American reacts to hilarious AMERICA vs EUROPE TikToks

[@mantailuaa]

7:41 Fun fact: the bald eagle scream heard in most movies and television shows is actually the call of a red-tailed hawk.

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

Yup, the real bald eagle "screech" isn't very iconic

[@Ustamika]

and none of em are part of the eagle familly

[@najrenchelf2751]

I really hope the red tailed hawk is native to the UK and has no real population size in the US now, for no particular reason at all of course... XD

[@nairobie755]

​@@Ustamikathere is no "eagle family" so that would make sense.

[@Aoderic]

@@nairobie755 You are partially correct. There isn't a 'Family' level clade called "Eagles". But there is the Genus 'Aquila' (latin for eagle), the genus is also known as 'True Eagles'. the Family would be Accipitridae, and it includes hawks, eagles, kites and harriers. Both the Bald Eagle and the Red-tailed Hawk is in the family Accipitridae, but as mentioned not in 'Aquila'.

[@gabak1292]

I am from Austria. First time we all thought the caps were a mistake 😅

[@petebeatminister]

Yes, I had never heard of that EU law before, so I thought it was a glitch in the manufacturing, too. Oh well, I learned to work with it by now.

[@hansrunneboom1672]

Same here from The Netherlands

[@DeanStorm28]

Same also austira they are annyoing ^^

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

I've gotten used to them now and I just click it back on in between sips. New things always throw you at first.

[@velapjaca]

Yep. They are seriously annoying

[@yakoobski]

First when those caps on a leash came out here in Poland I thought it was the most impractical thing ever. But then I remembered how many times when I was driving on a speedway and opening cola bottle with only one hand and the cap went ballistic and landed somewhere under the seat. I had to exit the speedway, find a place to stop the car, exit the car and look deep under the seat for it. And then it hit me. Is this how most head-on collisions happen? Do people not stop but instead search for the cap while driving and thus get into accidents? I changed my mind in an instant. That tethered cap is a genious idea.

[@natsukiilluna6324]

Agreed😂 Just realized the genius last weekend on the autobahn. Was pretty fascinated that I didn't have to check where the bottle cap went since it stayed on the bottle and could just drink something with one hand and still drive safely❤❤❤

[@davidbodor1762]

Much less risky situation, but same thing whenever I played online games. I hate when the cap falls on the ground and then it's dirty, and I can't close the bottle...annoying

[@laurentpaumier3103]

When i see the color of the US mayonnaise, i understand why you hate it.

[@CodeNascher_]

ye, us mayo looks disgusting af. like lard at room temp. where is the yellow tint from the egg??

[@chrstiania]

I was hoping this was just white plastic, not the actual mayonnaise

[@philiprice7875]

when i look at the list of ingredients of US mayonnaise i think "that is how they are getting rid of their industrial waste"

[@DanBen07]

In the UK Hellman's mayonnaise. I've noticed the colour between the normal one and the low fat one.

[@black4pienus]

@@CodeNascher_ I think that's the biggest difference. No yolks.

[@LemurcheBG]

The idea of tethered bottle caps I like but the implementation pisses me off. Like you said, it hits your nose and cheeks and is always in the way and it has some sharp edges where the cap splits off when unscrewed so it's unpleasant. Maybe a longer tether would fix it.

[@MellonVegan]

You do realise you can take it off like a normal person, right? There is 0 reason to leave the tether attached. The point is not having an unbroken plastic ring.

[@weed0509]

And when you try to take it of and put the cap on the bottle it rubs your hand with sharp part

[@marlyd]

Yeah I get why they are there but it's annoying af.

[@DanBen07]

Im in uk & even Tropicana fruit juice cartons have those kind of lids now.

[@moondaughter1004]

I hated them at first too but now they've redesigned them in my country. They're actually convenient now and stay upright

[@jonntischnabel]

The fact that the label says "real mayo" when the product is supposed to be called 'mayonaisse'. 😂

[@Thurgosh_OG]

And you know that, as a US product, it's not 'real' either. Just a lot of chemicals and maybe an eggbut it's a US egg, so...

[@bubsy3861]

Real mayonnaise can be stored on shelf like that. So yea. it's "mayo" for real

[@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia]

It may be a typo but just wanted to say that it's spelled "mayonnaise", with 2 Ms and 1 single S (it's a French word). 😘

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@bubsy3861 it's crazy that people refrigerate condiments like mayo, ketchup, mustard, hot sauce. You don't need to do that.

[@sylviav6900]

​@@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia Yes, but, probably, they cannot call it Mayonnaise, because it is not real one. Giving it a new name... they can say whatever they want. Hence, Mayo.

[@CROM-on1bz]

What shocked me the most as a French person was this 2kg bottle of mayonnaise, even though it's so easy to make and only takes 2/3 minutes. 1 egg, 1 tablespoon of mustard, salt, pepper, stir while adding oil, no more than 2/3 minutes and no preservatives, strange ingredients and it can even be kept for 1 day outside the fridge ... It's easier and faster than making a baby bottle.

[@laurentpaumier3103]

And when i see the color of this mayonnaise...omg

[@PDVism]

Lots of Americans don't like Mayo because..... they never actual experienced actual mayonaise. Just look at the list of ingredients of 'real' USA mayo. There's an awful lot of water in it (water shouldn't be in mayonaise) + a whole slew of chemicals that are not only prohibited in lots of countries but that are unneeded to even make mayonaise on an industrial level. Oh and the amount of egg in it is small even though in mayonaise it is one of the key items needed

[@olgahein4384]

Yeah, but americans would have to use their american eggs to make the mayo. You know, the ones they pressure wash just after collecting and before putting on sale, that have to be refrigerated nonstop to not turn into a foul sulfur stinking mess within days. If i would have to live in a country with eggs like that, i too wouldn't even want to come near an egg that wasn't cooked or boiled for 20 minutes at the least and then injected with preservatives that kills anything inside that egg - and inside me too probably, but details, details.

[@annafrolova7891]

I just don't like the taste and tecsture of homemade mayonnaise. I didn't try an american mayo, but in my country industrial made mayonnaise is really good.

[@animeBoobsLover]

What’s that mayonnaise recipe? No lemon juice? And no yolk of a hard boiled egg crumbled in your fingers to make it small crumbs combined with a yolk of a raw egg?

[@chrysalis4126]

The British don't have biscuit gravy, thats an American thing.

[@frankhooper7871]

British biscuit gravy is a packet of digestives and a packet of bourbon creams run through the blender

[@BiddyBiccy]

​@@frankhooper7871 stirred into some Bisto.

[@DanBen07]

In America a biscuit is a bread roll and in the UK some people do have gravy with bread and butter.

[@MrBulky992]

​​@@DanBen07In my 70 years as a northerner who has lived in the south of England for more than half of his life, I have never heard of any British person having bread and butter with gravy. Absolute nonsense.

[@DanBen07]

@@MrBulky992 The percentage of people who do that in the UK is probably small but I have heard people do that.

[@googolplex928]

Pro tip: bend the bottle caps to the point where they can’t dangle anymore. Basically more than 180 degrees away from the opening. You’re welcome.

[@MellonVegan]

Or just take it off like a normal person.

[@nigelanscombe8658]

Yep, dead easy to move it out of the way. Turn it the wrong way a couple of times and the cap reseats on the thread correctly.

[@jisatsu25]

@@MellonVegan no, a normal person would leave that on and just bend it

[@drigerdranzer7514]

@MellonVegan Naa I'm a normal person and I flip it to the side like a normal person will do and it stay there and can comfortably be screwed on again, at least here in Sweden.

[@ffqm]

Caps a lot of the time end up on their own discarded in nature. This is why they now stay attached.

[@marcleewinser8534]

Yeah - and I pull them right off anyway. This is annoying. These overpaid Idiots in Brussels seem to think, we, re friggin' Imbeciles.

[@MrGBH]

Biscuits and gravy is the least British food possible

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

Cantuccini on pizza would be the Italian equivalent

[@Kyrelel]

In America "biscuits and gravy" contains neither biscuits nor gravy, so ...

[@DanBen07]

In America a biscuit is a bread roll. Uk Some people do have slicies of bread with gravy. You can now get gravy pots for dipping chips in in some places.

[@baronmeduse]

@@DanBen07 It's not really a bread roll, it's a tea-bread or quick-bread and more like pastry. I don't know why it's referred to as a biscuit, because that word already existed and means something entirely different. It's in the name: bis (as in twice) and cuit (cuire = cook/bake). Since they are baked twice to make them go hard or brittle.

[@micade2518]

If you can call that "food"!!!

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

No British person ever had "biscuits and gravy" The tethered caps are fine, if you want to remove it you just twist it perpendicular and it'll come off. If you're just drinking straight from the bottle then it doesn't really get in your way. If you splash it all over yourself trying to remove it then maybe ask an adult to assist?

[@juliaspoonie3627]

I disagree on the tethered caps, I rarely drink from those bottles but it absolutely gets in the way and is annoying. They could have made it a bit more bendable and it would have been fine.

[@Gambit771]

​@@juliaspoonie3627Rotate the bottle so the cap isn't facing you.

[@Kayta-Linda]

@@Gambit771..that’s not helpful tho. They’re still super annoying.

[@Helge_Torp]

​@@juliaspoonie3627 bend it all the way back, it clicks in place. It's not rocket science 😅

[@bananenmusli2769]

are these caps common in Britain too?

[@sreny148]

11:18 "i look forward to the war continueing" spoken like a real american :D

[@Jamie_D]

lol i thought the bottle top was a mistake the first time i had it.

[@maTzeprei]

6:50 Real mayonnaise is made with egg yolks. So it would go bad after ~ 3 days. Ironically the Kraft mayonnaise is called "Real Mayo" but its ingredients would suggest otherwise.

[@skywanderer]

"Real mayo" be like: -water -salt -sugar -a shit ton of mother fucking oiiiiiiil 🦅🦅 -a bunch of preservatives and emulsifiers -still looking where the eggs and mustard are at

[@stonedmountainunicorn9532]

We never put our mayo refrigerated, jars last weeks in the cabinet

[@captvimes]

@@stonedmountainunicorn9532 real mayo doesnt last that long so it isnt real...that is the point

[@albertlay8927]

Yankee Doodle Dandy was originally a little song to mock the Dutch, in the days when New York was still New Amsterdam. The names "Jan" and "Kees" (pronounced "Yann" and "Case") were (and are) very common Dutch names, so the non-Dutch (meaning the English) stereotypically nicknamed the Dutch the "Yann and Case"s, that turned into "Yankees".

[@nocturne7371]

About the tethered bottle caps. The devices that are designed to help people with weak finger strengths don't work properly with these new caps. I guess it's a problem that eventually will be solved, but a lot of people have problems in the meantime. Especially with milk cartons.

[@Kyrelel]

Tethered caps are designed to stop you throwing them away

[@petebeatminister]

Well, thats a serious Mayo jar for sure, at least for a private household. But I used to work as a chef in restaurants, and we got our Mayo in 10 litre buckets, so I'm not too shocked.

[@Brienna82]

I get the reason behind the tethered bottle cap thing, but it's still kinda in the way when drinking and doesn't have much leeway so a bit finicky to get back on properly. Mild annoyance everytime and i resort to cutting it off when i have one at home. not like it'll end up being litter on my living room floor.

[@WPope]

I mean the bottle ones are fine. The milk carton ones suck absolute ass. You can barely open it without spilling the fucking milk.

[@Kloetenhenne]

​@@WPopeletzte Woche getestet.. funktioniert super mit Milch. Mitten im Schütten ist der Deckel umgeklappt und es war nur gefühlt ein halber Liter Milch auf meiner Arbeitsplatte verteilt. Klasse, die Dinger!

[@moondaughter1004]

They designed new caps that work more like a lid in my country. No scratching 10/10

[@Thurgosh_OG]

The tethered Caps have been making their way into the UK, for some companies but regular caps are still very common, so far.

[@tihomirrasperic]

3:28 the cap on the bottle is now attached to the ring so it doesn't get lost there is 3x more plastic in the cap than in the bottle itself, that's why the EU said in the last directive that caps should be recycled, not just bottles

[@ShaedowMG]

3:30 I think it's talking about the fact that even if you unscrew the cap, it is still partially attached by these small plastic pieces

[@trishapellis]

3:28 We find the tethered caps annoying too, as far as I've heard, because 1) you drink from the bottle and that cap flaps in your face, 2) you try to pour your drink in a glass and you have to hold the cap out of the way so the drink doesn't splash on it etc, so I hope it actually works... to stop single-use plastics... somehow. Like I guess this is about people who are swine with their waste anyway, but why would you throw away a bottle cap separately...? Being able to close your bottle is just useful... and for the kind of swine that's going to throw the bottle on the ground, is it really such a big deal that they throw the cap away separately? Like both bottle and cap are ending up on the ground. They *should* be ending up in a trash can, but tethering the cap to the bottle isn't going to stop these people from throwing their trash on the ground. I just don't see *how* this is supposed to make the difference it's meant to make.

[@gerardflynn7382]

We have had those fixed bottlecaps since January 2024. Ireland

[@Eshelion]

4:50 Solid portions of loose caps were falling through sieves in sorting places; the caps are made from different type of plastic than bottles, and more expensive and good to recycle additionaly.

[@jedtattum9996]

the caps tend to fall through the conveyor belts in recycling centres, leaving a mess.

[@SuperLn1991]

Also so many people lose the caps and it pollutes the planet + some animals eat them

[@MetalGuitarTimo]

@@SuperLn1991 how tf do you lose it???? i never lost one in my whole life, these attached caps are just unbearable

[@SuperLn1991]

@@MetalGuitarTimo The fact you can find lots of them in nature near hiking trail, on the beach, floating in the ocean is the proof that they can be easily lost. I've lost quite a few, especially since I have a kid.

[@S1eth]

Our recycling center told us we have to tear off the caps before giving them our bottles.

[@MetalGuitarTimo]

@@S1eth isnt that only for glas bottles??? weird

[@blondie6028]

Love your reactions!

[@champiggyfrm_pig5271]

For anyone wondering about tethered bottle caps, most of the time small pieces of recyclable Material don't get recycled because they're too small to be picked on by the cameras used in most processes. By having the caps attached to the bottle, you make sure they're not lost but also more often recycled

[@bee12117]

3:28 I don't know if it's in whole Europe or only EU but for some time now evry freacking cup is attached by tin strip of plastic so it "prevents" people from littering by keeping it with bottle but..... everyone cuts it up anyway because it's f.... annoying.

[@melanierhianna]

Mayo in bottles like that which is mass produced is nothing like mayonnaise when it is properly made (which also needs refrigerating).

[@jordant149]

4:28 these bottle caps if they bother you, you can take them out by pull them or cut them with shears!

[@davidfradgley751]

Caps attached by a plastic leash. It's ensures the caps get recycled. The caps get lost or discarded, the amount of plastic waste reduced is mind blowing, you wouldn't think it but its crazy the plastic saved. I found it odd when they first came to Ireland too but you don't notice it after a few times.

[@irgendeinname9256]

1:38 its between the brits and the whole rest of the western world tbh

[@thedeewolf]

In the past yr or so our bottle caps have started being attached, you can still pull them off if you like (I do) but they are supposed to be better for recycling purposes...the first time I used one it didn't attach properly and I spilled my drink all down me so personally I prefer the old ones!!!

[@philiprice7875]

my simple solution is this DONT PLACE IN RE-CYCLE BIN

[@ciberzombiegaming8207]

6:28 well, actually i only from your video learned about why all caps seam to be like this recently around here (Lithuania). i just though its some innovation that manufacturers shared between each other. now i know its for resource saving/environmental reasons. its convenient, since cap stays till you need it instead dissapearing to parts unknown by time you need it, and i guess it reduces chances of stepping barefoot on cap.

[@Andre-zw5kl]

I found the tethered caps annoying at first but eventually I got used to. I think the trick with them is to use one hand to hold the weight of the bottle and with the other to hold the cap so you are not poking your cheek with it

[@olgahein4384]

How big and heavy are the bottles you are drinking from? I just hold my bottle on the upper part, so i can hold the cap down with the tip of my index finger and i have no problem doing that with 1,5l water bottles. And i'm weak and have jelly arms tbh.

[@CarinaCoffee]

​@@olgahein4384 I think it depends on the type of tether. Some have more stiff ones e.g. Coca Cola. Actually some of these stiffer soda ones have like a hook so you can open them almost 180° and they stick there, but some have looser tethers where the cap sticks off not far enough to not scratch your face, but also too far to be easy to close back up. And the looser ones move more. When I refill those bottles at work (we have like a giant version of a SodaStream) the cap will slowly move closer to the mouth of the bottle, so I sometimes need to hold it away from the bottle. But you do get used to it and learn how to hold or bent the caps and tethers to be least bothered.

[@nicoladc89]

The new plastic cap are made to improve recycling, the recycling plants have a scan that recognize the type of plastic scanning the cap.

[@DanBen07]

In the UK you can get products like Heinz ketchup or Hellman's mayonnaise in these containers where the label is like upside down so the bottom is supposed to be at the top & the lid is now the bottom.

[@LythaWausW]

Tethered caps are so freaking annoying. Sometimes they turn while you're pouring into a glass and the water shoots all over the place. My husband tried to drink some water in bed, and it was dark so he couldn't see where the cap was and he poured it down his chest. We can adapt to them to a point, but so far it's ridiculous. I saw a program that filmed the recycling centers and out of all the crates of returned bottles, like one cap was missing. They even have to produce *more* plastic to make the attachment.

[@lanavandutch5591]

Especially on the big bottles, I cut them of with a scissor,Lol.

[@Sophie.S..]

Excuse me, could you tell me where the nearest Sainsburys is - do I look like a f@@ing map to you🤣

[@SiqueScarface]

7:10 Poor town of Mahon, where this type of spicy sauce was invented! (Sauce Mayonnaise = French for "sauce from Mahon")

[@jackie_v8]

3:30 its a new thing and i hate it the caps have 2 point connected to the plastic ring it's started this year so that's why you haven't seen it yet

[@Awaken2067833758]

The caps thing is a good idea, it was massive when they did it with the cans in the mid 80s

[@preachercaine]

The tethered bottle cap is a very recent thing. In the UK, it's not evey bottle, it is annoying at first but you figure out how to work with it.

[@Nevyn515]

The tethered bottle caps are pretty new in the UK. On the plus side you don’t lose the bottle cap. On the downside when you pull the cap all the way off it has pointy bits, and the cap gets in the way so you can only drink it from one direction, and it’s annoying and I hate it.

[@joseestevezhernandez558]

Love that ginormous bottle says "REAL" mayo

[@CodeNascher_]

if you have to write "real" on the package, it probably isn't. and by the looks of it, i am correct

[@joseestevezhernandez558]

@@CodeNascher_ i know🤣 i know. Not a fan of mayo myself, but damn, that's certainly doesn't looks like mayo... Anyway who knows, i remember many years ago i saw the americans had something called "Baconaisse" so i guess is free range to them

[@CodeNascher_]

@@joseestevezhernandez558 i think for baconnaise you use bacon grease instead of vegetable oil. actually doesnt sound too bad

[@joseestevezhernandez558]

@@CodeNascher_ tastewise, not so bad i guess, nice take on it. On the other side, is a pot of spreadable cancer.... The bacon grease is discarded for a good reason

[@meinm3575]

You can often pull/bend the cap until a clicking sound, then it wont go in your face when you drink.

[@quark1010_]

These connected bottle things are the worst thing ever that we gotta do just because other countries cant manage to have proper waste disposal. Depending on how the cap is connected its really hard to drink from, I hurt my hands multiple times trying to rip them off, and the thing i dont get is how tf do you even lose a bottle cap? Also i am 100% convinced bottle caps dont make up 10% of waste on european beaches, thats crazy. If they actually wanted to da that they should place ashtrays there lol.

[@scottwallbank4794]

"I have nothing to base it on but I'm 100% convinced I'm right".

[@depressedutchman]

Just reorient the bottle so you can drink... Are you throating that thing?

[@josephfoulger9628]

Maybe ask a nearby grown-up to pour you some cola into your sippy cup.

[@Kami69247]

3:38 You'd twist the bottle so it's not in the way. What did you think?

[@Namu12Namu]

Don't get the first one, we have also nature and mcdonald right besides each other... The caps attached to bottles is stupid invention ; p.

[@isalindanunes863]

Another reason for the caps to stay when the bottles are empty you fold and squeeze the bottle, than put the cap on so air won’t come out That way it will occupy less space for recycling

[@Proffessor5394]

now in EU we also have bottles with special sign. if you buy them , you pay extra 15 cents for the bottle, but then you can bring empty bottle and recycle it in special automats and you get 15 cents back for it. it is to motivate people to recycle plastics better.

[@theprinceofawesomeness]

I'm european and i fucking hate Tethered Bottle Caps, i like to drink directivly from the bottle/can, i literally allways rip it of but do put it back on for the recuceling. It's literally not hard at all to put the cap on and not liter so i don't really know what troglodites made it necesarly to tether the cap

[@aleksandrac9335]

Skill issue

[@Jorgerally35]

Exactly the comment we needed. We are making European laws for troglodites literally

[@zink9698]

Now we will see bottles at the beaches instead of just caps.. smart!

[@Jorgerally35]

Exactly

[@pekstl]

I really like your channel. You're funny, smart, not pretentious at all, aaaand so handsome

[@H4wk0n]

Why is the mayo as white as snow? 🥲

[@JacknVictor]

The new bottle caps are a pain in the arse. I just rip them off be ause it means the sharp plastic under the cap scratches your lips, nose and your face in general becaise its always in the way. I always replace the bottle cap back on to the bittle after finishing a drink so i have no need for attached caps. They are an annoyance. Ive even noticed a few companies have reverted back to standard caps, here in Britain at least.

[@DanBen07]

In Britain I've also had it on curtains of Tropicana fruit juice.

[@pia2654]

When that bottle cap came I was so annoyed and at first I thought it was a manufacturing mistake. They still annoy me while drinking but I am glad that I can’t lose them anymore 😂

[@CabinFever52]

The lid usually gets in the way when pouring. I never littered my lids. I find them a major headache.

[@w3_ar3_on3]

I didn't noticed whats with the caps for more than 2 years until someone asks me why I always get my caps off completely, holding in separate hand. He explains me they changed bcuz of recycling. I've thinked about if it makes sense, but can't remember I've ever not recapped the empty bottles, so I'm not getting dirty hands and bag when bring them back...🤨

[@KiWi-wf4cw]

Yankee Doodle Dandee? Learnt that at primary school in New Zealand in the 70's 😂

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

I LOVE the last two boys! 😂 Just ordinary South-Easterners (like myself) having a friendly conversation. 🤣 Example: Me 54, my Dad 90, coming round for the day...Sitting in the lounge after lunch, he gets up to go for a wee, I hold out my empty plate or mug and ask him if he'd mind putting it on the kitchen side for me, as he'll be walking past the kitchen to get to the bathroom anyway. My Dad: *"Fucking cheek! I come round here for a day out! I'm a GUEST!* *I'll tell you what, why not stick a broom up my arse and I can sweep the fucking hallway for you while I'm at it"* Still muttering and grumbling under his breath, as he stands in the bathroom doing a wee, with the door left wide open for the world and his wife to watch. 🙄 ................. Just to be clear, no we do NOT speak to strangers like this though! Do not fear visiting and and asking someone where the nearest supermarket is. It would be a very rare Brit to not help you if they can. Many of them would also probably say "It's quicker to show you, I'm walking that way anyway" even though they were clearly walking TOWARDS you when you asked! We're actually very friendly and not this angry. Except, WHEN we get to know you. Then it's a whole other level of Tourettes filled piss-taking and banter that takes place! Because life's too short to not have a sarcastic whinge at your loved ones in the name of fun. Yes, that may seem weird...but we embrace weird. 🤪

[@12hoursAwake12hoursAsleep]

The tethered bottle caps are the most irritating thing ever!! Me and mates were talking about it, and not once have we discarded a bottle without the lid before they were even tethered. Very weird. ❤

[@MrsStrawhatberry]

The cap thing is also true for Switzerland, which is not in the Eu. Probably also Norway.

[@niconemo3929]

The issue with tethered caps is not when you open it. Nor when you drink. It's when you close it: sometimes the cap is slightly crooked when you scew it back… and… it's the fatal leek, in you fridge, on you car seats, on your picnic meal… But the idea is great ! If you use it once, it must be recycled as a whole.

[@Orion6479]

Love the caps in Europe!

[@anone3842]

Yes I was trying to rip the cap off my two litre milk cartons for a few weeks thinking they were just bad caps - nobody told me about the new caps!

[@enginerd80]

I live in Finland and we have had the annoying tethered bottle caps for a while. They are on the way, so I just yank them off. However, the ring that remains will make it hard to screw the cap back on because the ring and cap have to be in the same position for the cap to fit back in. So after yanking off the cap I need to use scissors or some blade to cut off the ring (and throw it in thrash -- yay, saving the world 🙄😆). I'm planning to start to leave the caps out of the bottles when taking them to the store to get the deposits; I believe there will be some kind of statistics collected about how the change in caps affected how often the caps are missing, and I'm hoping to mess the statistics 🤭. But that requires rinsing the bottles so that the last drops in them won't mess the bag in which I'm taking them to the store.

[@KarenThomson-yg6tw]

Those attached bottle caps are sooooooo annoying, I literally rip them off every time because its impossible to screw the top back on to your drink whilst attached at a 90 degree angle! How are so many becoming detached anyway - who throws them away separately😭

[@CarinaCoffee]

When they get crushed when you return them the caps often come off (I used to work in a supermarket so I saw caps often without a bottle) and they can fall through at recycling centres. You need to realign the grooves on the mouth of the bottle with the grooves in the cap to close it correctly. I agree it's easier with the more loose tethers on water bottles than the stiffer ones on the soda ones (e.g. Coca Cola), but you just need to spin the cap around the bottle to where the grooves start at the top, then you can usually close it correctly quite easily.

[@Enki_Changa]

The thing with the lids of pet bottles is about the same as with the plastic drinking straws (now made of cardboard). But plastic cups, plastic plates and plastic cutlery are still everywhere. 😂

[@esdoerrle3430]

I (in Germany) didn't see plastic cups, plates or cutlery for years. They are now made of paper or bamboo.

[@tyutiszognard]

About the caps on bottles... Water Bottle are the best one in fact cause it is "cliped" you can open it with a thumb only and close it also with one hand. Very Practical for drinking while driving for example. You become used to it, even if firstly it bother you ^^

[@traceyandrob13]

bubble and squeak is you have extra vegs the night before then you put in the fridge heated up in the morning or lunch on a plate or on toast. Had in Australia too.

[@PetoDiTacchino]

Yeah, the caps are kinda new here in Italy Like others said, lots of us experienced the first takes as some sort of manufacturing error I am already used to them... though, only Coke (at least, for the drinks and beverages I bought recently) did them nice in my opinion, 'cause you can stuck them in place when open, and do not pivot around when you try to verse something

[@Snarlacc]

Tethered bottle caps are idiotic,, since 90% of recycled bottles do come with the cap (source: german recycling centers), so it does not save much (most of the "recycling" plactic gets burned anyways...). Also very much in the way and I always cut them to be honest.

[@naycnay]

Over here they just started doing that tethered bottle cap thing. I remember the first bottles of water I encountered it with. Spilt a bunch all over my desk and thought my whole batch of bottles had a manufacturing defect as my first instinct was to tear it off. Wasn't till I found it on another bottle that it clicked. I find it really annoying to be honest. Some bottles have really wide and flat caps and it just gets in the way.

[@bubsy3861]

About caps. I usually just rip it off anyway. They are simply uncomfortable to drink with, they constantly spin around the bottle neck and start scratching the chin. So yea...

[@Kyrelel]

Just hold it down with your finger :/

[@bubsy3861]

@@Kyrelel Yea. Very handy.

[@Marina_-_-]

Are you 4?

[@baronmeduse]

Ever tried drinking out of a glass?

[@bubsy3861]

@@baronmeduse Yea. I'm all ways carry my glass around in case I get thirsty on the street or something.

[@paulavitoria1798]

It's a recent thing, part of the EU effort to reduce plastic waste. The cap remains attached so that when people put the bottle in the recycling bin the cap goes with it. EDIT: I've seen you did your research and my post is unuseful. Good for you, Ryan!

[@sarerusoldone]

the worst part of the tethered bottle caps is that a few drops of your drink stay inside the bottle cap and when you try to tape a sip and the cap inevitably turns upside down, those drops will trickle down your cheek and throat lol

[@CarinaCoffee]

It's usually fine with water bottles, but it's a real pain with smoothies!

[@valfar9999]

Yeah, as a european these bottle caps are really annoying, half the time they snap back and the few drops of liquid that were in the cap ends up everywhere on your face The worse is with water bottles, everytime you open one for the first time, you will always spill some water because the bottle is filled to the top and the plastic is so thin that it will "bend" even if you don't put that much pressure

[@colingregory7464]

Tethered caps - yes you can Yank them off, lots of especially young people struggle to find a bin, even when they are standing within a few feet of one !!

[@Finsternis..]

I still don't get who loses their bottle caps. You remove the cap, fill your drink or drink from the bottle and put the cap back on, even when the bottle is empty - because the bottle never is truly empty. There is never an instance where "oh hey, I will now throw this cap into the wild, never to be seen again" makes any sense, unless you are purposfully littering. And if a person is purposfully littering, a tether won't stop them. This is surely one of those things were a couple of "advisors" earned some pretty penny for a completly pointless change enforced that "argueably" reduces random waste.

[@catonkybord7950]

I secretely believe that it was implemented to wean people off from plastic bottles as a whole. Although I've heard that the tethered cups can be handy for people with certain disabilities. If this is true, I'm glad that at least some of us can enjoy the stupid things.

[@tariklyacoubi8197]

Or maybe some unforseen event can make u drop the cap. Caps have always been a problem just because you don't happen to have lost one dosen't mean they don't get lost.

[@hulda4ever]

The tethered bottle cap also makes you not need to hold the cap when drinking

[@Pointillax]

7:08 I love mayonnaise, so imagine my surprise when I moved to Canada from France and tasted "mayo" for the first time. It's NOTHING like mayonnaise.

[@philiprice7875]

now you will know what axel grease could taste like

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

The caps that don't come off are stupid, for plastic bottles well maybe, but they are on paper containers too.I used to sort paper into the paper bin and take off the plastic cap and put it in the plasic bin. Not anymore, it all goes into paper. It's also quite impractical with Yoghurt and milk ending up in the cap and on its sides

[@amadeuz819]

Have to say that the caps thing was the most annoying "great idea" they added, like I rip the whole thing off now and sometimes that sharps plastic fights back... Like why not just remove plastic bottles entirely and go back to glass and cans only?!?!?

[@OEDODRAGON]

8:11 "I only use freedom units... LIKE HAMBURGERS" xD

[@bulletvivace]

yeah German freedom food ;)

[@LearnTheHorizon]

No it's not convenient. It makes putting the cap back much more annoying, also it might not be that bad for coke bottles, but they also have this nonsense on rectangular containers like juice and milk cartons. Trying to drink juice from the carton the cap has nowhere to bend so it'll always push into your cheek.

[@omahuvisoongaro1207]

Forget about the Brits! In Germany we have a dish called Dead Grandma.

[@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia]

In France we have something called head cheese (fromage de tête)... that is not cheese but meat!! 😂

[@Gambit771]

So what is 'dead Grandma'? and I don't expect much from the French but I expect you to understand cheese.

[@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia]

@@Gambit771 Wait until you hear about the cheese called "silk worker's brain" (cervelle de Canuts), which is a specialty of Lyon. As a cheese lover, I was extremely confused when I moved to this city and discovered this dish...

[@wessexdruid7598]

Have you ever eaten a babies head?

[@DanBen07]

In the UK these are considered weird food names: Black pudding/spotted dick/bangers and mash/bubble and squeak/Welsh rarebit/Jam roly poly.

[@EugeneFist]

@3:30 yeah EU has a new policy, that most bottled drink caps have an extra plastic holder so you dont lose the cap, but the flipside is that the cap is now IN YA FACE!

[@BohrokKiller]

That's why I just rip it off.

[@Sponge1310]

“Do i look like a f’ing map?!” 😂 A few years ago I was walking in center of the town I live in, when a car stopped next to me and the asked for directions to a theme park thats near by, I almost answered the same way 😅 Of course I didn’t, but it still baffles me that those people managed to get to the town center without having seen any of the probably hundreds of road signs that direct you to the theme park…

[@kimjuul8866]

Yeah took a while to get used to the bottle caps. It's not just coke or the like but also milk cartons etc. A few still have the "old style" caps but maybe they're just old stocks.

[@perer005]

The thethered caps are pretty nice for the large +1 litre bottles that you don’t drink directly from anyway.

[@gregorygant4242]

"Give me ham on five hold the mayo !"

[@tomasparrado873]

The new bottle caps are annoying if you want to drink from the bottle. It's a pretty small annoyance, and it's not difficult to rip the cap off if you want, but if the numbers come back that it makes very little environmental difference I'd rather a seperate cap

[@depressedutchman]

Just twist the bottle and drink, I literally never had any problems with drinking out of a bottle like that

[@squidcaps4308]

By far most i've talked to like the caps that can't get lost. Is it perfect? Nope, but i do like the fact that you don't have to think about where to put the cap, or it getting lost. As always, there is some learning, like... tug on the cap a bit, it loosens the link and then it'll be out of the way neatly. Better than the old style caps.

[@puff-paff-mugger]

Action News: EU rules apply throughout the EU BTW: I hate the new bottle caps, I always tear them off.

[@giovanilevin616]

The cap thing is a European directive to reduce plastic pollution, it will come into force on July 3, 2024, but in reality it is already applied by manufacturers.

[@birgerfurugard7259]

As a swede. You where spot on with the bottle cap. Haven’t lost a cap in 2 years 👍

[@tonjesolheim8146]

5:39 Norwegian and hate caps. I rip them off EVERY time 😅😂. I do never loose a cap anyway and always keep them on when turning it in for recycling anyway. I just hate them.

[@laurabambam5342]

You never drop your cap on the floor.