Americans Living Abroad: First Time You Realized America Really Messed You Up - American Reacts

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[@joealyjim3029]

This is why when Americans say they live in the best country on earth, we all laugh at them

[@ericbailey6779]

You laugh at us because we are paying for your lifestyle and you think that you've done something to deserve it, like any other entitled child that has never has to pay his/her own way.

[@xiii0722]

Yep. Pretty much, and it is obviously also because they don't know about how (good) things in other countries are... while claiming that.

[@Rai2M]

Russians say the same thing, imagine that. Lots of them do think everyone is jealous about being a russian citizen.

[@evandrofteixeira]

Not if you live in Brazil.

[@worcestershireweedingson5562]

@@xiii0722 as an american who's lived overseas most of his life, I prefer america

[@Mayfrancisxavier]

The stories aren't insane - the US is!!

[@elouise5593]

No. You are.

[@taviseagles4228]

The stories are cap 😂😭, all women love to act for clout.

[@allanwhittle4603]

The US is a rip off, people over there have no idea they are being ripped off.

[@teodordobrev9344]

@@taviseagles4228 I'm from a 'developing' 'second world' country. We have 22-30 days of paid vacation, almost unlimited sick leave for when we are actually sick. Most of the medical procedures are free and come with insurance, costing about $100/year, ambulances are obviously free, schools are mostly safe, 54 weeks for maternity or paternity leave (with 90% of regular salary). And a higly developed and safe public transport system.

[@BTL6666]

Exactly 100%!!!...Americans are way more abnormal than the rest of the world!...and they still think they are the cradle of democracy and try teaching the rest of the world!!

[@luciludka]

About the guy with a beer can... As a Polish person, I want to add that drinking alcohol in public places is illegal here. He was acting shifty because he was scared of getting a fine. He was probably wondering why that girl was eying him constantly because the locals would be more likely to just ignore him

[@cpaul9269]

hahahhahh - now it all makes more sense....

[@mr.j8356]

Dude was scared she is going to tell on him xD

[@nanawakagimi1208]

znaczy, znając życie inni pasażerowie mieli to w dupie, a co dopiero motorniczy xD nie wiem, ja rzadko jadąc tramwajem czy autobusem widzę sytuację, że kierowca wyprasza ludzi z alko z pojazdu

[@mezmerizer9422]

a kurwaaaaaaa luckily, we can drink in public here in Serbia but not get shitfaced, that'll just get you in a cell to sober up for the night.

[@nicholasr39]

In the UK it is legal to drink alcohol on National rail because they sell alcohol on board intercity rail services from trollies and the buffet however on London's transport and in streets it is illegal and you see lots of people drinking out of bags it looks so obvious and funny

[@RubyZanUK]

I was born in Egypt where racism is literally unheard of. My first boyfriend was American. We dated for a few months before he asked "Will your father bless our marriage if I propose?" I was confused by the question because my family were Liberal. I asked him why he said that. He said "Because I'm black". I was stunned being "black" was an issue in any way. In Egypt you don't "think" of yourself based on your skin colour. You're just human. To Egyptians that's as insane as saying "I think as a man with freckles, society is XYZ". I said "You're not a black man to me. You're a man". I thought it was a positive thing to say... that humans are humans regardless of their skin tone. But he thought it was an insult because "I stripped him of his IDENTITY". The relationship was over but it made me feel the entire race thing in USA (and Europe) was making humans worse than animals.

[@Rai2M]

Modern young americans get really crazy about their "identities". Indoctrination starts early...

[@wout123100]

well egypt has other problems, like as a muslim you cannot marry a christian , i been there onc eon vacation and i didn feel very safe, whereas everywhere in europe i feel safe.

[@Nome_e_Cognome]

Hi, maybe because you have basically just one race . Egypt it's a ethnic nation so there is a non issue

[@eszterkovacs908]

Not all of europe just western

[@Sascha1887]

In Europe???

[@callmeeash2927]

No matter how much I take the mick out of Americans I actually feel for you guys. It’s the fact that they really out here gaslighting you in to thinking it the ‘land of the free’ when in reality it is the land of trauma.

[@Real_MisterSir]

Land of the free, as long as you pay upfront for your freedom privilege handed over graciously by the totally not corrupt government and 1 percenters. But in the end, it's only the avg joes and jesses who can make meaningful change. They just need to realize that change can and should be made, no matter what the USA! USA! USA! -crowd is gaslighting them to believe.

[@trl2828]

Land of Truma? Hardly. It is the land of the free. I am free to become anything I want, do anything I want and become as successful as I want. Everything is up to what I want in the USA. How is that Truma? Do people not die in your country? Must be nice.

[@callmeeash2927]

@@trl2828 Free but for a price. Sad reality. Do people not die simply for sitting in a classroom?

[@trl2828]

@@callmeeash2927 Very Rarely and it has more due to how society has changed in the US, not because of guns. Guns have been here the whole time. Guns created the USA. That is why guns are apart of the USA, nothing anyone can do about that. Without Guns, the US does not exists. We used to bring guns to school for shooting club. Funny how that was never reported on.

[@JB-mh5xy]

Yeah, a lot of people that weren't born here don't understand how actually fucked up it is. You all just see the hollywood stars and celebrities and think we all just live like that, and we absolutely don't. It's pretty much the Hunger Games here. You either step on or get stepped on. I'm glad when I see non-US people extend some empathy our way because all the shit you all see is fake. It's all propaganda that the rich use to show you all how "perfect" our country is. Our country is only "perfect" if you luck out by being born into money or getting really lucky and making a big bank yourself. The rest of us are fucked. Thanks for your empathy.

[@TukikoTroy]

No. These stories are not 'insane' this is normality for most of the world. It is America that is insane.

[@kathysmith6413]

you got it in one. the absolute miserly greed demonstrated by most of the US capitalist system is enough to make person wish that Marx was still alive and working as his theory should have been used

[@zitronentee]

USA is a developed country acting as if it's still a developing country.

[@nathanford1201]

100%

[@fxlei1856]

@obimk1 Gay Marriage in 2001 feels like your country was a pioneer to me, but otherwise it's what I'd expect of most developed countries.

[@fxlei1856]

@obimk1 That is the case where I live as well. What I meant was that I took these things for granted nowadays. I was rather shocked that there was a developped country where such Gofundmes were needed. Where I live, the price of health insurance is dependent on income and can even be free under certain circumstances. I find the US american idea of freedom quite twisted anyway. I think my freedom ends where yours begins and I think anyone should have the freedom to live without fearing for one's wellbeing.

[@FlowerPower1000]

I never understood why America is supposed to be the “promised land”. Nor why US students, I met while studying in the UK, had a kick ass attitude about it. 🙄

[@jacobdavis1768]

Been living in Warsaw for about 10 years now. In my 1st job interview (about 2 weeks after coming just to visit and immediately deciding to stay), the company explained the job duties and then asked "so how much do you expect in salary per month?. I had always heard that taxes were super high in Europe so I did the backwards math and told them. thinking I was stating "gross" amount. They hemmed and hawed for a couple days, then finally offered me the position. 1st paycheck was the exact dollar amount I asked for. I immediately think, "oh, they don't take any taxes so I'll have to figure them out later". Nope, you negotiate Net Pay and get paid your net. Company is responsible for calculating your gross and removing the taxes. All you have to do, is at the end of the year, log into a website, verify that the the info is correct, click 1 button and you're good to go. No "filing taxes" as we Americans think of it. I've never heard anyone in Europe complain about taxes. Not 1 single freaking time. And of course, 26 paid vacation days, 11 paid national holidays, if you're sick, you don't have to go to work, no need for a car, if you do have a car insurance is next to nothing, free education, free healthcare, awesome parks everywhere, next to 0 violent crime, clean streets, food is super cheap yet high quality. People are outdoorsy and have tons of hobbies. Really just 10x the quality of life over here compared to the US.

[@axoram]

Welcome to old Europe friend..

[@alicerobb5924]

This would be why the rest of the world thinks Americans have an unjust sense of superiority.

[@Sabundy]

Exactly. 100%. That is exactly what pisses off the rest of the world about Americans. That unjust sense of superiority.

[@AO-po8kc]

Bingo

[@Real_MisterSir]

I think the second reason is that all these countries don't act like they're flawless or the best or that they shouldn't keep improving even if they're already doing great. It's called being realistic. The US stereotype ofc is "US number 1, best in the world, can't improve perfection", but at the same time we still see US citizens argue internally all the time, especially when it comes to political matter - meaning there clearly is plenty of room for improvement. If only the self realization hit as hard when it came to external debates, and not just internal ones.

[@trl2828]

It is not unjust. Compare the amount of people trying to enter the USA vs any other nation. Why is that? Could it because the US is superior? Are we a perfect country? Hell No and anyone that claims other wise is stupid. The fact is the United States of America is the best country that man has created so far, anyone can come from any place, class and become wealthy beyond their dreams in the USA. It happens everyday. Now of course it will not happen for everyone or most people but the fact that it can happen makes it the best country so far. Still not convinced. Which country has the worlds most self made millionaires? Billionaires? Again is the USA perfect? Nope, are we better in all area's nope but we are superior in a lot of areas and if you allow yourself to look at things objectivity you will realize most of these other countries have the ability to have these social nets because they rely on the USA to protect them with its Military, so they are free to spend less on Military and more on Social safe nets. That is just a fact that you can either accept or you cannot. The US is one of the youngest countries compared to most and yet it has surpassed all those other countries in economics, technology, and world influence. We are the worlds only Superpower, that cost money and Military. Take that away, and watch those social safe nets disappear as those countries have to ramp up their Military spend to defend their country. P.S. The International World markets rely on the USA, the USA does not rely on it. Hence why the world trades in US dollars.

[@ericbailey6779]

If America doesn't pay for your national defense, subsidizing your government handouts, then you can talk. Otherwise, I don't want to hear any EU aholes talking about "an unjust sense of superiority."

[@alessandromauri5407]

For the girl at 11:01, i live in italy, and we had a walk in Austria on holiday: we traspassed a farmer's house to get through the walking path and the farmer saw us. In short, we ended up eating strudel and drinking beer with him, while he was explaining wich part are the best to visit in that wood and how to get there

[@Danielaco23]

Omg that's amazing, here in Spain you'd probably get asked what you're up to, and if you're lost, seeing as fields often have paths to navigate through them

[@shiva_689]

What's also cool is that in Austria along with most Scandinavian countries you can camp anywhere you like in nature. I did that with a friend once and it turns out it was part of a private complex of gardens. In the morning some elderly Austrian guy came to us and asked us what we're up to and how long we're planning on staying. We told him we're packing up and he said: It's all good, he's just the manager of that place and people had asked him about it so he wanted to see what's going on. He was super friendly, I'm sure we could've stayed there longer if we had wanted to. I think there's a limit to how long you can stay somewhere if it's on someone's property but you have at least a couple of days. Obviously you can't just camp in someone's garden but if it's open to the public and or part of a forest or nature then you can just put up your tent. That's quite the contrast to the US

[@chaitea4724]

Wow omg

[@michelleikoma2953]

Yeah, no shotgun

[@kunalgajjal]

In India when we are travelling with family. Instead of finding a restaurant or a Motel. We would camp at a tree nearby a farmers field and eat our food… sometime we buy some veggies, or they just simply give us free… for staying at night knock on anyone’s door and women and children stay in and men stay out in open and sleep under open sky……

[@virginiaviola5097]

I lived in the US for one year in 1980/81 on a student exchange and did Senior Year at High School. I actually cried with relief when the red tiled roofs of Sydney came into view as we arrived back. I can tell you guys that you really don’t know what it truly means to be free. Once home, that was it, never leaving Australia again. The US messed me up so much that any future plans I might have had to travel anywhere else in the world ended the moment Sydney came into view. Geographically speaking, the US is breathtakingly beautiful.. and there were places that I never got to visit that I would have liked to go back to see, even now, and I had a wonderful host family there too.. but, actual life in America is so confined, and wrapped in fear..that’s not freedom.

[@Nike_from_Italy]

It's so sad you had a stressful and scary experince in the US😢. I think i'll never visit it, i'm a little concerned too

[@Sinic818]

Sounds like a you problem and not a US problem.

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

Really, any European country is super safe and so are heaps of other places, for instance Singapore. Don't let one bad experience put you off the joys of travelling.

[@user-nc8mg7fq6i]

typical US response ... denial deluded and dumb@@Sinic818

[@MsBAustralia]

Yep…I’m an Aussie too and lived in NYC for 4 years from 2015…it’s a cool place and lots of nice people there…so much going on but the quality of life, unless you are incredibly wealthy, is shit. Employment conditions are awful… most people there are lucky to get 2 weeks paid annual leave or paid sick leave, and salaries are shit, no maternity leave and public health care is non existent… people still pay with check there ffs…so archaic. America is absolutely not the land of opportunity or the free…not by a long shot, not to mention the country is run by one of the most corrupt governments in the world. It’s no wonder Putin and Xi JiPing scoff…the hypocrisy is real.

[@KatorNia]

3:18 _"Education here is actually _*_freeEEee,_*_ what an amazing concept!"_ 😂

[@LMB222]

Of course there are people who abuse it, but there aren't that many - on the other hand, there **are** people who get two MSc - I know some.

[@Sorarse]

It's seeing stories like these that make most of us who do not live in America extremely thankful that we don't.

[@trl2828]

Comments like this make most us living in America extremely thankful you don't live here either.

[@Sorarse]

@@trl2828 Strange, because your comment is a mere echo of my own, which would indicate I'd fit right in.

[@JB-mh5xy]

@@Sorarse He doesn't speak for most of us. Actually, statistically speaking 70% of us want broad changes in our economy and social dynamics. Don't listen to the elon fanboys like this douche. Most of us aren't like him.

[@Sorarse]

@@JB-mh5xy Thank you JB. I do realise that, but had to comment on the irony of his response.

[@ericbailey6779]

Because America probably pays for everything you have to the detriment of its own citizens.

[@jackx4311]

Flipping this the other way around; an English friend and her husband were on holiday in the US, driving along a pretty quiet country road, and saw a car stopped. Elderly couple were trying to change a flat tyre, so my friend stopped and got out of the car, walked across to offer to help. Before they could even say "Can we help you?", the elderly American woman pulled a gun, pointed it straight at them, and said "You aren't going to rob us!" Friend and her husband backed off, and she said "We stopped to *HELP* you!" American woman said "Oh, you're *English* - I didn't realise! It's very kind of you to help us." My friend's husband then said "I don't help people who threaten to shoot my wife - fix it yourself!" And they got back in their car and drove off . . .

[@notassexyasitseems3050]

Ah, getting shot by a grandma cus I'm trying to help her across the street. That's how I wanna go!

[@osvaldomedina173]

that is some scary stuff

[@marioprovi6048]

3 What's wrong with a couple that can defend themselves with a gun?

[@osvaldomedina173]

@@marioprovi6048 defend from what? from someone that would offer help? The problem is thinking that everyone is after you... point a weapon on everybody seems a recipe for disaster.

[@marioprovi6048]

@@osvaldomedina173 An elderly couple on a deserted road and you don't think it's normal for these people to be careful?

[@MaN2Mega]

People forget, while taxes are higher here, we pay nothing for the things that are the most expensive in the US that only the rich can afford there, healthcare, higher education, childcare etc.

[@radielkill]

the sad part is that you guys already spend the same amount per person in some of this services, like healthcare and don't get the same coverage.

[@MarthaAnthony]

I've seen Americans drop to the floor because they heard firecrackers. We had many American exchange students at Uni. Most just chilled and fitted in. But some brought over horrible, toxic politics and one girl I remember, stormed out of the common room in a huff because Australian news hadn't centred America. It had reported on Australia and all of the world. She was so perplexed and angry. This was someone I realised had been here to beneficently bestow her Americanness on us. If we were very good, and very lucky, we could make friends with an American. I think she felt like part of the world's royal family due to her nationality. Of course, she got homesick because she couldn't see the good in anywhere else. I'm glad so few exchange students had this mentality.

[@Reefsider-fq4sk]

Sorry for dated reply. Aussie here, daughter went to a uni with exchange students. She said with every new American student group there would be at least one or two who argued history, eg WW2, and shriek that America saved everyone, was land of the free and every country should be grateful to them. Some left for weeks, some did some actual study and returned with tail between their legs. Sad really. It's like many believe their action movies are real.

[@MarthaAnthony]

@@Reefsider-fq4sk Yep, we had a guy leave a lecture because the lecturer said America rose to dominance, especially in industry, in the 50s, as Europe was in tatters and Australia etc poor after the war. He really believed it was because of American exceptionalism and greatness floating to the top.

[@noelamini7350]

Life in America sounds like the hunger games

[@claytonjacobs4098]

No. Hunger Games actually has a plot. America is just random chaos.

[@wout123100]

@@claytonjacobs4098 oh my good one.

[@gugunkosi9481]

JUMANJI!!!

[@OhNoNotFrank]

I was in South Africa on vacation when this guy came over with a knife he had for sale. I smiled and said "no thanks bud, but I'm a tourist so I won't be able to bring it on the plane", and kept on walking. My South African fiancè told me later that my Norwegian naivety had just thwarted a perfectly good robbery attempt.

[@connoroneill9406]

😂😂

[@xeno9671]

thats is very cute and very scary

[@karlirl8331]

Noted: when approached by a robber, politely decline.

[@OhNoNotFrank]

@@karlirl8331 Not my recommendation, but hey, give it a go!

[@nouraouni2819]

Why is this so funny😂 As a Norwegian I approve lol

[@b_period9949]

I'm always blown away how these things surprise you guys. I live in Belgium. I've been in hospital last year for 6 WEEKS. And all I had to pay was 90 euro afterwards. All the rest was covered by social security, about 26.000 euro. The 90 euros was covered by my additional insurance in the end too. So completely free of charge. 6 weeks hospital, inclusive thorough treatments.

[@bog4543]

i hope you’re doing better

[@veritaspk]

Public services in Europe are not free... they are just designed to provide services, not to generate profits for corporations. That's why they are much cheaper.

[@vikingraider1961]

Socialised healthcare is difficult to implement, it's true - of the 33 developed nations of the world, only 32 of them have managed to successfully implement it...

[@kaleidoscopingwe]

Actually pretty much every country has but the usa. And all the usa is developed in is consumerism. They are having less rights then most thirld world countries. Yeah Everything else is just sad and I realy feel for the Americans that can't get away and don't even try to fight for their own rights cause too many have been sufficiently mind controlled. For example last time my country pledged aligance to a flag and made their children do it too in school..let's just say it wasn't pretty....and I realy wonder why the usa is doing what they rescued us from back in the days.... also if you pay only officially a low% in taxes but it buys you nothing and you pay on top of that in hidden costs more than most American can even afford. How much do you realy pay Taxes. And what is a insurance that let's you still get bankrupt because of how much they do not actually pay for.

[@Fuk_Zat_Tek]

Yes , but you probably don't realize in western europe it cost 400 € a month / worker + you need another 50 to 100 € insurance to be fully insured

[@paulm2467]

@@Fuk_Zat_Tekgarbage, I earn six figures in the UK and my NI payments are around 400 pcm, that covers NHS, State Pensions, Unemployment benefit, statutory sickness benefits and maternity allowances, the only charges on top are a few pounds for a prescription (which you don’t pay if you’re claiming the above benefits. I pay around 35% of my total salary in tax and NI, it’s a bargain. Americans pay about 18% of their salaries just for very poor, very expensive healthcare insurance.

[@Fuk_Zat_Tek]

@@paulm2467 Yes UK has a good system, i should have gone there to work ...nowadays i don't need it anymore ;) ( financial freedom ) I'm french and those 400 € are ONLY to pay health care ... problem is we pay for all those people who don't want to work Overall, if you make the maths , in France we have something like 50 % taxes ' officially ' , but if you add VAT, Oil Taxes ... etc ... you end up to something like 60 to 65 % taxes ... when your boss spend 5000 € to make you work for him you end up with somthing like 1800 € purchasing power ... this is the median paycheck and you're not going far with this amount. We're " fighting " with Danmark every year to know which country is the wost tax hell on earth ... at those levels it's close from a communist economy. Copy/pasta of another comment i made below : i'm french and everyone is saying " healthcare is free in here " ... yes , if you're fucking poor they won't let you die, you can go to an hospital and they'll take care of you because we respect human rights ( after all, we've invented / wrote it ;) ) ...But the average worker is finally paying for this poor guy , this is how socialism works, at the end of the day workers are paying for lazy people, i can easily understand how americans are suprised to see health is " free " , and even more surpirsed to read comments like mine " this is unfair for the hard worker " Personnally , i fell like the real " solution " should be a mix of liberal ( US ) and European ( socialist / communist ) system, cause , yes , let's say it again , we should not let people die cause they don't have money , and we also should not put them in a huge debt to pay for surgery ...but i also think society should not pay everything and we should keep a piece of self-resposibility. imagine paying for smokers or drunkards cancer ?? do they deserve this much help ? hundreds of thousands $ / € to try to save them from their own addictions ? Finally , this subject is more philosophical than it seems at first sight.

[@debbie541]

ALL BUT 43 countries in the world offer free or different variations of universal healthcare to at least 90% of their citizens. OMG even china and russia have a form of national health care .

[@Zeitgeist6]

As a Dutchy I've always wondered why Americans I've known over the years were so afraid to go to other countries on vacation. They often told me how they imagined other countries being unsafe. Even Western European countries. That always baffled me. Now I won't pretend there's nothing dangerous here, but compared to the US....

[@Fuk_Zat_Tek]

Because they think it's third world out there ...They think poverty is everywhere around them once they pass through their homeland border

[@wout123100]

well if you go to a beach you might see a topless woman, yes that is very dangerous hahah joking

[@TruPunx89]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@Objectified]

Sure they do. Americans are told other countries are utopian

[@PhamNicolas99]

@@Objectified *dystopian

[@jfrancobelge]

A few years go my wife and I had a drink outside, at the terrace of a bar in Brussels. A couple of American tourists were also having a drink at a nearby table. There were road works nearby. At one point we heard a loud noise, and the reaction of the American couple was amazing; they just jumped from their chairs out of fear, I think they were ready to dive under the table. The noise came from a jackhammer at the works site. This couple of tourists confusively explained they thought it was someone shooting at us, which just did not come to our local minds.

[@MrDylpickle27]

That’s pretty sad and I often wonder that’s why I am scared to go outside 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Bynggo]

As an Australian, we have a similar hospital system as the UK. Unfortunately, my son was in the US and he became ill and was taken to hospital. An afternoon in emergency with care cost him $6,000 Australian dollars, because his travel cover wasn’t accepted and by the time they threw on interest and follow up fees the bill grew and grew. Shocking. Just shocking. No more trips to the land of the free thanks very much.

[@timothyclark803]

And, now you know why many of us complain about medical debt. Cold war era anti communism has kept America from ever even considering universal healthcare or education a good thing.

[@xtxt9135]

Ouch!

[@stanspb763]

What was done for $6000? just calling an ambulance is $5000 and any services would be thousands more. Considering the most dangerous place to be for contacting infections that are immune to common antibiotics, just being in a US hospital is life threatening.

[@Bynggo]

@@stanspb763 😳 and yet your government send trillions to a rich additional state in the Middle East. Also buzillions are spent on weapons of war and you haven’t successfully come out of any encounter in over 75 years. I don’t think all that money is helping the US. Maybe, think less guns and think more about education and health services. Sorry, I just don’t get it.

[@Bynggo]

@@stanspb763 ..and other thing. If you are in Australia and need an ambulance, they are free if you are a local and free if you are a visitor with travel insurance.

[@marcelisujecki2362]

As for Poland. imagine a 3-day music event for some 500-700 thousand people. People of all ages. Entire families. Free entrance . People from all over Europe and the world. Police ? The police stand outside the event area and there is practically nothing to do. There has only been one dead man in the event's 15 years. He died of a heart attack. Welcome to the Polland Rock Festival.

[@gandalf_thegrey]

Love to Poland

[@sopcannon]

mean while in Woodstock.....

[@cpaul9269]

Hey man - we had that here in the states, too. The Grateful Dead shows. Giant sports stadiums -100-150k seats, and another couple hundred thousand in the parking lots partying. the local police used to just form a perimeter around the venue,. they didn't come in , and we weren't allowed out until each night's show was over, or the sun came up the next day. People of all ages and backgrounds. I NEVER saw even a fight, much less any kind of weapon or aggressive behavior. After hanging out a couple days following my first show, I couldn't wait for the next one, as they were the only times and places anything like that really ever happened otherwise. But it did there and then, so at least we got to experience it. You are right though - not at all the norm.

[@lissylissylissy]

From the opposite side, in 2017 I was a British student doing a term abroad in NYC. to get my visa, I needed health insurance that fit certain (very complicated) criteria. The American college I was going to study at had a standard package that they recommended, which was over £3k. I was DISTRAUGHT, as I had saved up like crazy, and my parents had helped all they could. There was no way I could afford that. I found a British travel insurance that could cover me for the whole year, with lower co-pays and the option to fly me home in an emergency (or fly my body home, if things went really wrong.) the coverage was SO much better, and for a whole year of coverage it cost about £130ish. American insurers should be fucking jailed.

[@shisu6870]

I mean, the insurers are basically operating in a place where a minor can buy guns so that might explain the higher fees.

[@paulmcgrath6118]

That’s disgraceful

[@nagyzoli]

@@shisu6870 Here where I live, in Romania the law actually mandates that you as a company are forced to take the business risk. You are not allowed, as in USA, to shift that risk on the shoulder of the buyer. So in case of insurance I am sure some very smart guys computed that.. we have an average of X users, Y $ / case. We have Z income. We will charge Z/X + margin > Y price per customer, to ensure we have a profit even if the customer is high risk. This kind of computation is illegal here, you are allowed to charge Z/X even if you got to cover 1000 high profile/expensive cases. Meaning that "Safety profit margin" is limited, controlled etc.

[@chaitea4724]

You’re right it’s such a scam

[@kaleidoscopingwe]

Yeah they should be.

[@mho...]

the biggest thing the us-americans dont understand, is how backwater their country really is! here in europe, health & safety are basically a human right! and whatever is going on "the state" will make sure you are healthy & well to be a productive member of society! ... keeping the workforce working is waaay more important then milking the citizens for staying healthy! i never payed a cent for education or healthcare atall! and its great! and i cant understand how the "land of the free" only works for the rich -.- just sad!

[@knampf9779]

Greetings from Germany. Glad there's the development in the US to take a closer look at other countries and how much wealthier they are in a lot of things. :)

[@chriskwakernaat2328]

wait , you find it weird that zig zagging ISN't taught there?.. The rest of the world disagrees with you.. After watching these , do you now understand why we belly laugh when someone says "America, land of the free"?

[@LorriWyndham]

The only place I have heard zig zagging discussed here in the US was after an episode of Game of Thrones.

[@Slimeranchchampion]

@@LorriWyndham zig zagging was a huge topic when I was growing up

[@Sabundy]

Don't forget that they also have the highest percentage of their population in prison of any country. So yes....."land of the free" 🤣🤣🤣

[@mr.daisock1728]

Sorry Chris , you get it wrong . In America you are so free you can do some Zig zagging . The rest of the World is to safe to do it.

[@Real_MisterSir]

@@Sabundy You're free, until you run out of money to pay for your freedom privileges. Then you very quickly realize just how much freedom really exists. If freedom of choice comes at a pricetag, it isn't a freedom at all.

[@beverlytaff4914]

I am 76 and I have worked all over the world, I REALLY mean all over the world including USSR and Red China plus all the old familiar places, you know, Paris, Athens, Sydney, Tokyo, Vancouver, the Persian Gulf plus of course, the good 'ole USA. I had the offer of a permanent job in the USA and I politely refused. My American contractors were stunned that I preferred to return home to Britain upon retirement. Compete with my excellent pension! After these stories are you really surprised that I don't want to live in the USA; - Indeed, I'd live anywhere but the USA! Furthermore, your police are dangerous if not LETHAL!!!

[@Sabundy]

I wouldn't live in the US if you paid me

[@terrygrant9140]

UK has a violent crime rate 6 times that of the US.

[@lesleyvass8739]

Ditto!

[@davemadill3782]

Brilliant reply 😊

[@mamaja-qn9nu]

Same

[@Feyenoord-el8ip]

I live and work in the Netherlands. This year I have 27 paid vacation days and I have been sick for 6 weeks in total and I also get paid for those. I get paid for two hours to visit a doctor or dentist and four hours for hospital visits.

[@andrew097]

I currently don't have health insurance, a few years ago I fell off a bike and broke my arm. Ironically a childhood friend living in Texas broke her finger at about the same time. I went to the A&E she went to her health care centre. 65 Euros later and three months of care my arm is fixed physiotherapy and all. Three months later a 8K my friend in Texas is still struggling a little. In a post script I'm a Irish citizen and 3 years after my arm break I'm cycling a long distance event in Paris to Brest . 350 kilometers in I have a big off and break my finger and need several stitches in my face. I'm brought to hospital, x rayed, operated on my finger and 3 pins. MRI scan for my head and they take my EU id. Released after two days care. Final cost 68 Euros. Yes we pay taxes but the health systems are diffrent. I'll go home and probably access my health care the same way to have the pins removed. Its a society having a social floor.

[@noelamini7350]

That one with the guy teaching in Thailand got me. "They don't shoot their children." Thats hilariously sad and messed up

[@xiii0722]

Same... Says it all

[@katiewierenga1948]

Actually we had a horrific school shooting this year, police officer (so access to a gun). It was incredibly shocking for a part of the world where that doesn’t happen.

[@sopcannon]

saying that the school i work at in the UK you need passes to access, just to enter.

[@Arltratlo]

its the same way in most countries on this planet, only in the USA its a hobby!

[@thebiggestnerdynerd6250]

I can understand why these videos might be shocking to Americans but the matter of fact is, that's normality. Being able to live in safety, not working you ass off just to barely survive and getting an education, that's normality. That's what should be normal in all countries, even the US

[@paul1979uk2000]

It should be shocking to them because the system keeps telling them that the US is the best but the stats say otherwise. Still, at least many eyes are opening up on this, especially among the young in the US but I feel they've got a long way to go just to catch up to what Europeans take for granted and even then, the political and rich elites in the US will fight tooth and nail to not change these things because it's very profitable for a few rich elites and corporations, basically, it's not going to change unless enough of the people rise up and force change and that I think is decades away if at all.

[@lizzymueller3604]

Ah, unfortunately it's not normal for a big part of humanity but at least it's pretty normal for people in western countries. And it's sad, that americans don't get changed.

[@Real_MisterSir]

@@lizzymueller3604 I think we can say "normal for 1st world countries", and US branding itself heavily on being a 1st world country it does hold true. Basic safety of health, security, and education are a common factor in 1st world countries, and really should be in the US as well.

[@trl2828]

Umm, You can live safely, survive just fine, and get an education in the USA without a problem. Millions have done it. The problem is people think they are entitled to everything instead of understanding everything is earned. Anyone can be successful in the USA with hard work, dedication, and effort. Again, millions do it all the time. I am 40 years old, never married, own a home, and a car, work 40 hours a week, have 3 weeks off each year plus 5 sick days, and am on target to retire at 60, and enjoy my life. All with zero college degrees. I am successful and living the American dream. So what are you talking about?

[@neilmoulden5323]

@@trl2828 I've had caner, a stroke and heart attack. Can't work anymore. How would i fair in the US? Used to work 6 days a week.

[@BananaWormski]

Can some american actually confirm it costs thousands for an ambulance in the states? That's wild, it costed me $110 Canadian ($82 merican) for an ambulance when I almost drowned class 5 rapids and whirlpools in 4 degree temps (39 feirenheit :p) from a jet-ski accident. Three cop cars, an ambulance and two firetrucks.

[@heavystarch100]

I had a heart stint in my city of St.Louis, I was discharged 4 days after surgery! The hospital Barnes, forgot about me! I was l left at the front entrance, as I was about to catch a bus home my neighbor called me to see how I was! She came and picked me up! I'm a veteran and this is the shit I fought for!!😢

[@grahamyates2490]

Pepper spray is illegal here in Australia too - mainly because it doesn't work so well on the snakes and crocodiles. You could always zig-zag though.

[@jerbil9353]

same for the UK. I carry a knife, which is only legal because it's under 3 inches in length, and is folding blade with no locking mechanism.

[@wendykelly8551]

@@jerbil9353 you do, ...oh

[@Alex-nt3tg]

"You could always zig-zag though" got me! Omg! 😂😂😂😂

[@scratchy996]

Does zig-zagging help, when a gang of kangaroo riding drop-bears use their blowguns to shoot poisonous spiders at you ?

[@grahamyates2490]

@@scratchy996 good pick mate. It wouldn't usually help, you'd have to rely on the drop bears being pissed (drunk). Which in all honesty is pretty much most of the time.

[@wanzmarcz219]

Mannnn America say they're land of the free but it's actually mind conditioning that only USA is the greatest country and it's so sad to a point where you grow up feeling entitled compared to other countries. 😂

[@helenchelmicka7894]

Def! All the flags and esp pledge of allegiance I find really creepy

[@wanneske1969]

Last weekend I had a lot of pain (probably prostate infection), went to the hospital in Antwerp (Belgium, Europe :-) ) on a saturday night. The doctor on call examined me and gave a prescription. It was 6 € for this consult. Went to the pharmacy on call (all pharmacies were closed) and paid 1.4 € for my medicine.

[@d.marbus1493]

That's why we pay more taxes. Schools, medical care, social security, support with rent payments, public transport and more

[@JonsTunes]

I don't understand why the USA can't accept social health care. In the US you pay taxes for roads, police...etc In the UK/Europe we pay taxes of which a small percentage of your income goes to health care. The more you earn the more you pay. If you're not earning or are on a low income you pay less...simple. The end result is a nonprofit system available to EVERYONE and a system whose main priority is CARE NOT PROFIT. The system by design ensures you are treated as well possible so you use its resources as little as possible.

[@susanford2388]

Fact. President Eisenhower in the 50's wanted a National health service for all returning soldiers from WW2 & Korea. His advisors said NO as there was segregation in hospitals. So segregation is the reason for a lack of NHS. So Eisenhower spent the country's money on the race to space & nuclear weapons rather than people on the ground. Alas health care is all about profit in the US.

[@rizeagle33]

It's because they have gutted our education system and so people have been brainwashed that anything that isn't unfettered capitalism is evil. As an American who desperately wants to live anywhere else I'm stuck in a country that treats its people like garbage. The only thing in America that matters is how much money do you have. If you have a lot of money you will be fine if you don't you are fucked plain and simple.

[@Ateezwooyoung]

Yeah they also tell you what you can do and what not. Remember the baby who died, where the parents wanted to bring it to the US, even Trump got involved, but the UK let it die. Also if the American health care is so bad and the Canadian so good, why do thousands of Canadians cross the borders and get American healthcare?

[@JonsTunes]

@@Ateezwooyoung I would say you're the laughing stock of the world but it's no laughing matter! Admit it. Your health system is not only shameful but it's downright disgusting. The lack of empathy towards others is horrible, the impact it has on all but the rich drives your morality to an all time low.

[@ladythalia227]

Like Trump cares about the life of foreign children. The wife of a diplomat (no diplomatic status of her own) got drunk in the UK, decided to go for a drive and ran over and killed a 16 year old. She fled back to the US and is still living life at large. She killed a child!

[@cheryla7480]

Believe it…..it’s true, I’m your northern neighbour. We have universal health care in Canada as well. I had three children in hospital…..no cost. My husband and I have had various surgeries over the years ( he needed a triple bypass )……no cost.. Our schools are open….no metal detectors, no security guards, no locks on doors, no bulletproof backpacks, no “ shooter drills “. There is a real world outside of the US! It’s freer and more normal!

[@ericbailey6779]

Now tell us how to you would afford that healthcare without the US Military spending 800 billion to keep Russia from coming over the top of the world on your sorry eh's

[@Mooncricketstinks]

Yea no, your Trudeau regime is fucked. I saw how your govt treated the Freedom Truckers who, unlike govt and majority of the population, actually contribute to keep Canada functioning. I also like how C16 can imprison people who choose to use pronouns addressing people. But hey N Koreans think their leader is greatest in the world too so...

[@tommerker8063]

@@ericbailey6779 ahh yes. because american military intervention and other aggressive political intervention in sovereign nations is only in the best interest of everyone. you are just as bad as russia only that you have the audacity to portray yourself as the hero.

[@unbearabull]

@@ericbailey6779 What? Is someone upset? You're like an abuse victim who doesn't want to get the person who abuses you in trouble. Unbelievable. How have they programmed you to be like that?! Damn. Brain washed. Most same people wouldn't argue with the original comment, yet here you are. Also, Russia can't even compete with a Ukraine being supplied by NATO. How would it manage to get past an equipped UK, Canada, France, Germany etc? Again, a stupid comment.

[@ericbailey6779]

@@unbearabull See, Abull, here is the thing. I don't want my country to spend another dime on any other country but us. Is that a bad thing? Are you from one of those welfare nations with your hand out demanding money? I hate that my country votes for leaders that cater to bottom feeders and neglect their own citizens. And don't get me started on NATO. NATO is a black hole that does nothing but suck American money. Almost no other member has ever paid there NATO dues. That isn't NATO money, that's American money going straight down the gullet of a greedy, corrupt, Ukraine government, that claims it's the good guy, while burning churches and arresting journalists the same as Putin does. The countries you mentioned (except for maybe the UK) have done nothing to contribute their agreed amount to NATO. They sit back and let the US pay everything. You are damn right my country is being abused. By every crooked politician and technocrat warmonger on the planet at the moment. And you swim in your pool of smug accomplishment like you deserve to be defended without actually realizing that without the US you would already be speaking Russian or Chinese.

[@DristeraCrossing0]

Oh, this is the first time I actually understand the thing with sick leave. Yeah, in Sweden or Finland we are home when we are sick and we get paid. No matter how many times or days.

[@ricchansan]

European here: I was sick "only" 11 days last year which was apparently below average (which was like 19 days) for our company. Me & all the other coworkers who had below average sick days got a handwritten thank you note from the boss and a little gift basket he bought & assembled with his daughters. We're a 400 people company.

[@juliemcgugan1244]

I grew up in Singapore. I would regularly see little old Grandmas, with a toddler grandchild in hand, walking to the local 7-11 after midnight, in their pjs. You really don't need to worry about crime in Singapore. I heard of two or three child abductions and murders during my childhood. You know what happened to the people who did it? They hanged them...within the year. They were arrested within weeks. Never felt unsafe during my childhood there. I miss it.

[@denisedevoto5703]

My daughter lives in Japan, and she keeps saying how safe she feels there.

[@Fuk_Zat_Tek]

@@denisedevoto5703 Japan is probably one of the ( if not THE ) safest country on earth ... and globally Asia is safer than Europe, Africa , South America and off course US

[@Hustwick]

America, the land of the free ... Refills. 😂🤣

[@Sabundy]

Land of the free.......free to get shot.

[@cpaul9269]

Man, watching you react to the healthcare stuff, clearly hearing it for the first time, is so gratifying - it means that it is actually THAT important and shocking that we can't make it happen - now you can see how little we actually value life compared to everyone else.

[@stevecarter8810]

The story from 4:55 i love how the German nurse is like: you must be leaving early because you need beer

[@MrDylpickle27]

Tbh the money situation is more stressful to the point where I don’t even care if someone shoots me… go right ahead. I’m sure my mom would still have to pay the INSANE medical bill after though! ❤

[@tina17mb]

I was in San Fransisco years ago and heard a loud bang and suddenly everyone ran in all directions into side streets except us Brits who just stood there and realised then how everyone had thought it was gunfire whereas I'd assumed it was a car backfiring and when I looked down the street I could see a van that had indeed backfired with some smoke from it's exhaust. Glad it wasn't actual gunfire looking back!

[@emmabruh]

Honestly it’s just the US that does strange things, it’s the way the system was build and people were brought up. The rest of the world definitely looks at the US knowing their strange

[@Aulis431]

Dude, your reaction to those stories blows my mind. It BLOWS MY MIND that it blows your mind, that anybody would be surprised by any of those stories. I never realized how unhealthy American society is until these videos started popping up on my YT.

[@wout123100]

wow, you didnt know,??? you never saw any news of thsoe shootings, seems to me you lived under the same rock the americans do. i knew this 30 years ago, and its way worse now.

[@gugunkosi9481]

Thank goodness for social media actually because they stay advertising that America is the place to be 🙁😅

[@ambeer6]

I live at a farm in the Netherlands and there's a common hiking route as well as a cycling route that goes right through our property. We once spotted a cyclist with a flat tire. We invited him to our bbq and had some of our homemade apple pie with apples from our land and basically just kept hanging out with him until his girlfriend was able to pick him up. (he insisted on fixing the tire himself when he got back home, otherwise we would've probably helped him with that too lol)

[@mitsukiification]

When she said the insurance cost $100 I instantly thought that's so cheap. That's a good monthly cost. Then I realized it was for the entire year. Omg 😭 America really has messed us up.

[@boya7262]

100$ is expensive. In most countries it's free 🙈

[@sexysadie2901]

​@@boya7262No, it wasn't only a medical insurance, it was for EVERYTHING.

[@MeriaDuck]

Maybe NL is an outlier, here it is at least $150 a month for basic health insurance coverage. Maybe we look to much at US for inspiration on how to .. up.

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

I pay £25 - $32 DOLLARS for my insurance a month that's Me,Wifey and 2 Children and if I die they will pay out £350,000 POUND STERLING - $500,000 THOUSAND DOLLAR'S to my Wife

[@inyu00]

@@boya7262 it's not free it comes from taxes. free mean no expense your still paying for it. same applies to education. at the end of the day doctors and teachers need to be payed

[@colliness]

I was in Singapore recently and became extremely ill. The only thing I had to pay for was the two antibiotics. THATS IT!!! No visiting fees, no long wait time(literally 15 min I was at the clinic). I actually cried when I walked out of the clinic because I know what I will experience in the US healthcare system.

[@SuperNovaRider]

Wow, from a German's point of view that about "how to run away when someone is pointing a gun at you" just blew my mind. I never even heared about this "running in zickzack", when trying to avoid getting shot. I can promise you right now, nobody in Germany is ever tought anything like that. If you ask a hundred people in Germany randomly on the street if they ever saw a real gun, chances are pretty high, you won't even find one.

[@totallybored5526]

The same is true in the uk. Thank god UK and Germany don’t have guns because the fights for sun loungers would take a dark turn real fast

[@tanasha67]

Danish girl here - I had a teacher once who had lived in the US, and she did the "this is how much you have to pay for childbirth on average" and the "you can't leave your baby outside your window to sleep, you'll get arrested" - the whole class was shocked, and basically the whole lesson we talked about the insanity of having to pay for anything at the hospital, and not being able to leave the hospital with your newborn without an alarm going off... We were all like wtf? Never going to move to the US, NEVER!

[@nancyheilman876]

We lived in Japan for five years. One time my husband accidentally left his wallet on top of a gas pump. The next day he realized it was gone and started retracing his steps. He went back to the gas station and another customer had brought it inside and they were keeping it for him. They apologized because they hadn't called him - - our Japanese phone number wasn't written anywhere in the wallet. Another time I lost my PASMO card. It's for trains and transit; you load it at machines and then swipe when you get off and on. I usually put $100 equivalent on it at a time because I used the trains a lot. My lost PASMO showed up in the mail. Someone found it and turned it in - they swiped the card and got my name and address. There was about $3 left on the card.

[@MeriaDuck]

Had a similar experience here in NL. Someone found my card-wallet on the ground at the gas-station. He had called the bank, they adviced to pay me a cent with his phone number in the description. He did, I called, I drove over to him and was ever grateful to get all my cards back (which includes drivers license, credit card, bank cards and more).

[@Deltoren1]

I had the same happen in america. most places in america the same would happen

[@arcturus4762]

This happens almost anywhere people are educated. Wouldn't happen in my home country though.

[@paulmcgrath6118]

I grew up in Ireland and thought Ireland was really backwards and “uncool” and that the US was amazing but it’s completely different than what I thought . Most people in the US are so sheltered and many of them have this mad idea that they are the only country in the world with freedom. They can’t even cross the street unless they use pedestrian crossings , they get no time off work, they can’t even buy a beer til they are 21 and even then you still need ID every where you go . The poverty in the US is horrific and the violence is extreme. Cops all carry guns and are very passive aggressive and intimidating. It’s considered unusual to go for a few drinks on your lunch break or early in the day but they all seem to be on medication. They even have television advertisements promoting medications !!!! If a child is hyper or bold they put the child on drugs to calm them down. They also get offended so easy , not all of them; but if you make fun of them some of them to take it really really personally which makes it hard to make friends

[@lauriemapplebeck1286]

Canadian here. Our health is considered free but it is not. We pay taxes and it covers. Every person who comes here are covered! ❤️🇨🇦

[@Ubique2927]

The thing with "FREE" healthcare is that you pay at least 10% more tax than in the US. In the UK NI contributions are 12% before tax.

[@oneshot4826]

The one common thread that comes through from all those people is the comparison with the country they're in and the US. If I was an american I would be shocked and appalled at the diabolical cost of healthcare, the explosion of homelessness, the outrageous employment conditions you have and the ease at which you can obtain a deadly weapon.

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

You know if you've just given birth and you want to hold your baby for the first time the hospital will charge you $30-50 DOLLARS..To hold your own flesh and blood and it's called skin on skin contact and if that doesn't say how fcuked up AMERICA is well I don't know what will..SMH

[@TonyVallad]

French here, and yeah... I can confirm you're getting royally screwed in the US. Which is why I always recommend to americans that have never travelled outside of the US to travel to other developped countries. It's really eye openning ;) And if enough of you guys realize how fucked up your system is, there's a chance you can do something about it. And if you don't have enough money to go as far as Europe, Canada is a good option. Their system is in between the Europen and US system. ;) I find it crazy that most of you know so little about your own neighboring country !

[@TonyVallad]

By the way, if you read comments from Europeans and other developped countries and think "it seems too good to be true" or "what's the catch", well... it really IS that good, and no... no catch... truely amazing compared to the US.

[@prachi6802]

But to be honest its not only the system, its the people too.. in these developed countries population is prety low and people respect the rules and dont take advantage of the benefits that are given. The medical cost in the US is horrendous. Even in my developing country we have better prices than the US

[@jerrimenard3092]

My mom's people are from Canada, so I have been a number of times. I hope things will improve here in the USA, but I am not holding my breath. That may require a hospital visit if I pass out and I am already way to poor.

[@sopcannon]

Even South Africa has better healthcare than the US.

[@nicoledb341]

As a dutch person i would much rather visit Canada than the US.

[@alistairmunro]

This is all true. I'm 49 years old, and I have never heard a gunshot in any UK town or City. I don't think I even saw a real gun until I was a teenager and saw Spanish Airport Police. In the UK, you have to pay a token fee for medicines, but it is a flat fee so that no pharmaceutical company can rip you off. So even if you get prescribed a heart pill that costs £1000 per month, you only have to pay the standard £8 fee, and the NHS pays the rest. And if you get a really serious illness like Cancer or DIabetes where you have to keep taking drugs to stay alive, then you don't even have to pay the token fee. And once you hit retirement age (65) you don't have to pay the token free.

[@kaml1369]

In the UK, you don’t pay for an ambulance. It’s all covered by the NHS which is funded by national insurance which comes out of our monthly salary.

[@cafesociety8525]

I went to Vermont as a kid with my family. My brother and I were arguing in the back of the car while my parents grabbed something from a convenience store and a cop opened the door and grabbed me out shouting and hauling me around by my clothes. I was 12 my brother was 10 my parents were horrified! Civilised places don't operate like that.

[@emmavink]

My guy... I'm South African. We have one of one of the worst crime rates in the world. We don't have school shootings. Literally. Once in a blue moon there is some violence related to gang activity in some places. We've never had someone randomly pick up a weapon and indiscriminately murder children or students. We have all basic healthcare covered by the government. And in our cities, that healthcare tends to be good. You could literally have cancer and be treated for free. We have decent maternity leave. We have abortion rights enshrined into our consistution. It is done safely and for free. For any aged person who needs one and no parental consent is required. No waiting period and no doctor permission needed under 12 weeks. Basic birth control and basic contraception: free.

[@stanleykassim2839]

Its amazing how much you can improve a country just by caring about people. Free education, cheap healthcare and insurance. Of course, if youre gonna only care about money, that is the only thing that will matter.

[@ChristinaCapri25]

My husband and I are both Italian-Americans, we hold dual citizenship. I am sure the woman living it Italy has never come across the ITALIAN MAFIA, which is still very active in Italy. 😂

[@cpaul9269]

But they won't mess with you unless you kinda try to piss them off, or become wealthy enough to draw their attention, right? Don't they by and large follow the old codes? unlike the idiot American versions...I haven't heard anything (not around it for last 20-30yrs - lost touch-not sad). LOL

[@totallybored5526]

Finally a proper Italian American and not a fake ones from New York claiming to be Italian without spending a second in italy

[@edpotter1170]

When I was in college I was hanging out with an American exchange student. In a cafe, there was a group celebrating their friend's birthday so they brought balloons. When they popped one, my American friend flinched so bad he almost flipped the table (literally he spilled some of our food) while the sleepy me at the time just turned my head lazily to see the source of that bang sound. I turned back at him and said "that was a little much" referring to his reaction, while starting to clean up the mess on our table. He said he thought that was a gun. I didn't know the gun law in America at the time so I told him he watched too many movies. After that he told me about the US gun law and for like 10 minutes i really thought he was joking after being embarrassed, until he told me to google it myself 🙂

[@R0gueM]

Then that dude was never around guns. He feared them because he was taught to fear them. There’s an incredible difference between a firearm going off, and a balloon popping. I’m sorry, but his response was just ridiculous.

[@Rai2M]

@@R0gueM Nope it wasn't. It's an instinctive reaction on ANY loud and completely unexpected sound. I would fall down on the floor back in the days. Because any sound like that could be the last thing you hear.

[@Stiffdistantandweird]

It’s great seeing these reactions. US citizens need to wake up to what is happening there.

[@ericbailey6779]

They need to see what their military tax dollars are going to subsidize and realize that the rest of the world needs to learn how to stand up on its own without US protection.

[@kiroshki]

Same for Europe. We need to wake up cos we spending all our money for social stuff having NO army. When (yea not if but when) the new world war begins we are fcuked. The USA right now can do what Germany tried in WWII but the USA could actually pull it off. The USA is prepared to fight the whole world on its own when the EU can't stand up vs Russia which is really weak right now.

[@Stiffdistantandweird]

@@ericbailey6779 the US doesn’t protect other countries out of nobility. They protect their own interests. Thing is, why do all countries have to spend more of killing devices of war when problems can be solved via many other avenues?

[@ericbailey6779]

@@Stiffdistantandweird I'm well aware that US politicians are doing what they do out of greed and desire for power. I pray for the day that we elect a government the takes care of its own people and leaves the rest of the greedy welfare world stand up or rot. I'm sick of listening to weak-kneed, entitled, charity cases brag about how much better they are than the US. And, if you don't want to spend your money on weapons of war then you should be free to see what happens. Just stop crying to the US to do anything about it.

[@Stiffdistantandweird]

@@ericbailey6779 ha! You really think the rest of the world looks for charity from a broken State like the US? The richest country in the world cannot even look after its own citizens. Your country is failing and we all find it sad AF.

[@robopecha]

i love your reactions, man! i have watched similar videos on other channels, but this is so cool! you look like you find out for the first time that there is a free world out there, where you dont get killed, where you can be sick and treated for free and can just live your life! if americans only knew what they are missing, they might all leave! :D

[@pupupu1955]

I love these reaction videos, you americans are so funny when you make suprised and shocked faces. Also it is really weird at the same that you guys are so unaware of how bad you have it and how good we have it here in Europe.

[@smygulf]

Available healthcare & not getting shot... 2 very key ingredients for a longer life 👍

[@kiedragerl8119]

I've lived in 5 different countries. But living in South Korea was amazing. Doctor's visits + 2 weeks of meds for a serious infection was $12 and they apologized for the cost. No keys...all the doors are biometric or code based at your home (this doesn't include old buildings in smaller cities), subway blockers are advertisements for local food to order. Order it with the QR code and by the time you are home your food is outside. All deliveries are in returnable metal containers. They come pick up the containers for FREE (delivery is also usually free). Bell buttons on tables for food/beer/soju. You push it and it displays your table number + request and they either come to you or just bring you what you wanted but leave you alone most of the time to talk and enjoy the food. No tipping. Phone is used to buzz in for subways, purchases at alot of stores, convenience stores, bars, malls, buses, etc (years before anything like this was available in America). All the food is smaller portions and made with better ingredients. Healthier too. Public transportation is amazing (not as good as Japan but still great). Like....I mean...so many things.

[@katarzynazdrojewska4233]

The social security for the elderly, caregivers, and the like is really lacking though. And mental health care. Overall one of the countries I would really consider while being a single career lady.

[@Rai2M]

South Korea is a modern cyberpunk country. Harsh and cruel. North Korea is even worse, tho

[@jannebrija9879]

You see i just moved to Germany where we have free healthcare and all but what really shocked me the most is when I fell sick for a couple of days, not long maybe a day or two and when I received my payslip at the end of the month, I got additional pay because I was sick. Like what? They give you more money when you call sick. Given it was not a lot but still.

[@ginettechiverton7113]

The NHS in the UK, was started by our Labour political party, but All our political parties in UK want the NHS. Sadly some Americans just link it to Socialism. Our NHS , we think of it as a right to good equal health care, not a Privelidge. 🇬🇧☮️

[@sugoruyo]

Wait till you find out: in the UK, only about 6k out of 150k police officers carry guns and they are generally part of specialty units that respond to situations where a gun might be needed.

[@ericbailey6779]

Which are the police that arrest fathers that try to save their daughters from grooming gangs? Of how about the ones that monitor social media to make sure that you don't insult someone from the wrong group? Are those the same armed police that took 15 minutes to show up as Lee Rigby was being skinned and gutted in the streets, that have now forgotten about him?

[@philipnesbitt3334]

Everything here, as others have said, is just usual life in Europe and the rest of the western world, it is what real freedom is. Virtually no fear. Yes we have our deprived neighbourhoods but if you avoid those there are almost no problems. Even when I've been to them I've just felt a little uneasy, nothing else. I live in the UK.

[@Cory_LaRose]

In Canada I hid my beer like that many times. Everyone does. Especially on the train.

[@karolina9743]

You see in Poland you get thought that you have to run in a Zickzack when there is a boar running after you 😅

[@aeschynanthus_sp]

I was on holiday in Madeira (a part of Portugal) in 2018 and broke my wrist while biking. I was taken to hospital there, had surgery and stayed a week. I did not pay anything because I had the European health care card and also travel insurance (*that* came from my yearly worker's union payment, so I didn't pay anything extra for the travel insurance). When returning to Finland, I had another surgery, which was done without nightstay. I paid only the day fee for surgery, which somewhat more than 100 euros. Not free but nowhere near American levels.

[@KennaDeMerkedo]

Out of curiosity- how much is deducted out of your salary every month?

[@Aiveq]

@@KennaDeMerkedo havent been to a hospital for about 14y, losing 20% of paycheck every month. it honestly irks me when tourist come and be "omg its so cheap" no, i paid for it... most of us paid for it, you just cashed in

[@KennaDeMerkedo]

@@Aiveq same here

[@petrsebik]

@@KennaDeMerkedo not sure how about Finland but for example here in Czechia the health insurance is 13,5% of your salary.

[@robinsebelova7103]

@@petrsebik Yes, but that is divided on 4,5% payed by you and 9% payed by your employer.

[@Caeluum]

We have many flaws and problems here in France, but Healthcare, minimum wage and threat of a gun in any situation isn't one of them. :)

[@RhumFr]

"Many" not that much to be honest lol

[@worcestershireweedingson5562]

as an American living overseas in eastern europe. Each place has its pros and cons. America's pros and cons end up being blown up and noticed by the fact that as a country it's massive. it has an impact in some form or fashion everywhere, whether it be in culture, trends, economy, military, etc... so it's negatives are just as well known as its positives. However, In my opinion, it is one of the better places to live. I used to live in Bulgaria, where racism, corruption, the mafia, among other things are very prevalent, and it's not like in America where those things were looked down upon. It was accepted and fine for a lot of people. Tldr: other side of the fence isn't always greener

[@deepbluehue3]

This american hearing that voice in my head / that phrase some americans really believe ' America is the best country in the World ' ... Typically from someone who has NEVER traveled abroad ... Or if they have ,weren't interested in learning about how others live / experience / see life . ~ That insulated safe carnival cruise . My sister (2016 ) was killed / shot in the head during a robbery at work btw.

[@KimbaLoveAdams]

My childhood here in America was so different than today's youth. No one had to teach me to run in zig zags because of someone pointing a gun at me because no one pointed guns at me and I didn't have to worry about that ever happening to me as a child. I cry for today's generation. I'm very fortunate.

[@Londronable]

Here in Belgium I basically grew up with the idea that if you're not at fault you should get help somehow and not be punished. Having a job there's basically no way I'm not getting paid all 40 hours/week somehow. I have done the preparation for employee payment before where you just fill in what the employees worked and send it to an extern firm we used to calculate the payments. "worked for 8 hours" Monday to Friday is the standard of course. But there are a ton of others that you can put there that will mean you still get paid. Sick for 5 months? I expect to get paid. It's not my fault I'm sick. Too hot/cold/wet to work? Not my fault, I expect to get paid. Not enough work at the company?(think construction) Not my problem. I expect to get paid. Had a father die and took mourn leave. Had a kid and is on maternity leave. Took some PTO etc. etc. So basically both income and expenses are less variable here. I can easily plan out my big expenses in life years ahead because I know how much I can save every year and there's very little that will make wobble by even 1k.

[@theotheo6587]

I want to visit but how much dialysis cost????

[@withoutwords8136]

@@theotheo6587 free, if it's a public clinic

[@JacobBax]

@@withoutwords8136 I don't know if that is true for a foreigner.

[@TT-ei5tq]

I definitely wouldn’t want to start a business in Belgium…. (Now multiply that by thousands, which means thousands less potential good jobs, less tax revenue for the government, less public services…)

[@Londronable]

@@TT-ei5tq Based on personal wealth we're like 4th on the planet and have some of the most wealth equality in the world. Whatever we're doing, the results kind of speak for themselves for the most part. Not only that, we're basically the only country where the wealth disparity didn't grow over recent years. I'm somebody with several properties worth so talking couple millions in the bank. Taxes are high and I could complain about that but honestly I feel there's basically 2 types of people here. Either you get more out of your taxes than you pay for them. Meaning you don't make that much and the high taxes benefit you. Kindly stfu. Or you pay more into taxes than you get out of it in which case you're making plenty already. I'm firmly in this camp. I do agree that Belgium could be a bit more business friendly. That one we're rather awful at. Can't disagree with that without looking like an idiot.

[@itsgabeherekarlsson6341]

here in sweden we have something called "allemansrätten" (everymansright) it means that you can go in to anyones wooded area (as long as you dont break or kill anything) not in gardens ofc and i think you also can camp any were ((but only for 24 hours(no fires))

[@davidrennie8197]

NHS in the UK will often not charge visitors from abroad but they are supposed to in theory - costs are a fraction of USA costs. Ambulances are free. Emergency care is usually free

[@catj2930]

If you think that is crazy, in my country Wales, UK, if you are on benefits and you are living in a council house (social housing) for many years, you are given the opportunity to buy that property for a fraction of the price. All the rent that was payed toward that property from the benefits is taken off the price of the property. My friend who was in council house for years only had to pay 20k for her property. I currently live in the US, and I have noticed social housing here are usually all put in like 1 pot, in the UK it's scattered, meaning you can live in a nice council house in an area with mostly private properties, so your kids will have the same opportunities as the rest of the community you live in.

[@ingiford175]

This would help keep the houses in good order as they will have the option later to buy. I have seen many houses/areas wrecked when subsidized people move into a house/area because they have no 'ownership' and therefore do not care because they have no skin in the game, as they can move to another place just as good if not better after they destroy the place they are in.

[@TheReddeadmovie]

that council house sounds intresting and nice idea that every country should have. here in sweden its either rent or buy and both are expensive well everything is expensive here and covid and the war do not help prices😥

[@kuroneko1125.]

In Italy we have a decent social housing programme, but it would be so much better if people were given the opportunity to buy their house like in the UK. My parents have been living in their state owned apartment for 25+ years, bit by bit they turned it into something quite precious, and I wish I could buy it so that they could end their days in a home that's their own... but it's not even an option, it's so sad!

[@eligilbel2]

In Spain they are called "officially protected homes". A % of the homes in each Autonomous Community are used for this use. They are homes that meet a series of characteristics so that they have a price below the market price and thus resolve a situation of vulnerability of a certain part of the population, facilitating access to decent housing in better economic conditions than the market. In addition, the buyer receives help from the state to apply for the mortgage and, in some cases, part of the money. You have to meet a series of requirements and the house can be for sale, for rent or for rent with the option to buy. When a house is classified as officially protected housing, the builder of the same also benefits and therefore contracts obligations with the house and its new owner.

[@tgmac237]

The right to buy in Wales, stopped about 5 years ago. You're highly unlikely to get a mortgage on benefits, and , it's a discount you got, depending on how long you had been a tenant, nothing to to with amount of rent you paid.

[@oszustoslaw]

When you realize that american dream is just a dream :D

[@jerrimenard3092]

You know what George Carlin said about that? " They call it the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it".

[@TREVASLARK]

Ah, yes !

[@wout123100]

@@jerrimenard3092 and that was in the 90ties or so?

[@johnrhodez6829]

But in the UK we don't need to dream, because We Are Awake!

[@fredericferaud9106]

Lot of american people say about this kind of stuff : "We can't do this, it would be socialism !". Well, it's your call ^^.

[@MrDylpickle27]

I think it’s because we haven’t been properly educated on socialism and a lot of people think it’s a gateway to communism even though they are different.

[@SlowfingerJC]

I'm British so it's similar ... When I moved to Germany I drove over on my motorbike. When I tried to insure the bike I said I needed 3rd party fire and theft cover. They responded by saying that theft insurance wasn't available. I responded as a Brit by thinking that the motorbike crime in Germany must be even worse than in the UK so it's not insurable!!!!! Wrong ..... the salesman looked at me and said why would anybody steal a motorbike? Motorbike theft doesn't exist.

[@Reginajestem]

I was born and raised in Poland and I moved to the U.S. 5 years ago. When I talk to my family in Poland they complain that they have to wait A MONTH to see a health care specialist (for free!) - I tell them I have to PAY $$ for health insurance every paycheck AND then still pay for the visit or procedure! Then they ask why can't I just go to the 'public' doctor instead of 'private' one?? They just can't comprehend that there's no "public" free healthcare... Also, first time a fireman came to our office and gave us tips on how to behave when there's a shooting (run-hide-fight) I seriously thought he's joking, but my colleagues were dead serious 0_o Well, I'm in wild, wild west now I thought...

[@jiribatysta87]

For any americans that might say something sour about waiting a month - if you really need help, you can go to the emergency service or whatever it’s called. Some countries have it for free, most of them make you pay 5 to 20 eur

[@MariachiMak]

@@jiribatysta87 It's totally free and depending on day/time you wait between few quarters to whole day..like big soccer event happend, caused drunk clashes of happy vs upset and they need to stich whole corridor..or you go in the morning and meet full buses of old people on pension. Generally you have two places, one is called SOR (hospital emergency ward - direct translation) which provides assistance to patients in the event of a health emergency - in short you fucked up but not badly enough to call amulance, crawling your ass up there by yourself. The second place is called emergency room (also direct translation which sounds weird), you go there when you fucked up badly enough to feel immidate threat for health/life or doctor thinks that you need diagnostic and treatment activities performed right now or else you won't last long enough to the end of that line.

[@annab405]

Polish people have health care taken out of their paychecks, it’s called ZUS. It’s pretty much the same all over Europe it’s just called something else.

[@pik33100]

Drinking alcohol in public places in Poland is illegal so he has to keep the beer hidden :)

[@Alex-nt3tg]

It is? 😮 Omg, i didn't know that as a german, interesting!

[@CaroB055]

The sick days thing blows my mind. In the US if you have a bad cold early in the year, you have to work on your broken leg in November because you have no days left? What the heck! If you’re ill you can’t work!

[@MrDylpickle27]

Yep, you just lose your job and try to find a remote job

[@sergiomolina208]

I am Chilean and it is disconcerting to hear that you have to pay so much money just for health insurance or to go to university, that is free in my country that is not even a member of what you consider first world.

[@robertdempsey3417]

To the first girl: The reason healthcare is so accessible in Europe is because they use their taxes for social services more than for defence, due to The US being their muscle. And, who funds The US' defence? The American taxpayer. So, don't worry - you paid for that visit in the long run...

[@santaclaus0815]

“Give the laborer the right to work while he is healthy, secure him care when he is sick, secure him care when he is old.” ―Otto von Bismarck, 1884

[@pr0gengoo96]

Man, being sick and unable to go to the doctor - that must suck , I feel ya 😟

[@fairy5668]

The person who said Thailand doesn't have guns: they actually have a lot of guns but they're almost all owned by either criminals or farmers.