I Compared British and American Internet. Here's What I Found.

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[@traildriving]

The royal tour of intestines! Omg rofl 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AhNee]

Took your recommendation on BritBox, impressed by the shows available. SIgned up. NOT IMPRESSED. Freezes up incessantly and just stops dead and won't start again.

[@seanbeckerer5089]

I would like to see you compair British and American web browsing. Like Google or what ever. Not just two different we sites that you did.

[@jswets5007]

Why don't they call cookies biscuits in the UK? After all, they do call cookies biscuits in the UK. It is very confusing.

[@Joe_Dirt82]

Where can I send you a sticker for your laptop? It's from my union hall. We wear em on our hard hats.

[@paytonpryor]

It's weird that in the UK "post" is Royal Mail, but in the US "mail" is the United States Postal Service.

[@Myrtlecrack]

Mind blown! Good point!

[@garycamara9955]

Not weird, we don't have royalty. Therefore no royal mail.

[@paytonpryor]

@@garycamara9955 You missed the entire point. 😂

[@uncletoby-]

@@garycamara9955 I think you missed the point.

[@susanmorgan5591]

😂

[@Subliminalsapper]

It would be hilarious if, in the UK, they were called internet biscuits.

[@aceundead4750]

Shorten it to intercrisps

[@jjohn4874]

@@aceundead4750 , Too funny!! 😆

[@markedis5902]

Web Bikkies

[@LindaC616]

I thought the sme thing!

[@bradseeker]

then some legal case kicks off because someone came out with 'internet cakes' and they're subject to different rules because they're not biscuits

[@Chalkyboy]

“You’ve got post” YOU’RE KIDDING ME

[@Mike__B]

It makes sense though.

[@TheGreatAtario]

E-post

[@jangschoen1019]

"You've got prayers"

[@lisasmith7066]

I like the female voice! I wonder if that was changeable in AOL Settings? A friendly female voice saying “You’ve Got Mail.” 👱‍♀️

[@garycamara9955]

Yeah I have several posts. They hold up my fence.

[@BrendanBeckett]

I was about to laugh at "America Online UK" but then I remembered we also had "America Online Canada." At least we're in North America...

[@thedennismillerratio]

Eh-O-L was right there!

[@RockstepBMX]

@@thedennismillerratioGet out. Lol

[@allenhill1223]

I never thought about what the internet called anywhere else.. Interesting

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

That reminds me, I love how as a Canadian we also have to fight with American spelling as its still the standard on Windows, Most software, and even the internet unless something uses GB/UK English

[@rosiefay7283]

Never heard of it being called "America Online UK" --- only AOL UK.

[@LarryHatch]

It's not illegal to give a fake name when signing up for non-legal services in the US. So one can be Laurence A Brown, Laurence B Brown, Dr. Larry Brown, Lawrence Q. Brownie etc. Write down where you gave each version to and then you can figure out who sold your data! It works.

[@LindaC616]

Oooh! Good tip!

[@CraftyVegan]

I do this with websites where I think they might be untrustworthy. It makes it easier to have the false name put in as a filter term to be automatically deposited into my spam folder

[@uncletoby-]

But they can’t be Uncle Toby.

[@GremlinSciences]

You can do the same with some email providers, Gmail for example lets you stick a +tag between your name and the @, so you can directly reference the site you're giving your information to and never need to remember another alias, and you can even use it when signing up for legal services. Use of this feature actually lead to me discovering that some companies are apparently selling the information from their job applications or do not protect the information very well.

[@Trebor74]

I'm signed up to some stuff as "You suck"

[@joshentheosparks7492]

These "data broker services" advertisements never say if they sell your information to data brokers.

[@jamesholland8057]

They do.

[@astrogatorjones]

I think I pretty much always get asked about cookies... in the US.

[@elultimo102]

The "cookie' stuff is really annoying, for a simple browse equivalent of "window shopping."

[@arashikashu5421]

Yeah, it's getting pretty common. In fact my ad blocker now offers a feature to block them! I don't use it, 'cause I like to be able to make sure the marketing cookie option isn't set, but still...

[@lazerbungalow]

Didn't realize the recent cookie preferences thing was State law...had assumed it was Federal.

[@aksez2u]

Maybe the reason we all get "cookie settings" in the U.S. is because, if even one state requires it, it's easier to just require it of every one than to set up some kind of complicated algorithm, that changes the requirements for every state. I could have sworn we had that law nationwide, too.

[@nilo70]

You decide what cookies you want in California. It’s the most user friendly state 😊 Cheers 😎

[@kevingilroy]

Young Lawrence looks like he would shout, shout, shout it all out.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

'Everybody wants to rule the world' though?! (Tears For Fears?)

[@Baileybooandecho]

Yes!!!😂

[@katehaynes5735]

Reminds me of Slaughter (hair band) song. Maybe it's a bit of both, who knows?​@@brigidsingleton1596

[@geoffroi-le-Hook]

I had a Gmail account set to UK English instead of US, and the Trash folder became the Bin.

[@uncletoby-]

Where is that setting. I want to update mine to do that.

[@uncletoby-]

I changed mine to “Pirate” just now. Arrrrrrgh !

[@DomhnallMolloy]

That's a lie you bastard

[@jamesholland8057]

Bin is in UNIX.

[@catofthecastle1681]

Siri speaks to me in Aussie, I’m a southerner!

[@MegaLokopo]

Every website I have been to asks for permission to use cookies and I am in the us. I imagine they use cookies for everything except for checking if you have agreed or disagreed to use cookies.

[@robertszynal4745]

There are functional cookies that they require in order for you to use the site. The law restricts what they can count under this though.

[@MegaLokopo]

@@robertszynal4745 Yea, but a lot of websites don't seem to have any record of whether or not you have approved of the use of cookies.

[@samcunningham5912]

I also have seen the cookie question every site i visit. And i always go in and only allow required cookies and lock all others

[@MegaLokopo]

@@samcunningham5912 I approve all because i'd rather just have them stop asking, but that doesn't seem to work.

[@katrinabryce]

@@robertszynal4745 The law doesn't actually ban cookies, it bans "tracking technologies". Tracking is one use of cookies, but not the only use, and cookies are one way to do tracking but not the only way.

[@pamabernathy8728]

Remember the screen savers??? Flying Toasters and also Dig for Bones!!

[@robertszynal4745]

Johnny Castaway was easily the best screensaver to have ever existed.

[@Hybris51129]

​@@robertszynal4745Yes! I spent so much time as a kid just watching the Johnny go through his routine. It was actually pretty relaxing.

[@iodinev]

3D pipe maze ftw

[@HealthyDisrespectforAuthority]

I liked the floating bubbles. I make my own now

[@jtmichaelson]

You looked like the member of a British New Wave band from the early days of MTV when you were young.

[@bagheerab278]

Boy George was my first thought

[@theriddler1168]

I was totally seeing Pee-wee Herman myself

[@acewickhamyoshi8330]

@@theriddler1168 i thought Devo...

[@Name-ot3xw]

I enjoy changing people's Word processor to UK English as a joke. I always choose "The Honorable" when available, if not "reverend" is technically accurate if we're counting signing up as one on the internet this time time counts.

[@ianz9916]

If you choose a different title for each site that you subscribe to you can work out who has been selling your data.

[@Aeronaut1975]

As a Brit, I still use AOL email accounts from back in the day. You would get a free CD at supermarket checkouts and sign up for a few quid a month. ALomst everyone I knew used AOL in the early days.

[@Aeronaut1975]

*almost, not ALomst...

[@tomkerruish2982]

Here in the States, AOL would carpet-bomb us with CD's through the mail.

[@maryvalentine9090]

@@tomkerruish2982😂😂😂

[@saries54]

American here. I still use my old aol email account for my junk mail!

[@89Cray]

remember them huge boxes full of AOL disks when you walked into Walmart?

[@garyi.1360]

I'd like to see what the delivery distance is. My guess is that UK stores have a shorter distance and therefore can be precise in delivery time. While the US distance is greater and then must allow more time for delivery.

[@LindaC616]

Cheryl on the channel "what's for tea?" Is in Scotland, always shows the receipts on her Saturday shopping run, so I guess you could see there. She does Sainsburys, Lidl, sometimes Tesco, sometimes M&S

[@MrDannyDetail]

Most of the UK supermarkets with online shopping have both one hours slots and four hours slots, and you can toggle between them when booking a slot. Four hour slots are advertised as 'economy' slots, because it gives the company flexibility to choose when they can fit you in within that four hour timeframe, whereas one hour slots usually cost about double what the four hour slots do because you are paying for the convenience of getting it exactly when it's most convenient for you.

[@STho205]

For me in Georgia US...the closest delivery store is 10 miles away. That has to be somewhat similar to rural areas of Scotland and The Uplands or Dales of Northern England. When I lived in a small town USA in Alabama (downtown), the closest store was 6 blocks away. Their delivery was as immediate as possible as typically elderly homebound people got delivery ten years back. Usually within an hour when they had a staffer to spare

[@LindaC616]

@@STho205 the good old days

[@0utcastAussie]

@@STho205 Nope. Your 10 mile delivery was probably down a superslab 6 lane freeway. Scotland doesn't do those !! In fact you're likely to get accosted by bandit Haggis (Haggii ?) groups or waywood sheep as the (narrow) road wends its way through dale & valley.

[@jjwwqq]

So, in the UK, did they release that Tom Hanks / Meg Ryan movie with the title “You’ve got Posts” instead of “You’ve got Mail?”

[@robertszynal4745]

Lol, no. We know what Mail is but we more commonly use the word post. "The postman works for Royal Mail to delivery the post through your postbox (or letterbox)"

[@EinsteinsHair]

That movie was updated to the computer age from an old book. The first movie adapted from that book was an old black-and-white Jimmy Stewart movie, where he uses anonymous personal ads in a newspaper. I think the letters went to a post office box. Without realizing it, he was communicating with a co-worker. Some scenes in the two movies were the same. Not a completely original screenplay.

[@B-A-L]

No but in America they had to change Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone to Harry Potter and the Sorcerors Stone because nobody knew what a philosopher is and they changed Le Mans 66 to Ford vs Ferrari because nobody knew what Le Mans is.

[@JonTripp115]

@@B-A-L It's not that we don't know what a philosopher is, but the opposite: the Philosopher's Stone, and alchemy in general, don't have a strong presence in American culture/folklore. So when a typical American child sees a book with the word _Philosopher_ in the title, they're far more likely to think of boring old Plato than anything magical.

[@thehapagirl92]

@@B-A-LTrue. When I saw that movie I had to google where Le Mans was because I forgot. I’m not a car person. I had no clue it was a French car race thing

[@lottie2525]

Oooh, Lawrence, it would've been good to have a comparison of internet costs and speeds - maybe in a followup video?

[@marydavis5234]

I have my landline phone, tv and internet in one bill, it costs $100.00 a month.

[@LindaC616]

​@@marydavis5234you must live someplace where there are options. Where I live, we basically have one decent cable provider on the island, and their business model is to sell you a package, and then after about a year gradually increase it until you either cannot pay any more and cut the cord, or until someone is paying $300 or $400 a month for the equivalent of what you have for 100

[@robertszynal4745]

It really depends on speed as some cities have gigabit fibre while some rural places still only have ADSL. We also tend to have those things separate unless you still have a landline phone. You can get them bundled together from companies like Sky or Virgin though. A quick search shows you can get 100Mb fibre for £24/month, 1000Mb for £40/month, and 11Mb ADSL for £18/month. For mobile service you can get 3GB/month (with 300 minute call cap) for £4.40/month, 5GB/month for £4.90/month, 30GB/month for £8/month, Unlimited data for £16/month. Most people just use streaming services but, for those that use traditional TV, Sky basic package is £31/month, Virgin TV is only available bundled with their 264Mb fibre internet at £32/month (pretty good deal if you want their TV) So there's no easy like-for-like comparison but it seems to all be cheaper in the UK. Probably better choice and service levels too from the monopolies I've heard you guys have over there.

[@acewickhamyoshi8330]

@@robertszynal4745 american price similar to australia .. but 1970~ 1980~ 1990 univercity access everywhere was $20\ month ,, then after 1989 increased $10 more each 3 years .. by 2007 home internet was same as univercity $60/ month .. then $80 in 2010 .. we got digital tv ,, but i would rather use laptop for internet ,.. finally used Smart tv in 2023 ,.. lol, i had a no tv rule for 7 years then watched all tv that i missed . for 1 year watching .., well after 56 years online , 20,000days some days 24 hours a day for internet research ,, i assume 480,000 hours research ,,.. but i only slept 1 hour a week..

[@terrylandess6072]

Considering that and the IP is the only real difference - yeah . . . .

[@klipkultur3680]

The voice of Joanna Lumley... how cool was that.

[@jamesholland8057]

She was quite a looker back when.

[@B-A-L]

​@@jamesholland8057She still is.

[@jamesholland8057]

@@B-A-L 78 is not hot by my definition.

[@leftmono1016]

⁠@@jamesholland8057- she certainly does look very good, adding the essential caveat - for her age 👍

[@Vote.ReformUK]

Not very

[@jongrho602]

I remember from watching "Are You Being Served" on PBS that I thought Brits were obsessed with Social Status, but I now recognize that Americans are as well, just in a different way.

[@arashikashu5421]

I get the hatred of the red squiggly lines, but at the same time if you have a learning disorder, or are trying to write your Downton Abbey fan fiction in the best British English you can, they are a life saver.

[@MERollered]

Yeah growing up in this time where it was coming out and all that was happening just happened so fast. I don't miss having to argue with siblings or parents on why they need to get off the computer and just end the session for them, LOL

[@GeneCash]

Not sure why you didn't pick a random country code and then have your cat step on the number pad for your phone number... works for me.

[@BTinSF]

I only recently discovered that Alexa had an optional British voice and I've switched to her: Much more soothing. Now I will definitely have to get a Sainesbury account so I can become a Duke much less expensively than that outfit that was selling Scottish titles. Fortunately, California does have a cookie law.

[@LillibitOfHere]

You won’t even have to start marrying your cousins!

[@dougbrowning82]

Even Windows has different national voices. You can turn them on in the accessibility settings.

[@shelbynamels7948]

so your Alexa sounds like the Eastenders??

[@BTinSF]

@@shelbynamels7948 No, she's quite posh. I call her "Lady Alexa".

[@llamasugar5478]

My husband changed Siri to Irish. When he said “turn on flashlight,” she replied with “turning on torch.” 😂

[@Elongated_Muskrat]

"You've got post" is what I'll say from now on every time my computer turns on.

[@bradseeker]

now _that_ is a good joke

[@barbaralemons4741]

Save it for internet porn. It'll be funnier.😃

[@ralphturner3798]

Regarding British sites requiring you to give a telephone number, you can just make up a telephone number. Sometimes there are even telephone numbers that don't ring anywhere.

[@grandinosour]

Could just borrow a phone number from the number barn.

[@davidcosta2244]

Make a Google voice account and get a UK area code. You could also call the UK more cheaply.

[@shelbynamels7948]

watch a couple of Brit shows and look for a number being displayed on a sign or on the side of a van, like a real estate sign or a plumber's van. Those numbers are non-assigned and don't ring thru. They are somewhat equivalent to the 555-xxxx prefix used on US shows.

[@Dante1920]

"For a country that so greatly values liberty, this presents something of a paradox" *_Looks at most of what our government does_* 🤨

[@nortyfiner]

Welcome aboard the runaway train of American capitalism, where everyone and everything is a commodity and corporations have more rights than people do.

[@redboyjan]

​@@nortyfiner"land of the free"

[@HealthyDisrespectforAuthority]

@@nortyfiner most individuals don't have the wallets to pay for a congressional committee lobbyist

[@jimbatten1927]

As a former Data Center/Applications/Network manager I always got a kick out of conference calls where my fellow American's would display a total look of confusion when we would be talking about network devices with our UK divisions. The use of the word "rooter" when talking about routers would always call for explanations the first time someone experienced it.

[@ianz9916]

I always wondered why so many Americans seemed to be so into carpentry or, as they called it when I went to school, woodwork.

[@jimbatten1927]

@@ianz9916 :) Or, as we called it... Woodwork/Carpentry was just plain ole Shop. I'm originally from western Pennsylvania with a bit of Indiana in my heritage. I would hear Route from one relative and "Root" from another all the time. (not to mention getting "warshed" up for friday dinner as we decided we would either have a sit down dinner at church "Feesh (fish) in a Deesh (dish), or "Feesh in the box (take out). (all the while other relatives would be rolling their eyes and chuckeling.) I quickly adapted to listening to some of the different pronouncinations of my Britt co-workers, not to mention my Indian friends. It's all good.

[@ianz9916]

@@jimbatten1927 So what do Americans call the woodworking tool to cut grooves?

[@jimbatten1927]

@@ianz9916 Ahh yes.. a router. So then, what do Brits call a device and/or service to clear sewage drains?

[@ianz9916]

@@jimbatten1927 A snake

[@SuprousOxide]

"Please select your cookie preference*" "*) Which will be stored in a cookie..."

[@brigidsingleton1596]

I could request a packet of Bourbons but am not sure Americans sell their Bourbon in packets?!😊

[@proberts34]

I used to use my extra AOL discs as coasters. Ahhhh, youth. 🙂

[@89Cray]

i use to throw them like frisbees😂

[@jasonlescalleet5611]

I’ve seen them used as Christmas tree ornaments.

[@LillibitOfHere]

You can get pasties in Northern Michigan and the UP of Michigan. Although Cornish food traditions have also been influenced by Scandinavian and Finnish immigrants also, so I don’t know how different they are. I just know they’re delicious and will get you though a whole day of freezing your iron ore off.

[@TakenTook]

We have both Cornish and Scottish pasties in the lower peninsula, or at least in the metro Detroit area. Not sure about the rest of the mitten.

[@Baileybooandecho]

I was actually just wondering if pasties or bacon butties were one of the things Laurence misses! I listen to audio books about British Mysteries constantly and they always sound so good!😂

[@thehapagirl92]

Pasties here in the US are nipple covers

[@TakenTook]

@@thehapagirl92 -- When pronounced "PAY- stees" they are nipple covers. But the items we are discussing are "PAST - tees"

[@TheLordOfNothing]

"Yew-tewb." -Laurence Brown, 2024.

[@Vtarngpb]

Ewe-tube 🐑🐑🐑😉

[@maryvalentine9090]

😂😂😂🖖🏼

[@tarlneustaedter]

@@Vtarngpb No, "Ewe-tube" involves a certain class of perverts and livestock...😀

[@Shalott99]

Yew-chube

[@troys6965]

Ooh, Lawrence, you reminded me of the funniest units of velocity: fathoms per fortnight.

[@jokeassasin7733]

Why does the Royal Mail deliver post and the US Post Office deliver mail?

[@redboyjan]

There's loads of them. Weird it's so hard to spell aluminium

[@B-A-L]

​@@redboyjanHow did you manage to spell aluminium then?

[@redboyjan]

@@B-A-L at school. In books. In chemistry. See it on lorries. On items made of the stuff

[@masterchiefburgess]

Why are goods delivered by ship called 'cargo' and goods delivered by vehicle called a 'shipment'? 🤣🤣🤣 (- George Carlin)

[@lindadeters8685]

I set my AOL mail to announce the arrival of mail in Hugh Grant’s melodious accent.

[@sandybruce9092]

Way too,late, but I never knew we could change the AOL voice!!,

[@shelbynamels7948]

I would use Vinnie Jones.

[@ph43drus]

In college (1990s) I used some program editor on my Mac to look for the audio files in AOL and found the "you've got post" notification sound and use it to this day. Thunderbird now.

[@cynthiaalver]

You always make me smile, Laurence. Thanks.

[@balaam_7087]

*sigh* more junk mail. I’ll just move that to me spiced ham folder.

[@Vtarngpb]

Hi all! A/S/L?

[@WestTexasCustomPC]

“13/F/Manhattan” Except in reality it was often “40/M/Brooklyn”

[@RedonRedGutta923]

33/M/ATX

[@Vtarngpb]

@@WestTexasCustomPCwhy are you only on between 8 am and 4 pm? Shouldn’t you be in school?👮🏻‍♂️

[@hewhohasnoidentity4377]

​@@VtarngpbIt is after 8pm in Manhattan. Also, school is out during the summer.

[@Og-Judy]

Didn't know this was an info platform MYOB

[@jillb1420]

I had to chuckle when I recognized the zip code you used to set up Target was the one I used for over 25 years as part of my address

[@anenglishmanplusamerican7107]

Oh, you mean postal code?

[@marydavis5234]

@@anenglishmanplusamerican7107it is called zip code in the US.

[@exstock]

@@anenglishmanplusamerican7107 👅

[@jillb1420]

@@anenglishmanplusamerican7107 indeed, 😉

[@octaviusmorlock]

7:32 Thems fighting words Larry. Also, it comes to $0.69 per ounce of Lays, and $0.48 per ounce of Walkers.

[@elultimo102]

Still too damn high. I remember chips (crisps) for about 5c / ounce, as were candy bars.

[@pjschmid2251]

I doubt Sainsbury’s would actually call you. You could’ve just looked up the number of a local chip shop and thrown it in there.

[@nicolad8822]

They need a phone number to send text updates about deliveries.

[@tinahairston6383]

"Otherwise popular dating site"...BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Virginia girl here and that's was fabulous, Laurence!

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

8:19 once upon a time, I could order things from people in Australia. Now, it takes at least an hour, to even find that record store. I own CDs for musicians that no one in the US remembers, or cares about: Powderfinger. I have a CD that I purchased from a shop Google hides from me now.

[@MurderMostFowl]

The Dairy Queen and Burger King joke was actually pretty hilarious

[@kevinbarry71]

As an American who is old enough, and skilled enough, to get on the Internet back before there was a worldwide web; I always detested AOL. Aside from their advertising; it let a bunch of people on the Internet who had not the slightest clue what they were doing.

[@uncletoby-]

Not unlike now. Present company excluded, of course.

[@acewickhamyoshi8330]

Australia had University internet 1976 to big 1989 World Wide Web .. dungeons .. & fan sites .. my favourite was MTV ... unfurled online .. but systems changed each 3 years .. 1979 IBM got most aust university contracts .. then 1982 Hewit Packard ,,.. i forgot 1985 brand ,, i was too busy chatting ,..i was always at university .. finally got home internet 2003 for myspace ,, wifi 2010.. lol.. ~living at university .. with ..no food in computer room policy .. ah,, when i saw people eating while using computer ..,, i thought ,.. oh ,, the audacity..

[@AndrewRoberts11]

Those accessing the Inter-web, via a real UK ISP, a Uni, their employers T2 line, in the early 90s, often refereed to UK AOL community as A-holes-On-Line, as the vast majority had not even visited America, let alone defected, on the promise on no taxes, a right to scalp French Lt's, and the obviously own guns and slaves whatever the Courts have on the books about their criminal or mental state.

[@markdecker6190]

My first exposure to the internet was while working for Xerox here in the US where we were using Alto computers to access other internal data sources. My first exposure to the WWW was when they outfitted us with early Compaq laptops complete with PCMCIA cards for connecting to the web, using the Mosaic browser. My first Winbox was also a Compaq and using a 14.4k modem and Compuserve to access the web but before that I had a Xerox PC with the CP/m OS and would dial in to bulletin boards using an acoustic modem. Had a pretty good collection of AOL cd's but never subscribed. Also used a regional ISP called Voicenet.

[@jcortese3300]

The Year September Never Ended ...

[@exstock]

I’m so jealous that so many UK things are voiced by my favorite Doctor Who, Dame Joanna Lumley! Love her, and LOVE her voice! I’m very bitter that my GPS persistently refuses to sound like her.

[@LindaC616]

Have you ever seen "Shirley Valentine"?

[@dougbrowning82]

I remember Joanna Lumley from "The Avengers".

[@Infpgirl5309]

My favorite character in Absolutely Fabulous!!

[@exstock]

@@LindaC616 I haven't! Although heh, I just read up on her role, and... yeah, seems like the kind of role she'd get cast in! 🤣

[@LindaC616]

@@exstock aw, you ruined the surprise! The film builds it up and the reveal comes near the end

[@user-rw3br9sl4j]

Every time I am presented with picking my favorite cookies, try as I may, I can't find oatmeal raisin listed anywhere. 😕

[@ReptarsaurusRex]

I find my favorite of oatmeal chocolate chip to be even more rare. What's worse is finding out after taking a bite that they're raisins and not chocolate chips 😭🤮

[@user-rw3br9sl4j]

@@ReptarsaurusRex I'll take 'em!

[@shelbynamels7948]

Bot alert. Nobody likes oatmeal raisin

[@llamasugar5478]

Molasses isn’t an option, either. 😢

[@llamasugar5478]

@@shelbynamels7948 😂

[@stevevanness4195]

A few years back I worked in a camera store and a regular customer (a British woman who reminded me of Tracy Ullman) was at the photo teller ordering prints when she said in a very loud English accent “ Oh how funny, it says English, but it has an American flag!” A guy who I worked with at the time leaned over to me and said “yeah, it should say American”

[@dougbrowning82]

Except, America doesn't even have its own language. It just uses a butchered form of English as its default. Instead of English or American, it should say, "American English". At least Americans get to chose their national option. In Canada, we either get the Union Jack or Stars and Stripes. The Maple Leaf usually leads us to Canadian French.

[@stevevanness4195]

We all have our own language, as I understand it, more modern English words have origins in the US than England, but it’s not important. I just found it amusing because I never thought about it having the wrong flag. Same with getting French when you see a maple leaf.

[@HikuroMishiro]

Considering American English more closely resembles older forms of English, it is much more accurate to say that England doesn't have it's own language, it just uses a butchered form of English as it's default.

[@stevevanness4195]

Yes, my wife is from Chine and I overheard her & my son using the word “Keyi” which technically means “can” but they told me it’s the same as OK and sounds similar. It made me wonder if ok is a slur of keyi. Incidentally, there is a version of chess in China, that made me question the origin of it. I always assumed it originated in Europe.

[@annabellelee4535]

@@stevevanness4195 Chess was born out of the Indian game chaturanga before the 600s AD.

[@culturecrashAL]

"Up next, where /did/ it all go wrong for Britain?" Holy crap my back was turned during that part and I had to rewind because I was SURE I'd just heard David Mitchell's voice...

[@iodinev]

Great, I'm never going to un-hear that

[@richardsbrandon5027]

Oh, you know my Uncle Dave??!!!

[@culturecrashAL]

@@richardsbrandon5027 If THAT David Mitchell (the Q.I./WILTY/TM&WL one, not the Cloud Atlas one) is actually your uncle, omg you're my new bff.

[@richardsbrandon5027]

@@culturecrashAL hahahahaha, is this David Mitchell from Kenosha WI??

[@donnabert]

Who cares if someone has your address? I'm GenX and we had these things called phone books back in the day that had everyone's address. The nervousness of the millennials makes me sad. People are kind.

[@sandybruce9092]

I still miss those old dial phones! Ours was in the kitchen and had a very long curly cord - it was still there in 2001 when Mom sold,the house😮

[@NextNate03]

Never heard of stalkers? There some crazy people out there that believes anything you tell them.

[@garyb6219]

You could have your number unpublished for a small fee.

[@shelbynamels7948]

Oh, the things i could do (to you) with your address and phone number. And I could do it from the other side of the world, I don't even have to leaf thru your local phone book and figure out which Jones, Smith, or Miller you are

[@od1452]

Wait until someone steals your ID.

[@jensschroder8214]

in German "Sie haben Post", English "you have post", American "you have mail"

[@arvettadelashmit9337]

I have learned to hate to shop almost anywhere. I'm not going to try to shop online. The bigger the box store does not mean you will find better quality and more choices. I live in Eastern Kentucky. To me it appears that all junk that will not sell in other areas of the U.S.A. is shipped here.

[@anath7589]

Google currency converter...does the work for you. Also, I shop at Meijer here in the Columbus OH area...it's HQ is in Michigan. I can pick my day & which hour I need...ususally pick Saturday, between 10am & 11 am, so some stores do offer that option.

[@nigelcole1936]

Ooh, I've never heard of the Internet and will never use it 😮

[@FunkFPV]

2:00 I’m impressed that you got that line out while being bitten by your cat 😜

[@Geoplanetjane]

Lawrence, a lot of us started in AOL. At one time, that was the only way to get connected if you traveled internationally, no matter where you were there were always local numbers to get connected with a telephone modem

[@Amokitty]

Kate Bush DOES save lives!! Love your laptop sticker. What fantastic taste in music you have there! Sending positive vibes from Puyallup. 😊

[@BenShapirosLowerLip]

5:25 Just install the browser extension "I Don't Care About Cookies". Problem solved.

[@seanvogel8067]

Or the extension, "Bugger Biscuits"

[@denisripley8699]

In 'snail-mail' terms; US Post has a Mailman who delivers 'post', whereas Royal Mail postman delivers 'mail'.

[@jamesmelody]

It is funny, none of the cookies that get saved ever remember that you have already consented to having cookies stored.

[@nickimontie]

I can't wait for you to hit 1 million, but I miss Tara. 😢

[@FozzyBBear]

Internet chat in the 90s, the first question was always: asl?

[@MrThingummy]

There have been people who call themselves Lord in the UK, notably Screaming Lord Sutch and Lord Hawhaw, so probably best not, but it's a free country.(I guess only older British will understand this.)

[@brianb5397]

I worked with the original voice of AOL, the “You’ve Got Mail” guy…Elwood Edwards at a TV station in Cleveland. Great guy. Nicest person you’d ever want to meet.

[@lisapop5219]

We used to have titles on the US web.

[@charlespaugh]

I assume British websites use biscuits instead of cookies 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@B-A-L]

We do have cookies in Britain, y'know.

[@lilithlove7]

The way you say goodbye at the end has always reminded me of the voice when logging off during the dial up days 😂

[@RAD6150]

I shop at several British and EU websites. I absolutely love the way they work! And Tyrrells are the best chip/crisps around. They pair perfectly with a Schweppes Agrumes Zero... I rarely drink pop (Michigan), but when I do, it's imported and excessively expensive. Currently waiting on a Dutch delivery that is late, almost a month...

[@rinoz47]

Hey, it's fine, was only 20 seconds ago I learned it was "You've got post" on AOL UK.

[@Myrtlecrack]

Oh Laurence! It is always a jolly day when you put out a new video! Cheers!

[@Yandarval]

AOL Online was known as Awful Online in the UK. Best use for those AOL CDs was, and still is, cup coasters.

[@slarti0001]

@Lost in the Pond: Honestly, your younger picture makes me think you could have been a member of Depeche Mode in the 80's. 😀

[@MsRENO1977]

The display of the US flag in Britain being a “war crime”….😂😂😂😂😂

[@AnotherLostBall]

He’s not condemning the display of the US flag in Britain. He’s condemning displaying the US flag next to the “English Language” option ….. we would refer to “English” (British flag) and “US English” (American flag).

[@robertszynal4745]

When I was in Ireland, I found that websites sometimes displayed an Irish flag for English, which is especially odd as the Irish language exists and is very much not English. Personally, I think of them as English (Traditional) and English (Simplified). 😆

[@NoOne-ev7vj]

@@AnotherLostBall not to split hairs but well to add to your statement. What falg dos the Americas us? cause as a natural US citizen I do not raise an American flag but the USA flag. I don't refer to the British flags or the french flags as the eruopian flags no they are euroipan but to end the rant America is the continent not the country.

[@matusfekete6503]

@@NoOne-ev7vj Interesting. In Europe when we refer to 'America' we mean USA. President... flag... US... of America, it all pertains to USA. In the same logic U.S. of A. does not encompass all countries on both American subcontinents, only USA.

[@philipmcniel4908]

@@matusfekete6503 Americans used to speak that way as well. Latin Americans take offense at this (and in their schools they teach that North America and South America are one continent called America, meaning they say there are 6 continents instead of 7). I personally don't see North and South America as the same continent, and I think if you're being inconsistent, you have to consider them two separate continents if you consider Asia and Africa as two continents, since both are separated by an isthmus with a canal running through it.

[@krisjonesuk]

I’m reminded that about 20 years ago if you wanted to install Apple software on a Mac you would be offered two options - English or International English. If you were British and you chose just English then your machine would display only American English. You’d have to reinstall the software with International English to get British spelling.

[@m2pt5]

Walmart (at least in my area) used to book in 1-hour increments, but they switched to 2-hour this month.

[@acf2802]

I don't believe for one second that clicking those buttons actually does jack squat for my privacy but it sure as hell annoys me. We should pass a law banning cookie privacy popups.

[@amherst88]

The list of 'titles' asked for in your name/address is hilarious (and, I suppose, the British Class System in action) -- the notion that human beings are differentiated in that way seems pretty alien on this side of the pond.

[@TheGreatAtario]

One of the primary points of the American Revolution, in fact

[@nicolad8822]

You don’t often see that level of choice, no idea why a supermarket would use it.

[@kevinoliver3083]

America is truly a classless society.

[@fluffycritter]

The cookie disclosure isn't actually part of the GDPR or related laws, it's just a common end-run that people have decided is Good Enough around the privacy aspects of the GDPR. The *intention* was that website operators would stop using non-functional tracking/analytics cookies to track user behavior, but the *result* is that website operators have just decided to make it end users' problems.

[@TheBurnsStuff]

I don't know why I started watching your videos. It's far from anything I normally would watch. I keep coming back to each new video. Now, I'm hooked. I'm subscribed and I'm glad I'm here for the ride.

[@lorrygoth]

As a Canadian I also dislike the US flag being used to represent English, it would make more sense for it to be the Union flag but the US is the global hegemon.

[@Jinxx9081]

I think it should depend on what English is being used, because depending on what type of English you are using the spelling, pronunciations, and even words themselves can change.

[@mikesmith-po8nd]

American here. I have noticed on foreign websites (especially European) it's common to have a choice of American (US flag) or British (Union Jack) English. Now I'm curious if any websites offer other English options, like Canadian, Australian, etc., or is American and British the only two choices?

[@Myrtlecrack]

On international websites the English language is usually represented by an British flag from what I have seen. What about us poor Aussies, Yanks, Canucks and Kiwis?

[@PhillipParr]

11:42 This elicited a snort. Also, "Title" used to be a required field in many credit reference agency systems, so it's pretty much a relic of that time that we still have.

[@CoolDudeClem]

I thought it was going to be about how internet is connected. In the UK, we need a cable line, a router, and of course a computer or some other device. In US, apparently from what I've seen, all you need to do is connect an antenna to the computer and boom, you've got internet.

[@edflintlaw]

You were a good looking kid. What happened?

[@Chalkyboy]

He got handsome

[@negativeindustrial]

I was shocked to find out he’s younger than I am.

[@nigelwylie01]

😮😂

[@kathygreer2097]

Yikes! 😂 How rude 😮

[@RheaAyase]

I moved to the UK two years ago. To this day it infuriates me how you can not achieve anything via email, and have to use a damn phone for everything and how everyone keeps calling you and leaving you voice mails where they ask to be called back. My voice mail even tells them that I don't do calls and spells out my very simple email for them. NOPE not possible.

[@thecosplaycrafter8017]

The most annoying thing to me is when American websites sidestep the cookie question by a pop-up that forces you to accept cookies or not be able to see the entire rest of the web page because it takes up 2/3 of the page alone.

[@golden_gloo]

From the thumbnail, this feels like it's perfectly set up to be a giant VPN ad lol. A few years back, the titles box could have been the perfect segway into an Established Titles sponsorship.

[@kjpmi]

As an American I have to say that I've been seeing the "Cookie preferences" message all over the place online over the past year or so. Not just EU or International websites either. It's definitely gaining some traction here in the US, especially with news organizations and other very popular websites.

[@annes7926]

In grad school, I did a comparison of chat room dialogue in AOL, AOL UK, AOL Canada, and a similar service in Australia. The results were not what I expected.

[@user-bv9jv7cy3h]

I get asked all the time to select cookie settings, and I live in the US. It exists on many websites and most frequently, you can now reject all cookies.

[@TomMaynard--TCM--]

One of your better 'programs'! Nicely produced, and funny as all get-out.

[@OhhCrapGuy]

It's kind of hilarious that the sponsor somehow ISN'T a VPN, considering that seeing what the web is like one of the few actual uses that makes sense for a VPN.

[@ianemery2925]

I noticed many years ago, that Google returns VERY different results on some topics, depending on where you are; a major controversial tech story in the US was top result on Google UK, but could not be found via Google in the US; I asked a group of fellow MMO gamers both in Europe and the US to try and find it - using the exact same search string, and NONE of the US players could get a result.

[@Sacto1654]

One thing Americans definitely have is a dramatic increase in download speeds since about 2015. The use of DOCSIS 3.1 over cable TV lines and increasing availability of fiber optic connections means the complants of too-slow Internet in the USA is starting to disappear.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

'Incogni' is also used (& advised) by the 'Blackbelt Barrister' too, if I recall it correctly.

[@davidburke1794]

I'm a US citizen but my spouse is from the U.K. So I signed up for Tesco and Sansbury accounts while visiting. Which worked out that during holidays I could order gifts to be delivered. But a few bad actors in the EU made U.K. Companies block foreign orders to be delivered to U.K. Addresses.

[@johnstewart150]

When I was in Scotland and Ireland for over a year I noticed a high level of censorship on the internet regarding history and politics

[@KnugLidi]

The biggest shock was for friends of ours that had spend 3 years living in Texas for work and then came back home to Canada. his was the time of Bush II and that invasion of Iraq. They hadn't realized that all the news they were seeing was entirely one sided.

[@MurderMostFowl]

Random 80’s trivia: Unless you had a Commodore 64 in the US, you had no ability to make a GBP symbol. You know… for all the times you need to add flair to words that start with L in them. £0£

[@BluegrassGeek]

Giving the American Internet a bigger laptop for the thumbnail was a fantastic choice. 😆