Europe Explained For Americans || FOREIGN REACTS

[@foreignreacts]

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[@Zombie_Apocalypse]

What a bunch of BS. Eastern europeans can't care less what are they called. And our economies are not good, not for multiple reasons. It's because we were not asked, but dragged into the EU and NATO, our puppet governments were demanded to destroy, pillage, cut and scrap our economies, industries, agricultures, and we were turned into just a market for western junk. That's it, simple. So, when western europeans tell you their economies are better off, that's why, a centuries old tradition. As for the EU, think of it as the western USSR. Just for example, from a country that's been exporting agro production to the entire USSR, now i'm buying tomatoes from Turkey, garlic from China and potatoes from Egypt. For a centuries old agricultural country like mine to import potatoes from the egyptian deserts, it means this country reached the bottom and digs further.

[@Zombie_Apocalypse]

@23:25 Don't get too excited. This is all about to change, and europeans gonna eat garbage as well. To save the planet from the climate of course. Cows are already been slaughtered en mass across Europe. Gonna eat bugs and live in pods, while keep singing the Ode to Joy, thinking what gender day is today...

[@Zombie_Apocalypse]

@27:45 Geez, i wonder what's happening too. Maybe that's happening when you import millions upon millions of absolutely unidentifiable people from countries that's been in wars and crime their entire history, and let these people running around freely. Sweden has never been like this before, Paris was never such a sewer too, and i can't care less what exact kind of ismphobic it may sound. Diversity might be a strenght over there, but here it's been proven not to be. When you import Somalia, your country becomes Somalia.

[@homosexualbiologicalmale--3]

she should not mention about vatican , that corruption , religion and spirituality dont have peaceful past

[@miastupid7911]

If you put potatoes (boiled) in a salad with tomatoes and onions (dry, cut in thin separate slices, not the fresh green kind) and olive oil, you will love me. NAPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY ARE NECESSARY IN 90-100 + HEAT (Fahrenheit). AND WE REFER TO OURSELVES AS EASTERN ROMAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN AND GRATEFUL THAT WE SURVIVED ALL THE "ISMS".

[@pfalzgraf7527]

As a German, what I find fascinating but pretty weird in America is the general obsession with what ethnicity you are.

[@lewis123417]

Yeah, the race conversation in America is very odd from all ends

[@susannariera]

I saw a vídeo of a black lady who went to somewhere in Europe, in a festival someone heard her talk and said "oh! You are American!", and she cried, because for the first time someone called her just American, not Afro-American.

[@lewis123417]

@susannariera yeah if people are going to hate you it's because you're American not because of your skin colour haha

[@arnodobler1096]

​@@susannarieraI saw that too, very touching.😢

[@lewis123417]

@TLRHFN it's hardly surprising America is the single most important country when it comes to global leadership and the defence of the West. We just want what's best for you 🤣

[@robinwhitebeam4386]

The UK did not leave Europe , it left the European Union (EU) . It has not moved.

[@Czechman13]

Thanks Captain Obvious

[@robinwhitebeam4386]

@@Czechman13 The video is inaccurate , just pointing it out Lieutenant.

[@coldbastard6859]

You guys should have floated into the Atlantic and embrace the BREXIT wholeheartedly 😂

[@parazitdetected]

😂😂😂

[@o00Belial00o]

The tories pretty much seem to think the UK is slowly drifting towards the US

[@L_T86]

Eastern European here. I don't mind if they call me that. I like my country (Bulgaria), the people, the culture, the food, the climate. In fact, we Europeans do not discriminate on the basis of race, but on cultural and religious grounds. 😂

[@derionone]

@L_T86 thats because we actually learn in schools that there is only one race ... the human race

[@beadsman13]

@@derionone Yep, the other race died long ago in a cave. :)

[@beadsman13]

I don't know is there a big difference between Balkans and Eastern Europe (in regards how westerners view us). But as eastern European from Balkans I don't give a f. about the opinion of westerners. They are good at selling you an illusion and weak souls are biting that empty hook like a fish.

[@ShadowGearFive]

Western European here, i did not even know that being called or being Eastern European is a bad thing😂? Atleast i don’t see it as a bad thing. And i think i can speak for the majority of western Europeans. When i think of eastern europe, i think about hospitable and friendly people, beautiful cities like Prague, Sofia, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest etc. But when it comes to eastern europe i also think of Good food, often hot summers, cold winters and wet autumn’s and springs. And last but not least ofcourse i think of beautiful women with a more classic mentality. So i don’t really know where this being called ‘eastern euope’ is a bad thing😂?

[@derionone]

@ShadowGearFive ahh stop the crap we all know here what you truly think ... we do t like you you dont like us no need to pretend

[@virtualatheist]

"Saying Ireland is the same as the UK... Is not a good thing to do." That understatement here sounded very British to me.

[@splodge561]

Why?

[@kuroimushi9421]

It's like saying that US is the same as Canada 😏

[@Irene-xs9pc]

Only Northern Ireland is part of the uk 🇬🇧 the union flag comprises of the flags of Saint Patrick,Saint Andrew and Saint George, Ireland 🇮🇪 also known as Eire is a European country,

[@flopjul3022]

i think thats basic recent history atleast... especially with the Troubles

[@CoffeeTheFreshmaker]

I love calling all my scottish and irish friends english. They also call me, a dane, swedish, so it's all good.

[@genacaldeira3793]

In Portugal we follow the "its hot, take off your jacket. Its cold, put on a jacket" AC rule. 😂

[@babzke1]

We say that here in the netherlands also. But we're cheap😂

[@genacaldeira3793]

@@babzke1 we are poor. XD

[@livroaberto]

​@@genacaldeira3793Isso😂😂😂

[@_gaee]

France as well, I just open my window before I got out of my house to check the weather

[@oliuer21]

In Spain it's actually fairly comnmon to have AC, but still, maybe about 1 in 10 or 20 people have it and they usually don't put it on, unless it's estrictly necessary, to save money. So most people. Because they don't have AC just kind of melt when the summer gets by and it is common to sleep without blankets and with open windows and doors.

[@lotta7235]

"Open a map before you open your mouth."😂🤣👍 Brilliant! I can't get over the American couple visiting Brighton who refused to accept that a girl was from Wales, because it's "not a country, it's an animal." 😂 And they were serious! 😳😵‍💫🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

[@marcusgaius]

Well, it isn't a country, it's a region of the UK. :)

[@dgh25]

I have heard of an american couple who actually thought that northern lights (aka. aurora borealis), was an actual second sun, that would only appear in the northern part of Europe. And they felt cheated. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@earthtonona13]

⁠​⁠@@marcusgaiusGoogle is free. Wales is a country in its own right

[@LinseyPop]

@@marcusgaiusWhat? You’re not actually joking are you. Of course Wales is a country! 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@marcusgaius]

@@LinseyPop No, it isn't. It's a part of the UK.

[@Marli-o4g]

I think potato/tomato is not about preference but about climate and what can be grown (greenhouses aside).

[@user-wn1wv1uy5y]

I live in Germany and grow my tomatoes in a sunny spot in the backyard.

[@Marli-o4g]

@@user-wn1wv1uy5y yes. I used to do the same in my back garden in London. It was just a general view on what the meaning might be.

[@BerishStarr]

I'm from Sweden, I grow tomatoes (and potatoes) on my balcony 🤣

[@Marli-o4g]

@@BerishStarr I’m sure you do. I grew grapes in my London back garden, that doesn’t mean London is known for its vineyards. 😂

[@BerishStarr]

@@Marli-o4g Especially with the warm spring/summers the last few years, it has become easier.

[@dotdesig]

Rectangle - It's a polygon with only 90º angles. A square is a rectangle with sides that are all the same size.

[@manteltje]

That’s a complicated way of explaining 2 triangles together make up 1 square?

[@mrnice81]

@@manteltje Triangles have nothing to do with all that. You CAN make rectangles and squares out of triangles, but the definition of a rectangle is simply as said above, a polygon with (4 x) 90° angles, a square is also a polygon with 90° angles but the additional condition of all sides are the same length.

[@amadeuz819]

Ok why do you make it complicated? Rectangle 4 corners. Square 4 corner all sides the same length. If he didn't know with those 2 pictures and both words, how do you think he will know what an polygon is? Then you mix in the angles to confuse him even more. Like when you explain to a child you try to find the simplest way and she included the information of opposite sides that is useless information. Talking about angles is also useless information when you have the shapes. Like I wanna see you make a square if the 3 angles are 90 and one is 70 so why even confuse the person with that information. If you explain to a child the best way is to say 4 corners, not angles. Then 4 sides the same length and 4 corners.

[@justmeandi8256]

​@@amadeuz819 For it to be a rectangle all four corners need to be 90 degrees. For it to be a square all four corners need to be 90 degrees, and all four sides need to be the same length.

[@amadeuz819]

@@justmeandi8256 My point was that you have to start with simple things. Like if you teach about gravity to someone you do not show the numbers and forces that apply to it, you drop something.

[@chemazdamundi7236]

"Europe also has racial discrimination, some countries more than others but an interesting statement that I've heard is that we dislike or have prejudices against people from other countries rather than skin color". Not exactly COUNTRIES, but CULTURES. But yes, discrimination based on skin color is almost unheard of. It's something more cultural. For example, black Muslims are A LOT more disliked than Christian or pagan Black people. One example, in my country, Spain: Mauritanian or Senegalese are not well liked but if you are from Angola you can expect a decent or more "neutral" treatment. Even more if you are from Equatorial Guinea (old Spanish colony), you can expect a hug and a "welcome". Equatoguineans are black (bantu) but are generally considered as "black Spaniards" by the rest of us for cultural and historical reasons (they speak Spanish). So... No, skin color is not the main factor for discrimination.

[@Richdragon4]

True.

[@hiimchaos944]

In Portugal most people hate gipsys, it’s crazy how much they are openly racist without any consequence

[@balkanemperor876]

but isn't paradoxal? if i have hatred towards let's say, arabic culture or their religoin, am i not inherently hating them as a population? ethnicity and culture are tied together in 99% of the cases. if i identify with european culture as a whole, i am also indirectly identifying with "white people" as a race. you mentioned equatorial guinea and the colonial past of spain, but that is only one small exception that even you said, its SPECIFICALLY because of the colonial past and the imposed spanish culture over guinea. but if you take a random black person, lets say a somalian, he will have both culture and ethnicity different, therefore, won't be greeted with a hug. and that's the case for the majority of the other countries. also, if a lighter skinned moroccan moves to your country even through the cultural difference, he will still be more accepted after 1 generation than any other subsaharan. we should stop being ashamed of this thinking, we as humans are psychologically conservative and we are indirectly wanting ethnocentrism. it's something natural even if it seen as offensive by modern standards.

[@chemazdamundi7236]

​@@balkanemperor876 "am i not inherently hating them as a population? ethnicity and culture are tied together in 99% of the cases." Mmmm... No. Sorry to say it loud and clear but that percentage sounds fake. Not in our case. Christian Lebanese are waaaay more accepted than Muslim Lebanese and they are the same ethnicity. I have a convert to Islam neighbor. He is a white Spaniard and he has the eight Spanish surnames but all his family is shunning him since conversion. What the heck, I'm doing the same. "if i identify with european culture as a whole, i am also indirectly identifying with "white people" as a race." Nope. There is A LOT of Europeans with different skin colors: in Spain (and the Balkans) we have got from blonde people with blue eyes to people who looks EXACTLY like an Arab or a Gypsy. That's one reason why skin color does not matter so much (or at all) for us. More. I've NEVER seen the slightiest show of racism against a Chinese in my life in my country. That thing of racism exclusively based in skin color is a thing of the past and not so spread as some people (Americans) would like to think. Not in my part of Europe. At least in countries so traditionally mixed as Spain (we are very proud of our "mestizaje") the important things were always religion and day-to-day behavior, not skin color. You have lots of examples of coexistence in our Middle Ages between "mozárabes" (Christian Arabs) and white Christians and the extreme hate towards Jews who were "whitier". I can speak for Portugal as well. Maybe a white Moroccan can pass as a plain-looking Spaniard but as soon as he/she prays to Mekkah or rejects a ham sandwich I assure you nobody is gonna look him/her the same. It's true Spain had a slavery period but we had black Conquistadores, black governors, black priests, black guilds and even black commanders, too. And now, your other argument: a second generation black Somali (speaks Spanish, he is a Real Madrid fan, etc.) would be more accepted than a white Moroccan just arrived. A black Somali and a white Moroccan both Muslims? The Moroccan one would more hated. Why? Because Moors are our traditional enemies. As you can see culture and History weighs a loooot more than skin colour. And no, we in Europe don't identify skin color with culture or at least not so much as in America were IS a thing. Maybe some European far-right groups but they are considered fringe even by other right-wing groups. One can be a well-educated patriotic black war veteran in the USA who pays his taxes and still be hated by his white neighbors but in Europe... that's not the common case at all but I must admit racism of all kinds is growing in our continent. Maybe by American influence through social networks.

[@zora2935]

Yes. Absolutely. When he said that he heard stories of Americans that felt mistreadyed because of skin colour, I was thinking that this is mostly due to them thinking in those terms because they are used to it from America.

[@fluffybunny5238]

This comment section: - 59% talking about AC - 40% talking about potatoes/tomatoes - 1% normal comments

[@stephenlee5929]

What about geometry?

@@stephenlee5929 yeah, but only europeans do mention. 😀

[@novy1198]

what normal comments means? lol

[@BramLastname]

How are potatoes not part of the normal comments?

[@stellaf.]

Giusto!

[@lummergnu]

It's not the European are racists, we just don't like anybody else, it's not your race, your religion, your language, we just don't like anybody else, hell, most of us don't even like our own siblings 😂

[@Althreya]

Who's racist? We hate everybody equally!!!! 😅 eastern European here

[@OrechTV]

Thanks! Exactly. We don´t like even our neighbouring countries very often so ... ANYTHING/ANYONE from outside is not welcomed, it is not about your race :D .. so it is fair.... We are not racist, we just don´t like anyone around equally.... no matter your religion, race or anything ... fair and proportional hate to everything foreign ^_^ .. we don´t discriminate :D :D , I love how sarcastic but still true comment this is :D

[@fmartingorb]

As long as people understand the rules and behave respecting the local culture, speak the language fluently... they will be accepted. I became Ukrainian for a while. Spoke Russian, understood Ukrainian. Lived and behaved like a Ukrainian, even if I look Mediterranean. It takes time, culture shock, but in the end you become part of the local population. Not easy but doable. If you do not like it you leave.

[@skadi009]

selbst das Nachbardorf kann schon seit Jahrhunderten ein Feind sein - ich glaube sogar so einige Gerichtsgebäude könnten schließen wenn es keine "Nachbarkriege" gäb 😂

[@sidlerm1]

Yeah nah, definitely a lot of racism

[@davidlacoste]

8:20 Calling a an Irishman "British" is really a good way to start a not-so-civil argument.

[@THEOZZYFUL]

I'm Dutch, we don't tend to judge people by their skin colour, we judge on behavior. If you come here and behave like an a-hole, no matter what colour your skin, we don't like it. We welcome everyone who is willing to respect our culture and behave civilized.

[@petrometr]

yeah, right... (from one of 'bad Russians')

[@flipmanonline]

​@@petrometr if you support Putin, yes you are bad.

[@szkocka1703]

Same in Poland.

[@petrometr]

@@szkocka1703 aha...

[@IvarTheBoneless40]

Zo zijn we inderdaad, ik ben zelf een donker persoon. Ik werk en ik houd me aan de wet en ik respecteer mijn mede inwoners van Nederland❤

[@Marli-o4g]

I was born and raised in London so I consider myself to be English and British but my dad is Spanish and my mum is Italian but I only say that I have Spanish and Italian ancestry, I don’t say I’m Spanish-British or Italian-British as although I spent nearly every summer holiday in Spain and Italy I wasn’t born in either country so I can’t call myself Spanish or Italian. I think that is what annoys many Europeans with people from the USA claiming to be Irish-American or Italian-American for instance.

[@soniaali-ramas2908]

I'm spanish born and raised in Switzerland. Also my daughters. We have to buy citizenship if we want to be swiss

[@daphnelovesL]

Can you speak Spanish and Italian?

[@Marli-o4g]

@@daphnelovesL hi. Yes, but our main language at home was English. However as none of my grandparents, uncles, aunts or cousins spoke English, my older brother and I had to be able to communicate with them when staying with them during school holidays.

[@daphnelovesL]

The more languages you speak the better it is!@@Marli-o4g

[@whattiler5102]

@@soniaali-ramas2908 By repute they do love their gold

[@moritzwi2261]

13:40 american school system 😂

[@elisabetastanisel83]

For the record Romania is the only Latin country in East Europe in middle of Slavic ones!Romanian language is Latin!

[@milkienay]

Don't forget the poor appendix Moldova 😂 we are not slavs. We speak Romanian.

[@JamesPond62]

Interestingly enough aside from some understandable slavic loan words, it's also the closest to original Latin. Pretty cool, I think

[@MatheusDC9]

As a brazilian, i love to study romanian, it has a lot of similarities because of our roots.

[@walery-m4h]

Hungary?

[@kinnanton]

@@walery-m4h Hungarian language isn't latin and nor slavic.

[@vanthspiritwalker]

It's not a matter of it being more expensive, but it's more the fact that AC is not very good neither for your health nor the environment

[@philip4588]

You want to freeze in your home at winter? Its very common in Norway to have AC in their houses

[@vanthspiritwalker]

@@philip4588 I have heating and I do not even turn it up every day. I have a climatic house and the climate here is pretty mild

[@MiguelBorgesphotography]

true

[@noefillon1749]

That's true but I'm not sure it's the main reason why europeans didn't implement it everywhere

[@M24RV_F]

Do you really think that houses that don't have AC do not have heating? ​@@philip4588

[@sarahpena9501]

Spaniard here! The nap or “siesta” thing that’s a myth, what happens is that we take a loooooong lunch breaks because a big chunk of Spain is under a lot of high and sunny temperatures most of the year, it’s not healthy to work with high temperatures and if you live in the coastal areas or near any kind of water many people go for a swim or sunbathe in summer time for a few hours and then go to work.

[@alberto7575]

hermano, yo soy español, y la siesta no la perdono ningún día, haga frío o calor.

[@clarawallace7404]

La siesta es sagrada!!

[@kubapuchar7069]

Thing with air conditioning in Europe is, that it is seen as not environment-friendly, as it consumes lots of energy, and you can (sometimes barely) live without it. Also, we have lots of old buildings, where installing AC is very troublesome, so AC, if present, is mostly in newer ones.

[@kognak6640]

Ironically heat pumps are most environment-friendly heating methods out there and they can also cool. At my street like half of the houses have heat pump unit on their wall. Which means they have AC too. Even so if they don't need it every summer since I live in Arctic Circle. They consume very little energy because houses are very well insulated, insulation keeps cold or heat outside, it works both ways. It would be different if AC had to all the time fight against heat seeping in due lack of insulation like it's in warmer countries.

[@Berndr]

on the other hand, houses in Europe are made of brick and some even date back to 18 century when we used stone and adobe, these houses naturally stay cold during summer, with no need for AC unlike American houses made of wood that even the smallest tornado would lift them of the ground and take straight to the land of OZ lol

[@Koooles]

Also a lot of Europe doesn't need it because it's not hot enough. Though I notice some new buildings have it, or have some other solutions.

[@mikelas.s.9155]

In Europe we have the AC but in many houses we (I am from Croatia) turn it on only maybe 1 month in the year when the temperature is over 30 outside. My house is made by stones, cc 50 cm of walls and when it is too warm outside, in the house is just fine, maybe a little cool. And when it is cold outside, inside is ok if you put a warmer clothes on you and turn on the AC or what you use on the minimum. In the cars we all have the AC but we don't turn it on if we don't really need. Is not healthy. And yes, we have McDonald's but most of us don't care of them because we can find everywhere better "hamburger" then yours. Our breath and "pljeskavica" (the meat of hamburger) is double bigger end cost less and is healthier then McDonald's hamburger. The same goes with many other dishes.

[@watcherzero5256]

The trend in Europe is towards Passive Houses, houses that are so well insulated you never need to add or remove heat as they are naturally cool in summer and warm in winter.

[@anka6649]

As czech it quite hurt me that she mistaken czech crowns for polish zlotys ㅠㅠ

[@Y4R05L4V]

As Pole it quite hurt me that she mistaken polish zlotys for czech crowns ㅠㅠ

[@anka6649]

@@Y4R05L4V valid 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

[@DionIvel]

Man I feel bad for you two but honestly your comments are kinda funny 😂

[@virenor]

As an another Pole I'm torn between sympathy for the Czech and the fellow Pole.

[@budapestkeletistationvoices]

​@@Y4R05L4Vpotato tomato

[@refulgent_fanta]

Europe is not 2/3 of USA, it is in fact slightly larger. Europe has an area of 10.5 million sqkm, USA has an area of 9.8 million sqkm. About the square and rectangle thing. Rectangles are defined as plane figure with four sides and four right angles. Squares meet both those criteria so we can safely say that squares are rectangles. Squares on the other hand, have one additional feature: all four sides are equal. Rectangles don't need to have all sides equal.

[@konradkuaj79]

Yeah you can simply take a part of map and put it on another part as the globe doesnt work like that. For example Greenland may look bigger than Australia but if you would take it's real size, not from the map then you could fit ale 2 or 3 greenlands inside of Australia. So yeah, maps lie man xd

[@usderia1679]

I think it depends if you count all of russia or "just" the part in Europe. If you count with all of russia, europe has a greater area.

[@refulgent_fanta]

@@usderia1679 I counted just the European part of Russia. It’s 10.5 million square km.

[@Marli-o4g]

We don’t get a lot of Mexican immigrants in Europe as they naturally go to their nearer neighbours in the rest of the Americas. Therefore we don’t have a lot of authentic Mexican restaurants here. However in the USA you don’t have many authentic European restaurants as once the immigrants’ American descendants have mangled the original recipes to American tastes they are an anathema to visiting Europeans. My Italian mum hated the so called Italian food she ate in the USA.

[@jeihka1]

Don't worry few places in the USA per state have decent Mexican food (considering the populations of Mexicans in the USA)

[@Myria83]

We have a ton of immigrants from Perù, though, no matter the distance...

[@Exodus-ww9bm]

@@Myria83we do? Which country are you from?

[@TheJpf79]

We don't have lots of American restaurants because SPAIN is a lot closer.

[@Myria83]

@@Exodus-ww9bm Italy.

[@lewis123417]

For ahout 2 weeks of the year we curse the fact we dont have AC but then quickly forget about it during the winter

[@miahan8988]

I love my trusty standing fan, haha.

[@lewis123417]

@@miahan8988 I have one permanently at my side 🤣

[@cthulucalamari2448]

Can't relate. I'm from Alabama, and we'd straight up evaporate in the summer, and even spring and autumn at times, without AC. My fan also runs 24/7. How has it not caught fire yet? Idk, but it definitely works hard. 😂

[@KovCapyWizz]

​@@cthulucalamari2448does alabama get very humid.? I live next to a river and pretty much wet-lands and let me tell you. Even 20°c can feel like 40 with high humidity 😭

[@someguy3508]

In Cyprus and Greece we definitely use AC a lot. Especially in Cyprus since everywhere you're surrounded by water so the humidity is very high. In extreme cases in the summer it reaches 90+% with 40+ Celsius temperatures. It's impossible to live without AC. Even when you're sitting outside in the evening you're sweating. In the northern parts of Europe It's different though

[@AP-yd1wz]

15:03 the UK left the EU, and did not drop the Euro. They didn't drop the Euro because they never adopted it in the first place.

[@aventureraclette]

et ils ont eu raison

[@lucapolidori8817]

Just an example about AC: in Southern Italy and in southern Spain they are used to paint the building to bright white. Together with the spessor of their wall wich aren't wooden at all, just rocks and concrete, they reflect the sunlight and while the walls retain the temperature. So they usually don't need AC even when it's very hot.

[@alexnavarro6941]

Yup. And because electricity is very very very expensive.

[@lindasweeney969]

Yes! What people use to heat or cool their homes is directly related to the type of weather and of course also the architecture. Passive heating or cooling which is the most economical relies on architecture to make a home pleasant to live in.

[@diablo.the.cheater]

Here in valencia we all use AC tho, the air is too humid and too hot to be able to survive without IT with all the climate change shenanigans, before summers were better but today's summers are too hot and too humid

[@koi03aiv3]

Yes like in Cyclads we have in Greece

[@ReckDrogeek]

Add some window shutters and that's it.

[@Lorre982]

Potato/tomatos = different cilmate zone, tomatos hot temperature potatos cold cilmate

[@ionaguirre]

No. Hot isnt good for tomatoes, they are mostly water. Sun is the key. Tomatoes need Sun light.

[@rayhathaway7831]

​@@ionaguirreit is about the type of foods eaten not grown. Northern countries have lots of cooked hot meals which include potatoes whereas Southern Europe being hotter have lots of salad type meals with tomatoes also known as a Mediterranean diet

[@andersjjensen]

@@ionaguirre Denmark has lots and lots of sunlight in the summer. At midsummer it only gets dark for 3 hours. But our tomatoes utterly suck because the sunlight starts way before it's hot enough to grow tomatoes and, thus, ends before the tomatoes are properly ripe.

[@bastian6625]

​​@@rayhathaway7831Yes, and this is traditionally obviously linked to what you were able to grow yourself nearby.

[@giuseppesagona7522]

​@@ionaguirreyeah, we planted tomatoes in our farm last week and they're probably not going to grow because the climate has been too hot with next to no rain in the last month

[@saras.4940]

“Maybe open the map before opening your mouth.” Oh I loove that😂😂😂

[@spencerburke]

Maps are contentious too. She probably got that 'British Islands' term from a British map, yet at the same time understands that Irish people aren't British... Strange.

[@meinm3575]

In school you had to learn all the countries and their capitals. That was always fun :)

[@katerina13aar]

That was the best part of geography! (Read: the ONLY good part.) I had to learn about wind movement and land formation, a little bit about agriculture, and specific science on stuff I don't remember, and beyond the part about how the thawing of the Ice Age caused dramatic changes to the earth, it was boring as HELL.

[@silviuvisan505]

My brain couldn't handle that.

[@animanhwa7417]

For me that was the best part, learning new names was something I didn't like​@@katerina13aar

[@coke-cinelle]

Yes countries, capitals and flags ! I still know most of them but I struggle with the balcans 😅 too many countries in a small space 🤯

[@pedroguerreros1699]

I remember learning all countrys, the capital, the flag and put it on a blank map. But 20 years later, i have forgot a lot of them, probably because i don't use that information a lot now.

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

to ancestry - it really doesnt matter. What does matter is - do you speak the language, are you familiar with the culture, do you know the laws, have you visited the places, do you live there, have you been through the school system of the country - as in....a black guy that grew up in germany is german. a blonde blue eyed american who was raised in the US by german parents...is not german, hes american.

[@anna3046]

Portugal is the most Western European country and historically, Western Europe always included Portugal and Spain but this girl decided that geography Portugal and Spain are not in the western hemisphere. She probably needs to take some geography classes!

[@kryokori]

must be cause you're a tomatoe country 🤔🙃

[@Richdragon4]

Southern. Westerners are rich. It is mandatory. You can't be in the club if you're not rich.

[@NataliaLopez-ns4mi]

Que locura, Ni caso a esta chica. Se lía con todo.

[@nicoladc89]

The Iberian peninsula, the Italian peninsula and the Balcanic peninsula are all in the Southern Europe. They are separated from the Continental Europe (that's divided into western and eastern) and they are all "attached" to the South. Iberia is litterally attached to the South of France.

[@geemo4284]

I think Ireland and Iceland are further West than the Iberian peninsula, but I get your point

[@gav1233]

The reason why Eastern Europe is a controversial term is because the nearby countries, except for Belarus, don't want anything to do with Russia.

[@davidknipe4113]

The Belarussian people aren't too keen on Russia either. It's just the Lukashenko government that likes to kiss Russia's ass.

[@l-esprit_de_l-ouest]

Nothing with russia: beeing from eastern europe is is just beeing form third world low educated people with a communist remanant mind.

[@АнтонДемин-ю4з]

Now Russia don't want the do anything with Europe, so eastern Europe vacancy is free

[@Ar19970318]

except getting shit tone of natural resources and support Putin's economy, woops

[@nillyk5671]

Lies 😞

[@sztuczna_roslina]

In Poland we believe that AC makes you sick, that's why we hardly ever use it and if we do we never make the air point on us. In summer if the heat is too much we just use sometimes fans but not all the ppl have it.

[@titolilo]

We in sothern spain have it, bur bcause we must, here in summer we have around 40/45C, so even in public buildings is obligated to have ACs

[@Justforfun-rv5vq]

In Germany to

[@Neexienous]

In Poland sometimes it's like that too. Once we had even 50+°C. 😅​@@titolilo

[@msz-moimskromnymzdaniem6115]

AC can be harmful if the filter isn't cleaned frequently, and when you leave a warm, air- conditioned room and go outside where it's cool.

[@titolilo]

@@Neexienous wtf, really? Where?

[@soap3010]

We don't really need ac in Germany. Because our buildings are made out of brick and stone. Not paper like in the us. So it takes time to really heat up your apartment. In the night we open out windows and in the morning just close the windows and the heat stays out for the most part. And we have standard vents or a mobile ac unit. When it's really hot for a longer time. But usually it's really hot 2 weeks and then it will cool off. Sorry for my bad English grammar. 😅

[@gerafinali4384]

And it's not that hot in Germany.

[@ag4444]

Speak for yourself. I’m German and my apartment gets to 35 degrees in the summer and it’s so unbearable that I need to leave the apartment. I would love AC. It’s definitely needed in my apartment.

[@herrrorschach590]

a fight in Europe be like: 1) an Italian says "I hate Frenchs" 2) a German laughs, while a French gets angry 3) the Italian and the French start argumenting, while the German vanishes up for a second 4) the Italian and the French go on argumenting, while the German comes back with wurstels and beer 5) the three of them start eating and drinking together while making fun of each other 6) the three of them now are friends, probably for the rest of the life. While continuing making fun of each other for the rest of the life.

[@gentile.5633]

And UK? XD

[@herrrorschach590]

@@gentile.5633 they brexed lol

[@gentile.5633]

@@herrrorschach590 From EU not Europe

[@saliamae]

I love that 😂🥳

[@vaxrvaxr]

Making fun of the French is a great way to break the ice in Europe.

[@davidpelc]

Since when is Poland using Czech Crowns? Because in the picture there are not Polish Zlotys, its Czech banknotes.😝

[@miahan8988]

LOL I noticed, that part was funny.

[@auradb1140]

Llegan donde llegan....viven en su mundo

[@simonjebavy]

14:53 was about to comment that

[@igormatkowski5488]

thank you. I was wondering what kind of money it was because it wasn't mine zł

[@davidpelc]

@@igormatkowski5488 I´ve said it already. They were Czech crowns.

[@zanmatoshin877]

We eat tomatoes in Sweden aswell. But we kinda need greenhouses to grow em. Down in Spain/italy its tomato on easy mode and alot of classic dishes include tomatoes

[@SingingSealRiana]

They are not in basically every dish, pretty much every european country eats both, but what big or a part of the diet they make up differs and for that the map makes sense

[@marinellovragovic1207]

Dude just questioned if a square is a rectangle. I can't. That is literally part of the definition. You learn that in elementary school.

[@fluffybunny5238]

Yeah I was like, how can you not understand it when it’s basic knowledge taught in schools? And the best part is that in the original vid it was explained pretty simply, but the guy didn’t even read the text

[@ammaleslie509]

All squares are rectangles. Some rectangles are not squares.

[@Robin93k]

​@@fluffybunny5238He's American right? They waste all their primary school math grades on trying to explain the imperial system... No time for basic geometry.

[@urszulakosiba2272]

Poland here! Geografically we ARE in central Europe, we also had tons of wars with Russia in the span of a thousad years of our existence so we trully do not like to be associated with East of Europe. But following that logic we had tons of wars with Germany, but we wouldnt have problem with being called Western Europeans. Eastern Europe is also culturally diffenet than Central Europe, which is another reason we do not like being called that. When it comes to Slavic communty we have three groups: Eastern Slavs are Russians, Ukraininas and Belarussians. Southern Slavs are basically Balkans. And Western Slavs are Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. And this way of dividing Slavs is also the best way of dividing what the rest of the world likes to call eastern Europe. Im not stating Poland is in Western Europe, but we are definatelly NOT in Eastern! So plese, for the love of our difficult history call us Central Europe.

[@jeremyjacque370]

I would even add that Romania is not a Slavic country, it's Latin

[@babajagasimsy]

The geographical border on the east of Europe is where URAL Mountains are. Not many people realise this. Look at the map. If you take that into account, Poland is right in the middle... I've just noticed, it has a bit of a heart shape too :D Sure! I'm from Poland! Greets!

[@damyr]

The division on Western and Eastern Europe is the remnant of the Cold War, when there was the Western democracy and the Eastern communism. Such political division influenced the economy in many ways, thus the difference between Western and Eastern Europe is still obvious and still very actual. In other words, Poland is geographically in Central Europe, but colloquially and economically, and even culturally and architecturally, it still belongs to the Eastern Europe. And it will remain like that, probably for a few more generations in the future, until those differences fade out. So, even if it's just a colloquial term, no need to act angry about it, especially because it's true.

[@urszulakosiba2272]

@@damyr Economically sure we are way beyond West, but for the love of any Daity you choose to belive, do not say Poland culturally is the same as Eastern European countries. Our architekture is also way different than the one on the East. Trust me I know, as I live here and also have visited enough of Eastern Europe to know the difference. I do not feel offended, but as someone who actually knows the situation from the inside I still do not wish to be called an Eastern European. Respect that or do not approach me about that.

[@damyr]

@@urszulakosiba2272 Please, stop doing copium. No one uses the term Central Europe, except maybe map producers. Poland is a part of *THE* Eastern Europe. Period. "THE" means it's a common colloquial (unofficial) term, not geographical. On the other hand, Finland is not a part of the E. Europe, nor Greece, even if they're in some ways geographically and culturally closer to the East. I could also say that for Cyprus and Turkey. And architecturally... No, you can't tell me there are no communist architecture residential and official building blocks in Poland, because that'd be not true, would it? So, no need to be offended, because it's true. That sounds like woke culture... Woman is when you feel like a woman, even if you're a biological male. So, Poland is not feeling like it's a part of the Eastern Europe. Are you maybe a trans-European? I mean, just get over it.

[@jorickschaffef1461]

I'm not from any american country but the U.S. MUST stop calling themself america. America is a continent not a country!!

[@yasminmohamed2271]

lol , start by correcting your own people since you AMERICANS refers yourself like that 😂

[@jerzy7118]

The east and west of Europe were incorrectly defined. A piece of Russia up to the Ural Mountains is Europe and east of the Urals is Asia. Poland is in the center of Europe and from it there is Western Europe in one direction and Eastern Europe in the other.

[@wandilismus8726]

Poland is just where you find your car 😉

[@haydenwayne637]

But isn't Europe just the western end of the Eurasian tectonic plate rather than being a separate piece of land to Asia?

[@reineh3477]

@@haydenwayne637 to simplify, yes Europe is the western part of Eurasia.

[@gerroos5751]

Actually the centre of Europe is in Ukraine

[@reineh3477]

@@gerroos5751 I google and the geographic center of Europe is 26 km north of Vilnius (Lithuania).

[@embreis2257]

7:03 [Finland] 'because they were a part of something.' well, not really. sort of, but not really. Finland was _not_ a Warsaw Pact country and it wasn't occupied by Soviet troops. two very important distinctions from all the other countries the young lady was talking about when she explained why nobody wants to be called 'Eastern Europe' nowadays. however, the Fins were pressed into some kind of 'neutrality' between East and West by Stalin. it hindered their progress and stifled their wealth until the Soviet Union collapsed.

[@BibEvgen]

No. She said that some Finns have shit in their heads that they impose on other people.

[@dzejrid]

*cough* Grand Duchy of Finland *cough* Yes, it was a thing.

[@embreis2257]

@@dzejrid she wasn't walking about ancient history, just what happened during and after WW2.

[@dzejrid]

@@embreis2257 doesn't matter. Once under muscovite yoke, you never forget it.

[@jrgptr935]

Eine sehr freiwillige Neutralität, besonders, wenn man bedenkt, daß es nicht der Teddybär ist, dessen Pranke auf Karelien liegt.

[@a5cent]

European here. On the issue of AC: 1) Most of Europe is slightly more northern than the US, so it doesn't get quite as hot. 2) Because in most of Europe it can get quite cold, European houses tend to be better insulated than American houses. This also helps keep homes cooler in summer. 3) As the lady in the video said, people just seem willing to suffer for a few weeks every year. In my experience, most people just don't think it's necessary. I think there is an argument to be made whether the money needs to be shelled out for something that is used so rarely, but I don't think that is what is on people's minds. It's just what they are used to. They didn't have it before. Why should they have it now? That is how they think. 4) The car is different. It's metal. Has no insulation. Leave that standing in the sun for a few minutes and it becomes a sauna. There Europeans also want AC. 5) Do I personally agree with this? No. I think Europeans are insane. I want AC in my home, but most think I'm unnecessarily complicated. Bonus: An AC unit runs on electricity. Heating with electricity is insanely expensive. Might as well just throw dollar bills in the fireplace and heat that way. It's not what anyone wants to do.

[@DarkSister.]

AC is bad for the environment and isn't particularly good for people. Just stick a fan on like the rest of the world lol

[@gerardflynn3899]

Don't forget to put a bowl of cold water in front of the fan (in hot weather)

[@jackieblue1267]

We would die here without AC in Australia. We've had months now of very high temperatures. A fan doesn't do much in very high temperatures but blow the hot air around.

[@alepa2357]

I don't know how it works in the states, but other places: no it isn't

[@lbhh]

It depends on where you live. Europe is big. In Italy we can have 40 degrees for a whole week in August and we use AC because we need it. Certainly, we don't leave it on when we are away from the house, as americans do. We put off the A C and the lights even if we are in a hotel, and that's because of the environment and common good sense. But believe me that some days without A C in some italian cities are really hot.

[@petrsimi]

@@lbhh i think that AC is matter of building type. Its much more cheap and easy to put AC in american wooden house than in old stone or even new concrete house because you need hole or external unit and that is problem on old stone, sometimes historical houses. We cant even put that to half open window because we open windows to the side, not up :D

[@ezraabbadon5082]

We dont need ac because the concrete and stone buildings are insulating. If done right, you dont need ac because the inside of the house just doesn't get that hot. In our case, during the height of summer the inside of the house is 5 to 10 degrees cooler. No ac needed. Plus, the body adapts. The more time you spend in hot or cold, the less it'll bother you

[@SingingSealRiana]

The heat outside also feels worse if you come from a cooled down house, then if you adapt to the temperature and have a few degrees between inside and outside and not enough to make you freeze

[@ezraabbadon5082]

@@SingingSealRiana True, the sudden changes of temperature are stressful for our bodies

[@Malzbauer]

AC generally is contributing more to climate change than heating (depending on the heating).

[@sandrogattorno4962]

A rettangle is a geometric figure with 4 90° degrees angle, 4 side and the 4 side are paralel in pair. So a square is a special rettangle with in addictinon the property of to have the side of the same lenght.

[@ffotograffydd]

Finland was never a Warsaw Pact country. It did have a ‘Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance’ with the USSR between 1948-1992, but with very different content from the Warsaw Pact.

[@Lizzzi86]

I'm Spaniard and it drives me mad that she says "American" to refer to "United States people". 😡 My parents are Americans too because they are Argentinians...

[@nicoladc89]

Yeah, but in English you can't do any different. In Italian and Spanish exist a word that identify people from US (statunitense in Italian, estadounidense in Spanish - I think), but not in English. It's funny how UK and US doesn't have a word ti describe their nationality but in so opposite way. People from UK call themselves with the name of a part of the country (English, Scottish, British), people from US with the name of an entire continent. To be honest the real America, the land discovered by Colombo and Vespucci is the South/Central America. Colombo never been in the actual US and Vespucci only in the actual Florida.

[@ruskov5685]

Yeah well the real problem would be for the Canadians in this case

[@Lizzzi86]

@@ruskov5685 why?

[@666xose]

@@Lizzzi86 Creo que por su mente pasó el termino norteamericano, pero puede ser que olvide que México también lo es. 🤣

[@Lizzzi86]

@@666xose cierto XD

[@BernhardGiner]

German here. We use more and more „ACs“ to heat our rooms (heat pumps). They are more efficiant and cheaper in the long term. Oil and natural gas become more and more expensive Fortunately the temperatures are relatively mild in Germany and most of the houses are pretty good insulated so most of the year we don’t need to heat or cool our houses. So most of the year we need just something for warm water.

[@kajsafalck8117]

Same in Sweden. The big difference between Germany and Sweden is the way of paying! So close but so different! I can’t recognise the current Swedish money, (we changed some years ago), and I pay 99% with card or Swish or the phone. And that is of course a week spot, but very handy.

[@BernhardGiner]

@@kajsafalck8117 Here, too, I no longer see the big difference. (A lot has changed here during the pandemic.) I also now mostly pay by card or cell phone - although not necessarily 99% of the time, but certainly around 70%-80%. (Funnily enough, except at Amazon and some other online stores - which was the reason why I got a credit card in the first place back then: to be able to pay in the Internet 😂😂 (they have SEPA direct debit mandates)). If a store doesn't offer card payment, that's ok for me because I almost always have cash with me. In the worst case, I pay by invoice/transfer (this happened to me once in a restaurant: the card reader was broken and I didn't have enough cash, now it would also work by direct bank transfer or PayPal or similar)

[@sameebah]

I found through my travels with work that it is always worth learning the basic phrases of a language. Even being able to say please and thank you, or "I don't understand" goes a long way in establishing a relationship.

[@ionaguirre]

Thanks Eskerrik asko Please Mesedes Excuse me. Barkatu I dont understand. Ez dut ulertzen From Navarra, nothern Spain.😊

[@victorx3820]

I'm from Spain and we do have ac but we mostly use it for cooling because electricity is very expensive and they heat less than the radiators summing it up

[@stevefarrugia-dc7qt]

After seven minutes i could not take it anymore ,the amount of mistakes and misunderstanding .

[@jrgptr935]

Lierber Steve, wenn der Beitrag nicht schon so alt wäre, würde ich Dich fragen, was Du speziell meintest mit mistakes und misunderstandig. Außer einem gewissen amüsanten understatement ist mir nichts aufgefallen, höchstens daß ich persönlich eher von Knoblauch und Zwiebeln statt von Tomaten und Kartoffeln gesprochen hätte, weil es im Deutschen kein Witz ist (Es läuft aber auf dieselben Gebiete hinaus).

[@bajkabajeczka560]

OMG! That girl is pretty delusional about geography of Europe. Poland Czech Republic and Slovakia doesn’t “like to be called “ Central European- it’s literally is Central Europe!

[@nagillim7915]

I assume with this being aimed at Americans the definition of eastern Europe she's defaulting to is the Cold War definition.

[@Fn-xj8hl]

She's also wrong about the size. Europe the continent, including the European part of Russia is about 1 million sqkm bigger than the US. The EU is about 75% the size of the US. The pop of 750 million is including Russia, the pop of EU is about 500 million.

[@veronicajensen7690]

she is saying it due to the fact that many western Europeans call those countries east European

[@MarcoDeLasVegas]

AC is used in Europe for malls, hotels and workplaces mainly. AC maybe usefull in Spain, Portugal, Italy and south of France, but for the rest of the Europe, it's mainly useless for most of the year except 2 or 3 weeks a year.

[@XabierXabi]

Most of the units instaled have a warming option as well and in Spain many households shifted to aerotherma with dólar planes generating power to support both heating and ac. I would say this system IS getting leader in Sunny áreas, growing In the north in single houses and middle south Spain leading system in detached housing as winters are very cold and summers very Hot. Spain IS the leading renewable producer growing by the day solar, windmill and hydrogen ready hubs. The north has advanced ubique tides energy production energy. Many detached houses have complemented gas or fuel heating wáter supply with solar system and ac cold warm sistema to take advantage of Sunny even winter days using warm función from solar panels.

[@Henrik976]

They are pretty common in Scandinavia as well because it's one of the most energy efficient way to heat your house. Around 40% off all households in Norway have some sort of heat exchanger/AC

[@CarlosalbertoLx]

This is a very generalist view, and it can be seen, that it is made by someone who does not know all of Europe, but only the most central and Nordic part. This story about tomatoes and potatoes is poorly told, it's not true. If we notice, it completely ignores Europe further west, etc.This (lack of) knowledge of Europe is not convincing

[@KeesBoons]

Your criticism is very telling as well. Nobody knows all of Europe, most people don't even know a big part of their own country. She made an entertaining video, which wasn't bad on information at all, especially for people with a US American background.

[@micade2518]

@@KeesBoons Yes, maybe, but full or inaccuracies.

[@KeesBoons]

@@micade2518 I agree, but considering here audience, I think this is a good enough start.

[@micade2518]

@@KeesBoons Hmmm ... isn't that a little condescending? The subject being so important, it'd better be treated as well as possible. I'd like to know if that lady is a History-Geography teacher?

[@KeesBoons]

@@micade2518 Maybe it's condescending, but the level of other videos on this topic and the comments placed on these videos suggest otherwise. You don't teach university level maths in kindergarten either. If she was a History or Geography teacher this probably wouldn't be a video she would make, but you can find information about her on her channel. Apparently it's not important enough that a serious institution has made a video about it for YT, at least, I haven't been able to find it. The fact that she found it interesting to make a video about it and give it an entertaining twist as a small channel without any real resources is what I base my verdict on.

[@kellyhawkes3191]

Not being rude, but what she said on Americans being loud from my limited experience is true, the British can be loud also, but when I was in a McDonald's in York, there was a load of American school kids and I almost couldn't cope with the volume, and I've known two Canadians and they where also loud as hell.

[@mariafranciscabertoglio6759]

And russian? Omg they are SOOOOO loud.

[@robinwhitebeam4386]

And Italians , French , Spanish , Belgium , and ......

[@Z0mbi3fi3d]

dutch youth too, coming from a dutch person 😂😂

[@jrgptr935]

​@@robinwhitebeam4386Psst ... und Deutsche? Manche von uns hört man sogar noch nach 22 Uhr, sodaß die Polizei gerufen werden muß. Aber tatsächlich geborene und begnadete Ruhestörer sind Russen und andere orientalische Lärmgebärende.

[@MendingWall]

I just returned from a couple of months in Florida. I saw & heard many Europeans and they were very loud! Maybe because they were excited to be on vacation? And most of them smoke! And leave their cigarette butts on the beach. Note to Europeans- smoking is not cool anymore.

[@yeibid]

Portugal and Spain don’t have any beef at all, that’s totally misleading. Those are countries that hugely respect each other. Spain have some beef with France and a also a bit with UK (Some old dispute about Gibraltar). Visit South Europe, you won’t regret!!!!

[@davidlacoste]

I'm French and don't even know Spain has beef with us, or why.

[@jpmf8050]

Exactly! Some people might still hold grudges due to our history but most people nowadays don't care about that. We have a lot in common and normally get along really well, save for a few idiots here and there 😁

[@yeibid]

@@davidlacoste It's probably some kind of envy because there's no reason to have beef with you, guys. Salut!

[@bilp_bloup_bot]

@@davidlacoste I didn't know either before learning spanish the past few years... and yes, many spanish hate us lol. It's strange because they have a good reputation in France.

[@davidlacoste]

@@bilp_bloup_bot Do you know why? Do they even know why?

[@WickedCole]

100% we get that so much with people claiming to be Irish but they know NOTHING about the country. Even thinking we are part of UK which we are not.

[@Irene-xs9pc]

Stupid is Stupid, trying to explain to Americans that Northern Ireland is part of uk 🇬🇧 but Ireland is Eire 🇮🇪is like banging your head against a brick wall.

[@robinwhitebeam4386]

Ireland is part of the UK !

[@fablolliesrock]

@@robinwhitebeam4386 No it isn't.

[@robinwhitebeam4386]

@@fablolliesrock look at a map or talk to someone that lives there.

[@DutchHeathen]

@@robinwhitebeam4386 You're thinking of Northern Ireland, not Ireland. This has already been explained. They are separate countries.

[@cesarn.a.3479]

I like the way she says "basically you should not make assumptions...", after assuming that all in Southern Europe are lazy napping people with bad economies. 👍

[@ZachSawyer2077]

We have bad economy and she said that some people like to take naps, not all of us. Which it's not that far from truth.

[@Lip836]

Whats wrong about her statemenr? XD

[@SttravagaNZza]

Well napping is healthy, the problem si people that mistake it for laziness🤷‍♂

[@Niraol]

Also putting the ExYU counties in the same basket as Romania and Albania when they were not part of the red curtain and didn't get along with USSR.

[@GhostRavenFIN]

She never said lazy, and never said everybody takes naps. And is she even wrong about the economies?

[@doctorkuroneko8762]

16:30 Italian dude here! Here (and in Spain) we don’t really use ACs because of the price and because people aren’t used to it, so for example some will get sick from the sudden temperature change from inside to outside

[@xbizydown]

In Russia every second flat has AC

[@kajsafalck8117]

I turn it off if I have an AC in a hotel room.

[@spyro257]

NOOO!! stop putting Finland and Iceland, in with Scandinavia! STOP IT! people also say "Scandinavia is a nice place" when they are in Finland... my man... can u PLZ make a vid, talking about the difference, between Scandinavia and The Nordics?? it seems like they use the 2 words, like they mean the same... and ofc, it's 95% Americans that does it...

[@gambit8766]

If we are gonna be that pedantic, technically Denmark isn't part of Scandinavia either. The Scandinavian peninsula is just Norway and Sweden, Denmark is its own peninsula and Islands. Denmark is culturally Scandinavian, but it can be argued that so is Finland.

[@spyro257]

@@gambit8766 Iceland would be more Scandinavian than Finland, coz at least they are Vikings...

[@ladythalia227]

@@gambit8766Scandinavia and the Scandinavian peninsula isn’t the same thing though. We don’t really use the term Scandinavian peninsula. Scandinavia is a cultural and ethnic thing rather than geographical.

[@veronicajensen7690]

@@gambit8766 the term Scandinavia is not all about the peninsula in Scandinavia we don't really use that term "Scandinavian peninsula" it's about history, culture and language , the Scandinavian languages are a group of very similar Germanic languages , Finnish is not a Germanic language it's Urealic like Hungarian and Sami , Icelandic is close to Old Norse a language once spoken by Scandinavians but we don't understand it anymore , the Danes were "born" (first settled in) the southern part of what is today Southern Sweden in Halland, Blekinge and Skåne , Skåne is the modern Danish name for Scania , Scania is where the name Scandinavia comes from , the Danes lived there and then spread to what is today Denmark, but that part of Sweden was land of the Danes for thousands of years until it was lost in a war, the Scandinavian were Vikings and after that we were for a time in a union together under the Danish crown so understand it's not about a peninsula it's way more and please don't mention that Denmark is not on the peninsula because we will never get over loosing that part , llosing Norway that is ok, loosing Iceland ok, but not Skåne Swedes are allowed to joke about it , it's part of our history when we fought against each other, but for others don't mention it

[@damyr]

@@gambit8766 Denmark and Iceland are definitely Scandinavian countries. Finland is definitely not. But they're all Nordic countries. Tho, I'm not really sure if Denmark is considered as a Nordic country. I believe it's not.

[@KatieSwordvideos]

as a Russian i really prefer to be called slavic then European. and i never before heard someone called russia eartern europe, basically russia is bouth europe and asia... people in some russian regions looks really asian, some have second language that is related to languages in asian countries... we even have regions with buddist and muslim majority

[@jrgptr935]

Du denkst an das Land Kalmykien?

[@wesimunio]

As you are russian...whe don't care about your opinion🫡

[@davidlacoste]

In France, Russia was always considered an European country until the last 2 decades when our so-called "elite" started to adopt the obsession of the American neo-cons.

[@bilp_bloup_bot]

russia is so big, it doesn't really make sense to consider them europeans, even if Moscow, St Petersuburg could be considered part of the european continent

[@Oudri125]

​@@bilp_bloup_bot The majority of the population and economic growth is in Western Russia. It is very much a European power.

[@ovr_3769]

13:05 a rectangle is a geometric shape with four sides and each two opposite sides paralelle to each other so a square is also a rectangle But to be a square you need to have to be at least a rectangle and to have all four sides equal So a square is a rectangle but a rectangle is not a square

[@gmdhargreaves]

My mum is Latvian (USSR) my father was Welsh, I was born in Canada but from 2months old I’ve lived in England, I consider myself English completely! But I do look out for Welsh/Latvian footy results

[@giulioBonati]

She has the usual biases about southern Europe,tho Italy is the third largest economy in the EU (eighth in the world), the second largest European manufacturing industry after Germany. Italy has the second most powerful navy in the EU (the third on the European continent: it has the same number of aircraft carriers as China). It is the most visited country in the world by tourists together with France and Spain, depending on the year.

[@fluffybunny5238]

She didn’t say they weren’t visited by tourists, quite on the opposite, so idk what the second part of your comment is about. When it comes to GDP per capita, Italy will a few years be behind Czechia, a former communist country, so, compared to the west, its economy is simply not that great.

[@giulioBonati]

@@fluffybunny5238 yes yes, of course.... a G7 country, a net donor to the EU with a GDP of 1.2 billion euros. if you add the GDPs of the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland and all the Baltic countries you don't arrive at the same number. yet here we are with the old stereotypes

[@fluffybunny5238]

@@giulioBonati lmao. I am talking about gdp per capita (the actual indicator) 😂 obviously overall gdp shouldn’t be compared, since countries aren’t the same size. And also, Italy has so called accumulated wealth, which countries from the former communist block can’t compare with, because of, well, communists. I am stating the facts and youre upset for no reason. Italy is still a good country but when compared to the rest of Europe it’s not doing so well economically. The fact that it’s a big net contributor (not donor cuz they aint donatong anything lol) also stems from the accumulated wealth, the problem is the economic growth is stagnating. It also doesn’t directly influence how rich/poor a country is, e.g. Poland is the biggest EU funds receiver, but not the poorest country in the EU

[@giulioBonati]

@@fluffybunny5238 listen bunny, I'm just a little tired of foreigners talking down to us. French Germans and now this chick speaking from an insignificant country. That's all. Ti saluto

[@giulioBonati]

@@fluffybunny5238 YT does not like my reply for whatever reason

[@JoseDiaz-in6yx]

As Spaniard I stop to see the video when she said about take a nap everyday, this is just and stereotype. Some store close because they lunch is the main meal of the day so you have to hours to eat lunch but most part of the workers prefer just an hour and come back home before. So she do not have any idea.

[@spider9254]

That's what I say jokingly sometimes. I love you all Spanish folks. Greetings from Portugal.

[@echtvergoldet]

Why so butthurt? I also don't fight over who drinks the most beer, despite being German. She is generalizing a ton of things, because she wants to paint a complete picture for rather shallow american minds. So dont be offended, if she generalizes.

[@espinoname2988]

No todos los días, pero los fines de semana o vacaciones si que está bien dormir siesta, o a mi al menos me gusta. También hay gente que acaba el turno a las 3 y ya se va a su casa a comer y a descansar y se hacen una siesta si quieren, como los funcionarios por ejemplo. Y lo que es super chocante desde fuera esq todo cierre a medio día. Yo llevo muchos años viviendo fuera y a veces cuando vuelvo a ver a la familia se me olvida y me quedo con cara de tonta en la puerta de la tienda cerrada a las 3 de la tarde. 😂😂

[@M24RV_F]

28:30 Also I finally watched the end of your video, but I live in the UK and I recently just got back from a tour around mainland Europe in a motorhome so didn't really go to touristy areas except for Amsterdam (which I detested) It's weird because I received nothing but love and met so many new people, people stopping me in the street or on public transport to talk to me, so many kind people complimenting me, people giving me gifts. Somebody offered to do me a painting so I can take kick back to the UK as a souvenir. One person even offered me to go back to their place after a music event to chill despite not knowing that person, a German girl I never met before said me if I ever visit Germany I can stay at hers. As a black male I did not feel I was treated different in any way, this kind of surprised me because a lot of people say that Europe is racist but a kind agree and disagree. I've never really faced any form of racism other than at school where children will make fun of you just for looking slightly different but it was in jest. I would say that they are more prejudice then racist but even that was not even showing because I wasn't treated any differently even though I wasn't a citizen in these countries. But then at the same time part of me thinks would they have treated me different if I wasn't from the UK and was from maybe somewhere in Africa? What is your personal experience from being in Finland?

[@hachimaki]

Personally I think it's incorrect to say that a place is racist, no place or people can be inherently racist, but there can definitely be more racist/xenophobic people living in some places. As far as your treatment and how much of it is down to your nationality rather than your perceived ethnicity, all I can say is that I believe most people work with whatever information they have at face value and then try to assess the situation/person depending on what information you can gather about them and then judge them accordingly. So in a sense you might have been treated better once they knew where you were from and some might just have gone completely based on your behaviour and demeanour. I'm glad you had a nice experience either way. Happy holidays and happy new year.

[@M24RV_F]

@@hachimaki I agree, a country cannot be racist or xenophobic. A person isn't born racist or xenophobic it's taught. As for my experience a lot of the time people would try to talk to me in their own native language speaking to me the first time but even when I did and say that I was English that wasn't the main focal point of the conversation but like you said and I say this to everybody - I judge people on face value and like you said their demeanour that they are presented with whether it's direct or indirectly. Truth be told I haven't gotten many bad experiences in my lifetime to speak of and I spend a lot of time in places where you don't typically see people of colour and usually I'm the only one there and nobody treats me as if I'm any different. What I often wondered is if I would get this same treatment as an adult male in the USA? Happy New year brother 👍

[@Timbothruster-fh3cw]

The older generation might depending, but most of them are dying off or dead, younger people in America aren't like that despite what the media says.​@@M24RV_F

[@uksoloz]

I’ve hear stories or videos of Americans going Italy and until they speak in Italy you are presumed to be northern African so they will give a cold shoulder coz how they act when they get Italy legal or illegal but I’ve only seen a couple like that don’t know how wide spread that is.

[@tonikaihola5408]

Square is a rectangle with sides of equal lengths

[@durchfallgurgler07]

A rectangle is a shape with four 90° degree corners. A square is a reactanle because it has these four 90° corners, but a rectangle isnt a square because a square is like a dice: All sides are the same length. If you turn a rectangle, it looks different. But a square looks the same

[@acceleratum]

A/C is common on cars and public buildings on southern europe and some houses, but it is expensive to run it at home due to energy costs.

who comes to europe to eat mexican food when Mexico is a neighbor of us go visiti mexico dah

[@stephenlee5929]

But it is shocking how many Americans, (on YT/reddit etc) seem to find it difficult to understand.

[@jamesverity9988]

A rectangle has four sides and four 90 degree angles. A square is a unique rectangle because all four sides are the same length

[@N7sensei]

Funny thing is that Hungary is on the Potato - Tomato demarkation line, meaning we produce and eat both, so we live in peace and harmony and brotherhood.

[@jrgptr935]

Ungarische Kartoffelchips.

[@SweetSallyRadio]

In Galicia, Northwest Spain, our climate is similar to the UK, so we cultivate potatos more than tomatoes, but we can grow both, so we are very happy 😁

[@pilarfernandez5621]

​@@SweetSallyRadiodeliciosas patatas gallegas, mmmmm

[@Anna-fw7lm]

The square is a rectangle because it's a geometric figure formed by 90 degrees angles. If a rectangle also has all sides of the same lenght is a type of rectangle called square. So every square is a type of rectangle, but not every rectangle end up being a square

[@thimokwiatkowski9405]

The thing about the AC in Europe is that most buildings are constructed in a way that they retain a lot of heat (for the winter) and have air circulation when opening 2 or more windows (not only for the summer but mostly for the summer). And the reason for this is that more energy is saved up that way and the cost of a household doesnt go up

[@magliaarancia]

i actually have ac in my house, but we dont turn it on because it's not good for the environment

[@kevinbennersten1446]

Swedish here, my family has lived here since 1628 on fathers side and 1369 on the mothers side. Before that, we lived in Norway, and I would never call myself Norwegian, but I see no faults in our countries, working more together, I believe both would benefit greatly

[@real2143]

Of course, Norway and Sweden, very similar, norhern-germanic people!

[@a5cent]

A rectangle is defined as follows: - A four-sided polygon with opposite sides equal and parallel, and all angles equal to 90 degrees. A square fits that definition, hence, a square is a rectangle. You could also say a square is a rectangle where all four sides are of equal length.

[@john-toregundersen2655]

Norwegian here. Very interesting reaction, and you have many valuable perspectives, wich often comes to show in your reactions.

[@S.erwinsdottir]

Well.. In the South of Switzerland, basically we mix potatoes with tomatoes! 😂😂 In Switzerland by the way we speak 4 languages. Not only german, also if the main one. We speak in the South italian. And we have french and "Rätoromanisch".

[@moisiewe]

I'm a eastern European and i have 0 problems with that. Balkans are amazing place geographycaly and culturally.

[@ionaguirre]

Not a matter of preferences. Potatoes grow anywhere, tomatoes need water and SUN overall.😊

[@DNA350ppm]

This is a really good reaction video to a well-done original. A fun fact, in the Nordic countries we have "thank you" (tack, tak, kiitos) but no handy translation of please (or bitte, por favor, etc) - for different situations we have different expression, don't try to translate your expression verbatim it can sound downright condescending, bossy, or worse. We use the conditional instead and we use "thanks" much more frequently than you can imagine. We tend to forget to add bitte and please, when speaking other languages, as we don't have such words ourselves. So we sound impolite, unintentionally. For greeting-words (hei and hej) there are a bunch, so why not listen what people your age say, and imitate them (before you open your mouth, hehe) ? Looking into the eyes and smiling a very little smile is very appropriate, and an expected normal politeness. Avoiding eye-contact is a strong negative signal.

[@jrgptr935]

Ha! Und uns Deutschen wird nachgesagt, wir würden Leute "anstarren", wenn wir sie ansehen... Besonders höflich muß man gegüber uns nicht sein, wir würden das schnell als übertrieben empfinden. Im übrigen gilt des Wort aus Goethes FAUST: "Im Deutschen lügt man, wenn man höflich ist".

[@lostaj7287]

i love how even she couldn't decide whether hungary is eastern or central europe lol. on one slide she left it among romania, serbia and crotia, and on the next she included it in the central europe drawing. it's funny cause hungary itself can't decide either

[@revolrtol]

She left hungary with the balkans at first 💀

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

Ok speaking from my home town on the heaters thing. we got heathers because in winter, temperatures can fall to -20°C (-4F°) and wed literally freeze to death without heating. And a heater is just way more practical in an urban setting than a wooden fire. But similiarely, in summer, temperatures rarely raise over 25°C (77F°) and turning on AC would be kinda ridiculous. Also its quite energy intense and europe tries to be climate neutral. Not to mention many places that do get hot are hot for like 3 weeks a year and installing AC for 3 weeks each year doesnt quite pay off. The maintainance cost alone just doesnt justify it. Its like buying a ferrari when you only drive 50 kilometers a year.

[@MC50000]

EH? She got the size wrong. Look at the map whilst she says the US is bigger than Europe as she hasn’t included any of Russia????? Which is bloody huge! Europe is definitely bigger than the US!

[@micade2518]

Yes, but only about 25% of Russia sits in Europe, the other 75% sits in Asia. The same goes for Turkey: a small (western) part of the country is geographically European.

[@MC50000]

@@micade2518 you learn something new everyday eh 👍🏼

[@haydenwayne637]

​@@micade2518 meanwhile all of europe is on the same tectonic plate as most of Asia. So you could say Europe is just the tail end of Asia.

[@micade2518]

@@haydenwayne637 True, but the definition of a Continent includes the culture of its inhabitants: you couldn't say of a Spaniard, for ex. that he is Asian, or of a Chinese that he is European, which is why the continents are delimited by the Urals.

[@wayneholmes637]

​@@micade2518 So you mean it is fine to group the Egyptians together with the central African Congolese peoples or the more southern Bushmen? They are more different than Europeans and many Asian countries. When talking about "continents" it is the tectonic plates that defines things, everything else is just BS to make certain countries feel better about themselves. 🤷

[@a5cent]

European here. On the issue of "cultural appropriation": I think this is mostly BS. If you're an American, and your ancestors are from Italy, and you want to celebrate that or feel close to Italy for that reason, well my word, you do you! There is nothing wrong with calling yourself Italian! People know you're not claiming to have an Italian passport. The vast majority of Italians feel honored that you feel culturally close to them and like being associated with Italy. There are German festivals in Pennsylvania or people who celebrate Oktoberfest (the real Oktoberfest is in Munich), and Germans think that is great! Just like the Italians, we also feel honored that people like our culture! There is nothing wrong with that. We actually like it! If you have German ancestry, go ahead. Feel free to call yourselves German. Let me turn it around. Would Americans feel insulted if I said I like to occasionally wear a baseball cap and eat hamburgers? Am I not allowed to do that without an American passport? No. Of course not. I think most Americans would also think that's cool. On 9/11 I wore a US flag and said I was an American. I think most Americans would also take that as a sign of respect. Not disrespect. Same thing.

[@jsonkody]

Hey, greetings from Prague .. the central Europe, the heart ❤ of Europe 😁🙌

[@organicwatermelon]

You wish

[@bilp_bloup_bot]

@@organicwatermelon ?

[@MrItaliansound]

20:29 HI! Italian here, I agree with what you said about the fact that if you were not born and lived in Italy, you are not really Italian. We in Italy refer to them as "Italian American" or "of Italian origin". In reality there is a further aspect: The Italian government grants passport and citizenship to anyone in the world if they can demonstrate that they have at least one Italian ancestor. Therefore by law they are 100% Italian and can also participate in political elections for the Italian government or can move to any country of the European Union.

[@bilp_bloup_bot]

so many people from Argentina could get an italian passport

[@matiashermida2277]

They do that because Argentinians are perfect beings. Who would deny citizenship to an argentinian ...

[@silvijepremus]

She is offended when you tell Ireland is UK but calls ex-Yugoslavia countries East Europe. East Europe was a name for countries that belonged to Warshaw pact under USSR, and ex--YU countries were never a part of that sphere. Yugoslavia showed middle finger to Stalin. YU citizens unlike East Europe could travel where ever they want, unlike countries under iron border. But she is to young to know that and to full of herself to check.

[@rogueknight5984]

Womp womp

[@xgf122]

Czech, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian and Austrian people are definitely central; Europe unlike eastern people we weren't colonized by Russia or we don't have orthodox Christianity here pretty much also our culture differs much....

[@zagrizena]

What do you mean weren't colonized by Russia? What about the Iron curtain and the 20th century communist regimes? The only valid exception here is Austria. I mean you can classify yourselves as Central European (not gonna judge, I identify more central European than Balkan myself, though the country is ex-yugoslav), just choose a different argument for it.

[@xgf122]

@@zagrizena we didn't heritage anything after that, It wasn't colonization. After regime fell, everything had fall apart,. We almost don't have anything to do with what country we were during cold war. Also almost no one here know Russian. Maybe diplomats and those who choose it as third or second language at Uni. There is difference between being 1000 years part of Austro-Hungary and being 41 years, forced to be USSR satellite (1948-1989). + there is also online article about who are people of Central Europe, genetically To us Slovaks most similar one are Austrians, Hungarians and Czechs and Poles "imagine".

[@BohemianCrafting]

@@xgf122 I'm Czech native, grown up in 80s and I do understand Russian and can read as well. We had Russian language at school for 5 years, not by choice...so make sure you know what you are saying. Most of my family and friends do understand Russian too, because we had to, back at the regime days.

[@zagrizena]

@@BohemianCrafting thanks for the clarification. @xfg122 I imagine you don't identify as east Europe, since you don't feel connected to Russia and East Slavic countries. Similarly to how we, Slovenians, do not identify as Balkan and don't feel very connected to Southern Slavic countries (with the exception of Croatia maybe). So yes, Central Europe is a reasonable category to classify yourself as. Just explain it better 😁

[@anetakn6601]

​@@BohemianCraftingI'm Polish born '80. I can't even read the russian letters. Those born in 70's or earlier had to learn russian at school.

[@AvaReed100]

Hot summers like we have now have not always been a thing or rather a problem here in Europe. Also since the houses are usually build out of stone and not cardboard, they are better isolated.

[@Ninetieschannel]

"Poland" and shows Czech money bills 😂😂 im dead

[@08Melb]

just a little side note here.With "America" she means the U.S.!!

[@foreignreacts]

With the U.S.!! You mean the USA!!!!

[@stephenlee5929]

I didn't really notice, might she have been referring to Canada also?

[@jrgptr935]

Deshalb spricht sie englisch, denn in den meisten anderen Ländern der Amerikas spricht man portugiesisch, spanisch, französisch oder niederländisch, und in einem ein ganz klein wenig deutsch.

[@giuseppesagona7522]

That's probably because we both have different ways of communicating our nationality. Like for example you would almost never hear someone from europe say I'm european, but they would immediately say I'm German / French / Italian and so on. But at least from my experience most Americans first tell they are American and then from what state they're from. So subconsciously we immediately think, he's French he must be from France and he's American, he must be from America.

[@stephenlee5929]

@@giuseppesagona7522 Don't people from USA generally tell you they are Irish/French/Italian/German American, because there grandfather's Uncle was from ...?

[@nocturne7371]

A rectangle has four sides with 90deg corners, so a square is a special kind of rectangle where all sides are the same length.

[@flibbleking]

They always go on about how low the crime rate is in Scandinavia but to be fair its hard to break the law when you are snowed in 9 months of the year.

[@katarzynaxx563]

Poland is not the Eastern Europe!!! We are the Central Europe.

[@jrgptr935]

Ja. Mitteleuropa an der Stelle wo es an einen Pazifikanrainer grenzt🤩

[@ryanroyrn]

It is lol

[@Pippis78]

Nordics are actually (mostly) really friendly and ready to help out even strangers - if you get past the first hurdle of getting one to not run away from you. Finns are painfully shy more than unfriendly. It's a bit hard to say when it comes to the other Nordics because in our eyes they are over the top friendly and chatty 😂 Everyone will be "please don't talk to me", but once you get one to talk to you they are likely to go over and beyond to help you out or what ever. Put yeah, the nice thing is that they are pretty genuine and honest people.

[@organicwatermelon]

Im disagree. They are not honest. The same swedish

[@jpmf8050]

I don't know, some of the rudest people I've ever met in my life were from Finland. I worked with quite a few of them and they can be really standoffish. Swedish people on the other hand were normally nicer and friendlier, with a few exceptions. Of course these are just my experiences, but yeah they confirmed that some of the Nordic stereotypes exist for a reason

[@Sasakyee]

Also, we have ACs, just not widely, because in EU we care about ecology and health too :) More expensive, too, yes.