American reacts to Common American Stereotypes
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I disagree. In Germany, we have at least 7 channels (mostly publically funded) that show excellent documentaries on history, politics, geography, flora and fauna almost 24/7. You do not dumb down when watching those. And you might even expand your knowledge of the world and everything in it if you do… Of course, if you are on a complete cycle of sitcom reruns and The Price is Right, you WILL dumb down…
Agree 100%
some good documentaries, some bad documentaries, and some really really bad documentaries that are more like a mystery reality show than like a documentary. TerraX had some laughable mystery documentations. "Are Werewolfs real?" - "Did Vampires really exist" and stuff like that, with a show host emerging from the fog. Conclusion of those shows was "we dont have proof for existence, but maybe there IS something out there...." really stupid stuff. Also lots of history documentaries that focus on medieval times are really just repeating common misconceptions, have a very bad structure, no continuous time line in the plot, and give little to no actual visual footage to the topic but rather show historically incorrectly costumed amateur actors inaccurately recreating a vision of "medieval life" that never happened but fits with the common idea of how it was ... seeing how little effort is taken for those documentaries, i struggle to trust that other subjects are treated with more serious effort. Only i dont know as much about politics, animals or plants as i do know about the medieval era so i can't confirm ^^ Still I watch alot of those documentaries. But i also try to find more reliable sources on the internet if im really invested and interessted in a subject.
On top of that especially financial news tv will dumb you down by giving the impression Wall Street is really important to the real economy.
@@futurefox128 What rumpepumpel wrote, also when i was still in a household with a tv (my parents house, cause when i moved out i had could only afford either a tv or computer and ofc i chose the later), they only had so much of these documentaries. At one point you've seen them all and no matter how cinematic and phantastical those documentaries were deocrated, it gets boring if you watch the same one for the 5th time. Not to mention, most people are not interested in everything, so someone enjoying a historical documentation might not care for a political one.
And here online i can pick and choose, the topic, the channel, the time, the breaks.
Idk how PBS is like on air in USA but they provide some of the top notch CZcams educational channels
If i had only 1-2 weeks vacation in a year i would delete myself...
right, i have 6 weeks and wouldnt mind to take one or two more
😂😂😂. Me too
I remember only a few years ago, if someone said 'we DONT have a tv', it was a snooty comment meaning they read books and go to the theatre rather than watch the idiot box. Now if someone says they dont have a tv they mean they are fine watching all their content on their phone or laptop.
Well there is still a big difference, IF you choose what you consume
There's an American woman who works in my local Tesco.
You can tell when shes working as you can hear her screaming all over the shop😂
We're fat because of corn syrup and the chemicals in all our food....
Not from eating too much of it?
@@patrickporter6536 why not both?
people are fat because they can't put down the donuts. and i've been there. blaming outside factor for your own failings is how you stay fat.
@@patrickporter6536 Its difficult and expensive to eat healthily in the US.
Sure eating less might help, but portion sizes don't help.
@@stephenlee5929you can't eat healty, most of your veggies comes with gmo even at farmers markets.
Culture can be a lot, not just paintings and statues, but also behavior and manners, i think it is in the behavior and manners department the stereotype were meant. to know that you don´t attend a wedding in shorts and sandals or speak loudly in restaurants or other public places.
Sometimes i feel sorry for you Ryan, it must be hard watching those kind of videos, but know that we all think that you are the exception and a prime example that not all Americans are like that.
Take care and keep up the good work.
In a week you could not even scratch the surface of the British Museum or the Victoria and Albert Museum, or visit a fraction of the number of parks.
Making because of all these things that have been stolen from other cultures
At least when museum, or Art galleries they are available to a much wider audience, not for the favoured few,who do not appreciate what they own. Only the market value.Right from the time an artifact is found it is traded to the highest bidder. And lost to the world. Only museums etc. make them available to ordinary people.
Walking more would help burn those calories matey. On the guns, the US had over 600 mass shootings in 2023 alone. The UK has had 19 since the year 2000, let that sink in matey.
Dang, US really overdoing everything. Here in Germany we had 2 in 2023, and on average it's 2-3 per year. Though we define a 'mass shooting' maybe differently. It's any incident where at least one firearm is involved, with at least 4 casualties (not necessarily victims). Most of those were domestic hom*cides or extended suic*des by a family father or smth, escalated disputes where one person had a firearm or even someone trying to escape from the police for whatever reason and accidentally shooting innocent bystanders.
nah 600, how is that possible💀
But mass shootings help Americans walk/run a lot more than on normal days...
Included in all those "mass shootings" are 27 dead in total with some others injured! So that's an average of 1.4 people dead per "mass shooting!!"
I do believe that the obesity problem in the U.S. is more of a food problem than an exercise problem. A lot of the things that seem normal to americans would be considered unhealthy by europeans. I am talking about the ingredients food companies get away with, and food portions. People in the U.S. don't notice the amount of poison that food companies put in their food because they grew up with it, so they don't think twice about it. Same thing about the amount of food they eat in each meal. I have met americans who went to live or to study in europe and lost weight in a few of months without doing a strict diet, just eating european food and european portions. They even ate a lot more bread than they normally would in the U.S. (it is normal to eat bread with each meal in some european countries), yet they lost weight.
btw there are some countries where people are considerably louder than americans. I don't think they get first place on that list.
@@huliohuliohamijoThey are the loudes bit also the dumbest. I don't know how many times i had to listen to american's being weird about, we don't own a gun every single one of us but also that american laws is not used here. They was so weird about people sitting in a park at sunday listen to music and drinking beer
Brown bread made form whole grains isnt just carbs, it contains a lot of fiber and whole seeds, and we dont put sugar in our bread either.
Saying eating bread is unhealthy is like saying potatoes are unhealthy. Yes they do mostly contain carbs, but that doesnt make it unhealthy. Eating too much of it or deepfrying it makes it unhealthy.
There is a obesity problem because:
1. The fast food chains make a lot of money from it
2. The pharmaceutical companies make a lot of money from it
3. The healthcare industry make a lot of money from it
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Sugar, bloody hell the sugar
Examples,,,,, holiday pay ,,,, maternity pay,,,,, paternity leave and pay,,,,,, you don’t get educated,,, you get programmed for the treadmill.
I think the Americans exercise more, is sort of true, I think they may go to the gym, cycle for exercise and other methods.
But to do this they tend to drive somewhere.
Most Europeans walk, or cycle as part of their normal living, it is not exercise, its just moving about..
About the notion that americans are considered rude:
most of the times it has nothing to do with the amount of decibels exhaled, but the sheer ignorance of americans to (insert county outside the US) foreign customs.
Being cultured means knowing things about the world that surrounds you and the history behind it, and on average we very well know how the american school system fails you guys on that one. Not only the system, but also the lack of curiosity in your self-prioritizing mindsets. Obviously that won't be true for each individual, but that doesn't make it an unreasonable generalization
Also, talking from my own experiences, not from a biased european standpoint... I think there should be A LOT of emphasis put into not only studying geography/history, but being taught how to appreciate them and develop real interest that has nothing to do with "I need to learn this for good grades". The world has so much to offer and we stay closed off to it. Makes me incredibly sad. I never feel happier than when I study foreign languages, try new foods from different cultures, learn about thier day to day lives, behaviours, pass time activities, ALL OF THAT. Cause at the end of the day we are all humans, but a bit different, so it's heartwarming to learn how to connect with those you know so little about. It's also beautiful when you get to notice the similarities you weren't even expecting
Yes they fill them with they're the only and best country in the world. But as he said didn't care about culture kinda of sad and puts in that category 😮
And yes is really interasting try new languages, foods, handcrafts from other places. Thats how I learned english not that excelent, something a US person don't bothers, only demanding other countries not speak their native language. 😮
Having American culture and being cultured are two completely different things. If you’re uncultured, it means you have no social skills and lack education and self-discipline. That doesn’t apply to you, Ryan.
Very aptly put.
He said he didn't care about culture 😮 kinda sad, it really aplies to him. I do have culture and education 🎉
Exactly this and, sadly, using this criteria, Americans truly are un-cultured.
@@manueltapia1859If you're educated then why the spelling mistakes.
Because being educated doesn't mean you won't make any mistakes mr. Wiseguy @user-qj7et4wv3q
An American friend of mine living in Australia was told her kids were rude and she couldn’t figure out why. Apparently they had been asked if they wanted chocolate ice cream or vanilla ice cream, they replied, “Chocolate.” I had to explain to her that here the polite answer would be: “Chocolate please.” Her reaction was that they had been asked a question and they answered nicely. It had never occurred to her that that situation required a “please“. I don’t know if that is the norm in America but it was certainly news to her.
Americans becoming less patriotic could be because of the internet. It seems that for many years Americans have been told that they are the best at everything and have the best in everything (eg health systems, technologies, education systems etc) but now, with the internet, Americans are able to learn about the rest of the world and can see how other countries are and compare for themselves.
I'm not American but I find it weird that people feel entitled to a please. You ask a question and get an answer. In my country it would be considered way out of line and rude to suggest some freaking child is rude because of something like this. Are all Australians like this?
@@adoringfan6995 Agree. Swede here and that seemed weird. If the question was "Do you want an ice cream?", then I could understand it, but in this case, it's already established that you are getting an ice cream. You are just clarifying which one.
Depends on how uptight people are, some strict people would say you have to say "chocolate please, sir/ma'am".
I was raised to at least speak with 2 words when someone older than me asks me a question. But its not so much a national culture thing as much as how many sticks your parents have up their ass.
I'm French and I heard so many tourists saying that we're rude. What they fail to realise is that many foreigners tend to be impolite by French standards.
As a toddler in France, the first words you learn after Mom and Dad are: hello, please, thank you, sorry and good bye. Children usually know all of these words by age 2 because they're gonna have to use them at least fifty times a day for the rest of their lives.
If you come into a shop, don't say hello, ask for something without saying please and don't say thank you after getting what you asked, you're gonna be seen as VERY rude, and as a result the shopkeeper is gonna be rude to you.
And yes, if someone asks you what you want, you add a please to your answer, the person asking you / offering you something isn't your servant.
Even if you don't understand why a certain culture works that way and you find it stupid, you should make an effort to blend in when you're in another country.
Of course, it's valid for every culture, I just used mine as an example.
(By the way, I'm not saying that all French people are polite or that all children have good manners. There are rude people and disrespectful kids in every country. But sometimes what is considered impolite in a culture isn't in another, and vice versa...)
@@adoringfan6995 Hi, no, we’re not all like this. I agree, that person’s reaction was “over the top” and the situation could have been handled differently. As it was, the person complaining had gone on to cause offence herself. I just find it fascinating, the differences between cultures around the world, even between countries which have the same language. I think we should all just give each other a little space and if we notice a difference which could cause a problem, tactfully point it out as nobody wants to be offensive or to have their children be thought of as rude.
Do Americans really need a passport? Yes they do. Experiencing and understanding other countries and cultures is just part of being educated. This is one reason American Universities are so adamant about employing affirmative action in accepting students to study there. They want learning to take place in a diverse environment - just like the real world.
Thats not why affirmative action exists. The reason universities do it is so they can race grift and discriminate students based on skin color.
lol the fact that its considered crazy to take more than a week off from work to travel abroad must be an American thing, in the UK you are entitled to a minimum of 28 days off that you have to use. Also a week in Europe is definitely not enough time! 😂
Hi, I'm so proud that you know Czech Republic. So many of us are patriots too. Small country......in hearth of Europe, but i think very favourite. Nature, castles, healtcare, food, history sport....and our ,,gold Czech hands"😊But maybe you Heard about shooter in university in Prag on december 2023. It Is very sad. 😢Students and teachers died because of one fool with a gun. Have a nice day, bye..😊
Here in Japan it's also crazy. And it's very stupid 😞
There is really only one stereotype that is correct and that is: stereotypes are always wrong. I have travelled all over the world, lived and worked in many countries. I have met all sorts of people from all sorts of countries. I have made friends everywhere and my conclusion is: the majority of these people are very different and the vast majority of them were nice, likeable people with all sorts of characteristics. But without exception, all people had the same needs. They wanted to shape their lives, do something meaningful, start a family and raise children. Everyone was the same in this regard, whether in Africa, America, Australia or Europe. And they all wanted to be somewhat happy.
Stereotypes arent always wrong. Most Germans like beer. Swedes have blonde hair. Dutch people are stingy with money. The French are arrogant. Americans are fat. Indians and Chinese kids are good at math compared to kids their age in western countries. etc.
The opiod crisis is a lot bigger in the US than in Europe. Things are more regulated in Europe.
Also people in the US have a unique definition of how ”pride of X” should be used. Typically non-Americans don’t use ”proud” for thing you didn’t have an impact on. Saying that you are proud of your favorite team winning makes no sense unless you worked with them.
and it didn't help that Big Healthcare got together with Big Pharma, and decided that it was more profitable to mask the pain than tackle rather than fix what was causing the pain, plus due to American lack of workers rights, people needed to get back to work asap or get sacked!
EMA did better job than FDA, thankfully.
the documentary The Crime Of The Century (2021) is extremely educational...especially the part where the doctor puts his profit before the well-being of the patient, i.e. for him the patient is just a means to get more money from the pharmaceutical company....so sad...
There is culture in AMERICA ,,,,, BUT ITS THE TYPE THAT REQUIRES YOU TO RUB YOGHURT ON IT .
Only America is crazy enough to have that many guns.
British teeth are better than Americans think, but we still have the stiff upper lips!
Brits have their own teeth and not lab made porcelain ones. So yes our teeth are definitely better than filed down points.
It makes sense not to care about culture, because what you don't have, you don't miss. I don't care about much that I don't have. I dont care about guns for example. NIce reaction.
9:35 Czech republic has one of the most liberal laws towards guns, maybe you heard it in that context. Great video, greetings from Czechia Ryan!
If u look it up we actually have better teeth 😬 than people in the USA. 😂👍
Yes that is true. Having white straight teeth is not the sign of a healthy mouth. Teeth in the UK are not so perfect looking but they are healthier.
I'm guessing this is a UK comment, I believe it has been true, but I'm not sure it is still true, given how difficult is to get an NHS dentist now.
@@stephenlee5929 Very true. I'll give u that 1.👍
2:16 Don't worry Ryan, The US ARE the number 1 for male obesity in the world. 2023 data say the US are at the 10th place, but the first 9 are Oceania micronations...
As much culture as a yogurt, sums it up.
I've met the "Stereotypical" American tourist before.
I've also met many kind , friendly & curious Americans. A lot more of them than the Stereotypes. Whilst working in food service .
They always tipped better which is a bonus as most didn't even know in UK we got payed close to properly.
Even if the info isn't always the best, gotta love the graphics 🤣
Also, not wanting to see the world scares me. Its all we cared about as kids in the 70's.. We wanted to go out of our own little bubble. The best memories was always made in some foreign place. 😊
American " exercise" consists of running to McDonalds or " exercising their jaws " ( talking too much) !!
How much does it cost to get an American passport if " it's expensive" ?
Tbf, americans don't run to McDonalds. They drive.
@@olgahein4384 They dont even run in the store, they take the McDrive
Americans aren't uncultured. They are just a bit ignorant of other people's cultures, which, in Europe, where most countries are small, is considered uncultured in and of itself because it is almost a necessity to know about other cultures.
I don't get how they can say it's to expensive to travel abroad for Americans. USA is soooo expenive now that if you go to Europe, even better Central Europe you will pay 50% maybe even 40% for the hotel of what you would need to pay in Florida. After 3 days you are already even with your flight tickets. On top of it all the restaurants will be much cheaper. If you go for skiing in Alps the ski pass will be 3 times cheaper easly and the quality is better.
I love to go to US, but it's a streach. I really don't get why Americans don't travel when the world is so cheap for you.
Well the Euro is stronger than the USD at the moment. And a flight for 3 people in the US $3000 to fly to the next state so it makes traveling really expensive
If you come to S. Africa it's cheap cheap cheap.
@@toint5217 I wen't to Miami from Europe last month. The flight was 700USD pp. and I was paying 150-200USD per night for me and my wife for not that grate hotels.
Beatiful, brand new hotel in Cracow would cost you 100-120USD per night and it's not like you guys don't need to pay for the domesic flight when traveling in the US and on top of it restaurant prices, your famous 25% mandatory tips :P etc.
I really like the US, but it's expensive AF. Really guys, spend your vacation abroad (maybe just not in Rome or Paris that are pricy and overcrowded ) and you will actually save money ;)
That description of a melting pot about patriotism could be used for various countries including the UK but we’re not as over the top as Americans
In our town in Germany (about 37,000 inhabitants) you'll find people from 125 countries registered as residents. Yes. About two thirds of all countries possible the world shows in official numbers. Still, I would never consider myself or many of my fellow countrymen and -women as patriotic. Just to the contrary. The more you are actually in contact with people from so many nations around the world, the less patriotic one might become. It is a more or less useless attitude when you take the more holistic approach.
Americans mostly think their country is better than any other and that americans are the best people. Both statements are untrue. And more than that, its rude to think that and more so to say that. Also i never understood americans claim that God is with them. As if the almighty chooses between countries. Religion is a private matter, so words like "one nation under god" would fit better with Iran than with a secular state.
Is there really an american word for 'culture'? 😆
'I don't care!'.why are you making this video then?
All the writers mentioned, plus many women American writers, Joan Didion, Sylvia Plath ect. Culture.
No, it comes from Latin!
I find Americans quite hard to direct in London.
I bet. Even the ones who have the money and time to travel have to be dumb as well.
every developped country have issues with prescription drugs... almost like more progress isn't always related to more happiness.
also, if an american goes to france, he is rude. mostly because we have a fairly strict code of politeness.
thats strange, does that code only apply to other french people? because if there is any country where i have been treated the worst it was in france. and i speak enough french to get by.
@@TheSuperappelflapI'm French and I heard so many tourists saying that we're rude. What they fail to realise is that many foreigners tend to be impolite by French standards, enticing the people they interact with to be rude themselves...
@@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia i remember once i was in paris, i know its the worst place in france but damn. ordered a steak at a restaurant medium. got a piece of meat so raw i could not cut it with the knife. it was completely pink.
i showed the waiter i could not cut it. he didnt want to take it back, even when i explained to him in my best french it was completely raw. thats how some french people are with foreigners. they give the nice people a bad reputation. i also know a lot of nice frenchies. but there is a reason for the stereotype.
Regarding Americans being cultured you said you don't care. But then you basically said it gets under your skin big time when other countries say Americans aren't cultured. So I think you DO care😂
We have shoes in the museum older than your country.
Your only culture is war. :P
It depends what is being watched on TV, as to whether it's mind numbing or not. Here in the UK, there are lots of real good programmes that are educational, on history, science, nature etc. Even some quiz type programmes stretches a few brain cells. I've learnt more off the telly than at school.
I enjoy quiz shows. It keeps the old grey matter ticking over!
I love my little island home UK its full of history , ancient sites , old buildings , beautiful scenery. But when it comes to its politicans its another story .The people are far more reserved do not feel need to flash our nations flags all over the place , you can be patriotic but with a bit of humility . 😊
Meanwhile, the rest of the americans in the American continent be like: "Hey, eso n'est pas verdade helemaal niet!!" 😄
Never argue with ppl that manage your food. NEVER!
It's not the calories that make us fat, it's the carbs.
Both
A viewer from Czechia/the Czech Republic here. We have some of most lax gun laws in the EU. So that's why we were sometimes mentioned in international gun debates as an example of sensible gun control. And that's probably why our country popped into your head. Sadly we did have a mass shooting in Prague last year so it's not like it's perfect. Just btw, we've had 3 mass shootings since 2000. Not a lot but we're a small country.
Although it's pretty easy to get a gun, it's not that prevalent, iirc only about 300k people of our 10 million pupulation have a gun permit, not sure about the number of guns.
You don't care whether you're cultured or not because you're not cultured.
Ryan's attitude to not caring about being cultured or not actually shows how much he really does care. He more or less admitted as much towards the end of his video. "Methinks he doth protest too much!"
WHAT?!😡That’s so messed up how someone put your face on something for being “uncultured”. People who self-proclaim themselves as “cultured” are some of the most unpleasant, pretentious people I’ve ever met. You’re willing to learn about different nations & cultures, so how’s that not cultured? And this is coming from a bilingual American who’s a huge geography & geopolitical nerd & who specializes in world history & cultural anthropology & currently learning Portuguese & Indonesian.
"Being cultured' and 'having culture' and having 'A culture' are very different things though. Being cultured can also vary drastically dependending on where you are. For example, eating a soup in a 'cultured manner' in most of Europe means eating it withoug making a sound or noise. Eating a soup in a 'cultured manner' in, for example, Japan means slurping the shite out of your decibel - eating quietly and without noise is rude.
A protuberance is the backside of the 🔨.. It’s used to pull out nails.. So they are saying we pull the nail out just to hammer it back in😮
The czech fact is about beer consumption, I think. Twice as much beer per capita than the second nation on the list...
133 liters per year on average is impressive for a whole country, but where I come from drinking 8 liters in one night on the weekend is considered normal lmao
to be fair, i wouldnt drink so much either if i had to drink american beer
Why? Drinking water won't hurt you. (Canoe love).
"$hit gets scrambled up in your brain?"
What brain?
Wauv! Ryan, I get more and more respect and ... yea I really like you and your content. This in particular! 💪
America has rightly developed its own culture from Motown to jazz etc.... yes y'all decent from Britain etc but you got your own stuff now and love it !
13:00 he's describing what's nowadays called being a Karen...
Americans do exercise more, they think the entire world is a gym! 😉
Hi, I'm so proud that you know Czech Republic. So many of us are patriots too. Small country......in hearth of Europe, but i think very favourite. Nature, castles, healtcare, food, history sport....and our ,,gold Czech hands"😊But maybe you Heard about shooter in university in Prag on december 2023. It Is very sad. 😢Students and teachers died because of one fool with a gun. Have a nice day, bye..😊
According to the lost of countries by obesity rate, the other nations above on the list are very little countries, like Tonga, Kuwait, Samoa, etc.
And in 2024 you made to the 13th place!
I don't even have TV....or I have TV's a couple of 56 or something inches, 4K and 3D capabilities. But I don.t have cable or a dish or anything. I just don't have channels. I used them for watching a DVD or blue ray from time to time. :) There are SO much garbage on TV channels. I watch tutorials on internet. Photo, documantaries...and stuff like this. :) BUT I'm not American, I'm Norwegian. :D
I only watch CZcams and Netflix, but I guess that’s new TV. And I’m not American either, I’m Russian
same here. got tired of reruns and news only showing death and destruction. now the tv is only used on the internet . and im danish.
These days - and for the past five or six years (at least!) I have only the TV my son gave me - after buying himself a new, bigger one!! I haven't watched it, since I was only able to see again, following cataract surgery (last 6th June, and 1st September '23) ... I watch documentaries and reacting videos here on CZcams, and post and communicate with distant friends (and family) via Facebook (and Messenger) ...
And I'm not American, I'm English. 🏴🤔❤️🇬🇧😏🖖
I tossed my TV in 2007. Watching self-absorbed program hosts isn't my primary interest in life.
No TV and no TV watching, either, for around 40 years. I have far too many other things to do - gardening, U3A, language classes, baking, cycling etc etc - to want to sit in front of a big screen thing watching rubbish. I do occasionally watch old TV programmes on you-tube, or a DVD. English here.
8:40: Doctors are allowed to prescribe opioids in Europe only if you have terminal illness with less than 3 month life expectancy.
What? I'm European, take opioids daily because of chronic pain and I'm definitely not dying!! 😂
Passports,,you don’t need them,,,, wonderful news. I agree.
US is currently 8th fattest in the entire world (41.9% of all people aged 15+ are obese. 74% are overweight. Along with 40% of your armed forces being overweight). The seven above are all Pacific Island nations. They're the worst developed nation. Projections have you at 50% obesity by 2030, 90% overweight.
That infographics video was really downplaying those stereotypes. I mean, it's an american talking about american stereotypes.. what do we expect.
I got it : CULTURE is not stuff represnting everyday life but special stuff in europe :
- old book , paint , Casle etc ...
- museums , sites of battles , and all history oriented intel on every region .
- the only exption is old recepe of food that could be eaten nowday but are part of history
the definition :It encompasses, in addition to the arts, letters and sciences, lifestyles, laws, value systems, traditions and beliefs
But we can make it go back for ages because europe is old .
So stuff like days of the week go back to the roman empire and how we have modified it so yes culture is made as we speak but the 'Culture ' are the fancy stuff not the mondain ones .
Well, stereotypes are generalized facts. As of drugs ccp distributes through mexico
I feel like the big thing you could be proud of as Americans is how you are a young nation that managed to become the most influential and powerful nation in the world in your relatively short existence.
Neither the freedom nor the melting pot are as uniquely american as people like to believe, but that actually is something cool and uniquely american.
For the "no culture", I feel like people just throw that around to insult people they don't like because it's kinda difficult to argue in general. Like "do I start naming random dishes from my country? Do I..."
I've never heard someone say a people was uncultured without them being very clearly just trying to take digs at that people all the time
Back in my day we had this thing called the "National Geographic Channel" that had 24/7 documentaries about space, science, engineering, nature, etc. I learned English watching those documentaries with subtitles and learned about a lot of different topics.
So yeah TV can make you smarter. Unfortunately nowadays even Nat Geo is just 99% reruns of lobster fishing and gold mining "reality" TV.
And no, in most other countries there isnt a big legal drug addiction problem because you need to be in a lot of pain to get prescribed addictive painkillers and then you get enough of them for like 2 weeks. Most people also stop taking them before they run out of pills because they dont want to deal with withdrawal symptoms. And if you want to do drugs there is a massive supply of cheap easily available stuff like weed, x, shrooms, coke, etc.
About bein the fattest country... currently USA is on 12 spot, and only because top 10 are countries USA basically forced to being fat (States tested Atomic bombs in ocean near those small countries and destroyed their only food source... ocean as most of the fish died and those who didnt are now too toxic to eat due to radiation. After that, USA builded in those countries fastfoods... and that it.).
Ryan, 16th fattest is utter bullshit, naturally quoted in an Americentric video from 8 years ago! 🤣
Ryan applying media inspired stereotypes to those who say they are not patriotic and probably other stereotypes to those who say they are.
Why is every single scene in the original video AI generated? Can't they put in at least some effort?
When people say the USA is uncultured, we don't say it because we think you care. We're not trying to offend you. It's just that there's a big difference between the culture in Europe and in America where all we see is reality TV, shopping malls, celebrities and the idea that you need to be rich or famous to be valuable to society and the food culture on the whole is relatively simplistic. And you even constantly interrupt your forms of entertainment with constant commercial advertising. All this together makes the USA feel shallow and lacking in depth. Not that this is a bad thing. It's just different from the culture elsewhere in the world that has taken many centuries or even longer to develop into what it is today.
Nice chair Ryan :)
Patriotism is willing to die for your country not been brainwash to tell its the best country , many country have a lot of patriots but they dont talk about it all the time but in dire time they act .
I'm in law enforcement (Sweden) and we do indeed have our fair share of drugs and those addicted to it.
Guns: there's a reason someone invented the word "ammosexual".
As for cultured: I think what people mean is ... let's say there is this list of American cultural achievements (like those world-changing novels ... which I note the video didn't actually name). Given an American: does he know these things exists? Is he familiar with them? If not, that's when people might call him uncultured.
Yeah, I copped that living in London. I was told that Australians have no culture too. Nearly every day, and sometimes every hour, working over there. You laugh it off in the first few weeks. After months of it, it really starts to get really annoying. It's just snobbery and possibly some jealousy. What is culture? Doesn 't everyone have some kind of culture?
Thats funny coming from English people, the only culture they have to put in their museums is stolen
How are they that fat?
Apparently because the US of A came and introduced sugary drinks or something. Was it coke? I forget what it was exactly about but I remember seeing a video about it at one point.
Definition of verbosity:
Video: "The grass is always green ..."
Reaction: "I don't get it, there's lime green , olive green, what do all the colours of green have to do with food. Of course, there's also light green, dark green, pastel green, so I guess not all greens are food related. But then again, not all grass is green, I've seen dead grass that's brown, or even yellow grass that's in the process of dying. So I can't see why you could say the grass is always green."
Video continues: "...er on the other side of the fence."
Reaction: "Why? What about the person on the other side of the fence. It can't be greener on the other side of both fences, one side has to be greener than the other which implies that at least one side of the fence is not greener."
Video continues: Reaction: "Ohhh, they're not actually talking about the grass. Let me rewind that and listen again."
I probably shouldn't be commenting on 2 year old videos, especially without reading the other 210 comments first, but anyway...: About the "lack of American culture/history"; I'm not a historian or anything and I know very little about native American culture but from little pieces of info I've picked up here and there I believe native American culture may be at least as old and diverse as European culture so I wonder: is just and only Eurocentrism the reason we know, hear and care so little about it?
I partially agree. The other reason why we don't hear more about this culture is that it has been extinct due to the culturocide by white settlers.
I believe there are expressions of culture that take a bit more effort to get into, but are also more rewarding. Classical music, ballet, greek and roman mythology, old or meaningful literature, Jazz music, painting and sculpture, architecture. I don't regret having been forced to make that extra effort.
Not that I'm very cultured now, I just know ballet, most classical music, jazz, lots of art and lots of pretentious books are not for me. I am cultured enough to know because I made enough effort to give it a fair chance. To be honest, from America I often like the less cultured. Rock over Jazz, Bukowski over Frost, Hollywood over American art-house. Maybe American culture just doesn't do the elitist and pretentious that well and that is nothing to be ashamed of?
Americans do pretentious. Broadway theatre shows for example.
I watched few of your videos and I see you are always interested in statistics. Watch and react to the Falled of the World War II, I think you would like it
As a kid i watched alot of nature, history and science documents from tv. But i haven´t watched regular tv since i devorced 2012. Most of the shows are just a waste of my time. I rather bought movies and series and watched those.
There is culture in everywhere. Who gives a shit is it 10, 100 or 1000 years old culture. Finland as a nation is little over 100 years old, but we do have lot of culture here too.
Yes, we know you don't care, Ryan. That's the problem.
You exercise a lot with your mouth eating or talking loud.
Ryan, it can be kind of irritating to watch some of your videos. I have to keep turning the volume up to hear you and then turn it back down to not get my ears blown out by the videos you are watching when you start playing them again. Please put both at the same volume level. Thanks.
The rudeness of Americans sometimes is incorrect!!! He should have said mostly rude.
So why can't US citizens vacation in Canada or Mexico, there both next door
We have a work culture because if we don't work we can't survive. Do you realky think we like working this much. Other countries give thier employees much more vacation time and they don't look down on then actually using it like here in America. The most vacation time i have ever had at a job was two weeks. And the least vacation time I have ever had at a job was none. If we don't work, then we can't live in our big beautiful houses and drive our largest expensive cars. Traveling is the farthest thing from our minds. Also, most people who work themselves to the bone, can't afford a big beautiful house or a large expensive car. I live in a tiny, 2 bed, 1 bath house and drive an SUV made in the 1990s thay was given to me by my aunt. I can't afford anything big and beautiful. And I work hard. I have no paid time off for anything with my current job. We just can't afford it. I go to the food back every week just to make sure we have enough food to survive. Forget vacations anywhere, even here inbthe States.
What you forgot to mention is that many people in the US seem to think that you can't do anything to improve this situation. There are dozens of countries with a living standard that's atleast comparable to the US, where employees have more rights and are treated a lot better than they are in the US. That's why the American work culture is kind of unique. It's not that the US economy as a whole couldn't afford a better work-life-balance for everyone, but many people somehow seem to be OK with being exploited. I think that's what many people in other Western/rich/'developed' countries find hard to understand.
About US guns: czcams.com/video/KjlT4BME2aE/video.html . BTW, about Americans not cultured. USA took over the Global leadership from the UK after WWii. The brits couldn't do much about it, but their only reply was this sour envy about old traditions and culture, or lack thereof.
Where do you get this idea that USA is the Global Leader? Is that what your government tells you?
Could it be because of WWII? most European countries were bankrupt or destroyed because of the war, i would suggest you get your facts straight.
there were over 40 british cities that were bombed in ww2 whereas for the USA it was just pearl harbour which wasn't even part of the us at the time
@@nice900 and i would like to add that WWII was very costly for Europe, rebuilding did cost a lot and they lost so many citizens during the war.
while the US made fat cash during the war, they sold their weapons to whoever would take them.
so while Europe came out of the war broken, the US came out of it stronger than ever.
and with the help of all the "scientists" the "helped" out of Germany, they jumped decades ahead in science (like space travel / rocket technology)
Didn't it take Britain until the 1990s to repay their American war debt? Yes, the Americans sent tanks and stuff over to Britain during the war but it certainly wasn't given for free! They got richer while Europe got poorer.
Stereotypes are as true as men and women are equal
Stereotyping people keeps you safe.
Example.
You are walking down the road.
On one side you have old ladies going to church.
On the other side, you have a large group of men with their faces covered and holding guns.
What side do you walk down?
You will naturally want to take the safety option and walk past the old ladies.
Your mind knows you have a much higher chance or being robbed or assaulted by the large group of face covered men.
Then by the group of old ladies!
An American stereotype is, most Americans are overweight weight.
Most American people are overweight! That’s a well established fact.
Another American stereotype.
Americans are loud.
Every country agrees they are generally loud!
That’s 2 stereotypes that are TRUE.
Plus 1 example of why they exist and how they keep you safe!
Having to look pn Google protruberance is very uncultered!
Rayan do you want the bad news and that is for Obesity your country USA got promoted to three more ranks up now it’s not 16th it’s now 13th🤣😂. And that is not surprising with huhealthy and disgusting food( more like gastro worthy and puke worthy) that is called US gastronomy 🤣😂. France is known as the country of fine dining and best patisserie and yet we are at 106th. So that means our food are better and healthier. Our healthcare system is the world’s best healthcare system our social work system is so great our food are healthier and gastronomic and our educational system is great too. Ryan you should move to France so you’ll eat better and still stay on form and you’ll get the best healthcare 😇
first comment! yaaaay
Population Nauru: ~11k, USA: ~336++ 'million' ... how compare that with place 1 against 16 ?
Even if America only has 1% 'fat' people, that's still ~300 times more than Nauru has citizens.
Or the 15 places ahead of the USA together have less population (thin and fat) than the USA fat people.... ^^
So... yes America (US) is the 'fat' country no.1 . Sry guys!! ;P
This video is talking about stereo types. What is a stereo type but the act of defining an entire population on only a small minority of individuals. Which is completely wrong on every level.
"I don't need a culture" That says it all.
Why the 'US' goes on about having a huge beautiful country bemuses me, I think if your country is 75% arid desert I'd cdll it boring. Nope nothing great or beautiful about the 'US'.
Great he does not care about the culture kinda sad, so do a favor please respect the other countries and people who really care about their culture 😮
Ryan, you are European.
Your AMERICAN,,,, your on a treadmill,,,, and often you don’t even notice.