Americans terrify me
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- čas přidán 1. 09. 2023
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What baffles me most about Americans is how hardcore they are about defending America as the greatest country on Earth yet they are absolutely OBSESSED with identifying as any nationality but American
The Schrödinger Identity
Maybe they think other nationalities should only exist as types of American.
@@jvgreendarmok Tbh I can get behind that.
There’s a philosophy in America called “American Exceptionalism.” Which basically boils down to “we are the best so everything we do is great” and originates after we defeated the British because they were such a superpower, so if we can beat them we have to be better. It’s super dumb and culty. I love my country, but holy shit we’re not that great, get off the high horse lmao
Eww
6:59 as a swede, that comment is the most american thing i've ever seen. you don't have "viking blood", josh, that's not how ancestry works. it's like saying you have cashier blood.
lmaooo most underrated comment
Since America has a de facto caste system you kind of do get cashier blood lol
@@MatecaCorp touché
I would bet all the money in my pockets that the guy has "cashier blood"
@@KurtFrederiksenNorsemen are cringe
I was once telling people online about how myself and my classmates sat in out school hall watching Neil Armstrong step onto the moon. An American lady angrily called me a liar saying that she remembers that the moon landing occurred in the evening, not during school hours, and she knew this because she watch it her lounge room with her parents. I told her that I am Australian and that the moon landing occurred at just before 1pm Australian Standard Eastern Time. She then told me off for ‘trying to correct her’ stating that the moon landing occurred on American time not Australian time.
You could have finished her with the fact the TV signals around the world where beamed from Australia.
Agree. The Dish in Parkes was the only place could pick up the signal from the Lunar Landing “The Eagle”.
I watched it in primary school too in Australia. The ignorance and self absorption of some sometimes knows no bounds 😂.
Thick as a brick!
This sums them up perfectly, they literally think the world revolves around them.
As an American, I DEEPLY apologize for what some of us have done. Some of us are decent, some of us are insane. This is hilarious! 🤣
Please dont feel the need to take responsibility for the mistakes of others.
Just by taking responsibility for your own mistakes you'll already do better than most people
@@daswasich1147 awe, thanks! :)
Hey there’s plenty of idiots in the U.K. too 😂♥️🇬🇧
You would have done better to say "As a USAmerican",
but as a European, I kindly accept your apology.
That said, I actually believe that many USAmericans are insane,
certifiably insane, but untreated, because of the lack of affordable health care.
We have a lot of dangerous people running at loose here as well,
but not because their families can't afford to have them sectioned or on medicaton.
And I've come across some stupid people over here in the old world as well,
but I have never come across the kind who would believe in QAnon, for instance,
so I believe that in the Old World, they would live in "a secure environment" here.
As an American I agree, that 80% thing made me feel genuinely disturbed
As an actual Irishman (born, raised and living in the Emerald Isle) the only reason I can even stand the 'Irish' Americans is because of how much they will gladly spend in our gift shops
Also, it's St. PADDY'S day. The name 'Patrick' comes from the Irish Gaelic name 'Pádraig' (pronouced Paw-Drig), making it St. Paddy's day
🤣🤣🤣
EXACTLY !!! I swear to god I had an interaction with one of those 'Irish' Americans who claimed to be more Irish than me because I live in NI 😭
..b-b-but, if paddy is okayt, then what is the n word for irish people?
surely it can't be that not everyone out there is as insane as 'muricans to have a word made specifically to slur a race, no, thye must do that too for sure there gotta be a n word equivalent for every race out there.
"Irish" Americans often don't even know what Gaelic even is and believe the native language to be English because they and other "Irish" people speak it.
As a Brit with three Irish greatgrandpatents (who I actually knew) and an Irish grandparent who I don't claim to be Irish lol (even though I have relatives who live there who I visit)
now i understand why Canadians hate being misnamed as Americans.
Well... The most Canadians think, that the Yanks are insane. But this, they tell you only under 4 eyes, or you meet them somewhere else in the world and not in North America...
Actually I think they're pretty similar, at least the dumb ones. Look at the liberty convoys in Canada were I shit you not some were saying that it's their first amendment right to protest which gave me instant brain damage
The dream of many older Canadians was to "be" American - Sad, really really sad. Luckily most Canadians now, espec. younger ones, are incredibly proud to be Canadian and NOT American. It really pee's off Canadians when Americans travelling pretend to be Canadian
because for some reason "it's safer" (not so self-assertive when the guys with guns get on the bus - eh?) WE have the nutters in the Prairies (particularly Alberta) who are wanna-be Yanks and do moronic shite like the Truck convoy but east and west of there it is more sane than
the folk who live in Canadas basement. Luckily we have Quebec to keep us different.
We view Canadians as American wanabee,s@@unitb7713
I know they hate it but they are almost the same. I have relatives in Kitchener and some were coming over here for the first time. One actually asked me if London was foggy all the time with horses and carts.
When i said "Only outside McDonalds" they replied "Wait, what, you have McDonalds ?".
The best one though was when one of them asked if we had the internet in the UK while talking to me over the internet.
never have I loved my cozy Europe where I can travel by train, go to corner stores, and visit completely different cultures only hours away more.
Ikr😅
Whilst wearing jeans, listening to Taylor Swift, eating a Big Mac and using your iPhone to watch CZcams videos of the stupid Americans
@@_Heckler It was perfectly grammatical English. Though it might be criticised stylistically for making the final 'more' hang on until after the end of a very long subordinate clause.
you can do the same thing in America? Each state is like its own country.
I never knew Europeans had such an insane inferiority complex
There was the case of an American who showed up at Heathrow with a gun in his hold baggage tried to convince the police and customs that his 2nd amendment right was good in the UK. I hope he enjoyed his stay in His Majesty's hotel.
It’s still so weird reading „his“ majesties. And that comes from a German.
@@marsultor6131It’s even weirder if you’re English…and that’s nothing against our King. But I miss my Queen 😢
So do I and I am Welsh so she was not really my queen but such a gracious lady
As an Australian, the American obsession with the size of Texas amuses me greatly.
And Alaska is even BIGGER
yeah, remember when someone said it was bigger than Europe? It's 15 times smaller xD the entire united states is still smaller than europe
You mean as a West Australian - state versus state. WA is 3.5 times the size of Texas haha.
Was my first thought...@@Defsnot_Momskowerkor
Texas is FIVE TIMES bigger than Oz. Texas has ranches bigger than UK. Texas is bigger than North America. Texas is BIG because Texans say it is….can’t argue with facts like that mate!
I really get annoyed with Americans claiming nationality because of ancestry. I used to live in the Republic of Ireland, and I often heard Americans claiming "I'm home!". This often raised the question: "Oh, so when did you move to the US?. "No, no. I've never been to Ireland before. My great great grandparents moved to the US in 180...er whatever." ffs. By that same logic, I am Swedish, Danish, Finnish, English, Scottish, French, Irish, German, and Egyptian (in that order. Yeah, I did one of those DNA ancestry things for a laugh). I don't think that I'd be particularly welcomed with open arms in Egypt with claiming I am Egyptian because a great-grandparent was. I hold British and Swedish citizenship, but I have lived in the UK for way too long to state that I'm even Swedish with a straight face, regardless that I was born in Sweden and can speak the language. Americans are just absurdly ridiculous sometimes. There just isn't an in-between: they're either extremely intelligent, or as thick as two short planks. Extremely health focused, or as big as a Ford Fiesta. I am joking about the extremes... Maybe.
I really get annoyed with the Anglo-Sphere not understanding the concept of Jure Sanguinis. Maybe this doesn't exist in the Republic of Ireland and the U.K. In a nation like Italy however, your great-grandfather being Italian does still make you Italian.
@@satsunius the concept rarely exists outside of Italy, so get off your high horse. I made no mention of Italy. Anglo-Sphere? And that includes Nordic countries, does it? Sod off.
@@razornaut My high horse? The Republic of Ireland does have citizenship by descent dipshit. It is not rare. The brits are the weird ones that don't acknowledge the existence of ethnicity. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis
Yeah by that rule i acctually have a nationality from the goddang roman empire
@@satsunius The grandparent rule (in)famously exists in Ireland. We've fielded entire sports teams made up of people who were only "Irish" because of some random grandparent. In the last few years post-Brexit tens of thousands of Brits have suddenly discovered an Irish granny in order to get an Irish (and thus EU) passport. Oh, and despite the fact most of us speak English we don't consider ourselves, and are usually not included in, any definition of "Anglosphere"
Things i heard from americans as a romanian living in Greece:
"So is Dracula still alive?"
"No no Transylvania is not in Europe"
"How dare you asking me about my vaccination proof to drink a coffee? We invented medicine!!"
"Aaa i didn't expect the Acropolis to be so... ruined! We make better buildings in the USA!"
"From here we will go to Austria to see koalas and kangaroos!"
And of course wearing a bathing suit in central Athens... because they are in Greece and greece=sea and swimming
And of course i was teached about the history of my motherland and homeland lots of times by people that put their foot for the first time in Europe.
I wish that i was lying 😢😢😢
Bro they didnt even invent vaccines the french did 😂😂😂 just like most things in modern medicine except for antibiotics which are in fact from america but were discovered by accident
As an American, my fellow Americans terrify me as well. 😅
The reason the USA hasn't gone back to the moon yet is that they ran out of Germans to make their rockets.
They can't take ours, they have to grow their own.
But then, considering the amount of them claiming being german because of their ancestry for 5 generations ago they're already doing that.
America has landed astronauts on the moon six times and Verner Von Braun didn't help with any rockets since the Apollo program.
@@dickJohnsonpeter And? Von Braun was sacked about the time the Apollo program was at its height and worked on it and the previous programs beforehand. Whan Apollo was scrapped, the moon landings stopped.
@@AbelMcTalisker And, It proves the OP wrong since we did go back to the moon more than a few times and NASA's space program for all these decades haven't needed to utilize Nazi scientists also including private companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin.
We could go to the moon any time we want but like I said, contrary to what the OP stated it has nothing to do with not having Nazi scientists. Instead it has everything to do with cost and no reason to spend all that money to go back there for no good reason. There's nothing about the moon we don't already know that's worth spending billions going there for. We have more important projects and people like Elon are much more concerned with projects that can eventually turn a profit, not wasting all his money to go to a rock for fun.
and they wont get any new Germans till WW3
That Viking is very impressive if he can go hiking over a Fjord considering it's a bloody lake. That's some Jesus level stuff right there.
Well, a bay, not a lake. But yea, hiking over that isn't very easy, even a long the bottom since they are bloody deep.
But he can do it - he is an AMERICAN VIKING!
Fjords are part of the ocean, not lakes.
It said "rowing and hiking over fjords and mountains". That means rowing over fjords and hiking over mountains.
@@Canalcoholic Not without the words in the right order, and a comma in the right place it doesn't.
The comment about “Paddy” being the N-word for Irish made me think of an American I encountered on Quora a few months ago. I asked a question regarding moving to the US to be with my Scottish husband, and he gave me a stern dressing-down about using the word “Scottish”, saying that my husband would likely take offence at such language, and that it was the equivalent of a racial slur. Apparently, at least according to this clown, I should be using “Scotsman” or “Scotch”.
I’m originally from England but have lived in Scotland half my adult life. I’m married to a Scotsman. My son was born and raised here, and is Scottish. But this random American dude thought he’d mansplain why my wording was offensive, to teach me how not to upset my husband. Who, by the way, laughed. Hard.
Then there’s the whole other issue that “Scotch” is only used in specific circumstances to describe, for instance, beef, pies, whisky or a certain place called Scotch Corner. It’s never used to describe people, whatever their idiot of a former president might think. 😆
It’s not as bad as me being told I’m not allowed to call myself English because it is offensive to other English speakers!!!! Wtf!
You forgot scotch tape
Lucky, he didn't know about our Aussie "Scotch Finger Biscuits". True brand.
@@PeterThompson-qj2lm Yeah but it was a recipe brought over from Scotland.
@@nathr7375 You may be right. I'm just saying it's amazing that more people are not offended by the name. Are they available in Scotland?
The person who wanted to divide up the world into 3 zones pretty much described the geopolitical backdrop of George Orwell's 1984.
That's what I was thinking lol
Lincoln is named after an old Roman settlement, Lindum Colonia, which predates Abraham Lincoln by almost 2000 years. I love that classic American inflation of self importance.
I had someone tell me that Wales stole the name Bangor from maine, which was named after the Welsh Bangor.
@runiccurse990 An American asked me how I'm British if I live in Manchester, New Hampshire.
I live in Greater Manchester. I told her this, but she insisted she knew better because she's from NH herself.
Pretty sure Abraham got his surname from an ancestor from that city.
@@OnionBorn It can work both ways though, I worked with a girl who thought Britney Spears was a Brummie because she was born in Birmingham. I had to explain to her that more than one city can have the same name.
@@krashd Yeah, I am aware that can happen. I just never experienced it myself.
0:19 "Nobody takes a train from Germany to France" - From Frankfurt to Paris it's about 4h with a fast train. I would not take a plane on this route.
I also travelled from western Germany to London and back by train. From London (St. Pancras Station) to Cologne it's about 4h ... a flight itself is only one hour, but with the time that needs to be spent at the airports, the time for travelling from central London to Heathrow and the time to go from Cologne's airport to the city centre, it's not very much time difference between train travel or flying on that route.
I kid you not, 5 days ago we were stuck in Frankfurt after our connecting flight got cancelled, and we were considering taking a train to Paris, and less then a week later it pops up in this video!
It’s a little off topic but I wish we drove on the right side of the road over here so that travelling in main Europe via Eurostar would be easier or is that just me
@@joshualumsden It would certainly be much better if we all drove on the same side, ... but was is the connection to Eurostar? What has Eurostar, a train company, to do with which side of the road we are using?
@@tobyk.4911I think they mean the eurotunnel (maybe)
The train is a very relaxed way to travel.
Americans think their currency is "real" money when both EUR and GBP are stronger currencies lmao
lol the world isn’t at all expecting USA to fix it. The world is expecting the USA to *pitch in* and not undermining everybody else’s effort trying to fix it.
And to stop wanting allies to help in the wars THEY start!
The US is a strange place; the lack of education and infrastructure is baffling for a country so rich. But like, in the UK we have billionaires and also homelessness, so it’s not like we’ve got it all sorted. 😂
As an american, im confused by it too and we routinely take the piss out of our country’s ineptitude
I’m an American and the stupidity is not as common as foreigners think it is. You aren’t seeing the genuinely smart people only the dumb ones because that is what the media decides to talk about. Each state is different for their education systems and has its own way of being managed by the state. It’s a stereotype of Americans because people take what they see online despite probably never even being to the US or taking any time to consider the differences in each states education system. Some states are really good some are meh and some are really bad. The fact we have such a huge gap between these school systems is concerning because it seems like some school systems are almost forgotten about and under funded. The stupidity is not as strong here in the US as it seems online. Stereotypes of countries that are just not true annoy me even if I’m not from there because it tarnishes how the rest of the world sees them. Some areas are lacking and they need some improvement and increased funding.
@@gabecollins5585 I lived there for a year as a school kid and was by far in the top of my class for everything except history (I wonder why). European schools start earlier, cover more subjects, have more required subjects and also specialise sooner. There is a reason Europeans can skip the entire first year of US universities, sometimes even two depending on what subject they are going into and what qualifications they already have. It's also not just school, your media is heavily bias depending on what you watch and it leads to mass ignorance from both political sides of your country. Now ofc there are smart people and you are catching up but in reality the average American is not as smart as the average European or average east Asian.
@@jiyghkjsduhjkbkb Depends on the state but yes Europeans and Asians do have better education in certain areas when compared to others. Massachusetts has some of the best in the world and best in the country while states like Alabama or something have really bad education. It seems the south has some of the worst in the country and the east and west has some of the best. California has good education too I believe. I agree with your statement on the political side of things too. Overall it’s kinda lacking a bit. Also. What do you mean bias on what we watch?
@@gabecollins5585 How most American media, at least the huge news media, are all politically bias, I'm sure you have heard of Fox vs CNN. It creates grey, blurry areas where each news media misses out information or words it in certain ways causing the US population not to be fed the whole truth and therefore leading to a lack of knowledge overall. Also how it's quite a common occurrence for the US to think of itself as the main character, leading to ignorance that is fed to the people through the media, this makes the rest of the world see the US as self centred and therefore quite dumb.
Let's be fair. I worked in UK tourism for a while. Americans were certainly not the only ignorant ill-informed visitors I had to deal with. In fact most were unfailingly polite.
But I have to accept, in retrospect, that when (some) Americans decided to be both stupid and ignorant, they raised both those conditions almost to an art form. Some were so entertaining I almost miss them.
Outside my work I remember, decades ago, sitting with my wife in a restaurant listening to a VERY loud and rude American tourist demand where he might find "decent American food." The VERY polite waiter suggested the simplest way might be to GO HOME?!
In fact he suspected the other diners might very well crowdfund that? Which brought actual applause from those diners. The tourist at least had the good grace to leave, red-faced.
You often hear such types complain other places don't have those chain restaurants the US seems to have countrywide serving the same food in the same way. Couldn't think of anything worse. Yes McDonalds and KFC are handy for the odd takeaway but you can't beat an individually owned restaurant or cafe serving its own food. How else do you try various ways people prepare it and the recipes they have if its identical everywhere you go? If they want 'American' they should stay home, not moan the world isn't a carbon copy. Why would we want to be?
Americans who travel are not normal Americans
I agree. Stupidity is not unique to Americans. Stupid people are everywhere. But what I think is unique to the US, at least among English speaking countries, is how Americans will double down on it, and insist they're right. If I make a mistake and I'm corrected (let's say I assumed the US capital was in Washington State) and an American corrected me, I'd accept it and remember it. I think most people, including many Americans do. But the majority of those who don't do this tend to be American.
Also, they dominate the English speaking world on the web, so the price of that privilege is that they get the spotlight and people see them for all they are, flaws and all. Good and bad.
@@tkpsmy sister and I took our respective children to the US for a holiday to go to Disneyland etc. The difficulty finding good quality food was a real problem for us. Their food was rubbish! We could not find anywhere that sold good meals with vegetables to eat. Everything came with fries, very occasionally we got a salad but the kids wanted mashed potato and the only thing we could get was instant crap potato. Our last trip included a free breakfast every morning which we thought was great until we saw it. Donuts!! Iced donuts too. Donuts for bloody breakfast which was just weird and disgusting to eat first thing in the morning. We ended up buying milk and cereal and giving the donuts a miss and my son still hates them, it was gross!
I work at a clinic and had to watch reception while my colleague went to lunch. American in the waiting area overheard me and a specialist discussing the expected next patient at 2pm. American got huffy because her appointment was earlier and she was waiting. I had to explain to her that through the main door we had many surgeries and several doctors and the specialist waiting for his male geriatric patient could not see her female middle aged person as she did not have the required parts. 🤦♀️
As an American, these have become some of my favorite videos to watch on here 💀 I pinky promise you not all of us are this imbecilic.
USA - 15% Think Chocolate milk comes from brown cows.
USA - 20% Cannot locate the US on a world map.
Fun fact from an Austrian about calling restricting cars "Nazi methods":
The stereotypical found memory people now aged 90 and older gave about the NS period in Germany and Austria was that Hitler "built the motorways". So technically you could argue that focusing on cars is the real "Nazi method"
PS: the NS period is one of the most disgraceful periods of central European history. Comparing it to traffic regulations is a shame and downplays the atrocities that were committed and reduces the ability to learn from them and prevent them reappearing.
When they said that my first thought was "Did you guys never learn about the Autobahn?".
Woof.... these are the peeps who call modern Democrats in the US socialists... (I wish there was a socialist dem that popular!)
Trains were already established of course. It's not the tech, it was the murder.
Ok slight addendum: The first Autobahn was started in the Weimar Republik as a means to create some Jobs (ah yeahy for Great Depression here). Hitler, who was elected as Kanzler was the one to cut the ribbon on that project. Then he realised how you can quickly move troups and all that other army stuff via Autobahn and highjacked the project for his own purpose, building lot more (under less humane conditions).
Hitler also ordered the development of the so called Volkwagen (people's car), since most Germans at the time could not afford a car, but Germany was a country of motorbikes.
The only European country that I've even heard being compared to Texas was Greece back in 2009/2010, when they were failing economically.
That's kinda weird, I (a German from Swabia) always thought Texas was one of the richer US states. It's often compared to Bavaria here. (Rich, big, conservative, in the South, etc.
LMFAAOO
I have seen people sometimes refer to countries as the Texas of Europe but that's never a compliment, it's always a way of saying they are going backwards
Why? Texas is far more developed and wealthier than Greece in literally every aspect except for healthcare costs.
@@kaengurus.sind.genossenyes it is one of the richer us states, it’s richer than Russia (I mean it’s Russia but still)
The $ symbol comes from the Spanish Peso, the currency Spain had when they controlled most of the americas. They still use the Peso un Mexico, but Spain moved to the Peseta and then to the Euro.
And dollar is related to currencies like Dinar or Taler.
it's also used in Argentinian Pesos
AR$, or $ between Argentinians, because we can identify when are we talking about pesos and when are we talking about dollars.
Welsh person here, i once had a bunch of Americans debating with me over if Wales was a country. It is a country.
Welsh person here. Actually had an American tell me Wales was in ireland. When he was in Wales with signs saying so. Ugh.
Being American raised by an English father then moving to England when I was 13 helped me see how dumb most of the US is. Glad I'm out
glad you could escape early
!!!!
It's a bit late, but welcome home in Europe!
litterally my situation. English parents, moved to London when I was around 10, lived here since. I'm glad I escaped as well.
I’m glad y’all left
It's true, we don't do baking in the rest of the world. We have wizards that conjure pastries out of thin air.
dont tell them about pizza margherita :D
*harry potter theme starts playing”
"Pastralio!"
Dont say that to a Frenchman
ah here in england we have to go hunting for our food. as we europeans havent discovered farming just yet
12:14 german bread selection could fill an entire book
which americans would not read, even if translated
George talks about barbeque being 'American' and 'Korean'. Many Australians raise heads, tongs and beers - 'Are you talking about the Barbie mate?'
Hundreds of years ago, two brothers from Germany fled the onslaught of Napoleon's armies and settled down in Norway. I am a direct descendant of one of them. I am not any percentage of German. National, cultural and ethnic identity is more than just blood relation. It's something you only get from growing up in a country, or moving there and making a substantial effort to understand its people and culture so it can become a part of who you are.
I'd go as far as to say that if someone was born in Norway, but their parents moved to a different country when they were only 8 months old, and they've never shown any interest in going here, they will have a less legitimate claim to call themselves Norwegian than someone who's born in a different country like Belgium or Somalia, has moved here half a decade ago and spent every day since their arrival learning about Norway, our history, language, culture, customs and adopted our asocial behaviour. Because they don't expect it, they earn it. They don't demand acceptance, they only ask for a chance to prove themselves and then they put in the effort.
Agreed. I call myself Aussie as I was raised here, went to school here and have lived here since I was 8. I was born in Wales, even went to school there for a few years and have an English Mum and Scots Dad. I've been back to visit, can remember some things and I love the UK but I never tell people unless it specifically comes up that I'm from there. I am Aussie through and through and proud of it.
I agree. I have a Swiss passport because part of my family comes from there, but I sometimes feel like I shouldn't have that citizenship. I'm French born and raised, and I never lived in Switzerland, I'd only go there on vacation once a year when I was a kid. To make it even worse, all of my family from Swiss descent has been living in France or Germany for a long time. The only relatives I have left there are distant cousins that I've never even seen in my life. I mean, I'm happy I have a second nationality because it can always be useful for all sorts of things, and I'm proud of my family's roots, but I'm a lot more French than I am Swiss... And even though I'm technically from St Gallen, I feel a lot more at home in Wallis where I spent some time in my childhood. Blood is only a very small part of the equation imo
It would really depend on what qualifies as for instance Norwegian and this is what the main issue comes in when Americans say they are something and Europeans interpret it. Both groups generally look at it differently with Americans mainly meaning Ethnicity, whilst Europeans generally mean Culturally or the Country they live in and thus an American saying they are Norwegian isn't wrong because they mean they are ethically Norwegian and do not mean to imply cultural affiliation but the European thinks they mean the latter and thus this situation.
@@sirsteam6455 Probably you will have to check what ethnicity is: that is mostly about culture (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnicity). The genetics from the different countries will not help you either BTW.
@@grewdpastor Wikipedia states "Those attributes can include a common nation of origin, or, traditions, language, history, society, religion, or social treatment.",
Oxford states Ethnicity as quote "the quality or fact of belonging to a population group or subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background or ."
and Lastly Merriam Webster classifies ethnicity as "ethnic quality or affiliation" with Ethnic being " of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common , national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background"
As such a person can still be ethnically apart of a group regardless of if they are culturally still relevant due to having blood ties to said group. This was the case historically given one must be genetically and culturally similar to be apart of a group in most instances ,but given the increase in technology and increasing cosmopolitan nature of the western world it is easier to become apart of a group and the blood relations that were once a means of security in identity and society have slowly died down given the ease of communication and transportation. As such the diasporic groups that have settled in the United States and assimilated whilst culturally different can still claim to be apart of said group by right of descent ,thus this is merely a cultural misunderstanding from the old world to the new.
George is the silliest billiest
The very king billy of the sillies👑😔
The most silliest of billiests
More silly billy than even I can say 🤧
😂
George Is sillier than a billiegoat
Some US people manage to twist their "heritage" in insane ways: I have an acquaintance that claims that she is probably related to me (a Finn living in Finland) because I happened to mention that we have a castle ruin from the 1370's near our summer cottage. Since she has Scottish/Irish (and apparently had to mention 1% Navajo) heritage, that castle ruin in "the country of Europe" means that when her grandfather traced her family tree back five generations, her ancestor's last name then was "Queen of Scotts". *I swear, I'm not making this shit up.* I asked her "so your grandpa traced your family tree to the birth of Mary Stuart for five generations back to 1542?" and she replied "Yes! Isn't that amazing!" Bruh 😂
Oh lord...hahahhahahhaha These are things you really cant make up xD
Dutch here when i made my family tree i found intresting characters but when i got back till 1728 i found that my ancestors came from a village in England called Lee-on-Solent. Never been there. His profession was intresting. He was village announcer where he shouted the local news from surrounding villages on the villagesquare. It was how people heard about things from their neighbourhood back then. Obviously it died when the telegraph lines where invented.
Dude the number of Americans who connect themselves to Europeans is being vastly exaggerated here. If people wanted to be European then they wouldn't have left Europe for America lmao
@@dfdf-rj8jr Oof okay, there were a lot of Nordic country people leaving willy-nilly because the situation wasn't too grand around the 1890s-1910s. Nowadays, these "US Americans" love to claim European heritage for some reason. Pick your country, north-ish or south-ish, choose.
@@JUMALATION1 Nobody "loves to claim European heritage." For every one American that does that, there are 12 Europeans losing their minds for no reason.
For any Americans out here, please note that the United Kingdom is the birthplace of the English language. So it's really you that has the odd accent.
I said in front of my grandma that "but we're American!" She scoffed and said, "well that's what you believe." Granted she's japanese, born and raised. She married an American, moved here IN 1957, got her citizenship, and never taught her children japanese. We're definitely American.
Oh
The Americans of Japanese descent who found themselves in internment camps during WW2 thought like you did…
@@MrAranton Thats why you should always teach your kids at least the language of your origin country. One can never know when a war and/or racist witchunt can arose
@@KurtFrederiksen Youn wont be at home at either place regardless, especially the 2nd gen (experience), as your family culture will clash with your immidiate friend culture. But speaking both on conversational level at least leaves options open
@@KurtFrederiksen But those cultural do and dont will come either way, at least knowing one more language is and asset too, not just a burden. Ofc how well one can integrate into a new society has many variables. I live in eastern europe as a non european, I will always stick out as a sore thumb due to my skin color. Even if I grew up in a 100% local household. The USA naturally would be different, as it is a melting pot already (but strangely enough is also the place where they care about this the most, i guess overcompensating like with the giant cars). But you are right about that it is usually idiotic to continue it to the 5th or 6th generation, as usually the 2nd generation already starts assimilating genetically (marriage) so usually by the 3rd or 4th generation there is only minor or none eye visible diferences, thus one dont have to worry about discrimination.
as a Canadian, the most terrifying USAmerican shit I’ve seen if when there was the trucks of liberty convoy against covid restrictions going on, many Americans decided to join, and some said it was their first amendment right to protest, which, and I cannot stress this enough, _is not our fucking constitution_ .
it’s already weird enough that they went to protest the laws of a different country… but to say with confidence that their constitution applies here makes me legitimately wonder if they’re aware that Canada is another country. judging by how many Americans try to pay in American currency here, I don’t think they are.
What did they think was happening when they were questioned by Canadian border control???
Sorry! I thought those were Canadian truckers doing that!
You have every right to enforce the laws of your country. They have a right to protest in any democracy under your laws permitting protest. (I'm not mad at you unless you treated them better or worse than the environmental or anti globalism civil disobedience protesters of the 90's.)
What did they think when the pulled up to a sign saying " Welcome to Canada, Border Crossing" in two languages!?
How about the one that said "Please show your license and passport." ? .. @@OntarioTrafficMan
We do honor one another's currency in many situations, but at current rates of exchange. Use a bank card and make it easy...
there are arrogant idiots everywhere and they're so much more noticeable than the quiet sane people.
My sister lived in the US, in Minnesota, for a year as an exchange student in 1980. When she arrived at her new school, the other students told her that they were surprised that she spoke such good English 😂. She really was shocked at their total ignorance. She graduated high school over there and came back to Australia having to do sixth form (year 12) again as the standard of the US graduation was not high enough to be accepted here. On the plus side, she is still in touch with her wonderful host family to this day, and she is a grandma now.
As an Aussie I object to the idea that the BBQ is American. I'm sure Argentinians feel the same way.
They sure do. In Argentina, their asado is religion.
10:07 "nazi ideas like restricting roadways and movement " ... whoever wrote that probably doesn't know much about the history of the German Autobahn / highway system, or about the Volkswagen "Beetle "
Or of their disbanding of unions and privitizing everything a bit like americans do.
The Autobahn thing is misunderstand, the Nazis actually opposed the Autobahns and cancelled a few of them (it was the Weimar Republic that greenlit them started their construction, weren't finished till after the war) but they did promote the Beetle and mass access to cars
Wikipedia disagrees with you. Yes the work was paused during WW2 but the Nazis promoted the Authbahn as their own idea (even if it wasn't) and Hitler ceremoniously shoveled the first dirt on the Reichsautobahn project.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsautobahn
To be fair the beetle was a scam to fund the war. Most people who bought in never got a beetle
It's also extremely ironic since Americans are enslaved to their cars.
geography in america is practically non existent
Well yeah. We think the rest of the countries dont exist. It’s just us. Everyone else is a mistake
u wot m8
The amount of times I've heard an American call geography "history" is outrageous. Some of them don't know the difference because they're only taught about wars America was involved in with other countries from the past, other than that information about other countries is barely mentioned. One guy even said as a kid he just assumed life in Europe stopped after WW2 because other than America's minor involvement in the war, the other countries were barely ever discussed. Which makes sense for a kids brain tbh but it shows how insulated they keep Americans from the outside world.
@@natb9919 "because other than America's MINOR involvement in the war" Are you fucking serious right now? I was with you until that fucking slander. Have you never heard of the marshal plan you, which y'know was when the US gave countries in Western Europe billions of dollars to restore their infrastructure and economies, essentially being what lead to modern Western Europe as a whole? The two nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima, and Nagasaki? Pear harbor, The battle of Mid way, the Guadalcanal Campaign, Battle of Milne Bay, The Battle of Okinawa, Fucking D-Day? The United States was the one mainly responsible for the vast majority of battles and campaigns in East Asia. The constant arms, ammunition, vehicles, food, and clothing being shipped from the US to the Allies?
Schools in the US may not teach Georgarphy, but your comments about WWII are irresponsible, and disrespectful.
@@CstandsForChaseD day was one quater usa, one quater Canadian and half British/empire. You did as much as Canada there. You did fuck all in Europe, though did most against Japan, not saying much as the UK fought across basically the whole planet. Your funding to western Europe was a bribe, bot charity and it would never have been necessary if you idiots hadn't crashed the world's economy and withdrew loans and imports from Germany, leading to its collapse and hitlers rise.
It's not even the worst. I've seen Americans calling Argentina racist because of not having blacks on the Argentinian national team, inventing that we at some point did a genocide on blacks (the only genocide Argentina ever did was on Mapuches, who had done this to Tehuelches just to get their hands on the territory to harass our southern border)
Also, Argentina literally gives free healthcare to foreigners, even to it's own detriment and nobody needs even a Visa to get in... and Americans somehow decide Argentina is racist.
The level of ignorance is staggering. And very funny 😂
Nothing compared to Europoor ignorance of Americans?
You Americans wouldn’t exist without us Europeans Britain for literally founding the first 13 colonies and France and Spain for helping in your independence war and even Britain again for intercepting a German message to Mexico to invade you guys during ww2
@@dfdf-rj8jrnice try, now go cry peanut butter elsewhere
@@ilcinico7319 Silence, Eurotrash
@@dfdf-rj8jr you are literally proving The point of this video right now....💀
The first part about "trains taking forever" might actually have a grain of truth, because America still doesn't have high-speed trains for the most part.
So travelling by train in America would take a lot longer than if you were to travel the same distance with a high-speed train in another country.
That's not the part being clowned on, it was the part claiming you can't take trains in Europe
Only fast for the cargo trains do they have fast trains. Weird how unless the government spends money they provide the bare minimum service to keep going
Afaik, the main reason is that most of the time, US passenger train companies don't own the railtracks and have to begg the freight train companies who do to let them use the tracks under whatever hostile conditions the freight companies deem fit. Like a passenger train having to wait for 12 hours in the boonies because a ultra-slow freight train was delayed and is still given priority.
@@Bird_Dog00 I also suspect lobbying from the car industry has some contributing effect.
@@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation Certainly. I mean, the car and oil industries deliberately killed city rail trainsport (like trams) after WW2 so they could sell more cars, busses and gasoline as the war industry has set them up to mass-produce those things.
As an American, this kind of stuff just hurts. Some of us genuinely spend our lifetimes trying to understand how the rest of the world works, which can be quite difficult do to how sheltered and isolated the media truly makes this country. It’s so difficult to get people to understand that not all Americans are just brain dead, and this kind of stuff, which is the majority makes it so much more difficult
Intellectually, I know that Americans are just normal people, most aren't that stupid and that every country produces idiots like that, but... damn, your fellow countrymen make it hard for me not to stereotype Americans as ignorant nationalists, who have never seen a school from the inside.
Like, hell nah, particularly the example with the American not knowing what per capita means is SO common, that every time I see someone arguing like that I automatically assume they are American and most of the time I am right.
It's really hard to have a fruitful discussion with many Americans because many just seem hell-bent on trying to "win", which is ridiculous, because discussions aren't about winning, and you can't even win a discussion. Even small issues are often not discussable, like, you say "Eh, it's weird that you don't have a side walk on that street, wouldn't it be nice, if people at least had the option to walk wherever they need to go?" and then you get into a full-blown argument on why this isn't possible in America and would somehow restrict some kind of nebulous freedom.
And then there are the big issues, politics, American exceptionalism, Cold War propaganda, the whole Middle East, Afghanistan, Vietnam and South America cluster duck of war crimes and foreign interventions that many people outright deny even though the CIA literally released the files on those things, like... what? Don't try to have a discussion about those things with republicans, it's often... actually most of the time tedious and pointless.
The only rebuttal is often "but we have freedom" which makes Americans look very indoctrinated. I mean, I am German, we learn in school what indoctrination looks like and America scares me, in many regards it is just like a particular Reich, that I only know from history books.
Oh, and of course you have the geniuses who speak only English, but regardless have nothing better to do, than criticize minor mistakes someone who had to learn English in school makes while speaking or writing the language and then think they actually achieved something and won the discussion. I hate that.
Sorry, I needed to vent.
I guess what I want to say is, that a very loud and small, but seemingly growing minority makes your whole country look bad, which is rather sad.
small groups of idiots are so loud and attention grabbing that they out shine the more numerous sane Americans. it's like good things are usually quiet and problems are noisy and get the attention.
Unfortunate as it is, stereotypes exist because there is a grain of truth to them. Americans I've come to befriend tend to be very intelligent, well-spoken, and self-aware. Unfortunately those tend to be mostly those who travel abroad frequently or have moved out, the majority of other Americans I've met while in the US tend to be of the more stereotypical dumb American kind.
It's not that Americans are dumb by nature, but you do have to admit that a frighteningly significant portion of your population is rather brain-dead. Maybe vote for someone who will improve your badly decaying education system, if any such individual exists. Perhaps in 20-ish years the stereotype might fade if things improve but you need to improve yourselves before you can expect the rest of the world to look at Americans differently.
I have met many Americans, some good, some bad, but there seems to be a general hubris about them, more distinct on some than others but still there regardless. They want to be the best, and they want to be right about everything and will passive agressively tell you you're wrong for having a different view point. I'm not assuming everyone is like that, I'm sure they aren't, but in my experience they are a scary majority. I don't think they are brain dead or stupid, the people I've met certanly aren't, but the signs of social and political indoctrination are evident. Patriotism is one thing, I respect it, but this goes beyond that.
Americans aren't stupid, they're just rude and dismissive of anyone that isn't them. You can't blame your education system when we live in the internet age, you can learn whatever you want, whenever you want. Most Americans simply do not want to learn.
Actually, you can take trains multiple times a day between Paris and Frankfurt -- and even further to Stuttgart. They have limited stops, but they serve domestic stations so they serve local and regional needs.
As a Brit even I know that Poutine is Canadian not French without having ever been to Canada (I have to France)!
BBQ is definitely not just American. There’s Korean Barbecue, the South Africans have a great Barbecuing tradition and every Xmas fair has German Wurst being cooked over a BBQ. I suspect most countries have some tradition of grilling meat over hot coals.
Yep! Since the Stone Age...
Yeah, grilling is huge in Poland. Every summer season, stores have entire sections for grilling utensils and sausages, meat, charcoal etc. and every other beer and soft drink company airs ads about how their drink is the best drink for BBQ.
But yeah, sure, only 'Muricans grill.
And us Aussies are also known for our BBQ's
Same here in Australia, BBQ culture is huge here to the point all national parks & local town playground areas well as any public tourist spots have free public fixed BBQs that anyone & everyone can use which everyone does, it's litterly sacred grounds, not even criminals will open them up to steal gas bottles or sabotage them in any way.
Aussies bbq all the time…it’s a way of life here…
9:51 the irony of this is that moving anywhere in the US is extremely difficult and stressful as often your healthcare is entirely dependent on your employer, meaning you’re actually discouraged from utilising the freedom the poster seems to think is unique. Job and location mobility in Europe are decades ahead of the States
Adjusted for cost of healthcare, education, etc. Americans have the highest median income in the world. After taxes the gap gets even wider. How do Europoors cope?
@@dfdf-rj8jr because in most of Europe, the cost of healthcare and education is rolled into taxes - once tax is paid, these are covered
Besides which, that’s completely unrelated to the OC lol
Bruh I'm italian and tbh the first country that comes to my mind when I hear "barbecue" is Argentina.
I love americans thinking the Superbowl is THE biggest TV event in the world. Wonder how they would react if they knew it literally have less viewers than Europes biggest music competition (not even taking sport into account).
The viewership numbers of a WC final would CHOCK them!
As an Australian hearing Americans thinking Europeans are just idiots is hilarious
Edit: people are misunderstanding, i’m not hating on anyone, it was a simple joke so just calm down
Well, people wih lower I.Q. often laughs at people with higher I.Q.
I mean as a rule, there will always be idiots in most groups you encounter... Even in difficult academics, these people still somehow exist, surviving into adulthood with no common sense.
As a European.
What a burn. I feel truly hurt. The pain. I don't know how I can deal with it. If only I could use an affordable health services to deal with that pain.
@@baird5682 People think that the health care in Italy is free. It is not.
@@sillyputty3601 Most of us understand that socialized medicine isn't free and its the tax payers that pay for it. Its the Republicans who condemn everything left of them as communist without knowing anything about left wing politics that think its free.
more fun fact: tipping in the US has roots in the emancipation proclamation because employers didn't feel they should pay freed slaves, so the freed slaves relied on tips.
Now there are slaves of all colours...
Not sure I`d call that fun though. Sad fact maybe.
@@reinhard8053Prove it. Show me where can I get me a blue Smurf slave !? I've been searching all my life.
Genuinely never knew that. TIL something brand new.
@@Notmyname1593yeah, like American now hates poor people more than it is racist, seems correct as someone who is poor and of native heritage.
Not but the " no french people take train to go to Germany " is one of the funniest thing. Like, I live in Strasbourg, it's a french city right next to Germany. We have a tramway that go to Germany. We don't even need a train.
Once I got to Berlin with my family, we went in a car
as an American I desperately want to leave
10:38 as a french I find that funny when the thirteen colonies needed ours and spain’s help to become independent
Wdym the 13 colonies went at war with spain i think ion remember
@@ZackShark1 yes, but when the amercian revolution started both france and spain suported the americans just to spite the uk (GB at the time)
@@pokeprogame Shame! Think USA would have been better off under British rule.
@@valsyaranamual6853 well I find it a shame as the US could still be under british rule while canada could still be under french rule and north america would be far better
@@pokeprogame nah, we would have been too powerful 😂
France and the UK are literally among the top 7 most powerful countries in the world despite being so small.
France is only being the US, Russia, China and India while the UK is behind France and Japan.
If we had made our colonies part of our country like the US did with natives' lands then we would have been far too overpowered 😂
...also the reason why the US made it to the moon was because some german engineers (the ones constructed Hitlers V1 and V2 and fled or were straight up kidnapped by the US) helped them.. lol
Also, they enticed all the Canadian aerospace engineers away at the time also.
Gather 'round while I sing you of Wehrner von Braun.
A man whose allegiance
is ruled by expedience.
Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown.
"Nazi, schmazi." says Werhner von Braun.
Don't say that he's hypocritical.
Say rather that he's apolitical.
"Once ze rockets are up, who cares where zhey come down?
Zat's not my department." says Werhner von Braun.
This sounds like Europoor cope. Why did Germans leave Germany? Why do so many more Europoors come to America than the other way around? It's not our fault all of your migrants are Muslims working kebab vans.
This is absolutely hilarious omg-
I’m English, so I will forever and always find these tweets confusing and funny ❤❤
Gotta love these type of vids. US citizens never stop amazing and amusing me😂😂
An american guy just got arrested for gun possession in the uk. He brough a gun & ammo through manchester airport & is sentenced on the 9th September
How thick do you have to be???
Doing this in the UK results in an *unlimited* fine and a maximum of 14 years in prison.
He was 53 year old Brian Mcintyre.
How the hell did he manage to get it as far as Manchester? Don't they x-ray baggage in the USA?
@@florjanbrudar692 actually its a minimum of 10yrs for a gun & 5years for each bullet if fired
are you telling me that US security let this man on an international flight with a gun & ammo?
Unless you have a hundreds of years old jar of blood from Scandinavia sitting on your shelf, you don't get to claim to "have Viking blood".
I poured it into a convenient skull and drank it. Tasted awful.
I've got some viking blood mead.... its nice😂
@@blackcountrymeahahah, I see a man of culture
Ok, that actually sounds kinda metal.
also, doesn't viking just refer to the scandinavians who went overseas?
What Americans need to get through their heads is that blood alone doesn’t make you one nationality. It is determined by whether your culture and attitude is the same, your birthplace and where you live
As an American, the entire country of America, people and government, terrify me to my core.
I was going through some of the American standardised tests they have in school with my friends (I am British) and we were completely shocked at how easy the questions really were.
Um depending on which ones, yeah not shocked at all... Last I saw they were dumbing them all down significantly from 2006.
Keep your nose out of our business.
@@BaslightBatekeepBoyboss Or what? Gonna cry?
@@BaslightBatekeepBoyboss
Nah man, we're just using our *FREEDOM* to analyse your third world country.
@@mandiblackwell4668 I did a practice SAT online once for fun, (CollegeBoard SAT practice test 1) and I remember particularly the English part being surprisingly easy, not harder than what Germans have to be able to understand in 10th grade. There were some questions in the maths part, that took me quite a while and some I would classify as annoying and difficult, but that's pretty normal, even maths professors struggle with some questions if they are under time pressure and haven't prepared themselves for a specific exam, it's just what happens when you decide to do something like that on a whim.
Americans be like: "My great-great-great-great-great grandfather's uncle was from northern ireland therefore i am irish" Then proceed to look at spanish people and be confused that they don't look like mexicans. (And also look at mexicans and be conused that they don't look like what thye think mexicans look like)
Northern Ireland 🤣
This whole thing is a bit schizophrenic. I mean, on the one hand they claim they're American and America is the best country in the world, then on the other hand they claim they're from somewhere else.
@GoGodman funny how it's only european countries that get that, nobody goes 'i'm half-lebanese' or 'i'm 76% saudi arabian'
@@TheAuthorStudiosI've 82% Klingon actually so please respect my culture
@@averagegamer6831wdym
Some years ago I had to visit the US for my job. It was my first visit and my boss told me "Just think of them as well-meaning children". A gross generalisation of course but often surprisingly accurate. .
As for the legal minimum drinking age in the UK, it is actually 5 years old, you just can't buy the stuff until you are 18.😁
Where tf did you get that
@@MrSmoothBrain-nt8vx Look it up. It is not hard to find. It is one of those obscure things that haven't changed over the ages.
A child between the ages of 5 & 17 years of age can legally drink alcohol at home or other private premises. 😁
@@Sierra-Golf-19 ye i remember seeing i video i think tom scott made obscure laws
@@MrSmoothBrain-nt8vx The UK 2003 Licencing Act. The minimum drinking age on private property was RAISED to 5, also allowing 16 and 17 year olds to drink wine, beer and Cider (Cider without alcohol does not exist in the UK) in pubs or restaurants. With a meal. But cannot be purchased untill 18.
@@grahamsmith9541 oh thanks
3:10 fun fact,
The usa was the only country to not partake in the Paris agreement which is basically a „carbon emissions suck petition“
The USA pulled out when Trump was in office but Biden re-joined on his first day as president
Same thing happened with the Kyoto agreements in '97
These videos make me prouder to be British everyday
Thankful for July 4th? America shouldn't celebrate it - look how backward they have become.
AUSTRALIA RAAHHHHHHHH🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘
@@quandaleprimgle4394 that threw me off, i was expecting a corn syrup bleeding freedom shouting american to be replying
@@Fartelf anything to scare the british
Ah yes, proud to be America's dog? Why did you invade Iraq then?
11:09 wait till they find out about rugby players
Many people don't realise that the UK is at about the same latitude as Hudson Bay, so we get very long nights in winter and very long days in summer. This is particularly true for Scotland. When I once tried to tell a middle aged American couple that we have very long summer days, the woman said sarcastically, "Oh, so the world turns more slowly for you? Yeah, right..."
This is the thing that bugs me the most about stupid people. They won't stand corrected. They are convinced that once something becomes their opinion it becomes indisputable fact. So they will happily argue with you about your own country.
When I visited the US years ago I was surprised to find that almost everybody I got to know was well informed and thoughtful. They were just ordinary people; students, housewives, a waitress. There was one young lad from Kentucky who knew nothing, because he was only interested in clothes, but he was humble about it.
It's a big country, and I guess the dumbest people are often the loudest.
The Loud Minority will always, unfortunately, take the centre stage as they are usually the most obnoxious with their ignorance and will refuse to see reason.
That's the trouble with "freedom of speech". It encourages stupid people to talk.
Yeah most people are normal, the media and social media only boots the idiots.
Indeed, and giving those same people access to the internet is never going to produce quality discourse.
@@jackwalker4874I'm stealing that
It’s hard to not think it’s got to be satire, isn’t it?
I genuinely can't tell... It's like listening to pre school kids.
I know, I figured some of those tweets were either ChatGPT set up to start arguments or just trolls.
@@starscreamthecruel8026 Americans are honestly mind boggling.
@@eleanorrigby5759 Agreed. Europe should stop relying on these mind-boggling Americans and start paying for their own defense, like big boys and girls.
That last one was fantastic.
Bro his laugh, I subscribed.
I’m English but I moved to New Zealand and no word of a lie I had a yank come off a cruise ship and try and pay me with US Dollars, she thought that because we use dollars here she could pay with hers. This wasn’t a child this was a woman probably in her fifties.
Oh is that why Americans think everything is so expensive in Canada
The ignorance is mind blowing.
Here is some useless information me and my friend figured out with the True Size Of website…
1. You can fit Ireland 8 times into Madagascar
2. All of Lichtenstein fits between the two airports in Warsaw
3. While it is common knowledge that Monaco is so small you can see the piers in the country outline, you might not know that the entire Vatican can fit between them, inside of the port.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk…
4. you can also fit 38,863,636 vatican citys in Russia... Jesus (heh)
I'm gonna be a nerd here, but Warszawa-Modlin airport is outside of the city of Warsaw
@@filewr8515 True, but so is the American School of Warsaw and I bet other stuff too 😅
I love this channel.. so much fun
😂😂😂
When I think of barbecue I automatically think of our Aussie cousins
Ive been in a small ish town in Florida the last 6 months and its insane how difficult America makes it to walk anywhere. You're almost stared at for walking more than a hundred yards its just weird to them it seems. Ive walked about 40 min to Walmart several times. First time I did, an American asked me "Where y'all came from I saw you walk in". Me: "We walked from the airport to here to grab a few things". The yank was *Stunned* that we walked further than the car park hahaha.
It's just weird how you *have* to drive/get taxis everywhere. There are busses but only local ones. If I want to go to an international airport ive got to spend a kidney on an uber.
Also, for how much Americans love driving, they literally cannot drive. They're fucking useless on the road and all over the place. Round the towns isn't so bad because of all the traffic lights but they're awful on the interstates. Speaking of, fun fact its legal to text and drive in Florida (only done for it if your caught for something else like running a red light)
Im from a small village in the UK and we sorta have to drive as well. At least I could get a 10 min lift from my parents or a taxi to a train station to get basically anywhere in the country.
The car gave them freedom, so they developed the country is such a way, that for a large proportion of the population, they cannot live without one. It has become their master.
Some of us would LOVE more trains!
In Florida all kinds of things are legal. Also, alligators, mosquito transmitted diseases, pythons, old people on drugs with guns AND CARS, and of course hurricanes.
@@eric2500 Yeah, I've read recently that Florida is now home to dengue and malaria. Congrats, I guess.
I was in Florida with my daughter 9 years ago, we were in a mall and wanted to go to a store not in that mall, but we thought had to be reasonably close. We asked a young lady working in the mall for directions and she said it was definitely too far to walk so we should get a cab out the front of the mall. Standing at the front of the mall we could see the front of the store we were looking for, we walked across one parking lot, across a service road and then across another parking lot. To this day we wonder did she really not know where we wanted to go or did she really think it was not a walkable distance.
I don’t think this is indicative of all America but definitely a thing in certain places eg LA and Orlando.
Are you stuck in Florida? Should we send help??
I mean you can get a train from London to France. It literally goes under the sea! So getting a train from France to Germany sounds like a more obvious journey that can be made
So many people use the train for that.
Man. As an American, sometimes I forget that I'm lucky to go to a smaller school that actually properly educates us. It scares me that I'm still in highschool and am smarter than at the very least a good chunk of American adults.
With boarding procedures and such, its honestly almost faster to take a train than it is to fly. Definetly more comfortable.
Can't really blame any Americans who think some of those things. They got barely any neighbours, and the few they got are far apart while here in Europe we casually travel to a different country for a day trip. Really adds to the cultural education and a more open world view than the closed off american exceptionalism.
Europe wouldn't fit into one-third of America lmao. You're just miserable, watching this on an American platform whilst moaning about "culture."
Fun Fact: 50 years ago, as a pupil to a private school in Frankfurt, I had to commute going through Frankfurt main station - disembarking on a platform with a train sitting on the opposite track that just came from in Paris l'Este. And was waiting to do the return trip. How I longed to leave with that train instead of trudging on into school!
To this day, there are several daily direct services between Frankfurt and Paris, for Example the TGV 9560, TGV 9552 (Both SNCF) ICE 9568, ICE 9556 (Both DB), just short of 4h travel time, setting you back about 140 €. Plus various other options, that are slower and cheaper, and might require to switch trains.
@Misophist soo, did you ever get to say "screw it, today is the day" and took the train to france for a day trip to appease that old longing?
@@daswasich1147 Maybe I should have, but technically I was a minor by then, and wouldn't have had the money. Two years later, School was out forever. But I had a two stop-overs in Paris vacationing with a church youth group on a camping trip to Arcachon at the South Atlantic coast, which afforded me the opportunity, to separate from the group and roam Paris on my own.
Most important points on the itinerary for me:
- Sitting in a Paris street café and sipping on a Pastis, like the old men do, and trying to understand what is written in L'Humanité,
Le Monde, and Canard Enchaine, using my school French.
- Having a three-course meal in a French restaurant. This set me back 50 Franc, which was really big money for me, considering that I was barely 18, and the whole 20 day trip was roughly 10 times the value.
I have been to France several times by now, but never again in Paris, and never with this train.
Had a few barbeques here in Scotland when I was younger. My dad learned if you butter the buns indoors beforehand then they last longer in the rain before going soggy.
OK I admit to being English, but my first experience of a barbecue, was from visiting Australians! Not Americans, even though we'd had USAAF neighbours four 8 years by then,
Ha Ha!
What USAmericans call bad service, a European would call good service.
What USAmericans call good service, a European would call harrassment.
"Baking is a uniquely American pastime..."
Me: *Laugths mockingly in German*
The best I have heard recently include
@) Do I have to follow UK Laws in UK
b) I am allowed to bring my guns
c) Why does UK not speak a European Language instead of English an American Language
I've definitely seen that last one. Hilarious
Seen them all three at Quora.
Pfff glad we Dutch sold new amsterdam to the Brits who renamed it New York , dodged a bullet there they would have claimed that Dutch is an American language..
I think the whole are Americans belonging to the places their ancestors came from really depends on how connected they are to that culture. Does your family still actively engage in the authentic traditions? Do you still have family there and visit them regularly? Do you follow along with what goes on in that country? Do you speak the language at home with your family? I’m a second generation Indian American, but we still follow many traditions and customs and still engage in the culture. Even then, I’m more American than I am Indian, but I can still claim to be Indian in some way, but its not completely Indian as if I was born and raised in Mumbai.
The way i see it, if you know the history, traditions and language of the place and have been there multiple times, you can say your are from there. If you know fuck all and can only speak English, you can't.
India Indian or native American indian
@@boopie6635 it's say Mumbai in the comment
@@boopie6635 Indian American means an American who has Indian ancestry/heritage. American Indian is Native America, meaning the peoples who lived in America before colonization. An American Indian is not an immigrant, because they were already here. I know it's a bit confusing, blame Columbus.
@runiccurse990 Didn't read it all lol
7:25 "Hey, what if we consider 1984 as a blueprint and not a dystopia?"
The worst person I saw while walking was a drunk man, and he wasn't one of those aggressive drunk people, but he just said some random stuff. Never in Europe have I seen a drug addicted person
i love how americans are always so confident in being incorrect
It's maddening when you have to live with it every day.
@@RB3Authoryeah. I used to live in South Carolina. I met the dumbest people in the world there, not even exaggerating. I’ve seen 6 year old Africans smarter than 30 year old Americans
Sadly, just being stuck here in America as an Asian is gonna be the death of me
@@eh-269 same but I’m Hispanic, my mom really chose to immigrate here lmao
@@Michelle-rdz17 Please leave then, nobody's making you stay.
11:00 An important point that is always conveniently ignored in these comparisons is that in a typical American football game there are only 11 minutes of actual playing time. Add on to that separate teams for offence and defence and what you get is only 5 minutes or so for each player, and that's spread over a 3 hour game. Compare that to 90 minutes of almost continuous play with just a 15 minute break in the middle and it's not surprising that football players can't commit as much energy to every single run as American football players. It makes the bursts of speed all the more impressive when they do come.
Football players run much further over the course of a game with far fewer breaks. It's not a surprise they don't have as much energy to bounce right back up.
And you had to remind, that a average football player moves between 6 and 8 miles in this 90 minutes... If you want to compare sports then Americans should use rugby as a comparison rather than football. And one more thing... Have you ever noticed that the most popular sports in the US are sports where you aren't really allowed to touch your opponent or barely get touched in the game (basketball and baseball)? But when it gets more combative on the field, Americans play in "body armor" (American football, ice hockey). I don't think football players would make really good rugby players. However, I haven't seen any data on this...
I watched a few Americans reacting to Rugby the other day.
They nearly shat themselves. 😂
@@chrismurray3224 This, my dear, surprises me not for a second...
@@melchiorvonsternberg844,
Reason hockey players have pads... is... galvanized rubber moving 160+ km/h is really, really, dangerous, being bodily slammed onto ice can break bones, _and_ to protect themselves from knife-boots!
Really...? What do you belive? That I'm on erarth since 3 days...?@@aralornwolf3140
4:14 well,you visited North Carolina 😂
I'm American and I love these videos.
About service and tipping: here in The Netherlands people rarely tip but you still get really friendly service everywhere.
Here we at least know that the customer should be satisfied, otherwise they will go elsewhere.
And you as an employee who is serving the customer (or talking on the phone with them or whatever) better keep the customer happy, otherwise you have to look for a new job.
There's no bribe like a tip needed to get good service.
@8:40 reminds me of the Glee meme about old bands.
That because the staff is payed a living wage. We don’t have to subsidize the owner to pay his staff.
@@Bramfly Adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare, education costs, etc.) Americans have the highest median income in the world. How do Europoors cope?
4:37 Fun fact, when building those giant roads, the US also booted a bunch of poor people, especially people of color out of their homes.
u spelt colour the American way just letting u know
I wanna say something to the first one, I’m from Frankfurt and I take the train all the time to France, I would never even think of taking a plane to France😂 Frankfurt to Paris is 3h50, Frankfurt to where I live now, the other side of France, is 9h and I take the train twice a year to get home. No big deal, trains are easy, affordable, much more easy to board than planes and most of all much more environment friendly
What’s hilarious is how irate some Americans get when you tell them that the American dollar is weaker than the British pound. It breaks their American centric worldview.