ITALIAN CULTURE SHOCKS | AMERICAN STUDENT IN ITALY

These are just a handful of things I’ve noticed since living in Italy! Have you experienced anything similar?
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[@semrose]

bruuuuh! as an italian who moved to the uk (so kind of reverse culture shock) the fact they don't kiss on the cheeks as greeting 😭😭😭😭 I embarrassed myself so many times ffs

[@aktdoa]

i've been on the opposite end, not knowing whether or not to kiss cheeks and having to just do an awkward hug thing LOL

[@y2vo35]

Non ho mai visto un italiano che baccia come saluto....bho....di dove sei?

[@enricofromm4994]

Italians talk with theirs hands! Told by someone who has been waving his hands all the time for the duration of the video, it's really hilarious!

[@aktdoa]

they’re rubbing off on me

[@bepinkfloyd814]

@@aktdoa lol

[@Laurelin70]

Wait. Here in Italy it is illegal to serve alcohol to minors (under 18 yo) too. If there is an adult who can guarantee for the minor, MAYBE you could. But there's no way that a (HONEST) bartender could give alcohol to a 15 yo. If a bartender sells or gives alcohol to a kid under 16 years, he and the owner of the bar can be arrested, if the kid is > 16 but < 18 they can be fined.

[@aktdoa]

where i'm staying at, i've been to several bars with people younger than 18 (but no younger than 16) and we've never once been asked for IDs or anything, the bartender served us w/out question 😬 sometimes their parents were there, but even then they never were like "are you the parent?" sooo maybe we just go to chill bars?

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

@@aktdoa A lot of bartenders don't care. I had my first glass of wine when I was like, fourteen.

[@bepinkfloyd814]

Lol i'm from south italy, Puglia. I never been asked ID to drink and i got my first drunk hangover when i was 14. Woke up in the hospital totally wasted. I Guess It depends from the places xD

[@Laurelin70]

@@bepinkfloyd814 You never got asked because a LOT of bar owners are criminals who only want to make money. But it's illegal and those bar owners or barpeople should be at least fined. And if you got into the hospital for that, they should be arrested.

[@bepinkfloyd814]

@@Laurelin70 eh si zia ma a Bari sai quant gliene frega alla gente? Stanno le baby gang di ragazzini che rompono le balle... il degrado è tanto e penso che il bar dove andai probabilmente è pure sotto protezioni di mafiosi, se ti metti a denunciare lo sai benissimo dove finisci in questo paese di mafia e omertà.

[@claudiograssi1037]

"Shops close between 12,30 and 15,00"; yes but just the small shops. Supermarkets and Shopping Centres are always open untill h 20-21

[@mimirym999]

anche le 24 da me

[@nael_tm]

I'm Spanish and I relate so much with how things work in Italy hahaha for me the difference is the US😆

[@Raphillon]

As an Italian I always feel at home when I go to Spain and I always find myself at ease with Spanish people I think we share the same general way of thinking and looking at things. In my experience Italy and Spain are really brother countries, I think I could live in Spain with little to no adaptation issues :)

[@bekind9827]

lmao I come from australia and most of the things he listed is normal here to (exept for the kid drinking thing) Americans r just strange lol

[@gabrielesantucci6189]

​@@bekind9827in Italy Kids don't drink!!! It's illegal to serve or sell alcohol before the age of 18!!!

[@bekind9827]

@@gabrielesantucci6189 um... I lived there for 3 months and they 100% do drink a lot. I was a 15 yr old student exchange kid there and a lot of my Italian friends would just go out and order drinks because they dont really ID or care that much haha. I honestly thought the drinking culture was much better than in Australia because in Australia kids only drink to get drunk and they drink to the point of throwing up and having terrible hang overs the next day. In Italy people still get drunk however they have more of an appreciation for what they are drinking. anyways that was just my obervations

[@giorgiodifrancesco4590]

@@bekind9827 The minor under 18 who buys the beer in Italy is not punished, but the shopkeeper who sells it to him is. Since 2017, administrative fines range from a minimum of 250 euros to a maximum of one thousand. Figures that increase further if a repeated violation is found, going in this case from a minimum of 500 to 2 thousand euros and up to the suspension of the activity for three months. Criminal sanctions remained unchanged. Your observation maybe are referred to a place. Where I live they don't serve alcohol to kids and this rule it's very strict. Furthermore, in Italy there are no hordes of troublesome drunkards that are seen in other European countries.

[@branc2658]

It's almost akward thinking that in the USA it's illegal to drink in public, but you can get a gun in public and shot anyone you want. Weird society.

[@aktdoa]

well it's definitely not encouraged to go out and shoot anyone you want, but I see your point. the US does seem lightyears behind other countries with some of their laws...like why can I get my drivers license at 16, but i can't vote till i'm 18, or drink till i'm 21?? why not just make it 18 for everything

[@giorgiodifrancesco4590]

In Italy you can drink in public only if the Municipalities allow it. In those where there are no problems with drunkenness, because people normally don't drink a lot, but only drink in company, while eating, to socialize, it is allowed. Where the number of drunkards is high, however, there is a tendency to ban it. Let's say that the way Italians drink is generally very different. When we go to the seaside, for example, we don't turn into crowds of annoying drunkards, while other peoples do it, in their youth, almost as if it were an initiatory journey.

[@Mirimes]

living with parents while being an adult many times is a necessity, many of those guys don't have a stable job/enough money to afford and maintain a house, or they can't afford nurses for parents... I'm pretty sure that if anybody could do what they want they'll go out of home sooner

[@aktdoa]

completely understandable :) in my experience in the USA, everyone wants to get out of their parents' house ASAP when they're teens cus they want to be on their own! But, of course like you said, that's not the case for everyone.

[@etienne1964it]

you can see that you are becoming Italian, because while you speak you move your hands

[@Claudiettamoli]

I'm italian and I taste a very little sip of beer when was 9 or 10 years old. My father give it to me. And since I was very young, my parents and my family told me how to drink: if you drink beer, don't drink wine.. If you wanna change your drink you have to choose something with more alcohol of your previous drink. in this way it's rare to waste

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

Italy doesn't have a minimum wage, btw. There's been talks about implementing one, but up until... not that long ago, it was more because it wasn't necessary - unions in Italy have been less devastated than they have in the US. That said... we're starting to face a lot of the same issues.

[@aktdoa]

thank you for that! I've had minimal interaction with the workforce in Italy, so I wasn't 100% sure what the minimum wage actually was here, but now i know there isn't one at all 😅

[@March2792]

В России тоже нет возможности съехать от родителей. Зарплата 20.000 рублей, съём квартиры 15.000 рублей, ещё 5.000 коммунальные услуги, на еду, проезд и на жизнь не остаётся.

[@mygetawayart]

The thing about allowing kids to drink is that if kids get used to handling alcohol responsibly from a young age, it'll be less likely for them to waste alcohol getting drunk, since wine is a big deal here but not just as a cultural thing, it's one of our biggest moneymakers and it has been for centuries so it's ingrained in our culture to drink responsibly (that's not to say that people don't get absolutely wasted here too but in general it happens less).

[@janmondragon444]

thank you for this dakota

[@jigglewigglefan1239]

Dakota those nails are amazing ❤️❤️

[@andreeabitirez7677]

Careful now with the hand gestures and the loud talking, that stuff rubs off on you faster than you think. I lived in Milan for three years during my bachelor and every time i saw my parents during breaks my mom would comment on my hand motions non stop. It’s especially bad when i start telling a story and i don’t even realize i’m doing it but then she’ll grab my hands and laugh and be like “calm down”. Not complaining though, i think i might like it better this way

[@susansharphaynes555]

I love your hair!

[@aktdoa]

i definitely need a trim but thank you!

[@LaburnumAnagyroides]

Actually, we Italians don't drink alcohol in the morning and our kids don't drink too. We can, sometimes, very rarely, let kids taste wine, a sip, no more. On the paper, teens can only drink after they turn 18. Sometimes they drink at parties when they're 14 or 15 and get wasted but they definitely hide from parents and law. We don't really use gestures that much. The difference is that we have a few gestures that can be translated into words. We both swear with our middle fingers, tho

[@enikocsaszar2874]

Okay but I saw the thumbnail and I was like: hUNgAry?😂😂

[@juiceboye]

Cool video bro!! Did you have to learn to drive manual or you already knew before you moved ?

[@aktdoa]

i didn't know how to drive manual and i still don't tbh 😅 my gf's mom has given me a few lessons but i've yet to get the hang of it

[@dereknewbury163]

Interesting video and very informative

[@kp1151]

Piacere, Girolamo Trombetta!

[@fraluppolo2652]

Nice video, i appreciated it, but its not totally true than minors can drink, in italy the legal age for drink alcohol is 18 years old, and no one stores will sell you a alcohol if you underage, but anyway try alcohol in Italy for a minor age is not a big drama like in america.

[@aktdoa]

I appreciate the feedback, this video is based on my personal experience so everything I listed is something I witnessed irl! Always happy to hear from other people tho :)

[@joecesa1013]

Really interestig video. Drinking: virtually no one in public is drunk--a few damaged souls, but that's it. They don't binge drink, get sloppy, fight. We have a serious problem with the stigma of drink, which in my opinion feeds the degative behaviour.

[@whiskyfacile]

Drinking all day? Boys drinking?? Not at all!!!!

[@aktdoa]

just my personal experiences!

[@stefanomarconi4675]

Have fun pretty boy....

[@cantrait7311]

Thanks for the video. Italians got it right with alcohol

[@aktdoa]

for some reason it all just tastes better here!

[@cantrait7311]

@@aktdoa Italian parents parents allow their kids to drink alcohol at a very young age, its simply part of the meals and culture. As a kid alcohol tastes like crud so good time to introduce it to them. The mystery is over Why hide alcohol from your kids? Never made sense to me.

[@bepinkfloyd814]

@@cantrait7311 i mean is not like out parents get Us drunk when we are Kids xD i never tried wine when i was a kid, i started drinking It when i was 15 or something. I Guess for americans 15 is still kid so idk

[@cantrait7311]

@@bepinkfloyd814 Never got us drunk but never discouraged sometimes encouraged us to taste the alcohol

[@sarossi3390]

Make a video in italian 🙃 ciao

[@pensodunquesono]

You are talking with hands too! ;)

[@aktdoa]

you should see my newer videos, i do it much more now

[@lucianomezzetta4332]

Nose rings are NOT an Italian thing.