People were Shocked by 10 Things You Never Do in USA! l Brazil, Spain, Italy, Portugal, France

[@beatrizrainha7028]

im so surprized they have been spitting out so much content in a row with portugal and brazil. and im here for it

[@f4bertaleixo]

Same

[@cedriko1662]

Isso mesmo, irmã

[@mauropedrosa7317]

são os dois carismáticos e bons representantes

[@thayllormenezes8348]

Audiência brasileira em peso. Simples... Brasileiro vê sua bandeira num vídeo e clica instantaneamente

[@Skill-Issue79]

The Azores casually chilling in the middle😂

[@Trifler500]

The simple answer to "Why doesn't Fahrenheit start at zero?" is because it isn't based on fresh water. I think I read that the freezing point is based on a salt water solution. The upper point is based on average human body temperature. The scale was set so that there are 180 degrees between the two. The main point of the Fahrenheit scale was to create a system that allowed scientists to calculate certain things without needing fractions or decimals. So, the whole purpose behind the creation of Fahrenheit was different.

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

The bottom line is that Fahrenheit was designed for talking about ambient temperature conditions (i.e., weather). So 0 is cold, and 100 is hot. Although it was designed in Europe, so 0 is in slightly the wrong place for North America. (0 should have been where -20 F is, honestly. Hindsight.) Celsius was designed for chemistry, but it was designed before scientists really understood what temperature is, so it was designed wrong, which is why chemists don't use it any more. (They use Kelvins instead.)

[@tequilafr]

​@@jonadabtheunsightly Though there is a much easier transformation between Kelvin to Celsius. Like you add 272,15 from Celsius to get Kelvin. So if you use a difference of temperature, it doesn't matter if you use Kelvin or Celsius. On the other hand converting Celsius or Kelvin to Farenheit is much more annoying.

[@marvinlear5848]

@@jonadabtheunsightly Agreed. To go into a little more detail, although a quick google seems to suggest there is no consensus, before I even looked it up, it occurred to me that, outside of outlier states like North Dakota (gets super cold), southern Florida (semi-tropical), and the California coast (doesn't vary much in temperature), 0°F is approx. the coldest day you'll regularly encounter in a given year and 100°F is approx. the hottest day. So then if the outside temperature is lower than 0 or higher than 100, you know you're experiencing one of the most extreme days of the year. 0 and 100 are both 'round' numbers and intuitive to remember when you're looking at the weather prediction for the day's high and low temperature.

[@kittyazzzie]

I've never understood Fahrenheit and probably never will. Negative temperatures are NEGATIVE because they're below zero!

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

@@kittyazzzie The thing I can never remember about Celsius, is whether body temperature is 27, 37, or 47. I can theoretically calculate it based on knowing that freezing is 0 (weird, but easy to remember) and boiling is 100 (ditto), but it's annoying to have to do that much arithmetic in my head.

[@ebick77]

New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Portland OR, and Seattle all have good public transit within the city. You can visit without a car. Not quite as good as major European cities or Japan, but reasonably easy to get around on transit.

[@johnalden5821]

The DC system does not compare to New York's or maybe even Chicago's. It is struggling. They built it very rapidly, without sufficient underground infrastructure or side tracking. Plus, it is chronically under-capitalized, because it relies on funding from three different jurisdictions (DC, Virginia and Maryland) without meaningful federal funding. Currently, the entire end of a line is shut down for something like six stops for long-overdue repairs. There have been safety issues and derailments over the past 10-15 years.

[@GloryaR1]

I'm from the Seattle area, and I agree. We have a pretty good transit system, even outside of Seattle. You can take a bus to most places, and we have the Sounder train and light rail. It's a nightmare trying to drive or park in Seattle, so most people commute via public transit.

[@Natslocker]

Yes. In big cities, when you are going to restaurants, stores and stuff and parallel parking which will probably happen 95% of the time, they make you pay for parking meters and stuff. It is also always hard to find a spot and there's a lot of traffic usually. (Although i dont mind traffic lol) The public transportation is definitely more accessible but it's also disgusting most of the time. I would still recommend renting a car if you don't mind traffic and want to avoid walking. It worked for my family and I when I went to San Fransisco.

[@briantbmoth6472]

Minneapolis has good public transportation. Actually any decent sized city here in the USA has decent public transportation.

[@neffyg35]

I was about to say, I'm in Philadelphia and I can get around just fine without a car. Lots of people live here without a car.

[@henri191]

I think Brazil, as a big country, deserves a video like that, i mean 26 states and they probably are different from each other, Julia seems to know about it

[@shyper_]

Its not as different as the US, each state is very different in laws and everything, Brasil is more united than the US

[@MariahGessinger]

Yesss the big country of the south hemisph

[@RodrigoBarbosaBR]

@@shyper_ regarding laws, mostly yes. Tax laws change quite a bit, but it doesn't affect day to day life (you will mostly only notice if you are running a business). But considering culture, customs, climate and day to day life, oh yeah, it is very different.

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

Brazil is actually larger than contiguous US, meaning that without, Alaska and Hawaii (really just Alaska), mainland US is smaller than Brazil. If we also disregard bodies of water, and just purely measure land area, US is larger than Canada. So the order would be: 1. Russia 2. China 3. USA (with Alaska + Hawaii) 4. Canada 5. Brazil 6. USA (without Alaska + Hawaii) 6. Australia 7. India 8. Argentina 9. Kazakhstan 10. Algeria 6. Australia If we add bodies of water, then Canada moves to 2nd place. Only country really allowed to underestimate the size of the US is Russia. In its largest administrative division of Sakha, you can fit more than 4 Texas, and still have some room left.

[@SamtheI]

They already have it. Ana is the host just look it up

[@kaseylewis2859]

This was wild. She was unbelievably inaccurate about a lot. Nobody in the US is taxed 50% of their salary. Nowhere close. There were many other inaccuracies, but that one was wild.

[@PhxIsPhx]

Really? Most of my family’s taxes are like that. 50% the government takes then the other 50% goes to us

[@meganmarie5]

@@PhxIsPhxthen that means your family is in a very high tax bracket and make a shit ton of money

[@mikehigashi9921]

It could hit 50% for deductions if you also include insurance and pension contribution.

[@glossaria2]

@@mikehigashi9921 Yeah, I was thinking, she's probably never held a job, and doesn't realize that there are deductions from your paycheck that AREN'T actually taxes.

[@wdwgirl9206]

She’s got to be including taxes, insurances, retirement contributions, etc.

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

14:56 okay the way she said it is kind of weird here. Native Americans are not forced to live there. It’s just that they are reserved lands in which native Americans have some powers over the reserve

[@mariehayes8358]

We have almost 100 reservations in California, and there are about 109 tribes represented.

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@mariehayes8358 neat

[@johnalden5821]

For many Americans, even we don't understand how and why reservations still exist, partly because they are a 19th Century invention and also partly because many of us don't live anywhere near one.

[@valterrodrigues1288]

@@johnalden5821 so, in Brazil we have a lot of native people, we have a lot and huge reservations, i don't know how it is in the us, but in Brazil it's made to preserve their way of living, if the reservations didn't exist they would be extinct, and the farmers would just took their lands over.

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@valterrodrigues1288 jeezus were they pacifists?

[@Lo.Tesla.Travels]

I would LOVE to see this video done again with an actual American knowledgeable about the country. Giving second hand answers or guesses as a response to their questions only made them stereotype us more and misunderstanding they are receiving as fact. I mean come on, at least don’t make the person talking sound like they are about to fall out of the chair.

[@cradicalcompassion]

For reallll, like except I'm not gonna nitpick how she speaks, but she isn't knowledgeable enough to be giving facts about the whole country like this 😅 personal experiences are useful too, but there's a lot of objective questions that have objective answers while she's guessing based on subjective things. And I ain't even get through the whole video yet-

[@cradicalcompassion]

Oh wait but just bc she isn't that knowledgeable doesn't mean she's not an "actual" American. Loooots of us would give answers like this tbh.

[@Lo.Tesla.Travels]

@@cradicalcompassion I didn’t mean it like that. I meant an actual American knowledgeable. So I’m referring to an American with the proper knowledge to answer the question, I’m not questioning her citizenship.

[@keishawilliams2055]

@@cradicalcompassionHe did say an American knowledgeable about the country. I don’t know if she picked the 10 things, but maybe pick things you know about for sure. Like 50% taxes on a salary is wild.

[@dennerguilhon]

The American girl seems to be about to fall asleep 😅

[@JohnnyYounitas]

lol

[@TranneV]

I love how calm she sounds

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

She’s just nervous in front of the camera

[@Captainumerica]

That's because she's dreamy

[@miauwu9606]

@@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 she is literally a model ☠️

[@ashlypeterson2370]

I have a feeling the american lady was thinking full net pay, i.e. taxes+health insurance+retirement, etc being taken out

[@kynn23]

That's what I'm thinking, too.

[@HelloMyNamelsBanana]

Is the American girl alright? She's like forcefully barely talking 😂😂😂

[@marydohrenwend7612]

Still wouldn't be 50%

[@cutapacka4]

@@HelloMyNamelsBanana I think she's just not confident in the explanation as to "why" - which, from watching this and other videos, is probably a good thing. No shade at her, she just doesn't seem to have a lot of the background knowledge for why things are the way they are (I'd say most Americans can explain it).

[@jamesgardner6707]

You are giving her way more credit than she deserves

[@speedcreatureYT]

5:31 If the business can't afford to pay its workers, then the business owner shouldn't be in business. This mindset should be universal

[@JohnnyYounitas]

Yes

[@nullcrawler]

Exactly

[@ebick77]

It is changing. Some cities like Washington DC and a few others are phasing out the “tipped wage” (a low wage of $2-$3/hour with waitstaff expected to get tips to meet minimum wage of $7-$20/hr, depending on the city). But some of the waitstaff are strongly opposed to the change. A server at a high end restaurant or bar can make $800+ a night in tips. With the phase out of the tipped wage, people may tip less and pay could go down for those staff. But, for workers at more casual restaurants, a move to minimum wage or better will give them more predictable, and likely higher income. Moving away from a heavy tipping culture may also cut down on sexual harassment and verbal abuse of servers, who may put up with it to get a good tip.

[@_chaeng_]

It's not that they can't afford to pay, they just don't want to, so they'll make more money

[@hyungtaecf]

No. Nobody is forced to work. Better having a job that pays bad than having no job. People can decide whether they want to work at some place knowing how they will get. It is a mutual agreement.

[@juliapeters4025]

Is that girl really from USA? Because it doesn't seem like she knows anything and has some misleading answers.

[@faervas1234]

I wonder that to because she has an accent. She may have lived there and is the most expert that know. If she knew basic American History she could explain why we add Sales tax. It is directly related to that.

[@keishawilliams2055]

I really thought she’d visited America and was just talking out of her behind. Some of her responses were just crazy.

[@fruitnoodle1]

Between her accent and her wording, I do not think she grew up in America.

[@ParkerDeering]

Yeah the metric system thing was weird

[@mirrorint1970]

It is complicated to compare distance and time between Europe, Brazil and the USA. The USA is huge, Brazil is even bigger, in continuous land, (not counting Alaska and Hawaii) and any comparison with European countries will seem absurd. An example: if you draw a straight line between the northernmost point of Brazil to the southernmost point, this straight line would reach all countries in America, from Argentina to Canada; that is, the northernmost point of Brazil is closer to all the countries in America than the southernmost point of Brazil itself.

[@MariahGessinger]

Yes

[@mirrorint1970]

​@@Makiv-hj5xh Yes, I said in the first post that Brazil is bigger than the USA in CONTINUOUS LAND, that is, without Hawaii and Alaska, which was purchased from Russia. As for population distribution, the explanation is obvious to anyone who knows a little history and geography. In Brazil there was difficulty for the population to spread to the west due to some important factors such as: the density of the forest, the difficulty of access, the understanding that it is not possible to simply exterminate the indigenous population cowardly, the hitherto unknown tropical diseases and etc... . In the USA, this occupation of the territory to the west took place at different times and due to different factors; such as, for example: the search for gold, the greater ease of access (compared to the Brazilian west), the disregard for the life and culture of the natives, leading them almost to total extermination in several ways, from direct massacre to the drastic reduction intentional use of their hunting and other means of living, etc... . And, one of the main factors; the need to occupy the immense territory taken by force from Mexico by the USA, leaving it today with half of the territory it had. In short, each one acted differently from the other for different reasons, different interests, different values ​​and visions of how we want the world for all human beings.

[@mirrorint1970]

@@Makiv-hj5xh I used the term “contiguous lands” because this separation simply exists and is used everywhere. If you search for information about France, for example, it will appear: “France is a European country that borders Spain, Andorra, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium…”. However, French Guiana is considered French territory like any French state within its European map, including its border with Brazil considered its largest border. As for you not being American and saying that I wanted to show Brazil as the good guy and the USA as the bad guy, well, my friend; I think the Hollywood of Rambo and Chuck Norris had a lot of effect on your formation and worldview. I also like American cinema but more on the Tarantino side but my worldview is more Fellini, Almodovar, Truffaut, Meureles and people like that.

[@Argentvs]

If you put the map of Argentina over Europe sideways and out Buenos Aires in Ireland, the southern city of Argentina, Ushuaia, will be in Moscow. And you still have all the center and north of Argentina over the north Atlantic. Or you can put Argentina upwards in Europe and it will go from the Arctic to the Sahara. And Brazil is longer!

[@flpReges]

@@mirrorint1970 Tá, mas o que isso tem a ver com o Brasil ser menos povoado nas regiões mais a oeste? Minas Gerais só existe pela busca pelo ouro também, e só não fundaram um Minas Gerais 2.0 porque não encontraram mais ouro. Sim, as florestas densas eram um impeditivo, mas vale lembrar que não era interessante se distanciar da costa pois a rota marítima era onde o comércio e a geração de renda se concentrava. Não fazia sentido ir plantar à 4000km dos portos. É bom lembrar também que quando o governo começou a fazer propaganda do país para atrair imigrantes europeus, ele expulsava os nativos dos arredores das cidades pois era conveniente que os novatos encontrassem uma terra inabitada e segura. Então, não, o Brasil não era tão bonzinho assim. Edit: Aliás a discussão inicial era meramente o tamanho territorial do país, e de alguma forma descambou em povoamento ao oeste.

[@RebaHamiltonHomeschool]

Most places in US you pay closer to 25% income tax combined. I've lived in 6 states and never paid more than 25%. Granted, the more you make the higher the percentage. Also, there are several cities that have decent public transit, but only big cities, mostly coastal and northern. Chicago is good, although not clean. But I wish all cities had good public transit and I wish we had more train lines between states.

[@msmendes214]

Thank you! People think they have 50% taken out because they ALSO have their insurance and retirement coming out (and maybe other things like health savings accounts etc)

[@luancsf123]

In Brazil, especially São Paulo, there's a lot of train and metro lines, including a monorail one (it's on 12:16 of the video). It's good, but in the rush hour, some of these lines are very crowded. That's a little inconvenient.

[@user-ru3zw6lz9h]

​@@msmendes214 Yep, and even then, I am struggling to see how that could add up to 50%. Not to be mean but Sophia sounds kind of clueless, and maybe like she's parroting the incorrect things her family has told her without any exploration or understanding herself. Which really explains the politics thing too... I'm gonna guess she supports the "anti-tax" party based on very limited understanding of what actually goes on, hence leading to friction with other people her age, the majority of whom do not support that party.

[@AnarchyShogun]

The rail network between cities and states used to be WAY better back in the 20th century, but it kind of withered and died as cars became more common and the road network got better. I live in PA, and there are tons of abandoned sections of rail all over the state, and nearly every town had a train station, but it takes a lot of traffic to make that kind of infrastructure economically viable, and for most people cars are just more convenient.

[@fraliexb]

4:05 Fahrenheit scale set Zero in an Ice Brine, this is why 32° F is freezing. Since the salt lowers the freezing temperature of water.

[@zhentianbruges]

I tried to set the speed at 1.25x when Sophia spoke and suddenly it was perfect😂😂

[@CrsdrsWrStnsts]

Try to put at 0.75 when Julia starts speak too. That's the theory of relativity.

[@Yobbinnou]

But then Julia speaks and you have to set the speed at x0,75 ahah

[@rogercruz1547]

@@zhentianbruges Sophia and Julia should swap their breakfast. Give Julia the chamomile tea and give Sophia the 3 litres of coffee Julia has been drinking everyday.

[@zhentianbruges]

@@rogercruz1547 wow I didn't know what chamomile is so did some search. Looks very good

[@rogercruz1547]

@@zhentianbruges Calming tea ... also used to discreetly make the hair of peasants blond over time in medieval times so they washed their hair with it to "look pretty"

[@johnlabus7359]

Most places in the USA do not take 50% of your salary in taxes. As for sales tax, not only do all 50 states control their own state level sales taxes, but the counties and communities within them can add local sales tax as well. There are literally 1000s of different communities that have some level of local control on taxes. That said, expect Sales taxes to range from 0% to 10%, with most falling in the 5-8% range. In many places in the USA, groceries are not taxed or are taxed at a really low level. Gasoline is one item where taxes are included in the price per gallon. It's one of the main reasons why you may see prices of gasoline fluctuate from state to state.

[@marvinlear5848]

Yes, a quick google shows the highest federal rate is 37%* and the highest state+local rate is New York, which is 12%. So even in the highest taxed state it's 49%, not 50%, and I'm sure it's a decent bit lower in Georgia. Sofia says her mom's salary is "not bad", and goes on to say she's manager of a branch of a health care company. By "not bad", she actually means 'fairly wealthy', which his why her mom is in the highest tax bracket (she doesn't even mention her dad). *37% for those making at least $578k/year or 35% for those making at least $231k/year.

[@gotham61]

@@marvinlear5848 That top rate only kicks in for income over a certain level. For the 37% Federal rate it's only on income over $578,000. Even billionaires pay a lower rate on their first $578,000 each year.

[@anncampbell5952]

Her mom probably has other stuff deducted from her pay like retirement savings or direct deposit savings. I think this girl thinks she is worldly- good try.

[@marvinlear5848]

​@@gotham61 Yes, exactly (on the progressive tax structure in the USA, at least; I think the capital gains interest tax concept is outside the scope of this "Sofia's mom" conversation, lol). I was trying to keep it brief for the sake of people's attention spans, but as you emphasized, Sofia's mom wouldn't even pay the top tax bracket until she earned _more_ than $578,000. For the top tax rate to be a significant chunk of her taxes, she'd have to be pulling in the better part of a cool million per year.

[@rogercruz1547]

São Paulo and Paraná are neighboring states, to drive from one of the capitals to the other and back (City of São Paulo and Curitiba, respectively) it takes 12 hours, which is enough to cross Italy for what we heard in the video.

[@tiagocmkx4738]

Mano eu sou aqui do Mato Grosso, pra ir pra capital do meu estado eu demoro 3 horas (não respeitando tanto as leis de trânsito ainda)

[@kelvinize]

Mentira

[@sammexp]

Speed depends on the conditions of your roads also 😛

[@tiagocmkx4738]

@@romulovitor5376 tu é de caceres mano? Sou aqui de Mirassol d’Oeste, da umas 3 horas como eu disse, levando as leis de trânsito mais como sugestões tlgd? Kkkkk

[@romulovitor5376]

@@tiagocmkx4738 entendi sim! Realmente faz sentido que leve esse tempo, já que tu é de Mirassol. Só tava enfatizando, que essas 3 horas podem ser consideradas perto se considerarmos o tamanho do estado.

[@metidasodecara]

I’m from Brazil, and my dad is a military veteran there. Growing up, we moved a lot around the country. I’m originally from the south, but I had the opportunity to live in all five regions of Brazil (Brazil is divided into five regions: South, Southeast, Central-West, Northeast, and North, plus the Federal District). All of our trips we did by car. From the south to the northeast, it took us one week. Then from the northeast to the north, we did it in one and a half weeks. We had to put the car on a ferry in Belem and take a plane to go to Manaus. We got the car a week later. Those were the two longest trips we did. But we also traveled from the south to Rio de Janeiro (southeast), and we also did Brasília (Federal District) back to the south in five days.

[@jessiwp]

We have similar background stories

[@metidasodecara]

@@jessiwpcool!! In Brazil or the US?

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

This was confusing to read. Also they you GeForce cueing up that I can search for the Brazilian regions

[@adrianomao]

FUN FACT: Brazil is larger than the USA if not accounted with Alaska. The brazilian girl hearing the american talking about distances is like "really guuurl? lol FUN FACT2: The people living in the most northern part of Brazil are closer to Canada than they are to other Brazilians living in the South.

[@ectoplasmicentity]

Brother, Alaska is part of the USA so we are Bigger than Brazil.

[@adrianomao]

@@ectoplasmicentity For that same reason, I added, Brazil is larger IF not accounting the size of Alaska. That being said. One that flies from Washington State to Alaska, will be flying over Canada. But anyone flying within the contiguous main land in the USA will have less territory to fly than those flying in Brazil. That’s all I said. The USA is still considered larger, and it is, because of a piece of land way above Canada.

[@rwind4186]

I knew the first one but the second one just doesn't seem real but probably is true smh

[@ectoplasmicentity]

@@adrianomao A better way to make your fun fact true is to write Brazil had more territory than the USA until Alaska became a state in 1958.

[@BobbyBermuda1986]

Why wouldn't you count Alaska? Lol

[@roryseppanen2935]

I live next to an Indian reservation. Be the tourist. Buy local. Dump your money at the casino. It helps pay for local services.

[@matteusfreitas]

Since she mentioned the reservations areas in the USA: if you're a gringo going to amazon or any natiomal reserve in Brazil: don't treat natives as animals, don't be stupid.

[@antoniopera6909]

Os índios cobram taxa pra passar kkkkkkkkkkkk

[@Captainumerica]

There are reservations in Brazil, too. I think they operate a bit differently, tho.

[@sawkerfanatic8827]

We won't treat them any worse than Brazilians treat them 😂

[@dianesims8587]

It would help so much to understand each US state is actually like a country and the national government is similar to the EU. Each state has its own government, laws, law enforcement and tax structure. Native American reservations are actually independent countries within but separate from the United States. If you can think of how France differs from Germany, then you can understand how Arizona can differ so much from Florida. The histories, geography, climate, resources and cultures are different.

[@PocketKittie_Productions]

Yes I was just thinking about this! In Minnesota cannabis is legal, which isn’t something you’ll really see in other states. And we have the Red Lake reservation which also had separate laws. Heck, before cannabis was legal that’s were people tended to buy it. And the Minnesotan police aren’t allowed to arrest anyone on the reservation and have to call the authorities for Red Lake to arrest people. At least this is what I’ve heard.

[@eew12]

50% is literally no one's tax bracket right now in the US. 37% is the highest. It's actually higher in Europe.

[@stephaniej5377]

But then there is property tax, sales tax, city and state taxes etc. You’re paying more than you realize.

[@neffyg35]

I think she is thinking of taxes plus 401k,plus benefits, plus whatever else her mom is paying into.

[@Kharmzi]

@@stephaniej5377 But that isn't taken out of your wages. Federal and state taxes are but sales tax is paid at point of sale and property taxes is paid separately to the state the property is located in. Also, for most states property tax can be itemized and deducted from your income when you file your taxes. Also, tax brackets are not a single percentage from $0 to $100k+. If you make 40k for example you are only taxed 10% for the first ~12k and then 12% on the remaining ~28k as opposed to 12% on the entire 40k. It increments up each bracket but you are only taxed that percentage for your income within that bracket. The highest percentage being 37% and that's only if you're making over 600k a year. No nurse is making 600k. This also changes based on your filing status but either way it's NOT 50%. Also, you only pay property tax if you actually own property. Which plenty of people in the US do not. Most of her "information" is anecdotal at best and misinformation at worst. Also no one asks out of the blue about politics and who you are supporting.

[@user-ru3zw6lz9h]

@@stephaniej5377 There is no universe where that's still equalling out to 50% of your income.

[@astropgn]

I have a suggestion: Ask the US girl to not get stoned right before filming

[@pinagrrrr2280]

😂😂😂

[@DjBrayn123]

I really like this group of friends in particular, Julia, Miguel, Elysa, Sophia etc.

[@davidbrown5525]

Elysa is so pretty, kind and smart.

[@flordi8235]

Best group! No doubt

[@bigplanett]

The average American income tax rate is 15% to 26%. No way her mom is paying 50%. 🤦‍♂️ That's more in line with countries like Sweden where they provide universal health care for all and free college for all.

[@neffyg35]

Yeah the highest is like 37% I don't know if she talking about income tax plus retirement and benefits that you pay into. That can easily take you into 50%+ if you are aggressive at saving but that's not taxes.

[@velapjaca]

And how much for health insurance, retirement and other stuff that are deducted one way or another from your pay? Taxes and obligations from salary are not just 'income tax'...

[@chucku00]

Well, a flight from Paris to Saint-Denis in Reunion island is the longest regular direct domestic flight in the world : 9,349 kilometres (5,809 mi; 5,048 nmi). And during the C19 pandemic, the direct flight between Papeete (Tahiti, French Polynesia) and Paris was 15,715 kilometres (9,765 mi; 8,485 nmi) long.

[@gabemorrison9702]

8:41 the reason tax isn't included in the price is because promotions can be nationwide and the taxes are different in every city, county and state. So they can make 1 commercial or ad campaign and then each area adds its taxes

[@pete6300]

This girl is sheltered and doesn't know enough about America to talk about it. It's kind of annoying that upper middle class Americans are what people experience abroad.

[@shortskrts]

im not white or middle class but i agreed with what she said

[@DehydratedHumor]

I agree, she didn't seem to understand the history behind some of the things she was explaining, or the reasons behind some of the choices we've made here. For example: the reason we don't add sales tax on price tags, why some indigenous people live on reservations and the history behind reservations, why we use the imperial system instead of the metric system and the advantage it can have when describing weather temperatures.

[@Herpes_Free]

im upper middle class and she made me so mad lol they couldnt find anyone better

[@athena864]

This girl is a product of HER part of the USA, I didn't agree with at least half of what she said but then, she is from thr South and I'm from the Northwest. There are some commonalities for sure but it some ways we also might as well be from different countries...

[@faervas1234]

@@athena864 I live in Dallas. It's not Her part of the USA is the problem. When I went to school in Chicago. They were shocked I was going back to Texas as a POC because it was less racist. They get their idea from mass media narratives and think that is the truth. I'd Lived in Georgia also so it has nothing to do with that part of the USA because we are connected now, We have a broader understanding then we did 40 years ago. You seem to have the same problem in believing that south is full of hicks. Dallas alone has one of the best community college systems in the USA since the 80's. Dallas alone has more Colleges and Universes then most NW states. Texas has 3 of the largest University systems the USA and one is the largest in the world. We have NASA. Go to any of the larger cities we have some of the best food in the country. I have been the NOLA, LA and SF lived in Chicago and a number of other places. So your understanding of the South is nothing compared to where I have been. I have seen more backwards thinking in those so called Enlighten areas of the country. Atlanta GA is the Black Mecca of the USA so you are saying there is a problem with that part of America? Open up your eye's and travel a bit. A bigot will always show they are a bigot.

[@dalesplitstone6276]

When I worked as a night porter at a hotel, the waitresses were complaining about a Dutch man who was not tipping. When I took extra pillows to his room, he tipped me. I explained to him that it is not expected by porters at a normal hotel to be tipped. Tipping the maids is generally expected, and he should check with the front desk of the hotel or the hostess of the restaurant, to find out whether tipping of wait staff is expected.

[@amyseney2555]

In Michigan we have an upper and lower peninsula and the Mackinaw Bridge connects the two. When my husband and I go to visit it takes over 9 hours by car to get there and that is in the same state. The cool think about it is even though it is one state the cultures and even accents are completely different depending how far away from each other you are.

[@BobbyBermuda1986]

The American girl is wrong. We do use metric in the US in many different contexts. For example, in science. Also, for very small measurements, even regular, non-technical Americans will use millimeters because inches are too large. When I was in school, we had to learn both systems.

[@robertsteele474]

Blame it on our US education system.

[@BobbyBermuda1986]

@@robertsteele474 that's irrelevant today. Rulers always have both. And we can convert anything on our phones these days

[@robertsteele474]

@@BobbyBermuda1986 I was only commenting on the "genius" of Saint Ronald and the US "intelligence" community.😉

[@armyaj]

remember kids drugs are measured in metric

​@@armyajyep. And space exploration, too. Only three countries keep using imperial system.

[@RJ-mz3co]

As far as I know, nowhere in the USA takes 50% of your salary for income taxes. My federal income taxes average about 15% and state income tax here is about 5%, with a deduction for also paying property tax. Sales tax (e.g. VAT) can vary by city or county, as well as state. Also, within any jurisdiction, some items are taxed differently: groceries and medicine may not be taxed at all, or taxed at 1%, while other items can be taxed as high as 11%. Property taxes vary widely with New Jersey the highest percentage, and Colorado (for example) with a very low percentage. I saw a study once that all taxes combined for an average household, we pay a total of about 30%-35%, better than most of Europe. About distances: we lived in Texas for a while. Traveling I-10, it is 880 miles (about 1400 km) long, west to east. Old rhyme: "The sun is riz, the sun is set, and we ain't out of Texas yet!"

[@GermanyTechno]

I like the way Sophia is way more confident in this video compared to others, 🙌🏻

[@wildtexan2096]

8:57 the reason we do t add tax to the price is because of pos systems sales tax can vary from city to city so it's easier to apply the tax at the end then to have to print different labels for every location. location

[@joselynnbaez732]

The American girl doesnt seem too educated herself about America...

[@wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396]

Seems right to me. I am American and never found Americans to be too knowledgeable. :)

[@flordi8235]

Maybe She's not American! I think She's from Mars, definitely not from this planet! 😅 😅 😅

[@mustafagoz5859]

typical american, not surprised xD

[@idkrossplay]

The advantage of not including tax in the price is that you can know the value of the item. If in oregon something was $10 and Washington it was $10.86 it would be weird cuz you wouldn't know the item's value

[@sixkolodzinski2419]

We use imperial and metric here in the U.S. However, imperial works a lot better for a lot of things like cooking and temperature.

[@jasonkoyama6096]

Washington DC the capital of America has a metro in the heart of the city that goes to decent amount of places and is pretty clean ESPECIALLY compared to New York City and the like

[@Shrike58]

Speaking as someone who spent most of their adult working life in the DC metro area (now retired), that's an exception. The DC Metro didn't open until 1976.

[@johnalden5821]

If you have not been to DC recently, the Metro system is not aging well. Lots of repair and safety issues. They have to repeatedly shut down large sections of the system to forestall derailments. It is under-capitalized (pun intended).

[@Shrike58]

@@johnalden5821 Great strides were being made to sort out the worst issues but between deferred maintenance and an over-ambitious expansion plan things are certainly not great. For the record, my last ride on the DC Metro was May 31, 2023.

[@shoughlepuff]

@@johnalden5821they’ve spent about the last 10 years expanding it though. The silver line opened up a couple years ago and is great! It goes all the way to ashburn, VA and Dulles airport now. It just depends if you end up on one of the older trains or not. The new ones are good though.

[@bigplanett]

The thing that makes America great is its diversity. We have people and culture from all over the world and others are drawn go that. The thing that makes America frustrating is the people that don't like diversity and try to force their beliefs and ways onto people instead of accepting there are different opinions and different ways of living and that's ok.

[@faervas1234]

That is not the issue. They can bring their culture but they have to buy into what it is to being an America means. I live in a mostly Latino area been here for 51 years. When we moved here it was mostly White. I can tell you the only different is me not speaking the language. They are mostly religious conservatives that who are all into what it means to be an American. They also complain about the Illegal coming in and causing problems. They only report on the wrong people who have brought up the issues. I have lived on the border and have friends living and working with a mile of the border. The border Patrol is mostly local Latino. Are you going to ignore them complaining with the issues of them getting replaced by the ones who are here Illegally? Different way's of living? Like the Muslim men who see having sex with minor boys because it's not considered Gay, is fine because it's their way of living? perfectly fine under Sharia Law. There are number of things that are parts of other cultures that would be against the law here, but it's their culture. They don't cover the mass shooting on the daily in Chicago because it's between gangs. It's part of the Black culture of Chicago it's okay with you. It's not people are again the diversity but it has to be within what is acceptable within the laws. How about the USA pushing transitioning kids when all of western Europe have figured out it doesn't change outcome. The oldest Sex change clinic on their front page has said they have not found any study since they started having a sex change the outcome for people with gender dysphonia. That not even addressing affirmation is recommend on Children. 90% of them will grow out of it, while 1 in 5 will have regret within 5 years if they are transitioned and the number goes up the further away from the transitioning they are. Of the 10% that are still gender Dysphoric 9 out of 10 will do fine with just therapy. That most of them have Depression and that is not directly connect to the Dysphoria. What they have found their are many of them that are profoundly Gender Dysphoric meaning they will be dysphoric to whatever gender that they are presenting. So compassion is not always the answer. Reality is the answer. Even the Obama Admin said there is nothing that shows a sex change changes the outcome. So they rejected Medicare paying for sex changes. The Biden Admin changed that with everything outside the political realm of the USA medical community saying it was needed. If you go look at all those study that are positive you will find everyone of them are very short term all of them are less then 5 years. That because after 5 years you will see all the issues that don't support the trans activist agenda. Raising concerns is not against Diversity when people that lack morals don't tell you the entire story because it doesn't fit an agenda.

[@itchooses]

damn you summoned one LOL

[@velapjaca]

Things that makes USA frustrating: highly processed food system, police that's way too much trigger happy, besides few big cities you can't go anywhere without car (such as buying your food!?!), racism from all sides, political polarity, only work and not time to play (personal, friends and family time), disgustingly expensive health services and education etc. etc. etc.

[@alyssamessing8261]

Super weird that they're implying that Americans don't know the metric system. I actually spent way more time in both grade school and college learning metric. Not because we use it much, but because the imperial comes more naturally to us because that's what we regularly use. I can remember, in depth, learning KHDBDCM over and over in every lower grade, and spent very little time on imperial. I find both systems very easy. And we do still use metric for several things.

[@nuggs9999]

i know, they’re laughing and they all think we are dumb

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

Yeah we simply don’t switch it over due to cost. It’s not just that everyone has to learn the new system but every single road sign has to be changed. To make that change for a country basically the size of Europe is an insane expense. If it aint broke don’t fix it, the system works for us and who cares what the rest of the world thinks

[@Amora5503]

Public transportation in Portugal is only good in big cities. As soon as you enter the suburbs and smaller villages it becomes really scarce

[@gabemorrison9702]

11:00 New York City, Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco and a couple other cities have great public transportation

[@romeocantu3363]

IT’S CAPITALISM 😂

[@arhangeo]

5:47 French girl rolling her eyes xD

[@gordonchilde2679]

9:40 also hahaha cause 50% it's almost the same level of taxes in France

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

"Why don't you all have the same rule?" I mean, we do; it's called the Constitution; but one of the provisions in it, is the "reserved power" clause, which dictates that certain kinds of laws can only be made at the state or local level and the Federal government isn't allowed to do them. It's part of our system of "checks and balances" intended to guard against any one person or group accumulating too much power. There are several reasons for not printing the price with tax on the price tag. 1. Price tags are often printed in one place and then the merchandise sold at multiple locations, potentially in multiple jurisdictions, which may have different sales tax rates. In some states, there are *cities* that collect local sales tax, so even small local chains can run into this. 2. Some buyers are tax-exempt, e.g., if they are buying on behalf of a 501(c) non-profit organization. Some buyers may even be spending tax money, in which case they are not *allowed* to pay sales tax, it would be misuse of public funds. 3. But the original and primary reason, is that Americans don't like the idea of "hidden" taxes; it was a sore point at the time of the Revolution. We do have some excise taxes, but only on very specific things, e.g., alcohol and cigarettes. Except for gasoline (which is a very special case, because the gas tax is 100% spent on highway maintenance, so the people who are paying the tax are directly benefiting from the infrastructure it funds), most of the goods subject to hidden ("excise") taxes are luxuries with a negative social stigma attached to their consumption, which is why this type of tax is sometimes called a "sin tax". (No, that term was *not* made up just to enable people to make puns on the word "syntax".) Sales tax is tolerated because people can easily see how much it is, every time they make a purchase. There's no conspiracy to prevent America from having good public transport; it just isn't a priority, because the people don't care about it. Train enthusiasts often blame the fact that the government built roads, for putting the passenger railroads out of business; but the government built roads because car owners demanded it, and it's not like the railroads weren't also *heavily* subsidized and treated with *enormous* amounts of government favor. They were, more so than almost any other industry in the history of the country. (To this day, the land rights that the railroads continue to hold are, in a word, crazy.) But after WWII, when the economies of Europe were wrecked due to all the infrastructure having been bombed, all the American factories and whatnot, on the other side of the ocean, were still fully operational and quickly switched from making war stuff (tanks, planes, military jeeps, etc.) to civilian stuff (cars, washers, dryers, refrigerators, televisions, vacuum cleaners, ...), and there was a big economic boom. Almost all American households got their first car some time in the late forties or early fifties, alongside a bunch of major appliances and labor-saving devices. This made America the most important early-adopter nation for the automobile. The passenger railroads went out of business in the mid twentieth century, because people had cars, and it's a more efficient use of everyone's time to drive directly from your house to your destination, than to walk to a railroad station, wait for a train, take the train to another station, and then walk to your actual destination. Stores in downtown areas started to go out of business because _larger_ stores with more shelf space to hold a larger selection, opened up in shopping centers out at the edges of towns with convenient parking lots (so you didn't have to parallel park on the street), and consumers preferred them. People who wanted to raise families moved out of the densely urban areas into new developments in the suburbs, because they could afford larger (nicer, newer) houses with larger yards out there, a trend that continues to this day, and needing to drive to get to things didn't bother them, because they had cars. And so on and so forth. If you want to be in America without a car, you want to be in Chicago. Or maybe Manhattan.

[@ame7165]

so the taxes in america are not just by state. city too, and not just city, but even by area. go read about mill levys if you're curious. it's a way to get people that live near things that need to be funded, to be taxed for it. and taxes change frequently, so that means they would be constantly reprinting price tags, so it's easier to just calculate it at the register. that said, i wish we'd change it to have tax included in the price

[@phantomfox9556]

Her describing taxes really bothered me. I don’t like how the prices are displayed, but in stores they have the original price because every county/city and state have different taxes and some don’t have any at all. Also income taxes and things like that would be around 15%-25% that is taken depending on the amount of income in the house hold. This can also be dependent on state taxes as well.

[@Charl_es19]

I have problems with the USA system, they asked my height and I said I was short and 174/175 cm tall, they didn't understand and thought I was joking and asked my "real" height, and I said the same thing, 174 cm, but when they said in feet and inches I looked it up and it said I was short at approximately 5 feet and 9 inches.

[@Baytex0770]

That's something that surprised me when I visited the United States, the majority of people are very tall, I'm 1.79cm tall and most of the people you meet there are about 1.80-1.85cm tall, which is the same here in Europe. given that Here most of us measure between 1.70-1.80 cm

[@RodrigoBarbosaBR]

The US will use anything but the metric system. If you said you were XX hamburgers and YY eagle feathers high, they wouldn't blink an eye.

[@skylove5217]

What do you expect, its different country, different countries different system.

[@Wuzzy-qp9kn]

​@@skylove5217 The norm is metric, that 99% of the world uses so they're the ones being extremely ignorant and expecting the rest of the world to understand their bullshit measurements.

[@MagsonDare]

5' 9" (174 cm) is actually the average height for a male in the US -- not short.

[@WinterIsWelcome]

American here. To be very clear, there are NOT just two sides to vote for in politics. There are other, not as well known political parties, you can vote for. It’s just that republican vs democrat are the most popular.

[@SinilkMudilaSama]

Great, nice to know about it 🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@faervas1234]

even within the parties their are factions.

[@wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396]

It is just hard for any of the other parties to succeed. :(

[@marianomartinez3008]

So two partidos.

[@miatx6818]

Funny thing about dutch people is if they see a trip thats more than 40 minutes in their country its considered LONG. 45 MINUTES OF DRIVING. Okay the fartest outer ends you can go in Netherlands are from Groningen to Maastricht and thats i think 3 hours and NOBODY in Netherlands does thats cuz 3 hours is really long.

[@gotham61]

But the Dutch are famous for going on long vacation road trips towing their caravans. There's even a brand of travel trailers sold here in the US called Dutchmen.

[@zwergomir9782]

I did recently travel with car from Zurich to Gioia Tauro (in southern Italy) which took 15 hours with no major traffic

[@onnanob]

That might be equal to driving from Pennsylvania to Georgia in the USA. It sounds like you had quite a drive, but I bet it was beautiful.

[@flordi8235]

So Don’t visit Italy again! 😅

[@SiennaPineDew]

I would love to see a video like this but swapped! Like ‘things in other countries that might surprise an American!’ Like how crazy the roads are in some countries, and some other things like that! Definitely love too see it!

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

The United States are United under the federal system. They are governed by the same constitution and we can visit each other freely. It’s just like the United Kingdom 4 countries (some would even say 5 or more) united under a single constitutional monarchy.

[@Trifler500]

If the EU established a central government, they would operate very similar to the USA. Each member would still want to self-govern.

[@johnalden5821]

Actually, in constitutional terms, the U.S. is a federal system. The powers of the states versus the federal government are set by the constitution and the states retain endemic rights through that document. The UK is a unitary state -- the central government merely "devolved" some of its powers to regional legislatures in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is a grandiose way of saying the London UK government just delegated some responsibilities to those regional governments. BTW/there is no such devolved government or legislature for England, which is entirely governed by the UK parliament in London. Plus, all of it is under a single sovereignty, the Crown.

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@johnalden5821 “no such devolved government”? Huh?

[@johnalden5821]

@@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 I'd love to respond, if your question made any sense. Could you rephrase it?

[@faervas1234]

@@Trifler500 The EU is very close to what the original intent of the USA. The Federal government over seeing trade between the states and standards. With Nato added. In both cases they are trying to overreach with their powers.

[@blakmastadon]

Up here in the North East ( East Coast USA) we have what is called the Metro North. Train transportation from New Haven CT to New York City with many stops in-between. Or. If you live in New York City it's from the City to New Haven CT with stops in between.

[@edonveil9887]

Contiguous USA 8.1 Mkm², Brazil 8.5 Mkm², Europe 10.2 Mkm².

[@thiagoalexandre8684]

Including Russia?

[@robertsteele474]

Russia 6,323,142 sq mi China 3,624,807 sq mi Canada 3,511,022 sq mi US 3,531,837 sq mi Brazil 3,227,095 sq mi

[@jeanmartin963]

@@thiagoalexandre8684 including european Russia (until Oural mountains)

[@cedricrose32]

​​@@robertsteele474I don't know where you got your numbers, but Canada is 3,855,100 sq mi, almost 10 M km2. Actually I got it you don't count the islands, but they are part of the country it's not something on the other side of the planet

[@robertsteele474]

@@cedricrose32 The statistics I quoted referred to the actual physical land of eh countries in question and did not include the waterways.

[@brianlewis5692]

The US isn't the only country that uses the Imperial system. The UK, Liberia, and Myanmar still use it. Other British Commonwealth nations, like India and Canada might also uses some of the measurements.

[@kellypettit1162]

I prepare taxes for a living and i guarantee her mom is not paying 50% in taxes. If half her money is being taken out then she's paying for healthcare 401k etc on top of her federal, state, social security and Medicare taxes. She really shouldn't be talking about this stuff if she doesn't have a clue

[@velapjaca]

Only that the rest of the world view taxes on pays like that - income tax + health insurance + retirement + some other stuff. So, she is right from the perspective of the rest of the world.

[@danisteffen-translations]

NY state has a lot of reservations. In Long Island, the reservation is in the middle of the city, not in a secluded area.

[@nellynel3036]

U guys r amazing keep up da good work I'm going to keep watching thanks

[@marydohrenwend7612]

You guys are terribly ill informed. Do your homework before talking about something you clearly don't know about.

[@nuggs9999]

@@marydohrenwend7612yup they misrepresented america so badly

[@TheBestAmericanYoullEverMeet]

The different rules in different states give the state more uniqueness to it. and in each state it is like visiting a whole new country! That's why I love staying in my country. :)

[@deedas]

Oh godness, I'm cringing at her explanation of the sovereign nations of the native people of this continent.

[@marydohrenwend7612]

Incredibly disrespectful.

[@Chelle89]

I live in one of the major cities in Texas and I never learned how to drive. I rely on the bus and it gets me where I need to go. The only time I’ll get a Lyft is when I’m running late or bad weather like too hot or rain.

[@gmelendez2524]

"don't understimate the size of this contry" fun fact Brazil is bigger than continental US, and Los Angeles to Augusta (Maine capital) ( 5053km ) is closer by car than Porto alegre (RS capital) to boa vista (RO capital). 5222km

[@Trifler500]

The main thing is there are SO MANY tourists from Europe who don't understand. If you're from Brazil and you understand, then just ignore it. :)

[@marianomartinez3008]

Fun fact, 3 countries in South America has almost the same size....

[@Trifler500]

9:23 - Actually, the actual taxes owed to the government are much higher in Europe than the USA, according to all of the statistics I've seen over the years. A lot of what's taken out of a person's paycheck in the US is for things like health insurance and other benefits.

[@_chaeng_]

5:31 that's the most american thing ever lmao. Your boss won't pay you enough, so the clients have to pay you

[@marydohrenwend7612]

This only true in restaurants. Its starting to get phased out. But yes, the bill is the cost of your food. The service is paid for you as well. It would be added to the total cost if it were a place that paid full salary. Cost would be the same in the end.

[@faervas1234]

Nope the restaurant has to pay them the minimum wage. If your tip don't add up to the 15 an hour. Then the restaurant has to cover the difference. So do you want to work for 15 an hour when you can make more? This a total misinformation on Tipping in the USA. So let me ask you would you rather give that money to the waitperson? Where it will get taxes first by the government and pay sales tax on they extra cost the meal? In the long run you are screwing the government by tipping and the waitperson is making more the the minimum.

[@ksplatypus]

I appreciated the tip about reservations in the US mainly because many people not from here don't know about reservations, but I would also say that it's okay to be a bit touristy so long as you're respectful. By that, I mean that it's okay to visit historic sites and buy from local shops or businesses or to stay at a hotel in a reservation. Just understand that you're staying in a culturally and legally distinct place in the US. But please learn about our Native people while you're here! Natives are so often overlooked and they have deep and rich cultures and histories

[@williamlucas4656]

Regarding taxes the American girl is about half right as our taxes are lower and our salaries are higher. Her mother and like every other person in the US pays about 30% in taxes. The poorer the person is the less tax they pay as a gross amount but the more tax breaks they might get. In reference to public transportation is almost nonexistent outside of cities except for airplanes and I’m honest amount of trains on East Coast and West Coast. And the cities Chicago, Washington DC, and Boston have a good public transportation and strong metro systems along with New York City . other large cities may have some metro lines like Atlanta or Los Angeles but they are not extensive. Bus service in cities is fairly common. Train service is improving but it will take a long time and a lot of money to begin the reaches of service in France or Germany for example.

[@valeriasfeliciano]

Always call Julia! She's so well instructed about Brazil!

[@pplesforthis]

Re. 13:55 don't ever call a reservation a "habitat." This word means the place where an animal lives, and it's extremely disrespectful to use it to talk about humans. I also found it weird how they kept saying that people "still" live in reservations, because of course they do. I wish they had gotten someone who knew more about the topic to talk about it. Normally I like this channel but this was really weird and disappointing.

[@realitytrek144]

Then what about habitat for humanity???

[@resident_cryptid7766]

Yeah, I almost wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt because I thought she English wasn’t her first language but “habitat?” Really? Like a zoo?

[@pplesforthis]

@@realitytrek144 "Habitat For Humanity" is a name that's being silly/goofy on purpose. Also, crucially, Habitat For Humanity builds houses for lots of different people in lots of different places in the world, including for white people sometimes. Using "habitat" to talk about Native Americans is different because historically and today there is a really bad racist pattern of white North Americans referring to Native Americans as being animal-like, savage, uncivilized, etc. The use of the word "habitat" in this video plays into this stereotype. (This was especially gross in the video because the speaker who said this is a white North American.)

[@pplesforthis]

​@@resident_cryptid7766 to me she sounds very much like a native English speaker and at the beginning of the video it showed the US flag next to her name, indicating that she is from the US.

[@wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396]

I am surprised people could just drive up to reservations. Usually you would be met by a person or car, asking why you are there.

[@cruiser122s.d.8]

Tipping is part of the server's paycheck here in America. That is why the food is cheaper. I think that our tips should already be included in the bill. I do agree that we should all know the same things and have the same skills like the Metric system, etc., even if we don't use it.

[@barryfletcher7136]

Sales tax in the USA for merchandise is a maximum of 10% and almost always less than that. VAT is at least 20%.

[@Trifler500]

It can be higher than 10% if you combine state, county, and city sales taxes, but close enough for conversation.

[@jaganshiadriano7764]

I'm Brazilian and it's really cool to always see the customs and in this case "what not to do" in other countries....as always the Brazilian woman talks a lot and is really nice haha.... I discovered the channel today and I'm loving it, congratulations on the content.... NOTE: I'm also shocked by the salary rates

[@deeptrlp]

Sophia is The Eternal Princess...She's angelic None can match Julia's energy...The funniest Love u all

[@thiago-WOW]

Estados Desunidos 🤣 kkkkkkkkkkk 8:31

[@davidbio1]

É o que dá pra pensar. Sempre que vejo esses vídeos que mostram a realidade eu percebo que os EUA é bem diferente daquele país perfeito dos filmes.

[@isag.s.174]

Em parte é porque eles realmente são uma federação. É um país mais descentralizado. Coisa que o Brasil copiou, mas não implementou

[@rubenel7993]

tá assistindo só romances então kkkkkkkk

[@LilTigerRae]

0:52 same i live in Atlanta and my cousins live in Colorado

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

3:50 the Fahrenheit scale was not created with the freezing point and boiling point of water in mind

[@NadaEspamo]

Fahrenheit is a scientific temperature scale. Zero was the coldest temperature that could be reproduced in a laboratory, at the time.

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@NadaEspamo ah I get it. I remember it having to do with mixing salt water ice and something

[@briantitchener4829]

The U.K. (Britain) uses BOTH metric and imperial (miles, yards, feet and inches) measurements. For instance, all speed limits in UK are in miles per hour but any temperature is measured in Centigrade. Alcohol and milk is measured in pints but petrol etc., is measured in litres. Strange, but were used to it.

[@SoftBreadSoft]

8:40 why is EU not united? :^) US started as a union of european colonies to try to prevent wars, these days states dont quite have the sovereignty of a country but its much more compared to territories/states of other countries.

[@Trifler500]

For the sales taxes, it's not just different in each state, but also there are city sales taxes, county sales taxes, etc. Even different school districts could potentially get a chunk of sales tax. This is the main reason why sales tax is not included. If the price of an item at one store is different from the store just down the street, and the only difference is the sales tax, then that's not viewed as fair to the store, so they use the price before sales tax.

[@BigodesDaco23]

Is the girl from the USA on meds or something like that?

[@bicyclelife7088]

I was thinking the same thing. Something is really off about her.

[@flashflashhundredyarddash1501]

3:30 because it’s really EXPENSIVE and DIFFICULT to switch it now

[@juniorssouzap]

Poderiam produzir um vídeo da Júlia junto com a Ana.

[@kelvinize]

A Ana disse que não convidam mais ela

[@rubenel7993]

disse aonde?

[@juniorssouzap]

@@kelvinize que chato

[@kelvinize]

@@rubenel7993 No Instagram. Ela disse que teve 2x que chamaram ela e ela tinha trabalho e nao pode ir. Aí depois nunca mais chamaram

[@MaddiesMilkshake]

the thing about the metric system is that it was created in France and the United States, Liberia and Myanmar, also known as Burma all use the metric system, Americans are not the only ones who use it. Its crazy we are expected to know both ways but they aren't.

[@33pandagamer]

The reason the US doesn't switch to the metric system is because of the road signs. If we did switch it would take millions to billions of dollars to move all of the mile markers and to change a whole lot of signs. Not to mention it would take years to complete it. It's much easier and cheaper to just keep our current system.

[@marydavis5234]

I’m from Vermont, the road signs have both miles and KM

[@lgugue]

Brazil uses both metric and imperial systems, the former was more present until 90's but you'll still find tools, bolts and building material in both measures and yes, it brings issues when you buy pipes of 1 inch and discover in site that all the sleeves and joints are 25mm or when you buy 3/8 nuts and find out the bolts you have are M10. You can also find papers in stores in both A4 and Letter systems and our rules have both systems like tape measure.

[@LeahLerman-y8w]

Where I live I drove 12 hours to get to Quebec (Canada)

[@some_DAMsoup]

I'd like to mention that chicago has a good public transportation system. We have the metra that is like the train for long distances, and then we have the L. There are multiple lines, are the more medeum distance mode of public transport of the city, all with color names and the trains having the color of what line it is on them, and all the lines conecet downtown it what we call "the loop",which is its own neighborhood by the way, and is the same company as all the busses, wich also have multiple lines and are more for close distance rides, and you can pay for all of these using the same ventra card, which if you are in say, 7th grade through highschool, or collage or whatever, and you get prices as low as $1 a ride

[@watashiyo8523]

0:40 And that's why U.S. citizens shouldn't use "Americans" to refer to themselves, because if a person is born in Europe, they are called Europeans. But if a person is born in America, they are called by the name of the country and not by the continent, because people from the U.S. took the term away from the others!

[@miguelcuipal3730]

basado

[@aryzen2781]

we say American because its short compared to saying im from the USA

[@matteusfreitas]

you know America is also the name of their country, right? Brazil was United States of Brazil until 1968, but no one called it Unidade States, and this happens to Mexico also. At the end, they are americans by country and continent.

[@duardin7387]

Your example make no sense. It only happens in Europe because is a small continent in the other don't happen, if you talk with a korean they will say I'm from Korea they won't say I'm from Asia.

[@skylove5217]

@@duardin7387I know right, and the continent is called North America, and South America, I think if it was only one name like other continents they would have been called Americans.

[@blakmastadon]

Thanks for the video 👍!

[@thomasofnowhere]

The American girls knowledge of the US ranks right up there with someone from North Korea.

[@DragoonZell]

The reason why products dont include taxes is cause the vast majority of products you buy are brought in from somewhere else coupled with that taxes are different in each state so thats why.

[@protonico2821]

But in Brazil the taxes are also almost 50% of the salary if you have a good salary (27,5% income tax, 14% social security, and a lot of indirect taxes)

[@jillian4809]

When she says New York she means just the city. I live on Long Island we have the LIRR which is a train it’s only good if you need to get to the city other then that you need a car even to get to the train

[@UniversdOsiris]

Julia and Miguel ❤❤

[@kaneyoshida]

Love you guy‘s content, vibe and humor, keep on doing what you do…saludos 😊

[@SimDiok]

Sophia!!❤❤❤

[@SloCis-p4i]

I remember hearing a story about how when the metric system was created, some guy in history (during the 13 colonies ruled by Britain) took a boat from Britain to the new world with the documents. The imperial system was already established here in the colonies and never changed because the metric system papers were never delivered. I believe the ship sank. And thats why we still use the Imperial system today 😉

[@Trifler500]

The important thing to realize about Native American Reservations is that they are self-governed. They have their own laws and their own police force. AFAIK they have to follow some Federal laws, but they are not subject to state laws unless they choose to enact the same law themselves. To a tourist, I would say think of them as a separate state. So, for example, state police have no jurisdiction on reservations, but my understanding is the FBI does for crimes that cross the border of the reservation, just like crimes that cross state lines.

[@barryfletcher7136]

Los Angeles to Washington DC is almost 2700 miles, which is almost 4400 kilometers.