The Crazy Sh*t Americans Say from Reddit

[@user-jv7ig6ie5b]

When I studied in Germany, I met more than one American who argued tooth and nail that they did not have an accent. My conclusion was that Americans think having an accent is some kind of slur rather than the inevitable byproduct of localised linguistic development.

[@lindapollock2105]

This is the one that really makes my blood boil. I'm a fan of a TV show where the two lead actors are Australian but they use American accents for the show. When I look at interviews they do where they speak with their normal Aussie accents there are always comments saying "I had no idea he/she had an ACCENT". I always reply "Everyone has an accent - even Americans" but they genuinely don't seem to understand what I mean. It's especially surprising when you consider the enormous range of different accents across America itself. People from Georgia do not sound the same as people from Boston.

[@user-jv7ig6ie5b]

@@lindapollock2105 it's genuinely baffling. "

[@someonerandom8552]

Linda Pollock May I enquire as to what TV show you speak of? It’s just that I’m Australian myself and I feel it is my duty to support my fellow Aussies.

[@lindapollock2105]

@@someonerandom8552 It's 'The 100'

[@someonerandom8552]

Linda Pollock Oh thanks

[@IreneFriederike]

When I attended an American highschool for a year in the late 90s a girl at that school asked me “So, but isn’t Germany, like, part of Russia now?” (she also thought Mercedes Benz was a US American company). When I mentioned this to the history teacher he just groaned and said “Some people wake up in the middle of the lesson, hear parts of it, and then fall back asleep.” But my favorite story is from a friend who went on an exchange to the States and her guest family gave her a tour of the house and in the kitchen they said “This is a re-fri-ge-ra-tor. We use it to keep our food cold.” And she responded “Yes, it’s a German refrigerator. It was made by Bosch, a German company.”

[@eliskaneugebauer5338]

Believe me it's even worse when you are from a country that was part of FORMER Eastern block, even some fellow Europeans (mainly from Western Europe) don't know your country exist. I won't ever forget this Spanish girl I met in Valencia and she asked where do I live and I said in Prague.. and she was like "oh so you are German than?" And when I was visiting the US many people thought that the Czech Republic is some third world country or something 😅 It makes me literally sad

[@IreneFriederike]

Eliška Neugebauerová , I can absolutely believe it! Maybe it is also an age thing. I definitely got more interested in places I hadn’t been yet once I was old enough to choose where I went and spent my holidays. Prague is so beautiful and full of wonderful history and fun places to go, I’m slightly envious now... will have to go back once this whole pandemic thing is over.

[@ericahealey2559]

Eliška Neugebauerová Not going to lie the only reason I know anything about the Czech Republic is because my great grandpap was Czechoslovakian. He was born there (obviously before it split into Czech Republic and Slovakia) and he grew up in Hungary before he came to the US in his late teens. He spoke Slovak and he would speak it to my sister and I when we were really little (she’s 8 years older so she remembers more than me whOOPS). I took a world cultures class in my junior year of hs (16-17 years old) and 90% of kids didn’t even know half of the countries in Eastern Europe. They thought half of the countries were made up when they heard their names. Americans truly are dense sometimes 😂😂😂

[@missgolgistain5801]

Haha. My parents have once been asked if we already have fridges in Germany.

[@IreneFriederike]

Arun Salwan , I am so glad you had nice kids come and stay with you. And I’m glad they had such a great time with you. My friend ended up having a great time and her family was really nice. The video I commented on, however, is titled “The Crazy Sh*t Americans Say from Reddit”. And so I contributed the CrazySh*t™️ that I had heard. I don’t quite understand where in my telling of the story I implied this was a universal story; I stated it had happened to a friend, I said this family said this.... Not even in my “Germany is part of Russia” story did I suggest that this was what ALL US-Americans think. But hit dogs holler, I guess. Don’t worry, everyone says StupidSh*t™️ once in a while.

[@WhatABarbieeGirl]

As a Brit studying abroad in the US I was asked by an American how we celebrate 4th July. I then had to explain what the 4th July was actually about to Americans

[@lisasweeney9676]

Also happened to me. My favourite was some America saying to me “ you guys don’t say the number 7 right?” Me “ uh. Yeah no. It’s insulting. In 1777, 700 men died fighting for the 7 kingdoms. So we say 5+2 or the less conventional 3+4.” He believed me.

[@mocha6315]

@@lisasweeney9676 that's genius I might gonna use that in future and see if it works

[@chaotic_44]

@@lisasweeney9676 I-

[@Peter_Saga]

@@lisasweeney9676 Oh my goodness HOW in the world did he believe you

[@lisasweeney9676]

@@Peter_Saga He brought it up. I asked him about a year later where he had got the idea from? He had watched as a kid some kids show in which he thought a British person was teaching kids to count but didn’t say 7. That stuck and when meeting me a Brit he asked about it.

[@nhugh23]

As an Irish person, I had an American that was staying in the hotel I was working in and literally reported me to my manager for speaking in Irish (this, btw was a Gaeltacht region, so Irish is the first language of a few people there) to the old man at the bar that only spoke Irish for speaking a language she couldn't understand (I just said, "the usual, Mattie?" and she thought I was badmouthing her), AFTER she told me that she is Irish (family went over after the famine in the 1850s) and that I was only pretending to be Irish and didn't know Irish because her daughter's name Brannagh is Irish and meant Raven and I pointed out Breanna in Welsh is Raven, Brannagh in Irish means Welshman. So I was speaking Irish to upset her while not being Irish with my Irish accent in my own country of.....Ireland...yeah, I don't really like American tourists, I always seem to get the A-holes. I know they can't all be a-holes, but the a-holes always seem to find me.

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

My fav is when a seppo Says YOu would say that to me back home! I respond yeah I wouldnt 1 becuase you need to shoot a man 14 inches shorter and 50 kgs liighter than you, for having a different opinion, and 2 I wouldnt be caught dead in your country ever again..

[@theparanoidandroid3583]

The mind boggles.

[@Shadowproto17]

Heads up. The people who tour there are the rich ones and the rich people here are the most entitled, snobby dumb-asses you'll meet.

[@dirkschwartz1689]

This is fucking hilarious! Also, are you sure you're Irish? You never once said "fucking" and even used a euphemism for assholes ;)

[@nhugh23]

@@dirkschwartz1689 I don't type my swears but honestly, I can't stop swearing, I am terrible!!! I had to half swear on here because I've been banned before for swearing. 😂

[@imnotlelo]

I once had a argued with an American over whether or not I a person who lives in South Africa has access to the internet or not...THE ARGUMENT WAS ON DISCORD AN ONLINE FORUM.

[@josh0011-z4w]

Me, being from South Africa too, have had many similar situations, like a debate how an American “knew” I was non-white due to whites being chased off the continent long ago, as well as the fact we don’t live in the bush and have advanced technology

[@medealkemy]

Wow 😲 That's a level of stupidity I didn't know could be achieved

[@goncalocarneiro3043]

Who knows, maybe the American has delusions and hallucinations frequently and thought they might be imagining a South African person, so they were arguing that you weren't real.

[@mayanotopsleep]

thats just so dumb. did u ask them about how do they think u can get into discord? i bet they will start screaming

[@imnotlelo]

@@mayanotopsleep I did, he insisted I was in a different country...

[@LadyQAB]

A friend of my mom was an American teacher, she has a lot of friends scattered throughout Europe (including us). She asked all her European friends to send in three word stereotypes that describe Americans. After she taught this to her students to show them what stereotypes people around the world have about America. The principal told her to not do that again because it messed with the kids patriotisms. This is an example of how not to learn anything about the outside world your bubble

[@thumbsup5524]

LadyQAB the idea of patriotism to americans is basically “america is the only important country” while patriotism in the rest of the world (except nk) is im proud to be from this country

[@anrach579]

So sad.

[@jacebeaty5476]

neds.a.bit.cudgy that’s not true

[@McNessie101]

Can we see the list?? I’m curious

[@LadyQAB]

@@McNessie101 I have never seen the list, it was a long time ago and I was fairly young. Also I think she just told my mom I don't think she actually showed her the answers of the other people. If I do find it I might share it

[@ChromeBirb]

"America was the first country to ban slavery" A big reason for the tensions between Mexico and the US in the 1840's and 1850's was because the Mexican government was protecting all slaves who emigrated to Mexico and they refused to deport them. The fact that any slave that sets foot in Mexican soil is now considered a free man is the first thing written in the Mexican constitution.

[@xiiaohao3871]

That is so wholesome.

[@romainviry3185]

Thanks for mentioning this historic fact

[@casie6609]

@Wind Rose It's what we're taught and a lot of what we're taught isn't true, unfortunately.

[@artifexi3570]

Also idk who banned slavery FIRST but I do know that England abolished it BEFORE the US… And I’m pretty sure the US was late to the abolition party hand they had Jim Crow too which the rest of the countries didn’t)

[@dinamosflams]

@Wind Rose well a Lot of countries did It later and If I'm not mystaken the last one was in this century somewhere in the middle Ásia (some 'stan'). Tbf It has been years since I've read the news on that. But the core of your point stands

[@SitiSaad]

I used to go to the US a lot for work. On one ocassion, I was attending a project meeting and mentioned that I love working from home as I have a young child. One of my American colleagues asked me, "How do you get internet on your boat?" . I was confused and asked, "Did you say boat?". Gurl thinks all these while I have been living in a boat! I am from Singapore!!!!! So I showed here the apartment building I lived in and she was "Oh it is just like New York" SMH

[@craig19]

I was on holiday in Iceland once and I overheard these Americans asking the hotel receptionist how to switch on the A/C in their room. The receptionist just stared at them and bluntly said: ‘You’re in Iceland...open the window’

[@hello--_-5188]

John P why

[@teshara]

@@hello--_-5188 because people jump out of them

[@hello--_-5188]

te'Shara Cromwell but they don’t open at all? Most windows where I live open just not enough for a body to jump out. That’s what I meant.

[@craig19]

Not to mention this hotel was only 2 stories high

[@teshara]

@@hello--_-5188 yeah, they dont open at all, Partial opening windows are also bolted shut to keep wildlife out. I know floor level rooms are usually bolted to keep intruders out. I've also noticed US hotel rooms have AC and the European hotels have windows that open so that might factor in as well.

[@poggies7639]

It’s actually frustrating because I’m from Ireland, my accent however is very subtle, so when I’m in the states and I say Irish they’re just like oh me too etc. And I’m like no but I’m actually from Ireland

[@spacedinosaurswithguitars1202]

I’d say your name makes up for it though.

[@Milamberinx]

@@spacedinosaurswithguitars1202 Ireland: We need more letters lads, keep shovelling them in!

[@Milamberinx]

@Beached Rat the reason Americans claim so much Irish ancestry is because Americans like Ireland, not because there's actually more Irish ancestry.

[@Milamberinx]

@Beached Rat your point about European migration to America is true, but I wonder if you've missed the point. Ireland is a small country and its period of peak migration wasn't very long, so there's not as much Irish blood as English, or French, or German. It's just that Americans like to think about their Irish ancestry more.

[@RumerPriestly]

@Beached Rat That doesn't have any bearing on what Shannon is saying though. They're right, we're an INCREDIBLY small island, and the huge Irish migration happened after the famine when the population was much smaller and had taken a huge hit. Statistically there's got to be a very small amount of genuinely irish blood over there compared to any other European country, American people just want to claim it more. The numbers reported are from "self identified" Irish Americans. In this very video we saw a girl get genuine confirmation that she has 0% Italian genetic make up, and decide, "Fuck that, I'm still a quarter Italian." Same vibe.

[@urturningviolet]

The literal definition of ambulance is: "a vehicle specially equipped for taking sick or injured people to and from the hospital, especially in emergencies." So actually, your taxi to the hospital.

[@misticl1244]

When he read this I actually cackled Lamo

[@branhan215124]

Wouldn't that mean a Stretcher counts as an ambulance? It's a vehicle specifically equipped to transport sick or injured people. Vehicles don't require wheels, for example a boat or a sled, so there's no reason not to call it a vehicle just cause it's powered by humans. If you wanna pull the "literal definition card" then a Taxi is primarily defined by it's status as a vehicle for hire, meaning an Ambulance is only a Taxi in America.

[@zombiegnomes1]

Actually for most Americans it would probably be cheaper to take a taxi to the hospital... Lmfao!

[@urturningviolet]

@@branhan215124 You're likely right. I imagine that's where the verb taxiing comes from.

[@branhan215124]

@@urturningviolet From what I understand, taxing and taxi both take their root from tax, which is a forced contribution based on some other metric. For actual taxes, that metric is money or land or other capital, for taxing it's your physical or mental exertion and for taxis, the metric is distance traveled. Thank you for coming to my TedTalk

[@SuperBlizzard77]

When I was a kid in high school I met some American tourists going from India to Nepal. I was kinda explaining how to get to the checkpoint at Nepal Border. Now I understand he was in bit of a trouble with language and I spoke English which in that area of India wasn't common. I told him India is one the most diverse country in terms of language. This guy responds with, "Well... It would just be better if all of you guys start speaking American instead." I just laughingly asked what about Nepal then, they would speak a different language too, to which he responds that all of Nepal should speak "American" too. And this was a conversation between a 15 year old me and a full grown man with 2 kids... 😔

[@TheQuigs89]

Did you tell him, there is no such thing as "American' 😂.

[@valsyaranamual6853]

Sad!

[@ScienceChild]

stupidity + arrogance = average american

[@elih6087]

Should've asked him why the USA doesn't speak Hindi

[@AllanMogensen]

@@elih6087 or Spanish, or Cherokee

[@stephfh]

“Military time“ or as Europe calls it... just time. :D

[@saxx9088]

Steffi you know it’s America when they just put military in front of something

[@myopidodi3058]

Every time he said it I'm like "It's a 24 hour clock", "military time" sounds so wrong to me, it's just 12 or 24 hour

[@Emma-vd6zf]

I was about to comment this 😂

[@nyx.8254]

What confuses me is that in amreican doctor shows they say like, "time of death 14: 25"

[@Sha-Ne-Ru]

i was more confused by him calling it military time xD hahaha

[@Flandenar]

Btw, russia uses metric system, 24-hours clock and celsius. "Cubits" were abandoned in 1925.

[@aaronmontgomery2055]

I don't know why but I heard you say motha Russia in your sentence for some reason

[@baylego]

@@aaronmontgomery2055 wat?

[@BraveSpy]

in 1917 even

[@svampebob007]

yeah in their defence when they said "Russia" I'm pretty sure they meant Soviet Russia, and probably thinks that "Russia" is an abbreviation of Soviet Russia.

[@BraveSpy]

@@svampebob007 yeah, but even "soviet russia" is just one of the ussr republics and that name somehow applied to the whole country by foreigners

[@niamhha9014]

My dad used to work in the US. One of his colleagues kept calling him and the other Scottish people there English! He thought it was funny or something when they corrected him. My dad started calling him Canadian, and the guy was genuinely offended.

[@klotz__]

​@Rita Roork No. The country is called "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". In short: UK. Scotland is part of the UK. England itself is part of the UK alongside Wales and Northern Ireland. Whereas England, Wales and Northern Ireland use the British Pound issued by the Bank of England, Scotland uses it's own money issued by the Bank of Scotland. Also Scotland even strives to leave the UK. If you would call a Scotsman English - I guess the answer would be a hit in your face.

[@TKDDLJ09]

@@klotz__ i didnt know scotland had its own currency!,,, that is so cool! 😍😍😍 good to know when i come visit sometime soon hopefully!!!!

[@Milamberinx]

@@TKDDLJ09 Scotland doesn't have its own currency, it has its own money, i.e. the physical objects (in this case notes and coins) you can exchange for goods and services. The currency is still Pound Sterling along with the rest of the UK.

[@charlestaylor3027]

@Rita Roork are you drunk? Scotland and England and Wales and Northern Ireland are part of the UK. Scotland and England have diverse laws and culture. I am sorry for your ignorance.

[@charlestaylor3027]

@@klotz__ so many errors, Scotland uses sterling as does the rest of the UK. What seems to be confusing you is the issuing of banknotes - Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale and Royal Bank of Scotland all issue their own notes. These are promissory notes that say on them that they can be exchanged for the face amount in Sterling. Northern Ireland also does the same. Wales and England used to but decided having individual banks issuing notes wasn't worth it. All of those issued notes are backed by money stored in the Bank of England. Only some Scots want to leave the UK. We built a special asylum for them at Holyrood. If you call a Scotsman English you might get a correction, most likely they would caterogise you as an "ignorant Yank" and simply ignore you.

[@thyra_UK]

At one time, when I was a kid, as a brit we thought it would be cool to be American. But now, 50 years later everyone laughs at them and they still dont realise it.

[@ladyladychickchick9133]

I do and it makes me sad. Living here is a waste of time, waste of energy.

[@rosshart9514]

50 years ago me and my friends thought it would be cool to be British. Then came Brexit and everybody laughs at them.

[@dasraiser]

@@rosshart9514 yea because we all wanted to be ruled by an unelected group that just want power, so no >50% of people wanted out of that shit show and now more people would agree it was a good thing.

[@rosshart9514]

​@@dasraiser Have a nice rest of your life repeating these moulding lies. Reality is just to ugly, isn't it?

[@dasraiser]

@@rosshart9514 Have a nice denial of facts, one being most counties in the EU want out, they see the writing on the wall too. Why would you like to live under an unelected set of self entitled people with only their pockets to line and the romanced idea of power to hold. I suggest you move to America for a taste of what's to come,.At least being out *we* can control our future, that is if the WEF can be avoided.

[@charlotjejane4521]

As an English person, Americans being confused about why we mock them has always confused me, like, are u aware that you act like... this??

[@dogmansun]

@bbonner422 and as with this sub, its not shit that 'Americans' say its shit that 'american conservatives' say. Why not have a whole thread on how men can have babies otherwise? lots of people would think that is a lot more crazy than saying your Irish. The framing for this is all a bit dishonest. I get your point about Irish history. Unless you go looking for it yourself, your not taught it, and RoI is part of the British Isiles, it should get some special treatment. (mind you, I didnt do 1066 or Henry 8ths wives at school so who knows)

[@charlotjejane4521]

@bbonner422 yeah, of course, there are a lot of ignorant English people, but if you compare generation to generation, it becomes pretty clear who acts the worst

[@seigeengine]

@bbonner422 "do Americans not realize they act like this?" Some twat: "NO U"

[@JoneseyBanana]

@@dogmansun American liberals are normally a little less cringe, as they tend to have a greater awareness of the world outside of the US. But they're not immune either. Examples that come to mind: - describing black people outside the US as "African Americans". E.g. Naomi Campbell was the first African American on the cover of Vogue. (...she's British) - similarly, assuming that privilege and oppression work in the same way everywhere. Class is arguably more of an issue in the UK than race, and a lot of US analysis completely glosses over class as a concept. - saying that Europe lacks flavourful food, and that only places like the US, South & Central America, Africa, India, etc, with substantial black or brown populations use herbs or spices. - claiming that Europe lacks cultural or ethnic diversity because "you're all white". (See also: treating Africa as one monolithic culture rather than a hugely diverse continent.) - "THE USA IS SO BIG AND DIVERSE THO - states are basically as different as countries!" seems to be prevalent in both political camps. Just lol. Etc.

[@louisa1514]

@bbonner422 I do agree that the history on the british empire is pretty shameful. In primary school we tend to focus on medieval amd ancient history, whether that be stuff like henry the eighth or egyptians. In secondary we tend to focus on modern history and stuff like the first and second world war or the wall street crash (basically it's american history or the world war, which is again pretty shameful - we learn nothing else about european history let alone from other continents like asia). However saying that, i don't think our attitude tends to be quite the same as American's? The Americans in this reddit make many assumptions whereas we're just genuinely ignorant and don't know about the crap we pulled. The most I know about Irish history is very vague, and the only reason i know anything about the famines is because of poem (I think called potatoes?) that we studied in an english literature lesson. Honestly, I think English literature taught a much more balanced look at history than our actual history lessons did.

[@AnoukhHellstream]

Im from sweden and i moved to the US.. i have lost count on how many times i’ve had to explain that “no, we do not have polar bears in our country” and “no, sweden is not switzerland”

[@maleineperle1770]

Why would they think that countries that only share some letters are the same country, that's so dumb...I can understand mixing the location up, as a misfit in geography I mix up capitals all the time but I don't assume similar sounding capitals are the same city...

[@thenamen935]

"You are from Switzerland so you're Swedish" I absolutly hate it when Switzerland and Sweden get used as synonyms. Nothing about your country personally, you are way better than Switzerland, but some national pride still hides inside of me and doesn't want to get called Swedish.

[@robertstevenwilson3349]

To be fair, Norway has polar bears, but maybe that's just because it's cooler than Sweden.

[@nicolasinvernizzi6140]

@@robertstevenwilson3349 also they have Svalbard wich is further north.

[@robertstevenwilson3349]

@@nicolasinvernizzi6140 And it's usually a bit cooler further north, isn't it?

[@KeplersDream]

"I'm as British as Queen Victoria!" "Oh, so your father was German, you're half-German and you married a German?"

[@rupertprawnworthy758]

The mother was also german.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

It's the same with me. I say that most of my ancestors were Normans, and there's always a wise guy who says "so your a Frenchman of Norwegian decent then?". Aargh! (for the record, I also have a dab of Huguenot blood - also French - Scots, which should be self-evident, a dab of Anglo-Saxon - Germano-Danish - and a smidge of Viking.)

[@fantastic_fantasy_word6675]

Same here! I'm 3/4 German,but everyone assumes that I'm Russian as soon as they learn that my parents were born there.

[@Geoff900]

Blackadder...

[@TimStamper89]

How many verses of God save the King?

[@imjustabee]

I'm late to this video but oh boy. I live in Cardiff (capital of Wales) and I can wholeheartedly say the dumbest thing I've heard an American say with my own ears was them referencing to the castle that's in the city centre, pointed at it and said (pretty loudly) "Wow, how did they fit the castle in the city? like it's amazing how they found a good spot for it" AS IF the castle wasn't built in 55 AD. But oh no the city came first and we somehow shoved a castle in the middle of it jesus when I tell you I cringed so hard

[@richardmossy5540]

I don't believe you! I'm a German, and your English grammar is terrible!

[@feliciasmith3195]

Please have a little mercy on American for that. In our country castle are not common place. The best know castles are in Disney. We have a hard time comprehending architecture lasting for centuries when buildings are demolished after 50 years routinely.

[@sinsinsinat5377]

Maybe Its one of those that you put in water then it swells.

[@dfuher968]

Yeah, Ive had that as well. A mindboggling number of Americans seem to think, that history only began, when their very young country began, that the UK, who they threw out, and the rest of Europe froze in time at that point and hasnt developed or changed in any way since then, and yeah, that castles are something built to entertain tourists.

[@ilmaba1756]

Probable the same guy who asked ''why was Windsor Castle built in the path of the airport runway?''...................

[@kateemma22]

Some Americans act like they invented the world and really they’re just the original Brexit.

[@helenemaja0912]

They are all immigrants

[@clarissagafoor5222]

True that. And one would have thought that looking at how well that went for them the Brits would have thought long and hard!!!!

[@orcus6803]

Not to mention our ancestors stole the very land we destroy all while we praise them for their "heroism"

[@matthewevans5486]

@@clarissagafoor5222 well if the UK is half as successful as America have been since they broke away the UK will be more than fine

[@Milkpastasoup]

@@orcus6803 they literally get taught incorrect history so they could feel important.

[@bobcatnm]

I’m American. One of the worst things I heard was “Jesus was the best American ever born” smh 🤦‍♂️

[@xiiaohao3871]

Sis what. And I oop-

[@NAME-yg8sl]

What did they learn at sunday school?

[@domi9146]

What in the actual fuck? O.o

[@dinamosflams]

I have good and bad news The good news is that Jesus came back to save us! The bad is that the US bombed him in iraq

[@harissahab2743]

Yeah they’ve clearly never opened a Bible 😂

[@alittlebitofkatie]

That tipping sign just read to me as: "we don't pay our staff enough"

[@wishy1741]

That is essentially what it says, as well as "We follow corrupt and greedy business practices from a hundred years ago meant to perpetuate discrimination against certain people."

[@Raqdolll]

Correction, "We don't pay our staff at all"

[@djlads]

@@wishy1741 You have shit workers rights in the US, no federal minimum wage, no sick pay, no paid vacation, no decent amount of vacation, no maternity or paternity paid leave.

[@wishy1741]

@@djlads I agree with the first statement wholeheartedly, but I would like to point out that those claims are inaccurate. "Decent amount of vacation" is rather poor wording as that is subjective, but most would agree that we don't have a reasonable amount of vacation time. The rest of those we do have, but many (including myself) argue that it is too little. Just informing you, and I do agree.

[@locarno24]

*We* screw our staff over then label *You* a bad person if you don't make up the difference. In many ways it's the bad stereotypes of American business culture in miniature.

[@madoldbatwoman]

Americans: "I'm Irish/Welsh/Scottish/English/Italian/German .... because my X number grandparent came from there!" Same Americans: "The whole slavery thing is ancient history, black people should just get over it. Leave the past in the past." I'm Welsh. I live in a small touristy area in Wales. We get a few American - and Canadian, though far less - visitors to the area looking into their previous history (there's a famous archive library nearby). I'm afraid they get, gently, put right when they claim to be Welsh. Ohh no cariad, you're not. You know nothing about us, except mining and choirs.

[@kathryntyley2957]

Is it just me or is "military time" an American saying anyway? Only ever heard it referred to as 24 hour clock

[@paytonlamers466]

Kathryn Tyley yeah, that’s what we call it in the states because it’s only really used by the American military

[@xoxokelsey9229]

Kathryn Tyley Right?!? I was like you mean a 24 hour clock

[@evan]

we call it military time because that's the only space it's used in the states

[@lucie4185]

@@evan I don't know many people who say 17. O'clock in the uk , usually i just auto translate to 5pm or say 17 hundred, maybe I'm just old?

[@Rebecca-fw3vm]

its literally just like digital time/24 hour clock? strange

[@raininginamsterdam118]

When I studied in the US, we had discussions on immigration in my history class. One guy said "well Germany has let in so many refugees that they no longer have a culture. There is no strudel anymore." His comment was just so dumb I had nothing to respond with. Also, all these people proudly talked about their international heritage; the immigration during the early 1900s is literally the only reason they were sitting in that classroom because America is such a huge melting pot of cultures. Yet they couldn't accept anyone else entering the country today. I was just face palming every single day of that class because of all the stupidity that surrounded me.

[@waltzingaranel]

The “melting pot” mixture is heterogenous not homogenous. Basic chemistry term but also a metaphor for the USA.

[@lovecinnamonxx]

Am German and can confirm that we now live in a sad, grey, strudelless world. Also pretzels are disappearing, roast pork is on the decline. We're headed for annihilation.

[@alvarofavela2918]

raininginamsterdam you have to understand that White America doesn’t have a problem with European immigration, it has a problem with Brown immigration.

[@krisstinarose6679]

@@alvarofavela2918 You make it seem like Americans are racist against brown immigrants. Hundreds of Mexicans flood our border all the time. It has become a problem. We have a problem against ILLEGAL immigration.

[@seigeengine]

If there's one thing I've learned about Americans, it's that they know literally nothing about foreign countries, but are happy to make things up about them to push whatever political nonsense they've swallowed lately. This is obviously a generalization. Don't come at me with your bs.

[@user-es7ui5mc1m]

When I lived in Ireland (I'm German) I genuinely had an American couple tell me they were visiting home. So I asked whether they were from here in Dublin or elsewhere in the country and the guy went "Oh no we've never been to Ireland before" Sir, you don't thank the bus drivers and you think craic is a drug, I'm pretty much more Irish than you and I've lived here for 2 months

[@user-es7ui5mc1m]

@bbonner422 Doing fine given the circumstances. See that's a different story. I really like that actually! You are definitely more Irish than most "Irish Americans". Just to clarify I don't think of myself as Irish at all either, I hope it was clear I was making a joke there. It'll always have a special place in my heart though

[@Pulsar-1919]

As an Irish person who has lived in Ireland my whole life, it amazes me how Americans act when they come here.

[@seeriktus]

They don't thank the bus drivers? Those poor guys

[@andresmason1551]

This is why reading is important..

[@Ofthevalley84]

Blood, Sweat and Smeraldo Flowers when I visited America as an Irish person, the amount of people who told me they were Irish then proceeded to talk through every stereotype there was was just amazing

[@lesliemccormick6527]

My favourite ever American-being-an-American story (and I have LOADS) is the middle-aged American man trying to "educate" the front desk clerk at Chateau Lake Louise in Alberta (where I worked at the time) that he could NOT use "them Queen stamps" to mail his postcards home because they were going to the U.S. and he therefore needed "good American stamps." She tried very patiently to explain how the global postal system works to no avail. Frustrated, he shouted, "If I was mailing these to England, I'd use these 'Queen' stamps, but I am mailing them to the YOO ESS OF AYY, SO I NEED AMERICAN STAMPS, HEAR!?!" Being told that they were Canadian stamps did not help. How did she finally resolve his "problem"? She pretended to call "the U.S. Postal Service" (another front desk clerk in the back room) who assured him that he could indeed use Canadian stamps as the country of origin determines the stamp used. Then he had to explain what THAT meant.... 😂😂😂 Bonus story: Man, looking at his Canadian change from a U.S. dollar, then on par, two dimes. "What are these 'boat tokens' for?" Canadian dimes have a picture of the Bluenose schooner on them. 🙄

[@danballe]

More of these please

[@lesliemccormick6527]

@@danballe Ok....Was walking down a guest corridor in the hotel and a gentleman was standing in front of the pop machine looking confused, one hand to his forehead, the other holding a quantity of change. As I passed by he turned, jerked his head at the machine and said, "Miss!? This here sody machine take Canadian coins?" We were in a hotel, in the Canadian Rockies, in a Canadian Province in Canada. I was a wicked creature in those days, and have a warped sense of humour, so I lowered my voice conspritorially and said, "Oooh, risky. Better not chance it. You never know what can happen. Best to just use good ol' American, eh?" He looked relieved, his face brightened and he said, "Oh, right! Good idea! Thank you!" Fun fact: in Canada all vending machines, stores, etc. will accept both Canadian and U.S. coin interchangeably, and almost always have.

[@vivienhodgson3299]

Sadly, such idiocy is not unique to Americans! I had a temporary secretarial job for a wine merchant in Bordeaux, France, in 1982. In June, we started receiving letters from UK university students who wanted to come grape-picking as a summer job. One of them enclosed a stamped self-addressed envelope in the hope of a favourable reply: the stamp was a UK postage stamp!!!

[@lesliemccormick6527]

@@vivienhodgson3299 Oh, dear.

[@locarno24]

Tipping really does show American business culture in microcosm. *We* screw over our staff, and if you don't make up the difference *You're* a bad person.

[@ZHibiki]

But America isn't the only country with tipping culture

[@xanpenguin754]

Better than other countries that screw over their staff but customers don’t help out.

[@luigiff3431]

@@ZHibiki no, but they're one of a few countries were servers aren't payed minimum wage and get most of their money through tips, that's their tipping culture, whilst every other place I've been to, the servers get payed a decent wage and tips are representative of how happy you were with the service, which makes way more sense than underpaying the people that carry food

[@ibnu9969]

I'm honestly shocked when a friend who studied there told me that tipping is more or less mandatory. It's horrible

[@snoopymccloud1875]

But if I keep tipping waiters, doesn't that make me a socialist?

[@internetuser969]

I'm a tour guide in Ireland. I was crossing the road with a large group in tow. Sometimes I get random people not with the tour spot me as a "local" they tend to ask me for directions to a pub/atm etc (no problem at all). But this day an American asked me why do traffic lights beep when the green man appears, I tell them its so blind people know the lights have changed. She replies "wow its so different here, we don't let blind people drive back in the states"

[@isthisjustfantasy7557]

😂 oh good god.

[@Chanbecky]

Possibly the funniest thing about this is that generally American states have far more relaxed rules about sight requirements for driving. I’m visually impaired and would have no chance of passing the U.K. requirements but there are loads of states where I’d be able to get a driving permit with some restrictions.

[@annfrancoole34]

love it - it sounds like a Brendan Grace joke (RIP Brendan)

[@internetuser969]

@@annfrancoole34 ill consider that the highest form of praise, loved me some Brendan Grace

[@romainviry3185]

🤣🤣🤣

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

An American once asked me to stop speaking in a 'foreign language' because they couldn't understand me and they'd been told that everyone spoke 'American' in the UK. I was speaking Welsh......in Wales. Side note; It's funny how Americans refer to it as 'military time', whilst we all just call it time.

[@Nokyyyyy]

Ooof That's a big level of stupid As a swiss, I heard americans coming to visit the country tend to not be able to understand swedish Neither do we

[@StormgemThunder]

Americans not realising that their language is just English with some word differences baffles me Like, it's called _English_ lessons not American lessons, right?

[@isaiahvaldez3330]

That ...... Uhhhhh, good ole american..... Pride....

[@alexjames6029]

I don't even have the words to describe how this made me feel 🤣

[@amethystlarktree5962]

I genuinely don't understand how some Americans manage to make it to adulthood.

[@JMS-2111]

I once heard an American say (verbatim) "The worst day in Murika, is better than the best day anywhere else." And I automatically thought "My boy, I'd rather live in the middle of the Sahara desert than anywhere near you." With the latest news from the US, my statement stands.

[@Max-hw7xl]

comment aged like wine

[@iFeelGlee]

"america is the reason you have cars" first off, germany, and second off JAPAN. most car brands are japanese. we have like, 3 brands with questionable quality consistency from what ive heard.

[@Sinyao]

It's even worse. Ford intentionally sabotaged their electric car research and production to suck, to tank sales, as an argument that no one wants electric cars.

[@MaiaPalazzo]

I swear I never see Japanese cars on repair shops unless it's for yearly maintenance...

[@justastudent1423]

@@MaiaPalazzo Toyota is king and Honda is very good. Nissan on the other hand...

[@nadiaarsenijevic8594]

@@MaiaPalazzo Toyota is basically tradition in our family😂 It's the only brand my father would drive because it's the safest and most durable!

[@c_amo]

korea too!

[@drTheoGeorgiou]

Was in Pisa (Italy) last year and witnessed a very loud US lady having an argument in a cafe when she received a glass of milk instead of the latte she ordered... I dont think I ever laughed so hard in my life. Barista was also having a great time.. XD

[@weyoheyo6367]

Haha these language fails are always funny but you can’t really blame her. As long as you don’t speak italian you won’t know what you order with a latte

[@teierabollente3642]

I'm Italian and when I was 12 I went to England for the first time in my life. I was so shocked when someone ordered a latte and I said "Wait so you just want a glass of milk?"😂

[@alicebettuzzi6390]

Omg... I'm Italian and I see things like that... Not very often but... Really?! Wow I'm gonna cry from the laughs

[@weyoheyo6367]

Alice Bettuzzi yeah it wont happen really often because the people order from some menu cards but the imagination is pretty funny

[@leporid257]

@@weyoheyo6367 yes because the beverage is called latte macchiato and "latte" is just a nickname.

[@stefanos6505]

Metric system is the official unit that every scientist has to use, USA too. Edit: New fact I found: imperial units official definition is its equivalent in metric.

[@naycnay]

The US's silly take on Imperial is actually based values of the metric system. The US is a metric calibrated country under the façade of USCS.

[@TgarMask]

It depends. A lot of the aerospace sector still uses imperial units. Even in the UK its pretty common for altitude to be measured in feet. Aerospace students have to learn to convert between the two freely

[@goopguy548]

@@TgarMask 99% of things are metric though, you will do some things in imperial, but those are also just used in general in the country, like height being measured in feet

[@mickys8065]

Technically everything is metric, because at some point anything that uses imperial (such as anything from tape measure to industrial sensors) get calibrated against metric units to ensure they are correct, which is really hilarious whenever Americans boast about their totally superior imperial

[@mickys8065]

@@saberswordsmen1 what are you on about? I was saying if something used imperial then it is technically still unknowingly using metric.

[@TheJpf79]

Its the fact that young children are forced to pledge allegience to a flag. That starts the issues.

[@hypsyzygy506]

That's so creepy. It's a very communist thing to do. Indoctrination at It's finest.

[@gerardflynn7382]

It's also very dystopian.

[@kierans1159]

@@gerardflynn7382 I think they believe 1984 is an instruction manual and The Handmaids Tale is an update.

[@dfuher968]

@timjohnathan Yet there are to this day regular stories of children being chastised by teacher, ridiculed, called unpatriotic, all the way up to being kicked out of school for refusing to do it. Imo, and that of most ppl I know of various European nationalities, the US has had a many decades long "patriotism" brainwashing going, from pledge of allegiance to whitewashing their history, both new and old, to a degree, thats almost North Korean style brainwashing. Its a serious problem, when nobody can refuse without facing retaliation, when they have the right to refuse (for now, some of ur politicians want to change that radically), and ppl being called unpatriotic and even traitors just for stating the obvious fact, that the US is not a perfect country, and that there is problems, that need to be addressed. U cant fix ur problems, when u cant even admit to them. Which is, how uve ended up throwing away the enormous advantage u guys had after WWII, as the only country left standing intact, and in many many ways are years and even decades behind the developed world, and in some areas even behind the less developed world.

[@silgen]

Don't worry, Trump will put a stop to that. They'll all be pledging allegiance to Trump instead.

[@disapearingboi]

RE : The Heritage thing. Countless times I've seen something posted online about Irish culture (for example slang words) there's dozens of posts saying 'I'm Irish and my family don't do this' - except follow up questions typically reveal those commentators don't live in Ireland. So of course they don't use Irish slang. They're American. Ireland. Not just for your grandparents. We still live here.

[@abbiemarsden9889]

Say it again for those in the back

[@neroquin]

Thank you

[@ArgUsaIsr]

I think you ignore why Americans do this. They are Irish. Their ancestry is linked by thousands of years to Europe and more particularly in Ireland. Their ancestors might have been in the US for 20 years or 400 years - that's still a fraction of time in their grand ancestry.

[@karenwaters9778]

yes, thank you. 👏👏

[@onetom2222]

@@ArgUsaIsr but since people try to move away from race, and cultural heritage has a much bigger impact on character, which supposedly "I'm irish" is a statement about they're not irish. Amongst americans they might differ by having irish heritage, but in the international community such a sentiment is a huge joke

[@faithelizabeth4110]

As an American, it's crazy talking to other Americans who went to school in different states and comparing what we learned/ how it was taught to us. Like the fact that some kids didn't learn about the civil rights movement or the civil war or other parts of AMERICAN history is completely wild (and should be unacceptable). Don't even get me started on what we learned about other countries.

[@ribottostudio]

I live in Arizona. Ranked one of the LOWEST for education. Yea. The tea when it comes to education in America is SCORCHING lol

[@ribottostudio]

@@presumedeagle10 ohhhh for sure why do you think all the ivy league be in the north east lol.

[@noone9472]

Please tell me what you learn about other countries lmao I want to know

[@laura__5544]

My civil rights movement education went something like this. Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks pointed out that some evil people in the south were still treating black people poorly, and everyone else was shocked and horrified so we fixed it right away. And then it was indeed fixed, hooray.

[@Lillith.]

@@presumedeagle10 Didn't you learn anything from before 3000 BCE? Nothing from before ancient Greece/Egyptians?

[@KahvellaZeko]

I remember being told "America is the greatest country in the world" and me thinking "That sounds like something the not greatest country would say"

[@AylaMarianna]

Like a straight man trying to convince women that they're a "nice guy", or like someone who keeps talking about how oh-soooo-generous they are.

[@hemidas]

"Any Man Who Must Say 'I Am The King' Is No True King" ~Tywin Lannister.

[@lovecat4everxxx401]

Excactly 😆

[@KahvellaZeko]

@@MvsicAdd7ct I know. It's always bothered me how Canadians refer to us as "Americans" I'm like Y'all don't pretend you're not involved here😂

[@achillec.1729]

@@hemidas I was thinking about the exact same quote, but I was sure someone had anticipated me... and I wasn't disappointed 🤣👍

[@Luck77332]

And we tend to be in awe every time we hear things like: “North Koreans think Kim Jong Il invented golf” or “North Koreans think they’ve won the world cup against Brazil”… Americans think they invented cars, internet, won the vietnam war, sent the first man to space. It is shocking that this is seen as normal!

[@valsyaranamual6853]

Invented everything,created the "American" language,Their gridiron World Cup -all teams from USA,same for baseball.Won the Vietnam war -no but they started it! Korea,Vietnam,Syria,Iraq,Afghanistan all Fails and started by the USA - and sucked in stupid allies.

[@GoldenTV3]

We did invent the internet though..

[@peter_meyer]

@@GoldenTV3Um, no, not really.

[@thewitness8321]

​@@peter_meyer The US military invented the first inter-computer network, But the World Wide Web (WWW) was invented in the 1990s by a English person working at CERN (EU)

[@dfuher968]

The Brits actually had a functioning computer 2 years b4 the Americans. The American leadership knew, but the Brits kept quiet about it publicly due to, u know, WWII and the need for secrecy.

[@Shalalacls]

You know, being actually Italian, I can't stop thinking of how weird the last name "Bambini" (literally "children") is... it sounds like one of those names that come from an orphanage, so this dude's ancestor might just have been registered by some Italian nun and now he thinks he's Italian

[@henriquesoares2343]

My father's coworker has Italian heritage (I believe he is the second or third generation here in Brazil) and has that last name, so I guess it must be legit but unusual

[@DickVanDick89]

Might be just like Esposito and other names given to children by orphanages. Also, I never heard anyone called Bambini

[@secretlybees]

my family came here in the 20's and america gave us the last name of the village we were from. maybe it's that kind of principal? americans just giving immigrants names?

[@tomasvrabec1845]

@@secretlybees It is so weird that America was just giving out Surnames but I guess if they didn't have one...

[@secretlybees]

@@tomasvrabec1845 yeah. they'd give different names if your family's was too ethnic/difficult to spell, or if you didn't have a last name/were a bastard.

[@valentina7590]

Recently I've realized how lucky I am to be born in Europe. The more i learn about the USA, more grateful i become about the fact i can go to a doctor in any EU country and not have to go in debt. Since I've been born i had a shitton of medical issues and had i been born in the usa my parents probably wouldn't be able to afford food.

[@orcus6803]

Bruh I wish I wasnt born in the US. Everything great we did was in the 1800s and 1900s and everyone's still jacking themselves off over it.

[@orcus6803]

Legit theres such a high people get from being like "I'm an AMERICAN"

[@stayforthepeelpronpls4774]

My family are reasonably poor but we scrape by just fine so we’re comfortable. If we lived in America we would be in so much debt because of our multiple health issues as a family. Life would be awful.

[@brookelauer3854]

Very true

[@acidead7904]

@Clorox Bleach What country is that?

[@theo4834]

The guy is right about ambulances not being taxis. Because they should be free, unlike taxis.

[@MarianKeller]

To add to the insult, German health insurance will pay for your taxi if you need it to get to your doctor or the hospital.

[@fantastic_fantasy_word6675]

Laughs in German

[@j.kaimori3848]

At least an ambulance shouldn't cost more than a taxi.

[@amim4701]

@@j.kaimori3848 do you know anything about the personnel, equipment, training, or anything else that goes into an ambulance?

[@v8ali8]

@@amim4701 Yeah, a lot of equipment and personnel and training goes into a firetruck, but we don't have to pay them to put out fires. Because they're an emergency service....

[@justsomedude6801]

Americans: I will never use the metric system Also Americans: can I get some 9mm bullets

[@Halophage]

"The ambulance is not your taxi to the hospital." T-then what is it...?

[@erickwang4943]

An actual taxi, since calling the ambulance is like the down payment for a car lol.

[@LS-oq7zw]

Erick Wang in England there free

[@katherinep1010]

@@erickwang4943 I was reading this too quickly and thought you said it's like the down payment for a child. Which would still be accurate. It took us years to pay off the bills from my first child's birth.

[@Liggliluff]

The ambulance isn't your taxi to the hospital; it isn't a taxi. It's a free ride for those in medical need.

[@lead_sommelier]

@Rita Roork ok so im a firefighter and about 50% of the calls we get are false alarms. Should we now make every call cost 4k just so people don't cause false alarms?

[@MSmith-zs4gd]

Oh man. I remember a few years back I was trying to get my family to learn a little bit if Italian before we go to Italy (you know to be respectful to the people there) and my parents were like "no they get a lot of Americans they'll all know English"... We proceeded to get lost in Venice because they didn't know English and we didn't know Italian... And guess who recognized a word on a sign that lead us back to the hotel...me... Who spent 2 weeks learning a bit of the language in my free time...

[@rogerwilco2]

Always learn a bit of a language when visiting another country. - Learn to count and very basic shopping (I would like to have 5 of these). - Learn to say thank you and hello. - Learn to ask for directions.

[@themadkitkat9302]

a very important one (imo) is being able to recognise or ask if theres an ingredient in the food youre getting so if youre allergic or for relgious/moral reasons you can spot if (insert thing) is in there i dont eat beef so i made sure i learnt it when going somewhere

[@idek7438]

In Italy, young people (like under the age of 35) and people in touristy areas generally do speak some English.

[@462n]

Even in Japan, where many signs are in English and they frequently have English menus (at least in Tokyo), the majority of people only know a bit of English (probably slightly more than the average person from the US knows of spanish) and they usually don't feel comfortable speaking it. It's hard for me to even imagine someone genuinely thinking that all Italians speak English.

[@bozmaister]

Yes sadly as an Italian, only new generations started learning English to a decent degree. 10 years ago i would get some uni studends in pubs pumping themself up speaking a broken english(mostly doing a direct translation of Italian, messing up the time of a verb "I did went to the park"). Its better now a days

[@raininginamsterdam118]

I'm from Sweden and I lived in the US as an exchange student for a year. Me and my friend from Thailand were talking to an American friend's mum and she literally outright told us "well Sweden is a better country because your English education is a lot better." She was seriously judging our countries solely based on our knowledge of English, with herself making zero effort to learn someone else's language.

[@deletedskagg]

American here. Born in Texas, graduated higher education in Florida, lived in Washington State and now living in SW Missouri. What is even more sad, in regard to fellow Americans not knowing about other countries? How about those that have no idea where their home state is located? Or the location of other states, cities, or regions in the US. People thinking there are no deserts in the US, or believing Canada as being a state of the US. Most people don't know our nation's capital, or even the difference between DC and Washington State. Like Evan said, pick up a book and read it!

[@nevillemason6791]

This is very sad and must largely be due to the low standard of education in certain states/areas or just generally. How do these people have anything like a skilled well paid job with such basic ignorance? It doesn't bode well for the country's economy and future if education isn't a priority.

[@EterPuralis]

I still can't get over the fact that you have to give the pledge of allegiance in school and then claim to be the land of the free 😂 guys, that's some soviet style nonsense

[@OBrasilo]

Not even Soviet. My mother grew up in the USSR and they didn't do any such thing in schools. The pledge of allegiance is more like outright fascist-style nonsense, especially considering that it originally involved the Bellamy salute which was basically raising your arm up high, which is something commonly seen in fascism.

[@Te3time]

It's so creepy when I first heard of it I thought they were joking

[@Andrew36597]

That’s one thing I always thought sounded so creepy about the states, in the UK it’s once every blue moon you even see the union flag and I reckon the amount of brits who can sing the national anthem beyond the first two lines could fit in one building. The idea of having to swear allegiance to an ideological symbol like a national flag is like a fascist/communist nightmare

[@jiggyprawn]

@Rita Roork The irony. 🤭

[@electracv9154]

@Rita Roork oh wow . Greatest country in the history of mankind ? The US is a bit over 200 years old , meanwhile other nations in Latin America, Europe and Asia have rich cultures and history dating BC. You have no culture whatsoever and your country was built on the backs of oppressed people from the very first moment settlers stepped foot in then native american soil . Americans have a god complex and you have just confirmed that your education system sucks and that you "proud" americans have a nationalism problem.

[@Skarix]

“Facts are nothing compared to my fear of a vague ideology I know nothing about” is the most ‘Murican thing I can imagine

[@ZoeBateman]

The USA is like the UK's annoying kid who is acting out but is gonna look back in a few hundred years and be embarrassed like "ugh, did I really do/say that?"

[@neroquin]

That's gonna be funny

[@Zoazie]

I usually just call them the redheaded stepchild of the black sheep of the imperial family :)

[@rogue_hitman6582]

The USA is Jason Todd, being an angsty, violent teenager with issues, and the UK is Batman being grompy with him and wishing he'd just calm down.

[@daisybelle3]

Heh, have you read the web comic Scandinavia and the World? The countries are represented by people who interact, it's pretty funny, and cute :)

[@matthiasannaberger2469]

No, it will still think its the greatest, and noone supports them, because they arent understood, because big brains, and they did everything correct.

[@annekekramer3835]

In the Netherlands, "American circumstances" is NOT a compliment!

[@couldntthinkofayoutubename6498]

I, an irishman, once had to explain to an american how st. Patrick's day is an irish tradition that was adopted by the americans, and not the other way around

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Oh my ... Okay, I don't know about St Patrick's day in Ireland, but in the US it seems to be mainly an excuse to drink green bear and waste money on cheap green hats. And possibly go around with a mic and a camera, asking "So, who was St Patrick" of half-drunken suckers in a cheap green hat.

[@couldntthinkofayoutubename6498]

@@Julia-lk8jn minus the hats and camera, it sounds the same as an irish st patricks day

[@Jezzebel1313]

No way!??? :D

[@WayToVibe]

I had to legit explain to my roommate (we're both American) that the Irish invented St. Patrick's day and it belongs to them. Americans just took it over in our country as an excuse to drink beer and dye rivers green. She lost it, railing about how the Irish don't celebrate St. Patrick's day and how America invented it to suppress other religions. Like... this woman is college-educated and the most intellectual person I know.

[@kawaiiamarii2240]

You're joking...

[@jamesbrawn5458]

I remember meeting an American guy, and he told us that he was a ‘native American’. Upon further questioning, it emerges that he was 1/32nd Cherokee. I asked what about the other 31/32? He was like ‘oh it is a mix of everything’. So I was like ‘so aren’t you really just a mix of everything?’ to which he said ‘no, I’m cherokee’. Five minutes later I asked ‘if you bought a bouquet of roses, and only one flower was actually a rose, would you still call it a bouquet of roses?’, he was like ‘hell no! Can’t be a bouquet of roses if only one is a rose!’ Me: So can you be Cherokee if only 1/32nd of you is Native American? Cue stunned silence

[@KaitlynBurtonISaGOD]

@Rita Roork lmao so your a christian white american patriot who doesnt want free health care believes guns are the best solution to your problems and you also part Cherokee? Did I miss anything cause its difficult to sift through all that bullshit coming out your mouth 🤣😂

[@KaitlynBurtonISaGOD]

@Rita Roork damn I think you're missing a few cogs upstairs. Were you dropped as a child? The facts are clear and yet you choose to ignore them so you can believe a stunted patriotic lie fed to you at young age

[@KaitlynBurtonISaGOD]

@Rita Roork omg your so defensive lol 🤣

[@YE-dr3zk]

@Rita Roork That doesn't mean shit, and according to the US, anyone who is Spaniard is not white. Tf?

[@YE-dr3zk]

@Rita Roork There are plenty white Spaniards with Germanic and Iberian ancestry, same with Portugal, which is somehow white? And not Spain? Dumbass chud.

[@laurenphilipp4337]

I always remember this time when I was a teen, I think we went to see the new Star Wars movie, and two (presumably) Americans in the theater started chanting "USA" as the movie started. To this day I cannot work out why. It haunts me.

[@madeniquevanwyk]

They like to do that. Remind everyone around them that they're actually indoctrinated

[@josh0011-z4w]

@@madeniquevanwyk haha exactly. I feel sorry for them to be truly honest.

[@medealkemy]

Phantom Menace or Force Awakens? Please tell me it was Force Awakens, half of the cast is not even American, oh the irony 😂👌

[@laurenphilipp4337]

@@medealkemy If my memory is correct... it was, indeed, The Force Awakens 😂😂

[@brandondavis7777]

@@medealkemy Star wars is an American series.

[@RogersRamblings]

Update: Henry Ford did not invent the production line. The credit for that goes to Marc Isambard Brunel (father of the renowned engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel) who built a production line in Portsmouth Dockyard to make blocks for the Royal Navy. Blocks are the things that ropes run through for controlling sails and other things (this is Englishsplaining for the Americans amongst us).

[@lulana9545]

Assembly lines have been in use since Ancient Greece or something.😅

[@dfuher968]

@@lulana9545 In 1 version or another, indeed. But Ive also heard several Americans, independent of each other and at different times over the years, claim, that Americans invented the wheel. So.... Oh, btw, I just recently read an article in an engineering magazine, that they have found traces in the oldest of the pyramids in Egypt (at Saqqara, not Giza), over 5,000 years old, of a hydraulic lift system run by steam inside the pyramid to lift up the block during the building.

[@gribblethemunchkin]

Pretty sure the Venetians used a production line system in the Venetian Arsenal to crank out huge numbers of galleys back at least 700 years ago (and possibly as far back as 900 years ago).

[@josephfoulger9628]

Neither of them invented the production line. I believe the Ford company did invent the mechanised production line. Whether Henry ford did or not I don’t know.

[@ODSD.77]

The Egyptians, 4000 years ago.

[@Darthpika5]

The worst part of that 'I'm Scandinavian' one is that Finland and Iceland aren't even Scandinavian, they're Nordic. Scandinavia is Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Finland, Iceland, and the Faeroe Islands are Nordic but not Scandinavian

[@silviaserafini4708]

The name Scandinavia indicates the Scandinavian peninsula, a geographic area that is divided between Norway, Finland and Sweden. So these 3 are the only Scandinavian countries

[@RickZune]

@@silviaserafini4708 Nope

[@Djenni99]

​@@silviaserafini4708 As someone who is Finnish, this isn't true. Scandinavia consists of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. If you want to include Finland in this list it would be called Fennoscandia as a whole. Johanna Lindkvist (in a thread above) put the reasons as to why this is really well, so I'll include what they said: "Finland is not part of Scandinavia. It has to do with the mountain chain "Skanderna" (=the Scandes/Scandinavian Mountains) that basically is what's dividing Norway and Sweden and also is the reason why Denmark exists, with the landmass rising up from the ocean. The Scandes does not go all the way into Finland. Finland and Iceland are however part of the Nordic countries alongside the Scandinavian ones. "

[@silviaserafini4708]

@@Djenni99 Yes I checked and you are right. I'm italian and here we're taught that basically the Scandinavian Peninsula is the geographic region that has Finland, Norway and Sweden (hence the term "Scandinavian countries"). And I've never questioned this belief because it made sense. Anyway thank you for the explanation, today I learned a new thing :)

[@Djenni99]

@@silviaserafini4708 no worries! :)

[@robertgronewold3326]

Oh god, yes, this American has cringed so much while watching this video. The worst part is the sheer number of family members I have who would TOTALLY make statements on this....

[@wilmaknickersfit]

It is very funny though! 😁

[@cmldzab9438]

I was born in Peru. My parents met while working there, got married, had me and 8 years after they had me, they moved us to the states. I will never forget how a teacher and like 3 students genuinely got mad at me for saying Peru is in South America and not in Mexico….. the teacher even changed my behavior card to red (it’s green, yellow, red) because of that conversation and I didn’t get a prize at the end of the week because of it and I was so sad. That set the whole tone for our stay in the states. 4 years later my family moved us again to the other part of the world and I was glad to not be in the states anymore lolol. We only go to visit my parents family and I have to prepare in advance for the ignorance and stupidity.

[@Jezzebel1313]

Holy Moses. That's irritating.

[@isaiahvaldez3330]

The fuck kinda state you went too?

[@JW-uy2on]

You have got to be kidding.

[@someernie6179]

Such a horrible experience, greetings from Hong Kong

[@MammalianCreature]

Ignorance is scary, it holds a power over people. A power to form mobs.

[@nalinea18]

US Military: "Hercules, the Angel of Death!" My German friend: "They really just used Angel of Death like it's a positive thing…" Me (a Finn): "Wait, yeah, that sounds wrong… wasn't Josef Mengele called that?" My friend: "Yup." **cringing hard enough to burst a blood vessel**

[@ailis2635]

Evan is calling out American's who think they're Irish cause their great-great-great granddad's sister's cousin's dog is Irish, and I am hERE FOR IT

[@mouseyrumbal4067]

You didn't need to add sister's as e.g. my cousin is my brother's cousin

[@ailis2635]

@@mouseyrumbal4067 I know that why are u being pedantic about it it's literally just a joke comment

[@mouseyrumbal4067]

@@ailis2635 I'm sorry but is it again the law to correct someone

[@ailis2635]

@@mouseyrumbal4067 nah but y did u feel the need to correct me I don't get it like I'm clearly exaggerating in my comment

[@mouseyrumbal4067]

@@ailis2635 because I don't trouble getting the job just because you understand me extremely simple I'm just looking out for you to get mad at me

[@fatnose0]

I honestly just think America has a patriotism problem.

[@YourLocalMairaaboo]

The one on the date order was epic though. 6:11

[@junhansguitar1036]

imAmerican and i agree totally. it gets really annoying

[@books2438]

I went on a road trip in the US last year and was surprised to see that no matter how deep into the middle of nowhere you were, you still ended up encountering many american flags. Like I’ve never seen that anywhere else. Obviously that’s not the problem itself, but it just goes to show I guess. And yeah their patriotism is border-lining on propaganda

[@ricochet4674]

@@books2438 border-lining? It is just straight propaganda at this point.

[@leporid257]

i think it's past patriotism and more nationalism at this point.

[@florentinenice9146]

"The US was the first to ban slavery" I am surprised no one mentioned the fact that other countries didn't have to ban it. Some didn't have the problem of slavery. So this "first to ban it" would be a weird flex for me.

[@abenagyampo]

The U.S. was the 3rd to last country in the entire Western Hemisphere to ban slavery. There are records of slaves running to Canada and Mexico in search of freedom. I just hate American nationalists. They’re so embarrassing. 😭

[@sawaalbino]

I was thinking the same! There is no history of slavery in my country! THAT should be something

[@TalesOfWar]

It's kind of along the lines of "I was the first to stop beating my spouse!" ... maybe you shouldn't have been beating them to begin with?

[@xymonau2468]

@@abenagyampo The American civil war was over slavery.

[@paulm2467]

It was illegal in England from the 12th century, slaves who were brought to England could legally walk away and declare themselves free. This was confirmed in a law court in 1569 when the judge famously declared “England has too pure an air for slaves to breathe in”. There are very few countries that never had slavery, the only ones that I know of are post slavery countries that didn’t exist until after the British campaign against slavery began, Liberia and Australia for example.

[@jma.87]

As an American (with Italian citizenship via ancestry ... No, I don't claim to be 'Italian' in the way our fellow native New Jerseyans do 😅), this is precisely why my wife and I are getting the hell out of Florida and the US. These comments would be hilarious... if it wasn't so scary and depressingly true. Everything is way too divisive, polarizing, and unstable. It's just getting worse heading into 2024 and beyond. My wife has chronic health issues, and it's also clear our ideals/values do not align here - both are big factors. We're planning on a move to Ireland. After we obtain Irish citizenship 5+yrs in, who knows, we might be joining you in the UK depending on professional opportunities. I'm very privileged to be able to leave so easily, I recognize that and I'm very grateful. From one New Jerseyan to another, great channel. Love your sense of humor. Cheers.

[@zoefarris2409]

years ago, on a bbs (before the internet as we know it) I was talking to a 14 year old American boy. As I'm from Australia and we started talking about what time it was I told him it was the afternoon of the next day (for him). He couldn't get it. Started calling me a liar because America came first in everything. Apparently hadn't heard of the international date line. I suggested he ask his teacher about it. I never saw him online again, so don't know if he avoided the time or changed his nick. Would have been interesting to hear how the teacher explained it. hmmm, maybe he grew up to be a flat earther!

[@maxxcreese9911]

Most likely.

[@xiiaohao3871]

He's just a teenager. Most teenagers, including me, think about dumb shit sometimes.

[@jennyh4025]

@@xiiaohao3871 🤔 I knew about that when I was about 10 or 11, it’s one of the first things I learned in geography. But then again I’m European, so what do I know. 🤷‍♀️

[@RonLarhz]

Hahahaha

[@mx.pixiedowner4593]

@@xiiaohao3871 No, most teenagers aren't complete idiots, though you might have been.

[@lemonjumpa47]

“Do you have cars in Italy” no, we ride pigs

[@isaiahvaldez3330]

I knew it Fuck I hate my country's educational system

[@TalesOfWar]

I thought you drove wasps?

[@KinjiroTheThunder]

Pigs are fun, also, I love your PFP, Lemon

[@mermaidmoon2254]

I was told by an American that pizza was an American invention. I'm Italian. I was this close to snap the man's neck...

[@isaiahvaldez3330]

@@mermaidmoon2254 maybe he was thinking of the deep dish pizza or something Anyway that is just one dumb fuck, Italians are the epitome of pizza people, That's the most common stereotype along with hand signals.

[@stinesfloy]

Im norwegian and once a spanish friend of mine had friends from america visiting. One of them told me that I looked so american. You know when people say something stupid and then realize it...I was waiting for that moment. It never came. Weeks later we were out hiking and one person in our group fell and broke her leg. Poor girl was sobbing and throwing up. We were kinda in the middle of no mans land and at least one hour walk from our cars. My friend picked up the phone to call the ambulance and one of the americans said she shouldt do that because it would be so expensive. And that we could carry her to the car. My friend ignored her. Later the same american asked what the bill was and we explained why it was free. He then went on a rant about how much better the american system was. I was like... Dude. You suggested that we carry our friend that had a bonepipe sticking out of her leg. For an hour long walk. Thats your better system?

[@May-Hope]

Can't do shit when ppl refuse to reflect. Most ppl have serious problems with admitting something is wrong if it's always been that way for them

[@jaredf6205]

Bonepipe

[@KlavierMenn]

I think he just got defensive because it was a free thing. Which does confuse me because isn't america all about 'free'dom?

[@KlavierMenn]

@Gareth Tucker Yell, yes, but that's is what the taxes are for.

[@KlavierMenn]

@Gareth Tucker So do we, on taxes on services and products we buy.

[@purplelamington279]

Worst thing I've heard an American say is that their favourite nfl team are 'World Champions' after the superbowl. This was a while ago😂😂😂😂😂

[@dfuher968]

Yeah, they also call their baseball league the "World Series". And I once heard an American, when confronted with their complete lack of rugby success (after denigrating rugby), bite back with "well, how many Super Bowls does ur country have??".

[@electracv9154]

"It is really upsetting that america used to be a country that people looked to for inspiration" I can tell you for a fact that none of the numerous countries the US has invaded or staged coups in , has ever done such thing. If there's something to admire in the US is how spectacularly capitalism has failed and how much propaganda your schools feed you .

[@Gaia_Seraphina]

Only parts of the american lifestyle ( food & cinema ) was cherished in Europe. And the food turned out to be a biological/chemical weapon of mass destruction.

[@spaceowl5957]

My dad actually told me that the US was seen in a very positive light when he was a child (he was born in the 50s in Germany) but it started to change with the Vietnam war.

[@electracv9154]

@@spaceowl5957 perhaps in West Germany yes, the US was seen in a good light after ww2 , however I was more so talking about the many countries in Latin America and Greece that had military coups staged by the CIA and then about the countries in the Middle East that the US attacked . The anti-american sentiment is prevalent in quite a lot of these countries

[@laurainathunderstorm]

@@electracv9154 as a person from Latam whose country went into dictatorship with help of the CIA I can say you're absolutely right

[@nox8730]

The USA was never really seen in a good way after WWII in France. Because during the war, and after the war, the USA tried to take control over France, while France was striving for Independance. So, from the 50's onwards, it has been a struggle against American's imperialism for us, while trying to maintain the old alliance at the same time. I do not think that the USA were well regarded in France, aside from the memory of seeing American troops following the Général Leclerc when Paris was freed.

[@sarahwright2271]

once i saw this tweet saying that the us is like a third world country wearing a gucci belt, and after watching this i find that to be a understatement.

[@kayla4551]

That's soooo true

[@sovandeprins2663]

the way i mentally have come to refer to the us is honestly a second world country. its clearly not third world, but comparing it to many other first world countries theres just some veeeery odd hiccups yknow? therefor, second world :v

[@simonkraemer3725]

@@sovandeprins2663 Well, a second world country actually refers to the former sowjet communistic states. I like to think about the USA as a third world country plus 😜

[@sovandeprins2663]

Simon Kraemer i suppose you are right about that 🤔 very odd how googling around lists germany as second world, it seems weirdly defined but who knows. Agreed though that americas certainly a hidden third world nation 😉

[@simonkraemer3725]

@@sovandeprins2663 Haha, I think you've got the "wrong" Germany ^^ Till the 1990 Germany was split into West and East and West Germany always was a first world country (since it belonged to the developed western nations) and East Germany was a satelite state of Soviet Russia, that's why it was a second world country. Today the words "first/second/third world country" are outdated, you just refer to them as developing or developed nations (or there might be a more pc term for that)

[@LetMattEntertainYou]

No one in the UK says "14 o'clock" though. They may write "14:00" but they say "2 o'clock".

[@tomasvrabec1845]

:D It confuses my flatmates sometimes when they ask "What time is it" and I answer something like "18". I started to say "18, so 6" and now when I say just 18 they know what I mean.

[@timecrayon]

he said in the video that he knows nobody actually says 16 o'clock, but that's just what his brain does because he isn't used to it

[@mountaindebby1211]

I say Fourteen hundred

[@tomate3391]

I guess more or less in the whole Europe we use both, the 12h and the 24h system. The 12h clock seems less formal or more casual. But it is never called it military time, afaik.

[@gery8218]

In Austria we use both ways

[@andrewrixon2347]

I once upset a guy who was telling his son in the Smithsonian Air & Space museum in Washington DC that the Spitfire aircraft was built & designed in America and they gave it to the poor Brits…he didn’t like it when I corrected him and told him who designed it, it’s heritage & the fact Packard couldn’t understand the blue prints from Rolls Royce and had to build their own engine !..He quickly hustled his kid away from me

[@jackiesharp018]

Bernie: makes a genuine argument that we advoid ambulances cause we can't afford them Americans: then don't die.

[@ashleyreist7338]

Like literally though I can't stop thinking about that statment. My 90something year old neighbor(passed away several years ago now) fell in his driveway going to get the mail busted his arm open so bad the tendon was showing, severed his ulnar artery in his wrist and had been sitting in a very large and still growing pool of his own blood for every bit of 15 minutes before I found him. He lived alone and it was early afternoon school hadn't even let out yet so no real traffic going through our cul-de-sac to see him as most of the neighbor hood was in school or at work. I had to pick him up get him inside I was about to call 911 but he REFUSED, like adamantly refused, to call an ambulance. As I was panicing trying to remember my basic first aid training from high school and trying to slow the bleeding he was saying to call his daughter who lived ONE HOUR AWAY to take him to the ER and that he would wait for her. I was luckily 17 and with my own vehical so I (respectfully) told him to hush it and had my classmate who had just gotten home across the street get my car for me and I drove him myself. The nearest hospital was 20 minutes away, rural area. Like this man was a World War II vet, still lived on his own, was a badass in his own right even at his age, and was literally the sweetest man I have ever met I'd known him basically all my life and I just don't understand how he was ok with gambling with his life like that and worse how OTHERS can force him to have to gamble with his life like that because no one wants to bite the bullet and get a small tax hike for universal healthcare then turn right around and preach "PROTECT OUR VETS!" makes me physically ill.

[@TalesOfWar]

@@ashleyreist7338 The sickest irony there is that the US pays more in taxes on healthcare than any other developed nation that has universal health care. By quite a lot. On top of also having to pay insurance and the rest of it. It's a disgusting, barbaric system. That people defend this system confuses me to no end.

[@ashleyreist7338]

@@TalesOfWar Its because everything revolves around the almighty $, but I actually didn't know that about the taxes and stuff thats insane! I've been in an LDR with a Brit and we were talking about moving given I have a toddler and he doesn't it would be less hassle for him to move over here(his idea not mine, also my mother would also flay me living if I shipped her grandson overseas) but when I started talking about some healthcare issues I had here he was like "...are you POSITIVE you don't want to move over here?" Like my kids pediatrician said he may have a liver disease because he was showing distressing symptoms. You know how long it took my to get him in to a specalist from the time he was reffered at 10 months old? 6. 6 fucking months and they didn't even run tests. Went by one blood test he had at 10 months old, talked to me a little, still couldn't give an explination on what was going on with him, and the hospital bill was astronomical. But if something HAD been wrong with him the subseqent bills also would have, which is I think why ths shit takes so long. Makes me think the wrath of grandma may not be so bad in the long run.

[@midwestmutineer7675]

American here that voted for that man, volunteered for his campaign(s) and was a delegate. He was fought against more by his own party than the conservatives oddly. So sad.

[@caleightaylor1107]

I live in Scotland but my mum is American I go there every year,when I was 10 I went to a summer camp in America, when some other people at the camp found out I lived in Scotland they were shocked and one of them asked “do they speak English?”...I had no idea that people in America had no idea about other countries.

[@aaronmontgomery2055]

To be fair some of the kingdoms in the UK speak a different language like Welsh and I believe the Scotts as you claim to be still somewhat speak Gaelic correct?

[@A-ID-A-M]

Nah this is a valid question. They probably just asked it incorrectly. Scotland has 3 languages, Scot Gaelic, Scots, and English.

[@Peejay1966]

@@aaronmontgomery2055 that would be Scots not Scotts. Easy mistake. It's true about Gaelic. But only about 1% (and maybe even less) speak it here now, with the language mostly found in the Outer Hebrides. Strange you would question Caleigh's nationality, though.

[@Peejay1966]

​@@A-ID-A-M I doubt it was asked incorrectly. Do you really think a 10-year-old American knows of Scots and Scots Gaelic?

[@A-ID-A-M]

@@Peejay1966 my point exactly.

[@2009heyhow]

An American couple that was hanging out in our town square asked why this Dutch town was hanging Canadian flags. So we told him that Canadian forces liberated big parts of the north of the Netherlands. He did not believe it and claimed that Americans did "all" the work. So it had to be a wiki page to finally make the guy believe it. Like if we don't even know the history of our liberation....

[@TheQuigs89]

TBF if you watched Hollywood Movies you would believe they did it all by themselves.

[@dasbertl]

​@@TheQuigs89 Of course, the war started one day before d-day... didn't you know that? 🤣🤣

[@evelynelewis7151]

My father, born a Belgian, belonged to the Brigade Piron, Trained in Britain. They were instrumental in liberating Normandy, Belgium, the Netherlands (canal de Wesem) and reached Germany, all with the British and Canadian troops. No American in sight, although they recognised their fundamental role on D-Day, along with the Brits, Canadians and a few French.

[@Tattletale97]

West Africa Squadron silently sailing through~

[@abnormallynormal8823]

“Our Employees survive on your kind tips! 🥰” In other words “We don’t respect our employees enough to pay them a living wage, so now that’s your job. Lol, thanks”

[@matwatson7947]

Emphasise the word 'survive'

[@allykid4720]

"Are you a socialist?!"

[@wfcoaker1398]

Isn't it funny how they expect private citizens to subsidize their business, but if the government does it, it's "socialism"?

[@ninaweinberg5008]

"Then the business should not exist!"

[@angiealphabet5259]

Translation: This Industry operates on Slave Labour and the customers get to pay the wages 👌

[@esmee928]

Don't know whether to be frustrated with Americans or pity them because of their poor education system

[@chloewaterworth2155]

Esme they literally are taught lies smh 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@robertgronewold3326]

@@chloewaterworth2155 We're not only taught lies, its that our system is so disjointed. Technically, each state is an individual country with individual rules and regulations. One state might encourage geography lessons for example, like my home state of Iowa, while another states won't. There are often no fully federal mandates for universal education, which causes problems like the idiots above. Heck, in Kentucky, it's still illegal to teach biology student's the theory of evolution. Plus, we are also often dealing with a lot of teachers who are in their 60's or older, and were taught themselves under very outdated beliefs that they then parrot on to their future students, leading to even more problems.

[@Ailrent]

Do both. We hate our education system too, and I'm frustrated with a lot of my own people as well 😂

[@avi5052]

@@Ailrent nice pfp

[@Ailrent]

@@avi5052 Thanks! ☕

[@lucid6891]

I don't get month first. Like it makes sense when it's in ascending order. Day-month-year. Regular increments. Month-day-year seems ass-backwards to me.

[@josh0011-z4w]

I totally agree

[@everyone4352]

Fun fact:Day-Month-year is used exclusively for holidays and professional reasons on some countries like the philippines meanwhile Month-Day-Year is used on any context except for holidays and professional reasons

[@medealkemy]

Ascending order: ok Descending order: ok Month-day-year: wtf is wrong with you

[@maleineperle1770]

@@medealkemy It could be worse! Imagine year/day of the week/month/day. 2021 Friday June 25, now that's practical

[@elektraeriseros]

We write it the way we say it. If you ask me what the date is I'm going to say "it's June 1st", not "it's the first of June". No shade on the second way, it just takes more time, lol.

[@heriberthuber54]

We had an american "Ausstauschüler" that brought extra blankets and bottled water to germany because he was told we don't have heating or access to clean water in germany. He was also very surprised that none of us had bad teeth. Well, I still hope to this day that his stay here was a learning experience. Never heard from him again though after he left, so I can't say...

[@anythingrandomlytaped]

For non Americans having month first feel wrong as we have them in size order so day smallest, month the next biggest then year the largest although if you've grown up putting it one way I can see it being confusing when you move to a place where its different.

[@anneblack4687]

yeah, but well, pie day is 3.14

[@Hi-wu1se]

I’ve used both, I prefer month first because it feels more natural to read the date how it’s said. 4/5/20 April 5th, 2020, instead of the 5th of May, 2020. It makes me feel like I should be saying it in a stereotypical posh English accent you only find in movies from guys wearing a monocle and top hat with a weird mustache

[@anythingrandomlytaped]

How often do you say the month or year, if someone asks you the date generally what they are asking for is the day so all you need to say is, it's the 10th. But yeah going to school and putting the date a certain way every day for many years probably sways most people preference

[@jadecollins7693]

@@Hi-wu1se I'm British. We say it the second way. And not just those of us who are posh with monocles, top hats and weird moustaches.

[@gutter8191]

Alex Rozee if someone asked me what today’s date is, I would use “the 10th” or “May 10th” interchangeably. In my experience, it’s much more common for someone to ask or be asked what day something happened on or is going to happen. The response would usually have the month to be more specific.

[@farahfarahat7318]

Something that I will never get over as an Egyptian is that some Americans genuinely believe Egyptians live in pyramids and ride camels to school💀

[@kaoutermouslimhaliba7145]

There is a tik tok trend abut this same subject of dumb things americans say ,and this young lady from Egypt had an american tell her that she is a liar, because Egypt doesn't exist anymore

[@farahfarahat7318]

@@kaoutermouslimhaliba7145 w h a t 🤠 I’ve lost all hope in Americans.

[@kaoutermouslimhaliba7145]

@@farahfarahat7318 I was in shock too haha.

[@pgaj7337]

Wait what? You don't????? Kappa

[@saccharay]

this kind of thing makes me glad that I am British I’ve actually been to egypt it’s quite nice lol but it’s so damn cold at night (probably because I visited in winter)

[@bradleywalden1073]

Hold on, Americans call 24 hour time, "Military Time". Wtf?

[@chloewaterworth2155]

Bradley Walden Ik I thought that was normal since there’s 24 hours in a day, that u would have a 24 hour clock 😂

[@flowerdolphin5648]

They call it that bc it's used predominantly in the military. 1630 or 1700, they'd write & say it like that, from what I know.

[@robertgronewold3326]

That's because in the US, only people in the military use that sort of time. My older brothers, who are all in some form of the military or another, have their watches set that time system and will confuse me when they say things using '16 hundred hours' and other similar phrases. Otherwise, civilians only use a 12 hour clock.

[@RaeionFlash]

We call it military time in ireland too.

[@marcellakilgarriff]

RaeionFlash No, we do not...

[@soniaramos5165]

American here 🙋‍♀️ and YES it is annoying that a lot, if not most American conservatives think anything outside of our country is Socialist. HELLO, then don’t send your kids to school, don’t accept your social security, don’t drive on the roads, etc…. This is all paid for by money that YOU, and everyone else, basically puts in a “til” and is distributed for things needed in your community or for when you are into old age. Young people are paying in money right now for you to get paid when your old and can’t work. Not even for their own family, just for everyone in general. People who don’t have kids pay school taxes. Make it make sense that this isn’t already Socialism. 🙄🤦‍♀️

[@sonnychabert]

in communism and socialism the state owns the means of production. That is not the case in any Europian contry soooooo no socialist contries in Europe. In denmark (where i'm from ) it(acording to forbes magasine) is easy to start a privat owned companys than for example the US

[@raffaelevalente7811]

Italian here... when someone needs healthcare, they don't check if you have or have not paid taxes... healthcare is "caring for people's health"... and we are not perfect, we have serious problems after Covid... but definitely you DON'T have to pay ambulance to go to the ER here!

[@user-fw3ww3dy7o]

I'm generally surprised that Americans don't want free healthcare

[@paulbishop3897]

It is some sort of mass hysteria or a related form of population mental illness. The giveaway is that comment about preferring being lied to rather than change ideologies. One wonders what could possibly inspire that much fear. For a country that blathers about being free so much, people here sure are scared to do anything differently than they have for any reason.

[@copyweirdo]

It’s a sickening mindset. They think healthcare is like buying your groceries. “I don’t want to pay for someone else’s bill” then they get their own bill. “Oh woe is me. I have so much debt. I don’t want to pay for healthcare. If only I had gone to a regular check-up and ate well and exercised more, I wouldn’t be so diseased prone.” Free healthcare can ease your worries and help detect/prevent of any arising or underlying conditions you might have. You could spot an onset preventable disease like cancer. Literally they don’t understand the importance. Plus, doctors don’t push for it because they’ll get a lot of moolah if they don’t socialize healthcare😪 hence there’s a craze for becoming a healthcare worker. More money for pharmaceutical companies and pharmacist and specialized doctors (America has the most number of specialists than primary care physicians. Pathetic)

[@vrenak]

It's a combination of "I don't want to pay for anyone else" (totally ignoring that that is the basic principle of how insurance works), and "govt. can't administer anything right" (totally ignoring that the problems in US admin comes from them voting in politicians that deliberately make it difficult to administer, and then points and say "look how badly they do", while ignoring that hospitals could very well administer themselves like now, all the govt. needs to do is funnel money)

[@lindapollock2105]

@Rita Roork Not sure if you're serious or you're being ironic.

[@autumnwhisp]

It’s not that all Americans don’t want free healthcare like Paul said, many either have a very selfish mindset about it or keep pointing at how badly it is implemented when they vote in someone to do it regardless of how different people do things differently. There are Americans who want free health care but it’s mostly those who understand what it means. You would be shocked the number of people who refuse to get it, not simply because “it never ends well” or “I don’t want to foot someone else’s bill” but “I don’t want some communist system in my country” like, it’s more largely an issue of information (and the fact that certain places(businesses) can pay to keep things from changing helps nothing)

[@petersmythe6462]

"The ambulance is not your taxi to the hospital." And this is why Cuba has a higher life expectancy than the United States.

[@nycto5335]

Ah yes but the counter argument would be "But muh socialism is bad and you should just get a job to get healthcare. What? You are unemployed? Well that's a you problem."

[@jennyh4025]

@lestwins b mad why would you pay the full price for a hospital stay? That’s what health insurance is for. A hospital stay should never ever cost more than a hundred dollars or so to pay for some clerical work. If you call an ambulance and don’t need it, you should have to pay the full price, but when you really need it? That’s a case for health insurance as well. But I only pay about 550 Euros per month for health insurance and had to pay nothing in the hospital when I gave birth (just about 100 Euros for a bigger room with a bed and food for my husband) and nothing at all, when I broke a bone. When everyone pays a percentage and health insurance isn’t a capitalist system, but actually for the people, it can be affordable and good for the people. E.g. Diabetic people getting their Insulin for free or a few euros each month, what a horrible thought…

[@jennyh4025]

@lestwins b mad In Germany it is nearly impossible to have no health insurance, you need to have one to get a job. If you earn under about 50 000€/year, you can only choose from a group of statutory health insurance companies (they all cover the same basics, but also some additional extras and are not for profit). If you earn more, you can choose between statutory health insurance and private health insurance. (The medium income in Germany is around 45 000€/year, so the majority is using the statutory health insurance). I think about 1% are without health insurance (homeless and a few, who slipped through the health insurance net by very special circumstances), but even they would not receive a hospital bill. We don’t pay our health insurance by taxes, but the money is taken like taxes from the paycheck unless you are self employed or are allowed to choose, so you don’t „see“ the 15% (that are split between employer and employee) in your bank account. If you are unemployed, the state pays for your health insurance. I think people on vacation from a country that’s not in the EU would receive a bill, but that would probably not be as outrageous as some of the bills people in the USA get with health insurance. But I agree, an ambulance is not a taxi, but an emergency vehicle, that should cost nothing in case of emergency (like police or firefighters), if you are insured (by choice - like I said, not really a choice here, but at least you get to choose the company - or your country).

[@chesh1rek1tten]

@@jennyh4025 i work for one of Germany's biggest health insurance companies - you do receive a bill if you're not insured (or have privater insurance or chose "Kostenerstattung" - reimbursement). But yes, it's not even close to the US prices. I sprained my wrist while living and working in the US - and bring insured in the US. Because of a snafu I first was billed as if I had a different insurance, the price was idiotically high. Then they noticed the mistake (or my "wtf, that's really expensive, even more expensive than I expected!" did the trick..) they adjusted to ACA costs (much lower). An insured friend would have paid even less.. in Germany I would have paid 25 Euros for the whole deal, including a brace for my wrist. Total price in Germany around 200 EUR, in the US it was $1.500, of which I had to pay ~100 It's just ridiculous

[@inspiredby624]

@lestwins b mad But usually when you go to the hospital it's because you're having a health emergency and then you use the ambulance to get there quickly and safely. I never heard of people using ambulances as a taxi to e.g. visit someone at the hospital.

[@MetalMonkey]

Date: Day month Year makes more sense, smallest to biggest. Celsius is easier to understand, 0 is freezing point, 100 is boiling point compared to 32 and 212

[@acutechicken5798]

Metal Monkey Generally the metric system makes more sense, but Celsius has arbitrary numbers set for the boiling temperature of water. IMO kelvin is a much better system since 0 kelvin is absolute 0

[@cordalienevanmarrum6534]

TheAllPowerfulChicken alright so in your terms it’s 273 at freezing to 373 boiling point if I remember correctly

[@acutechicken5798]

@@cordalienevanmarrum6534 Something like that, I think.

[@tallgrasslanestitches6635]

Re: dates. If your organize it MO/DA/YR, things stay in chronological order.

[@aliciacordero7436]

@@tallgrasslanestitches6635 correction. If you use YYYY/MM/DD then it stays in chronological order. And can be sorted as text without needing any extra effort to account for it being a date

[@bokhans]

I have been traveling the world as an hobby for the last 50+ years. I have always been hanging out with Americans when ever I came to a new country and found them great to see new countries with, imagine my disappointment when I came to the US for work and I couldn’t find a single person like my traveling Americans, they where a completely different breed. 😢

[@jolien391]

An American once asked me if we have wifi in the UK...

[@trjinu]

One asked me if we have electricity in Germany. because they couldn't see the lines. because in germany, they are mostly underground XD

[@gdiluvthesepeaches3911]

Sometimes we don't. Or mobile service. I live in East Anglia and my services are laughable. My best friend lives in Wales and we often laugh about this. I used to have 02 and they actually thought I was "being unreasonable" to expect to make calls to other people in my neighbourhood. "Can't you just use you landline?" Lol

[@moveslikemacca]

@@trjinu omg i've never thought about that

[@pittarak1]

While travelling overseas, a couple of very polite Americans from one of their southern states complimented me on my English. I am Australian - they thought we spoke French!

[@gdiluvthesepeaches3911]

@@trjinu To be fair, they might have thought you are so super hi-tech, you have gone beyond traditional electricity. I watched a documentary about how many German buildings are run off solar and plant power, heat from the ground, etc. "Grey water" waters all the plants, the rain is captured and filtered. And even the sidewalk and bike paths glow after being charged all day from the sun. I haven't been back for 10 years, but Germany always seemed pretty awesome. Let's face it, you have a reputation for intelligence and perfection.

[@pandamilkshake]

+ "Hey, where are you from?" Me: "Greece!" + "Oh...what's that?" Me: "Europe...where democracy was created..." + "Um...that's America, buddy." Me: ಠ_ಠ wh...what...

[@sawaalbino]

🤣🤣🤣

[@TalesOfWar]

Even the word itself is literally from Greek lol.

[@pandamilkshake]

@@TalesOfWar Since the time I heard the "The spanish language comes from Mexico" I have no words for an Americans' basic culture knowledge."

[@Madeleine-st7ko]

Demos and Kratos right? Yeah sounds American 🤣

[@shrek8339]

someone asked me if we speak ancient greek in greece rn😭 bro its in the name

[@withawolfishgrin]

If I as an English man ever said that I was Scottish in the way that Americans say they're Irish or whatever heritage they have, an actual Scottish person would appear out of thin air and kill me on the spot.

[@christophzeit6282]

And rightfully so.

[@amaeliss7827]

Yeah I once called my family "french-british" on the internet and someone went "oh yeah ok what state are you in?" She thought I was talking about heritage because Americans speak like that when I was litterally explaining that I have family in the UK and France both. I was like: "Well, France? Britanny is in France, you know?"

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

You are Detective Badd!

[@itsjustme4848]

That seems like an overreaction.

[@prussiansoup]

OH THERE GONNA HAVE TO GLUE YOU BACK TOGETHER

[@wthleo]

i’m a foreigner living in the U.S and i hear this shit all the time. help get me out of here 😭

[@lookmyrolls6522]

You know, you're not obligated to stay here, in the USA right?

[@wthleo]

yeah im a minor so i cant go anywhere until my parents leave @@lookmyrolls6522

[@smasher2425]

​@@lookmyrolls6522your profile picture perfectly describes who you are @lookmyrolls6522

[@kath_gray]

evan: who cares about being the best?! me: literally every small child in America is taught to be the best from a young age, lmao we love forced competition

[@aaronjackson1875]

Kathryn Gray I wanna be the very best. Like no one ever was.

[@jorgemoren40]

@Jude Bennett I will travel across the land, searching far and wide

[@Frahamen]

@@arunsalwan8558 you ruined it...

[@OmgzzitsCarys]

My mam always used to tell me "it's the taking part that counts" lol. It seems to be a very British state of mind. I was so bad at running that in school sports day I came in last in long distance running, but got cheered by my entire school to reach the finish line, and congratulated by everyone when I finished. But I came last by a good 5 minutes 😂

[@woltti]

Really? Like by teachers in schools?

[@xelj3294]

Ah yes, the American school system. Learn about the same events over and over and other countries don't matter unless they were interacting with us.

[@josh0011-z4w]

Yeah. And for the continents they don’t care about, just call them prehistoric, poor and starving! As I have to say to them, yes I’m South African, yes I have internet, yes I have food and water, no I don’t have a lion and no I don’t have to be non-white to live in Africa.

[@ryanhorseling2652]

isn’t it the same for most of school systems? don’t get me wrong, i would love if it changed, but in russia we also learn mostly about what happened to our country and what other countries been involved in it

[@Natureguy-le8pl]

@@josh0011-z4w As an American when I was a kid I didn’t even consider Africa having countries because the only time I ever heard anything about Africa was my mom telling me about how I should be grateful for my food because African kids are starving.

[@josh0011-z4w]

@@Natureguy-le8pl yeah 😂…. That’s how it goes. It’s quite sad too, as many African Counties have quite the facilities and high-living. South Africa performed the first successful heart transplant, as well as having world class medical technology ( some areas better than US even )

[@juliamuhamed1397]

@@ryanhorseling2652 as a Brazilian, we learn a lot of other countries, it's not the best school system, but we do learn about US history, a little bit of Canadian economy, European history a lot, Latin American history, Asian and African geography and history Actually, there is a law in Brazil to teach about several African cultures, since Brazil was one of the last countries to ban slavery and imported a lot of slaves, it's a way of connect to one of the main culture that helped to form our country

[@royalacity]

The worst part about being American is watching the other americans say these things and therefore represent the rest of us. Also the fact that these people are granted access to the internet is a crime!

[@jayc1139]

Oh...no no no...it's a crime that they're allowed to work in the government...

[@peacefulminimalist2028]

and vote

[@batmen4255]

He's not exactly wrong...they do think that the world revolves around America

[@rattywoof5259]

They're also allowed to vote and to breed - even worse.

[@rattywoof5259]

The get to vote and breed too.

[@mundaneman1811]

Myself & my girlfriend were in Chicago awaiting an L train. A guy heard our brit accents & began a conversation. He stated at one point ‘people think Anthony Hopkins is British, but hes not, hes Scottish’ i didn’t bother to correct either of his mistakes

[@PientjeDMG89]

I had a fun little moments in a Italian club where a super drunk American girl asked me where I'm from. I told her "I'm from Holland," and then she started raging at me telling me that Holland is just a part of the Netherlands as so it was wrong what I said that Holland isn't all of the Netherlands (I'm still from South Holland the province though) but anyway I let her have her moment before asking where she is from and she answered: "Califonia"

[@maleineperle1770]

That's crazy...

[@Crow23346]

Something thats always bothered me is why they always say their state… like i dont fuckin know ur states, just answer america omfg. If someone asked me where im from i aint gonna say queensland, cuz theyre not gonna fuckin know wtf that is, its only logical to say the country name, australia. They act like the entire world should know everything about america or smthin. Its like they think theyre the default when it comes to… everything.

[@nicolasinvernizzi6140]

at least she knew that the Netherlands are a thing, some people think holland is the name of the country.

[@oldlantern4754]

@@Crow23346 Im from California and at least where i grew up, we're still not too happy about being 'forcefully acquired' by the US. I get what you mean tho, and I do think us californians should say we're from the US. But Texas and California are both kinda pseudo-countries within the US, especially Texas, it was its own country for a bit there. (this comment is just explanation, I'm not arguing, I agree with you)

[@leonard6204]

@@oldlantern4754 that's dumb

[@Narlan1]

I've had someone tell me they aren't American. That they are Floridian. That was the day I decided to move from Florida o.0

[@raymonds7492]

The Florida flag is better than the American Flag so I’m Floridian too.

[@lynnecatrionashaw4858]

My favourite comment when travelling was a very sweet, very sheltered American girl asking me “so do you guy like have Christmas in Scotland” after I explained that Halloween hadn’t ever been a massive holiday. I tried to be polite and explain that it was Christian country although is more atheist now. She looked try horrified and asked if that’s why I had left.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Points to you for being polite and not laughing out loud. I made that mistake once, shame, shame, shame on me.

[@Cauin450]

I saw an American man asked to point out America on a globe of the world. He pointed at Russia, literally within millimeters of the word 'Russia.' When asked why he chose that country, he said 'it's the biggest country in the world, so it must be America!' The look of shock on his face when he was told what the country actually was and where America was. He had zero knowledge of the geography of his own planet outside of America!? It was ridiculous!

[@Cauin450]

@TokitoZinn sounds like envy.