I'm from New Zealand and got asked if we have internet in New Zealand. I said yes, they asked how much slower it is than in the US. So I said it depends on how fast the hobbits are running on the day. The joke went over their head.
@kisharadanndando90632 жыл бұрын
New Zealand has amazing internet. Wish we did in Australia!
@karensimpson48692 жыл бұрын
Love it , love NZ I went there on holiday . Beautiful country
@dubiumguy2 жыл бұрын
The joke would also go over most New Zealanders heads much easier because you're all tiny Hobbitses!
@TonyVallad2 жыл бұрын
French here, loved the joke ;)
@TonyVallad2 жыл бұрын
By the way, I don't know if it's the same for you guys in NZ, but here in France we usually have WAY higher internet speeds than in the US and for MUCH cheaper ! xD
@Ken.Howard2 жыл бұрын
I was in the USA once, been back many times. And I was in a church in Philadelphia, and someone asked me: "When am I moving to the USA?". I said, 'I am not". He said "Why?". I said, "I live in the best country in the world, Australia! Why on earth, would I want to move here?". He was in total shock, mainly that someone else thought their country was better than the USA. Will never forget it.
@bodybalanceU22 жыл бұрын
would have loved to have seen their faces - you should have video it - their reactions would have been hilarious
@Ken.Howard2 жыл бұрын
@@bodybalanceU2 ha ha yes
@maidaursuladawn44glasgow32 жыл бұрын
Too right my Aussie cousin from NZ
@godamid48892 жыл бұрын
@@maidaursuladawn44glasgow3 Ah man, love you Kiwis. We are pretty much the luckiest bastards in the world.
@maidaursuladawn44glasgow32 жыл бұрын
I too believe that it is the arrogance born of ignorance that makes me feel really sorry for them
@elowishusmirkatroid48982 жыл бұрын
When I was in Nepal, an American told me "You speak English well for a foreigner". I teplied "So do you", but he didnt get what I meant.
@TheOriginal_Unaleska Жыл бұрын
Oh I love this.
@DomoniqueMusiclover Жыл бұрын
😂
@Orion225 Жыл бұрын
😂
@mreggs37317 ай бұрын
you teplied that? nice
@ann-pud2 жыл бұрын
Love the Spanish womans line "honey we are the colonisers" that was so funny and true.
and it was funny that matey pulled her up on it. see above
@1973retrorabbit Жыл бұрын
I've spoken to a couple of Americans that think white people shouldn't speak Spanish because "only Mexicans should speak Spanish". Pointing out there's a whole country in Europe, full of people from various races that all speak Spanish only got them angry about cultural appropriation or something... I'm not sure, I stopped listening to the ranting. I should never have said learning a second language is a good idea, especially if there's a lot of people who live in your area that speak (here's my mistake) Spanish... In Europe, speaking 2, 3 or more languages is very common. Which you probably know, if you live here... Guessing by the spelling of "colonisers".
@toruvalejo6152 Жыл бұрын
Propper answer to: "Because you guys were colonized.", would be: "Not we! You were!". :D
@juanmanuelgarciamonje2319 Жыл бұрын
Many Americans think that we the Spanish people are like Mexican. I'm sure that if I go to the US I will get confused with a Mexican.
@shanedorival31772 жыл бұрын
I’m from Australia and got asked how did I get to the US….. so I told her I swam there…. Lucky I’m a good swimmer. She just nodded her head…… ha ha ha
@cortz94872 жыл бұрын
Lol I’m Aussie too
@axe60282 жыл бұрын
I men that's the only way to get to America right?
@joshuaciresoli29272 жыл бұрын
Omfg! Yeah, bro, that is SO bad! I am so sorry and please know not all of us are that degree of blithering idiot. I hope you are well there in Australia. -American Citizen
@shanedorival31772 жыл бұрын
@@joshuaciresoli2927 I have lots of Friends from the US, it’s 100% not all Americans. It’s just random people you meet that just want to hear you talk because you’re Australian. I remember also going to Walmart with one of my American friends. We were talking about all the different products. Every isle we went down, there was a lady stopping to look at items on the shelf near us. It was very obvious. It just makes me laugh.
@kimlowe7052 жыл бұрын
Well! Aussies are good swimmers. They have to be to get away from the sharks when surfing.
@perfekteli53812 жыл бұрын
I flew with my daughter from Pittsburgh to Atlanta to fly home. My neighbor heard us speaking German. He asked if he could ask me something about Germany: I: go ahead. Do you think Hitler is still alive and just waiting to come back? This conversation was in 2010. Hitler was born in 1889. How am I supposed to answer that? The other shocking question was whether the concentration camps are still active. History and arithmetic were definitely not his strengths. And there are questions that are not only stupid, but also offensive.
2 жыл бұрын
Sind halt dumme Amis. Hauptsache man hat manchmal was zum Lachen 🤭
@valsyaranamual68532 жыл бұрын
He probably thinks Elvis is still alive too!
@hommedterre1 Жыл бұрын
typisch dummer Ami
@nagyzoli Жыл бұрын
@@valsyaranamual6853 "Elvis is not dead. Elvis just went home"
@cgkennedy Жыл бұрын
That is probably why they can't pick the US on a map. They probably think that they are floating around in the ocean.
@queenslanddiva2 жыл бұрын
I don't understand this obsession with some Americans who say they're Irish, or Scottish or whatever, when it was their great, great grandmother who actually came from another country
@skipdakota98642 жыл бұрын
Kind of like african Americans?
@bodybalanceU22 жыл бұрын
the irony - they hate immigrants and "love" america but keep telling us they are immigrants
@woopimagpie2 жыл бұрын
@@skipdakota9864 You do know the difference between race and nationality right? You belong in this video.
@ethanwillis73692 жыл бұрын
As someone with that obsession, it's hard to explain, I think for me it's a respect for the past actions of those peoples. But than again I might be wrong
@queenslanddiva2 жыл бұрын
@@ethanwillis7369 have you been to the country you say you're from?
@knownothing55182 жыл бұрын
The French person's reaction was 100% iconically French. 🤣
@kelliecanscan3364 Жыл бұрын
As someone who works at a supermarket in Australia, this lady came up to ask me where the turkey legs were for thanksgiving. And I told her we don't usually have turkey all year round just at Christmas, and that we don't celebrate thanksgiving in Australia lol. She looked utterly bewildered at this information 😂
@schmoemi3386 Жыл бұрын
...but you can have some emu legs... 😁
@kisharadanndando9063 Жыл бұрын
@@schmoemi3386 good luck finding those..
@DomoniqueMusiclover Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@DomoniqueMusiclover Жыл бұрын
@@schmoemi3386 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
@francesottewill2538 Жыл бұрын
I have seen turkey legs and turkey mince at Woolworths but only see whole turkey closer to Christmas and I am in Canberra
@madonnaw12342 жыл бұрын
I was on holiday in the US from Australia. I was asked by an American if we had roads in Australia. He thought we just pointed our cars in the general direction of where we had to go and just drive there in a straight line. He was dead serious.
@joandsarah772 жыл бұрын
😂 Well at least he knew we had cars and don't ride around on kangaroos.
@SoMuchFacepalm2 жыл бұрын
To be fair that was a thing not to long ago. Still do it occasionally out in the desert.
@christinamann36402 жыл бұрын
It works with the sled dogs 🇨🇦😉
@overlordmateus4072 жыл бұрын
@@joandsarah77 of course not, that's what you guys use the emu's for, right?
@joandsarah772 жыл бұрын
@@overlordmateus407 That's right mate.
@ingarpedersen Жыл бұрын
A well known story from northern Norway: An american couple booked a midnight sun cruise. They sat outside the whole night looking for the midnight sun. The next day they demanded a refund: because it was the same sun that they could see during the daytime...
@lulaa1232 жыл бұрын
I'm german and was an exchange student in the USA. I attended a German class there and the German teacher had German sayings on the wall. One of them doesn't exist in German and was also grammatically incorrect. So one day after class, I went to her and was like 'I don't wanna cause any trouble or anything, I just wanted to tell you that we don't use that saying in Germany and the grammar is also off'. She answers 'no you do say that and the grammar is perfectly fine' and I'm like "ehhhh I'm a native German speaker, no its not' and she then basically told me that I just must not be as good at German as her. I stood there like '??? I'm german and I have straight As in my german classes in freaking Germany. I think I know what I'm talking about'
@DomoniqueMusiclover Жыл бұрын
😅
@rais1953 Жыл бұрын
On a visit to India I was told by the Indian leader of our group that I didn't know proper English being from Australia. :)
@ayushkumarjha8410 Жыл бұрын
@@rais1953 yeah... that's possible... Indians follow English as per Grammar and though what Australians speak is English... It's mostly gramatically incorrect
@rais1953 Жыл бұрын
@@ayushkumarjha8410 You'll forgive me, Ayush bhai, if at the same time I find that response amusing and see it as a demonstration of exactly what I meant. Australia has received millions of immigrants since World War II and although the largest numbers now come from India and China for a long time the largest numbers were coming from the UK. At high school my English teacher was a native Englishman. (My French teacher was Dutch!) Yes Australians and all other native speakers of English have our own colloquialisms but high school and university educated Australians are very aware of standard English. If you go on line and listen to a few programmes from the ABC you will find the English very similar to the English spoken on the BBC although the vowel accents differ. In my case I was trying to demonstrate to our Indian friend the correct standard pronunciation of English "th", a dental fricative which is entirely different from the way it is pronounced in Hindi and Urdu as an aspirated dental stop. (For a good demonstration see YT video HackXell _Hindi /th/ vs English /th/)_ My pronunciation of this sound is the same as the standard pronunciation in both England and the US although in Ireland and New York it's different. He refused to believe me. Oh well, I tried :)
@michakaikarsten7331 Жыл бұрын
To be fair, I'm German too, and my brother went to school with a boy from Italy who had this exact same experience with their teacher in Italian class, so it's not just Americans 😅
@MrDarkwing782 жыл бұрын
In fairness to the French woman, if they thought that she sounded Chinese, they were obviously listening with their eyes.
@bodybalanceU22 жыл бұрын
isnt that how americans listen
@Cindy-xg6yn2 жыл бұрын
I remember years ago someone asked me what language I speak and I said Australian English but he kept asking me what language I speak. I guess he was listening with his eyes too. I have Chinese parents but they came to Australia when I was 2 1/2 so I have an Australian accent and speak fluent English.
@woopimagpie2 жыл бұрын
I'd be willing to bet they judged her before she even spoke. That's usually how it goes.
@Cindy-xg6yn2 жыл бұрын
He really annoyed me. I guess that's why I can still remember that incident so many years later.
@swanpride2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but a french accent is very different from a chinese one. And can we acknowledge that a lot of the remarks described in the video are simply racist?
@WendyKay842 жыл бұрын
The accusation of 'gaslighting' got me 🤣🤣🤣
@JBofBrisbane Жыл бұрын
And the terrorist one didn't?
@WendyKay84 Жыл бұрын
@@JBofBrisbane Oh, that whole interaction was ridiculous, for sure, lol.
@gerritvalkering10682 жыл бұрын
Both my sisters went to the US to study for a year. Both were absolutely bored in school. They were learning things at 18 years old that we already got at 14. Especially the level of maths was basic. And some things were just wrong. Then I learned that some schools in the US, and not just the poor ones, haven't updated their textbooks for a decade. Borders change, countries change name, what was known in biology now is proven wrong three years later, physics is moving on. You have to update your books! And teachers need to get classes to know what's new!
@DomoniqueMusiclover Жыл бұрын
That's sad
@MissRed928376 ай бұрын
The Americans don’t even update their laws or technology. They still cook on gas stoves. 😂
@trig19002 жыл бұрын
We had American airmen visiting our air base in Queensland for the duration of big joint exercise. I'd gotten to know quite a few during my off duty hours at the Officers Mess [BOQ]. This guy, he knew from our talks that I came from Perth Western Australia and I guess I must have impressed him with how great it was there. One Friday, night he came up to me and told me he had the weekend off, had hired a car and was intending drive to Perth for the weekend and did I wish to come along? I explained that while it was a great idea, it was like trying to drive from New York to Los Angeles and BACK in 2 days! He got the point, but what gave me pause was the fact that he was also a navigator on one of their planes....
@trig19002 жыл бұрын
Regardless, I still love you guys!
@neenekinskins62412 жыл бұрын
Oh...ouch
@kille-4B Жыл бұрын
😳
@zymelin216 ай бұрын
yes, the american relation to distances and time is baffling. I had someone tell me that they would land in Amsterdam in Holland at 10.00 am local time, and could they come for coffee in the afternoon. I live in Denmark close to the german border, but even driving at full speed on the expressway (130 km per hour) which would scare an american ....less, would maybe get them to my door sometime in the evening. They declined.
@iamnotarobot23782 жыл бұрын
What more can you expect from a nation who call a liquid, 'gas'.
@wallacefootrot60542 жыл бұрын
I think that every time I hear a person use the term gas
@iamnotarobot23782 жыл бұрын
@@wallacefootrot6054 Wal Footrot. Now there's a name I haven't heard for a few years. How's Cheeky Hobson getting along these days?
@wallacefootrot60542 жыл бұрын
Dog still doesn't like her! Still tries to separate us. On a side note, I do want to inherit all of dads comics including Snake and Asterix (if you've heard of that one)
@iamnotarobot23782 жыл бұрын
@@wallacefootrot6054 Certainly have. I attribute my passion for early European history to a misspent youth pouring over Asterix, hidden inside my text books at primary school, of course. Aside from learning to; read, write and count, best education pocket money could ever buy.
@wallacefootrot60542 жыл бұрын
Wow! You're the third person I've come across that's heard of Asterix. Being Australian, I read the english Asterix version.
@trinaroach28322 жыл бұрын
I'm a Black American who has lived and worked in Germany since the 1970's. I sent my daughter to live with my parents for a year to go to high school in suburban Philadelphia, so she could experience American life other than just on vacation. It was also an opportunity for her to become even more fluent in English. Within the 1st week of school she'd seriously been asked several times if she - and Afro-German girl - was a Nazi....
@jasonbrownjourno11 ай бұрын
Seriously, had to sign in for this one .. a literal palm to forehead, eyes bulging in disbelief. Had a good laugh too, but as well as very funny that's deeply scary.
@BDESal9 ай бұрын
Blacks can’t be nazis?
@ТатьянаРа-у8о5 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@adriancampbell69242 ай бұрын
I don't know why having successfully escaped the USA, you would want to go back except to get your relatives out?
@eloisecookson2 жыл бұрын
I was asked if we (Australian's) learn our accent at school. 🤣🤣
@inf3rno1982 Жыл бұрын
“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” ― Mark Twain
@theplasteredfinger59423 ай бұрын
actually; never get into a battle of wits with an unarmed man......
@redwarpy2 жыл бұрын
With the technology we have today, ignorance is really no excuse for not understanding about the world you live upon.
@DomoniqueMusiclover Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@Sooz007-l3b Жыл бұрын
Yeah, but you’ve got to keep up with the Kardashians.
@splenderella92 жыл бұрын
Are you really afraid of HISTORY Ryan?? Yes, Spain DID colonize MANY countries centuries ago, as did England and France! It doesn't make them "bad" - it simply factual - duh!
@dawnmccarthy86792 жыл бұрын
Was just about to write about that. He had no idea!
@jennifergawne30022 жыл бұрын
@@dawnmccarthy8679 Strange as Spain and Portugal were the main colonisers of the Americas, followed by French and English. And Dutch, a little bit
@kennethdodemaide86782 жыл бұрын
@@dawnmccarthy8679 I'm sure he was making a tongue- in- cheek comment. Americans know that Spain colonised parts of the US such as California, Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, Texas etc. Spanish is the second language in the US and taught in their high schools.
@OriginalHandprint2 жыл бұрын
I give it fifty years until their primary language is Spanish with comments of “my great great grandmother was Mexican” 🤔😆
@iriscollins75832 жыл бұрын
@@jennifergawne3002 Nobody mentions Germany? It was at one time a very close thing whether the main Language to be spoken in The USA would be German, English was narrowly chosen.
@littlecatfeet90642 жыл бұрын
I showed some pictures of Aboriginal people to an American friend and she didn’t believe Australia could have black people. She accused me and the book they were in of lying and stealing pictures from Africa. But at least she’d heard of Australia and Africa.
@bodybalanceU22 жыл бұрын
so did she think that white australians had been around for 40000 years???
@littlecatfeet90642 жыл бұрын
@@bodybalanceU2 I don’t think she knew how long white Americans had been around.
@aussie69102 жыл бұрын
Did she think Africa was a country? I've heard that one a couple times.
@bodybalanceU22 жыл бұрын
@@littlecatfeet9064 dont they have to go to school in the usa
@littlecatfeet90642 жыл бұрын
@@bodybalanceU2 they do, but it’s always a school that doesn’t teach geography 😸
@stevep12552 жыл бұрын
I was an Aussie travelling around Europe as a young fella. It was late at night in a youth hostel in Germany. There were some Aussies and Japanese skylarking about. Next thing we here "Would you shut up. I am an American. I want to go to sleep". Well. The ruckus only got louder including the American national anthem being sung. Many laughs.
@zymelin2127 күн бұрын
it suits us people and it served him right......
@proud_atheist57592 жыл бұрын
Personal experience. This was in 1983. I drove to Shelby Montana from Calgary Alberta. Shelby is about 40 miles from the Canadian border. I stopped for gas and the attendant noticed my license plates from Alberta. He asked where was Alberta, I said about 40 miles north in Canada. And he said you have cars like this up there. So I told him that there is a parking lot about 30 miles up where I park the car and take my dog sled up from there....
@DomoniqueMusiclover Жыл бұрын
That was 1983, but you'll be shocked that some people still don't know a thing about Canada in 2023.... 😂
@PedroAfonso1967 Жыл бұрын
And you are not helping...the irony is missplaced with these people and he WILL believe you!!!
@PaulKleynjan2 жыл бұрын
I arrived in New York in the 90's just before the New Years celebrations. I was wearing a top with my scuba diving top on with my rescue diver badge sewn onto it. This girl heard my accident and asked where I was from. I told her I was from Australia. She looked at my top and me why I'd do scuba diving because, "I heard there were a lot of sharks in Australia." I thought I'd have a joke and replied, "there are no sharks in Australia. The crocodiles ate all the sharks." She was jaw dropping stunned and asked, "oh my god, how big ae the crocodiles?"
@horstschafer1839 Жыл бұрын
I 'm Austrian, Mid-Europe. Got asked by an New Yorker on what sea'level we plant our coffee, because we are so famous for our coffe-culture. Told him, where coffee usually grows on the Equator, we only plant stones at a level of 2000 yards. There is snow the whole year. We only roast the beans and make much better coffee than starbucks...
@DomoniqueMusiclover Жыл бұрын
😂
@Linda-t3o9 ай бұрын
Everyone makes coffee better than Starbucks… 😅👍🦘🙃
@kennethdodemaide86782 жыл бұрын
Don't worry mate. There are idiots everywhere. I know a lot of Americans and have American friends and none of them are stupid. Being ignorant isn't being stupid, ignorance can be remedied, stupid is forever.
@RellikReyalp2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely true. And it seems there are multiple people wanting to remedy it. A big problem though (also not only american but apperent in the american public) is that many seem to want to stay ignorant. Meaning they are willfully ignorant and that makes them not only ignorant anymore.
@FineHupeline2 жыл бұрын
I would say it's even worse than being less intelligent, bc you don't choose the latter. Staying dumb aka ignorant is a desicion.
@rahb12 жыл бұрын
Fortunately, none of the people I known in the US is like like this.
@shersmk902 жыл бұрын
only, there are over 300 million americans. so there is a bigger group of people that have the American nationality that acting dumb and/or being stupid then there is usually elsewhere.
@sephikong83232 жыл бұрын
As some people said that truly encapsulate the situation: "it's not that all Americans are dumb, is that all of the dumbest shit I have heard come from Americans"
@karinaw9772 жыл бұрын
I was in New Zealand for the turn of the Millennium. Everyone around the world was scared all the computers were going to crash with the Y2K bug. They should have just called someone in New Zealand or Australia from the future to check. We would have said ‘it’s all good mate, the computers didn’t crash’
@aussiekat63792 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂 👍 gold
@bodybalanceU22 жыл бұрын
hey but we were still silly though - i remember my mother stocking up on water because she believed the Y2K bug was going to cause global devastation 🤣
@osez1112 жыл бұрын
Don't be silly, they don't have computers in austria !
@dragoon65512 жыл бұрын
It's actually pretty funny cause in this particular sense of being "in the future" our computers really were. Maybe that's the joke, but I guess I should add in reality they had already remedied the issue before 2000 came around.
@jadecawdellsmith40092 жыл бұрын
@@osez111 this deserves more likes
@sarahgreen84092 жыл бұрын
My ex’s cousin is from America and was visiting Australia for 6 months, and she wanted to bring her tv with her, cos she doesn’t like the tv shows we get in Australia lol 😂
@marionthompson33652 жыл бұрын
Is she a blonde? Dear oh dear...
@sarahgreen84092 жыл бұрын
@@marionthompson3365 actually she is a blonde 26 yr old named kelly
@marionthompson33652 жыл бұрын
@@sarahgreen8409 🤣🤣🤣
@ilovecats52fandom Жыл бұрын
Has she tried NordVPN?
@sarahgreen8409 Жыл бұрын
@@ilovecats52fandom it’s a face palm, The point is she actually thought taking her tv would give her different channels then the Australian tvs would, nothing to do with streaming services 😂
@reddinareddika36242 жыл бұрын
I have one. So, I'm from Italy, and every year there is this film festival near my city, where people from all over the world participate in a Jury and usually watch movies together, interview important actors and directors and go to concerts together with the locals. Of course americans come here every year too. One year, i met this kid from Chicago that was about 15 yo. He sat on the bus near me and he was eating popcorn from a huge bag for breakfast. I thought it was pretty funny that he was being the stereotypical american, but moved on. We talked for a bit and then he stared for a moment out of the window, saw an airplane flying in the air and then he said: "oh, so you have planes too!" I paused because i didn't know what to say, then I just asked: "well, how do you think you got here in the first place?" He looked at me dead in the eye and said: "by bus." I'm still wondering where is the route that connects the US to Italy.
@schmoemi3386 Жыл бұрын
He took an airbus, probably... 🤔 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A330
@DomoniqueMusiclover Жыл бұрын
💀☠️☠️😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣
@paulavitoria17989 ай бұрын
@@schmoemi3386 I'm not sure if American flying companies have Airbuses. I think they're all Boeings.
@schmoemi33869 ай бұрын
@@paulavitoria1798 Delta has Airbuses. American Airlines has Airbuses. United Airlines has Airbuses... 🤷♂
@belindamilne49222 жыл бұрын
Do they not have maps of the world in US classrooms? It just seems these people have a very poor concept of the US in its geographic context.
@JBofBrisbane Жыл бұрын
But the maps they have probably still have the Soviet Union, East Germany and Yugoslavia on them.
@psychic5719 Жыл бұрын
I would go as far to say they show Pangaea, and they think it's the US.
@MissRed928376 ай бұрын
There are many Americans who could not figure out where the USA is on a world map. They also don’t know the difference between a country and a continent. It’s the very low level of education provided at US schools and also the mentally that everything outside of the USA is irrelevant and totally unimportant.
@gondwanaland3238Ай бұрын
@@psychic5719 But not my user name either. ..Gondwanaland
@SuperCraigjack2 жыл бұрын
The strangest one I ever got was from a guy in Florida (of course) who was surprised that I used 'real' English. When I asked why he informed me that Australians only spoke in cockney rhyming slang and simply would not listen to that being incorrect. It still baffles me
@iriscollins75832 жыл бұрын
Probably came across this, when reading an Etymological book or article on the Australian accent. I have read that Cockney is part of the dialect.👍 Not all of course 😊
@jadecawdellsmith40092 жыл бұрын
I woulda told him to hit the frog n toad
@nicksykes45752 жыл бұрын
Would you Adam and Eve it!!!
@brunetteXer2 жыл бұрын
what a Berkley Hunt.
@nevillewran40832 жыл бұрын
I know an American sitcom had Australians talking in rhyming slang decades after the habit faded away.
@lynneperry74542 жыл бұрын
Hi Ryan, that was seriously brave on your part. I sympathised, and laughed (sorry) when you bounced out of your chair in momentary angst). We know it’s not all Americans. Ok here’s mine, I was holidaying alone in Paris (best way to go) having dinner at a restaurant with a fabulous view across the Tuileries Gardens and the River Seine. At the next table an American woman sits down with teenage daughter and daughter’s friend. She says to the kids, “So we’ve done Paris Disney and Hard Rock Cafe, what else is there to do?” After I finished choking on my soup I excused myself said hello (let the usual “oh my you speak English well” when I said I was Australian pass) and pointed to the big old building across the road on the left, the Louvre, full of Renaissance art and a huge range of other collections too. Then to the building across the river, Musee D’Orsay - the Impressionist artists and finally to the right at the end of the gardens the Musee D’Orsay where Monet’s famous water Lilly paintings were housed. She was blown away by what she perceived to be “expert” knowledge but really is basic guide book stuff.
@downeedles92492 жыл бұрын
Yeah and there are stand everywhere for tourist written in multiple languages
@autohmae2 жыл бұрын
I guess they never heard of the Eiffel Tower either. ;-)
@xrc74452 жыл бұрын
@@autohmae That's in Vegas ;)
@lynneperry74542 жыл бұрын
@@xrc7445 😂
@Ysckemia2 жыл бұрын
@@xrc7445 in another reaction channel, i saw a in a tweet an american guy claiming "the french made a copy of the eiffel tower that is in Vegas, to put it in their own country". imagine them learning that the Statue of Liberty is actually a gift from France...🤣 i also taught my american friends that we don't celebrate Thanksgiving, because it's not a french tradition :)
@wizardm2 жыл бұрын
I'm from Germany and my daughter studied in den US for several months and she reported similar experiences several times. I think the US education system is really bad. From an european perspective such a mindset is unthinkable. I have noticed that often when US americans say world they mean the US. This shows a strange mindset which has no real idea that the real world is much bigger. And that is not because the US are so huge. There are other huge countries but in my personal experience no one there has such a strange mindset. And I lived several months in Russia and China. I think this is a mix of arrogance and lack of education in the US.
@tomasprepiak74092 жыл бұрын
Perfectly said 👏 I am from Czech Republick and I need to say, that our school system is little bit old, better say obsolete. But when i compare it to US, thank god, that we have what we have 🙏 We would never have graduated with their american knowledge level or get accepted to university. In elementary school we have to know what they barely learn in high school. It's really funny, that americans consider themselves the center of the world, but they don't know what that map looks like...😄😄😄
@VegaFZАй бұрын
really did you live in russia and china? so what do you think about the people from those countries, i mean do you think that they are smarter than Americans?
@wizardmАй бұрын
They are not smarter, but they have a better education. In my opinion, being smart is not a question of education.
@Paul197A2 жыл бұрын
Ryan…step…away…from…the…pause…button. 😂😂😂
@addydodd141411 ай бұрын
...but that's kinda what his channel is about ... 😮😮😮
@MousePoint2 жыл бұрын
American Couple: "Why does everyone speak N4zi?" That was at the airport... in germany.
@rostallar42432 жыл бұрын
Some statements are so ridiculously outrageous, that they are bloody funny. What’s also funny is that they think that these questions or statements are sensible. Don’t worry we get some pretty dumb people here in Australia 🇦🇺 too.
@mariestreeting4213 Жыл бұрын
Not in Queensland though 🙄
@chrismcadam84132 жыл бұрын
The French woman who "may have Chinese parents" WTF she's French she said she's French so what does China have to do with it. She also doesn't need to calm down she's doing an impression of a patronising American person
@xrc74452 жыл бұрын
Yeap, she clearly impersonated an American woman. And her accent is CLEARLY french.
@gryph012 жыл бұрын
France colonized Southwast Asia. Likely, one of her ancestors was from that region.
@psychic5719 Жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly. I was a bit shocked by that comment.
@jeperstone6 ай бұрын
I read the 'passion' with which you write and the phrase 'The lady doth protest too much' springs to mind. Yeah, we both know what I mean
@thehangmansdaughter1120 Жыл бұрын
I had an American argue with me, saying New Zealand isn't real, that it was made up for the Hobbit movie. What a dick.
@catherinegiesige98632 жыл бұрын
I lived in the US with my American husband for 5 years, before we then made Australia our home. I worked in an administrative role for a company in California, and I heard many, many strange things, but here are the top two. 1. A young woman came to work in our sales department and asked me what language I spoke at home. 2. My boss did not believe me when I mentioned that it was summer at Christmas time in Australia. I had to explain that the seasons are reversed in the opposite hemispheres of the earth; and to everyone that was listening. Here's another true story, which I've added after hearing one of the comments in the video: My sister came to stay with me when I was expecting my first baby, as my husband was deployed and would be away for the birth. Anyway, she ended up staying 6 months, and when her departure date was approaching, we ran into one of the sales team from my workplace at the mall, who asked, "Are you driving or flying home to Australia?" She learned something new that day, when we explained that Australia is an island on the other side of the world, surrounded by ocean. I would take offense at that girls insult too Ryan. There is no need for people to become abusive; it's very unattractive. The only time I felt insulted whilst living in America was when people assumed I married my husband to gain a green card.
@Norbert18192 жыл бұрын
Wer will schon eine Green Card? Ich lebe in Deutschland, und ich möchte mit keinem Amerikaner tauschen. Das wäre zu viel Stress für mich. Älter werde ich auch mit den Jahren. Ich brauche Sicherheit und Komfort. In Kalifornien ist es sehr schön, aber wahnsinnig teuer zu leben. Die US-Amerikaner, die hier leben, denken ähnlich...
@voulafisentzidis88302 жыл бұрын
Technically, Australia is a continent.
@conspiracypanda12002 жыл бұрын
@@voulafisentzidis8830 If you said that then some people in the usa might still assume you can drive there. After all, North and South America are connected by a bridge; Europe and Asia are part of the same landmass and close enough to Africa to consider a tunnel or bridge... Meanwhile, the continent of Oceania, which includes "continental" Australia ("continental" because it has the most continuous landmass and thus gets the title), New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and many waaaay smaller countries, is all islands with a _lot_ of oceanic distance between them. We're each crazy isolated compared the rest of the world to the degree it's almost too difficult for most people to conceptualise -- even for us Aussies, sometimes.
@voulafisentzidis88302 жыл бұрын
@@conspiracypanda1200 as a kiwi who has looked at maps it's obvious that water divides us. Given the ease with which people can investigate and learn, it's a pity we all don't do more of that. Thanks for your clear and precise definition of the continents.
@southaussie51082 жыл бұрын
@@voulafisentzidis8830 Smallest continent or largest island... take your pick.
@txellblanxer90602 жыл бұрын
No, I had dumbest. They’ve asked me why an Argentinian and I spoke Spanish. I answered: why an English and you speak the same language. He just got mad and said: I’m not kidding! The thing is, neither was I
@danielkelly88702 жыл бұрын
I did two years student exchange in the US and yeah I have plenty of examples of stupid things Americans said, but I also have a shit-ton of stupid things Brits said from a 3 year family working holiday when I was 11-13 years old, eg: do you live in mud huts and do we have newspapers, I'm Australian. However I wouldn't be able to claim absolute honesty without mentioning my friend Rachel (Aussie), who thought Jews were a made up people from really old stories. Idiots are everywhere haha
@DomoniqueMusiclover Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@oakdeneemporium60142 жыл бұрын
I’ve met Americans that think America is the whole world
@B-A-L2 жыл бұрын
So does that mean America invades America a lot then?
@BDESal9 ай бұрын
America and not American duhhh
@arnolddavies67349 ай бұрын
You could blow their tiny minds if you showed them a world atlas. Then again, they would probably claim it was a “fake” book.
@paulmidsussex34092 жыл бұрын
What is amazing and could do with scientific investigation is how Americans that are absolutely convinced of something they know nothing about insist on talking about it loudly and gravitate towards video cameras.
@Laurelinad2 жыл бұрын
i dare to say dunning kruger ...
@lagartogrande19082 жыл бұрын
I grew up on the Canadian/U.S. border, along the Niagara River. The U.S. is about 1 kilometre away. Seriously, the dumb things I have heard Americans say can be counted in the millions. We always find it odd that they seem to flat out refuse to get to know their next door neighbour.
@BigAl5375011 ай бұрын
Yeah, well I’m English born, grew up in New Zealand and have lived in Australia for the past four decades. The misconceptions about life in each of these countries, from others who have never visited the place they’re asking about, are legendary, but here’s something I have noticed about Candadians in particular. Not all of them, but enough that it has aroused my curiosity. My wife is French Canadian. Both of us have observed that a lot of Canucks seem to get SERIOUSLY upset if they’re mistaken for Americans, which is something I cannot relate to at all. Kiwis and Aussies tease one another a lot and the rivalry extends well beyond sports, but I have NEVER in my life heard an Aussie or a Kiwi lose their cool in such a spectacular fashion as I have seen some Canadians do if they’re mistaken for Americans. I’m SURE this is only a very small percentage of Canadians, but as I said, I have personally witnessed some very high levels of aggression from Candians whom Kiwis or Aussies have mistaken for people who come from the USA. I guess it might be because the USA is the default for many of us down under, but we don’t care if foreigners mix us up, so I’m genuinely puzzled by this behaviour from people I’ve found to be very polite most of the time. I have come across some obnoxious people from various countries (including NZ and Australia) in my travels, so I know there are all sorts, all over, but this Canadian severe aversion to being called a Yank is some kind of anomaly I’m determined to try and unravel.
@mobydickswife95128 ай бұрын
1 ) I would say because many of the things in US culture we in Canada find really quite repugnant. The deep-set racial hatred against people of colour, for one thing. The extreme religous beliefs getting into American politics and thought most of their society The casual acceptence, and normalization of violence. The unbelievably poor education in the majority of the schools leading to unbelievably ignorant people with no knowledge of world history or even world geography, and the fact many Americans seem to be proud of their lack of knowledge. The American belief that Canadians live in igloos is an actual thing, that and the American general lack of courtesy is very grating to us. There is nowhere in Canada where the professor in a first year medical class has to explain that men and woman have the same number of ribs. There is nowhere in Canada that the Bible is one of the textbooks in Science classes. 2) The biggest reason for the violent reaction: most Americans seem to believe that Canadians are just yearning to become Americans. I cannot tell you how often I have been asked "Why doesn't Canada just become part of the US? You are so like us." They cannot seem to understand that Canada and the US have totally different histories, leading to totally different societies, with very different values and social systems. We are a non-violent, multicultural, secular society, which values education and supporting the rights of all of us. Example: All offical forms have checkboxes for peferred pronouns for male, female, trans, gender fluid as well as peferred language, and our country has not blown-up or fallen into the sea. It has been nearly twenty years since same-sex marriage was recognized as a human right and completely protected under the law in all of Canada. In another example. we may not agree with each other about politics but you do not hear us call the other parties demons, and state that the other party are all child molesters. "Brainless twit" might be muttered between clenched teeth but that is about as bad as it gets. And the majority of Canadians believe in and support our democratic society, even if we don't have flags on every house. I hope this explains some of the reasons that Canadians react badly to being called Yanks.
@suzimooreakathegadgetlady9072 жыл бұрын
I told an American friend, I’d get in my row boat with my floaties on and should be there in about a week. She believed me.
@Sticks31 Жыл бұрын
I was in America many years ago and a woman asked me where I was from. When I told her "Australia" she said to me "Oh yeah, that's where they have all of those animals that grow cotton on their backs". Derrr . . . they're called SHEEP and it's WOOL, not cotton.
@tonyroy8123 Жыл бұрын
OMG, WTF!
@theplasteredfinger59423 ай бұрын
and that wales!!!!!
@darneyoung5372 жыл бұрын
An American lady said to me where are you from I said Australia she said I loved that movie The Sound of Music Then when we went to Vegas we were asked what’s that accent is it New York but we didn’t care we had a blast Lol ❤️🇦🇺🐨🐨🇦🇺❤️
@cariaus37582 жыл бұрын
I get that a lot, people thinking Australia is Austria lol
@megsybond2 жыл бұрын
I was in the USA at a supermarket and asked a guy who worked in the produce section if they have fresh mint - and after several minutes of repeating it carefully and slowly, thinking he didn't understand my Aussie accent - it turned out he just didn't know what it was...
@DomoniqueMusiclover Жыл бұрын
😅
@BDESal9 ай бұрын
Tf is fresh mint? Like breath mints?
@paulavitoria17989 ай бұрын
@@BDESal Where do you think the "mint" flavour comes? It's a plant! A herb used in culinary. Haven't you ever heard about mint tea?
@zymelin216 ай бұрын
@@paulavitoria1798 fresh mint leaves is an essential part of "mint Julep", an american southern drink associated with the Kentucky Derby, a famous horse racing thing.
@kevo61902 жыл бұрын
At least you are learning. One at a time 🤨. Btw. Mad respect for your love of Straya 🇦🇺 and our specific brand of Weird. Love your work mate. Keep it up🤘
@Jeni102 жыл бұрын
Ryan, it’s all right, mate, we know you’re not dumb, how could you be when you’re half Aussie! 🇦🇺😍
@vickigarvie40932 жыл бұрын
LOL that's right mate :) Happy Arvo ♡
@ryankincade2 жыл бұрын
I was in America in 2014 and a woman in a bar I was talking to asked me if we had traffic lights and chocolate in Australia. 🤦🏼♂️
@perfekteli53812 жыл бұрын
It is too hot for chocolate in Australia. I know that, I've been there. But the traffic lights exist. I've seen them. 🤣🤣
@kisharadanndando90632 жыл бұрын
@@perfekteli5381 you are kidding about the chocolate, right? Ours is definitely better than American “chocolate”.
@perfekteli53812 жыл бұрын
@@kisharadanndando9063 I didn't say that Australian chocolate was bad, I wouldn't even dare. I love this country even though I'm not aussie. Everything is perfect in Australia, although sometimes I don't agree at all with their political decisions. Aussies have bad taste in Prime Ministers. But I wish the Australians only the best. Lots of rain, less fire and finally being heard in the world along with the rest of oceania because of climate catastrophe. Best wishes.
@psychic5719 Жыл бұрын
Chocolate? That is so odlly specific
@soulfuljuiciness5 ай бұрын
@@perfekteli5381 Yeah, a lot of Aussies also agree that we have bad taste in Prime Ministers
@carollynnethompson96452 жыл бұрын
I hope one day you visit Australia .. you would fit in just perfectly !!!! And I’m sure all we Aussies would welcome you !!! Regards from an Aussie currently living in Vanuatu
@BDESal9 ай бұрын
Do ppl in Vanuatu live in mud huts?
@taliyamadden04 Жыл бұрын
I went to Japan in 2017 with my mum and we went on a day tour to kyoto with a group of Americans. My mum and I were the only aussies there and I remember how rude the Americans were in terms of etiquette. I know obviously all aren’t like that but I vividly remember getting onto a train and it was dead silent, eveyone on there was just minding their business and this group of like 12 Americans come on and start yelling and waving their flags around it was just disrespectful. My mum and I just did not associate. I also remember having a kid talk to me, he didn’t say anything dumb tbh, he just seemed like he had a massive culture shock when learning that yes - there are indeed places outside the US
@HH-hd7nd2 жыл бұрын
12:25 And the worst part about that: Macchu Picchu is not even a Mayan ruin - it's an Inca ruin.
@gryph012 жыл бұрын
I know right.
@schmoemi3386 Жыл бұрын
At least they speak Spanish there, too... 🤣
@TheNakedWombat2 жыл бұрын
The matter of hemisphere seasons, I recently found myself having to dumb down my language to explain to one that everywhere below the equator is opposite to above the equator after she thought only Australia was opposite, not everywhere else. Usually I treat these people as having a bit of fun, only to know when they're serious when they get a bit upset when I'm laughing. Like the one who didn't understand that the sun does not move North to South but East to West.
@kerensabirch52142 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking, like, that 'like' is maybe the most overused word in, like, America or is that, like, only with the, like, young people?
@strikersub18142 жыл бұрын
intelligence has it's limits but stupidity doesn't
@collossuss10 Жыл бұрын
"Well you could still have Chinese parents" Is he TRYING to get in one of the videos he's watching???
@brutus11192 жыл бұрын
Dont fight it Ryan...embrace the fact that youre one of the intelligent minority 😂 P.s. Come to Australia. You'll love it 😊 🦘🐨🐍🦈🕸🐊
@mrd47852 жыл бұрын
I lived on campus with loads of Americans who came in every 6 months on exchange and none of them really showed any of these tendencies. We might not have got into enough deep and meaningful conversations and I didn't get to administer any tests to confirm otherwise, but I think that it is only a subset of the population, and particularly the ones who never leave the country, who think like this.
@btf_flotsam4782 жыл бұрын
As former Secretary of State Henry Kissenger said about politicians, ninety percent of them ruin the reputation for the other ten.
@LinaLinette1 Жыл бұрын
@@btf_flotsam478 🤣🤣🤣
@rowanbrecknell40212 жыл бұрын
14:27 I am waiting for a Miss Universe contest when the aliens show up. Now there is some competition.
@BDESal9 ай бұрын
Take me to your leader 👽
@serif3922 жыл бұрын
Um, the time i was asked how long the bus trip would take me when i told friends i was returning to Australia....to be fair it was 1976.
@Pomdownuder2 жыл бұрын
Petrol is a liquid, not a gas the clue's in the fucking name.🤦🏻♂️⛽. The pure arrogance of some people telling you "no you're wrong" about where you live, what language you speak. And the French woman has a purely french accent, no trace of Chinese accent. "They don't represent us", sorry pal but they do .
@kennethrobinson2782 жыл бұрын
This is what happens when education is replaced with an indocterine system.
@tomorrowkiddo2 жыл бұрын
Someone from NC met me via a phone call when my boyfriend was visiting there. She said “I heard your parents divorced,” and I said “um, yeah, like when I was 6. I’m an adult now so…” and her response “oh honey, I hope it gets better for you” and passed the phone to the next person. I know it’s not an American thing but it was the stupidest thing an American has said.
@Mercure2502 жыл бұрын
9:36 I'm a French native speaker from Quebec (Canada), and I have French friends online and I watch French content. I can vouch : She 100% has French attitude and kind of delivery lol
@rudybacani4802 жыл бұрын
Hi Ryan, kudos to you for doing this video despite of the embarrassment. Some are funny while some are simply straightforward moronic but we have all this kind of people all across the globe.
@JaredTheStrange Жыл бұрын
My Dad was in the US many years ago and a woman didn't believe he was from Australia, she was saying "no no no you're from 'Downunder' I know that accent!" :D
@peterpain66252 жыл бұрын
Oh boy. Sometimes i think you either need a hug or a pillow to scream into after there. Probably both ;) Thanks for sharing.
@BIGBEN99999992 жыл бұрын
As this guy Biko (part 2) said: "stupidity is in no way a specifically American trait, but when Americans do it, damn they do well" :-D They biggest difference to me seems that many Americans, how completely ignorant they might be on a subject, always give you their opinion on it and stick to it. Besides the fact that a lot them really think that the USA is The (only) Center of the world.
@cdgh992 жыл бұрын
It's ok its not exclusive to Americans. During an election campaign the Prime Minister visited the supermarket where i worked in Sydney and one of my colleagues didn't know who he was or that there was an election coming
@angelavara40972 жыл бұрын
Why do people call themselves African American etc you are where you were born ie: born in Africa you are African, born in America you are American.
@LinaLinette1 Жыл бұрын
No, you are not from where you are born. At least you do not have always the nationality from where you are born. For exemple here in Switzerland if your grand-parents come from Italy, your dad was born in Switzerland and you too, you still don't have the nationality unless you carry out administrative procedures with the Confederation. After that you have both nationalities. The same with a lot of countries !
@mobydickswife95128 ай бұрын
Because Black people in the U.S. wanted to be called something other than the slave terrm Ni^^^r, and American society could not deal with the fact 'real that' Americans could have dark skin.
@whymeeveryone2 жыл бұрын
the funniest thing that happen to me, was an American asked me am I English when I was in the USA. that would been ok I guess but at the time I was wearing t shirt with map of Australia on it.
@valsyaranamual68532 жыл бұрын
It's a map!
@cariaus37582 жыл бұрын
They wouldn't even know what a map of Australia looks like. I've seen videos where they're shown a map of the USA upside down or on it's side and asked what country it is and they haven't got a clue haha
@mattthornton521611 ай бұрын
Years ago a friend of mine was in America and told a group of people that she was from Australia. One of the Americans she met said "wow, you speak really good English." 🙄
@paulg62922 жыл бұрын
I love the reaction I get when I tell Americans they're living in the past......they never get it.
@WiseWombat Жыл бұрын
I was in the USA on holiday having a conversation and was asked which country I was headed to next, which I replied England. Their next question was "what langauge do they speak in England?"
@Fabio-ns4ql2 жыл бұрын
Youre a brave man and bigger than most for putting yourself through this. Why are you doing this to yourself. Every country has their fair share of idiots.
@RoseHagan-d6z Жыл бұрын
I went to school a lot in America on and off. I also had a teacher when I was 10 say "I know in Australia you don't speak English so if you have a problem understanding me put your hand up". I replied, "Que" and pretended for 3 months not to speak English. My mother came for parent teacher interview - boy did I get in trouble.
@matthewbrown61632 жыл бұрын
#1 has to be the best I heard - besides asking me if I had a good Thanks Giving day. I once convinced my American Co-workers that Boxing Day is where we wear boxing gloves on & punch each other out LOL. 1988 first trip to USA "Hey Man can you say something in Australian ?" & I just said "Hello" I think the Crocodile Dundee II movie was affecting their brains.
@aidanm55782 жыл бұрын
Boxing Day invented in 1817 When Keith Mighoulies witnessed 2 kangaroos fighting near some tinsel.
@taniaw39072 жыл бұрын
Good one... I'm gunna try this out myself 😂😂😂😂
@woopimagpie2 жыл бұрын
You missed the opportunity to wheel out your best "owyagoinmate, stone the flamin' crows youse yanks are grouse mate", only for them to go "what????" Keep it in mind for next time 🙂
@matthewbrown61632 жыл бұрын
@@woopimagpie We had alot of fun that the Aboriginal Word for hello was "Wollongong" & the word for goodbye was "Wangaratta". 1988 we went to a joint called Flakey Jakes for dinner where they call your name out. I got my order ok but my 2 mates were delayed as they could understand their accents. Our revenge came on our last night "Orders for Phil McAvity, Michael Fitzpatrick & Ben Doone are ready now LOL. Other times we used Ned Kelly, Ben Hall & Fred Ward LOL.
@woopimagpie2 жыл бұрын
@@matthewbrown6163 LOL, that reminds me of the Chaser when they got the airline hostess to page a Mr Al Kyda and a Mr Terry Wrist over the PA system. Too good.
@downunderrob9 ай бұрын
"Did you fly here or drive?" 😅😅😅😅 That's Classic!
@godamid48892 жыл бұрын
The way the French lady said "bon n razzd" was definitely French accent mate, you really shouldn't confuse it for Chinese (mandarin, cantonese or any of the other thousand local dialects).
@sydneyrey1414 Жыл бұрын
a very high percentage of Americans seem to have this "it's all about me me me me me" and it shits the rest of us in the world. That is why we even sometimes try to avoid conversations with them because 80% of the time they answer back with that me me me me attitude. You ask a question about OUR country you're going to get an answer about OUR country.. surprise surprise NOT America.
@jl-mj3xn2 жыл бұрын
Mate, that's really rude to imply someone would have a Chinese/Asian accent because of their parents, when they were BORN and RAISED in said country. Do you realise how much implicit, indirect and direct racism people of Asian decent face in white anglo countries?
@StineN982 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking the same thing. It lowkey sounds like racism to thing that bevares your parents are from Asian decent you have to talk like that even if you are born and raised in a completely different country
@StineN982 жыл бұрын
It’s the same when Americans say that they are Italian or Irish but they are cleary American. In Europe we mostly count nationality as where you are from (we’re you’re living). For example you are not Italian if you’ve never lived in Italy and only visited for 2 weeks because of your family tree
@woopimagpie2 жыл бұрын
Sadly racism is a thing that people do everywhere. Some of the Asian countries are horrendously racist toward white people, it's the same in every country on earth.
@jl-mj3xn2 жыл бұрын
@@woopimagpie It absolutely is not. I'm talking about people of Asian descent who were born and grew up in a white Anglo country, which are not monocultures by any means. In particular, racism is absolutely not okay in Australia, a country which now has taken on the identity of being multicultural. You're obviously not someone of an ethnic background who grew up in a white country, because you obviously don't realise how sinister it is when somebody tries to deny you of your identity and of your upbringing. Being called a ching chong, or whatever derogatory term, is far less sinister, but even that sort of overt racism shouldn't happen at all - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooHMeYelgtpqi9E
@dayangmarikit68602 жыл бұрын
I'm from the Philippines and we do have a Chinese minority population here, and some of them do have a bit of an accent despite being born and raised here. I'm not going to cancel this man for what he suggested, because it's not really out of the realm if possibility. I've also seen Mexicans who were born and raised in the US and they still developed a bit of an accent. It's nothing to be offended about in my opinion.
@vikib175811 ай бұрын
With every single passing minute, you can see the light in his eyes dyeing
@claremonea8722 жыл бұрын
That was actually your funniest one yet! 🤣 Don't worry there are dumb as#@$ everywhere. Even in Australia!
@arnolddavies67349 ай бұрын
Not dumb enough to ask if you flew or drove to Australia. We’re all smarter than that
@erinundra Жыл бұрын
Best just to see the funny side of it and not take things too seriously. There's people like that everywhere. My funny USA person story was when we were in the queue for tickets at the entrance to Pompei. There was an american family in front of us with their daughter (she was about 18 or so) and she said to her parents 'why did they dig it all up?'. Haha. Her dad looked at us and rolled his eyes, and we all laughed.
@joshuaciresoli29272 жыл бұрын
This IS so hard to watch as a fairly cultured American. It is so embarrassing to watch, but I cannot help but watch out of some sense of curiosity and morbid fascination with how few collective brain cells some seem to have.
@btf_flotsam4782 жыл бұрын
I insist that you guys put the effort in and encourage your countrymen (is 'countrypeople' a word?) to learn about the rest of the world. This is particularly useful in the modern day and age, where international travel is relatively easy and the Internet respects no geography other than time zones and languages (with even the latter weakening with online translators).
@1973retrorabbit Жыл бұрын
Visiting a lighthouse in the north east of Scotland... An American couple were there too. The wife says to her husband "How did they light the lightbulb before electricity was invented?" He asked her if she meant before the lightbulb was invented and she said "No, he said the lighthouse was originally built to use the electric lightbulb but how did they light the bulb before electricity was invented?" That was pretty dumb.
@Schleimkeim192 жыл бұрын
The fact that the french woman didn't have a chinese accent gave away that she doesn't have a chinese accent.
@rowanbrecknell40212 жыл бұрын
7:44 I am pissing myself laughing. Lucky these people know how to breathe in and out.
@forric232 жыл бұрын
The awkward pause then you saying I didn't appreciate that was comedy gold timing.
@Kayenne542 жыл бұрын
Lmao...4:20 I'm sorry. People just say stuff without thinking. I mean, Aussie guy is getting fuel, so he must have driven for a while, right? Lol...I was banned from some forum because I pointed out that I don't need to vote for an American president, because it's just not relevant to me. I'm an Aussie. They got very upset, thinking I was dissing their president elect choices. Tried to tell them I just don't care and am not obliged to vote lol. I have internet friends in the U.S. who still think I'm telling fibs when I say that the state where I live is nearly three times larger than their state (which they're convinced is the biggest and best state, I'll let you figure that one out, but they wear very big hats to keep the sun off very big heads and everything is bigger and better than anywhere else). But generally, most Americans I've chatted with online are quite open minded and curious and don't think such limiting things, usually. They don't swear anywhere near as much as Aussies, which is a good thing. However, there is an underlying belief system which colours their thinking, and that is if it's happening in America, it must matter to the rest of the world. Shocked when it doesn't.
@leonardburgess85272 жыл бұрын
I was once working at raf alaconbury in Cambridge, which an American Air force base in the UK.i and my colleagues went to the naafi, for a coffee, and the batista behind the counter asked me what I would like, so I told her and she asked if I could speak English as she didn't understand me. I just said love, your in my country so you need to understand that life does not revolve around America..
@iriscollins75832 жыл бұрын
Barista. Capitals.
@leonardburgess85272 жыл бұрын
Ime from Yorkshire its batista where I come from,,, no capitals..
@7thsealord888 Жыл бұрын
Clueless US Tourist stories are very much a part of Aussie lore. No other nationalities, just US. One classic being the two US tourists who got into a taxi in Sydney, and asked to be driven to Perth. When questioned about this, their answer was knowing that Perth was "just on the other side of the island."
@psychic5719 Жыл бұрын
Yeah 3 days later 😂
@davidtaylor73952 жыл бұрын
i have had, whilst overseas the "oh you speak good english" as well as " hmm, Austria heh". kid you not.
@barbarae-b5072 жыл бұрын
We were travelling on holidays in Michigan and an American saw our Ontario licence plates and asked did we have to buy a whole new wardrobe to come to the US. I said no. Where we live, it’s just like here. The person literally thought we lived in igloos. I s not that long a drive between Toronto and northern Michigan.
@yoyopiah50472 жыл бұрын
I think what's great about these videos is how into it you are. Have died laughing once or twice as you lose your stuff
@Holmesy872 жыл бұрын
"Did you fly here or did you drive here?" "I drove, that's why I need the petrol." In case it ever happens again, there's your sweet comeback.
@anouk66442 жыл бұрын
I think mine would be… “I had to drive really fast to stay on top of the water and nearly missed Hawaii where I had to refuel”
@6226superhurricane2 жыл бұрын
i flew until my arms got tired then drove the rest of the way..