction.

[@mrp782]

America, Fuck Yeah!!!!

[@bran9555]

You gotta watch this movie. Epitome of american excellence

[@altairiv6326]

The gaps in the public bathroom doors are designed to make people uncomfortable. It basically forces people to do their business and get out as soon as possible.

[@goldfieldgary]

About free refills for soft drinks, the cost is very low for the store and much more convenient for them. The soda machine is hooked up to a water line, and a tank of carbon dioxide for the "fizz", the different flavors are bought in small (about 12 to 15 liter) stainless steel bulk tanks containing the sugary goo used as the basis for each brand (Coca-Cola, 7-Up, Fanta, etc.). It's mixed on demand and allows the store to operate without having their employees lug heavy cases of bottled soft drinks around, possibly even resulting in fewer back injuries.

[@kathrynck]

I've never seen one that used tanks for the syrup. Generally they all use plastic "bladders" full of the syrup. They're in stiff cardboard boxes, and go on an angled rack which tilts all the boxes down towards the opening of the bladder at the bottom (gravity feed).

[@KatyFaulkner-f6c]

As far as medical care goes, yes ours can be expensive but if I have a condition I get to a specialist in weeks not months! My best friends family is in Canada and her grandfather had a heart attack and it was going to be 6 months before he could get a follow up MRI and her father is a doctor and said get down here to California now!

[@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284]

My daughter had an ER visit yesterday. They discovered that she has kidney failure, stabilized her, and sent her home. She has an emergency appointment with a kidney specialist and another with a gastroenterologist tomorrow.

[@JoeSmith-tc6eg]

And those who can't afford healthcare also see a quick resolution to their problem.

[@jennteal5265]

Yes my cousin comes down to the US for her MS treatment twice a year bcs they wont treat it anymore in Canada! It's a disgrace!

[@Zbruh69]

Same way with the VA... It's socialized healthcare and it'll take 6 months to get in for a stroke. Literally.

[@Zbruh69]

​@@JoeSmith-tc6eg they get government paid healthcare! My ex does, goes to the docs every month and she hasn't paid a dime since I met her. Our daughter is 4

[@kinjunranger140]

To clarify a point on our Constitution: the 2nd Amendment does not give us the Right to own a firearm. That right is granted to us when we're born, or when a person becomes a US citizen. The 2nd Amendment prevents the government from infringing on that Right. I know it sounds like a subtle difference, but to us, it's a huge difference. This may shock you, but there are 350M people in America, and 450M firearms. hahaha We love to protect ourselves from threats.

[@reliantncc1864]

That's.... a little off. First of all, the right is a right, so it belongs to all people. America is just the only country that protects that right. Second, we have somewhere between 600-700 million firearms. More than the rest of the world combined, including all militaries.

[@oldfogey4679]

Kin disgraceful! I was accosted in a bad place recently but all I need is my medical alert not a gun! Everytime I go out junkies follow harass threaten me! But I just push my medical alert button give perps descriptions and someone also within my environment comes to my aid! I've also been threatened in mid day good areas by stranger gun nuts! Gun carrying shooting makes the community less safe! Cuz nobody can predict the trajectory of bullets! And there's too many unstable people carrying guns! I'm tired of this gun nut society leave your guns at home!

[@appaloosa42]

Correction: we love to protect ourselves from the government

[@Rose-z4h6k]

@@appaloosa42 Yes, people forget our founding fathers had a deep distrust of government power. They had lived through the British Crown forcing American citizens to pay the cost of quartering British troops, various kinds of taxation with representation.... An armed populace keeps the government polite. Andre', American also has a strong hunting culture. All the men and many of the women in my family hunt. Guns are only part of this. Keeping the land and God's yummy animals healthy are also part of this culture. Americans aren't gun crazy. There is a largely inner city, criminal sub-culture that acts like the crazy people in the movies. Most gun owners are people like my mom, uncles or best friend. A gun is a tool, for hunting, protecting farm animals from predators.... They may enjoy shooting sports -- my friend spends a couple hours every weekend shooting on a target range. Some are ex-military. One needs to be cautious with figures about gun deaths in States. Many statistics don't separate suicides from homicides and accidents.

[@kilroy2517]

To actually clarify a point in our Constitution, the 2nd Amendment guarantees the right to "keep and bear Arms" so that citizens can serve in a militia, a clause that has been deliberately misinterpreted. "Keep and bear" does not mean "own", it means you can have a weapon in your home. "Arms" means weapons, not necessarily firearms. A "Militia" is clearly defined in Article I as a civilian military branch that Congress can call on (i.e., the "bear Arms" part), and which today is the role of the National Guard. So what the 2nd amendment actually says is that citizens have the right to store weapons in case the militia is called up, but since the Militia role has been filled by the National Guard, this amendment no longer has any real relevance. But no politician will ever say this.

[@xSonicspeedx]

Bro, I am an American and it’s just understood that you don’t try to peak through the bathroom door gaps. The only excuse for this is a quick glance to check if it is occupied, even then you start by looking for the person’s shoes through the bottom gap first. The worst bathroom I was in was while I was on deployment in Afghanistan and the “door” was just a curtain that had a rather large bottom gap and would open slightly every time someone would walk past.

[@Patrick-l2g3g]

Most Canadians say north of the border "THE STATES" not America....

[@BM-hb2mr]

RIP Toby Keith for making the most epic drinking song about those RED Solo Cups

[@frigyou1078]

Damn did he die?!?

[@Delet322]

I’m 62 , female and quite frankly don’t understand the issue over guns. I’ve never had an issue in all my travels across America. Rural America is different from cities.

[@wilurbean]

Rural America is 99% of America too.

[@FarremShamist]

@@wilurbean Well it's 99% by land, but 80% of people live in urban areas. (This is just a function of cities worldwide)

[@Delet322]

@@FarremShamist says something for who can fend for themselves.

[@FarremShamist]

@@Delet322 I never knew that farmers knew how to make all of their own tools. We live in an interconnected society, Delet. Unless you're calling for primitivism, in which case go off, your argument is profoundly silly.

[@diamondmx3076]

The controversy is probably something to do with the constant mass shootings that happen in the US, and not anywhere else. It's kind of nice in other countries that you're not going to have to do active shooter training in school and at work. That you're not going to have to wonder if that guy who's road raging at you is going to start shooting. In many other countries, you're a lot safer going about your day to day life.

[@robertyoung2274]

The gaps are big so children can't lock themselves in the stall or pinch their fingers and do major damage to themselves. I witnessed a child getting injured and not being able to open the door in a mall bathroom and the mall immediately changed the stalls to prevent lawsuits in the future. The parents couldn't get under the door until a maintenance person could remove the door. Leaving a gap large enough for an adult to get under the door prevents problems with access in emergencies like heart attacks, drug overdoses, and other issues,

[@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284]

It also helps adults who are having medical emergencies. I fainted in a toilet stall back in the 90's and they were easily able to get to me.

[@CrowBarActual]

Um, I think most of the stalls I've seen have huge gaps because they aren't put together correctly, or are not maintained/falling apart...

[@9Tailsfan]

One time I was in a public bathroom, the lock on the door broke. So I had to crawl under the gap to get out.

[@dragonhawk00]

I don't know that the gaps on the sides are for safety, but the gaps underneath definitely are. You can crawl out if the lock gets stuck, custodians can crawl in if a hooligan locks the door and gets out, anyone can crawl under to help in an emergency.

[@kathrynck]

The floor gap is actually for ventilation. Any adult should be able to force one of those dinky little locks, in an emergency.

[@newmadiba]

I used to live in Chattanooga Tennessee. Tennessee does not have State taxes, but has a high sales tax. Chattanooga also borders Georgia which has a much lower sales tax, so we would always drive into Georgia (about 5-10 mins away) to do our grocery shopping. I miss that.

[@joshdudeguy2830]

My Canadian sociology professor in college used to make fun of American healthcare until her son got a benign infection that in America, he would be seen and treated with little consequence, but since healthcare is "free" in Canada, it is sub-par and you wait months to get in. Her son died of a routine simple infection. Now she is all for market-driven healthcare. When you can afford to pay your doctors and nurses more, you get better and more doctors and nurses. They can see more patients, sooner. We actually get a lot of Canadian nurses here because of that pay difference.

[@SZfiftyfour]

The date MM/DD/YYYY is just like the 'soccer' thing. It was started by the English and stuck here while England later switched to be more like Europe. You can hear this in some of the earliest microphone recordings of Brits and that format was also used on newspapers.

[@CrowBarActual]

I find the date thing is all over the place depending on who and what you are filling out and in no way a "standard" for the US.

[@Princess_Celestia_]

MM/DD/YYYY is easier for record keeping and look up. When you look up a record for a specific year, you look for the month of that year first followed by the day of that month. The European DD/MM/YYYY just makes no sense. Work smarter, not harder I always say.

[@ruthsaunders9507]

@@CrowBarActual In the military we always did DD/MMM/YY. Still did it now.

[@harvbegal6868]

You'll find that is most of the case. The way we spell a lot of things the English used to spell it, then decided to add a U to color for some reason.

[@SZfiftyfour]

@@harvbegal6868 Don't get me started on pronuciation. The Nissan and Mazda thing gets on my nerves. The US was early adoptors of Japanese autos and we learned the names directly from them. Other English speakers apply vernacular to words that were never English and swear up-and-down we're saying it wrong lol.

[@kmlameattempt]

18:56 The movie is called Independence Day. Personally, it's one of my favorite movies. It's such a good summertime movie. You should absolutely watch it!

[@TimothyAtwell-hb9zv]

It's a great movie, not Armagedon. Great, but great

[@jasonmajere2165]

Yes

[@kathrynck]

@@TimothyAtwell-hb9zv The Eye of Sauron turns upon you for suggesting that Armageddon was a great movie. It's 2 hours of script trying to flick boogers into the hair of people who actually did their homework, culminating in taking a machine gun into space for the sole purpose of providing stress relief to a manchild.

[@andyloy7809]

Vouch 💯

[@robertyoung2274]

My uncle had to travel to the US from New Zealand to get care for cancer because the NHS refused him and told him to go home and die.

[@kittywetzel92]

11 I like Fahrenheit because it has smaller increments of measure that narrows it down to a more precise measurement. We use both Imperial and metric systems depending on the product, project, or task. Milk is sold by gallons, while soda drinks can be purchased by liters. It could get confusing for someone not born and raised here, I imagine.

[@ettahamilton670]

In America we are encouraged to participate fully in our healthcare. Knowing the drugs out there and what they do and their side effects lets you make informed decisions. It also lets you know when your doctor screws up and with more transparency you are more likely to survive. Let's face it everybody makes mistakes.

[@jimmyb.6272]

When they advertise prescription drugs on television, you will never get those drugs without your doctor’s approval. A lot of people discuss their healthcare more with their doctor after seeing the advertisements on television, and that is a good thing. Your doctor has the ultimate decision for the prescription medications you take.

[@spaceshiplewis]

If your doctor wants to prescribe you a medication, you can ask the doc about all those scary side effects in the ad. It may just be because the doc gets paid to prescribe that medicine instead of one that is better suited for you.

[@andrewbrock3675]

They get paid by drug companies to write prescriptions.

[@StarkTripod2006]

And then they go to the pharmacy, and get to be told that their shiny new ozempic us $200

[@Trifler500]

12:23 - Yes. When I worked at a movie theater, the soda syrup that gets mixed with water and carbonation, literally cost the theater 4 cents. Offering free refills got more people to buy a soda, and that is pure profit. If you go to a sit-down restaurant, they will serve you soda in a glass, but they get it from a fountain setup.

[@goldfieldgary]

@@Trifler500 4¢ ! I knew it was cheap, but that's probably less than the price of the cup!

[@alwaysflushinpublic]

@@goldfieldgary PAY ATTENTION EUROPE plz stop asking us why we put tons of ice in drinks regardless of weather. Clearly we do not care if it gets watered down we just toss it out and get a fresh one.

[@bugtesties]

That’s why it’s so insane they don’t do refills across the whole world. Pop/soda has the biggest margins in any fast food place

[@Trifler500]

@@goldfieldgary It is!

[@gayleroberts-stewart3016]

Gender reveal parties started when it became common to do ultrasound exams of practically every pregnancy. The parents can choose not to be told the sex, but many if not most people do learn. Then it's easier to prepare the nursery, buy baby shower gifts, and who doesn't want to have a reason to have a party.

[@marydavis5234]

Ultrasounds are not always right, a childhood friend has three children, who are adults now, all three of her ultrasounds were wrong, when she had ,her first ultrasound ,she was told she was having a son, she had a daughter and her last two ultrasounds, she was told she was having daughters, she had sons,

[@gayleroberts-stewart3016]

@marydavis5234 🤣 that's why they call Medicine a "practice".

[@Stacy-gf8pf]

As an American I can't stand ads for prescription drugs. I believe it is the leading factor in our drug friendly culture. I, as a patient, should not be the one bringing up random drugs to my Dr. It feeds into the idea that drugs are the answer to everything.

[@maryjambor3677]

In my experience, bathroom stall gaps are usually like 1 cm. The only way you're actually making eye contact with someone doing their business if if you get RIGHT UP next to the door (which would immediately flag you as a creep). Also, because of how shallow the stalls are and how the angles play out, realistically if you see anything it's like a knee or the side of their head. I don't really mind too much, since it's useful for telling the difference between a door that closed itself with no one inside and an actually occupied stall. Ultimately I care more about whether the close mechanism on the door is working (sometimes they don't and then you're holding the door closed) than that tiny gap.

[@GetMeThere1]

Do note that the "Roosevelt" on Mt. Rushmore is Teddy Roosevelt (26th president), and not the probably better known Franklin Roosevelt (32nd president). They were 5th cousins.

[@DamonNomad82]

They were also in opposite political parties. When Teddy Roosevelt's son, Ted Jr. (a Republican) was serving as the Governor-General of the Philippines (then a US Territory) in 1932, his relative Franklin Roosevelt (a Democrat) was elected US President. When asked how he was related to Franklin, Ted Jr. quipped "Fifth cousin, about to be removed!"

[@jonellamoore960]

I felt like this lady’s video is just putting Americans down and did not enjoy it as much as other videos you’ve done. Our right to bear arms is a Constitutional right and we will never give it up. There’s a saying “When you criminalize guns, then only criminals will have guns.”

[@StarkTripod2006]

Hoo ra!

[@TexArizocan]

It's Watch Mojo, they tend to put America down

[@xyex]

And America proves that when you don't criminalize guns, you have WAY more criminals with guns, and WAY more gun violence per capita. Honestly, would rather have criminals as the only ones with guns when that makes them 1 in 100 instead of 1 in 5.

[@TexArizocan]

@@xyex yet most gun related death in the US are self deletions. But nobody wants to talk about that

[@TexArizocan]

@@xyex oh and despite my previous post that yt probably didn't allow, knife deaths in the UK are high, so ban knives too? Also, question, a criminal breaks into your house with a gun, you don't have one, what are you going to do?

[@Gforceracing20]

I live in an open carry county in North Carolina. There are restrictions as to where you can, private businesses can say no, but yes people are armed in my Walmarts

[@michaelh7394]

In the US alcohol is regulated and a person has to be 21 to purchase. In most states, persons under 21 can consume alcohol if accompanied by a parent, guardian, grand parent or a spouse that is 21.

[@briansview2886]

You got 5 the nail on the head. Wait a YEAR for a needed medical procedure? Crazy! I get responses directly from doctors same day if i send a question. Emergency procedures are usually as needed and quickly, lesser tests usually within days but no more than 2 months. The last primary Dr I had would usually give me a call or text if i sent an online message to him. Do you get that service? Pluses and minuses in everything. And if you have no insurance you still must be legally treated for emergencies in any ER . In your country, what's average wait time for Drs visits?

[@m.c.1933]

I am in Mississippi and we have open carry. Women can carry in their purse or briefcase because a lot of our clothes do not work well with holsters. I am in my mid 50's and have carried everyday in my purse since I was in my 20's . I myself own 3 pistols between my husband and myself we own a sufficient amount of firearms for any need we might have. My state also allows you to protect yourselves, your family and property using deadly force if needed. It cuts down on the crime when the criminals know that anyone they target is probably carrying a firearm. Most of us have been around guns our whole lives and have been taught gun safety since childhood. My grandson had 2 guns bought for him before he was 2 years old. Now, as a 17 year old who hunts with my husband, he knows how to safely handle a firearm. We also have a program where when you get your first hunting license, you have to take a firearm safety course from the state. Its not the guns that cause harm its the person behind the gun. God bless.

[@ginco5203]

Remember, most countries have mandatory service for a set number of years. USA does not. Our service members CHOOSE to serve. Not all states charge sales tax on food. In my state only non food items get sales tax added.

[@philliprow]

almost all grocery stores have a pharmacy inside, so yes you can buy groceries, but in a pharmacy such as CVS you will find snacks and drinks not a full grocery store.

[@O2life]

But there's almost always milk, string cheese, some sausage, etc.

[@natebringer]

Obsessed is different then respecting and appreciating..... this guy gets it

[@lethalpixel_yt3055]

as a civilian that has never served in the US, I see the love for our military because they are on a completely voluntary basis. Also, a great opportunity for alot of people that don't have opportunity in their local area

[@the_Kurgan]

In Canada we usually refer to the USA as "the states" but "America" is not uncommon.

[@jryan9547]

We call it all sorts of things here in America. I don’t know why some others (not you) get bent out of shape over the use of “Americans” or “American”. Sure, all the counties are apart of the “Americas” but they call themselves “Brazilians”, “Colombians”, “Canadians”, etc. what are we suppose to call ourselves? lol

[@the_Kurgan]

@jryan9547 Yeah, some get all upset. To me, America means the USA. There's North and South America, which collectively I would the the Americas.

[@mel2000]

@@jryan9547 : "American" stems from the OFFICIAL name "United States of America." Nationalities are unique. Nationalities do not stem from the name of continents.

[@SirTrollerDerby]

11. In the 1970s a number of states lowered the drinking age to 18. It was a disaster with increased alcohol use among teenagers and an increase in alcohol related driving deaths. The folks at watchmojo seem to think nothing ever happened before they were born and were able to think of it themselves. This is a frequent shortcoming in their videos.

[@paulprovenzano3755]

💯this💯

[@DamonNomad82]

My dad experienced this firsthand. When he was in high school in the mid 1970s, he lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa, which, IIRC, had lowered its drinking age to 18. Council Bluffs is very close to the much larger city of Omaha, Nebraska (just across the Missouri River, which forms the border between the two states), where the drinking age was still 21. Drivers in Council Bluffs had a hair-raising time after a certain point in the evening, as 18-20 year olds from Omaha would swarm across to Council Bluffs to drink in the bars there, get completely wasted, and try to drive home afterward...

[@sawyercustom]

took me a bit to find another 11... lots of comments, I wonder how many actually made it to the end or if they spit their 2 cents and bailed.

[@lesliekilgore648]

frankly, today? i think the experiment needs to be restarted again. and yes i live in Alabama which used to STILL have Dry Counties with ZERO alcohol sales and NO we never have had 'drunken masses of idiots' on the roads in-between the Wet and Dry Counties. folks went over, BOUGHT their 'packages' and then came home or to their party etc. to imbibe there. but not! all the way down at once though. start it at 1-year intervals every 5 years. so next year the drinking age is dropped to 20. it stays there for five years till it is dropped to 19. yet, as soon as the DUI related deaths increase by 10% in that State and stay at that increased rate for a minimum of 1 year, that State STOPS the drop right there for 10 years. if over the next 10 years the DUI related deaths drop to at or below the rates experienced by that State from BEFORE the age to purchase alcohol was dropped... the State continues the 1 year each 5 years drop program. why do it that way? because every single Mala prohibita law is an experiment. humans are going to behave however they wish concerning the restrictions they permit to be enforced upon them. the only true social pressures and controls any governmental body has upon its populace are the ones they allow. be that body the humans' peers, bosses at work, spouses at home, child parent relationships, teacher student and suchforth. so if the body itself chooses how to create laws and behave nigh on simultaneously, why shouldn't the body decide when and how and why and what the laws contain in their entirety?

[@gotham61]

I agree with your comment that adding the sales tax when you pay makes you more aware of what taxes you are paying, but as usual when Europeans discuss sales taxes, they use 20 percent as an example. NOWHERE in the USA is the sales tax that high. It ranges from zero in a handful of states, to a maximum of around 10 percent. Where I live in New York City, the sales tax is 8.875%. Twenty percent is what you guys pay in Europe. In most states you also don't pay sales tax in essentials like food. So when you see something in the supermarket that is $10, you pay $10, just like in Portugal.

[@xSonicspeedx]

The pharmacy situation is more of a grocery store that happens to have a pharmacy in it like Walmart where they try to have everything. Walgreens and CVS are treated more like a convenience store/pharmacy vs just a pharmacy purely based on the sheer number of them causing them to be able to get better bulk distribution rates. Most local drug stores/pharmacies don’t do this, but people also rarely go to local locations.

[@sclm087]

On U.S. railroads, the trackmen...the guys who do the heavy labor....these guys now work 4-ten hour days per week instead of 5-eight hour days. Here is Texas with the heat, they often work at night. So much time is wasted setting up, getting tools ready, filling out paperwork that all that set up and tear down time is eliminated on one day. Everyone is happy. The railroad get more work done and the workers get an extra day off per week.

[@salvatorecorleone1008]

Every county has different sales tax. I live in Orange County in Florida and our sales tax is 6.5%, two miles away is Osceola County and they charge 7%. Trying to build the sales tax into the final cost of the product is very difficult when it’s structured that way, so we don’t include it. Two identical shops can charge the same amount even if the tax is different in each location.

[@goldfieldgary]

Regarding tipping, my grandfather owned a restaurant and he always claimed "tips" was an acronym: To Insure Prompt Service.

[@CyTolliver]

My restaurant owning father would say ‘tipping isn’t a city in China’

[@marydavis5234]

It does mean to insure prompt service

[@tywaits3896]

The gap under the doors are for emergencies like if someone passed out in the bathroom u can get them out easier and way faster. Even If they are past out onto the door u can still pull them under the door or have enough leverage to pull the door off it's hinges rather quickly.

[@juliefunk5919]

I'm an American and our healthcare providers are actually pretty good. There are different ways to get coverage from state -welfare system or private healthcare provided by the employer. Smart people know that unionized jobs will give you the best coverage. Railways and phone companies and construction etc. but not smaller employers.

[@Singlesix6]

Pharmacies don't sell food in the U.S. You have to go through the store - or drive around to the pharmacy's pick-up window - to the pharmacy counter to transact your business with the pharmacy employees. Ever watch the Waltons tv show? The owner of the general store was often the local Postmaster. There was an area for postal business. You didn't go to the Post Office to buy groceries and hardware, you went to the general store which happened to lease space to the Post Office and provide the service.

[@ScribbleScrabbless]

When I lived in Quebec, any time I told people that I'm an American, they would say me too 😂

[@yvonneconte3040]

You are of north America

[@lennybuttz2162]

I'm surprised they didn't say it in French. I am not surprised people from Quebec are total snobs.

[@storminight]

🙄

[@suefranklin8177]

I love Canada!! Thank you, neighbor, to the north!

[@FlyOverZone]

If you hold Canadian citizenship you are a NORTH American, but you are not an American. The same way anyone from Ecuador is a SOUTH American, but they are not an American.

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

Before you come to the States, get temporary medical insurance. An ambulance ride can cost you $1,000. Last time I was in the hospital it was over $10,000/day (and I drove myself to the ER).

[@guidedmeditation2396]

Firearms are a lot like a sharp kitchen knife. Neither has a will of its own nor can it do anything by itself. You can do good things and bad things with either.

[@jenniferh1416]

I recall smaller pharmacies didn't use to sell milk or other groceries. When the big chain pharmacies came in a small city, they had some groceries in a cooler display such as eggs or milk or dry goods on the shelves. The eggs are washed of the natural coating before they are sent to the stores and have to go in refrigerator. Some gas station also sell eggs, milk, and carry a limited amount of fresh produce such as apples and bananas as well as some basic medications such as pain relievers. When I was younger the gas stations were smaller and a few still had service stations for tire repairs and maintenance if you had an issue on the highway. I detest the stall doors in a bathroom. The gaps are annoying! I'm a lady and have seen college bathroom stall doors so short, anyone could look over it while walking past. The maintenance department made them. Hanging shower curtains would have been more practical. The law for raising the legal drinking age was tied federal funding for interstate highways. I think Louisiana was the last to raise the age. Some tipping has been become mandatory. If there's more than 8 people in a dining party, a restaurant includes tipping in the bill. Have known of some companies pay for 40 hours with a fixed salary but require employees to accomplish more part of the year by working 60-80 hours in a week without compensation of time off or money. Employees tend to burn out. Sales tax varies on items and the amount. In one state it's 7% for any groceries. In another state fresh food, which would need to be prepared and stored at home from a grocery store, is not taxed but something that is ready to eat as a meal is taxed. Gasoline and car tag registration pays towards roads. Home owners are taxed for schools. There is some cross over how the taxes are used. We don't have television or radio taxes beyond the initial purchase of the item. Does Europe charge this annually? I remember it was cheaper to purchase an electronic item without a radio than a similar item with the radio. I'm used to writing the date either way if I know my audience. Was taught to write the month first, then the day. Medical debt is a travesty. We don't know how much the bill will be or how many vendors will charge the patient such as the doctor, the hospital, anesthesiologist, medications, etc. Sometimes the billed insurance rate is higher than paying a cash option. For a minor checkup of patients who rarely use insurance, cash/debit payment is often better than filing it to insurance. I have recipes from Europe that use table and tea spoons as a measurement. There is actually a standard for the size which I realized when reading a historical fiction about a silversmith. Beyond that weight vs measuring cups, are something I use interchangeably. For science, we use metric measures. Large bottles of soda are sold in 2 liter containers. Otherwise, we are used to using the imperial system in everyday life. The inch, foot, yard, mile and other measures were standardized a long time ago. A foot isn't my foot length but a set measurement.

[@kittyanya]

In the county in my state of South Carolina, we charge 6% on non food/non prepared items. An additional 1% is on non-food and non-pharmacy items to buy land and save it from construction. So a box of sealed donuts will be $3.99 and stay that at the register. Donuts fresh from the bakery are a "prepared food" and will be $1.19 + $0.06 per donut at the register. It confuses people on the medical cards when they have to suddenly cover taxes. On top of that, we have the SNAP program and the EBT card given out for SNAP benefits doesn't cover hot prepared food or taxes, either. With all this complication, we can't just shove the tax into the item in the store.

[@davidcopple8071]

Howdy from Texas. Here in America a four day work week would for many Americans mean only four days of pay as well. Which would force most to go get a second or even third job. Not a great idea in reality. In regards to sales taxes. Here in America there is no national sales taxes. Sales taxes are set by each state. And at least here in Texas, sales taxes at least. There are zero sales taxes put on groceries from the supermarkets. Unless food is hot and ready to eat, businesses are not allowed by state law to charge any tax at all on groceries. It's much better if you think of each state as it's own independent country as far as taxes and laws go.

[@hitmixhyepock9405]

Also I've been a cook for over 30 years. Servers in restaurants make FAR MORE MONEY THAN AN HOURLY PAID EMPLOYEE. EVERY SERVER MAKES MORE THAN THE HIGHEST PAID COOK. The servers do not work a lot of hours in America. Most work 30 hours or less and make double or triple the weekly pay the cook makes for 40-50 hours. I've seen servers make 200 plus a day at a small hometown restaurant, and 350 a shift at a college bar during the weekend.

[@andronicase]

Poppycock😂

[@kierielong975]

Where have you worked? I’ve never heard of a waitress/waiter that made a decent amount of money. Maybe if they worked for a super rich company.

[@andronicase]

@@kierielong975 I know, and how likely is that. In our town, waitresses work, their butts off for a very little thanks.

[@2012escapee1]

Open carry is legal in Nevada and yes, I see people carrying in the grocery store and other public places.

[@Madesta84]

Yes, they sell milk and processed meats (not butchered meats). Cookies, toys, canned goods, drinks, and there's usually shipping services for mailing packages etc.

[@chlupl]

I absolutely love that you made the point about the transparency in adding tax instead of including it. Our sales tax is far less than Vat, and i think part of it is that transparency. Excise taxes are included in the price of things like cigarettes, gasoline, etc. This are often higher than the sales tax, but few people have any clue of what the tax is on those items. It is easier for the government to keep increasing taxes when it is included in the display price. People don't even think about it.

[@Sonorandeeess]

I am almost 70. I still love a good peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a glass of chocolate milk every so often

[@jryan9547]

I eat PB and J frequently…I love it!

[@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284]

Our appreciation of our military is intentional to make up for a great sin. During the Viet Nam war, radical anti-war protestors would gather to 'greet' soldiers as they came home. They'd jeer, boo, throw things (like rotten food), insult (calling them things like 'baby killers' and 'murderer'), and SPIT on the soldiers as they made their way out of the airport. Anyone in uniform was a target and they could be attacked anywhere; including in restaurants, in grocery stores, or walking down the streets. Many of these people had just suffered the worst year of their lives, were injured, and/or deeply psychologically scarred. The insult on top of injury was too much and helped to drive up veteran suicides insanely high over the next decade. To make matters worse, the war was badly managed and badly ended and our soldiers were neglected, mistreated, and abandoned by their government when they needed help the most. This is a dark mark on our national psyche and has led to many reforms. As the plight of the veteran came to the public's attention in the 80's and 90's there's been a serious 'never again' feeling that we all took in. The horrors of war, their suffering, and the pain of the protestors were brought to us in movies, television shows, and in televised congressional hearings. NOBODY messes with our vets now and there's a lot of political pressure to make sure our people are well taken care of - both in service and after. This is why so many businesses offer military/veteran discounts and so many public figures continue to shout out veterans and help with veteran charities. Many young people don't fully understand the historical story, but our reverence and gratitude is now passed down as a core part of our culture.

[@IvoryOxen]

"flowers and dogs" I wish I could post a picture of the Duck Hunt dog image right now. 😂

[@schildkroete]

The thing about using the Imperial system is that the UK and Canada also still use Imperial units, only just in specific domains, i.e. lengths/distances (inches, feet, yards, miles), weights (pounds, stones) and volumes (pints), and it depends on the context where they are used. I think it would be inconceivable for people in these countries to use kilometers and km per hour to measure long distances and speeds driven in a car, meters to describe human height, or liters to count glasses of beer. In some contexts, usage might be more mixed, e.g. weight of a person (pounds and kilograms seem to coexist). The domain where Imperial is used that is exclusively US American is temperature: we Americans only use Fahrenheit whereas the rest of the world seems to only use Celsius, whether or not we're talking about the weather, a thermometer reading, or the heat setting of an oven.

[@ThoughtsByJBrown]

On the military, many countries use conscription to man their military, the US is, since Vietnam, all volunteer. Yes men have to sign up for the draft via Selective Service Registry at 18, but they are not obligated to serve. Those that volunteer and serve honorably deserve respect.

[@claudiaclark6162]

You can't just say Roosevelt because there were two and Theodore is on Mount Rushmore so it is Washington Jefferson Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln.

[@TinaTinkSwafford]

Our son served in the Army for four years and some of his friends served. We paid so much attention to everything the military did during those years and prayed more than normal. He was well taken care of under President Bush but standards went down under Obama, which angered us for the young soldiers we knew. I expect enlistment to increase under President Trump. We are thankful for the military!

[@cindyspangler3982]

Gender reveal parties aren't just for rich people. Anyone can get cupcakes filled with blue or pink frosting at any bakery or pink and blue balloons and have family come over to enjoy.

[@jslay88]

Soda machines are usually "free" to the business, as they get locked into a particular brand (coke/pepsi), and are required to purchase a certain volume/time to retain the machine at no cost.

[@veronica978]

I have a friend in Canada,they have free healthcare, her mom was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and was hardly receiving the proper treatment. My friend was trying to find a cancer hospital in America, to get her mom help. She said she knew it would be expensive but she had already lost her dad to cancer. So she felt the expense was worth the chance at getting her mom treatment. She wasn’t able to find a hospital in time and also lost her mom to cancer as well. She wasn’t a fan of the free healthcare as the wait time was too long for appointments and treatment. She said it is great for minor things just not major health issues.

[@NYOB0001]

Yes, I know of people that came to the USA from Canada for serious conditions.

[@Frannieville]

We have the people coming from south of our border to work so they can get health insurance in the USA and are able to use our healthcare here. I work with a lot of Canadians who come to work up north in Metro Detroit just for that purpose.

[@radicalreaderasmr45]

Lots of Americans also dying of diabetes because they can't afford insulin. Does that happen in Canada?

[@Sonorandeeess]

Some people have 0 guns and some have many. When I moved to Arizona I saw people with guns on their hip in the supermarket. At first it freaked me out but those were the people who you want on your side in a crisis. Plus with open carry you know who has a gun. It's not hidden.

[@reliantncc1864]

Also who's going to start some trouble when they know so many people around them are armed?

[@marksmith2402]

It should be noted that not only does Arizona have open carry laws, but we have concealed carry without permit here as well. So even the people you don't see with a gun on their hip, can still be packing heat. Arizona, Alaska and Vermont all allow for both.

[@reliantncc1864]

@@marksmith2402 29 states in total have that.

[@marksmith2402]

@@reliantncc1864 no, 29 states have open carry laws, only 4 have concealed carry WITHOUT a permit, and only 3 of those have both.

[@reliantncc1864]

@@marksmith2402 No, 29 states have constitutional carry laws, which means concealed carry without a permit. Try again.

[@toasttst2127]

I've seen vending machines with microwave dinners in hospitals.

[@angelawester9978]

Open carry is most common in the southern states. If you do carry in these circumstances it MUST be visible. It is more and more common for businesses to post a sign stating that no weapons are allowed on the property. Hope that helps.

[@MikeDCWeld]

The thing that people always leave out when they complain about tipping and the sub-minimum wage pay rate for tipped staff in America is that if a tipped worker's tips for the shift, combined with their base pay, don't _at least _*_meet_* the State minimum wage, the employer *MUST* pay them minimum wage for the shift. Good servers, especially with good sets of regular customers, can make way more with tips than with a fixed "livable wage" while keeping food prices turning away potential customers. There's no point in paying servers if your customers can't afford to eat there regularly.

[@robertyoung2274]

Tipping is good for people who actually serve their customers. All of my kids worked in restaurants in college, and they all liked tips. My son is a server professionally, and he makes $70,000 to $80,000 a year in tips.

[@appaloosa42]

However as a waitress in a new restaurant decades ago I was always given the 2 elderly patrons who bought the least expensive special and tipped 10%!

[@Eneeki]

Yes, you should stream your reaction to seeing Team America World Police! It would be great.

[@reliantncc1864]

I know some of the jokes would fail to land, but I know I'd totally watch that reaction.

[@Burnsidequest]

I always figured the bathroom gaps in some bathrooms where so paramedics could get to people who OD.

[@BillLaBrie]

It’s to prevent gays from having dates in there.

[@JohnReall]

@@BillLaBrie 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelhayes8519]

As an American myself, bathroom stall gaps are absolutely a thing here. I have noticed that slowly changing, but I can still make eye contact with the person outside of the stall. I should not be able to look someone in the eyes while I'm using a bathroom stall, but that's just my personal opinion. Like I've said, I have noticed alot of bathrooms changing this, but it's not a majority. I think the global attention on this fact is finally giving us the privacy we deserve 😂

[@sporkwitch]

Re: taxes. VAT actually makes a lot more sense, but also you're absolutely right about NOT including it in the sticker price (or at least not showing it as [base]+[VAT]=[total]) is a good thing, because people SHOULD be aware of how the government is extracting value. Tangentially, one of the reasons we always complain about taxes is that we get far less for those taxes than most European countries, as evidenced by our crumbling infrastructure.

[@gkiferonhs]

I see you survived eating your deviled eggs. Good job.

[@european-reacts]

yes hehe

[@reliantncc1864]

He really liked them, as we expected. I think his second attempt will cook the eggs a little longer, though.

[@lankthedank6931]

Team America: World Police was made by the same guys who did South Park! I recommend you listen to the song: “America: F*** Yeah!”

[@teresaellis7088]

America is Texas rodeos,deserts,The Rocky Mountains,Vegas,wineries of California,the beautiful northwest ,Yellowstone,the grasslands,prairie,Chicago museums,professional sports,Appalachia,The Keys,beautiful farms,Amish,small towns,Friday night high school basketball,NewYork,Historic sites…Alaska,Hawaii…

[@natelopez1497]

Just found you today and started watching and had to subscribe. I'm a former Marine and feel the same about people that don't appreciate how important our military is. It blows my mind that people aren't as grateful for it while they sit in their nice air conditioned houses complaining about how other Americans actually understand and appreciate everything it does for us.

[@christinezehnle7552]

My Dad was a Marine and my son served 6 years. Thankyou for your service. Not service is the only regret I have in my life.

[@Xassaw]

Me too, first time. Quite enjoying it.

[@kierielong975]

Thank you for your service! 🇺🇸

[@smusky4643]

One thing I find strange about some other countries is when they put milk in bags and sell it like that. No carton, just a bag to hold the milk.

[@lizbensoncox]

You can get some grocery items at pharmacies, but depending on the store, the selections may not be great, and the price will be higher, as you'll be paying for the added convenience. Our local CVS pharmacy has one food aisle, and it's mostly chips, packages of salted nuts, candy, coffee and breakfast cereal, and a tiny refrigerator/freezer that has mostly soft drinks (Coke, Pepsi, etc.), milk, and another one for cold beer. But the actual food selection is very small. Oh I think they have some cans of soup. Basically just emergency food to get a person through one or two meals, until you can get to a regular grocery store or market the next day.

[@HomicidalTh0r]

The problem with Switching to a Metric system is that EVERYTHING HAS BEEN BUILT WITH IMPERIAL UNITS. So good luck trying to reference drawings, or making repairs with metric units when your instructions are "30 from this beam, and 20" inches from the floor, you'll find this gas pipe. DO NOT DRILL HERE." Right, so how many Metric Units is that? God I HOPE I DONT GET IT WRONG! :D

[@xyex]

Yeah, we have way too much established infrastructure built on imperial to make switching feasible.

[@mel2000]

@@xyex : The US uses metric for military specs, automotive repair parts, US science specs, medicine, jewelry and most canned grocery products.

[@xyex]

@@mel2000 It's necessary in military, automotive, and science for precision and international compatibility. Grocery products often use both for the sake of convenience. Some things will do metric over imperial (2 liter bottles of soda, for example), but most will do imperial over metric (20oz bottles of soda, for example). Canned goods are also imperial over metric. And the few goods I've seen with just one measurement always go with imperial. And none of that changes my point. Imperial is too heavily ingrained in the national infrastructure to make switching feasible. It would cost tens of billions of dollars at this point.

[@mel2000]

@@xyex : It doesn't matter which one "dominates." The fact remains that a European can shop at a US grocery store and see canned, bottled and boxed products with metric units. My post wasn't intended to address Americans completely switching over to metric. My point was that Americans already use a lot of metric.

[@xyex]

@mel2000 Honestly, it's there, but we don't often _use_ it. Though I have seen a lot of people who like to cook, *especially* bakers, use predominantly metric. But you literally replied to me commenting about the feasibility of switching, so obviously I assumed you were participating in the conversation rather than changing it.