American Reacts to 25 Ways The UK Totally Triumphs Over The US

[@dang2651]

"Why would i be offended over facts?" If everyone felt like this we would probably all be a bit happier!

[@nen1811]

It makes sense but people will always want to stick to their own narrative/head canon unless something major/obvious happens... but even then lol

[@SonsOfLorgar]

The problems start with people insisting their ignorant indoctrinated oppinion is facts in contradiction of all testable evidence.

[@xFODDERx]

I'm offended by this comment

[@VanJ900]

@@xFODDERx I'm offended by the offence taken 🤔

[@DenisePeel]

😂😂😂

[@TheFranceskaTree]

I had cancer in 2021 and if it hadn’t been for the NHS, I would be dead now. The NHS is literally a life saver.

[@Daktangle]

I'm so glad that even with the NHS in the state it's in, that you managed to get the care you needed and are here to talk about it.

[@LadyLyndhurst01]

I too am being treated for cancer and would be dead without the fantastic NHS care. My partner suffered a stroke couple years ago and his life is saved too. My local major hospital opened it's lovely garden today. Beautiful sitting there in the sunshine. Americans have this idea that UK hospitals are drab 'communist' institutions. Long may we have our NHS. It is a treasure. It is suffering at the hands of the greedy Tories.

[@imalittletoxicjustalittle]

lmao the NHS almost killed my best friend and did kill someone related to family not to mention how ambulances dont turn up most of the time, in some instances like yours yes it helpa and if it was just for serious illnesses like yours id be all for it but having the NHS as or only form of medical care is a huge problem to the country. i'll put it like this yeah you pay for an ambulance in America but it also actually turns up

[@rogink]

Apart from all those poor souls it has killed.

[@nonassured]

Glad you were saved by it, sadly it was too late for my mum

[@morgangosling8673]

The thing about the date format that I always find funny is that the date of US independence is the only one they say in the UK format! It's always 4th July.

[@SevCaswell]

4th *of* July.

[@InevitableMayo]

YES! I've always thought this. "Hey guys let's celebrate our independence fromt he British whilst using their date format for this one day"

[@user-ne1ei1ox6r]

😂

[@davidmellish3295]

Not the UK format but the world's format. After all we go in chronological order, seconds,minutes, hours,days,weeks,months,years. So it's obvious to go day,month,year. Why would they go month back to day then to year ? Makes no sense

[@l4d1k06]

​@@davidmellish3295The only logical way is 2023-12-25 21:59:45 🤷

[@jetpigeon8758]

If the British go in to a restaurant, and they are not happy with the service, they may mention it, but they will simply vote with their feet, and simply go elsewhere.

[@rbnhd1144]

Absolutely True, I do it myself, they get two chances tops then I'm done, I stick with places that have it together.

[@50sRockChick]

And not leave a tip.

[@lordomacron3719]

@@50sRockChick tip? No we don’t have to pay the wages of the staff. The business does that not the customer. But in the USA the customer not the business pays the staff. And the business make more profit. When profit is all that matters this is what you get.

[@50sRockChick]

@@lordomacron3719 yes, but you can tip if you wish. It’s not a necessity in the U.K. it’s a sign of great service and food.

[@lordomacron3719]

@@50sRockChick yeah an that is all a tip should ever be. It should never be instead of a actual wage.

[@meghanvidler9147]

I’m Australian and we are closer to Britain than the US per this video. The one that strikes me most is the date - I don’t know anyone who says January 12th, here it is 12th of January. We also use the metric system, have safe electrical plugs.

[@ward1ism]

From what I understand, we say the day first because you just automatically assume the person knows what month it is. So it just makes sense to say it's the 12th rather than it's January 12th. I'm Scottish.

[@blondebrandy]

BBC does not have adverts, never watch the news as it has a bad name as most news broadcasting does. 22:55 The shows etc are usually excellent but you pay..... It used to be free for pensioners but the last I heard they were wanting to charge them.

[@TheWeirdChannel12]

British here and we say '12th of January' too

[@shendisackett]

It's not really surprising that the UK and Australia are close in terms of how we do things. You're like our cousins!

[@shendisackett]

@@blondebrandy I use the BBC app for news it's still the most impartial news outlet, that is compared to the others, it can never be completely impartial as humans are in charge, and it does just cover news. It's newspapers that you can't trust here and I don't know anyone my age, 44, or below that buys them on a regular basis. I might buy the one that is just news local to my area but not a national one.

[@clivemitchell3229]

In the UK, toilet cubicles have latches which, when applies, change a white or green panel on the outside of the door to red or a sign saying "Vacant" to "Engaged". Thus there is no need to look around or under doors. Perhaps the U.S. system is to allow bosses to keep an eye on where their employees are!

[@tezzcan1]

As someone who was born with major heart complications ( which has led to 3 open heart surgeries, pacemaker and heaven knows how many procedures ) I am so, so grateful for our NHS.

[@psttech4290]

meanwhile a family member died waiting for an op, waiting for 4 years because of a backlog

[@lennymccartney1]

@@psttech4290 so pay for private....

[@psttech4290]

@@lennymccartney1 yeah im sure that will work after the fact.

[@psttech4290]

@@lennymccartney1 also, we pay into the system on a monthly basis paying national insurance through wages, why should anyone go pay private when we already pay

[@lennymccartney1]

@@psttech4290 i was being disingenuous in my reply...instead of blaming the nhs, blame the tories for underfunding it as a way to bring in private health service...

[@axeman3d]

Medicine ads are illegal in the UK and much of the rest of the world, particularly those with social medicine. We don't tell our doctors what to give us and they don't get paid to force certain meds on us. It's a nice balance.

[@alberttenfoot]

Unfortunately, they are legal in New Zealand and have been for some years. However,there is hope on the horizon as there is a move to get it reviewed. The sooner it becomes illegal, the better, in my view.

[@garylinker69]

When I have been in the US I've been shocked by medical ads. They spend a few seconds telling you what the drug does and then 2 times as long listing the dreadful side effects the drug could cause. Add the news channels showing kids dropping dead at school while exercising (for your breakfast news) and I'm surprised I don't have long term emotional issues now!

[@paulabevan]

Totally against the law all over the EU advertisement of prescription drugs, it’s not just the UK

[@paulabevan]

We do like the French, that’s not true that we don’t like them they’re only 20 miles away from us so there are neighbours are good neighbours really

[@paulabevan]

That’s for the Commonwealth countries,

[@glenmartin7978]

As someone from Britain The Male England Football team has not won anything in quite sometime but the Famale England Squad (The Lionesses) seem to have won everything over the past couple of years and are a far superior team in my opinion

[@HorusHerotic]

Superior when playing other women. They wouldn't even place if they played the men.

[@glenmartin7978]

@@HorusHerotic the Female Team has won the Men have not explain that

[@readmore7180]

He did explain it. Women playing women, and they have won one tournament. Don't get carried away lol

[@VanJ900]

Technicaly we didn't invent football (soccer) It was the Aztecs 😅 Also England woman's team do us proud ❤

[@michaeldickson5134]

@@glenmartin7978 the females play against females, are you stupid or something? if they played against the worst male team they'd still get demolished.

[@JohnHMarsden]

Over the last 9 months I have needed surgery 3 times, the last one a new hip replacement. After surgery I was give all the necessary equipment for my bathroom, physio, medication including 26 injections to stop blood clots ALL FREE. The N.H.S. has it issues but is still wonderful.

[@NeilusNihilus]

The US healthcare system is terrifying. Would put me off living there TBH.

[@justicar5]

puts me off even going on holiday there,

[@PinballGamer42]

I'd love to live in the US but as someone with major health issues the health care system definitely puts me off moving from the UK

[@stevetaylor7403]

Americans don’t live; they scrape by fearful of falling ill.

[@andyhughes5885]

@@justicar5 Do as i did and take out holiday insurance which includes health.

[@rogink]

'Terrifying'? You've obviously never gone to an NHS A+E ward!

[@davidgraham370]

9:15 a British Airways flight, BA 009, was flying over Indonesia when slowly every single engine failed. Captain Moody, went on the tannoy and said what is considered the biggest understatement in aviation history: "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. We hope you are not in too much distress". The flight went on to land safely in Jakarta. The problem was caused by the intake of ash from a nearby volcanic eruption that the crew was unaware of.

[@elizabethnuttall5374]

The British don’t complain, they grumble.

[@fayesouthall6604]

I do, I’m polite about it.

[@billyo54]

Yes. But you grumble so well.😂

[@stevenr6397]

yeah we do complain, just not to anybody who can do anything about it!

[@kazzagreen84]

In Australia they're known as whinging poms.

[@mydogeatspuke]

I complain all the time. I'm trying to start a trend of people just being fkn honest.

[@obamtl]

You say “4th of July” in the US, so you could say 23rd January.

[@robg1151]

Lol excellent observation 👍🙂

[@ABee-jb9vz]

I was thinking of the song Billy Joe(?) "It was the 3rd of June"

[@MadameFlutterbi]

@@ABee-jb9vz Ode to Billy Jo great song.

[@Tractionengine_556]

obamtl That's freaky. 23rd January is my birthday.

[@Jib230181]

@@Tractionengine_556mine too lol.

[@TheLastViking27]

As a brit I've been in a toilet that had gaps in a restaurant. In true British form people formed a line a good 5 feet away and the person in front was facing away from the door

[@jamiesimms7084]

Formed a "line" or a "queue"

[@fermisparadox01]

It only makes sense that Brits want no gaps since most are gay and perform in the stalls.😂

[@_Hollie_]

@@jamiesimms7084interchangeable

[@stevenburgess2856]

The BBC doesn't carry commercials, the others only have commercials before the game or during 'half time'. There'd be hell to pay if a football match or (especially in Wales) a rugby match was constantly being interrupted by ads!

[@MarkSteele-j1b]

What do you think we pay our TV licence for. For the BBC not to run commercials

[@stevenburgess2856]

@@MarkSteele-j1b I'm well aware what we pay the licence for thank you.

[@gallowglass2630]

@@MarkSteele-j1b In ireland we pay a tv licence to RTE ,but RTE aswell as recieving the licence fee also run ads

[@ratowey]

@@gallowglass2630 That would be annoying

[@emmahowells8334]

​@@ratowey Annoying yes, but if the BBC had adverts, we wouldn't have to pay the licence fee. So I'd take adverts over licence fee any day.

[@artemisia770]

There is sometimes a gap at the bottom of British toilet doors, not the side though bc that would be insane

[@damianbutterworth2434]

I have a rich Italian boss and she has got us sliding automatic toilet doors. Trouble is they has broken and someone just slides it open by hand when your having a poo. Makes me too nervous to poo lol. Your always on edge when someone comes in.

[@GWJUK]

They are disgusting and down right weird.

[@GregoryLancaster-rf7ce]

Probably the gap is to allow mopping the floor?

[@DJRockford83]

​@@GregoryLancaster-rf7ce correct

[@brianthesnail3815]

I am form the UK and spent 2 months in Kentucky doing a job and the firm I was working at had those strange toilet door arrangements. I used to go really really quickly.

[@woodu]

I'm British and the date format is very interesting when it comes to just viewing time in general. The fact you struggled just to visualise the format was the same way I felt visualising the month first rather than the day! For such a chill video I wasn't expecting to question time itself lol nice work dude

[@enigmaticbird]

On this we would say it as The 23rd of January 2023

[@Christine-jg2ch]

Makes me laugh that they say 4th July for Independence Day! 😂

[@John2Ward]

@@Christine-jg2ch Yes, the only day they get it right. All such measurements are hierarchical, either ascending or descending. The middle unit NEVER goes on the outside, and there is no possible valid reason for doing so with dates. The USian method is like measuring lengths in feet, yards and inches (or feet, inches and yards for that matter) which of course is equally ridiculous.

[@shroomologist]

@@John2Ward tbf the sensible way would be YYYY/MM/DD to keep it consistant with HH/MM/SS, plus a list of dates in numerical order would also be in date order. Our system makes more sense than the US one but it's not perfect.

[@grahamgresty8383]

You like the US date format? So when is independance day? July 4th or the 4th of July? The latter is the way we pronounce the date in the UK and many other countries.

[@KeesBoons]

I agree it's a bit of a week defence, because the way it is pronounced and the way it's written is probably directly linked. If they would write it in a proper order, the date would probably be pronounced differently as well.

[@josephw8662]

The US is almost exclusively the only country to use MDY dates unanimously

[@richardjohnson2026]

Dates, we go day, month, year. Smallest to largest. 1st January 2023. Our Internet is not only faster, it's available fast in most of the country including country side!

[@bcase5328]

Largest to smallest makes sense for chronological filing/grouping.

[@stevebailey805]

By far the most sensible date format is the ISO (International Standards Organisation) format of yyyy-mm-dd. It inherently lists things in chronological order (2022-12-25 (december) comes before 2023-07-12 (july)). The next best is dd/mm/yyyy which the UK uses but it doesn't sort well. The US mm/dd/yyyy makes no sense whatsoever, and if it is because that is how folk say dates then I recommend they change their speech patterns.

[@impyimp9069]

commercial breaks in sporting events happen when there is a natural break in the sporting event - eg half time during a football match. we tend to get longer but fewer commercial breaks, so we can go boil a kettle and get a cup of tea during it 😁

[@Trevor-Stephen]

Imagine they tried it during play lol British people would have the guilty channel canciled and took off the air.

[@johnt8998]

We must have a tea break !

[@Trevor-Stephen]

@@johnt8998 before play half time after game. Or ask the wife who doesent watch football to make one for you.

[@VillaFanDan92]

I sometimes watch American sports on UK TV - and it's always awkward because the frequency of ad breaks would not be allowed on UK channels - so quite often it just cuts to the "BT Sports" logo for 5 minutes while the US channel sees adverts.

[@BrightonandHoveActually]

But neither electric kettles nor cups of tea are properly understood in the US.

[@corvidkusnos]

For our date in the UK, not only is it smallest to largest (which organisation-wise makes a lot of sense), we're also writing it the way we say it, too! It's more common for us to, for example, say "4th of July" instead of "July 4th". While the latter is quicker to say, it doesn't flow as naturally in conversation than saying it the former way. Definitely interesting

[@Jodiice1981]

Interestingly though if you watch a lot of American tv talking about the US holiday a lot of them call it the 4th of July not July 4th.. which is a weird flip to the way we do things, especially since it’s on the day to celebrate their independence and doing things their own way 😂😂😂

[@corvidkusnos]

@@Jodiice1981 Yeah, I've always found that rather bizarre!!

[@Notherenotever]

The UK (or just Scotland?) has used the MM/DD/YY date structure in the past I'm not sure when or why it changed. I've only noticed it from doing genealogy and looking at official records from 19th & early 20th century. My research has mainly been in Scotland so I'm not 100% certain this was UK wide.

[@DrGreenGiant]

Interestingly, it's very common to go in descending order too. This is the standard in the British military, for example. It makes sorting of files (particularly digital) very easy [YYYYMMDD]

[@susansmiles2242]

Commercials during sports programs is just unheard of (there would be a riot if it happened)

[@gmr1241]

Well... there's the Tour de France and that's riddled with adverts...

[@janbow5124]

The tea in the UK is not usually sweetened when it is served. It is up to you whether you add sugar to it or not. I love hot, strong, unsweetened tea,

[@daveaglasgow]

When they say sweetened tea, they are talking about iced tea(Lipton) which is sold in bottles like Pepsi 366ml. The it usually Tates like lemon or something and is full of sugar. You don't make it at home.

[@jackwhitbread4583]

Gross

[@ebonywillow77]

There are so many US food items that are illegal here in the UK because they don't meet FDA safty requirements. Its honestly kinda terrifying. (Edit, we call it the medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency)

[@jmurray1110]

EU safety requirements not FDA

[@frgal1336]

@@jmurray1110mate. The uk isn’t in the eu.

[@jmurray1110]

@@frgal1336 it was though and we have kept a lot of the regulations it kept in place

[@Shoomer1988]

You would enjoy reacting to some David Attenborough Steve. He's a biologist, natural historian, author and most importantly the worlds best nature documentary film-maker and presenter. He's been making natural history documentarians since the 50's and really is a national treasure.

[@davidcopplestone6266]

He's a TV presenter, not a biologist. He's never worked in a field that needs biology. He is more of a naturalist though.

[@Shoomer1988]

@@davidcopplestone6266 Biology doesn't just mean the workings of lifeforms, it also can mean the study of community of interacting populations - which he does.

[@elisabethpitt6103]

Schoomer: I do like David Attenborough but he will "go on" about evolution. When evolution is man made & has NOTHING AT to do with David' ideas. It's like saying, " I've got a mimi, but it will grow into a Rolls Royce" it's a fallacy. We all know I mini is a mini. Just like a fruit fly is a fruit fly. A whale is a whale. Bear is a bear. It's the way they were CREATED.

[@harryoates91]

​@@elisabethpitt6103 created by what?..

[@Shoomer1988]

@@elisabethpitt6103 What the hell are you taking about?

[@robertburr2212]

Most of the UK is now covered by fibre optic...its alot faster than normal wifi and more reliable. Thanks for the great reaction Steve ❤

[@England91]

And the fastest I think is still Virgin

[@StargateMatt]

​@@England91yeah there biggest customer package is 1GBs

[@positivelyacademical1519]

@@England91 If you’re in an area with a local/regional fibre provider, they’ll usually be faster/cheaper than Virgin. Currently paying £30/month for 1Gbps/1Gbps

[@deanmaximus9770]

On average though usa wins

[@Hirotoro4692]

You mean to say it's faster than copper cables, not WiFi. WiFi comes from an access point, typically your home router, but that internet still comes down the cable.

[@thebestcayplays]

When we had to pick between liz truss and rishi sunak for prime minister it was like picking between two scrap cars for a daily driver

[@geoffclarke3796]

My Step Mum loved her holidays in the US with my Dad but one thing she wasn't keen on was US public bathrooms with the large gaps under the doors which meant a lack of privacy and made peeing a very stressful experience. UK public toilets much better in that respect.

[@missharry5727]

Just back from Cape May (NJ) and didn't meet a single restroom with a gap at the side of the door. At the bottom, yes.

[@xanderjames8682]

Why though? Wood quota per stall? I dont get it

[@Naptosis]

​@@xanderjames8682They're very cheap, and they're paranoid about drug users.

[@marcgini1443]

Pay. As. You. Earn

[@gavinhall6040]

David Attenborough is someone you should check out.

[@Sophie.S..]

Davud Attenborough is an absolute legend.

[@elemar5]

@@Sophie.S.. Recently he's become a bellend.

[@mubbles1066]

Most definitely! National icon and treasure 😊

[@l3v1ckUK]

Documentaries will never be the same once he dies.

[@luismorgan2422]

A must

[@1984Nets]

If you do have a cup of tea the British way do not use a microwave to heat the water, use a kettle. We do not boil water in the microwave. Boil the water, pour over the teabag in a cup. Let it sit for a few minutes, take the teabag out and add milk and/or sugar.

[@michaelgoodwin6565]

Boil the water, pour some into the pot. Warm the pot. Put teabags (or preferably loose tea) into the pot. Pour boiling water onto the tea in the pot. Wait. Pour tea from pot to cup (or mug) Milk, if desired, may be added to the cup before or after pouring the tea. Matter of personal preference. Lemon, if desired, added after pouring tea, never with milk. Sugar, if desired, only after the above.

[@rodpuckey8413]

Never make tea in a cup, use a teapot, cover with a tea cosy, leave to brew for 5 minutes before drinking.

[@alisonrodger3360]

I've noticed that Americans use the word 'Beverage', they actually say it out loud & to each other. We only really write it on menus, but I don't think anyone actually uses the word. We just ask what you'd like to drink, 'can I get you drink?' 'here's the Drinks menu'

[@Hirotoro4692]

Yup I've never heard a fellow Brit say "I could use a cold beverage!" That just sounds stupid af. "I could use a cold drink!"

[@tonywalton1464]

The only time i've heard it in the UK is in abbreviated form as "bevvy". Only used as in "fancy a bevvy?" meaning "would you care to partake in a pint of beer?" or (particularly in a Scouse accent) "bevvied up" or "drunk". "He was that bevvied up he could hardly walk".

[@Swisswavey]

We used to have an ongoing drinking game where you weren't allowed to mention "beer" or "drink". Beverage and imbibe became more common. It carried over into everyday usage but, yeah, that's not normal!

[@barbarablair3225]

The other thing that grinds my gears is the way people order in a restaurant in the US. "I'll DO the steak. I'll DO the salmon." You'll do what to it? "I'll have the steak?" Or "I'd like the steak." So many better and more sensible ways to order.

[@LittleBallOfPurr]

Fancy a bevvie, mate?

[@claregale9011]

David Attenborough is a national treasure , you should look into his long and illustrious career . He is a champion for conservation and he's documentaries are superb .😊

[@evawettergren7492]

We love David even in other countries, so you deserve to be proud of him.

[@nickgrazier3373]

And his name is pronounce Atten-burrer not AttenborO, please. I know that’s not how it’s spelled but it’s English. Sorry had to get 5hat off my chest! Cheers Steve

[@mydogeatspuke]

​@@nickgrazier3373 atten-bruh here, but to each their own

[@LittleBallOfPurr]

"Here we see the modern human in her natural habitat, the KZbin, the pursuit of conversation and companionship compels her to share her thoughts, so that others may listen and even react..... wonderful."

[@claregale9011]

@@LittleBallOfPurr 😆love it

[@fatebreaker413]

Not worrying about a bill is a big relief, My brother had to go into hospital recently here in the UK and the only money he lost was due to not being able to work since his job is paid on commission. They arranged surgery for him, Made sure he was properly cared for and medicated until he was healthy enough to undergo the operation and then gave him a prescription to take care of him afterwards and it was completely free. The only downsides we experienced were the initial lack of available ambulances which would have been a two hour wait, Thankfully he was able to get a lift and the wait for the surgery which took four weeks to happen, It would have been done sooner but they had to cancel it multiple times because his health was to poor for the surgery to be performed safely. As much of a state as it's in right now I am so glad the NHS exists and I personally want to see it expanded and given more funding so we can provide faster and better care.

[@EchoGhost10100]

Regarding the NHS, I broke my fibula and dislocated my ankle about two years ago now. Had to get a plate and screws in to support it while it healed. Got lots of x-rays, wonderful care regarding my chronic anxiety, casts, crutches, and a boot to help with walking again - all that we needed to pay for was gas and food. There was a little bit of a wait but I was seen, operated on, and home in the same day. I arrived around 7am and was out at around 11pm but I was very impressed with the people working there and how nice and accommodating they were. Part of the wait was making sure the anesthetic wore off and I could move properly (got an epidural so I was awake during surgery - legs were completely numb below the waist) but I'm still so glad to have the NHS. It makes life so much easier and way less stressful. Not to mention I also got a wonderful (free) prescription of codeine which helped so much for the pain after surgery. Oh, and blood-thinners to avoid clots. Not sure how that part works in the US but, as I understand, you still need to pay for the medication you're given?

[@davidbowie2046]

Roundabouts are very efficient so long as you stick to the golden rule of always giving way to traffic from the right 👍

[@claireedgley7897]

For your bathroom stalls, don't you have the little white/red colour code on the door latch/lock so you know if someone is in there? Although, sometimes these don't always show correctly if the latch doesn't go fully over to the one side, or if the colour is scratched. In that case, you've just got to resort to just pushing the door (slowly and gradually though! Just in case the latch is totally broken and there's actually someone in there - gives them some time to react/shout 'occupied!' lol.)

[@robgray7614]

I used a public toilet in Newport, outside LA, and they didn't even have doors on the cubicles. Like being in prison.

[@chriseyres9995]

Both countries have positives v negatives. The biggest positive in the UK ( which wasn't mentioned in the 25) is the Gun control issue. The right to bear arms is so deeply imbedded in the US and the NRA is so powerful that any attempt to change or bring about reducing gun ownership turns into a fruitless excercise.

[@wuqueenbee2852]

Yes only criminals have guns in the uk..

[@Darkblade9931]

biggest negative in the uk you mean

[@solaccursio]

@@Darkblade9931 I don't see the negative part. If your job is to be a cop, or to be a criminal, you may need a gun. Otherwise, you don't need one.

[@RosinaEmilyW]

@@Darkblade9931 Not when total deaths from school shootings in the US is more than total killed through all knife and gun crime in the UK. Not that the UK isn’t getting increasingly stab-happy, but at least we can actually feel safe at school. And, it’s not as if we can’t get access to guns, either. You just have to prove that you’re mentally stable to own one, but it’s okay to use one if you don’t have the right papers because that becomes the responsibility of the gun owner. So, you can have one, if you’re not crazy. So, why is that a bad thing? We just have better gun control and don’t see the need to have weapons if our neighbours aren’t likely to blow stuff sky high. The same thing goes for police. Maybe you wouldn’t have so many police related deaths if they didn’t need to have guns because you have guns for every man, woman, and their dog, and those guns could well be aimed at the police by the criminals they need to chase. Police need guns because the criminals have ready access to it. The only police we need to worry about are corrupt or the occasional awful excuse for a human being. But, having worked in a cafe near a police station, I can say that most of them are nice people.

[@HorusHerotic]

And the biggest negative is the total inability to defend yourself from violent criminals. The 2A is the only reason the west hasn't fallen already .

[@altvamp]

As for the free refill, many people don't realise if you go out and are served tea in a teapot you can ask for free hot water or top up the tea pot. We take the tea bag out and pop it back in so it doesn't stew.

[@michaelthwaite3282]

Probably the best comment I have heard on KZbin: "Truth is one of, if not the most important value in my life". Bravo!!

[@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej]

Taking tea is a national sport in the UK. Complaining is just an impersonal way of making conversation....especially about the weather.😳

[@brianthesnail3815]

No British weather is perfect. It's a fact. Too hot, too cold, too much wind, too little wind. Truth is it rains a lot and most British weather is 'grey' and if it isn't raining we worry we might run out of water.

[@solaccursio]

Here in Europe I never ever saw a lawyer advertisement, and the law only allows ads for over-the-counter medications, not for those that have to be prescribed by a doctor. Also, if they interrupted a football match with ads (I'm in Italy) I think the studios of the channel who dares to do so would be destroyed by a furious mob😂

[@jebusgod]

we have lawyers advertising in the UK but its big ones, ambulance chasers like Injury lawyers for you, not like Saul Goodman

[@gmr1241]

Some ads for medication are starting to creep in, here. There's one about shingles (learn more about it, they say) with the GSK logo at the top, very small.

[@Kat-po3mn]

@@gmr1241 oh dearie me, more american style marketing creeping in...so insidious

[@peterjackson4763]

@@gmr1241 There have always been some adverts for medicines in the UK. Night Nurse is one I remember from decades ago.

[@gmr1241]

@@peterjackson4763 ah, yes - but not prescription med's...

[@suechris9610]

No:2 . Yes, totally agree with you. Every news channel here in the UK sensationalise the most boring of items for click bait. Sometimes I think some of the items isn't really news at all. We have so many of these 25 things I am personally grateful for like , NHS, our tax system, our food and hygiene agencies. and many more. Good video. 👍

[@ABee-jb9vz]

You are my favourite youtuber and the one that we here in Britain would love to meet. There are a few youtubers who cover the differences between the two nations, but you have such a wonderful manner and are so genuinely interested that you teach us a lot about the US at the same time. I think any of us would love you to visit us.

[@kimberleyosumah3376]

Date! Lol! An American lady complained at hotel where I used to work that her milk pods in her room were out of date. Back in April, she said it shows 2/6/23. Its out if date since February she was so angry shouting at us. Then we said the date is 2nd June Madam not February 6th 😂😂😂

[@AaronLaishley]

How did she respond when you said that 😂

[@kimberleyosumah3376]

@@AaronLaishley she said oh I didn't know that you wrote dates different to us in USA. We just smiled back at her 😂😂

[@Jacqueline_Thijsen]

As a computer programmer, US dates even existing is a bloody nightmare for exactly this reason.

[@patriciacrangle8244]

We have 2 channels that don’t have ads remaining channels are regulated the ads are every 15 mins but can only last for certain length of time

[@scotmark]

@@patriciacrangle8244 I heard somewhere that when they show BBC shows in the USA they speed up an hour long show to 42 mins or whatever to fit the adverts in. 🙈

[@grendel1960a]

the locks in the UK toilets have a red / green indicator on the lock

[@vickymc9695]

I thought that was international. I've never been somewhere without that.

[@petergordon4525]

Maybe yanks are colour blind! lol

[@kristymac3236]

Or it has Vacant or Engaged

[@Hirotoro4692]

​​@@petergordon4525 red and green are specifically used in traffic lights and door locks because they're easy for colour blind people to distinguish. So no, I get you're joking but that cannot be it.

[@petergordon4525]

@@Hirotoro4692 I was joking.

[@andyb2706]

You have to watch some of David Attenborough's programmes. He is a national institution for us in the UK. He started his Natural History TV career with the BBC back in 1951. Now at the age of 97 he is still going strong and presenting his shows, but now with multiple broadcasters. He is also the brother of the late actor Richard Attenborough, who you may know best from the original Jurassic Park film. As to football he was talking nationally. In the FIFA world cup we have only won it once and that was in 1996, since then our men's team have come close several times but never succeeded. Our last success though was with the women's national side back in 2022 when they won the UEFA Euro Cup 2022 beating are footballs arch rivals Germany in the final, our men's team have a habit of losing on penalties to the German national side. As to the Brits always playing villain's I totally agree with you Steve. Some British accents won't live up to being a villain I couldn't see a Bond villain turning round to James Bond and saying "Ey up, love" with a northern accent. Yes, I am from the north. The only time we have adverts in sports, excluding Formula 1 is at their natural breaks. For example Football you will have adverts before the match, during the 15 minute break at half time and then at the end of the match. Even in cricket Test Matches that can last up to five days they plan the adverts so that you may get a quick advert between overs and then more adverts during the breaks for lunch, tea or change of innings. So you never miss any of the action.

[@gavdanby-cooper9085]

Yes. Yes we do have awesome plugs!

[@moonramshaw1982]

Love the way Steve's head exploded when trying to talk about the date format 😂😂

[@Trevor-Stephen]

Yeah that was funny. But at least he said January 12th not like American cinema release clips in the UK 🤣

[@fade.2.black.ffd8ff]

For computer logs, and Microsoft inefficient file sorting systems, naming files YYYY-MM-DD format means a lot easier to sort other than d-m-y

[@Robr1701]

Yet Americans don't have a problem using the 4th of July. 😅

[@leonbanks5728]

@@fade.2.black.ffd8ff At least that system makes more sense than mm-dd-yyyy. Also, Asia uses that system.

[@debbee0867]

@@fade.2.black.ffd8ff YYYYMMDD is the government way of using a date format for filing, well in the UK it is anyway, I cannot speak for anywhere else 😅 I've always used it as a pre-fix to a naming convention for finding files easier down the line.

[@Mroldgamer425]

We don’t complain, we can moan about a bad meal,but , when to ask if everything is ok, we say yes, lovely😂😂

[@Hirotoro4692]

Speak for yourself, as a Brit I find most of us will speak up if we're paying for a service and it's not good. Learn to stand up for yourself! Sheesh!

[@GRAHAM2109]

That's me 😁

[@mandyp302]

I think it can also depend upon where you are in the UK. We're often quite happy in the north to answer a direct question with a direct answer. "Is the meal ok?" "Since you ask, no it's not." Though we usually wait until we are asked first!😂

[@buffysouthwick3231]

When I went to America, I hated the gap so much I would always put my cardigan over it! How EMBASSRASSING! 😳 What is the point in having dividers, if you can see through the gaps anyway. 😬😅

[@wobaguk]

The Brits 'moan' a lot. This is distinct from 'complaining TO' someone for the intention of getting something done about it. We just like to go on to each other about how rubbish things are.

[@KeesBoons]

As a Dutch person I can say that's not a purely British thing. :o)

[@jsyorks2023]

As a Brit who worked in customer service for 25 years believe me, brits complain and generally it’s because they feel entitled. Thankfully I left that shit behind me.

[@BigAlCapwn]

This 100%. The narrator worded it badly and made it sound like we Brits are good at getting service rectified our something. Ironically we're rubbish at complaining about bad service as a lot of us are too polite to

[@Trevor-Stephen]

I moan when its warrented. Example had a job interview with a company years ago i was there 10 mins early the guy holding the interview walked in 15 mins late of the stated time he heard the wrath of Trevor all right for being late. Needless to say i ended up getting the job. But thats just how i am ide rather be an hour early than 2 mins late for something.

[@Whippy99]

So true. We Brits will moan to complete strangers about everything and anything. However, we never want or expect anything to be done about it! It’s free therapy. 😁

[@Sophie.S..]

Hi Steve, I hope you are familiar with the 24 hour clock (military time in the US) because we use it for all timetables - bus, train and plae times.

[@stevepage5813]

Familiar with 24 hour clock? he probably hasn't heard of it, never mind know how to use it. 🤣

[@monkaeyes3417]

My mother’s coworker was gradually becoming blind, she had worked at this company for 25 years but she was getting towards the age of retirement (like 3 years left). She needed a specialist computer in order to continue working (possibly a £1200 cost). The company didn’t want to do that so they refused to help her, hoping she would quit, she didn’t. They then made her redundant and sent her off with a redundancy package. She filed to the government to say that she wasn’t redundant as her previous position had been filled by someone else (which she knew by using the freedom of information act). The government agreed that the situation was discriminatory towards her and she got compensation payed for by the company. This situation could never happen in the US, I am sure of it.

[@joannerichardson6985]

The plug thing is so true. I hated the plug sockets in the US. They send a spark to the plug nearly everytime you plug something in. I have never seen that in the UK. It seemed so unsafe!

[@caroledowie1773]

My husband is an electrician, and he has told me that the American electrical system is not as safe as the UK.

[@melkin3549]

I also noticed that in the USA there isn't always a lobby between the stalls and the outside world and also have the outside door propped open. Anyone passing on the street can see all the legs in the stalls. I was horrified by this lack of privacy and avoided using them 😳

[@markpostgate2551]

Where do they wash their hands then?

[@andyhughes5885]

Speaking of the word lobby, on my one and only trip to the USA, i got into a lift from the 7th floor of my hotel heading to the ground floor only to discover there was no G for ground. I was the only one there that got on and hadn`t a clue how to get down. I ended up pressing all the buttons and it was only when someone else got on i heard the word lobby.

[@Becka.M-D]

9:08 eg. 23rd June 2023. Plus putting the day number first I think makes sense because it is the most commonly changed number (365-366 a year) followed by month (12 times per year) followed by year which changes once.

[@Sophie.S..]

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who was English, did not invent the internet, he invented the World Wide Web, without which the internet as we know it would not exist.

[@kevinhayes3184]

The internet was invented by Gordon Welchman

[@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej]

Sir Tim gave the WWW to the world absolutely free. He made no money from it. Respect! 🤩🤩🤩

[@jenniferwhite3258]

...who is English...

[@lynby6231]

The Americans invented the arpanet which was basically just Emails, it was with the invention of the World Wide Web that the internet as we know it came into being. So I suppose you could call it an Anglo American development 🤔

[@thetruthhurts7675]

@@kevinhayes3184 So I googled "who invented the internet." Guess exactly who that was. It wasn't your nameless guy, it WAS Sir Tim Berners Lee. Pages, and pages, and pages all simply stating the same thing. He was the first person to get two different computer makes to talk to one another. Wthout him you would still be sending paperwork to the guy ate the next desk if he had a different computer to yours. So for examplke I am presently using an HP device, without Sir Tim we would have to correspond by letter Email would not be possible from Apple to HP, or vice versa.

[@user-TonyUK]

With reference to the two Tax systems, I as a British Guy rapidly approaching Retirement in three weeks time can state I have never in my working Life (from the age of starting work at 16 yrs old to retirement at 66 Yrs old) have never filed any Tax Return and has often had Tax repaid to be because someone used the wrong tax code for that year. That also covered me for time spent working abroad in Gibraltar where I paid local Taxes. From the Age of 66 I then qualify for the Country wide Old Age Pension, this is something everyone in the UK Contributes too via our Wages and as it is automatically stopped at source as part of the Wages Deductions process ie Tax, National Insurance (for Healthcare, Optical, Dental work and Pension Contributions) even part of Proscribed Medicine is covered. So literally the bottom line on my wage slip is What I get either in Cash but now most of the time Paid Directly into my Bank Accout and it will be the same each month once my State Pension is paid. The UK Govt control what the £s are spent on and if we do not agree with what they are spending it on, we can Vote in one of the Opposion Parties at Election time every four years when we have National Elections. Tony in Essex, England

[@barbaratg5230]

We Brits go by DD/MM/YYYY. Day comes before a month and month comes before a year. Makes sense to me.

[@readmore7180]

Dental hasn't been an NHS thing for years, move to a new area and try sign up to a dentist, practically zero chance of finding an NHS dentist. I haven't been to dentist in ten years...

[@susanhollis1933]

General elections have to be held no longer than five years from the last one. They can be called sooner but not later

[@jamiesmith1261]

With commercials for football(soccer) we have a half time and there’s like 30 mins of ads but they don’t play ads while a game is on

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Considering how much prudishness is common in the US in relation to the naked body or sex, the intrusive gaps in US public toilet doors and lack of privacy, is particularly strange. My oldest son, who joined his US school at aged 11, was accustomed to gang showers at his previous school. This idea was anathema at his new school. Yet dorm toilets were infinitely less private than that to which he was accustomed. Btw, most US people I know say 4th of July, not July 4th. 🤔

[@DJRockford83]

Do yanks not have those indicators built in to the lock??

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

@@DJRockford83 In most cases I observed during my decade working in the US, most public toilet doors don't have those vacant/engaged green/red latches. The doors on the "stalls" as they're called there, simply have flimsy locks. There is a 0.5 metre gap at the bottom, and at least 2 cm gaps around the doors. They're as private as would be trying to masturbate in St James's Park!! 🤭😳

[@davidtomlinson7946]

It's homophobia. The stalls give no privacy for same sex activity in the US

[@samstevens7888]

I'm going to say as a whole the British don't complain alot. But when we do everyone knows about it. We ignore people that moan about stupid stuff.

[@paulfranklin8636]

Oh I agree and I'm one of those. Good service gets rewarded, OK service is well OK and I might grumble but its' no real issue, Poor service, watch out I'll let you & and everyone else know. Over the years I've used many garages...some have been great and were rewarded by my continued custom, others not so and they didn't like my reaction...my current one is probably the best I've had in a decade truly superb service and they donlt charge me for stuff I donlt aske them to do

[@devilish84]

Oh no... the national hobby is moaning/grumbling about anything from weather to sports, etc...& queueing 🤣

[@saltycraig675]

reaction content isn't usually my thing but honestly the way that you portray your own opinions and insights to each point is very entertaining and refreshing defiantly worth subscribing

[@johnaquillo3397]

In Australia we also don't have those gaps in the toilet cubicles, so peeking in along the side of the door ain't possible and the gap under the door is half of that in the US (or less). Just thought I'd let the world know! :))

[@gmr1241]

We have a gap at the bottom sometimes - I'm thinking it's for easy cleaning or access should someone collapse - but at the sides? Oh, heavens, no!

[@John2Ward]

They aren't needed here in the UK because as soon as the occupant locks the door the indicator on the outside changes from 'Vacant' to 'Engaged.' It has been thus all my life (more than 70 years.)

[@susanashcroft2674]

I could be wrong but for Number one on his list saying the US invented this thing, didn't a British Computer Scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee invent the Internet?

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

I think he invented the world wide web.....which is different to the internet (allegedly...?) Or it may be vice versa...?

[@jasoncallow860]

Yeah, the US defence department invented the internet because it was intended to survive a nuclear war, i.e. parts of the system could be obliterated, but the remaining computers could still talk to each other.

[@susanashcroft2674]

@@tamielizabethallaway2413 Thanks. Best Wishes.

[@kimarnill7648]

I think it was the World Wide Web.

[@OC35]

@@tamielizabethallaway2413 The WWW is carried on the internet. I use the internet for email and Usenet not the web.

[@DuskstarShine]

I went to America recently (I live in the uk) and it really shocked me the amount of gap there is on toilet cubicles between the door and the floor.

[@wendajones9040]

The gaps in toilet doors I found so distressing when I was in the US! The one place we need privacy!

[@AutoAlligator]

I love these comparisons. (As an American who moved to the UK over a decade ago I would like to say lol)

[@shendisackett]

You 2 need to get together and show us Brits 25 things you guys do better. I think the top one I can think of is equipment for your soldiers. Having seen how UK recruits are trained versus US recruits (it was a tv show years ago they did a series in the UK and then one in the US) we do train our soldiers better but the US soldiers have better more reliable equipment which is pretty important in a war.

[@AutoAlligator]

@@shendisackett Simply not true...while the US spends more money on military than anything else combined. Their troops are simply not combat-ready...having your hair and nails done is not a priority for military troops anywhere alse in the world.

[@shendisackett]

@@AutoAlligator I put that under the heading not trained as well as our soldiers.

[@AutoAlligator]

@@shendisackett My apologies. That was a childish dig at the number of women in the US military. Women are never used in the front-line and they do an admirable job behind the scenes...

[@teralmiles]

As a Brit, I’m so thrilled to see more roundabouts popping up on the roads here in Cyprus. Even though people still drift from lane to lane and don’t know how to use them properly.

[@TheJaxxT]

The NHS is an absolute godsend to us here. My elderly mum has many health conditions and the last 5 years I’d say, she’s been in and out of hospital probably 7-8 times each year, if not more. Each with ambulances being called. I can’t imagine the amount of money that would have cost if we were in the US. Also, David Attenborough needs to be protected at all cost. He’s a legend and loved by pretty much everyone

[@TheCornishCockney]

Agree totally up until the last 18mths when he’s blotted his copybook for me. Look it up,for instance…..he didn’t know the cameras were still rolling.

[@suedavebennett1878]

Agree the NHS is brilliant our nurses and doctors and all staff connected to NHS work so hard bless them all

[@mydogeatspuke]

I used to love Attenborough, but then he got super political during the recent social experiment and now his face disgusts me. Dude could have just carried on chatting about how cool animals are and he would have remained a god among men but noooo, had to be woke all over everyone. Eugh.

[@TheJaxxT]

I haven’t seen anything about David recently.. I’ve been completely out of the loop with having my own personal problems going on over the last couple of years, so I don’t know what’s been going on with him. It’s a shame to hear he’s been losing the love he once had from people

[@TheJaxxT]

@@suedavebennett1878 yes those working in the NHS are absolute angels. They’re incredible. I know personally with my own issues and what’s been going on with mum, I’d be so lost without them

[@leighnisbett9691]

Number 21 is true in the UK we have an little indicator on the door of public toilet stalls that are either red ,(occupied) ,green (unoccupied ) and you only see the feet of the person in the toilet stalls .

[@romystumpy1197]

Used to be engaged or vacant

[@Dreamerlighting]

I own my local nhs a lot have autism and hearing impaired had a life changing operation back in the 2002 got the implants for hearing aid called the ba ha changed my life when was 15 was the first young person to get the operation they done a lot for me over the years

[@kevanwillis4571]

' A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam born on the fourth of July.' I'll just leave this here.

[@stevepage5813]

😐 Just about sums them up for consistency.

[@lesdonovan7911]

Hi Steve The NHS is still great despite all the problems they are having at the moment, 5 minutes ago a guy turned up with my medication for the month which I ordered last week by phone the chemist (drug store) put it up and delivered it free of charge, there is a charge for medication if you are under 60 however if you require a lot you can pay for I believe 6 month at a time and get it much cheaper.

[@tenniskinsella7768]

Fine for you as y can use the phone

[@livvymunro1929]

You only pay for prescriptions in England. They are free for everyone in the rest of the UK .

[@50sRockChick]

Prescriptions for the 16 and under are free. Over that it’s just over £9 per prescription.

[@paulfranklin8636]

Prescriptions in Scotland, Wales & N.I. are free for all...only in England do you still pay. Health is a devolved matter

[@hattyburrow716]

@@rebeccat94 that is less than one month of my prescription

[@wolohans4085]

in the UK we have a city call Milton Keynes and it has over a 100 roundabouts YES 100 hahaha . check it out

[@joshuarizalforeman816]

The NHS saved my life on two occasions, one over a major traffic accident. Four operations, six months in hospitals and a year's post traumatic care. the cost - nothing. On a lighter note, the national soccer team may not be successful regarding the winning of trophies. However, England is always top 4 in international competitions. Incidentally, as of last week two English teams, West Ham and Manchester city are the winners of Europe's, if not the world's, premium club competitions.

[@annemariefleming]

Netball was the precurser to basketball, Rugby came before AFL.

[@rogerevans425]

@@vtbn53 You are correct - the "inventor" of netball asked for the rules to be sent to her, and misunderstood the zoning, and thought that a ball receiver had to stay still in the zone they received the ball in.

[@MrDaiseymay]

I Remember my first visit to north America, and had to use the toilet cubicle in the Airport. All the doors had ABOUT 12 INCH GAPS between floor and door bottom, from accross the room you could see all the shoes and pants around ankles. At first I thought maybe it's to show if it's occupied, but , I recon it's intrusive, so as to check to see if anything imoral is going on.

[@lindylou7853]

I’ve just had 140 days in hospital and rehab. A&E. Six emergency procedures. I had to buy some new slippers. The NHS isn’t perfect. A nurse came back from hols and said, “Look at you now! Two weeks ago the nurses were told you were going to die!” Hmmm …

[@linglingtindell5538]

Yes we are proud of our NHS ❤️👏 it really is a comfort to know we dont have to worry about paying medical bills, start from seeing our GPs, when you are admitted to the hospitals. NHS is a gem specially when you have a chronic illness. Needing long term treatments. 🌟🌟

[@brianwillson9567]

NHS is a bottomless money pit.

[@alayneperrott9693]

I have had 28 years of very expensive medication for a chronic and potentially fatal illness for free from the NHS.

[@pilgrimageintothepast6086]

@@brianwillson9567 You miss-spelled "US "healthcare"" there.

[@tracyfarnath2270]

I'm not proud anymore I worked for thirty years in it and it's completely broken I'm supposed to have three monthly spinal injections at the moment I'm getting them yearly. Years of abuse why do we let all the tourists use it for free they should have got insurance like we have to if we go abroad. Seeing a GP is a farce I see one privately now and the difference is unbelievable so I don't think we have anything to be proud of anymore, I've seen it go down the slippery slope for years, until I finished due to bone health a rare bone condition which makes them break my spines a mess with trapped nerves that's why it's so bad missing three injections a year. So I sing no praise for what was our wonderful NHS RIP. It's going to get no better while Sunaks in charge he doesn't care he's got so much money he will never use it.

[@Liverpoolboy01]

@@brianwillson9567 trump will be proud of you 🥴

[@omegasue]

We say and write dates like so: 1st September 2023 - day, month, year.

[@fredMplanenut]

As an Englishman, I believe the National Health Service to be a wonderful institution in the format of it's creation in 1948. Since budgetary controls being dispersed locally, creating a "company" mindset, this has proved detrimental to the operation. Sadly, if one creates an appointment, it creates a queue, which in turn creates a delay.

[@Rasperdan]

Yes you can thank a Welsh man for that.

[@kumasenlac5504]

Item 12 : The convenient size of the UK means that we have (relatively) low transport distances so fresh food - whether fruit, vegetables, grains, poultry, meat and fish is economically viable. Item 08 - for real menace you want to hear a Glaswegian say the word "pal".

[@margaretgaskin4928]

Huge amounts of British food is imported so it's not just size of country,

[@cazziecaz2559]

We also have MUCH stricter food hygiene standards. In parts of the US, the acceptable amount of rat faeces in food is above zero.

[@kumasenlac5504]

@@margaretgaskin4928 I didn't say it was...

[@Mike-lb1hx]

@@cazziecaz2559 Unless its changed so it is in the UK Grain stores are rat infested The poisons that can be used are limited and those that are lead to the rats bleeding to death over the grain which they urinate (rats are incontinent) and excrete over. They do pass the grain over a sieve to try and sieve the faeces out. Perhaps its changed but I don't eat muesli after working in the industry

[@jujuUK68]

And a Northern Irish accent is at it's most sinister when being friendly. If some big bloke with sectarian tattoo's and a nose that looks like it's had repeated breaks in it's life, turns to you and says "Tell yer father I said hello....." thats a threat! even if it isn't!

[@kenslater7354]

Our TV stations announce advertising breaks in programs. Get like an end of part one two etc screens before ads and then a screen that says the next part is starting

[@l3v1ckUK]

#4 I couldn't believe the number of adverts the first time I went to the USA. The program I was watching finished, there were adverts, the end credits rolled, the start credits for the next program rolled, then there were more adverts before the program actually started. Unreal. We do get adverts at half time etc (on some channels), but never in the middle of play. I'm afraid these days we have started to get a lot of lawyer adverts :(

[@raychambers3646]

I remember watching a programme and the advert blended in seamlessly in ,completely threw me.

[@stevepage5813]

Which was a problem in The States until it got ridiculous because people were suing each other for any reason. The way this stopped was the fact that if you sue me, then I will sue you for suing me.

[@ballyhoo]

Americans still say "4th of July" though. I've never heard one say "July 4th".

[@marklandgraf7667]

You're right. I think that "4th of July" is an event, whereas July 4th is a date.

[@sharonmartin4036]

However that's not the way it is "wrote"! Eeeeek! (Written, Steve, written!)

[@stevepage5813]

They don't understand what the difference is.

[@robertclark2253]

We do have adverts for just about anything including pharmacy products and lawyers our adverts are usually every 15 minutes . On cable sports channels the only adverts are during halftime .

[@CarolineThomas76]

When l went to the US and went to a public bathroom l was horrified! Closed the door and had a huge gap, kids were watching me! Snapple was amazing though! Never had iced tea before that, was yummy. I loved the cheap fast food and cheetos that are banned over here. Came home with diabetes.

[@cketts8128]

Us Brits tend to say eg. 21st of January, not January 21. So putting 21.01.23 makes sense to us. Also, the Internet (system of connections between computers which the www uses) was invented in the US but the world wide web (pages of information ) was invented by a Brit - Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

[@insoft_uk]

Tho in the computer industry it’s largest to smallest like 2023-01-21 as this is also another format and unlike the other two like 01-02-2023 how do you know what’s the month is ?, why computer industry is in favour of largest to smallest as no matter what country you’re from one knows what the exact date is

[@cketts8128]

@@insoft_uk - that’s interesting. Maybe one day everyone will agree on a single system. 🤞🏻

[@pilgrimageintothepast6086]

@@cketts8128 Everyone but the US already does use a standard system

[@stevepage5813]

Yes and without World Wide Web, The Internet wouldn't have been possible.

[@AlexaFaie]

For measurements I actually use a combination of both imperial and metric. I've tried using cm for my body measurements but it always ends up on some weird number in decimals whereas in inches I measure slap bang on an inch measurement and its always an even measurement too. For cake, the best simple cake recipe I use has the ratio of 4oz : 4oz : 4oz (self raising flour, sugar, butter) with 2 eggs, or 6oz : 6oz : 6oz with 3 eggs for a celebration cake. But for other things like weighing out pasta I use metric. Mainly just cos that's what is on the packets.

[@christinebarnes9102]

I use frozen grapes to cool my drinks, and then I eat them once they have thawed out.

[@zerowhite2286]

Genius idea, which I shall adopt. Thanks

[@Parker8752]

When it comes to internet speeds in the UK, I think it's legally required for the companies who own the infrastructure to allow other companies to use it. This means that we have actual competition between isps, so we get cheaper, faster internet. Mobile internet here is of a similar speed, but it is much less expensive- I get 20 gb of data for roughly $12 per month, and it isn't even a contract so the worst that can happen from missing a payment is I just lose the service until I sort the payment out.

[@paullytham1370]

British man invented the internet, I doubt I'm the first to say so... Anyway, you are a legend my man. I love you. Your attitude is exemplary; your calm manner, your ability to not be ruled by populist flag-shaggin' and much more besides. Keep it up!

[@metromaher]

Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web ;-)

[@geneticjen9312]

What we call the internet is usually an application of the internet: the world wide web. Email is another example. The world wide web was invented by Tim but the internet in the larger sense was invented in the USA. Us Brits (especially us Scots) have enough inventions. We can let them have this one ;)

[@GrayvesX]

​@geneticjen9312 thank you for saying. I didn't even think that the previous commenter meant the world wide web and was going to say they are incorrect as the Internet came from the American Defense agency ARPA, originally being called ARPAnet

[@b.9724]

Top notch whingers - absolutely. And proud. Comes in handy when on holiday and the hotel or airline are playing up. Bit of a bore otherwise though cause we all do it here - do it right though and you can make friends anywhere through complaining about the same thing together 😅

[@darren100880]

"In any one clock hour there must be no more than 12 minutes of advertising spots and/or teleshopping spots" meaning we usually get a 3 minute ad break every 15 minutes, except BBC channels as they don't show ads, instead they are funded via a £13 per month tv licence.

[@hatjodelka]

Apart from very elderly people and blind people who get a reduced rate.

[@janrog5024]

Sir Tim Berners - Lee invented the internet in 1983, he was born in London UK.

[@johnnybravo9096]

No. He invented the world wide web, a tool to navigate the internet, which was invented in the US. He gave his idea away for free, he could have been a billionaire by now.

[@lynettereed8079]

When I visited the us a few years back I couldn’t believe the adverts on tv, we have roughly 2 adverts a hour on tv and they are at most 5 minutes at a time. And no drug adverts at all, it’s not allowed.

[@johnhodkinson2063]

The British don't complain a lot but they do complain wonderfully. They use cutting humour to attack,in a way I've not seen anywhere else

[@davidpriestley1650]

And the wonderful insults wrapped in a complement. At first glance it seems like a complement, but after a few moments of it rattling around the brain the insult pops to the surface.

[@davidmathieson8661]

​@@davidpriestley1650yeah a good insult has layers, it hits you when you're not expecting it. Americans go in for the "oh snap" instant reaction, while we appreciate the "ah a week from now they're going to say hey wait a minute" route

[@digiscream]

The lack of drug commercials in the UK is enabled because of the NHS - it's simple, based on the obvious premise that your doctor is more qualified to decide the appropriate treatment than you are. Sure, it means it's usually from the list of NHS-approved drugs, but that's a _massive_ list - and certainly no more restrictive than having an insurance company decide what you're allowed to have (less so, in most cases).

[@RichWoods23]

The other advantage of the approved list is that you know they've been assessed on efficacy and value, so there aren't disparities where two drugs are equally effective for the same patient and their particular circumstances but one costs twice as much as the other. And having a customer base of 66 million people means the NHS can bargain down the prices with the pharmaceutical companies. There are sometimes disagreements because an expensive treatment may not be approved in light of the gain it offers, which can adversely affect some patients, but this is still far less of a problem than is seen with the US insurance companies commonly rejecting treatments as too expensive.

[@HorusHerotic]

​@@RichWoods23the NHS can bargain down prices, but often doesn't . They pay multiple times more for basic stuff because it isn't their money, and the suppliers often get exclusive contracts to milk as much resources as possible

[@boltonbobtv]

I'm in the UK and on the NHS I got a free consultation, the latest digital hearing aids for free. They would cost me private £3000.00. If I lose one it only costs £67.00 and they will replace them. The USA does teeth a lot better. If you work you only get a small amount free in the UK . It can be very expensive for dental work.

[@Echo30Mike]

The " magic roundabout " in Swindon. Even an experienced British driver not local to that area would do best to avoid it. I'm told that if you take your driving test in Swindon, they always take you on it. I'm guessing a lot of people fail because of that roundabout.

[@stevedrawsstuff]

As someone who has lived in both Swindon, and now Hemel Hempstead (which also has a magic roundabout) they are actually a lot easier than they look. You just treat each mini roundabout as its own thing. The same roundabout rules apply as any other. I can understand how confusing they look to people though!

[@sarahbonner1]

I grew up in Swindon and yes, the magic roundabout has its place in your driving lessons and the test! I used to love taking out of towners over the magic roundabout, their minds were blown 😂

[@667neighborofdabeast]

I live in Craigavon in Northern Ireland and it’s known for its roundabouts. I have yet to take my driving test because I bloody hate those roundabouts.

[@cr10001]

@@stevedrawsstuff It looks as if you could spend ten minutes traversing the magic roundabout, just reversing direction on the mini-roundabouts at suitable intervals. :) Sadly, I've been through Swindon but never saw it.