its called tall poppy syndrome in australia, if youre famous or stand out, people feel the need keep you humble and remind you that youre no better than us regular folk lol
I think also we prefer to respect people’s privacy too and so very few of us actually go up and ask for photos and autographs and such which means they can feel more comfortable just being out and about right? Also I feel that the way we are raised is a big thing, it’s much like Isaac was saying, we’re all just normal people and we’re taught not to let ego go to our heads which is likely a huge reason why our celebrities are just normal good people
I kind of like how supportive America feels towards success. They all celebrate each other's success all the time. In Australia, it doesn't seem as supportive, not mean, but more "every man for himself". The celebrities will only cop it if they act better than everyone else. If they are down to earth they get along great.
Son was travelling and had a coffee one morning, said hi to a guy ordering coffee, they sat at different tables for 5, then as my son was about to walk out he realised it was Chris Hemsworth. No pics, no autograph, he just walked out and nodded at Chris as he left.
True story: Earlier this year Paul McCartney was in my city (Adelaide) giving a concert. Next day he strolled into a local coffee shop on his own, sat down and read the paper while drinking his coffee and having a snack. Everyone recognised him but no one pestered him. When he'd finished he politely said thank you to the owner and departed. We gave him the best gift - treated him like he was just a bloke looking for a quiet moment to have a coffee. Yes, it made the radio and the local paper but I was proud he was treated with respect like that.
Rod Stewart was in Sydney recently and he's into model railways and he went into a model railway shop and bought some model railway items and the shop owners and customers treated him as a customer not a celebrity. He then went to Bunnings hardware and was treated exactly the same. We don't go in for all this celebrity culture for we look at them not up to them for they're human just like the rest of us with all the human failings that we all have.
@@veramudikidikilati6353 A singer and he formed the band the Beatles in the 60's With John Lennon, George Harisson and Ringo Starr and later had a successful solo career.
I am American. My boyfriend and the love of my life is Australian. I moved to the Gold Coast from LA three years ago. Everything in this video 🤣 is 100% bang on 😂! America is f#^cked. I am expecting our first child right now. I am getting the best level of care... far better than America... and its all free! I doubt I will ever return to America. So much peace here.
Haha I’m from the Gold Coast and my girlfriend moved from NYC to here and says the absolute same thing. The biggest difference is definitely as you stated, the healthcare here is a lot better!
Definitely don’t take it for granted and I hope you are contributing by paying tax. The government doesn’t work or toil to make any money, it’s the people around you who are paying for your free healthcare.
Gotta agree. I used to live in LA for 3 to 6mnths at a time (my Aussie dad lived there) but once he died, I vowed never to return. I haven't. I won't. It's safe here & the police don't shoot you dead/ tase you at every traffic stop.
Isaac tells the truth. Matter of fact we saw Kid Laroi at our local casino (in Adelaide, Australia) after his concert here and nobody gave a crap or even approached him. He did his own thing.
Moved from Utah to Adelaide and it's nice to be able to go a shopping mall without the risk of one deranged lunatic walking in and unloading on us. Also, "fuck me dead" is an Australian phrase that just works 👌🏼
It's weird reading this just as a mentally ill man from Queensland just stabbed around 18 people at Bondi Westfields just two days ago. But the thing is, if we didn't have the guns laws that we do and he walked in with a gun, it would have been way more people that he would have killed. I think we lost 7 people and the other 11 were in hospital, last I heard. We also just had an attack at a church in Sydney tonight too. Something is going wrong here in Sydney right now.
The backstory of the firefighter telling the Prime Minister to Eff-Off is the Prime Minister was off in Hawaii on holiday, sitting on a beach sipping cocktails while people were dying in the fires and thousands of peoples houses were burning down to the foundations. The Prime Minister thought his holidays were more important than peoples lives and livelihoods being destroyed.
True that, what a tosser but then again all politicians are. CFA deserve more respect in Australia we don't have paid fire fighters like the USA our Country fire authority is made up of unpaid volunteers.
So glad we got rid of those criminals in for 9 yrs. 6 Ministries,I don't hold a hose , Liar from the Shire, Pretend Christian Credit card Penticostal Looney .
I think the big problem most people had with that wasn't that he went on holidays, but that he had his department lie about where he was and got found out. I mean, taking a holiday in the middle of a major crisis wasn't smart, but to try and pretend you weren't on holiday was pretty bad. He got punished for it big time, as he should have.
Do you remember when Scummo was doing an interview in some new suburb somewhere and a bloke came out and told the reporters to bloody get off his new lawn? 😂
@@jenniferharrison8915 first day dry after weeks of rain , flood warnings rivers bursting their banks and we will still have a hose ban in the summer. 🏴🏴🇬🇧
One incredibly big difference is our health system. I am seventy one. I was walking down my street and had a minor stroke. I dropped in the middle of the road and couldn't get up for a bit. I have had a CT scan to see if there was any blood clots or other issues. I have had xrays to see if I damaged anything when I hit the ground. I wore a holter monitor for twenty four hours to ensure everything is ok with my heart etc. No cost so far. When my doctor receives all the test results it will cost me $80 to see her and get the results.
Aussie here too. So far my partner has had cancer twice, and a triple bypass. I have had cancer one time. Magnificent medical treatments, and get this - FREE. Well technically it isn't free. There is a levy on income to fund our universal health scheme. However anyone on a pension is not levied. Also there is a low income component, and those ppl do not pay the levy either. So we do fund our treatments, but don't have the terror of becoming seriously ill as some in USA do.
@@user-ql2ow2nr3k really - lucky you! Try having “pretend” doctors right prescriptions for drugs in a hospital that are contraindicated after head injury, before even being examined! Fact! Lived experience! Try telling the bloody truth about people’s lives, instead of bullshitting for your youtube channels!
I can’t get over seeing a “bloke “ 😂 going to a bakery with so many guns and I thought man you are going to buy bread! You guys are not the land of the free and the home of the brave if you need to be absolutely armed to the teeth to buy bread 🤦🏻
While we all have our different political views here in Australia, for the most part nobody gives a shit who you voted for and we're really not interested in you telling us all about it. You go in, you vote privately, you come out, you buy a sausage sandwich from the volunteers at the BBQ setup outside the polling booth. Someone wins, someone loses, and everybody moves on with life a couple of days later.
I seriously to this day, 35 years into my marriage do not know which party my husband actually votes for. Likewise with my friends. Of course I know their views about certain Pollies, I know what they think about major events and current policies and no doubt we like each other because our world view melds ( Americans would no doubt consider us all to be raving Commies I'm sure). However, I cannot say I know, with 100% certainty, what box any of them tick on the Green chit, or what their choices are for above or below the line preferences. Nor them me. It just has never ever once entered our heads to ask. I don't know any Ozzies that do have that discussion. We collectively just don't rate pollies worthy of barbecue convo and are in genetal scathing about the whole bloody lot of them.
dutchroll, outside the election booth I think your referring to the democracy sausage (they are free in my electorate). Then after the democracy sausage, me and my voting mates usually go wash that awesome democracy sausage down with some democracy beers 🙂
@@triarb5790 agree more important dicussions are held. like who remembered the backyard cricket gear or which sports team you follow and how are they doing. only time we really talk about politics if the the pm seriously messes up. like the prime minister who was on holiday during the first part of the worst bushfires event in australian history in christmas 2019 when everyone finally had enough and started asking where he was when half the country was burning down.
fun fact, Australia has almost 12,000 beaches along its 60,000km (37,282mi) coastline. If you visited one per day, it would take more than 32 years to see them all.
My Mum is American. My Dad is Australian. They met overseas teaching in Asia and I lived there for the first 6 years of the life. Then we moved to Australia and I have spent 13 years there. Despite my American accent I am for all purposes more Australian than American. I have dual citizenship and am considering renouncing my American citizenship due to the embarrassment occurring in America. Australians are just so chill and laid back. Americans seem to make everything over important and intense. For example in America “I got a yada yada GPA” they get over praised by their achievements whereas here in Australia you get a good on ya mate but nobody cares. It’s just such a great atmosphere that encourages humility and prevents the dumbass mentality Americans develop in schools.
Also you will need to consult an accountant to check your American tax liabilities. I think USA taxes your money, from everywhere in the world. SO if you earn and pay tax in Australia, Uncle Sam will be putting his hand out too..... for your tax payable in USA, but earned in Australia..... Dual Citizenship Complications... you really need to check that out to prevent the huge unpleasant surprise. Like double taxation.
There wasn't much opposition at all, that's how it is in australia, had a massive shooting, took away the guns, it was enacted so fast you didn't have time to think, and that ppl is why I love my beautiful country 🇦🇺
Isaac says it exactly as it is. Love him .. And as for the celebrity comment. Correct. We don't lose our sh*t if we see them down the street. They're entitled to get on with their daily life. After all they're just people. And if they were to fluff around with big egos, attitudes and expectations, that's a sure way to turn Aussies off. Aussies like people who are just being themselves... We don't care who you are, or what you do. Just be real.😢
matt damon turned up to the horse races for an important day and looked like he was having a blast as whilst he made the news he wasn't bombarded by the press. we respect peoples boundries, even megastars. only time we get press frenzies is for annual red carpet events for things like sport code awards, maybe a movie premier when they walk the red carpet and pose for the cameras but other than that they get left alone.
my husband and adult son smoked cones and got drunk with Robert Pattinson ( in South Australia) and Robert said, this is what he loves about Australia, nobody was whipping out their phones to record him or photograph him, he was just free to be himself and relax
Hi guys, welcome back to Australia! 😁 Isaac is a bit insane, and very Australian, but he is honest! 😂 Yes, we had a huge gun buyback and we then recycled them into useful garden sheds! 😄 Just vote privately, it's your right, isn't the US a democracy! 🤨 Celebrities, are just people with a different job! 😏 Cool! 👍
@@erlinglarsen It's becoming a truly capitalist autocracy! I hope Australia remains a true democracy, and we must definitely stay away from republicanism - our Governor General still has the power to sack an incompetent, overspending or nationally dangerous government!
@@erlinglarsenAny countries that aren't ruled by monarchs are Republics. And any countries that let the people elect representatives to govern are democracies. So you can have autocratic Republic like North Korea and China, or democratic Republic like most of the west
If you want a therapist like an Australian, you'll just have to talk to some random, but polite, bloke. They'll just listen and if you want their opinion, you'll have to ask for it and they'll give it to you straight. And get this, it's free of no charge. That's right, free with no charge. Who would want a professional when half of them twist your words to make you sound like you're the problem? ...That's what I heard from one of my friends and cousin when they got psychological therapy
Australia would be a great place for you guys to visit. It’s like a clean sheet design where most are laid back & people only care about the things that matter. Their society is nothing like America where life is all about the grift, the hustle & seeing how you can screw over fellow members of society at whatever opportunity. A totally different mindset in Australia
It depends on where you live though. Melbourne and Sydney are extremely competitive and people there aren't as friendly as Adelaide or Perth according to tourists.
@@thevannmann Nah man, Melbourne is one of the friendliest cities I've been to. Even the drivers are courteous compared to a lot of other cities. Sydney is a different prospect though, it's pretty cut-throat there, and some of the most aggressive drivers anywhere. You need to take angry pills to drive around Sydney, it's mental.
@@thevannmann depends on what part of the city you live. I'm in Sydneys northern beaches & we really couldn't give a "F" about anything & just want to chill.
@@vbevanthe national healthcare service benefits those most that have private healthcare insurance. Those that have a public healthcare insurance have to wait the line till it’s their turn
With major restrictions in services. The whole Medicare system has evolved to provide the minimum and for that those who need it the most namely the elderly sit on waiting lists for years waiting for treatments that will end their pain. Both parties are guilty.
The biggest difference in politics is that Australian politicians don’t have to have rallies or pander to extreme views to encourage people to get to a polling station and vote. Voting is compulsory here, polling stations are open for early voting if you won’t be able to make it on the day, postal voting is available, polling day is always on a Saturday to make it easier. Political advertising is pretty much limited to the six weeks before election day and must state who is the advertiser, whether it is a political party, a special interest group or an individual, they must attach their name to their political ad. We don’t directly elect our Prime Minister, we elect our local member of parliament and if their party gets the most members elected they form government and they choose one of them to be Prime Minister, but we do know beforehand who the parties have as their leader. They can choose to change their leader during their term in office. Because of how our system works we have a lot more than two parties and quite a few independents.
And we still use a paper ballot which are all tallied on the same day and the winner is announced on the same day. Postal votes are limited to overseas citizens, remote workers and other special cases. There's no counting votes after the polling stations close on election day. Australians aren't politicised enough to bother about committing voter fraud to get one party elected over the other. We don't even ask each other who we voted for. Basically, we don't give a shit.
Our celebrities are treated as normal people who are very approachable and really like talking to any fan! We treat everyone as equals, no matter what/where they work or who they are.. Treat us right and we treat you right!! Cheers from Australia 🙂
I met Mel Gibson years ago in a department store, he was standing in the queue behind me waiting to pay at the checkout just like we all were. Pretty ordinary bloke actually, chatty and friendly just like you'd expect. I saw Eric Bana at the New Years Eve fireworks too, he was just chilling with his family and friends, everyone was leaving him alone and just doing their own thing, a few people raised their beers in his direction but that was it. I saw Kylie Minogue in the crowd at the Big Day Out years ago too, no one was paying her any heed aside from the occasional "G'day Kylie". She got up on stage later with Nick Cave for their duet, it was pretty cool.
@@woopimagpie I was with family at a maze on the Mornington Penisular. As we were running around the maze with our kids, other families were doing the same, including some guy with gaggle of kids hanging off him giggling and calling him 'Uncle Geoffrey'. I thought nothing of it. It was my husband who told me after we left that that was Geoffrey Rush (at the time he'd already received accolades for Shine and the first POTC had just come out) No one was taking a blind bit of notice of him.
This is very true. I met the guitarist from Australian Crawl at a pub in Mataranka and he just dressed like a normal bloke, spoke like a normal bloke and acts like a normal bloke.
If you guys ever come to Australia, please do not spend most of your time in the major city’s. The best places to visit are all the small towns along the coast or even inland. All the coastal towns have the best beaches and the most humbling people you will meet 🩵
You say "even inland!" as though inland is somehow inferior to coastal. It's the other way around if anything. Beaches are nice, but not much variety. Not much scenery (unless you like staring out to see).
@@pm2886 Hahaa not at all, I live in an area that gets to experience both so please don’t assume that I think one is better then the other thanks. All small towns are beautiful and each one has something different to offer so go hassle someone else with your drama. The one who is being unfair to each area is yourself, so off you trot 👋🏼
At Beach a few years ago, saw Liam hemsworth and Matt Damon with their families. Everyone saw them, then just left them alone. We just see celebrities as people, and when they are not working, then we leave them alone. Everyone deserves not to get annoyed by others.
Every time you do a vid showing Australian differences you make me love my country (Australia) even more. The beaches thing made me laugh a little, as I have 5 just down the road from me. Left to right its about a 10 -15 minute drive and they are all fabulous and have completely different locals.
I think lobbyists are more effective than a vote these days. Eventually lobbyists can affect each political party's stance on an issue. You may have heard of the "gun lobby". In Australia there are the lobbyist that asked for the increases in tax on alcohol and tobacco. The doctors' lobby.
@berranari1 Yes, a shame we're heading in the way of the money talking US, the greatest 'democracy" on earth 😅. And crazy as it might seem, I do know what the gun lobby is. Voting still makes a difference.
The Simpsons episode Lisa goes to Washington explained how effective lobbies are. And the episode where Bill Clinton and Bob Dole were replaced by alien replacements showed that votes in a two party system are useless when those parties are being influenced. Besides a single vote can't do much when an electorate is not close to begin with. There is an episode of Blackadder the third, Dish and Dishonesty, which shows us how electorates were and still are designed for one side to win. This is called gerrymandering. There are not many marginal seats. Voting is important, but my vote will not stop a candidate that I don't like being elected by people somewhere else. A filibuster is what was going on in the Simpsons episode I mentioned when Lisa goes to Washington. In Australia there is an anti sugar lobby. I actually wish that they were around to save me from sugar, but it is too late for me.
Oiii fellas ! That was a really good way of take on how we see the US. You blokes seem laid back, balanced and intelligent - come to Australia, you'd love it
Politics isn't a blood sport in most democracies, as it is in the US today. This is largely for two reasons. One is that corporations cannot fund political campaigns in other democracies. Second, the schools curricula in other countries include subjects such as: civics, comparative government, debating skills, and rhetoric.
One of our Prime minster's, Bob Hawke, holds the world record (or did, don't know if its still current) for drinking 2 liters of beer in 11 seconds. That's the kind of thing we remember our leaders for. 😂
Hey, team. Long time follower, first-time comment. We love old mate, but we also don't agree with most of his views, but that is Australia, we do not hate people with different views. I served with Americans, and two moved to Australia and loved it. I think we have plenty we can learn from one another. Keep up the good content
Awesome video guys👍 I love your reactions. Yes we have a gun here but needed to get a license and it needs to be stored and locked away safely. Cops can come by any time day or night as a suprise visit to check it's locked away safely and that the gun safe is bolted down or attached to the wall. More australia videos! 🇦🇺🙏
Naturally Australia has lots of beaches because we have a big coastline with zero borders. We have about 80 named beaches in and around Sydney, some within Sydney harbour & some coastal. Bondi is most famous but it is just one in a string of beaches along the southern shore outside Sydney’s Heads.
Please keep in mind that he is a comedian and tries to get a bite from people. Don't take him too seriously though he does make a few good points. From my point of view, the U.S. is a great place and the people on the whole seem friendly and welcoming. I traveled there a lot in my working days. Good video mate you and your friends should do more.
America a Great place to raise kids 😮 If you don't mind worrying about school shootings. The Genetically Modified Food is Crap and they don't have free Medical. There is also the fact t,hat a free country doesn't allow swearing on TV or in Music 😂😂.
I’ve been 3 times and never felt safe. The food was terrible, homeless in San Francisco would pee in the street in the city in front of our kids and us. No thank you, never again
The beaches are awesome in Australia - that is true. Also celebrities do walk down the street here on the whole without being hassled. My parents lived two doors down from Hugo Weaving (from the Matrix films) - and he just went about his life as normal. The guns are interesting - they do cause a problem with violence and shootings in the USA definitely, but there may come a day when we are glad that American patriots have the right to bear arms. I enjoy your reviews - and hope you can come and visit Australia one day.
He is also "the red skull" and the movie voice of Megatron. But I guess I wouldn't hassle the dude if I saw him. 😀 He is a character in the Lord of the rings movies too. Had to put in one where he wasn't the bad guy. 😂
We love our celebrities as long as they aren’t up themselves. Chris Hemsworth & Hugh Jackman are prime examples of Aussie celebs who kept their feet firmly on the ground so we love them. We have over 12,000 named beaches in Australia
6:17 Context: this was during the insane 2020 bushfires. Scott Morrison did nothing to help, an absolute flop. He THEN decides to go on holiday overseas continuing to not help
The world vs. United States; World: Random World Citizen 1; That mass shooting was tragic and heartbreaking, wasn't it? Random World Citizen 2; Yeah, it was terrible! USA: Random US citizen 1; That mass shooting was tragic and heartbreaking, wasn't it? Random US citizen 2; Which one?
You nailed it. The boys thought that Australia still had them from time to time. We had 2 in the 1980s and after the Port Arthur tragedy in the 1990s there have been none. There was the Sydney Siege. It was terrible because two innocent lives were lost. Look it up if you had not seen it. They are nice boys though. There is hope for America seeing good guys like them.
@@berranari1 As far as I can tell, the whole world has heard about the Port Arthur massacre and its consequences for gun laws in Australia. The whole world except the US, that is. And the Sydney siege, was that the one in the chocolate shop? 8-10 years ago? I remember it because I'm a chocoholic. As far as I know and remember, it didn't take more than about 3 months from the Port Arthur incident until the new weapons law was completed and came into force, weapons were collected and life continued as before, only safer for everyone. If you try to tell this to someone from the US they will most likely dismiss it as "it will never work in the US". This genuine conviction that what works everywhere else in the world, they are too special for it to work for them is a completely unique thing about US citizens. It is a form of collective narcissism in combination with extreme indoctrination that is only seen in today's North Korea and in Germany during a period in the 1930s and 1940s. This also applies both in working life, (especially fair wages for workers), the price of health care, tuition for education, etc. The so-called "Best country in the world" is no better than they can't get simple things that everyone else gets to work in their societies to work in theirs. And it also doesn't help that the average US citizen knows NOTHING about what goes on outside the country's borders, many not outside their own state's borders. They are willfully ignorant in a world where all knowledge is a few keystrokes away. The US has become nothing more than the world's richest third world country.
@@berranari1The Sydney Siege was not a mass shooting. A) Mass shootings are of 4 or more people 2) One of the two people who were shot was caught in police cross fire.
@@triarb5790 The Sydney siege was NOT a mass shooting, that was my point mate. The young lads in the video are under the impression that Australia still has a mass shooting every now and then. I was commenting that the assumption was incorrect. Are you even Australian?
I dont think its that we dont care about Celebrities its just that we believe they are just as entitled to their privacy as any other person. I would never walk up to a celebrity who was out with their family, or trying to do groceries or whatever.
No it is like that. I’m Aussie & my friend and I met Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn(yeah look em up) when we were on holidays in Greece and we didn’t ask for photos or autographs we just had a very chill discussion about touring around Greece. Celebs need time off too.
I’m an Aussie too, and I think 99% of celebrities are cocks, but we’re talking about Jack Burton here. If there was ever a celebrity to put up on a pedestal, it’s Jack Burton.
On an island that killed, maimed, tortured and abused thousands of 'innocent' prisoners. It was born of a penal colony where cannibals consumed more than were killed by one of their offspring later on.
In regards to gun regulation: I come from Europe and I honestly can't imagine living in a country where EVERYONE could be carrying a weapon AT ANY TIME. If you have to be aware of someone in a walmart to draw a freaking gun on you if you run into them - that's just bonkers. We're in the 21st century and MURRICA still banks on wild west law when it comes to guns is nuts, IMHO
Agreed 💯. I'm an Aussie & proud to be. The Constitution was written in 1787, police were in less number's & people needed guns to hunt & protect. Why have guns today, no need.. there are police everywhere, we have phones, fast car's & we buy majority of our food, instead of hunting. In my mind there is no reason for everyone to have guns in the 21 century. Your government has you all killing each other. This is just crazy to me. Just my view.
From am american, our gun problem is bad but you cant just walk into a store with a gun and nobody does anything about it. Almost all stores prohibit firearms but yeah I get your point. Just because they are prohibited doesnt mean someone cant walk in with it and shoot at people.
Hey bro I've been watching your Aussie videos for a few weeks now and always hear you say you want to come visit our beautiful country. Definitely stay on the Gold Coast mate you'll have a ball! I'll show you around for sure my bro 💯
I was sitting in a barbers shop here in Melbourne and spotted this guy, recognised him straight away, Australian actor who has been on some great Aussie tv shows and was in one of my favorite mini series, no one approached him, no one took photos, no one got an autograph, he had his hair cut didnt act like a prima donna at any point and everyone just got on with rheir day, I don't know if it would be the same with a Hugh Jackman or Chris Hemsworth, but even Chris once picked up a guy who had broken down or was hitch hiking and gave him a lift and the guy never even recognised Chris and Chris just acted like he was a normal dude....
Hey fellas! Just stumbled across the channel and noticed the interest in my home country Australia! It’s entertaining to see the culture shock from both angles, but check out the song I was only 19. It will touch your heart for sure! Name of band Red Gum. It’s about Vietnam war
Its actually quite easy in australia to get a firearms license u just have to go through the proper identification u cant have anything on your record that shows violence for obvious reasons and what not but its not hard to get one theres different categories for different uses and its quite safe and all round a very good system
Celebrity worship isnt really a thing in Oz . As long as your fan base isnt a bunch of 12 year olds you'd be free to do whatever without being hassled .
Isaac is such a true Aussie man as an Australian he’s 100% correct about everything! Hope you guys have the chance to come over and see our beautiful land 🤞🏾
As an Aussie - we legit look at the US and are like...🤷♀️🤦♀️ what!? Why!? You know it doesn't have to be like this right?? Good job boys! I actually love your mindsets :) Come live in Australia! We love Americans in Aussie soil haha BTW- Perth have the best beaches!
I was thinking about this the other day. Oz has the Australian Electoral Commission (the AEC). That's a federal non-political body that runs elections and sets electoral boundaries. So no gerrymandering or political interference in the outcome of elections. In the US each State runs its own elections, with the running of and the judging of the outcome not appearing to be done at "arm's length", and seems to adjust electoral boundaries to favour the political party currently in power. That's not democratic, yet the US trumpets that it's displaying the benefits of Democracy to the rest of the world. Also, OZ has proportional representational voting, not first-past-the-post like the US. While more complex, this leads to less partisanship and can lead to coalitions of parties to govern. This tends to make OZ governments more centrist than in the US. And OZ has the strong influence of a convict/protesting Irish early history, so it used to be more egalitarian, against "Tall Poppies" and a place that enshrined "Mateship" and a "Fair Go" in life, with a laid-back, philosophical attitude of "She'll be right, mate". Unfortunately, OZ is less like this today.
In Australia we have a thing called the tall poppy syndrome (if you get to high , we will cut you down to size!) One thing I'm proud of about Australia. Don't get me wrong we are not perfect. Just like the rest of the world
Ozzy here, me and my family met/passed the singer Guy Sebastian with his family at a small zoo. We passed eachother with nought but a smile and quick nod, that was it. Celebs are great for entertainment and all but they're still just people, leave them be. I honesty kick up more of a fuss when i see one of my old high school teachers out in the wild.
We dont hate our celebrities, we just dont put them on a pedestal like Americans do. The celebrities here also like it because they get to live a normal life
Proud to be an Aussie, born in UK left when I was 26 only child, Best thing I ever did moving to OZ Best country in the world! Love Australia Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi 🇦🇺
I used to work at a cafe attached to a pretty famous art museum in Melbourne and we would have celebrities like Troye Sivan, Natalie Portman, some Australian celebrities come in all the time and nobody would care at all, they wouldn't even turn around. Sometimes people will ask for a signature out and about, but usually they're just seen as other normal people.
I'm Australian and Isaac is right. We all have our own political view, mainly cause we are forced to vote, but I don't see people cutting others out of their lives because of it. We pretty much just vote for the party we hate a little less.
I'm Australian and my partner is American and we recently got engaged after 4 years of dating and spending months with each other in our countries, and wants me to move to America with him..I'm honestly terrified
It's true mate, Chris Hemsworth 'Thor' can and does walk to the shops, Kid Leroi walks around, Magot Robbie, Russell Crowe ect. We don't care. You know who we gather to see and ask for autographs, our footy players, NRL, AFL, and the other sports to I guess but definitely footballer. 🇦🇺
@@imho2278😂😂😂. I wondered the same thing. Never heard of him before this video. I actually thought he must be an American because I didn't think they'd know an Australian who wasn't massively famous. Shows how in touch I'm not with celebrities and celebrity news.
Hi guys. You are mostly correct. But we don't have one (a mass shooting) every now and then. The massacre you may be thinking of was in New Zealand and they changed their gun laws just after that. The shooter was from Australia, but that still proves Isaac's point about gun control.
NZ had the Christchurch Mosque massacre, and the culprit was caught by police while he was driving to a 2nd Mosque.... armed and ready to go. The offender, an Australian citizen is now in a 1 man super high security prison unit (Having been convicted of countless murders)....... with little or no visiting, No TV, and no release ever.... There was an immediate clampdown (and by-back) of all firearms of 10+ rounds of .22, etc etc. New Licenses are way harder to get. Now this was after the Aramoana killings / massacre in the early 1990's where about 12 or 13 were killed. Licensing for firearms was made a lot tighter after that incident as well. In NZ, pistol and revolvers are generally banned. Except if its an antique, been made safe, or used at a pistol club. And they get checked at random on random dates and times...... to make sure that you still have it safely stored where you claimed it would be, on your application to have the pistol / revolver (in the firearms safe that you mentioned in the application). So it is pretty well controlled in NZ, for law abiding citizens;. But the criminal element have firearms, pistols, sawn off shotties, so it's business as usual for them.
You guys are helping me have hope for America again, I thought everyone there was crazy but now I realise a lot of you think it’s just as crazy as the rest of us! You guys seem cool, come visit Australia and you will love it and fit right in here!
Climate change = Australia will burn in this century. In 2060 99% of Australia on the coasts is inhabitable. By the way, people who call themselves apolitical and do not vote are not solving problems, they are contributing to them.
building so hard JPS keep up the work mate. the buttsman is pretty much everyones dad in Australia haha. keep that way of thinking about topics mate. These people that hate people they don't even know, over issues that they have no control over kills me. love the reastion to the guy 'Are you from the media?'
Our citys are near the coast for mainly shipping reasons (i havent looked into this, but being in the middle of the ocean is a TAD inconvenient) and the fact the more inland u go, the more hot it is
You boys are super chill and down to earth. That means you pass the test to enter Australia any time. Come on over and see how good the good life really is
Isaac is f--king hilarious, ya gotta watch his videos. ok some things might be over the top, BUT he does make good points. Thanx for sharing. Hi from South Australia (Adelaide )
Ah yes the buttsmarn.. I grew up in Sydney and now live in the beautiful Coffs Harbour coast and I dont know how you guys in America don't have anxiety attacks daily about the exposure to guns. To have to consider yours and your childrens safety even by sending them to school... The worst thing my school ever had was a kid who tried to set the gym on fire on a Saturday, I had NEVER heard of a school shooting, it was never something I thought of happening. Question for you guys, does anyone contemplate leaving the USA and living somewhere safer? Coffs harbour has a lot of people who have moved from the us (mostly young people) and from South Africa, England, Italy.. I work at the hospital and it's full of international workers. We get a lot from Germany. Australia's population growth is mostly people moving into the country. Do Americans ever consider moving away from the states and live somewhere better like Australia? Also if you do come over to Australia I recommend any time other than the Christmas period! Everything is booked and you will not be able to properly enjoy anything, all the families from the cities like Sydney venture out into the regional coastal towns and we traditionally leave our town during the holiday break because you cannot do anything you're fighting with the tourists. The climate is beautiful no matter what time of year so don't ruin your trip by coming in the peak season.
Our health care in hospital is free , I had cancer and I'm still being treated at just one of the many great hospitals we have here , it's the Peter Mac cancer centre, I was in hospital for 11 days then had to spend another 3 days and I never had to pay a penny , thank you P M
It’s not free. Australian’s are amongst the highest taxed in the world and on a per capita basis we are now swimming in debt privately and publicly. Nothing in this world is free, we pay for it.
@@w_stanky None of what you said is true. Australia is the only country in the world with a higher personal wealth than the USA. Low income Australians pay far less tax in proportion to their income than Americans do because Americans pay from the very first dollar they earn and Aussies get the first $18 000 untaxed. Most European countries, China, Israel, USA, and many others have a higher max income tax than Australia. If you have debt you need to seek help for how you got yourself in that position, not blame the Australian government or anyone else.
its called tall poppy syndrome in australia, if youre famous or stand out, people feel the need keep you humble and remind you that youre no better than us regular folk lol
I think we're generally okay for people to have some success ... as long as you stay humble , don't flaunt it , do some good things
this is common in most of Europe and South America as well. It’s not envy. It’s people generally don’t like someone stand out. (Maybe it’s 10% envy)😂
I think also we prefer to respect people’s privacy too and so very few of us actually go up and ask for photos and autographs and such which means they can feel more comfortable just being out and about right? Also I feel that the way we are raised is a big thing, it’s much like Isaac was saying, we’re all just normal people and we’re taught not to let ego go to our heads which is likely a huge reason why our celebrities are just normal good people
I kind of like how supportive America feels towards success. They all celebrate each other's success all the time. In Australia, it doesn't seem as supportive, not mean, but more "every man for himself". The celebrities will only cop it if they act better than everyone else. If they are down to earth they get along great.
Famous Aussies are just the normal everyday run of the mill Aussie … 😊
Aussie here - no one gives a shit about celebrities....
Son was travelling and had a coffee one morning, said hi to a guy ordering coffee, they sat at different tables for 5, then as my son was about to walk out he realised it was Chris Hemsworth. No pics, no autograph, he just walked out and nodded at Chris as he left.
My sister meet him in bookshop and no fuss was made
Bloody oath, mate. No one chases after Chris Hemsworth in Oz. He' s just another dinkum Aussie.
@@lithgowlights859 Who is Chris Hemsworth?
Anglo Aussies talk out of their arses...
True story: Earlier this year Paul McCartney was in my city (Adelaide) giving a concert. Next day he strolled into a local coffee shop on his own, sat down and read the paper while drinking his coffee and having a snack. Everyone recognised him but no one pestered him. When he'd finished he politely said thank you to the owner and departed. We gave him the best gift - treated him like he was just a bloke looking for a quiet moment to have a coffee. Yes, it made the radio and the local paper but I was proud he was treated with respect like that.
A bit different to Adelaide in 1964 when 300,000 turned up to see him
Rod Stewart was in Sydney recently and he's into model railways and he went into a model railway shop and bought some model railway items and the shop owners and customers treated him as a customer not a celebrity. He then went to Bunnings hardware and was treated exactly the same. We don't go in for all this celebrity culture for we look at them not up to them for they're human just like the rest of us with all the human failings that we all have.
I’ve walked past Russell Crowes house and got a wave back from him from his balcony.
Who's Paul McCartney
@@veramudikidikilati6353 A singer and he formed the band the Beatles in the 60's With John Lennon, George Harisson and Ringo Starr and later had a successful solo career.
I am American. My boyfriend and the love of my life is Australian. I moved to the Gold Coast from LA three years ago. Everything in this video 🤣 is 100% bang on 😂! America is f#^cked. I am expecting our first child right now. I am getting the best level of care... far better than America... and its all free! I doubt I will ever return to America. So much peace here.
Don’t take it for granted then!
Haha I’m from the Gold Coast and my girlfriend moved from NYC to here and says the absolute same thing. The biggest difference is definitely as you stated, the healthcare here is a lot better!
Definitely don’t take it for granted and I hope you are contributing by paying tax. The government doesn’t work or toil to make any money, it’s the people around you who are paying for your free healthcare.
Gotta agree. I used to live in LA for 3 to 6mnths at a time (my Aussie dad lived there) but once he died, I vowed never to return. I haven't. I won't. It's safe here & the police don't shoot you dead/ tase you at every traffic stop.
It ain't free It's called the Medicare levy. The only time it's free is when you're dole bluggers...
I'm Australian and we don't ever have any mass shootings or really any gun deaths here. Issacc speaks the truth, we don't give a shit about politics
We do have gun deaths, but they're mainly due to gang fights in the cities. Nothing the everyday Aussie has to worry about.
We have bugger all, but yes a few criminal on criminal which are fine by us.
@@robertjohnston5915 just 241 gun deaths in 2023 so far. Brazil (not the US) is the worst- 49,437 deaths this year.
@@wa6184 That's the case for the most part in Burgerland too.
Over 400 gun related suicides. Only 1 mass shooting and it was recently in WA. The ambush of the cops.
Isaac tells the truth. Matter of fact we saw Kid Laroi at our local casino (in Adelaide, Australia) after his concert here and nobody gave a crap or even approached him. He did his own thing.
I don't know if many people would know Kid Laroi if he was standing in front of them. Looks like an ordinary teenager
@@adrianhempfing2042 What do you expect, an alien? He looks good and makes a good show. Period.
@UlliStein Yeah but that's not, at all, the point here is it..
@@adrianhempfing2042 I've never heard of him of before.
im not being a dick but who the fuck is kid laroi?
Moved from Utah to Adelaide and it's nice to be able to go a shopping mall without the risk of one deranged lunatic walking in and unloading on us. Also, "fuck me dead" is an Australian phrase that just works 👌🏼
Welcome petal, I appreciate your comment, you sound like you are one of those rare likeable americans. Glad you like it here ,
It's weird reading this just as a mentally ill man from Queensland just stabbed around 18 people at Bondi Westfields just two days ago. But the thing is, if we didn't have the guns laws that we do and he walked in with a gun, it would have been way more people that he would have killed. I think we lost 7 people and the other 11 were in hospital, last I heard. We also just had an attack at a church in Sydney tonight too. Something is going wrong here in Sydney right now.
Yeah it's a bit fucked.
Well this comment did not aged well……
Yes, 'fmd' is a ripper phrase. Almost as dinkum as "stone the crows".
The backstory of the firefighter telling the Prime Minister to Eff-Off is the Prime Minister was off in Hawaii on holiday, sitting on a beach sipping cocktails while people were dying in the fires and thousands of peoples houses were burning down to the foundations. The Prime Minister thought his holidays were more important than peoples lives and livelihoods being destroyed.
True that, what a tosser but then again all politicians are.
CFA deserve more respect in Australia
we don't have paid fire fighters like the USA our Country fire authority is made up of unpaid volunteers.
So glad you mentioned that. And how bout trying to get those affected to shake hands for a photo op?,
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So glad we got rid of those criminals in for 9 yrs. 6 Ministries,I don't hold a hose , Liar from the Shire, Pretend Christian Credit card Penticostal Looney .
I think the big problem most people had with that wasn't that he went on holidays, but that he had his department lie about where he was and got found out. I mean, taking a holiday in the middle of a major crisis wasn't smart, but to try and pretend you weren't on holiday was pretty bad. He got punished for it big time, as he should have.
Do you remember when Scummo was doing an interview in some new suburb somewhere and a bloke came out and told the reporters to bloody get off his new lawn? 😂
Hiya Australians from Wales ❤❤🏴🏴🇬🇧
Hi Wales, thanks mate, hope you are keeping dry over there! 🏴😄🇦🇺👍
@@jenniferharrison8915 first day dry after weeks of rain , flood warnings rivers bursting their banks and we will still have a hose ban in the summer. 🏴🏴🇬🇧
How ya going?
gday mate
One incredibly big difference is our health system. I am seventy one. I was walking down my street and had a minor stroke. I dropped in the middle of the road and couldn't get up for a bit. I have had a CT scan to see if there was any blood clots or other issues. I have had xrays to see if I damaged anything when I hit the ground. I wore a holter monitor for twenty four hours to ensure everything is ok with my heart etc. No cost so far. When my doctor receives all the test results it will cost me $80 to see her and get the results.
Yep and just pop your Dr fee onto Medicare to deal with😊👍👍
Aussie here too. So far my partner has had cancer twice, and a triple bypass. I have had cancer one time. Magnificent medical treatments, and get this - FREE. Well technically it isn't free. There is a levy on income to fund our universal health scheme. However anyone on a pension is not levied. Also there is a low income component, and those ppl do not pay the levy either. So we do fund our treatments, but don't have the terror of becoming seriously ill as some in USA do.
@@user-ql2ow2nr3k really - lucky you! Try having “pretend” doctors right prescriptions for drugs in a hospital that are contraindicated after head injury, before even being examined! Fact! Lived experience! Try telling the bloody truth about people’s lives, instead of bullshitting for your youtube channels!
I can’t get over seeing a “bloke “ 😂 going to a bakery with so many guns and I thought man you are going to buy bread! You guys are not the land of the free and the home of the brave if you need to be absolutely armed to the teeth to buy bread 🤦🏻
Home of the scaredycats
While we all have our different political views here in Australia, for the most part nobody gives a shit who you voted for and we're really not interested in you telling us all about it. You go in, you vote privately, you come out, you buy a sausage sandwich from the volunteers at the BBQ setup outside the polling booth. Someone wins, someone loses, and everybody moves on with life a couple of days later.
I think we do care more about the "democracy sausage" (sausage sizzle, barbecue)
Well said
I seriously to this day, 35 years into my marriage do not know which party my husband actually votes for. Likewise with my friends. Of course I know their views about certain Pollies, I know what they think about major events and current policies and no doubt we like each other because our world view melds ( Americans would no doubt consider us all to be raving Commies I'm sure). However, I cannot say I know, with 100% certainty, what box any of them tick on the Green chit, or what their choices are for above or below the line preferences. Nor them me.
It just has never ever once entered our heads to ask. I don't know any Ozzies that do have that discussion. We collectively just don't rate pollies worthy of barbecue convo and are in genetal scathing about the whole bloody lot of them.
dutchroll, outside the election booth I think your referring to the democracy sausage (they are free in my electorate). Then after the democracy sausage, me and my voting mates usually go wash that awesome democracy sausage down with some democracy beers 🙂
@@triarb5790 agree more important dicussions are held. like who remembered the backyard cricket gear or which sports team you follow and how are they doing. only time we really talk about politics if the the pm seriously messes up. like the prime minister who was on holiday during the first part of the worst bushfires event in australian history in christmas 2019 when everyone finally had enough and started asking where he was when half the country was burning down.
fun fact, Australia has almost 12,000 beaches along its 60,000km (37,282mi) coastline. If you visited one per day, it would take more than 32 years to see them all.
And no one gets to see the best beaches cause we don't talk about them. 😅
My Mum is American. My Dad is Australian. They met overseas teaching in Asia and I lived there for the first 6 years of the life. Then we moved to Australia and I have spent 13 years there. Despite my American accent I am for all purposes more Australian than American. I have dual citizenship and am considering renouncing my American citizenship due to the embarrassment occurring in America. Australians are just so chill and laid back. Americans seem to make everything over important and intense. For example in America “I got a yada yada GPA” they get over praised by their achievements whereas here in Australia you get a good on ya mate but nobody cares. It’s just such a great atmosphere that encourages humility and prevents the dumbass mentality Americans develop in schools.
Also you will need to consult an accountant to check your American tax liabilities. I think USA taxes your money, from everywhere in the world. SO if you earn and pay tax in Australia, Uncle Sam will be putting his hand out too..... for your tax payable in USA, but earned in Australia..... Dual Citizenship Complications... you really need to check that out to prevent the huge unpleasant surprise. Like double taxation.
What's a yada yada .. ?
@@redhammer9910 the equivilent of “etc, etc” hopefully - or someone just found yet one more “culturally different interpretation”.
There wasn't much opposition at all, that's how it is in australia, had a massive shooting, took away the guns, it was enacted so fast you didn't have time to think, and that ppl is why I love my beautiful country 🇦🇺
Isaac says it exactly as it is. Love him .. And as for the celebrity comment. Correct. We don't lose our sh*t if we see them down the street. They're entitled to get on with their daily life. After all they're just people. And if they were to fluff around with big egos, attitudes and expectations, that's a sure way to turn Aussies off.
Aussies like people who are just being themselves... We don't care who you are, or what you do. Just be real.😢
matt damon turned up to the horse races for an important day and looked like he was having a blast as whilst he made the news he wasn't bombarded by the press. we respect peoples boundries, even megastars. only time we get press frenzies is for annual red carpet events for things like sport code awards, maybe a movie premier when they walk the red carpet and pose for the cameras but other than that they get left alone.
my husband and adult son smoked cones and got drunk with Robert Pattinson ( in South Australia) and Robert said, this is what he loves about Australia, nobody was whipping out their phones to record him or photograph him, he was just free to be himself and relax
Hi guys, welcome back to Australia! 😁 Isaac is a bit insane, and very Australian, but he is honest! 😂 Yes, we had a huge gun buyback and we then recycled them into useful garden sheds! 😄 Just vote privately, it's your right, isn't the US a democracy! 🤨 Celebrities, are just people with a different job! 😏 Cool! 👍
It's a republic not a democracy.
@@erlinglarsen It's becoming a truly capitalist autocracy! I hope Australia remains a true democracy, and we must definitely stay away from republicanism - our Governor General still has the power to sack an incompetent, overspending or nationally dangerous government!
@@erlinglarsenRepublic and democracy aren't mutually exclusive dip shite
@@erlinglarsenAny countries that aren't ruled by monarchs are Republics. And any countries that let the people elect representatives to govern are democracies. So you can have autocratic Republic like North Korea and China, or democratic Republic like most of the west
@@rustygear447 The US is Constitutional Federal Republic not a Democratic Republic you might want to do some research 👍
One thing I've taken away from this video guys is that if you ever need a therapist try and get an Austrailian one 👍👍
If you want a therapist like an Australian, you'll just have to talk to some random, but polite, bloke. They'll just listen and if you want their opinion, you'll have to ask for it and they'll give it to you straight. And get this, it's free of no charge. That's right, free with no charge. Who would want a professional when half of them twist your words to make you sound like you're the problem?
...That's what I heard from one of my friends and cousin when they got psychological therapy
Australia would be a great place for you guys to visit. It’s like a clean sheet design where most are laid back & people only care about the things that matter. Their society is nothing like America where life is all about the grift, the hustle & seeing how you can screw over fellow members of society at whatever opportunity. A totally different mindset in Australia
It depends on where you live though. Melbourne and Sydney are extremely competitive and people there aren't as friendly as Adelaide or Perth according to tourists.
@@thevannmannNot true for Melbourne.
@@thevannmann Nah man, Melbourne is one of the friendliest cities I've been to. Even the drivers are courteous compared to a lot of other cities. Sydney is a different prospect though, it's pretty cut-throat there, and some of the most aggressive drivers anywhere. You need to take angry pills to drive around Sydney, it's mental.
@@thevannmanndepends where you live to a certain extent/ I live east of the city and most people around here are pretty friendly and not stuck up
@@thevannmann depends on what part of the city you live. I'm in Sydneys northern beaches & we really couldn't give a "F" about anything & just want to chill.
WA (Western Australia) has 12,500 kms of coastline. 😊❤️🇦🇺
This makes me giggle, I'm Aussie born and bred, love my beaches, but I'm bloody terrified of heading Stateside next year 😂
Carry plenty of $10 notes for the obligatory tips. We're off to Canada and tipping is a real downer
Also we have a national healthcare service, which means we can go to the doctor if we are sick.
I was hoping he'd mention Medicare and the PBS/safety net.
@@vbevanthe national healthcare service benefits those most that have private healthcare insurance. Those that have a public healthcare insurance have to wait the line till it’s their turn
@@kanewilson8624 No one would be buying private health insurance if it wasn’t better.
Private health cover gives some advantages such as wait time and elective surgery but we're all treated the same in an emergency. @@kanewilson8624
With major restrictions in services. The whole Medicare system has evolved to provide the minimum and for that those who need it the most namely the elderly sit on waiting lists for years waiting for treatments that will end their pain. Both parties are guilty.
No one in Australia is above you , we just don't do that thing , I'm proud of it
The biggest difference in politics is that Australian politicians don’t have to have rallies or pander to extreme views to encourage people to get to a polling station and vote. Voting is compulsory here, polling stations are open for early voting if you won’t be able to make it on the day, postal voting is available, polling day is always on a Saturday to make it easier.
Political advertising is pretty much limited to the six weeks before election day and must state who is the advertiser, whether it is a political party, a special interest group or an individual, they must attach their name to their political ad.
We don’t directly elect our Prime Minister, we elect our local member of parliament and if their party gets the most members elected they form government and they choose one of them to be Prime Minister, but we do know beforehand who the parties have as their leader. They can choose to change their leader during their term in office. Because of how our system works we have a lot more than two parties and quite a few independents.
Still bough and paid for.
And we still use a paper ballot which are all tallied on the same day and the winner is announced on the same day. Postal votes are limited to overseas citizens, remote workers and other special cases. There's no counting votes after the polling stations close on election day. Australians aren't politicised enough to bother about committing voter fraud to get one party elected over the other. We don't even ask each other who we voted for. Basically, we don't give a shit.
Still get a government no one really wants, mind you.
Our celebrities are treated as normal people who are very approachable and really like talking to any fan! We treat everyone as equals, no matter what/where they work or who they are.. Treat us right and we treat you right!!
Cheers from Australia 🙂
I met Mel Gibson years ago in a department store, he was standing in the queue behind me waiting to pay at the checkout just like we all were. Pretty ordinary bloke actually, chatty and friendly just like you'd expect. I saw Eric Bana at the New Years Eve fireworks too, he was just chilling with his family and friends, everyone was leaving him alone and just doing their own thing, a few people raised their beers in his direction but that was it.
I saw Kylie Minogue in the crowd at the Big Day Out years ago too, no one was paying her any heed aside from the occasional "G'day Kylie". She got up on stage later with Nick Cave for their duet, it was pretty cool.
@@woopimagpie I was with family at a maze on the Mornington Penisular. As we were running around the maze with our kids, other families were doing the same, including some guy with gaggle of kids hanging off him giggling and calling him 'Uncle Geoffrey'. I thought nothing of it. It was my husband who told me after we left that that was Geoffrey Rush (at the time he'd already received accolades for Shine and the first POTC had just come out) No one was taking a blind bit of notice of him.
This is very true. I met the guitarist from Australian Crawl at a pub in Mataranka and he just dressed like a normal bloke, spoke like a normal bloke and acts like a normal bloke.
If you guys ever come to Australia, please do not spend most of your time in the major city’s. The best places to visit are all the small towns along the coast or even inland. All the coastal towns have the best beaches and the most humbling people you will meet 🩵
You say "even inland!" as though inland is somehow inferior to coastal. It's the other way around if anything. Beaches are nice, but not much variety. Not much scenery (unless you like staring out to see).
I agree 👍
@@pm2886 Hahaa not at all, I live in an area that gets to experience both so please don’t assume that I think one is better then the other thanks. All small towns are beautiful and each one has something different to offer so go hassle someone else with your drama. The one who is being unfair to each area is yourself, so off you trot 👋🏼
@@lilligeer6598 Found the Beach Bogan!
At Beach a few years ago, saw Liam hemsworth and Matt Damon with their families. Everyone saw them, then just left them alone. We just see celebrities as people, and when they are not working, then we leave them alone. Everyone deserves not to get annoyed by others.
Yeah, I feel it's also a matter of being polite here 😊
And majority isn't interested in autographs or wanting a photograph with them.
Every time you do a vid showing Australian differences you make me love my country (Australia) even more. The beaches thing made me laugh a little, as I have 5 just down the road from me. Left to right its about a 10 -15 minute drive and they are all fabulous and have completely different locals.
You CAN change things......VOTE!
it's your civic duty, don't complain, just VOTE.
I love that we have to vote and the preferential system.
Exactly. If you don’t use your vote you have no right to complain.
Yep if you want things to change use your vote and use it wisely . It's the only way to make changes
I think lobbyists are more effective than a vote these days. Eventually lobbyists can affect each political party's stance on an issue.
You may have heard of the "gun lobby".
In Australia there are the lobbyist that asked for the increases in tax on alcohol and tobacco. The doctors' lobby.
@berranari1 Yes, a shame we're heading in the way of the money talking US, the greatest 'democracy" on earth 😅.
And crazy as it might seem, I do know what the gun lobby is.
Voting still makes a difference.
The Simpsons episode Lisa goes to Washington explained how effective lobbies are. And the episode where Bill Clinton and Bob Dole were replaced by alien replacements showed that votes in a two party system are useless when those parties are being influenced.
Besides a single vote can't do much when an electorate is not close to begin with. There is an episode of Blackadder the third, Dish and Dishonesty, which shows us how electorates were and still are designed for one side to win. This is called gerrymandering. There are not many marginal seats. Voting is important, but my vote will not stop a candidate that I don't like being elected by people somewhere else.
A filibuster is what was going on in the Simpsons episode I mentioned when Lisa goes to Washington.
In Australia there is an anti sugar lobby.
I actually wish that they were around to save me from sugar, but it is too late for me.
Oiii fellas ! That was a really good way of take on how we see the US. You blokes seem laid back, balanced and intelligent - come to Australia, you'd love it
Politics isn't a blood sport in most democracies, as it is in the US today. This is largely for two reasons. One is that corporations cannot fund political campaigns in other democracies. Second, the schools curricula in other countries include subjects such as: civics, comparative government, debating skills, and rhetoric.
He wasn’t a truck driver, that was the fire truck 🤣💀
One of our Prime minster's, Bob Hawke, holds the world record (or did, don't know if its still current) for drinking 2 liters of beer in 11 seconds. That's the kind of thing we remember our leaders for. 😂
wonder if he needed to chunder after the beer
Bob had a great sense of humour, I was lucky enough to meet him as a passenger in my cab
We have shootings here and there, but it's mostly the gangs. Since the Firearms Act. we haven't had a single mass shooting
Hey, team. Long time follower, first-time comment. We love old mate, but we also don't agree with most of his views, but that is Australia, we do not hate people with different views. I served with Americans, and two moved to Australia and loved it. I think we have plenty we can learn from one another. Keep up the good content
Awesome video guys👍 I love your reactions. Yes we have a gun here but needed to get a license and it needs to be stored and locked away safely. Cops can come by any time day or night as a suprise visit to check it's locked away safely and that the gun safe is bolted down or attached to the wall.
More australia videos! 🇦🇺🙏
Naturally Australia has lots of beaches because we have a big coastline with zero borders.
We have about 80 named beaches in and around Sydney, some within Sydney harbour & some coastal.
Bondi is most famous but it is just one in a string of beaches along the southern shore outside Sydney’s Heads.
Please keep in mind that he is a comedian and tries to get a bite from people. Don't take him too seriously though he does make a few good points. From my point of view, the U.S. is a great place and the people on the whole seem friendly and welcoming. I traveled there a lot in my working days. Good video mate you and your friends should do more.
America a Great place to raise kids 😮
If you don't mind worrying about school shootings. The Genetically Modified Food is Crap and they don't have free Medical.
There is also the fact t,hat a free country doesn't allow swearing on TV or in Music 😂😂.
I’ve been 3 times and never felt safe. The food was terrible, homeless in San Francisco would pee in the street in the city in front of our kids and us. No thank you, never again
@@karenglenn6707 I agree. The food was either too sweet ,salty or greasy . It's no wonder the obesity rates are high . Food is cheap and poor quality.
He's not even funny... overacting
@@kevingatebridge3656 oi Kevin pull your bloody head in.
The reason we have a higher life expectancy is we have a universal healthcare system.
People give zero shits about The Kid Laroi
The beaches are awesome in Australia - that is true. Also celebrities do walk down the street here on the whole without being hassled. My parents lived two doors down from Hugo Weaving (from the Matrix films) - and he just went about his life as normal.
The guns are interesting - they do cause a problem with violence and shootings in the USA definitely, but there may come a day when we are glad that American patriots have the right to bear arms.
I enjoy your reviews - and hope you can come and visit Australia one day.
He is also "the red skull" and the movie voice of Megatron. But I guess I wouldn't hassle the dude if I saw him. 😀
He is a character in the Lord of the rings movies too. Had to put in one where he wasn't the bad guy. 😂
Hugo weaving is not really a big celebrity anyway
I agree Nicola.
I would feel better if we had more arms here.
We love our celebrities as long as they aren’t up themselves.
Chris Hemsworth & Hugh Jackman are prime examples of Aussie celebs who kept their feet firmly on the ground so we love them.
We have over 12,000 named beaches in Australia
Aussies are chill and friendly so much so that if you asked to couch surf with your mates across the country you would most probably be accommodated.
Not my couch you wouldn’t. I think you’d get just as many “get fucked”s.
Yooooo! Nice to get here this early. Sending love from Adelaide, Australia.
6:17 Context: this was during the insane 2020 bushfires. Scott Morrison did nothing to help, an absolute flop. He THEN decides to go on holiday overseas continuing to not help
He also lied, then had his office lie to everyone about where he was. Then when he came back he used people for photo ops.
Where's albo mate... worst Pm since Gillard
@@jasonjohinke5651oh look, another brain dead flog that Rupert Murdoch has conditioned to vote against their own interests
The world vs. United States;
World:
Random World Citizen 1; That mass shooting was tragic and heartbreaking, wasn't it?
Random World Citizen 2; Yeah, it was terrible!
USA:
Random US citizen 1; That mass shooting was tragic and heartbreaking, wasn't it?
Random US citizen 2; Which one?
You nailed it. The boys thought that Australia still had them from time to time. We had 2 in the 1980s and after the Port Arthur tragedy in the 1990s there have been none.
There was the Sydney Siege. It was terrible because two innocent lives were lost. Look it up if you had not seen it.
They are nice boys though. There is hope for America seeing good guys like them.
Ouch
@@berranari1 As far as I can tell, the whole world has heard about the Port Arthur massacre and its consequences for gun laws in Australia. The whole world except the US, that is. And the Sydney siege, was that the one in the chocolate shop? 8-10 years ago? I remember it because I'm a chocoholic.
As far as I know and remember, it didn't take more than about 3 months from the Port Arthur incident until the new weapons law was completed and came into force, weapons were collected and life continued as before, only safer for everyone.
If you try to tell this to someone from the US they will most likely dismiss it as "it will never work in the US".
This genuine conviction that what works everywhere else in the world, they are too special for it to work for them is a completely unique thing about US citizens. It is a form of collective narcissism in combination with extreme indoctrination that is only seen in today's North Korea and in Germany during a period in the 1930s and 1940s. This also applies both in working life, (especially fair wages for workers), the price of health care, tuition for education, etc.
The so-called "Best country in the world" is no better than they can't get simple things that everyone else gets to work in their societies to work in theirs.
And it also doesn't help that the average US citizen knows NOTHING about what goes on outside the country's borders, many not outside their own state's borders. They are willfully ignorant in a world where all knowledge is a few keystrokes away.
The US has become nothing more than the world's richest third world country.
@@berranari1The Sydney Siege was not a mass shooting. A) Mass shootings are of 4 or more people 2) One of the two people who were shot was caught in police cross fire.
@@triarb5790 The Sydney siege was NOT a mass shooting, that was my point mate. The young lads in the video are under the impression that Australia still has a mass shooting every now and then. I was commenting that the assumption was incorrect.
Are you even Australian?
I dont think its that we dont care about Celebrities its just that we believe they are just as entitled to their privacy as any other person. I would never walk up to a celebrity who was out with their family, or trying to do groceries or whatever.
You guys are a good example of what we hope Americans are like. From an Aussie, keep it up JP.
I’m Australian and this is all true, no matter how he says it.
No it is like that. I’m Aussie & my friend and I met Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn(yeah look em up) when we were on holidays in Greece and we didn’t ask for photos or autographs we just had a very chill discussion about touring around Greece. Celebs need time off too.
I’m an Aussie too, and I think 99% of celebrities are cocks, but we’re talking about Jack Burton here. If there was ever a celebrity to put up on a pedestal, it’s Jack Burton.
Yep you got a lot going on over there but also a lot more people involved.
Definitely come over and hit the beaches, you'll love it 🌊⛱
At the time of Port Arthur it was the biggest mass shooting in the world 35 people died and many were injured .
On an island that killed, maimed, tortured and abused thousands of 'innocent' prisoners.
It was born of a penal colony where cannibals consumed more than were killed by one of their offspring later on.
@@jaymannewell what's that got to do with gun laws and the port arthur shootings other than they were shot were those things happened.
@@erlinglarsen In the same way most Australians would ask what's Tasmania go to do with anything ?
anywhere ? Ever ?
@@jaymannewell I think he's talking about Australia, not America.
im aussie / german so im confident that when my family moved here from germany they had a massive culture shocked
Kudos man, for knowing alot about Australia. We would love to host you here. Great video.
In regards to gun regulation: I come from Europe and I honestly can't imagine living in a country where EVERYONE could be carrying a weapon AT ANY TIME. If you have to be aware of someone in a walmart to draw a freaking gun on you if you run into them - that's just bonkers. We're in the 21st century and MURRICA still banks on wild west law when it comes to guns is nuts, IMHO
Agreed 💯. I'm an Aussie & proud to be.
The Constitution was written in 1787, police were in less number's & people needed guns to hunt & protect. Why have guns today, no need.. there are police everywhere, we have phones, fast car's & we buy majority of our food, instead of hunting. In my mind there is no reason for everyone to have guns in the 21 century. Your government has you all killing each other. This is just crazy to me. Just my view.
From am american, our gun problem is bad but you cant just walk into a store with a gun and nobody does anything about it. Almost all stores prohibit firearms but yeah I get your point. Just because they are prohibited doesnt mean someone cant walk in with it and shoot at people.
Yes we are a cool laid back bunch here in Australia 🇦🇺 😁..Love watching u guys!
Hey bro I've been watching your Aussie videos for a few weeks now and always hear you say you want to come visit our beautiful country. Definitely stay on the Gold Coast mate you'll have a ball! I'll show you around for sure my bro 💯
Never coming.
Few years followed.
I was sitting in a barbers shop here in Melbourne and spotted this guy, recognised him straight away, Australian actor who has been on some great Aussie tv shows and was in one of my favorite mini series, no one approached him, no one took photos, no one got an autograph, he had his hair cut didnt act like a prima donna at any point and everyone just got on with rheir day, I don't know if it would be the same with a Hugh Jackman or Chris Hemsworth, but even Chris once picked up a guy who had broken down or was hitch hiking and gave him a lift and the guy never even recognised Chris and Chris just acted like he was a normal dude....
It's called " respecting their privacy".
Hey fellas! Just stumbled across the channel and noticed the interest in my home country Australia! It’s entertaining to see the culture shock from both angles, but check out the song I was only 19. It will touch your heart for sure! Name of band Red Gum. It’s about Vietnam war
Its actually quite easy in australia to get a firearms license u just have to go through the proper identification u cant have anything on your record that shows violence for obvious reasons and what not but its not hard to get one theres different categories for different uses and its quite safe and all round a very good system
Must see the Australian comedian Jimmy Rees and his video "The guy who decides the Superbowl" 🤪
I am still laughing😂 made my day, thank you👍great day and week to you guys☀️
Beaches: 11,761 on 50,000+ km of coastline (31,000 miles). You could visit a different one each day for 32 years.
Celebrity worship isnt really a thing in Oz . As long as your fan base isnt a bunch of 12 year olds you'd be free to do whatever without being hassled .
Yes, almost every major city is on the coast near a beach. But Tasmania and Victoria are a bit chilly.
Can confirm. Mainlander that moved to Tasmania. Been here over a decade and still not acclimatized.
Isaac is such a true Aussie man as an Australian he’s 100% correct about everything! Hope you guys have the chance to come over and see our beautiful land 🤞🏾
As an Aussie - we legit look at the US and are like...🤷♀️🤦♀️ what!? Why!? You know it doesn't have to be like this right??
Good job boys! I actually love your mindsets :) Come live in Australia! We love Americans in Aussie soil haha BTW- Perth have the best beaches!
I was thinking about this the other day. Oz has the Australian Electoral Commission (the AEC). That's a federal non-political body that runs elections and sets electoral boundaries. So no gerrymandering or political interference in the outcome of elections. In the US each State runs its own elections, with the running of and the judging of the outcome not appearing to be done at "arm's length", and seems to adjust electoral boundaries to favour the political party currently in power. That's not democratic, yet the US trumpets that it's displaying the benefits of Democracy to the rest of the world.
Also, OZ has proportional representational voting, not first-past-the-post like the US. While more complex, this leads to less partisanship and can lead to coalitions of parties to govern. This tends to make OZ governments more centrist than in the US.
And OZ has the strong influence of a convict/protesting Irish early history, so it used to be more egalitarian, against "Tall Poppies" and a place that enshrined "Mateship" and a "Fair Go" in life, with a laid-back, philosophical attitude of "She'll be right, mate". Unfortunately, OZ is less like this today.
Your comment deserves more likes.
In Australia we have a thing called the tall poppy syndrome (if you get to high , we will cut you down to size!)
One thing I'm proud of about Australia.
Don't get me wrong we are not perfect. Just like the rest of the world
Ozzy here, me and my family met/passed the singer Guy Sebastian with his family at a small zoo. We passed eachother with nought but a smile and quick nod, that was it.
Celebs are great for entertainment and all but they're still just people, leave them be.
I honesty kick up more of a fuss when i see one of my old high school teachers out in the wild.
We dont hate our celebrities, we just dont put them on a pedestal like Americans do. The celebrities here also like it because they get to live a normal life
You guys need to get out and vote. There’s strength in numbers.
if you go to Australia, definitely go to WA for the beaches. way less populated and better
Fellow West Aussie! Just go up the entire coastline!
Totally agree 😊👍🏼
More sharks attacks there do not listen to this advice!
Proud to be an Aussie, born in UK left when I was 26 only child, Best thing I ever did moving to OZ Best country in the world! Love Australia Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi 🇦🇺
I used to work at a cafe attached to a pretty famous art museum in Melbourne and we would have celebrities like Troye Sivan, Natalie Portman, some Australian celebrities come in all the time and nobody would care at all, they wouldn't even turn around. Sometimes people will ask for a signature out and about, but usually they're just seen as other normal people.
Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie OI OI OI 😂😂
Whenever I hear this overseas, I cringe and hide my face... Sounds like a bogan war cry!
@@Geoskanit is. 😂😂 You can always pick the Australians in a overseas sports crowd. The drunk idiots shouting nonsense? 100% Australian.
If you went to visit every beach in Australia ( one a day ). it would take 10 years.
That's how many beaches we have down here.
It would actually take about 30 years to visit a different beach a day 😊
I stand corrected 😬
Ur right
I'm Australian and Isaac is right. We all have our own political view, mainly cause we are forced to vote, but I don't see people cutting others out of their lives because of it. We pretty much just vote for the party we hate a little less.
I'm Australian and my partner is American and we recently got engaged after 4 years of dating and spending months with each other in our countries, and wants me to move to America with him..I'm honestly terrified
It's true mate, Chris Hemsworth 'Thor' can and does walk to the shops, Kid Leroi walks around, Magot Robbie, Russell Crowe ect. We don't care. You know who we gather to see and ask for autographs, our footy players, NRL, AFL, and the other sports to I guess but definitely footballer. 🇦🇺
Who is Kid Laroi?
@@imho2278😂😂😂. I wondered the same thing. Never heard of him before this video. I actually thought he must be an American because I didn't think they'd know an Australian who wasn't massively famous. Shows how in touch I'm not with celebrities and celebrity news.
@@imho2278still have no idea who he is, in fact. And don't care.
Hi guys. You are mostly correct. But we don't have one (a mass shooting) every now and then. The massacre you may be thinking of was in New Zealand and they changed their gun laws just after that. The shooter was from Australia, but that still proves Isaac's point about gun control.
@@yunamac-mn4bd Christchurch New Zealand, Google it if you don't know.
NZ had the Christchurch Mosque massacre, and the culprit was caught by police while he was driving to a 2nd Mosque.... armed and ready to go. The offender, an Australian citizen is now in a 1 man super high security prison unit (Having been convicted of countless murders)....... with little or no visiting, No TV, and no release ever.... There was an immediate clampdown (and by-back) of all firearms of 10+ rounds of .22, etc etc. New Licenses are way harder to get. Now this was after the Aramoana killings / massacre in the early 1990's where about 12 or 13 were killed. Licensing for firearms was made a lot tighter after that incident as well.
In NZ, pistol and revolvers are generally banned. Except if its an antique, been made safe, or used at a pistol club. And they get checked at random on random dates and times...... to make sure that you still have it safely stored where you claimed it would be, on your application to have the pistol / revolver (in the firearms safe that you mentioned in the application). So it is pretty well controlled in NZ, for law abiding citizens;.
But the criminal element have firearms, pistols, sawn off shotties, so it's business as usual for them.
The big gun buyback was soon after the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania.
You guys are helping me have hope for America again, I thought everyone there was crazy but now I realise a lot of you think it’s just as crazy as the rest of us! You guys seem cool, come visit Australia and you will love it and fit right in here!
Climate change = Australia will burn in this century. In 2060 99% of Australia on the coasts is inhabitable.
By the way, people who call themselves apolitical and do not vote are not solving problems, they are contributing to them.
I was just thinking i hope you make more videos with your friends XD perfect timing
Hate to say Isaac is telling the truth.. mate who's the prime minister of Australia.. mate who cares lol coz I don't lol 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Good stuff Boys👍
Your reaction to it is hilarious 😂
From aussie here and its interesting to see your take on the criticism 👍
building so hard JPS keep up the work mate. the buttsman is pretty much everyones dad in Australia haha.
keep that way of thinking about topics mate. These people that hate people they don't even know, over issues that they have no control over kills me.
love the reastion to the guy 'Are you from the media?'
Love Isaac Butterfield, he is a legend
love the trio videos
Our citys are near the coast for mainly shipping reasons (i havent looked into this, but being in the middle of the ocean is a TAD inconvenient) and the fact the more inland u go, the more hot it is
And waterless
You can't live or grow food without water
issac is a legend
No he is not exaggerating that is how it works here.
You boys are super chill and down to earth. That means you pass the test to enter Australia any time. Come on over and see how good the good life really is
Isaac is f--king hilarious, ya gotta watch his videos. ok some things might be over the top, BUT he does make good points. Thanx for sharing. Hi from South Australia (Adelaide )
JPS = GOAT Reactionist
Ah yes the buttsmarn.. I grew up in Sydney and now live in the beautiful Coffs Harbour coast and I dont know how you guys in America don't have anxiety attacks daily about the exposure to guns. To have to consider yours and your childrens safety even by sending them to school... The worst thing my school ever had was a kid who tried to set the gym on fire on a Saturday, I had NEVER heard of a school shooting, it was never something I thought of happening. Question for you guys, does anyone contemplate leaving the USA and living somewhere safer? Coffs harbour has a lot of people who have moved from the us (mostly young people) and from South Africa, England, Italy.. I work at the hospital and it's full of international workers. We get a lot from Germany. Australia's population growth is mostly people moving into the country. Do Americans ever consider moving away from the states and live somewhere better like Australia?
Also if you do come over to Australia I recommend any time other than the Christmas period! Everything is booked and you will not be able to properly enjoy anything, all the families from the cities like Sydney venture out into the regional coastal towns and we traditionally leave our town during the holiday break because you cannot do anything you're fighting with the tourists. The climate is beautiful no matter what time of year so don't ruin your trip by coming in the peak season.
Im from Coffs Harbour too! 🌞
Thanks for the commentary guys from Australia
Should also link the original video in description so can also go to that and watch more of that person :)
Come live in Australia already …I mean don’t you want a happy life ??
Climate change = Australia will burn in this century. In 2060 99% of Australia on the coasts is inhabitable.
Our health care in hospital is free , I had cancer and I'm still being treated at just one of the many great hospitals we have here , it's the Peter Mac cancer centre, I was in hospital for 11 days then had to spend another 3 days and I never had to pay a penny , thank you P M
It’s not free. Australian’s are amongst the highest taxed in the world and on a per capita basis we are now swimming in debt privately and publicly. Nothing in this world is free, we pay for it.
@@w_stanky None of what you said is true. Australia is the only country in the world with a higher personal wealth than the USA. Low income Australians pay far less tax in proportion to their income than Americans do because Americans pay from the very first dollar they earn and Aussies get the first $18 000 untaxed. Most European countries, China, Israel, USA, and many others have a higher max income tax than Australia. If you have debt you need to seek help for how you got yourself in that position, not blame the Australian government or anyone else.