I'm surprised that there's no comment saying that we have air conditioning EVERYWHERE. I met a guy who came to the US from the the hottest parts of Africa and absolutely loved it
@FourthPiece4 жыл бұрын
I had the opposite experience. I'm from the Pacific Northwest and since we have fairly mild summers it just isn't common for most people to have A/C in their houses. When I went to Japan in high school (summer), it was really jarring to walk into every store and experience such a drastic temperature shift from outside to inside.
@firstnamelastname60164 жыл бұрын
@@FourthPiece what part of Japan were you in? I know that the more rural islands near the tropics use less AC.
@FourthPiece4 жыл бұрын
@@firstnamelastname6016 The Osaka area (Nara and Kyoto as well)
@SkippyTheSpiteful4 жыл бұрын
We also have the window screens to keep all the bugs out, went to Australia once, those bugs are on steroids or something honestly reminds me of Alaska
@boingobadger98464 жыл бұрын
@@FourthPiece Okinawa heat is killer. 30 seconds outside and you’re already feeling like you ran a 1 mile run.
@tamarasmith90604 жыл бұрын
The reason many Americans started saying thanks to soldiers for their service was because of a movement that started in the 80s. The Vietnam War in the late 60s/early 70s was so controversial politically, that when many soldiers came home they found themselves harrassed by people on the streets for not refusing when drafted or even volunteering to go. This led to an even higher rate of depression & anxiety among soldiers, as they felt that the public no longer appreciated their sacrifices. Finally in the 80s people started admitting how bad it was to blame the individual soldiers for what they felt was a bad choice by the government for us to get involved in Vietnam. People started saying we needed to be able to show our support for the soldiers even if we feel that a particular decision for the government to send soldiers somewhere isn't a good idea. After a while it caught on that we needed to regain that lost respect for those that serve, & make an effort to let them know it instead of everyone assuming they know how we feel.
@georgesakellaropoulos81624 жыл бұрын
A nation that does not appreciate the sacrifices made by those who defend it, is unworthy of said defense.
@tamarasmith90604 жыл бұрын
@@georgesakellaropoulos8162 Exactly. But at the time most people were upset because us getting involved in the Vietnam situation had nothing to do with defending ourselves & (as far as what info was available publicly) also very little chance of helping stabilize the situation to increase security for our allies among their neighboring countries. Angry "social justice warriors" (the term didn't exist then, but still the same concept) were so caught up berating the gov't for sticking our noses where we weren't wanted that they started a campaign of declaring that if you were in the military (drafted or not) while they insisted on risking lives for something not our business, then you in effect supported an overstepping gov't. This is of course twisted logic, & led to many people taking out their anger against the gov't on the individual soldiers, even those nowhere near Vietnam. It took a while for them to admit that this attitude was not only wrong, but just as psychologically hurtful to many soldiers as the actual war was.
@user-oo4cw9sx5j4 жыл бұрын
I'm vietnamese-
@georgesakellaropoulos81624 жыл бұрын
@@user-oo4cw9sx5j Sorry that so many of our countrymen had to pay the ultimate price so that you could have a reasonable amount of self determination. We didn't come to conquer, we came to protect. I know it wasn't our business, but the soldiers fought this terrible war, did so with the purest intentions. Glad that your country is on a path to recovery, and hope to visit someday.
@Echo81Rumple834 жыл бұрын
Some people I know would still think the soldiers are a bunch of idiots for even volunteering for the army and are flabbergasted how badly the government specifically treat their veterans like defects that ought to be thrown away.
@camisweeney68134 жыл бұрын
To non americans: the reason they have to list ALL the side effects and such, is because of the excessive amount of times people have sued companies for "not warning them", they do this to keep from being a liability.
@24WESJULY4 жыл бұрын
For the same reason that everything you buy in a plastic bag has printed on it, "Do not put bag over your head and seal with tape. This will cause death.
@goldengryphon4 жыл бұрын
@@24WESJULY They put instructions on how to use a toothpick on the toothpick boxes. What else do you expect of people who can't be trusted to know what to do with a tiny sliver of wood? What I get a kick out of is you know someone did the thing that they're warning you against which is why they are warning you against it. It might seem obvious - "Don't eat the packet of dessicant", but some kid probably did at some point.
@petenielsen66834 жыл бұрын
@@goldengryphon When my dad bought a shorter ladder than the one that went up to second floor it had several warning labels on it. I asked what kind of moron would use a metal ladder in a thunderstorm. "They just put that warning sticker on there because someone did and a judge was stupid enough to give his widow the money."
@kumaahito39274 жыл бұрын
In my country, ads are required to put a generic warning at the end, which is about reading the description or ask your pharmacist/doctor for side-effects. Doesn't take much time, people can read if they are interested, and you can't sue them, because they warned you that you shouldn't assume it has no side-effects. (Though afaik, European food and medicine safety laws are much stricter than the US ones. Maybe we have less of a reason to be concerned for side-effects, dunno.)
@ZhadTheRad4 жыл бұрын
Same for warnings on coffee cups
@heatherdixon41843 жыл бұрын
There's an unspoken rule in the south, be generally kind towards strangers. If they act like an asshole then you pull out the passive aggressive behavior
@Littleman32403 жыл бұрын
This. So much this.
@michaelkappa80813 жыл бұрын
Bless your heart. lmao
@evildeities87503 жыл бұрын
I'm from PA, and I wanna go to the south someday because I've never been there.
@Littleman32403 жыл бұрын
@@evildeities8750 If you don't mind the heat or have really bad allergies, I personally don't think you can go wrong coming to San Antonio, Texas. Good food, friendly people, fair amount of stuff to do, and downtown is beautiful.
@SaraiSohma3 жыл бұрын
@@evildeities8750 There's soooo many places so visit in the south, it'll be hard to choose where, but for the most authentic experience I would suggest a midsized city because we feel like the larger ones have too many people from other regions that don't represent us well. I would suggest Charleston, Asheville, Savannah, or Gatlinburg.
@l.u.i.s._.84524 жыл бұрын
If they think we’re loud they wouldn’t last a day in Latin America
@billolsen43604 жыл бұрын
I remember visiting Egypt and Lebanon as a teenager, all the people working together in outside markets especially sounded like they were all angry with each other.
@l.u.i.s._.84524 жыл бұрын
@@billolsen4360 yes it’s similar to that we sound like we’re arguing but that’s just how we speak
@divisix0244 жыл бұрын
So in music terms, Latin Americans speak in ff or fff, occasionally with sfffz
@melanoc3tusii2054 жыл бұрын
Spain is pretty bad too, but what really gets to you is their inability to understand personal space.
@StarlightTheIdiot4 жыл бұрын
I am scared
@robinhendrix60844 жыл бұрын
People from Europe tend to forget just how large the US is. To go home it takes me 4 hours driving. States here are the size of some countries in Europe.
@JAF13234 жыл бұрын
That’s so true. My mom talked about going to multiple countries in Europe. I’ve been to four different countries. It’s kind of strange how it can be shorter to go from one state to another than to cross your own state. This just depends on where you’re from. I wouldn’t even want to think about crossing Texas or Alaska.
@linkinlog85434 жыл бұрын
It takes like three hours to go across my state. It’s small but holy fuck
@MrJest24 жыл бұрын
@FireIron 36 I recently moved - one state to the state next door. Took about 9 hours to drive here from our old home.
@Nebs14 жыл бұрын
What do you mean go home. Home from where?
@robinhendrix60844 жыл бұрын
@@Nebs1 I live north of Indianapolis. When I go home to visit my family it takes 4 hours for me to drive there. In Europe they think 100 miles is a long way. In the US we think 100 years a long time. Quote from another KZbin account . it’s another way of looking at ourselves
@jeffrenjr4 жыл бұрын
Medication advertisement are scary af in America.. "This can cure headache but side effects include death, heartbreaks, increased taxes etc"
@nowhatrice85684 жыл бұрын
why i try not to get sick lol
@mynameiselvispresleygirlsa59114 жыл бұрын
@@nowhatrice8568 it would be really funny if they advertised a medication like this: Can cure bad skin! Side effects: Death.
@bigbabado82964 жыл бұрын
The best part is the lightning speed they say the side effects
@jeffrenjr4 жыл бұрын
@@bigbabado8296 True.. saw one where the side effects were read in like 5x speed
@bigbabado82964 жыл бұрын
@@jeffrenjr One? You mustn't be from the U.S because the vast majority of them are like that. Also, I'm convinced lawyer advertisements here must have some subliminal messages or some crap because the degree to which Celino & Barnes and Mesothelioma is etched into the brains of Americans in the Northeast is insane.
@moranarevel3 жыл бұрын
In Kentucky, you can meet a stranger and have a several hour long conversation.
@sophiefilo163 жыл бұрын
And if you're an introvert like me, you get treated like a terrible person for _not_ wanting to stop on your way to work to chat up some stranger who called out to you from their lawn...
@matts8823 жыл бұрын
That sounds charming. Is anyone ever lonely?
@g1sunstreaker5843 жыл бұрын
Ohio, too!
@tacticalpants86813 жыл бұрын
@@g1sunstreaker584 yeah but in Ohio it’s more like shouting a cursing not a legitimate conversation.
@g1sunstreaker5843 жыл бұрын
@@tacticalpants8681 TF part of Ohio you live in????
@unknowncreature-00694 жыл бұрын
I'm an American, and when I went to Japan I found it so weird that people don't really acknowledge the greeters at stores. In Japan it's totally normal, but in America that would be so rude. Edit: ok so apparently a bunch of people don't greet the greeters. So maybe it's just where I live that it's rude...
@salmonellachickenbreastroasted4 жыл бұрын
It is considered rude here in The UK as well but it can be turned around sometimes for the customer to say hello as they walk into the shop and for the cashier to greet back x
@slowfuel68584 жыл бұрын
I’m so confused because I’ve lived in America my whole life and I’ve never seen anyone talk back to them or anything really just a glance wave or smile at most
@ex0stasis724 жыл бұрын
@@slowfuel6858 I think that glancing/smiling or waving is still considering acknowledging.
@slowfuel68584 жыл бұрын
@@ex0stasis72 I take it a lot of people notice them but acknowledging would be more high or thank you and stuff like that
@ex0stasis724 жыл бұрын
@@slowfuel6858 sure, it's fine if that's your definition of acknowledge, but my point still stands that the OP might have had a different definition.
@danbo42634 жыл бұрын
Foreigners like: "America is so scary" and then also say: "Why is everyone so friendly"
@bruh-xb2uy4 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@BeinIan4 жыл бұрын
It's that good old Teddy Roosevelt philosophy. "Walk softly, and carry a big stick." When you know that you're well equipped for a fight, you don't have to be afraid of strangers. Which means you can assume the best of them and be super friendly without putting yourself at risk. That's why we put such cultural value on independence and being able to fend for yourself. It's also the idea behind our giant military and our gun rights.
@brigidtheirish4 жыл бұрын
@@BeinIan We're also primarily composed of the folks who not only had get up and go but got up and left. So I get the impression there are a lot more extroverts in the US than in Europe. Which may also explain the 'loud' thing. Though there are places in Europe that are really friendly. I spent four months in Ireland and talked to loads of people. Also rarely had to pay for my own drink, though that might've been because I was a small and female.
@thiswowzer32174 жыл бұрын
Introverted people
@BeinIan4 жыл бұрын
@@brigidtheirish That's a really interesting observation! I think you're right, the migrants who came/come to the US are the kinds of people who are excited to forge their own path. So over time, American culture has become very extroverted. Even introverts are socially pressured to be more outspoken if we want to succeed, so we either work out our extroversion muscle or work with an extrovert from behind the scenes to share in their success. Super cool insight, thank for pointing that out! 😊
@LottieLaRats4 жыл бұрын
Me, an american: "Germans scare me" Mom, also an American: "most of your ancestors are German." Only in America
@nietzmietz55684 жыл бұрын
How do we scare you?
@imnotgoodwithnames85024 жыл бұрын
@@nietzmietz5568 even your name scares me D:
@invictagothica4 жыл бұрын
@@imnotgoodwithnames8502 Nicht Bächt Lol jk Idk what I just said or if it even means anything, it just looks german to me
@hmpz369114 жыл бұрын
What's so scary about Germans? Look up Doro Pesch
@ryancoulter47974 жыл бұрын
Used to work in a bookstore where we got a lot of specialty magazines for specific customers. Used to get a lot of elderly German ladies coming in for weekly tabloids, recipe magazines and the occasional Der Speigel. They were sweet old ladies if they got their magazines on time. If the supply line was disrupted they would arrive late or we’d miss an issue. Those little elderly German ladies would get soooo angry because they didn’t get last weeks copy of whatever magazine with Andre Rieu on the cover.
@jamesepkinsjr.41793 жыл бұрын
Carpet in the kitchen isn't american, it's just wierd and tacky.
@handson45803 жыл бұрын
and you need to be evaluated by a therapist
@oranplan16303 жыл бұрын
not to mention a fire hazard
@hayleybartek86433 жыл бұрын
Carpet in a kitchen is a disaster waiting to happen. Fire, water, spills, not to mention that carpet holds onto dirt.
@weaselwolf84253 жыл бұрын
FR. I've never heard of that and I'm an American born and raised. Ever building Ive lived in never had a carpeted kitchen
@tuckercarlson12203 жыл бұрын
Yeah, not an American thing.
@anxiousbean16854 жыл бұрын
“I took a bus in LA...... I was blown away with how friendly every one is with each other.” Bud if you think that’s friendly then you gotta visit the Midwest
@nowhatrice85684 жыл бұрын
Oosh, and the south
@beccacumbie40514 жыл бұрын
Georgian here, hun we got chus
@nowhatrice85684 жыл бұрын
@@beccacumbie4051 same bro
@rein53484 жыл бұрын
not everyone on the bus from LA to vegas lives in LA or vegas. i’ve actually rode the same bus and there are people from all over the place lol
@uss-dh79094 жыл бұрын
North Dakota here, people are usually very friendly (sans Canadian visitors - source: worked in food service for three years) so much so we coined the phrase 'North Dakota Nice'.
@nofrackingzone2.0574 жыл бұрын
To the poster that thought Americans are loud, you’ve never been around Chinese tourists.
@khoiphan29904 жыл бұрын
Americans ARE loud though, Chinese tourists are just louder.
@MrDevil-jb1fl4 жыл бұрын
😂
@halloweenfan1584 жыл бұрын
@@khoiphan2990 I’m American and I have been told that I speak extremely low
@banyaana4 жыл бұрын
You haven't been around Mexicans and it shows, my family is so loud I'll have to remind them I'm 3 feet away from them and they shouldn't be yelling lmao
@melanoc3tusii2054 жыл бұрын
@@halloweenfan158 No, really? I wonder why? Maybe because generalisations are just that? Besides, that just means that you are quiet for a USA-an.
@Nothingmore1464 жыл бұрын
I remember asking a British guy if he was “straight” as in if he’s good or ok. He pause for a second, looked at me with a strange expression on his face and said ”ya Im into girls why?”. I couldn’t help but laugh lol.
@Shrimp_Insurance4 жыл бұрын
I'm American and I would've been confused too
@Nothingmore1464 жыл бұрын
@@Shrimp_Insurance really thought that was univeral in America. I had another moment like that were I was talking to this girl for awhile that just moved form NY to my town. After a few dates we left dinner, heading to my house to hangout and watch a movie or whatever and I said I’m gonna go to the “packy” / “package store” aka liquor store. I asked what she wanted. She was like why would I get anything from UPS / what are you shipping ? I thought it was a common term guess not
@MrAnakin19963 жыл бұрын
@@Nothingmore146 I have never heard the expression 'package store' and would have had a *very* hard time guessing what it meant myself. It is funny how some things can be said so differently at different places yet the rest of the language is the same/comprehensible.
@kaldogorath3 жыл бұрын
@@Nothingmore146 My brother who grew up in the bad part of a big city uses "straight" that way. His friends too. It took me a while to understand what it meant. I agree with Varg though - never heard of a packy or package store.
@Nothingmore1463 жыл бұрын
Really ? Huh I thought that was a term used all over. There’s probably a bunch of others terms I can’t name off the top of my head since it’s just normal to me but funny to think about how they prob would sound out side where I live. A lot probably aren’t used often either just if I heard it I’d know what it meant. If you don’t mind me asking you guys from the west coast?
@brettlarch80503 жыл бұрын
I have a friend from France. We practice French. He told me “I’m gonna drive from Boston to la all in one day.” I laughed hysterically. “What’s so funny?” “That you think that you would be able to do that.”
@oSamiSrzo11 ай бұрын
Yeah.. I guess a lot of people outside of the U.S. don't understand how actually huge this country really is... driving from one state to another is an all day drive... Although the western states are a lot bigger than the eastern ones.. I've never been further east than probably colorado, so I dont know how long the drive to new york from LA would be.. I'd imagine around a week's drive.
@trevertravis896310 ай бұрын
@@oSamiSrzo Google Maps says its a 42 hour drive.
@oSamiSrzo10 ай бұрын
@@trevertravis8963 nuh uh.. no way jose... really? It takes me three days to get from Washington state to Utah... I guess I'm a bad driver..
@MarioTheLiopleurodon6 ай бұрын
Fr. One of my friends is from Okinawa Japan. She wants to visit the US to see a bunch of tourist sites, and visit me & my buddies that used to frequent her bar when we were in Okinawa. America's way bigger than her happy little island home, and we all live in different states. I had to warn her about the size of the US. She was shocked when she saw the size of Okinawa conoared to even a small state like Massachusetts
@mandarue51045 ай бұрын
It depends on a lot of factors. Speed for example is different per state. Which highway or freeway you're taking. Are you driving through any major cities during rush hour traffic or construction? You also have to allow yourself time to eat, go to the restroom, get gas, and sleep if you don't want to fall asleep at the wheel.
@starmano344 жыл бұрын
Friendly reminder: if you're not an American and you get pulled over in America; DO. NOT. GET. OUT. OF. THE. CAR! THE COP WILL LIKELY SEE THAT AS A THREAT, AND YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING ARRESTED OR SHOT GO THROUGH THE ROOF. PLEASE. JUST ROLL DOWN YOUR WINDOW AND WAIT FOR THE COP.
@Reignor994 жыл бұрын
One time I was pulled over, and the patrolman sat behind me for several minutes. We were on a busy stretch of road, so I figured maybe he wanted me to pull forward into a safer area, so I started creeping forward. He got out of his car and ran towards me with his gun out, yelling "who told you to move?" It was funny but shocking
@mynameiselvispresleygirlsa59114 жыл бұрын
What? In other countries they get out of the car??
@starmano344 жыл бұрын
@@mynameiselvispresleygirlsa5911 in other countries cops don't even carry guns
@AlexWithington4 жыл бұрын
@Gabriel 2020 wrong very wrong there are countries that the cops are only armed if they need to be like here in NZ the most dangerous thing they carry is a taser yes some of the cars have a firearm stowed but it's no carried also for the person above I can't think of any country where u get out of your car for a officer unless told to
@thewhitewolf584 жыл бұрын
We have poorly trained trigger itchy cops in america so you have to treat them like mentally slow people
@DivinesLegacy4 жыл бұрын
Something ive heard someone point out is that the US is extremely empty, city to city is just hours and hours of cornfields and nothingness, Mainly because our country is only around 200 years old and extremely big.
@theortheo24014 жыл бұрын
200 years old of prosperity made you have double the population of Russia. Soon Enough the US is gonna be one big city lmao
@danielalmeida73823 жыл бұрын
Not true at all it depends but in most cases even on vastly deserted states all cities are cramped together basically everyone here in America lives within a metro area, it s very hard to see a city is literally isolated, here where I live there are cities north west east and south
@michaelkappa80813 жыл бұрын
@Dehes Tahasak But nowhere near as big. the population density in America is very small for 300 million humans.
@RAndrewNeal3 жыл бұрын
@@Mr.Clumsy_Was_Bored Everybody should forget about that scam.
@jeramysteve33943 жыл бұрын
200 years and it's already a superpower.
@massimothetrog71114 жыл бұрын
4 weeks....I get 5 days a year, and they act like im an asshole for using them.
@bernardfender51474 жыл бұрын
I get 5 weeks, my gf gets 7weeks!!
@Su-wo4id4 жыл бұрын
@@bernardfender5147 ....my dad gets 2 weeks, which he can't use straight
@bernardfender51474 жыл бұрын
@@Su-wo4id it must be terribly frustrating and stressful for him. Generally EU /UK workers will work about 40 hours a week, I work 37.5hrs. I was sent home due to covid in March on full pay. I suffer with severe depression and anxiety and had to sign off sick in june ( stressing about my gf working a very high risk job in a hospital operating theatre). I'm still on full pay. My work have been great. I work in a bank call centre doing debt management. I earn less than average salary. Everyone else is working from home now. Work sent desks, chairs, laptops, large screens to anyone that needed them. Apart from being best for the company in the long term, they are legally required to do most of these things.
@Su-wo4id4 жыл бұрын
@@bernardfender5147 well, I am very glad you have those benefits, I feel like in the USA we are ALWAYS working
@bernardfender51474 жыл бұрын
@@Su-wo4id it doesn't seem fair at all for ordinary American working people. Let's not forget it took 100s of years of protesting, strikes, struggling etc to get us these rights.. thankfully unions in the UK actually work for the members and not the mobsters so did a great job at protecting workers over the years. I live in Manchester the home of the world's first trade union and I'm a member. The best way to improve things is to vote for change 😉
@rachelgarber14233 жыл бұрын
As an American I’m proud of how friendly we are, chat with ppl on the bus, in supermarket lines. If people don’t care to engage I can take a hint, but most people like to talk, yes, that car dependency is so ridiculous.
@danh51503 жыл бұрын
Agree 100% on both counts. My wife and I live in Houston, and she works in the medical center. Obviously Houston is huge, but she gets patients from very rural areas and small towns as well. She said the people from rural areas are generally very talkative/friendly, to the point that they commonly tell her their life story. It makes sense that people with less social interaction like to talk more when they get the chance. I'm originally from a very small town, but I've lived in big cities most of my adult life. I'm comfortable being chatty or politely private. ;o)
@thingtwo38313 жыл бұрын
I don’t know, I just thought that was normal. Like, waving to people you pass on the streets, talking to neighbors as you go on walks. Once I had literally 2 separate conversations with this random stranger, an old lady, because we were both walking black dogs and our paths intersected twice. I could tell you a lot about that dog
@queencerseilannister35193 жыл бұрын
I agree. Being friendly is a simple, selfless act to help brighten someones day.
@kaiceecrane38843 жыл бұрын
As an American how "friendly" and chatty people are is one the things I distain most about the US
@granda36493 жыл бұрын
@@kaiceecrane3884 You think Americans are loud and chatty? Have you been to Latin America?
@wyattbrown43684 жыл бұрын
When I saw “Freedom units” I almost cry out in laughter
@petenielsen66834 жыл бұрын
LMMO (laughed my mask off)
@CooperRies4 жыл бұрын
Yeah but the math was drop dead wrong
@kam99084 жыл бұрын
@@CooperRies no it was close
@dezmonfranco30374 жыл бұрын
Same then I went to comments to see if I wasn’t alone 😂
@CooperRies4 жыл бұрын
@@kam9908 no it really wasn’t
@RedReaper666OG4 жыл бұрын
The carpet in the kitchen/bathroom is done more in elderly peoples homes. It's supposed to prevent slip and fall accidents, but it creates a mold issue.
@theresachacon11224 жыл бұрын
I have never seen that as an American but it sounds absultely disgusting
@accomakkgamer62624 жыл бұрын
@@theresachacon1122 my grandmother had them, it is indeed disgusting
@onespiceybbw4 жыл бұрын
We bought a house that had been carpeted in the kitchen. Talk about yuck. It was indoor-outdoor but I still pulled it up and put down linoleum.
@noobsoftheuniverse20014 жыл бұрын
My grandma has Carpet in her kitchen so yeah that makes sense. But she has hardwood floors which I feel like could cause falls as well
@notdave29934 жыл бұрын
I have never seen carpet in any kitchen, ever! And I’m American.
@23mega234 жыл бұрын
Didn’t expect to be called out on how I hold my fork and knife while cutting a steak. Damn....
@dudebruh85344 жыл бұрын
It's only natural that you would hold a knife with your dominant hand! then just use the left to hold down the food with a fork! don't judge me!@
@garyenkwong16834 жыл бұрын
My parents drilled me on it when I was 9. Glad I can now hold a fork properly now.
@darth-imperius4 жыл бұрын
That part was weird. I mean, any human being would surely be taught to hold the fork in their left hand and knife in the right (except I guess if you're left handed - I'm not) and once you're done cutting, switch the fork to your right hand and start eating. Surely no one randomly holds the knife still in their right hand for no reason while trying to eat with their left while not using the knife for anything. I'm European.
@darth-imperius4 жыл бұрын
@tOwOxic you do you as well, but no I don't cut it all up, I cut some of it, then use my dominant hand to eat with the fork. why would I want to struggle the whole time and eat using my left hand when I don't need to!? that would be very time-consuming.
@darth-imperius4 жыл бұрын
@Mshark308 I don't know what you mean by 'looks nice' but eating isn't a marathon.
@svartrbrisingr61413 жыл бұрын
So from what I have gathered. The UK is antisocial as hell
@MrCollyT3 жыл бұрын
Depends. On the streets and public transport, yes. In the pub, not at all
@breizhrudie47573 жыл бұрын
France is, everywhere. You don't talk to strangers or you'd get an odd look and the person you're talking to will be very unconfortable. At least, that's what I gathered from my shy ass and rather rural place. Needless to say I was very surprised once I came to university to see people talking to me in a friendly manner directly. I guess it's a city thing?
@staceykersting7053 жыл бұрын
My mom always said UK and Europe were SO much better in every way. I had a huge desire to go someday. Now, I don't think I'd like it at all. I can just see me getting slammed in the face by someone who didn't even hold the door for me. Seems impossibly rude! I also chat with everyone. Hate to make everyone so terribly uncomfortable. Sorry they ever have to leave the house...wow!
@austrakaiser47933 жыл бұрын
I live in Melbourne, Australia, a European country, and I'm not too sure but I'd say we're in the middle of socialising between Americans and other Europeans. Unlike the UK or at least everyone I know, I do hold doors open for people! It's polite!
@calebcrook58753 жыл бұрын
@@staceykersting705 in general where i'm from (north england) people do tend to hold doors open if you're close enough
@jordanmchighlander93654 жыл бұрын
In America, "how are you?" is generally used as a conversation starter. If a person responds with "I'm good. My cat woke me up early this morning and wouldn't leave me alone till I pet her," it gives you many different directions you could take the conversation. Generally, you'd choose the most pronounced detail and continue from that. (For example: most people would ask about my cat and the conversation would change to pets.)
@GyeongmiBaeb3 жыл бұрын
I've never seen this happen. "How are you" is usually responded with "ok" and it ends there lol. You must be from the south
@Anklejbiter3 жыл бұрын
@@GyeongmiBaeb "Hey, how are you?" "Good, you?" "Good, thanks." - End of conversation, continue walking dog (Michigan)
@GyeongmiBaeb3 жыл бұрын
@@Anklejbiter lol here it's more like "Good morning" (Strange look and quickly walks past) I also want to point out it's not as if he looks intimidating or anything. He's s very goodlooking guy with dark curly hair, kinda gives off this Nicholas Sparks southern love story type of aura
@thugpug43922 жыл бұрын
@@GyeongmiBaeb i barely understand what your comment means, it sounds like you have a crush though
@territ78592 жыл бұрын
@@Anklejbiter bruh i went to michiga. yalls snacks and chips are whack ngl :/
@FinneganTheCaptain4 жыл бұрын
The “like” and “uh” for me is that I have a stutter and I’m trying to come up with words to say. If I don’t continue saying filler words, people will just assume I’m done talking and start talking over me. The “like” and “uh” is just my way of buying time so I can still speak.
@stoonersan27074 жыл бұрын
I think that's why most people have that particular tick. If you stop talking beyond a quick breath it means you are relinquishing the remainder of your time. I didn't have a stutter until adulthood so I definitely feel you on this one. Side note, not sure if this is a new thing or a just a thing where I'm at in nor cal, people get bored with what you have to say because let's just suppose you are being thorough and don't want any misinterpretations so they change the subject and just start talking over you. I do not like this.
@ChemySh4 жыл бұрын
I try my best to minimize my "um"s and "like"s, but as a result I often drag out words and even whole sentences. If we're talking face-to-face you can see the exact moments my brain tries to load the next sentence in lol.
@ONECOUNT4 жыл бұрын
I have essential tremors and besides the tremors it causes you to pause when you talk, its like your software is reloading muscle control. Of course my wife is a nervous talker and jumps in all the time. Its like Penn & Teller and Im the quiet one. So we go to buy a car, I picked it, payed for it and they sign it over to her.
@revan08903 жыл бұрын
Buffering
@Hepoxni3 жыл бұрын
Me too!! And my brother, too. We both say "like" and "uh" so people know we're still going to speak
@aaronphillips75854 жыл бұрын
The accent thing is really true. As an American, I visited the UK and people were seriously surprised when I told them I was from America even though my American accent should’ve been a dead giveaway. In America, we get so excited over other people’s accents and are always really curious about them. Lol
@svartrbrisingr61413 жыл бұрын
Also to explain the large portions. Americans make or get large servings of food because then they can take some of it home for another meal. Yes their are some who eat those massive portions in one sitting(I cant understand it) but for the most part its meant to make leftovers
@skeltonslay8er7813 жыл бұрын
I can explain eating the whole portion: You see, I’m a fatass
@ArmourI3 жыл бұрын
Ur portions can be more than double than European countries, do you rlly eat that much?
@derdenni67803 жыл бұрын
Ah ok that is stupid
@kentuckyace10683 жыл бұрын
@@ArmourI yep
@dustinthewind39253 жыл бұрын
Sometimes, when working 12+ hour shifts with no lunch breaks, I eat enough food for 24 hours in one sitting. I live alone, and commutes can be soul crushingly long. So yeah, large portions can be a good thing.
@Nipplator999999999994 жыл бұрын
Being a Vet, I don't know what to do when thanked for my service. That said, it does make dealing with the mental effects from certain "duty requirements" a lot easier just hearing someone appreciated it, as long as they don't ask for details.
@kaldogorath3 жыл бұрын
Wait, you're saying a nipple fought for my freedoms? (or more likely socioeconomic power... and oil)
@Nipplator999999999993 жыл бұрын
@@kaldogorathdepends on which time and place. They world has developed into something of a small place, so rarely is there only one conflict. Some of them, believe it or not, didn't only benefit rich leadership, some benefited everyone. Ignorance is bliss, you're able to be an ass and still think you are right.
@kaldogorath3 жыл бұрын
@@Nipplator99999999999 I don't believe that all of them were only for the benefit of the rich and powerful. Recently most of them are, but yeah wars are (especially in the past) fought for good reasons too.
@stevenscott21363 жыл бұрын
Sometimes the rich and the peasants benefit from the same things. After all, most fortunes are maintained (however indirectly or incompetently) by selling the peasants what they need or want.
@Hiraghm3 жыл бұрын
The appropriate response ranges from "You're welcome!" (with a smile) to "You're welcome!" (with a bigger smile). Foreigners never went through the Vietnam era in America, and aren't aware that some of us who were hoodwinked by the media swore "never again" to turn our backs on our troops, when we learned the truth. We're more aware now than any time since WWII that you belong to us. Thank you for your service.
@dillanwalker48064 жыл бұрын
The guys just translated british pounds into "freedom units" lmfao and it made my whole week
@texas_sol95543 жыл бұрын
Freedom units have made a lot of holes weak
@altheaudaku59324 жыл бұрын
I don’t understand the first one, I’m American but half a mile isn’t too bad of a walk
@ogxclan14604 жыл бұрын
I walk there to school and then I have to walk that up a hill back it’s nothing
@vicous87064 жыл бұрын
Yeah i think their friend was just lazy
@petenielsen66834 жыл бұрын
Half a mile is a terrible waste of gas! I used to walk daily to the grocery store when there was not a pandemic on and I lived just over a mile from it -- mostly to try to reduce my waistline and because of it having public restrooms and good coffee. Still trying to find a goal location to walk to now that I have moved.
@PrincessofKeys4 жыл бұрын
Depends not everyone is the same
@ZhadTheRad4 жыл бұрын
Half a mile isn't too bad of a walk? That's barely a walk. When I go for walks, I usually walk anywhere between 1.8 miles (3 km) and 4.35 miles (7 km)
@PhantomSavage3 жыл бұрын
Most Americans have probably 3 or 4 general ideas of what "American Accents" are in their head (like deep southern drawl or New York wise guy), and they almost always never consider themselves to have one, so this makes us particularly good at recognizing accents that aren't are own. The truth is, however, the regional differences in accents and even colloquial vocabulary in the United States is about as dense or MORE dense than europe itself. The number of different southern accents probably rank in the hundreds, as does the colder eastern states, and even the west coast and mid-west have fairly diverse and unique accents even though they often consider themselves to be the most neutral in speech style. TL;DR The irony is, Americans are good at detecting accents because they think they have no accents, but in reality have more native accents than most of europe.
@PineappleSquuid3 жыл бұрын
That’s pretty cool. I never thought of it that way. Also, nice channel!
@UriahElroy6663 жыл бұрын
As a Pittsburgher I can confirm having an accent I'm not aware of.
@pageturner29583 жыл бұрын
Idk about anywhere else, but I need to stop assuming that the way I speak is a sort of default. I have come to realize this is not true. About the hundreds of accents thing, I hardly get out of state so I can only think of two, mine and country.
@Scr4mbledM3ggs3 жыл бұрын
Lol it’s true though I constantly forget that “The American Accent” is a thing. That’s when you meet someone who has an accent it’s always so fascinating to us. XD
@davidrgrech03 жыл бұрын
Bitch please, there are regions within the same European countries that the accent and dialect differ so much, people of the same country have a hard time understanding each other. Not to mention different languages altogether. Accents in the UK vary within km of each other or within different areas of London. The US isn't as diverse (or I'd like to specify white US citizens) as you think it is
@Um_im_ryan4 жыл бұрын
“A lawyer talking about some other miracle drug” IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH MESOTHELIOMA YOU MAY BE ENTITLE TO MONETARY COMPENSATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@acrispywaffleiron40144 жыл бұрын
I can hear this in his monotone voice and am disturbed
@kurousagi81554 жыл бұрын
“How did I get this disease?” “What are my treatment options?”
@Razzy-sr4oq4 жыл бұрын
Did you forget about, 'If you have ever been sexually abused by a Boy Scout leader, now is your time to get compensation.' They play that commercial at least 5 times every 15 minutes. No wonder streaming services are popular.
@billolsen43604 жыл бұрын
Which really means that he, the lawyer, may be entitled to monetary compensation.
@markfoster15204 жыл бұрын
@@billolsen4360 You are legally entitled to nearly HALF of that!!! so, ya, they want YOUR money.
@willinton064 жыл бұрын
I waved to a guy for letting me pass and he got out of the car super angry and had a super thick accent so I couldn’t understand what he said, but I’m sure he felt insulted, then I explained the gesture to him and he was super embarrassed
@kumaahito39274 жыл бұрын
Hmm, not sure about that thing, we also wave as a sign of thanks if we cannot verbally express it. (Not being able to talk for any reason. Sitting in two different cars, being too far away from each other, etc.)
@jaminwaite38673 жыл бұрын
@Charlotte Hogg maybe Greece? I feel like I've heard that.
@Carbon_Crow4 жыл бұрын
I almost never say "you're welcome" when someone says "thank you" because *it makes it seem like it was such a big deal to me.* Often people will just say thank you for things like holding the door open or helping with minor-medium task. I don't want to give people the impression that I went through a lot of trouble and be anxious to ask for things going forward. I only say "your welcome" when the favor that I did was actually effortful and feel like I _actually deserve_ being thanked. Edit: Just to be clear, I don't completely ignore their "thank you". I normally just smile + nod or say "yeah" / "no problem".
@Nyabot-mh2zi4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, saying you're welcome just feels wrong to me too- like I either say no problem or stay silent
@internetguy1233 жыл бұрын
@@Nyabot-mh2zi I just smile or laugh softly because im too shy
@Twisted_Logic3 жыл бұрын
I typically say "no problem". Something about "you're welcome" geeks super conceited to me. Like that song in Moana.
@Hepoxni3 жыл бұрын
I only say "you're welcome" because saying something else, I would feel like I'm being rude
@embernyx25643 жыл бұрын
Exactly, like if I hold the door open for someone and they say "thanks", I'll probably nod or just go "mhm-hm". And more often than not, I'll use "no problem"
@MisterKabukiMask3 жыл бұрын
Remember, y’all is an efficient and practical term, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise
@DakotaofRaptors2 жыл бұрын
Hell ye pardner
@RossoAmareno5 ай бұрын
english lacks a plural version of "you" which almost every other language has, and y'all is literally perfect for the role
@skylersmith94654 жыл бұрын
We do talk crap about ourselves and our country, we hear someone else doing it then things wil get a bit heated.
@handson45803 жыл бұрын
"see its ok if we talk shit about our contry but its a diffrent story when others do it"
@jan-gc6yi3 жыл бұрын
l think it’s sort of a “Mind your own business” type of thing.
@lewisdunn14873 жыл бұрын
@@jan-gc6yi It’s very much the same here in Britain. We will shit talk out country and government all day long but let a European do it and a thousand years of anger will come out lol
@weaselwolf84253 жыл бұрын
@@lewisdunn1487 Yep. Its quite odd really. I myself and a patriotic 'Murican and I don't like those who criticize their own country and people (F the government tho) but when a foreigner does it the gloves come off lol like the whole wrath of God is about to start shining down.
@reaperhunter72973 жыл бұрын
Lmao true also the counting thing who doesn't start with their thumb?
@generalgrevious4474 жыл бұрын
This video makes me more comfortable being an American.
@ipurelyevil70724 жыл бұрын
Really? It did the opposite to me
@OpRaven-624 жыл бұрын
@@ipurelyevil7072 Really? It just reaffirmed my already normal behavior. How did it do the opposite to you?
@ipurelyevil70724 жыл бұрын
@@OpRaven-62 it made me self conscious about mine idk
@OpRaven-624 жыл бұрын
@@ipurelyevil7072 just give it 2 weeks, you'll forget about, and you won't be as self conscious.
@ipurelyevil70724 жыл бұрын
@@OpRaven-62 thanks ^^
@xxweirdofromspacexx11194 жыл бұрын
I'm american and I gotta say the only time I see anyone walk in the house with shoes on is when we're only going in for around 10 seconds then right back out.
@Sp00kq4 жыл бұрын
I was born in Russia however lived in the US for half of my life now, and I'd say I've accustomed to US life VERY fast. I always take my shoes off at the door at a house because that's what I was taught to do, unless they say I can leave my shoes on. But then either way I take them off because it doesn't feel right for me to walk around inside the house with shoes on. And sometimes I won't even put shoes on to like go check the mail or just go in our back yard
@salmonellachickenbreastroasted4 жыл бұрын
Here in The UK, we do whatever, including wearing shoes around the house however depending on the carpet texture and colour, especially rugs, it is generally a no shoes policy in those areas otherwise carry on. When going round to someone else's home, we generally ask if they would prefer our shoes on or off or, if we should take our shoes off. If it's okay to leave on, you will find that we generally do. Shoes off the sofa though is a general rule as well x
@dwarvenmoray4 жыл бұрын
I spend most of the day with my steel toed boots on simply because I'm too lasy to take them off. It's 10:38 PM as I'm writing this, & I still have them on.
@GoddessFourWinds4 жыл бұрын
I've only known less than a handful of people with the no-shoes policy in my more than 50 years on the planet.
@Philicia04134 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I walk barefoot around my house, damn, I even go outside barefoot because f*** shoes. I think most people judge America/Americans based on just one person or one place they've visited even though America is huge and everywhere you go the culture and people are different. I'm from the east coast and if I ever did go to the states in the midwest I'd probably be blown away with the difference.
@SamLesCreations3 жыл бұрын
I've never heard so many good things about america 😂😂😂
@isdrakon98023 жыл бұрын
I walked into this video expecting to get blasted but I was pleasantly surprised
@insanemang99833 жыл бұрын
Guess our self depreciation is starting to get that bad
@lexitaylor81313 жыл бұрын
I was honestly hoping to get roasted for being American
@lilbiscuit58253 жыл бұрын
Yed
@queenofdramatech4 жыл бұрын
I am an American. I laugh every time an advertisement comes on for a drug and I am already taking it! (Multiple chronic conditions.) It's like stop pushing it to me, I already take it! Lol!
@thegayestgoth4 жыл бұрын
That ain't funny
@justanotherstranger36724 жыл бұрын
@@thegayestgoth Why?
@cashkenterprises55844 жыл бұрын
Ilana Rahim-Braden bc he gay
@jimpickens44 жыл бұрын
@@justanotherstranger3672 because it's like making an off-hand joke about having cancer during book club. it's a sad way for people to cope with something that's eating away at them but they can't control.
@swamp_stump_8064 жыл бұрын
@@cashkenterprises5584 using gay as an insult is homophobic even if you don't intend it to be, it can seriously hurt people's feelings and affect their self image. I thought people stopped using that because they realized this but I guess not.
@Him.TheOneAndOnly4 жыл бұрын
As an American, I dislike and don't understand loud people, like when going into a busy restaurant and I have to yell just so the person taking my order can hear me, it is so annoying.
@pugh38964 жыл бұрын
Even when parents don't control their demon spawn..
@abdulelkhatib26744 жыл бұрын
yes it is
@dudebruh85344 жыл бұрын
@@pugh3896 Oh god please don't remind me of those parents. Every time I go help my mom go to a store or Walmart we always make bets on when we're gonna hear a baby screech its lungs out. Worst case scenario its in the same line as us and the mother does nothing or attempt to calm it down.
@jamiebarrientos99694 жыл бұрын
@@dudebruh8534 I feel attacked 😭 But fr that’s exactly why my son isn’t allowed to go shopping anymore. He has severe adhd and who knows what else(can’t afford a diagnosis) So simple tasks are a nightmare 😓 My mom said he’s the poster child for birth control, but fails to remember her and I both also have severe adhd and we’re also the same way 🤦🏼♀️
@amysarahace4 жыл бұрын
Tbh I can agree
@rayopeongo4 жыл бұрын
A few years ago, I was in Houston for two weeks for a large project planning session. I was working for a large multi-national company, and there were people there from all over the world. I ate breakfast and lunch in the company cafeteria. Mid-morning they brought a snack to the meeting room, mid-afternoon, they brought another one. When I went out for meals, the servings were huge. By the middle of the first week, I started skipping dinner, I was already full from all of the food they had fed me all day. Halfway through the second week, they brought out the mid-afternoon snack, and the guy beside me, from Belgium, said "I forget what it feels like to be hungry". I knew Americans ate a lot, but that was a real eye-opener.
@aliyahblidner4 жыл бұрын
Once I stopped eating as much I noticed how fucking much my family ate. Like, I ate a couple spoonfuls of rice and a couple Brussel sprouts because I ate something about 5 hours ago, so don’t say it’s concerning when I don’t eat more! I don’t wanna eat that much! Usually I eat a small breakfast (maybe a slice of bread or less) and then no lunch when possible or a small amount of lunch. Maybe a little dinner but usually forced to eat more. None of this dessert shit. Sometimes even that is too much food for me.
@DoWorkNP4 жыл бұрын
@@aliyahblidner Male or female? How tall? Whats your weight? Do you work a physical job? When I was working on the rail yard I was eating about 5,000-6,000 calories per day. I felt like a pig because I was constantly starving even though I ate so much. I was still losing about a pound a week.
@aliyahblidner4 жыл бұрын
DoWorkNP female, a little over average weight, I do some sports but not too many, and every time I eat I seem to gain 5 pounds even if I swallowed barely anything.
@Sp00kq4 жыл бұрын
A few years ago, even though I was very accustomed to US life at that point. (I'm Russian and my accent was gone very quickly lol), I ordered the largest size drink from a Jack in the Box, and when they pulled out the cup I look at it like "oh fuck what have I done..." cus it was pretty much a small bucket. It took me 2 hours to finish it. From now on I only ever get mediums
@ericdev25114 жыл бұрын
For a lot of Americans the meal isn't over when we're full... it's over when we hate ourselves.
@fancyf33t2953 жыл бұрын
"Freedom Units" Fucking hell. I'm using that forever now
@skeltonslay8er7813 жыл бұрын
I get ten cheeseburgers to the gallon, you?
@wisemonke1943 жыл бұрын
@@skeltonslay8er781 4 guns per bullet
@johnj.spurgin70373 жыл бұрын
@@wisemonke194 only 4? damn.
@lexitaylor81313 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, I remember learning about the basic freedom units of pressure. *Bullets per square child*
@pjswag21183 жыл бұрын
@@lexitaylor8131 the air pressure mustn’t surpass 20 ad coupons per square inch
@TheSwarm666X4 жыл бұрын
at work i saw a guy have an issue with his trailer hitch, another guy randomly came over to help him. then a 3rd guy gave him a new pin for his hitch out of his truck and the first guy was on his way. i wonder if helping a random guy like that is normal outside of America. after watching this, it doesn't seem that way.
@jackwallace73064 жыл бұрын
Some of us are good 😊
@vernonbear4 жыл бұрын
I’m a great believer in ‘paying it forward’, if you’ve got a flat or run out of fuel or you are just in need of a hand then it’s on me to help, you never know when you’ll need the help yourself, karma follows you and she’s a terrible mistress if you don’t look after her 😂
@georgesakellaropoulos81624 жыл бұрын
I've traveled in Europe and South/Central America. It's quite frequent in most of the United States, quite infrequent in Europe, and somewhere in between in South/Central America. In general, the more rural the area, the more likely people are to lend a hand.
@newchangeunlisted_viewer55944 жыл бұрын
Yea, just a few weeks back my family got a flat on the freeway. Pulled into a rest stop and 2 different guys came to help us. Sadly we didn't have a spare but things did work out eventually
@leidersammlung69554 жыл бұрын
True. I’m a country boy who’s lived in some of the major cities, and I can tell you that the rural areas are a lot better that way, though. The more urban, the more callous/selfish,in my experience. (Just a generality, there’s givers and takers in every area)
@vonb40504 жыл бұрын
Hah got up to the "what?" in the US and "Pardon?" in the UK. Pardon is the polite way in Aus too but if you say "I beg your pardon?" It means "did you say what I think you just said? Cause you're going to die if you did."
@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.4 жыл бұрын
It's the same in the UK. Saying "I BEG your pardon?" with a heavy emphasis on the "beg" means you've said something rude or insulting.
@vonb40504 жыл бұрын
@@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs. yep. When my grandma or mum said that all I heard was "you done fucked up"
@johnnywaffles24824 жыл бұрын
Even in the states saying "beg your pardon" is normally the response to fighting words lol
@j_edwards60754 жыл бұрын
I work next to a dishwasher and whenever the chefs yell out something they need I have to constantly get them to repeat it haha. I always say "sorry, I missed that". Growing up, my grandparents would always make an effort to tell me replying with "what" is the peak of rudeness.
@DockerBootLaces4 жыл бұрын
When my grandmama says that I know I’m in deep doodoo
@chrises49994 жыл бұрын
I know I wasn’t the only thinking “hey, I have that” and “I do that” in my head
@nowhatrice85684 жыл бұрын
no, we both were
@chloevaughn97554 жыл бұрын
We all were
@missterious7114 жыл бұрын
Haha I do that
@markfoster15204 жыл бұрын
Hey, we all do that.
@carsonridd4 жыл бұрын
I do that as well
@catelynh10204 жыл бұрын
Fun story, so my family has a midwestern accent. When i was quite a bit younger, we went on a cruise down in the carribean area. We met a family there and spent a lot of time with them, finding out towards the end of the trip they were actually canadian and we'd both thought we came from the same place because we at least understood each other and had so many similarities in our lives.
@GyeongmiBaeb3 жыл бұрын
This is funny because the "Midwestern accent" is also known as the "newscaster" or "no accent" accent
@catelynh10203 жыл бұрын
@@GyeongmiBaeb that is true, but minnesotan, or at least more northern minnesotan, sounds pretty distinct. A good funny video to watch is the "how to talk minnesotan" series. It's really pretty old, but way too relevant, even now. Especially the minnesotan goodbye and negatives. I know someone from california who will just say goodbye and leave, versus we normally say goodbye at least 3 times while moving closer to our vehicle (once in house, once at door, once at vehicle) since we'll end up staying longer than we intend. The long goodbye seems to be more of a mn or at least midwest thing around mn.
@GyeongmiBaeb3 жыл бұрын
@@catelynh1020 huh! I'll have to check this out. I've always heard people pronounce Minnesota in the stereotypical Minnesota accent which sounds like the Dakota accent a little but never met anyone from there with the accent. Now that I think of it, I don't think I've ever met someone from Minnesota in person at all 😅
@GyeongmiBaeb3 жыл бұрын
@@catelynh1020 it was like Min-EE-SOOO-tuh lol
@catelynh10203 жыл бұрын
@@GyeongmiBaeb there's certain phrases that feel super minnesotan. The accent comes through for some vowels, particularly the o that we lengthen, and we use d instead of t a lot. There's more, but i am used to it and don't hear it and with the exposure to other accents from tv and the internet, i feel i sound less minnesotan and more generically midwestern a lot of the time. Except for certain phrases Oh yeah, you bet (sounds like oya yubetcha) I'm going to sneak by you (sounds like i'm gonna snEak bya) We also make fun of ourselves a lot. If ever we're gonna comment about accents, we'll say "oh ya, you betcha, let's gooo fiiishin in our booot while it's still cooold". And if we're making fun of canadians, we just add "eh" to the end of that sentence.
@endiliel4 жыл бұрын
A few words about thanking the military for their service... This stems from the Vietnam War. The soldiers who fought in that war grew up seeing the images of WWII and the Korea War soldiers coming home to cheering crowds, parades, and accolades. But a large proportion of the US public was so opposed to the Vietnam War that soldiers coming home were ostracized and spit upon. The public couldn't punish their government for being involved in the war, so they punished the soldiers, many of whom had been given no choice and were drafted. This went on through most of the 70s and caused more emotional and psychological trauma to soldiers already dealing with PTSD. They came home to a place they were supposed to be safe and found themselves attacked in the streets for wearing their left-over military clothes because they couldn't find a job and had no money to buy any other clothes. So their very image set them up to be a target. Things started to turn around in the 80s as the psychologists started exposing the ordeal Vietnam War soldiers were still facing. When the Gulf War erupted in the 90s, there was a general feeling that these soldiers should not have to experience what the Vietnam War soldiers did. They didn't return to cheering crowds and parades, but they also didn't have to experience public harassment. So, the culture of thanking soldiers for their service was created.
@Hiraghm3 жыл бұрын
"But as a large proportion of the US public was so opposed..." That is a myth. A created myth. Public opinion was swayed against the Vietnam War by a very small minority and the communist-sympathetic western media. They were as big of liars back then as they are today, there was just no alternative media to contradict their narrative... and so it's "remembered" as a large portion of the public, which simply isn't true.
@kathrynesq88143 жыл бұрын
@@Hiraghm you are WRONG!
@garygrant913 жыл бұрын
@@Hiraghm It was large enough. And those that didn't participate in the harassment would typically turn away and pretend they didn't see what was happening.
@ravanpee13253 жыл бұрын
@@garygrant91 and they hade a good reason. Killing more than a million people and achieving nothing
@lauriestlyon87733 жыл бұрын
@@ravanpee1325 Actually they did achieve something. They inflicted so many casualties on the Chinese troops sent to help the North that China never sent regular troops into direct combat again. America lost the war at home and the political will was not there. Ironically they were actually making in country gains when the policy changed. They probably saved the entire far east from communist domination.
@minermike33374 жыл бұрын
Because of this video I’m now going to call the dollar a freedom unit
@HanzTheODST3 жыл бұрын
american dollars< freedom unit < american boot currency
@jasanpahaf3 жыл бұрын
whenever you need to recalculate the equivalent from metric/currencies into unit conventions used in America that's when the term 'Freedom units' is inquired. Common inquiries include for MPG, MPH, $$$, lbs. Good thing time is truly universal.
@weaselwolf84253 жыл бұрын
Same. Its more American🇺🇸💪😉
@John-cq3hk3 жыл бұрын
Fuck yes. Merica lol
@garygrant913 жыл бұрын
@@jasanpahaf Everyone asks us when we are going metric. When it happens, we are planning to introduce the metric clock. (If we have to go metric we will go METRIC!)
@theanarchist97334 жыл бұрын
"be rude to me dammit" lol
@solorevolutionist7993 жыл бұрын
This boosted my confidence as a American ten fold, No joke.
@thegreycrusader4 жыл бұрын
If you get out of your car and walk up to a cops car when you get pulled over then you have no sense of self-preservation.
@selenalulamoon11674 жыл бұрын
And sadly that's becoming a bad thing. Police brutality is very real in our country and it's no longer a racial issue because black cops are doing the same thing. Shoot first ask questions later. I think it's high time we try teaching more non lethal ways of take down and give more officers tasers because those are alittle less deathly.
@thegreycrusader4 жыл бұрын
@@selenalulamoon1167 tasers can still force cardiac arrest. Some state police don't even carry tasers because you use a taser for the same reason you'd pull your gun.
@selenalulamoon11674 жыл бұрын
@@thegreycrusader we still need less lethal ways though. Honestly we really need to make a nonlethal weapon that police can use. We have the technology I think at this point.
@selenalulamoon11674 жыл бұрын
That isnt a stick
@thegreycrusader4 жыл бұрын
@@selenalulamoon1167 like what tech would be reliable? Rubber bullets?
@crayolaclouds26964 жыл бұрын
American here. I've seen the posts about Americans always being friendly and talking to whole groups of strangers or something and how it weirds out the non-Americans, and I wanted to share something about Europeans: When I lived in Australia for a year, I noticed the European tourists would hear my accent (like at a coffee shop or when I was buying my ticket for the bus) and then strike up a conversation with me. I got to talk with people from France, Germany and Italy and their accents were just wonderful. Honestly, it was nice to have that comradery of us both being foreigners in a new country. A couple of Aussies would talk to me if they heard my accent, but mainly it was Europeans. Everyone assumed I was from Canada because I was so quiet and polite lmao. I guess Americans don't go to Ausland too often and when we do, we're loud and crazy lol. My fellow Americans, go to Australia if you get a chance. The culture isn't vastly different from ours and it's a great time. Also, there's no open bottle laws and walking down the sidewalk with an open bottle of hard cider made me feel so free lmao.
@Thelarpet4 жыл бұрын
Y'know, I would go to Aussie, but I have a severe case of Arachnophobia. It's sounds so amazing there. ;v;
@ludity76284 жыл бұрын
In France, especially outside big cities, if someone makes a mistake, even if you're not sure you're in fault, you apologize. So sometimes, it's so weird because 2 persons are apologizing to each others 😂
@dallyh.29604 жыл бұрын
I would move to Australia if it weren't for the gun laws. Self defense isn't considered a valid reason to carry, which I think is a shame. Ozzies (I think that's the right spelling?) seem like they'd be such a bad ass people because they live on such a badass island where everything wants to kill you, but they don't like the idea of defending yourself with a gun. It just seems odd to me. It's something you'd expect from Canada, and is the case in Canada, but Australia you'd think would be different.
@roseduste804 жыл бұрын
@@dallyh.2960 You should come see the place for yourself. But if you're expecting everyone to be like Crocodile Dundee, you're going to be disappointed. Most of us simply don't see the need to arm ourselves with guns. The crime level doesn't warrant it.
@brigidtheirish4 жыл бұрын
@@roseduste80 From the Midwest and self defense isn't just defending yourself from other humans. If you live out in the country, there could be cougars, coyotes, bears, maybe even wolves. Even if you don't hit the animal, the sound of a gun going off could scare it away. Heck, even in extremely low crime areas, like out in the country, having a gun for protection against other humans isn't a bad idea. Just driving from the nearest town to where I live is fifteen minutes. Between how quickly things can go wrong and typical American self-reliance, a lot of us just feel safer with a weapon nearby.
@cadetkohr55084 жыл бұрын
I couldn't stop laughing when I read "I'm gonna fill up with more water and take your poop for several tours around the bowl before getting rid of it." I realize that that's really true. Also, I'm still in school, but Americans don't get _nearly_ enough time off. Now that I think about it that's probably why we're so friendly.
@Philicia04134 жыл бұрын
I've never thought our toilets were so different 😂
@cadetkohr55084 жыл бұрын
@@Philicia0413 Same
@obviouslykaleb79984 жыл бұрын
But... you’re still in school? How would you know how much is too much? This reeks of both a propagandized school system, and the belief that relative hardships make total hardship.
@cadetkohr55084 жыл бұрын
@@obviouslykaleb7998 I'm in high school and I've had several jobs already. That's how I know.
@obviouslykaleb79984 жыл бұрын
@@cadetkohr5508 But you have school as well. You can’t blame a job for not magically making your school go away. Or are these summer jobs? Either way, you are still young and immature (coming from someone who is just at the same age) and thus your tolerance for things is lessened. It may sound cliche, but that’s only because people tend to repeat what they know: you are still young and immature. Edit: the way you said “several jobs” is also suspect. This implies that these were temporary gigs, which are almost exclusively part time. Let’s also not forget that most jobs in America have the weekends and holidays off which, in total, adds up to a lot of days off. Second edit: these jobs were also likely not recently, being that even grown adults are having a hard time finding jobs because of the 🅱️orona🅱️irus. This further emphasis my first point of immaturity. Third edit: the way you said “several jobs” could also be interpreted in a way that suggests you were fired, which would yet further emphasize the immaturity point.
@revolutionarylizard44393 жыл бұрын
You know I was honestly expecting this to be more negative like a lot of other U.S. vs. The rest of the world videos but it turned out to be just an interesting video about cultural differences
@stepahead59442 жыл бұрын
Same! A pleasant surprise for once.
@chloecook45114 жыл бұрын
When I first moved to Missouri someone waved to me as I was passing their home. I kept looking back to see who he was, thinking I must know him. I ran off the road into a ditch, screwing up my brand new car. Everyone waves here. 🤔
@newchangeunlisted_viewer55944 жыл бұрын
Lol yea you get used to it
@chloecook45114 жыл бұрын
@@newchangeunlisted_viewer5594 yeah, you do. I have been here for 41 years.
@jimsale98244 жыл бұрын
I’m in southern Missouri and wave at people I don’t know all the time just for the fun of it
@chloecook45114 жыл бұрын
@@jimsale9824 I am in south central Missouri and wave all the time. It started out in response to others waving but now I just wave. 😊
@linkinlog85434 жыл бұрын
They do that in my state too! I’m from Mass Though my Dad is from Missouri!
@graveyardshift21004 жыл бұрын
We definitely work too much with too few people questioning it.
@garyenkwong16834 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@OpRaven-624 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@plsdontdoxme26444 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@jedibob43464 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@madelinejeanhibbert24134 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@thoughtfuldevil60694 жыл бұрын
I just reply to "Thank You" with "Anytime." It seems neutral and not overbearing polite or mildly rude.
@viapersona74013 жыл бұрын
I usually say “no problem”
@Zexx43 жыл бұрын
@@viapersona7401 same "no problem" is my default response, it's pretty neutral and doesnt sound condescending like "you're welcome"
@charliegarrison96883 жыл бұрын
Anytime... Just not everytime! Lol that makes people think for a moment
@thatpaulschofield4 жыл бұрын
"Only Americans refer to ethnicity by nationality." How else would you say that your ancestors were from Germany?
@PanthereaLeonis3 жыл бұрын
Why would you bother? I guess that's what the rest of us are getting at. Does it really matter that much that your grammy was italian or dutch?
@thatpaulschofield3 жыл бұрын
I think people have a curiosity for these kinds of things. Look at the success of ancestry.com and similar businesses. Why aren't people allowed to be curious or interested in certain things?
@RazvanMaioru3 жыл бұрын
In a way that means "my ancestors were from Germany", not "I'm from Germany" like what "I'm German" means.
@aubreyackermann84323 жыл бұрын
I've always said things like "Germanic with a bit of (insert nationality)" or "on my mom's side I'm (nationality)"
@Hiraghm3 жыл бұрын
@@PanthereaLeonis yes.
@emmylouispog4 жыл бұрын
“Hi how are you?” “I’m not doing so well..” “Oh no.....” Saying anything that isn’t fine as an answer to that question is highly frowned upon unless it’s your very close friends or your family. Even then. Kinda a trick question
@Rainbow_Butterfly4 жыл бұрын
1, love the toga pfp. 2, yeah.... "How are you" is a very tricky question/greeting indeed
@emmylouispog4 жыл бұрын
@@Rainbow_Butterfly Thanks, I love my pfp too.
@bremCZ4 жыл бұрын
Me at the supermarket. "How are you?" "Terrible" "That's nice"
@pokedragon3664 жыл бұрын
I think a video by a KZbinr named the Odd1sOut explained it, but I can't remember which one it was... I think it was the "talking to strangers" one?
@emerylsg4 жыл бұрын
is it really? ive answered negatively many times to those questions and they usually end with them asking why or wishing my day/life goes better
@ShadowKirbz4 жыл бұрын
"Why is your money all the same color" Because we read the numbers on them. Lol.
@ZhadTheRad4 жыл бұрын
My country's bills are in different color *and* length (with length increase with value of bills). The color helps with identifying and differentiate between the bills, while also making it harder to create counterfeits (there's also things that is only visible under UV light, color-shifting icon/image, security bands, tactile marks (for visually impaired) and more to make it hard to create fake bills)
@serimus4 жыл бұрын
Monopoly: am I a joke to you?
@kimineko45663 жыл бұрын
@@ZhadTheRad that sound similar with my country, are u indonesian?
@ZhadTheRad3 жыл бұрын
@@kimineko4566 I'm from Sweden
@iamstupid35663 жыл бұрын
I mean we are used to it though
@hr_3m0_fk_rv5u24 жыл бұрын
Y'all are goddamn right we get too little time off. I think the only country that gets less time off than us is probably Japan.
@christinabrown94734 жыл бұрын
the only time you get off is when you retire my dad says that I'm still in school a senior so it doesn't surprise me
@billolsen43604 жыл бұрын
I hear North Korea is really bad in this respect.
@thegayestgoth4 жыл бұрын
South Korea is pretty bad, too. Kids go to school and the tutoring centers had to start closing at 10---pm. By law. That's why the suicide rates are astronomical in China, Japan, Korea, and Asia in general. China is pretty bad too, with absolutely no laws to protect the working class
@HH-ru4bj4 жыл бұрын
@@thegayestgoth the term is wage slave. This is one reason why mobile games is such a huge market in those countries. They get minutes in between tasks to play and overtime and attendance is considered mandatory even when sick. They don't see how hard you work, only when you aren't at work. A nonsequitor is japan has what's called hostage justice which is completely different from here in america. If you are arrested for anything, you are expected to confess and then they'll release you to wait for the trial. If you don't confess then you can expect to stay in jail until your trial despite how passionate your lawyer may be.
@ihavenoideawhattocallthis9524 жыл бұрын
Sweatshops
@holyrolypoly3 жыл бұрын
When I was in fourth grade, I became close friends with a girl from Korea who came to the US to study for a year. For whatever reason, I decided to show her ‘Home Alone’ and she was so horrified that Americans found people getting hurt entertaining that we had to shut it off before it was even over.
@nico.ch0293 жыл бұрын
I would say that is a western thing mostly
@mynewphone20133 жыл бұрын
Fancy getting offended by Home Alone
@holyrolypoly3 жыл бұрын
@@mynewphone2013 Nah, I think she was more shocked than offended. She was, like, ten after all.
@mynewphone20133 жыл бұрын
@@holyrolypoly ohh, I thought she was older than that. Fair enough
@chrisc68573 жыл бұрын
Note to non-US readers: We don't find people getting hurt amusing. We find BAD people getting what's coming to them amusing. (Especially when it's meted out to them by someone they mistook for a harmless victim.)
@crazymic794 жыл бұрын
So, what i'm getting from this is most people outside the US are seriously unfriendly.
4 жыл бұрын
What I am getting is that people from the u.s. act interested without meaning it.
@tylermorris47304 жыл бұрын
Pokémaniac Guquiz Most of us Americans (especially in the South East and mid-west) actually are very interested. This isn’t as true in the northeast or west coast. I went to California and practically everyone there was stuck up. Stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason I suppose.
@wildwyatxbox4 жыл бұрын
@@tylermorris4730 I agree. I live in PA, people here are alright but the more north you go, the more unfriendly people get. California is a no-no zone for me.
@unwateredflower50554 жыл бұрын
@@tylermorris4730 as someone from Maryland (one of the most unspoken states) people are fecking asshole in Baltimore but Annapolis is nice if you know what your doing.
@lilaurmom53144 жыл бұрын
@@tylermorris4730 ouch i'm californian i just don't like talking to people but i do see where you are coming from lol people here scare me even myself LMAO
@ForestofCicadas4 жыл бұрын
People seem to find the fact that Americans talk to strangers to be strange, but just remember all your friends were a stranger to you once. Talking to someone, you can make a new friend and even if you don't make a new friend you can still brighten someone's day.
@hwgray2 жыл бұрын
"you can still brighten someone's day." Or get on somebody's nerves.
@nafisrayhanhabibi79504 жыл бұрын
I love how you make the thumbnail The SWAT team is petting a cat lol XD
@GyeongmiBaeb3 жыл бұрын
It's a raccoon and he's reaching down for a "high-five" lol
@theseagull48053 жыл бұрын
It took me 13 years to find out that people don’t care how I’m doing- *I found out when I told my orthodontist about my school’s safety presentation*
@michaelgreen25654 жыл бұрын
As an American whose been to the U.k. I can vouch for the "sorry" thing. Fun fact, that it's even said when you're trying to move by or past someone. Made me feel like an unintentional bully at times.
@nowhatrice85684 жыл бұрын
ahaha.. ha.. yeah
@mikestein21994 жыл бұрын
The United Kingdom’s sounds like a very antisocial and weird place
@oregonrailfan70464 жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking
@vernonbear4 жыл бұрын
It really isn’t. Well it’s weird in an eccentric kind of way I guess but up here in Buxton, Derbyshire it’s certainly not anti-social. If you strike up a conversation you’ll find people love to talk to visitors, you are the lifeblood that keeps our little town in business plus our water makes its way all around the globe, baffles us, you can get it free here 😂
@mikestein21994 жыл бұрын
Gavin Johnson that sounds like a lovely place to visit and hopefully I can one day.
@sophiem77344 жыл бұрын
No it's London, nobody speaks to each other in London (just at each other)
@bernardfender51474 жыл бұрын
London is. The further away you get from London and usually the further North you go, the more polite and friendly people get.
@rjthehalfbloodedeldrich22424 жыл бұрын
I think the reason they have to list the side affects for drugs is so you cant sue the doctor if something happens, and also if they didnt you would have to pay a shit ton of money just to ask the doctor about the side affects and then deciding the side affects arent worth it so you just wasted your money.
@corvusmay10414 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it’s sad but there’s a lot of morons who sue people for dumb crap when they want money
@cageybee72214 жыл бұрын
@LinusDickTips it was 150F, but it was still enough to cause 3rd degree burns.
@cageybee72214 жыл бұрын
@LinusDickTips i know, like i said it wass still enough to cause third degree burns.
@AGripOBabys4 жыл бұрын
Not the doctor mainly, but the company making the product.
@ethanbrown17113 жыл бұрын
I'm an American and I am very critical of the United States. I needed to see this.
@spiritsofwolves2 жыл бұрын
Same i teared up a bit whenever anyone said how friendly we are 🥺☺️
@vickiesmith30219 ай бұрын
Your country is absolutely fantastic.
@aarondillon59864 жыл бұрын
I always notice when hearing about people’s experiences with the US, that almost all or a lot of the differences they notice are also the same here in Canada....I think it’s moreso that instead of things being “American” I think it’s more like everything is “North American”
@wokedog17994 жыл бұрын
And then Mexico is just vibing
@thegreycrusader4 жыл бұрын
But guns
@aarondillon59864 жыл бұрын
@@wokedog1799 vibing...in Central America.
@wokedog17994 жыл бұрын
@@aarondillon5986 no, mexico is part of North America the continent
@aarondillon59864 жыл бұрын
@@wokedog1799 lol my bad...had a little brain cramp there
@athenakvamme75504 жыл бұрын
13:40 Part of that is actually a safety measure, too. At least for me, I've always been told that if I must walk through a city alone, particularly when it's late, I should walk with purpose, as if I know exactly where I am going and I am expected to be there soon. Makes you less of a target. But idk maybe that's just what I was taught
@michaelkappa80813 жыл бұрын
No this has sound reasoning behind it. Makes you seem like a local, in a big city try your best not to be awed by the skyscrapers and buildings. Singles you out as a tourist, most people on trips are carrying cash, ect.
@stevenscott21363 жыл бұрын
Of course, a lot of us are just impatient. I don't want to wander around in a store -- I want to get my stuff, get home, finish my project, and use the extra time for sleep, exercise, gaming, sex, etc.
@jkl.guitar2 жыл бұрын
funny bc i partied with some travel friends in brooklyn a few years back. One of the guys was breaking every single rule I was taught about how to act in the city (talking loud, screaming "Where are we going" "we are lost!") and just being a fool. I had serious issues with him at first, but found some sense of logic in the idea that nobody wants to bother somebody thats a loud fool haha. 10/10 would party with them again
@mashedpotatoesgaming4544 жыл бұрын
Things I figured out today: Americans are not viewed as badly by the rest of the world as I thought My project is due tomorrow and it's already late
@nowhatrice85684 жыл бұрын
Oh don't worry, I'm supposed to be finishing work do tomorrow but my inner procrastination says no.
@paytonwright18214 жыл бұрын
Mine is beyond the due date so it's fine
@saltyllama31373 жыл бұрын
@Sarah Collins I don't know, but I sure am
@Mr_Milkweed3 жыл бұрын
I got a final due tonight and I'm here 🤣
@ErenYeager-oi6hu3 жыл бұрын
@@Mr_Milkweed Me too! Remote work absolutely sucks.
@420Chameleon3 жыл бұрын
Being from the northeastern US, we're a weird breed. We will probably call you an asshole and give you a hard time, but if you genuinely need help, you typically don't have to go very far to find someone willing to assist a complete stranger who is in a bind.
@GyeongmiBaeb3 жыл бұрын
I would say this about the south. The northeast is probably full of the most crass, uncaring people I've ever met in my life
@420Chameleon3 жыл бұрын
That's strange, the few times I was in the south I was called all manner of racial slurs and epithets for helping a stranger (I'm white btw). Never got called the N word up here for helping a person I didn't know.. Seems like there's a lot of denial that goes on down south. The "good ol boys" mentality is still alive and well down there and it disgusts me.
@alexrostas16973 жыл бұрын
I visited indiana it all seemed the same to me as alabama even the magic the gathering card shops had the usual suspects. Maybe less race diversity since there is a lot of that in alabama.
@balabanasireti7 ай бұрын
@@GyeongmiBaeb Meh
@merryweathersardinia44624 жыл бұрын
The thing about different airports having different cultures, I suspect - as an outsider - that it's a result of how different the various areas of the USA are. I once saw the USA described as 50 countries in a trench-coat, trying to pass themselves off as one single nation. (Outsider status: Australian.)
@kaiceecrane38844 жыл бұрын
That literally is why we are called the United States, we are a union of nations (states) that calls and treats that union as one nation
@cobraglatiator4 жыл бұрын
eh, that was the original idea anyway, not quite so true these days. but has some basis.
@werewolf43584 жыл бұрын
You might find it somewhat interesting to consider that America is legitimately an empire, and that sort of organizational structure does somewhat reflect on the home front. Lots of relatively disparate cultures all united by one central government and so on. I'm not much a fan of what we've got going on *outside* our country, and honestly we need a lot of work inside it. But it's something I've always found fascinating to think about in that way.
@anilin63534 жыл бұрын
Airports are there own cultural that is different from the state
@ToxicMonster54 жыл бұрын
that's fairly accurate, because from my understanding at one time in American History, the idea was proposed to make the states of the US into their own countries, however it was clearly dropped.
@tamarasmith90604 жыл бұрын
4 weeks vacation? Who told that visitor that Americans typically get "only 4 weeks" of vacation?? 🤣🤣🤣 Some work relatively great jobs, where they can earn up to 2 weeks of vacation a year. Most Americans get NO paid vacation at all, & if you try to ask for more than 2 weeks of unpaid vacation a year, most employers freak out. Especially if you mean you want/need it all at once! Unless you're military, a federal or state government employee, or work for a company where you've worked your way up to a high managerial position, then a whole paid month off of work each year is a rare job benefit for Americans. Most people have to save up a lot of money even for a cheap vacation. That's because they have to be sure they can still buy food & pay their utilities in addition to the actual cost of the vacation, because when they take time off they aren't getting paid.
@notalawyer98244 жыл бұрын
In my area, gas doesn’t go above high two dollar -2 dollar 70 cents but it’s low has 1.50-1.99
@LINKINPARK2624 жыл бұрын
I never had a vacation in the entire 23 years in a row that I worked. The first time I took off of work was when I gave birth to my son. Yeah, I know, my name doesn't exactly scream 50 year old woman but, in defense of my name, my son had a good point when he told me that I got to choose his name so it would only be fair if he got to choose one for me. I'm fairly proud of the logic that he's displayed at the age of 8.
@tcbobb16134 жыл бұрын
If you work at a medium to large size non-profit organizations and in a high up position at non-profit organizations for many years. You might get a 3 to 6 months vacation.
@grahamsmith95414 жыл бұрын
@@LINKINPARK262 I like your son's choice of name. Isn't there any sort of law in America for vacation time? In the UK by law. All employees get paid minimum of 20 days plus 8 days of bank holidays. The theory behind it is that by giving people breaks from work. They are more productive over time. Because they don't burn out. What happens about hours a week worked there? Over here it is a legal maximum of 48 averaged over 17 weeks. More than that is up to the individual. Who can't be made to do it and must be paid. You said your only time off was when your son was born. How much maternity leave do you get? Over here by law it's 52 weeks for all mother's. Starting from up to 11 weeks before due date. It is also illegal to return to work less than 2 weeks or 4 weeks in a factory after giving birth. The mother chooses how many weeks to take off. It is paid at 90% of her normal weekly wage for the first 6 weeks. For the next 33 weeks it is 90% or £151.20 ($197.29) whichever is lower per week. The final 13 weeks are unpaid. Also applies to adoption. Can also be split with the baby's father.
@LINKINPARK2624 жыл бұрын
@@grahamsmith9541 The theory over here is that the higher ups make more money by not losing money paying people not to work. Honestly, they could care less about the lower rungs of employees. They have the same amount of empathy for lower workers that you might give to a tea bag. "Oh, this one's used up? Just get another one."
@watercarepro96104 жыл бұрын
I can't stand how loud my fellow americans are, I'm a fairly quiet individual and I can never understand why people have to be so loud at restaurants, it drives me crazy.
@aliyahblidner4 жыл бұрын
waterCarePro hey I never did anything I barely leave my house out of fear
@JAF13234 жыл бұрын
I think it may be because we want our opinions to be heard and that we are afraid that we won’t be hurt if we’re quiet. Again, it’s kind of one of those things where there’s a place and a time for it. I think that most people forget the place and a time rule.
@MrJest24 жыл бұрын
Because everyone else in the place is talking so loud you can't have a normal conversation with the person across from you. It's a feedback loop. Just keeps getting louder and louder.
@thegayestgoth4 жыл бұрын
Shut up
@watercarepro96104 жыл бұрын
@@MrJest2 I was thinking that same thing, but then I look at the conversation that happens at my table and it never gets any louder, even though everyone else seems as if they are yelling. Sometimes I think it's an ego thing, they think what they have to say is more important than what others have to say, and it makes themselves feel good about themselves to have other people hear . It could also be a self worth thing. Who knows...
@JRPittman3 жыл бұрын
American customs can be contagious. Some years ago my daughter (we live in the American South near New Orleans for reference) went to Paris for a month on a college study abroad trip. All of her group are used to holding doors for others as a polite gesture and smiling/greeting the people they held the door for. Parisians at the Metro stops were initially stunned by the gesture. By the third week of them doing this they noticed that people at the stop closest to their hostel had begun to do the same.
@connorrowland6254 жыл бұрын
Moved to SC 15 years ago, everybody here talks to everybody and we wave at everybody. Southern hospitality really blew my mind
@somepotato99004 жыл бұрын
I am originally from a small town in SC and spent a good chunk of my childhood there. And from the stories my parents have told me, it sounds like a place I don't wanna live
@sugakookies80634 жыл бұрын
@@somepotato9900 Really? I’m from Florida but recently visited SC, and it was honestly one of my favorite vacations - really looking forward to going back😊
@somepotato99004 жыл бұрын
@@sugakookies8063 it really depends on where you go. I lived in a small town with a lot of crime.
@alicer77983 жыл бұрын
I live in a small town here in SC. Hardly any crimes here except for theft. It's really beautiful here with my 6 cats. 😁
@khakipeach21283 жыл бұрын
@@sugakookies8063 i live in florida too and want to move the sc once i’m old enough
@ericdev25114 жыл бұрын
I knew about how we use "How are you?" or some variation as a greeting, rather than an actual question to which we expect an honest answer, and how that isn't a normal thing in other countries. Totally forgot about it though when I asked the German kid who was playing volleyball with us "How's it going?" Got an actual answer, and was honestly happy I did once I remembered that to him it IS a question that should be answered. Somewhat unrelated, but he was 13 or 14 (exchange student, coming to the gym with sponsor family) already 6'4" and more than keeping up with 22-35 year olds who've been playing for decades, hope that kid goes pro some day.
@jegr33984 жыл бұрын
"How ya doin?" "How ya doin?" *walks away*
@hwgray4 жыл бұрын
Romanian teaching assistant in college: "In Romania, when we ask you how you are, we really want to know!" The class-members laughed.
@hwgray4 жыл бұрын
@@garrettevans9193 Got a brother named "Garrett." Once met a guy named "Garrett Crouch."
@SaturdayParker4 жыл бұрын
@little special child lol you must get irritated alot
@dallyh.29604 жыл бұрын
"Como estas? Muy bien, y tu? Bien, bien." It's actually a pretty common thing in the western hemisphere.
@nicholasbrando70514 жыл бұрын
When my cousin from Italy came to america, he was shocked to see that we use red solo cups. He only thought it was a thing from movies
@chaosmastermind3 жыл бұрын
Only at parties and picnics where disposable cups are used.
@moranarevel3 жыл бұрын
I have never, ever used a red solo cup.
@nicholasbrando70513 жыл бұрын
@Pissed Bob Ross who the hell is Toby Keith
@kentuckyace10683 жыл бұрын
@@nicholasbrando7051 he created a ballad to those red bastards
@undone87534 жыл бұрын
Something really American: so I am a British Xbox player, I’m playing roblox and I join a party with a bunch of Americans, they say ‘you have a really weird accent’. Then the guy with the strongest American accent in the world says ‘we don’t have no accent’. I had to explain how the world works to them after.
@ArtsyMagic2393 жыл бұрын
Probably a bunch of kids/teens who love Roblox but there could also be some adults idk don't play Roblox.
@bobthreetimes22864 жыл бұрын
I like how in the gas one it said “in freedom units it is”. Yes we call them freedom units
@mondaysinsanity81934 жыл бұрын
The roma thing. Yeah Americans barely know yall exist let alone to be racist lol they still call em gypsy though but we dont actually lnow its even a racist term
@goldengryphon4 жыл бұрын
We have "Gypsy Camps" at Renaissance Fairs and you have to be willing to be mysterious and wear colorful clothes of the style they want. It's seen as the "More fun and child friendly" area of the Fair and generally has all the "Animal Rides" where you can ride around on a pony, or camel, or something, or play the different "child -capable" games. We also see it as a style of fashion - very boho and "Nature's Child"-ish; a style of music - heavy on the doumbek and zills; and decor - think 60's with velvet and lots of color. . I wasn't aware it's considered a racist term. I hope no one's is offended by our turning a race identity into a type of fashion that may have nothing to do with anything.
@mondaysinsanity81934 жыл бұрын
@@goldengryphon in my experience romani don't take offense to the term gypsy in america as they understand no one actually even knows it's history
@AmatuerHourCoding4 жыл бұрын
Made me sad because they dont realize that they probably feel under "white".
@sethralavode90124 жыл бұрын
The hotel I worked at had some stay for 4 weeks. They tried to put some snacks on their rooms credit card. I refused bc they didn’t have one. They also ended up only paying for 2 weeks and the rooms were filthy when they left. That was my only experience with “gypsies”.
@kaldogorath3 жыл бұрын
(Murican) I always thought "gypsies" were really cool in media, especially things related to mysticism. The plight of the Romani is not really known in the US so we have no negative thoughts or connotations. I didn't know that they were thought to be swindlers and thieves by racists in Europe until I was in my 20s, as the only piece of media I had seen which portrayed them as such was the Disney movie "Hunchback of Notre Dame", and there they made you relate to and understand the situation these specific people were in - and you were on their side rooting for them.
@LINKINPARK2624 жыл бұрын
For the record, coffee is just to keep the cream and sugar warm.
@Serahpin4 жыл бұрын
To quote the Beastie Boys, "I like my sugar with coffee and cream."
@LINKINPARK2624 жыл бұрын
@@Serahpin Any real fan will know which one of their videos caused a controversy with a dildo. Googling is cheating.
@Serahpin4 жыл бұрын
@@LINKINPARK262 I can't even name the song I'm quoting from. So I have no idea what you are talking about.
@LINKINPARK2624 жыл бұрын
@@Serahpin Fair enough. If you decide you want to see it, it was in the first 45 seconds of the (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) video. It's the thing that the guy in the back is smacking himself upside the head with.
@Serahpin4 жыл бұрын
@@LINKINPARK262 This caused controversy?
@Orenotter3 жыл бұрын
During the Vietnam conflict, many citizens treated the military disgracefully. Those of us with an ounce of honor vowed that this would not happen again. That's why we take the time to show appreciation to our servicemen.
@ravanpee13253 жыл бұрын
Do you have the same appreciation to innocent civilians who lost their family or have been bombarded with Napalm?
@saltysweetteeth22023 жыл бұрын
@@ravanpee1325 no
@rustyjones79083 жыл бұрын
Anyone with honor would have refused to fight in pointless wars of aggression.
@uswish.4 жыл бұрын
For the driving everywhere part it’s also because in some cities it’s very dangerous to walk anywhere especially by yourself
@markfoster15204 жыл бұрын
I wasn't going to 'like' this post.....then I thought of the common sense places you shouldn't walk! Zeez....Ya...we're not all on holiday! You may be targeted.
@hwgray2 жыл бұрын
"in some cities it’s very dangerous to walk anywhere" Really? In which ones?
@uswish.2 жыл бұрын
@@hwgray most metropolitan american cities
@Soulessdeeds4 жыл бұрын
I was in Germany for 3 years and I was in a club trying to order a beer. I used my American "pointer finger " 1 and said the German ein beer. Instead I got 2 beers. I was initially confused about what went wrong until it hit me in Germany 1 starts with the thumb lol. So all the bartender saw was me ordering 2 beers. Damn Germany was fun.
@Shrimp_Insurance4 жыл бұрын
At least you didn't order 3 beers, probably wouldn't have gone over well
@catspajamboree4 жыл бұрын
you got inglorious basterd
@xenon538274 жыл бұрын
America? Only country where a sign in an elevator that anywhere else in the world would read '10 persons only' is changed to '6 persons only'.
@shivur50734 жыл бұрын
Thats cuz were all overweight here
@Species-lj8wh4 жыл бұрын
Usually states Weight limit 2000 lbs. So depending on how many people are in there already. You may choose to wait for the next one. But if each person is 200 lbs that's 10 people to get to the limit. Most Elevators won't hold more than 10 comfortably. Unless were talking the Hospital elevators there massive and have appropriate weight ratings as well. But If you see a whale in a motorized cart, not at a hospital. Yeah I'm gonna wait.
@papajhonsreal4 жыл бұрын
Nah, we just have stronger elevators
@Bancheis4 жыл бұрын
@@Species-lj8wh Probably the only place you will ever look inside an elevator before getting on to quickly do math which involves the probability of surviving based on occupants not holding machetes.
@LittleNemoGaming4 жыл бұрын
I don't think I've ever seen an elevator in my almost 40 years of life that had a sign limited in "people" units, they have weight limit signs in pounds.
@zubbworks3 жыл бұрын
11:36 The fork thing. Thought it was just me for some reason. It just feels right to do it that way.
@randyprazma16083 жыл бұрын
The reason it's done that way (for right handed people) is because the right hand has more power and stability, so whatever the more pressing need is that is what you do with your right hand. For left handed people it would be the other way around.
@Hepoxni3 жыл бұрын
I use my left hand to cut and I don't take my right hand off of my fork because that's what I eat with also it's hard to cut with my right hand even though I'm right handed. Also I rarely ever use a knife, only when I need to cut meat
@ArtsyMagic2393 жыл бұрын
Idk, that sounds more like a left-handed right-handed thing than a cultural one. Personally, I've never done that probably because I'm right-handed.
@annanelson49344 жыл бұрын
Me, a very introverted American: who said that I'm talking to people outside of my job? I hate socializing Also, about the baseball cap thing here in the States: yes, a lot of Americans wear them, but a lot of us don't. I personally feel like bandanas do the trick most of the time depending on where I'm going
@eageraurora8794 жыл бұрын
im scared as hell to wear bandanas at all in the states, i feel like some gang members going to come up to me and shoot me or try to start something
@annanelson49344 жыл бұрын
@@eageraurora879 I mean, I don't really wear them all that often due to the hassle, but I understand
@firstnamelastname60164 жыл бұрын
@@eageraurora879 probably best to wear fun and more “feminine” designs and avoid solid colors 😅
@mybutthasteeth13474 жыл бұрын
in the UK nobody wears hats at all. We find it weird that anyone would want to unless its cold or part of a uniform
@astrumnihilum4 жыл бұрын
i have 5 baseball caps and would wear some of them to school if I could.
@couldntmixapotnoodle4 жыл бұрын
If I ever go to America I'm going to order food in the worst stereotypical American accent I can muster.
@johng60804 жыл бұрын
I too do this...as an American lol
@papajhonsreal4 жыл бұрын
Please don't. We have so many better accents that have yet to be run into the ground by Europeans.
@couldntmixapotnoodle4 жыл бұрын
@@papajhonsreal suggestions? Otherwise it's just going to be a Borat impersonation
@papajhonsreal4 жыл бұрын
@@couldntmixapotnoodle Boston accent comes to mind. If you use that one, do it in anywhere outside of New England. It's pretty rare anywhere else.
@WR3ND4 жыл бұрын
So like a hyped up cowboy or something? Seems to be the go-to "accent" for a lot of British people.
@SEAkuaa4 жыл бұрын
Me: *Expecting all terrible things we do* Me: *Suprised most are just odd things or good things*
@slothy624 жыл бұрын
America is the greatest country on Earth, so there shouldn’t be too much reason for surprise.
@frankparent4634 жыл бұрын
On a positive note, my friend and I went to Boston, MA in july 2018 (We are Canadians). You wouldn't believe how friendly the people are polite and respectful there. We also went to RI. People are even frendlier there.
@connorofbells4 жыл бұрын
I live in America and I don’t understand why people go so crazy over accents. For me, while I still love an Australian accent, I won’t mention it until I have talked to a person for a while because I don’t want to make things awkward or make that a defining trait about the person in my mind.
@Echo81Rumple834 жыл бұрын
I usually geek out with joy when I meet someone who knows some of the non-American non-Pop musical artists I listen to; I have very un-American taste in music, mainly because American mainstream Pop music bore the fuck out of me compared to Mike Oldfield or Infected Mushroom. Accents, I'm not sure, TBH...
@MrJest24 жыл бұрын
I don't get geeking out over accents, either. I'll notice them of course, but it's no big deal.
@TopHatPenguin4 жыл бұрын
I think its a combo of we hear accents all the time like every person has one but they are all americanized so they are basically the same while being different. After hearing millions of one accent even in our entertainment hearing something different and often soothing is just nice. Its why I personally love the irish/scottish/aussie accent. I could let my Irish friends talk to me for hours about nothingness. Also it means we have something new to talk about as someone with an accent means someone from somewhere new.
@connorofbells4 жыл бұрын
@@TopHatPenguin Idk where you live, but where I’m from I have never met anyone with a foreign accent in my town. The only times I have ever heard an accent are when I visit my grandma who is an immigrant from France or when I go on a vacation in a big city or on a cruise. I’m not even from a small town, it’s just not a common thing here and it still makes no difference to me when I do hear an accent.
@theresachacon11224 жыл бұрын
I remember 2 years ago I was in 6th grade and this one 7th grader came from somewhere in the UK and he was aparently also really good looking from what I heard but I never saw what he looked like but apparently girls were all over him and he had to hide in the bathroom just to get away from a group of girls and I think that some girls even went into the bathroom. I heard about this from a seventh grader who was at my bus stop and I couldn't help but feel bad for the guy because that must have left some kind of trauma on him and it was likely because he had good looks and an accent to go with it.
@flibber1234 жыл бұрын
From what I've seen, vehicles here in the US are larger than in a lot of other countries due to the relative youth of this country. A country that has existed for hundreds more years has had a long time to develop an extensive system of roads before automobiles were invented. This means you'd need to use cars that would fit your roads. The US is a new enough country that states were still being added to the union AFTER cars were a big thing. Therefore much of our road system was built with automobile use being the specific purpose for it. It's why you can pick random streets in places like the UK or Italy on Google maps and they are these narrow and twisty two lane roads, while here in the US it's easier to randomly find four lane streets laid out in grids. i live on what is technically a small two lane street yet you can park an SUV on each side of the street and still have plenty of space for two more SUVs to drive through. So it's a bit over four SUVs wide. And this is a 'small' street here. With roads like this you can drive just about any size vehicle you want.
@awijaya21164 жыл бұрын
I'm also very sure the low fuel prices are another factor. Good gas economy usually happens with smaller cars, and big cars generally have bad fuel efficiency. The US is one of those places where fuel is abundant and cheap, at least compared to the rest of the world.
@cageybee72214 жыл бұрын
@@awijaya2116 and it only cost us the lives of 2 million innocent iraqis 400,000 of which were children.
@cavebrain694 жыл бұрын
@@cageybee7221 too bad
@cageybee72214 жыл бұрын
@@cavebrain69 and you wonder why they hate us so much.
@cavebrain694 жыл бұрын
@@cageybee7221 I've heard their sob story enough times
@bland98764 жыл бұрын
I just googled it and it says that I am one mile away from the grocery store and I think that that grocery store is just barely too far away to walk to let alone get groceries and then have to carry them back hell no I'm stealing the shopping cart if I had to do that
@soulessslime4334 жыл бұрын
Had this old man that would walk 5 miles to our store. He was partially blind and he would take the cart home, unpack, take it back, and go home. So he walks 20 miles in total to go grocery shopping.
@bland98764 жыл бұрын
@@soulessslime433 if it was me I would just leave the cart at my place in a hidden spot so it no look ugly and just brink it back the next time.
@soulessslime4334 жыл бұрын
@@bland9876 Well, we don't care at our store if carts go missing. Hell, the other stores around us and miles away have our carts lying around in their parking lot.
@ellep.62044 жыл бұрын
I think it's also because it's part of the culture to just make one huge trip every 1-2 weeks instead of making multiple trips per week for 2-3 items. Since I decided to get more active, I made it a priority to only buy what I need for the next 1-2 days so I have an excuse to regularly walk down to the store.
@Cepheid_4 жыл бұрын
I'd love to walk to local stores but I live in an area with very poor infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists.
@ShamblesMD3 жыл бұрын
I will say that the "talking to strangers" is more so the older generation, back in a time when everyone knew your name.
@river42833 жыл бұрын
It seems that it's also more common in the South. Here in rural Georgia people will usually talk to anyone but the closer I get to ATL I see people doing it less
@jeffbenton61833 жыл бұрын
Eh, I'm a millennial from California, I see it all the time and even participate in it myself.
@MissIllLil3 жыл бұрын
From NW US I always nod or say hello when I pas people and if I'm standing right next to them for extended period of time I try to make small talk. Also I'm 18, so it's still in the younger generation if you're friendly.