10 "IS AMERICA REALLY LIKE THAT?" Questions an Irish Girl has from Watching TV and Films

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  • @DianeJennings
    @DianeJennings  Před 4 lety +44

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    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy Před 4 lety

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    • @barrywerdell2614
      @barrywerdell2614 Před 4 lety +2

      A couple of comments, the older schools are usually one building or started out that way because the populations was low and it was easier to heat. "Cooties" was some kind of weird old time game where I think you built a non-discript bug to win and people just started calling any unknown bug a Cootie. When I was in grade school and very young I asked my teacher what a cootie was he told me Cooties were the reason Napoleon put his hand in his coat. Another reason older schools (especially those built in the late fifties or early or middle sixties were one building was that they usually contained a bomb shelter because of our paranoia about nuclear war, we even had "dog-tags" that we were told would survive a nuclear explosion so they could identify our burnt, black, crispy body. In my grade school that had a bomb shelter there were huge cans of water being stored outside the shelter. It's no wonder I'm so F**ked up.

    • @quest4050
      @quest4050 Před 4 lety +11

      Why would you put butter on a sandwich? That's what mayo is for.

  • @UTubeHandlesSuck
    @UTubeHandlesSuck Před 4 lety +242

    "So surely people don't actually use them." Yes, people really use window air conditioners- and don't call me Shirley.

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk Před 4 lety +29

      I understood that reference.

    • @ryankozlowski1676
      @ryankozlowski1676 Před 4 lety +14

      Would you like a nightcap? No thank you I don’t wear them! The Goat Frank Drebin

    • @claytonberg721
      @claytonberg721 Před 4 lety +28

      Yes, and if you've ever installed one you bolt it to the window sill. Unless installed by a moron they aren't going anywhere. The biggest error is to not get the angle correct to allow the condensation to drip out thus killing the compressor. Don't ask me how I know.

    • @RupertMDoc
      @RupertMDoc Před 4 lety +8

      Yep, they are usually used in buildings pre-dating "central air." If you don't know, AC works by separating hot air from cool air, blowing the cool air into the room, and the hot air out of the building. So, yes, they do need to be in the window or the hot air sticks in the room and it doesn't get any cooler.

    • @Dakarn
      @Dakarn Před 4 lety +13

      @@RupertMDoc Predating central air? pffffft...
      Allow me to introduce you to *MAINE!*
      Most homes in Maine have no central air. Why? No reason to have air conditioning in a place where the temperature goes above 70 degrees for only 8 weeks out of the year. You just have window units for 2 months, take them out, and put in the window fans until the snow starts 3 weeks later.

  • @claudec2588
    @claudec2588 Před 4 lety +118

    In general you can assume that everything in a movie is exaggerated.

    • @MyNameIsBucket
      @MyNameIsBucket Před 4 lety +11

      You're telling me that not all hotels have a haunted room where a family was murdered??

    • @Stevarooni
      @Stevarooni Před 4 lety +3

      @@MyNameIsBucket no, if anything that underplays the hospitality industry's problem with contiguously booked rooms.

    • @brentkaufman1723
      @brentkaufman1723 Před 4 lety +4

      Not if it's on the internet. You're not allowed to say anything that's not true on the internet. Everyone knows that.

    • @dwaneanderson8039
      @dwaneanderson8039 Před 4 lety +4

      Exaggerated, but true.

    • @rmdodsonbills
      @rmdodsonbills Před 4 lety +3

      @@dwaneanderson8039 Yes. A lot of these examples are firmly grounded in reality. Some of them are not as prevalent as the movies or TV might make them seem. For example, I have no reason to think that the giant house party never happens, but none of the house parties I've attended would qualify. Yellow school buses are definitely a real and prevalent thing.

  • @alisong826
    @alisong826 Před 4 lety +49

    The school pre-fab buildings! Yesss! We call them “portables” and they also stick around for a decade+

    • @dylanbahret6511
      @dylanbahret6511 Před 3 lety

      I’ve not seen them. Maybe because I went to a small school with a graduating class of 54 people. But I didn’t see it at the trade school I went to either

    • @bobbyd1494
      @bobbyd1494 Před 2 lety

      @@dylanbahret6511 my middle school had them but I went to school in Seattle wa, but when I went to high school my school only had 250 kids in the whole school.

  • @Rocketman9mm
    @Rocketman9mm Před 4 lety +67

    American from California here:
    1. loved the school bus. rode it for 8 years of school. NO seat belts. One intersection was uneven and if the bus hit it at full speed you'd get some air time out of your seat. super fun.
    2. Yes, We have to do our own taxes, or hire a professional to do it for us.
    3. Those mega house parties are high school and college phenomena. Though they're typically not as insane as Hollywood makes them.
    4. Yes window AC's are real. but they are semi-permanent and are securely mounted.
    5. I've never put butter in a sandwich in my life. I think Mayonnaise takes the place of butter here. If I have butter on bred it's just for like a slice of french bread.
    6. my HS was a campus with one main building that had several wings and several outlier structures of classrooms.
    7. Yes there are definitely cliques in high school though it's not as clearly defined as you see in Hollywood.
    8. lol cooties are an imaginary pest (like fleas) kids come up with to express their dislike of the opposite gender before they hit puberty and completely reverse that position.
    9. Wide range of houses. The houses on MF are definitely nicer than average. Especially Jay & Gloria's. Phil and Claire are upper middle. The exteriors are definitely nice.
    10. I don't play poker or smoke. My buddies and I will go to the gun ranges as a group somewhat frequently.

    • @arizwebfoot
      @arizwebfoot Před 4 lety +2

      Nah, cooties are not imaginary, they were originally body or hair lice or they were crabs.

    • @Terminalsanity
      @Terminalsanity Před 4 lety +2

      @@arizwebfoot Yep just a name for hair lice and which was a fairly common thing in the US when a good chunk of Americans still lived on farms right up until post WW ll and the the farm kids would often pick them up from farm animals and them pass them onto their classmates. Hence you having cooties became associated with being dirty.

    • @dylanbahret6511
      @dylanbahret6511 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes bro I had an amazing bus driver who would hit a bump and have us go flying it the back. I made sure to ride the bus atleast 1 week each year I had school. Loved that bus driver.

    • @dylanbahret6511
      @dylanbahret6511 Před 3 lety +1

      Not literally but she was a bad a- driver super chill too

    • @dylanbahret6511
      @dylanbahret6511 Před 3 lety +1

      @@JohnFourtyTwo amen brother

  • @jarrod5179
    @jarrod5179 Před 4 lety +83

    The color yellow in American traffic law and urban design means "caution".
    Hence, the logic of painting a bus full of children yellow.

    • @Tux.Penguin
      @Tux.Penguin Před 4 lety +8

      Funny mental image: all of the children on a bus suddenly get painted yellow (with non-toxic paint of course!)

    • @thomasjackson1738
      @thomasjackson1738 Před 4 lety +5

      Diane mentions that she doesn't know how to drive so she might not know that in America you have to learn quite a bit about how to drive when a bus is near you, stopped, or has the lights/stop signs out.

    • @jarrod5179
      @jarrod5179 Před 4 lety +3

      @@Tux.Penguin Lol! Also funny when you break it down by ages. The kindergartners would love it. The high-schoolers would hate you forever :-)

    • @jarrod5179
      @jarrod5179 Před 4 lety +6

      @@thomasjackson1738 Indeed, I had forgotten that. Where she lives, driving is optional...sorta jealous about that actually. But yes, interesting to note. School buses have their own dedicated section in driving manuals, and several traffic laws apply specifically to traffic situations involving a school bus.

    • @hmaz7637
      @hmaz7637 Před 4 lety +4

      Yellow was chosen for buses because it was found to be the most highly visible color, so for safety, all school buses are yellow. Also, most kids either walk or take the bus because if every parent dropped off their kids, the drop off line would be a nightmare. Also, for environmental reasons, 1 bus is better than 30 cars.

  • @joegoss30
    @joegoss30 Před 4 lety +168

    "Your sandwiches aren't lubricated." Sounds a touch naughty.

    • @DianeJennings
      @DianeJennings  Před 4 lety +29

      Joe Goss nooooo

    • @PLieffers
      @PLieffers Před 4 lety +18

      I'm with you Joe. It does sound naughty.

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk Před 4 lety +10

      Only if you're doing something with your sandwiches that's probably unusual... I won't say weird because I don't kink shame, but... ya know... it's kind of weird.

    • @nuclearpoweredbrain2211
      @nuclearpoweredbrain2211 Před 4 lety +7

      Seen a Carl's Jr ad? Those sandwiches boast a copious amount of condiments.

    • @pizzas4breakfast
      @pizzas4breakfast Před 4 lety +9

      @@nuclearpoweredbrain2211 their slogan used to be "if it doesn't get all over the place it doesn't belong in your face"

  • @johnbutler5650
    @johnbutler5650 Před 4 lety +30

    “ Cooties “ are an actual thing, although the use of the word “ cooties “ is different. Cooties used to be the word that was used as a substitute for body lice ( scabies ) or head lice. The word fell out of favor for the description of the actual bugs, but it gained favor being used as an imaginary “bug” that you get from other people ( when you are a small child, it is usually the opposite sex ). So cooties are sort of philosophical ( like a well known cat )in that they exist and don’t exist at the same time.

    • @johnbutler5650
      @johnbutler5650 Před 3 lety +2

      Brent Lofgren - NOAA Federal DUDE! I totally played “ Cootie” when I was a kid! I forgot about it, until you mentioned it! Lmao!

  • @craigsavarese8631
    @craigsavarese8631 Před 4 lety +44

    In case someone in America ever asks you to go snipe hunting - - - don’t.

    • @jetfowl
      @jetfowl Před 4 lety +3

      Same for jackalopes.

    • @Forced2DoThis1
      @Forced2DoThis1 Před 4 lety +1

      Hey! I've had fun on both ends of the "Let's go Snipe hunting" statements! lol

    • @Forced2DoThis1
      @Forced2DoThis1 Před 3 lety +1

      @Frederick Spurlin I have vivid memories of people traipsing about the woods, swamp, brambles, etc only to end up being treed, left to find their way back to civilization, etc. lol.

    • @Forced2DoThis1
      @Forced2DoThis1 Před 3 lety +4

      @Frederick Spurlin Don't forget the great choir of sending someone to go buy some "blinker fluid" for their car. lol

    • @zeusdarkgod7727
      @zeusdarkgod7727 Před 3 lety

      @@Forced2DoThis1 plastic bag for the emissions test, over the phone pt exam (had a dude run around the shop for roughly 15 minutes) lots of other really good ones.

  • @harolddriscoll7104
    @harolddriscoll7104 Před 4 lety +63

    House parties: it's not a party until the cops show up

    • @markrenzella2825
      @markrenzella2825 Před 4 lety +6

      At some point someone says to the cop at the door "Officer Jones , I though you said you didn't want to come back here" Then it's officially a PARTY!

    • @Hayseo
      @Hayseo Před 4 lety +5

      How do you know where a house party is over? When the cops come the second time.

    • @dustyroads5753
      @dustyroads5753 Před 3 lety +1

      Here in rural America, the cops can't get passed the gate 😂. Even if they do it's a half mile drive up to the house 🙂

  • @jeffnorman3988
    @jeffnorman3988 Před 4 lety +73

    Window air conditioners are used everywhere. There’s usually a bracket installed (or at least there should be) on the window that prevents the window from opening and helps hold the a/c in place.

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk Před 4 lety +2

      Well, not everywhere... I'm a Florida boy born, raised, and living, and I've never seen a window A/C. We have central cooling everywhere. And when I was in college in upstate New York, we had little A/C units, but they were inside, not hanging out of the window. I've really never seen a window A/C except in the media.

    • @franksullivan8919
      @franksullivan8919 Před 4 lety +4

      I am a 53yo South Louisiana boy, But I have lived all over La,Tx, and Ar..I have seen window units in many (if not the majority) of the homes across all three states.. especialy in rural areas..

    • @svmedlin
      @svmedlin Před 4 lety +2

      Houses on hotter locals usually have central air conditioners. In some urban areas in the south with lower income, you may see window units. Up north where the summers are not as hot, you may see more window units.

    • @ghadrackpotato960
      @ghadrackpotato960 Před 4 lety +5

      Yeah, they are common. Older houses that don't have good central heating and air and weren't built with duct woro.
      In the north, in older peoples houses and apartments same thing.
      I've installed probity 20 over the years for family and freinds. In addition to the window frame they come with a support bracket that goes outside the window braced against the wall.
      Those movie and TV scenes like Fargo season three are great, but like in that show, they usually just don't fall they have to be pushed.
      In real life they are more of a problem for homeowners when either the drain backs up and they leak causing water damage to the wall, or robbers use a first floor window AC unit for what they call a "push in" robbery. If you don't put some extra support inside when you mount them theives can push the unit into your house and crawl in the hole.

    • @josephcote6120
      @josephcote6120 Před 4 lety +2

      Places like Florida and the whole south, you're insane to not put in central AC when you're building a house.
      A lot of the houses where I grew up (CA's central valley) had those huge swamp coolers hanging on the sides of houses or up on the roof because our humidity rarely reached lethal levels and it was adequate. We thought we were royalty when we got real ACs for our house, even had new electrical wiring put in to handle them.

  • @dlh975
    @dlh975 Před 4 lety +41

    "To me, cooties are like childhood STDs" I laughed SO HARD mostly because it's right on point. Except the S

    • @lookingthrough5428
      @lookingthrough5428 Před 3 lety

      about fell off my chair with this one!

    • @johnnycucumber
      @johnnycucumber Před 3 lety

      Today, cooties are a made up sickness you get from the opposite sex. Originally, it was a slang term for lice.

    • @parteibonza
      @parteibonza Před 3 lety +1

      Well...technically, it IS based on sex....but just not Sexual Intercourse. 😂😂😂

    • @RosheenQuynh
      @RosheenQuynh Před 3 lety

      @@parteibonza Eyyy

  • @davidminor4213
    @davidminor4213 Před 4 lety +46

    I would love to see Diane watch King Of The Hill.
    "Dad, what are cooties?"
    "That's the germs boys get from girls I tell you hwat."
    "......... you mean chlamydia?"

  • @gwenj5419
    @gwenj5419 Před 4 lety +52

    In California we called the prefab school buildings "portables." They exist even in elementary schools.

    • @MyNameIsBucket
      @MyNameIsBucket Před 4 lety +4

      We called them "trailers" at our school since they did have wheels on. Even so, they didn't budge for decades.

    • @mermaid1717
      @mermaid1717 Před 4 lety +1

      You mean trailers? Yeah my 4th grade class was in one & the art class during elementary school.

    • @KatLady69
      @KatLady69 Před 4 lety +3

      We called them "portables" in CA and AZ when I was a kid in the 80s.

    • @catnotmylastname1545
      @catnotmylastname1545 Před 4 lety

      I don't think they exist in parts of the US that have winter.

    • @Deavertex
      @Deavertex Před 4 lety +2

      Back in the dim, distant days, when dinosaurs roamed and I was in elementary school, we called them shacks. In Jr. High, we started calling them temporary buildings. I guess they figured that Jr. High kids could handle multisyllable words.

  • @MrCounselor17
    @MrCounselor17 Před 4 lety +25

    Cliques are a major part of American high school, but they are exaggerated Somewhat in movies.

    • @kathleens6770
      @kathleens6770 Před 4 lety

      I think cliques used to be a bigger thing and writers write what they remember.

    • @dlh975
      @dlh975 Před 4 lety

      Unfortunately at my high school they were just like the movies. Jocks, National Honor Society, Band, Rich Girls, non-conformists/goths, although I don't recall cheerleaders being a thing.

    • @EverlastingHobnocker
      @EverlastingHobnocker Před 4 lety

      @@dlh975 my school was small enough so that cliques were less of a thing, everyone knew who everyone else was

  • @deannaeakle8680
    @deannaeakle8680 Před 4 lety +32

    We have an endless array of Mustards, Mayonnaise Flavors or Miracle Whip that we put on our sandwiches as the dressing

    • @Hippieinthewoods
      @Hippieinthewoods Před 4 lety +2

      Mayonnaise & ketcup (American) is really good on chicken sandwiches.

  • @justanotherdayinthelife9841

    Throughout the 80s and 90s, yes highschool cliques were 100% and hierarchical.

    • @TheNewsBadger
      @TheNewsBadger Před 4 lety +5

      They were in many places around the U.S. through the 2000's too. Maybe not certain areas or big cities.

    • @lochinvar00465
      @lochinvar00465 Před 4 lety +3

      Even before that as well. I was in school in the 1960's and cliques were definitely a thing. Usually it would be three girls with one the leader, another the "lieutenant" and the third "the gopher" and it was easy to see which was which by the way they acted. They behaved as a single unit and tended to treat everyone else as outsiders.

  • @ashleyyoung1317
    @ashleyyoung1317 Před 4 lety +44

    Yep, we do our own taxes or pay people to do them for us.

    • @ShawnRavenfire
      @ShawnRavenfire Před 4 lety +4

      And HATE every second of it!

    • @marfaxa
      @marfaxa Před 4 lety +3

      @@ShawnRavenfire If you're single and a wage slave it takes, maybe, 15 minutes.

    • @sr71ablackbird
      @sr71ablackbird Před 4 lety +1

      @@marfaxa let me guess, the 1040EZ ? and get a `bit of a refund' ?

    • @Trifler500
      @Trifler500 Před 4 lety +3

      If you earn less than... I think $10,000 a year, you don't have to file.

    • @ashleyyoung1317
      @ashleyyoung1317 Před 4 lety

      @@sr71ablackbird I filed February 3rd, still haven't seen our refund and we were getting a great deal back since we have two kids. And I only worked Part Time.

  • @josephmorneau4339
    @josephmorneau4339 Před 4 lety +83

    Sandwiches aren't dry when they have mayo, mustard and/or salad dressing on them.

    • @bobriemersma
      @bobriemersma Před 4 lety +1

      Not a fan of polychromatic dumpster-drippins. Give me butter.

    • @andrewthezeppo
      @andrewthezeppo Před 4 lety +6

      That was a weird question. Right, like they have Subway in Dublin obviously you can get things other than butter on a sandwich.

    • @Ephem13
      @Ephem13 Před 4 lety +1

      Only two of the three are acceptable.

    • @LibbyMaeEickert
      @LibbyMaeEickert Před 4 lety

      Ewww mustard. 🤢 sorry, its not for me. Everyone else can still enjoy it though if they want... i will not be partaking. I'm totally like my dad there😅🤢😅🤢😅🤢😅🤢😅🤢

    • @catnotmylastname1545
      @catnotmylastname1545 Před 4 lety +7

      Butter on a sandwich...🤮

  • @sboone344
    @sboone344 Před 4 lety +14

    Warmer climate areas are in general open campus with mutiple buildings, including "portable buildings".
    Cold climate is where you find more schools housed in one large building. Universities are generally open campuses.
    School bussing is provided by our tax dollars to make school accessible to all. Yellow was chosen because its a high vis color(all of our caution signs are yellow)and a white roof to keep the inside cooler.
    Everyone is responsible to turn in their own taxes, either done by yourself or a tax professional for a fee.
    House parties are full of strangers, usually and is a way to meet new people and you are generally let in if you are deemed good enough by what ever drunk is watching the door or by the caliber of what you brought to share. Hard liquor is a better "in" than beer unless you have a larger supply of beer than you could ever consume.
    Most areas have a size limit on how small a house can be, my area (rural) they must be at least 1400 square feet. The upper limit is determined by the property lot so you cant encroach too close to other peoples dwellings.

  • @ekartak
    @ekartak Před 4 lety +8

    i have one of those window ac units and they aren’t “just held in by the window” there’s a couple screws strategically placed to keep it in place 😂😂

  • @mermaid1717
    @mermaid1717 Před 4 lety +37

    Circle circle dot dot, now I've got my cooties shot!!

  • @kenthawkins5558
    @kenthawkins5558 Před 4 lety +47

    Yes the house party is a real thing. I have attended more then my fair share of them.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Před 4 lety

      I went to one "retro" in graduate school where the guys built a little Mini dance floor in the middle of a larger room. It was painted black wood, raised off the floor by a few inches (so they probably used 2x4s), and then they used black duct tape to section off the glass panels and put different colored lights underneath the panels, so that the panels would alternately light up red, blue, white, and yellow, like the Partridge Family bus. That dance floor was slippery af, though, because those panels were like dancing on glass or wet marble. It seemed like a lot of trouble to go to for a house party. ....But that was the one the cops were supposed to break up...

    • @claytonberg721
      @claytonberg721 Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah I went to a couple like that in highschool. And my younger brother was fucking dumb enough to hold one in our home.

    • @dr.johndoe1603
      @dr.johndoe1603 Před 4 lety +1

      I had a buddy that his parents were teachers and went on vacation for 6 weeks !!! He had a house party for 5 weeks and 4 days . This was back when 40’s were a thing ( yes I’m a old head ) . We had to get rid of over 400 40 oz glass bottles in two nights , clean up and throw out two guys and one hot chick in two nights . The amount of weed and condoms that went through that front door would blow your mind . One the best things about a house party is the people that u don’t know but after a blunt and half a 40 ur we’re best friends for life !!!

    • @Entiox
      @Entiox Před 4 lety +2

      @@dr.johndoe1603 my senior year of high school one of the greatest things possible happened for me and my friends. One of my friends turned 18 and his mother moved 400 miles away leaving him alone in the house to finish his senior year. She came back I think 3 times over 7 months. He also worked at a convince store that sold beer, and another friend had an older sister who gave no fucks and would buy us whatever liquor we wanted. Several of us were also in a metal band and were friends with a couple other larger, better known local bands. We were throwing raging parties on Wednesdays. It was amazing any of us graduated.

  • @jamieflowers534
    @jamieflowers534 Před 4 lety +44

    "The Breakfast Club" is pretty much accurate when it comes to American high schools.

    • @isipscognac
      @isipscognac Před 4 lety +6

      What, from 35 years ago? My high school was nothing like the movies. There were no bullies or cliques or any of those cliches. The most we had was a lot of theater and music students. And everybody was too neutered and boring to have any identifying characteristics. I have no strong feelings whatsoever towards high school. College is where it's at.

    • @Anna-B
      @Anna-B Před 3 lety +2

      I don’t know about public schools, but in my school (small catholic school) it’s nothing like the movies

    • @MargaritaOnTheRox
      @MargaritaOnTheRox Před 3 lety

      My high school was also nothing like The Breakfast Club, and I went to high school in the 90s. Groups would hang out with each other, because yes, commonalities, but it's not like they were forbidden from talking to other groups. You'd see athletes, cheerleaders, orchestra/band, drama, and ranch kids all commingling, and kids from every group were taking advanced classes. It definitely was not representative of my high school experience.

  • @dangreving1094
    @dangreving1094 Před 4 lety +6

    Yes I’m 56 and still have large house party ragers all the time, bbq”s every Sunday. Don’t have as many live bands as i used to. Love your channel!!

  • @charlesedwards2856
    @charlesedwards2856 Před 4 lety +23

    Teacher in America here. On the school & bus stuff: Yes, usually the schools built in the past 30-40 years (sometimes longer depending on location) are just one big building with all the classes inside. It is generally easier and safer to just build a huge building with everything in it than to have multiple buildings. The city I teach in has one high school (3 total in the city) with multiple buildings and it is on either side of a street, so there are some worries about safety for kids crossing.
    We have three levels of schools: Elementary, Middle or Junior High, and High School. They are usually Kindergarten-4th or 5th grade, 5th or 6th-8th, and 9-12, respectively for grade levels in each.
    Buses happen depending on the distance or the danger involved in kids walking to school. The danger can include getting hit by a car or just a bad neighborhood.
    On other topics: yes, we either do our own taxes or have professional tax preparers that cost a fee (yay, capitalism!). I’ve never heard of a company doing your taxes for you. That would be incredible!
    You were pretty much spot on with Kooties. It’s something little kids say when they act like they don’t like someone, particularly of the opposite sex.
    Most houses are the detached single family homes you imagine, but there are also 2 & 3 family homes that look like a normal house, but are pretty much apartments stacked on top of each other. There are also houses called Row Houses where they are full size homes attached to each other side-by-side. Some houses are pretty small but on huge piece of land (a half acre of land but the house is 1,000 sq. feet) or a big house on a small piece of land (3,000 sq ft home on a 5,000 sq ft piece of land). In summary of this: houses are like people, all shapes and sizes.
    We usually use mustard or mayo on sandwiches, not butter. I only use butter on the outside of bread if I’m cooking it for a grilled cheese or something.

  • @goombakiwi
    @goombakiwi Před 4 lety +12

    I'm an accountant, I hate doing my taxes.
    Middle school is the hormone stage. It's good to segregate that for a while.

  • @queenanitarivera5997
    @queenanitarivera5997 Před 4 lety +7

    When I lived in Minnesota my high school was 1 giant building. When I lived in Arizona we had an “out door campus” where it was multiple buildings. Depends on the climate.

  • @allieoop7024
    @allieoop7024 Před 4 lety +5

    My first high school was 3 buildings and some trailers as extra classrooms, then I moved to a high school that was all one building. So it varies. 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @rickykeller4305
    @rickykeller4305 Před 4 lety +9

    Back in the 70s and 80s we would always walk into parties without knowing the host. More times than not we were welcomed in and pointed to the keg.

  • @bert9311
    @bert9311 Před 4 lety +117

    You hate doing your own taxes?
    You're more American than you think!!

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk Před 4 lety +5

      I mean... is there anyone who *enjoys* doing taxes in any country? lmao

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Před 4 lety +2

      @@IceMetalPunk I don't exactly like it, but I've never gotten mad about it, and I do like receiving that refund.... so I guess I could say I don't mind

    • @MyNameIsBucket
      @MyNameIsBucket Před 4 lety

      Pretty sure the whole joke was that they were having a blast doing their taxes.

    • @almostfm
      @almostfm Před 4 lety

      @ukkr No _direct_ taxes to the feds, sure. But there were duties on imported goods, and that's a tax with a different name.

    • @thomasjenkins7506
      @thomasjenkins7506 Před 4 lety +1

      @ukkr no, the US had war over taxes without representation. we didn't like our taxes going across the ocean for things we would never see.

  • @iyana1332
    @iyana1332 Před 4 lety +6

    As a person in University I can confirm that house parties are very much still a thing, I even have a group of friends that I only really hangout with at parties, parties are also a very cool way to hangout with people u may not know or normally talk to. If your looking for something for something more laidback and chill than kickbacks are for you, they often are with people u know and less crowded

  • @lindaellis7451
    @lindaellis7451 Před 3 lety +3

    This has given me the excuse I needed to put butter on all my sandwiches.

  • @niobi9999
    @niobi9999 Před 4 lety +49

    We drive our son to school, but a lot of the kids in the neighborhood either walk, ride their bikes or do take the bus.
    Yes, we do have to file our own taxes. Many people have an accountant do them, but our employers don't do them. They submit our earnings to the IRS (Internal Revenue Service), but that only gives us info that we use to file our taxes.
    Show us a picture of your Chinese food tins! That sounds so much more fun than a cardboard box!
    House parties are common in some areas / neighborhoods, but they're not ubiquitous in general.
    Yes, regarding air conditioners, especially in older homes (usually those built before 1965 or so), "window units" are pretty common. It's rare for them to fall out of a window, though, because of how they fit in. You have to, you know, not open the window because then it probably will fall out.
    Butter on sandwiches is something that some people do and others don't. Mayo is a common condiment (blech) instead of butter. Olive oil is often used in Italian or other European style sammiches.
    There's no commonality between high schools in terms of the question asked. Some are big, single buildings, and many are comprised of a bunch of different structures built over different periods as the school has grown in population. There are loads of different architectural styles. Yes, prefabs are used, especially if the school is growing rapidly and they're working out how to expand on a more permanent basis.
    Yes, there can be cliques and groups of people that just hang out with each other, but again, it really depends on the school.
    Hahaha, "cooties" is like "germs". "Childhood STD" is a good way of thinking of it. It's just like "boy germs" or "girl germs".
    No, the houses in Modern Family are homes that wealthy people would live in in California. Real estate prices in CA are very, very, very expensive, and the bigger they are and the more land they have, the more expensive they are, especially near LA, San Francisco, and San Diego. In the U.S., houses ARE much bigger, in general, than in Europe & the UK, but the pricing varies wildly depending on what part of the country you're in. Same goes for property taxes, which are all over the board, because each state has their own requirements about property taxes and what they go toward.
    I can't answer the poker party question haha.

    • @josephcote6120
      @josephcote6120 Před 4 lety +1

      That covers it pretty well. I would add about taxes: If you earn less than a certain amount you can file a simple form, more or less just how much you earned, how much should you owe, how much you've already paid, and refund or amount due. Takes 3 minutes. I haven't been able to do that one for 40 years. But I do use tax software which makes the whole thing a lot less painful.

    • @operator0
      @operator0 Před 4 lety +2

      A house that costs a million dollars in San Fransisco would cost less then $100,000 where I live. A house that would cost a million dollars here would be something like 6,000 sq ft (600 sq meters) and have dozens of acres of property. CA/NYC land prices are ridiculous.

    • @kunger9020
      @kunger9020 Před 4 lety +1

      But tin don't fold out like a plate. Don't you unfold the four corners open the top and eat/or serve form the plate ? Or are you one of those keep it in the square and just eat out the small top ?

    • @niobi9999
      @niobi9999 Před 4 lety +1

      K Unger No...if you eat it in the container, it would be from within the box. I’ve seen people unfold the box into a plate online, but never in real life. The good thing about the box in box form is that you can close it back up to put leftovers in the fridge.

  • @RichardHClark
    @RichardHClark Před 4 lety +24

    My dog and his friends smoke cigars while playing cards

  • @RReneeS
    @RReneeS Před 3 lety +4

    lol, we just have a different way of "lubricating" our sandwiches. Apparently for the Irish, butter is the go to condiment for a sandwich, here in America it can be any number of other things. The most common is mayo or mustard. Also Miracle Whip, which is similar to mayo, but definitely not mayo :) If you're eating a sandwich from a deli(catessan) they might put on oil, or what is called vinaigrette, which is sort of like salad dressing. It has a nice tang on those meat sandwiches. I personally have eaten plain bread and butter, without any type of meat or cheese, etc. But in general the only reason I might put butter on bread is because I specifically want bread and butter, or I'm going to toast the bread, for grilled cheese or just to toast the bread :)

  • @SurlyDruid07
    @SurlyDruid07 Před 4 lety +11

    Yep there called cliques and just about everyone is in some kind of cliques

    • @Anna-B
      @Anna-B Před 3 lety +1

      I don’t think so, maybe it’s because I don’t go to a public school, but there aren’t any cliques. There are friend groups, but they aren’t categorized by anything specific

  • @samriedel9311
    @samriedel9311 Před 4 lety +56

    Almost all school districts provide bus services, yes we need to do our taxes but mostly pay other people to do it, yeah house party's are that terrible and it's 20 somethings, in older buildings it's the only option newer buildings have central air, we use Mayo and mustard on sandwiches, schools are usually one big building with smaller buildings added on as needed, we are clique as fuck in school, you nailed it on cooties, depending on how suburban you are they can be pretty big on average, cigars are an older male thing. Thanks for your content/personality it's the best keep it coming!

    • @billybang00
      @billybang00 Před 4 lety +7

      As an American, I approve of all this, except that school cliques used to be much more pronounced, but are less and less clique-y in recent years

    • @mollymolly2512
      @mollymolly2512 Před 4 lety +3

      Well, you answered just about every question that was asked!
      Good job!
      And I think the window air conditioning units are more common in the northern part of the US? Could be wrong about that. In the south it gets so hot that (and winter is extremely short and mild), generally speaking, most houses have built in AC...but again, that's also a broad generalization. Most suburbs definitely have AC built in. Older communities may have the window units. And yes, most high schools are all one big building but not all. And yes, we have temporary buildings at many schools that have become permanent fixtures. Really enjoyed this video!

    • @mtoythegoat673
      @mtoythegoat673 Před 4 lety

      mollymolly2512 maybe North Eastern and in Big Cities they aren’t a thing in the Upper Midwest. We have very cold Winters and then Hot summers (getting to 100 degrees)

    • @Dularr
      @Dularr Před 4 lety

      @@billybang00 sounds like they have all been indoctrinated and no longer individuals? true?

    • @stevenvarner9806
      @stevenvarner9806 Před 4 lety

      The one big building thing for schools is largely regional. In the West, it's mostly the oldest urban schools that are one big school building. My own California high school, where I teach, has a dozen detached buildings and several portables like the one Diane showed. It's a pretty large campus in terms of area.

  • @TheMomofcamandjames
    @TheMomofcamandjames Před 4 lety +32

    When I was a child, back when boys and girls thought each other were gross, there was a saying that goes, “Circle circle dot dot now I got my cootie shot!” Once you said that, you were safe from getting cooties from boys😉

    • @mountainneko
      @mountainneko Před 4 lety +8

      Funny, we got cooties from girls!

    • @chipparmley
      @chipparmley Před 4 lety +2

      I remember that

    • @DianeJennings
      @DianeJennings  Před 4 lety +8

      Casey Lane nice!

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk Před 4 lety +11

      Yep! And there was a second verse, too... I think it was something like, "Circle circle, square square, now I have it everywhere". The shot, I assume, not the cooties. Of course, as a little boy, we needed our shot to avoid getting cooties from the girls :P

    • @brucemoore3329
      @brucemoore3329 Před 4 lety +4

      Cooties shots cause autism!

  • @rocketpsyence
    @rocketpsyence Před 4 lety +4

    I was homeschooled so a lot of the school questions are things I wonder too despite living here lol.

    • @tomfrazier1103
      @tomfrazier1103 Před 3 lety

      I was not homeschooled, in Central Coastal California and saw many school/ growing up tropes were not so.

  • @penman08
    @penman08 Před 4 lety +1

    I am so delighted to have discovered you!

  • @johnedgar7956
    @johnedgar7956 Před 4 lety +42

    Apologies if someone else already said this. 😊 Most of the weight of a window unit A/C is in the very front, that faces the inside of your house. They're made to sit securely in a window, with much less of it's weight in the bit that "hangs outside", and then the top of the window is just slid down atop it, holding it in place.

    • @smylebutta7250
      @smylebutta7250 Před 4 lety +2

      That is so factually incorrect. You have the compressor, fan, and condenser all hanging outside the window.

    • @Valandar2
      @Valandar2 Před 4 lety +3

      @@smylebutta7250 Exactly. What holds these units in, is that most are braced to the windowframe.

    • @bentleyr00d
      @bentleyr00d Před 4 lety +3

      @@ronalds.658
      I've dropped them a few times while trying to get them into the window.

    • @wildeasage
      @wildeasage Před 4 lety

      @@Valandar2 Exactly. They're supposed to be properly installed with a brace.

    • @sylviawedding937
      @sylviawedding937 Před 4 lety

      They kill ppl wtf just drop it on the baby

  • @johnsouthwell1869
    @johnsouthwell1869 Před 4 lety +8

    and for cooties, pretty accurate assessment - sometimes adults use it to mean germs too

    • @amberhiggins6327
      @amberhiggins6327 Před 4 lety +2

      Cooties means lice. The earliest recorded uses of the term in English are by British soldiers during the First World War to refer to lice that proliferated in battlefield trenches. American troops learned the term during WWI and WWII and bought it back to the USA, but it comes from the British!

  • @iamR-cy5jb
    @iamR-cy5jb Před 4 lety +5

    We have a Mustard Museum outside of Madison, WI. It's wonderful. You can literally taste test like 500 Mustards.

  • @pleasehelp2446
    @pleasehelp2446 Před 4 lety +1

    Diane you are an amazing person and as an Irish American I really like seeing you ask questions about my home while giving me answers about yours.

  • @claudec2588
    @claudec2588 Před 4 lety +10

    Yes the air conditioning hanging out of a window is not uncommon. It's designed to be in a window.

  • @puremercury
    @puremercury Před 4 lety +70

    It is so weird to think that people freak out at yellow school buses.

    • @kirbyculp3449
      @kirbyculp3449 Před 4 lety +4

      Europe has nothing like it because their countries are weak and puny.

    • @caedanjennings
      @caedanjennings Před 4 lety

      It’s true to be fair Irish school buses are much different looking and less frequent

    • @srotagadirolf
      @srotagadirolf Před 4 lety

      Loser Cruisers

    • @puremercury
      @puremercury Před 4 lety +1

      @@lazaruschernik18 No American really freaks out about those. We have double-decker red buses here, too. They just tend to be private, open-top sightseeing coaches.

    • @emilywilson7602
      @emilywilson7602 Před 4 lety +1

      I know right!? When she said that I was just... Woah. Really? Okay.

  • @michaelriddick7116
    @michaelriddick7116 Před 3 lety

    Those Reddit videos are great! :D the spooky/scarey ones are the best! :D

  • @apwmojack
    @apwmojack Před 4 lety +1

    These were like house parties in high school when someone's parents were gone for the weekend.

  • @paulfeist
    @paulfeist Před 4 lety +30

    Butter? On a sandwich? I don't know if that's insanity, or genius... but, we definitely don't do that here. At least not on the West Coast. Mayo. Mayo lubes the bread. Now, butter DOES belong on a Grilled Cheese sandwich!
    About those air conditioners; They used to be MUCH more common, especially in apartments one rents rather than owns in older buildings. And, they're actually screwed to the window frame, they just hang the heat exchanger out the window to shed the heat. They don't fall out because they're installed with screws, and are less "temporary" than they look like.

    • @masterofpuppets2004
      @masterofpuppets2004 Před 4 lety

      i dont use screws. just sits there and has never fallen out.

    • @EverlastingHobnocker
      @EverlastingHobnocker Před 4 lety

      Heck yeah butter on a sandwich, with Colby cheese and summer sausage. I haven't had that since I was a kid. And I do *not* think mayonnaise and cheese go together.

    • @smylebutta7250
      @smylebutta7250 Před 4 lety

      Never used or seen screws used on a window AC.

    • @caedanjennings
      @caedanjennings Před 4 lety

      It’s brill but one must use Irish butter tastier than mayo

    • @musiclistsareus1029
      @musiclistsareus1029 Před 4 lety

      My dad grew up on a dairy farm so we grew up with buttered sandwiches

  • @hathama1088
    @hathama1088 Před 4 lety +13

    "I think I killed the Meesta, Meesta lady!"
    - Happy Gilmore when the AC falls out the window

    • @doolally1478
      @doolally1478 Před 4 lety

      I was thinking the Ricky Gervais movie when the a/c falls on Greg Kinnear
      Ghost world or something similar

    • @mazlynnrose5626
      @mazlynnrose5626 Před 4 lety

      That's what I thought she meant lmaooooo

    • @karlamackey4675
      @karlamackey4675 Před 4 lety

      I think Seinfeld had a scene where the air conditioner fell out of the window.

  • @VirtualHolocaust
    @VirtualHolocaust Před 4 lety +6

    I had tons of parties when i was in high school. Tons of kids coming over. Pretty crazy stuff. Like i was 17 or 18 and had a party at my parents house and we had a keg in the bathtube with ice and we were doing keg stands. But thats also how you meet new people make conections. personal, drug or business

    • @Anna-B
      @Anna-B Před 3 lety +1

      What??!!!!! I’m in high school and I’ve never even heard of these parties IRL!

    • @MAB1273
      @MAB1273 Před 3 lety

      Back in the day we made a little extra cash charging at the door.

  • @burtmacklin6443
    @burtmacklin6443 Před 3 lety +1

    6:35 This might be my favorite bit I have seen from you. I don't butter sandwiches if they aren't going on the grill. The idea of buttering all sandwiches is so foreign to me and you speak with such conviction it is fascinating.

  • @rexracer3221
    @rexracer3221 Před 4 lety +13

    The House Party is a real thing. In high school I went to some that had a couple hundred people (teenages mostly) and it was like in the movies. Now a days police are a lot more strict and probably would break up parties like that. The good old days... (I went to some that seemed like the entire neighborhood was invited and the party lasted to 5am in the morning).

    • @agoogleuser4443
      @agoogleuser4443 Před 4 lety +1

      I knew a guy in high school, circa 1981, who had a party when his parents were out of town. A bunch of kids showed up who weren't invited and stole like $1500 worth of stuff!

  • @HansDelbruck53
    @HansDelbruck53 Před 4 lety +6

    Those groups that hang out together in high school are referred to as cliques in America as well.

  • @burtmacklin6443
    @burtmacklin6443 Před 3 lety +2

    8:46 Our lunch was broken up over the course of the day like classes, referred to as periods; 1st 2nd 3rd etc. Who we sat with was less social group and more who you knew that had the same lunch period. As far as the seating goes, humans are creatures of habit and people seemed to stick to the same seats if not given a reason to move, internal or external.

  • @scottt5521
    @scottt5521 Před 4 lety +1

    The classic large yellow US school bus weighs in at 21,500 pounds and is designed like an armored personnel carrier. Generally speaking, schools cannot use buses that weigh less than 10,000 pounds.

  • @manthony1956
    @manthony1956 Před 4 lety +25

    Actually cooties are lice. We had a game called "Cootie" as a child. Where we would assemble the cooties. Strange. As a child, we really didn't know what they were. A game where we assemble hand size lice with cute faces.

    • @truckerkevthepaidtourist
      @truckerkevthepaidtourist Před 4 lety +2

      yes indeed I remember cootie how the hell the creator of that game came around and marketed towards children I'll never understand

    • @amberhiggins6327
      @amberhiggins6327 Před 4 lety +3

      Cooties, The earliest recorded uses of the term in English are by British soldiers during the First World War to refer to lice that proliferated in battlefield trenches. American troops learned the Term from British troops in WWI and WWII and brought it back to the USA. It wasn't originally an American term it was British!

    • @garylowrey6331
      @garylowrey6331 Před 4 lety

      The answer is yes

    • @OllamhDrab
      @OllamhDrab Před 4 lety +1

      They're also such an 'imaginary contagion' among children, which also kinda can lead to adults using the word for real or feared STDs :)

    • @craigbenz4835
      @craigbenz4835 Před 4 lety

      @@OllamhDrab : It was such a disappointment to grow up and find out the some people really did have cooties.

  • @alfreddaniel1994
    @alfreddaniel1994 Před 4 lety +23

    My friends and I usually sit around in a circle smoking cigars. However, we don't play poker, and we take the tobacco out of the cigars and fill them with goodness.

    • @smtpgirl
      @smtpgirl Před 4 lety +2

      Alfred, blunts unite.

    • @michaelwalton4017
      @michaelwalton4017 Před 4 lety +3

      Can I get an invite?😏

    • @ericjones7983
      @ericjones7983 Před 4 lety +1

      Good story

    • @asshatteryengaged813
      @asshatteryengaged813 Před 4 lety +1

      Second Wednesday of every month is poker night. Between 5 to 10 guys get together to tell lies, fart and laugh about absurdities of life. We also play poker and smoke stuff too.

  • @annar3068
    @annar3068 Před 4 lety +4

    Ha! Cute video. Residential neighborhoods are divided into different "districts" by cities and the school tries to cover as many of the kids going to their school district with the amount of buses the budget lets them.
    No. After college most adult parties might have like 12 of the people knowing the house owner, and maybe 4 guests of the known individuals. Many times a significant other. Its polite to bring alcohol to contribute, and several small groups of conversations usually exist, maybe 1 in the kitchen and another in the backyard.

  • @MB-id2ek
    @MB-id2ek Před 4 lety +1

    I never tried a cold sandwich with buttered bread until traveling abroad and it was awesome

  • @runningtraveler1193
    @runningtraveler1193 Před 4 lety +10

    I would say pretty much everything on TV / moives regarding Southern California is either exaggerated greatly, or limited to a very specific richy rich area, and then exaggerated even more; it's what Hollywood does.

    • @josephcote6120
      @josephcote6120 Před 4 lety +1

      True. There are plenty of medium and poor areas all across SoCal. Just like anywhere else. But certainly more than their share if rich/fancy places.

  • @travtotheworld
    @travtotheworld Před 4 lety +10

    If you go to college in a college town or in a city that has a distinct university community it's not unusual to attend random house parties. Sometimes you'll just wander around at night looking for house parties. It's how you meet new people.

    • @rhondaflesher8313
      @rhondaflesher8313 Před 4 lety

      Where I live there are 2 colleges and one university. For some reason that don't seem to be enough for forming lively parties (a bit of sarcasm there) - they have to add in even wilder guest from the nearest bigger city (Indy). Plus the university has had a yearly "homecoming tradition" called "The Crawl." The main campus and dorms are on the other side of town from the stadium. So each year for the homecoming game the students will start out walking from their dorms to the stadium - hitting nearly every bar on the way for at least one drink - getting quite plastered as they go (hence the name "The Crawl"). You do not want to go downtown or along main street that day.

    • @usafvet100
      @usafvet100 Před 4 lety

      Uber driver here from Fayetteville, AR, home of the flagship campus for the U of A with an enrollment of 25k. There are some private homes in town that are notorious for house parties when the students return in the Fall. I had a very lucrative night when one house party was shut down by the cops for noise and traffic complaints, the students decided to get shuttled to another party house that wasn't on a main road.

  • @alanrussette2819
    @alanrussette2819 Před 4 lety +1

    OK, I officially adore Editor Diane.

  • @mickeybreezy
    @mickeybreezy Před 4 lety +3

    Everything you mention is true in my experience.

  • @odysseusrex5908
    @odysseusrex5908 Před 4 lety +20

    School buses: Yes, almost every school in America is served by buses. Generally, kids who live close to the school, within a mile or so, have to walk. kids who live further away ride the bus. In Houston, where I live, most schools have become ridiculously cautious and require most kids not riding the bus to be picked up by a parent, either by car or on foot. It's ridiculous. I don't think that is the case in most school districts though.
    Taxes: Yes, if you have sufficient income to be required to file a tax return, which is most people, you either have to do it yourself, or you can hire a professional to do it for you. Of course, these days, there is software available which makes it much easier.
    House parties: Those wild parties you see in the movies do happen, but they are rare. Most parties are much more laid back. I remember one time some friends of mine got together and had a really wild party. I wasn't able to go for some reason. Everybody wanted to do it again the next week. I was free that time and really looking forward to it. What happened? Me an another guy played chess, and then one of the girls passed out and we had to rush her to the hospital. No, not drugs or anything, she was just sick.
    Air conditioners: Yes, window unit air conditioners exist. They are more common in older and lower income neighborhoods. They are not just held in by the window pressing on top. They are secured and it is almost impossible for them to fall out. Even if one did, what are the odds that someone would be right under it? And if it was on the ground floor, who cares? Air purifiers do just that, filter out impurities, they don't cool the air.
    Butter ; Some people do put butter on sandwiches, but mayonnaise and or mustard are much, much more common. I have used butter once or twice in my life, but only because I was out of mayonnaise. We butter bread to eat it just as bread and butter.
    Schools: Yes, High schools, and middle schools, and elementary schools are usually one large building. You will occasionally encounter a different layout, but it is rare, the most notable exception being when the student body becomes larger than the school was designed for, and those temporary buildings are put in to house the overflow. And yes, they can wind up being used for many years.
    Cliques: I always sat with and hung out with the same group of friends and rarely socialized with people outside that group. Some people are more social than others.
    Cooties: Cooties is slang for lice. Most young children use the word without ever knowing what it really means.
    Poker: Yes, men get together and play poker. Not as often as you see in movies and TV, but occasionally. It is usually a male activity, but sometime women will join in. Bridge is a more common mixed sex game.

    • @melance
      @melance Před 4 lety +1

      Just to add on, Cooties was a word that American soldiers learned from British soldiers during WWII. The word fell out of use in Britain but didn't in the US.

    • @odysseusrex5908
      @odysseusrex5908 Před 4 lety

      @@melance Oh, now that's very interesting. I had no idea.

    • @kynn23
      @kynn23 Před 4 lety +1

      Great explanation; +1 to all of this.

    • @odysseusrex5908
      @odysseusrex5908 Před 4 lety

      @@kynn23 Thank you.

    • @sarahprovenzano8765
      @sarahprovenzano8765 Před 4 lety

      Where in Houston do you live I live in Jacinto City

  • @therealjimmywebb
    @therealjimmywebb Před 4 lety +73

    As a child back in the day: "Don't touch me, I don't want your cooties!"
    As an adult in 2020: "Don't touch me, you're not practicing social distancing!"

    • @amberhiggins6327
      @amberhiggins6327 Před 4 lety +6

      Cooties, The earliest recorded uses of the term in English are by British soldiers during the First World War to refer to lice that proliferated in battlefield trenches. Cooties is not an American term! American troops learned the word cooties from the British during WWI and WWII and brought it back to the USA.

    • @glenncordova4027
      @glenncordova4027 Před 4 lety +4

      @@amberhiggins6327 So the British gave everyone cooties. Typical.

    • @bentleyr00d
      @bentleyr00d Před 4 lety +1

      @@glenncordova4027
      The Brits gave us chlamydia and herpes as well.

  • @kristenheuer5676
    @kristenheuer5676 Před 4 lety

    Growing up in rural areas, we didn't have house parties, but field parties. Basically a bunch of teenagers drunk in a field.

  • @MY_OUTDOOR_ADVENTURES
    @MY_OUTDOOR_ADVENTURES Před 3 lety

    I like how you always take time to dress nice and look good in all your videos

  • @bluedogguy
    @bluedogguy Před 4 lety +9

    It is not gender exclusive - some women play poker and smoke cigars with men. The really, really exceptional ones.

  • @jorgejefferson8251
    @jorgejefferson8251 Před 4 lety +17

    We either have to do our own taxes or pay someone to do it by April 15th every year. there is an old saying "nothing is certain except death and taxes".

    • @Tux.Penguin
      @Tux.Penguin Před 4 lety +2

      The middle of April (usually the 15th) EVERY SINGLE YEAR since 1955...
      EXCEPT the year 2020!!!!
      Because of the nasty ‘rona

  • @bitty_beastly47
    @bitty_beastly47 Před 4 lety +2

    I used to live in several several party houses and most of the time it was an open invite but usually friends of friends. The house gets trashed and sometimes things break but, that's a party

    • @karlamackey4675
      @karlamackey4675 Před 4 lety

      Makes me think of John Belushi in "Animal House "

  • @kroom7k536
    @kroom7k536 Před 4 lety +1

    Cooties were like a never ending universal game of tag. You get tagged then you have to pass the cooties to get rid of them

  • @LG123ABC
    @LG123ABC Před 4 lety +9

    I went to an old high school where everything was in one big building -- except the vocational classes (wood-shop, metal-shop, auto mechanics, welding, etc). These were all in a separate building located behind the main one.

    • @josephcote6120
      @josephcote6120 Před 4 lety

      That's about how my high school started out (built in 1956) Big building, shops behind, gym and pool to the side. The big expansion I saw (1978) was a large new classroom building, a new science building, and a new library. The classroom and science buildings are already gone and a couple of new buildings are in place.

    • @jeffragar3493
      @jeffragar3493 Před 4 lety

      Mine was like that, too. Naturally my class schedule required traveling from the shop classrooms at one corner of the main building to the opposite corner and up to the third floor in the five minutes between classes.

    • @usafvet100
      @usafvet100 Před 4 lety

      @@josephcote6120 Graduated in 1980 with a class of 60 students. All main classes in one L shaped building, separate gym, band/choir building, and shop/agri building for the goat ropers in their FFA jackets.

  • @almostfm
    @almostfm Před 4 lety +10

    Couple of answers from my experience:
    Every high school I've seen is multiple buildings. The one that I went to had several pre-fab buildings, but the town was growing so fast that they needed the extra space and they needed it quickly. They've since been replaced on campus by permanent buildings.
    The houses-take a look at how many shows set in "California" are really set somewhere in LA, which is just a tiny part of a huge state. The closest thing I can equate it to would be like showing places in London and thinking that's what all of England is like. In this part of the state, there's a lot of rural areas where someone may have a fairly small house set on a couple of acres of land. My house, which is in the city, is 1340 square feet and was built in 1961. Newer houses tend to be larger.

    • @deansusandylan
      @deansusandylan Před 4 lety

      Prefab is used for rapidly expanding communities where the buildings can manage all the students.. smaller schools often have elementary school, middle or Jr High School, and Sr High school. My school started as 3 different community schools and consolidated into 1 high school but 3 primary schools and on Jr high.. then just a decade ago consolidated into one building with a wing for each section (primary, middle, and high school)

  • @mountainneko
    @mountainneko Před 4 lety +1

    The reaction of Chewie to you asking what are cooties in the outtakes, was priceless. . .Many people do there taxes online, electronic filing (it is easier). . .the only time we butter our bread is when we are making butter and sugar sandwiches (we don't need to lubricate our sandwiches to make them go down easier 😉 ). . .usually older schools are one large building. . .the new ones have spread out campuses as well as those prefab building like you have. . .the size of our houses usually depends on where you live, my house is 1250 sq ft. . .while several blocks over they are 2,000 or more. . .and most middle class people in California have a hard time owning a house because they are so expensive.👍👍

  • @DonaBologna
    @DonaBologna Před 4 lety +4

    Lol I've been to hundreds of massive house parties with strangers and have had them at my house. It's primarily a college thing, but not only at frat houses.

  • @CDHord
    @CDHord Před 4 lety +16

    On “Friends” they have an episode where they explain that their apartment was rent controlled, which they inherited from a relative. Being a boomer, my high school had a graduating class of 750 and was actually built just in time to accommodate the last wave of boomers. In America, butter is for anything but sandwiches!

    • @pouncepounce7417
      @pouncepounce7417 Před 4 lety +3

      I can stomach a lot of foreign ideas about food but sandwiches without butter is waaaaaaay out there!

    • @cassidy99ful
      @cassidy99ful Před 4 lety +5

      @@pouncepounce7417 Sandwiches with butter Is just really weird.

    • @stornkolson
      @stornkolson Před 4 lety +2

      really grossed out by the idea of freaking butter on my sanwich

    • @dlh975
      @dlh975 Před 4 lety

      @@pouncepounce7417 We usually put mayonnaise or mustard on sandwiches

    • @bentleyr00d
      @bentleyr00d Před 4 lety

      When I was in grad school, I rented a room in an apartment on Morningside Park that had been lived in by a retired professor who first moved in during the 1920s. That apartment was rent controlled. It was enormous with a huge formal dining room, maids rooms and several big fireplaces. She was paying less that $200.00 a month for rent.

  • @SBC581
    @SBC581 Před 4 lety +8

    My High School had “The Rail”. It was the 1st 3 tables in the cafeteria next to the cafeteria entrance by the window, looking out to the courtyard. There’s a wooden safety rail running the length of the window. We had “free time” during the day. During “free time” and lunch only the jocks, cheerleaders and invited other “popular” kids sat at “the rail”. Generally Juniors and Seniors but an occasional sophomore. There are students who literally never sat at “the rail” for 4 years. The cafeteria could be empty and people would pass by the rail to sit at the next set of tables. We also had a “black table”, band section, and stoner table in the back by the door. They’d “escape” and have car chases with Mr. Buckley (truant officer)

  • @ClaxmanG
    @ClaxmanG Před 4 lety +1

    Yes, we have air conditioning units in windows all over the country.
    Keep in mind that in many states in the USA temperatures in summer regularly go over 110F, so AC is important for living.
    As for butter on sandwiches, people here use mayonnaise, mustard, or ketchup.

  • @Jedicake
    @Jedicake Před 4 lety +1

    AC units are incredibly common in the midwest. I grew up with them in my houses. Central air kind of a rarity in my small town

  • @subitman12
    @subitman12 Před 4 lety +20

    A little thing about Chinese take out boxes: they're designed to be folded out into plates.

    • @FoxNewsChannelSux
      @FoxNewsChannelSux Před 4 lety +3

      *mind blown&

    • @americanmade6996
      @americanmade6996 Před 4 lety +3

      That's a myth. They're designed to be manufactured by folding up a single sheet of die-cut cardboard. You can unfold one in a pinch if it doesn't have a wire handle and if you didn't order soup. But just try it on a full carton and see what happens.

    • @bentleyr00d
      @bentleyr00d Před 4 lety

      @@americanmade6996
      Thank you. I was pretty surprised that some people actually believed that.

  • @codiegleason4303
    @codiegleason4303 Před 4 lety +4

    Also yes house parties in the US are crazy. I threw them often and once I had to yell that I saw cops outside just so everyone would leave. They stay till 5-6am if you don’t ask them to leave and half of them don’t have a ride home.

  • @kirbyjohnson8417
    @kirbyjohnson8417 Před 3 lety

    Just watched the Ellis island video...and she was standing looking up at tons of window AC units right over here head :) Yes Diane those were window AC units.

  • @laudetango7052
    @laudetango7052 Před 4 lety +1

    Butter on sandwiches: You do basically plain bacon and sausage sandwiches there which would more lend themselves to butter. We don’t do those types of sandwiches here and not in the same way. We do deli meats/cold cuts with toppings like lettuce and tomato and “lubricate” with mayo and/or mustard, or whatever sauce goes with the sandwich if it’s a fancier one.

  • @evakenworthy7308
    @evakenworthy7308 Před 4 lety +9

    High school: yes, we have pre-fabs (we call them portables) because the schools I went to had way more kids than classrooms. And yes, most people stay at their own table in high school. I don't know about this anymore, because I graduated in 1996.

  • @gregmcmahon957
    @gregmcmahon957 Před 4 lety +4

    I really love this video.Happy Monday.

  • @bryonensminger7462
    @bryonensminger7462 Před 4 lety

    Those little boxes are handy as hell you unfold them and they turn into plates and if you dont eat it all you refold them and put the leftovers in the fridge for later

  • @badinage1
    @badinage1 Před 4 lety

    Am I the only one totally
    In love with you? I’ve watched so many of your videos and you’re friggin adorable. I always want to comment but then I see there are like 2000 comments so I just don’t. But for this one I had to. Every time I watch one of your videos I want to make my own video and send it back explaining all the questions so you’re asking LOL well have a great day and thanks for making my life better it’s fun watching your videos I love them

  • @MasterHiramAbiff
    @MasterHiramAbiff Před 4 lety +9

    OK, answers for you:
    1. Yellow School buses are a real thing, at least from grades 1 - 8. Parents can drop off kids, or they can walk if they are close enough to home. Most everyone else rides the bus.
    2.Taxes: Most people do their own income taxes. People with lots of money and property will probably hire a CPA (Certified Public Accountant.) Most people go to H&R Block or some other tax preparation service.
    3. Chinese take out boxes are an american invention. Years ago, Chinese take out might be eaten at a counter or a park. The boxes are designed that they can be unfolded with the food still inside to use as a plate.
    3. House parties used to be a big thing when I was in High School. Usually someone's parents would go out of town, and the kids would take advantage of the fact they had the house all alone. (Think about it. A group of teenagers unsupervised? Sound like a recipe for a wild night.Some of these parties would get out of hand with people that the host/ess might not know )A "Friend of a Friend..." They have declined somewhat.
    A/C units in windows: Many modern houses have central air conditioning, however, older houses do use window units, and they are quite safe if put in correctly. No more dangerous than a box fan.
    Butter on sandwiches. It depends on the type of sandwich and individual tastes. Usually, if you are making something like a grilled cheese, you butter the outside of the bread so it will toast evenly.
    High Schools. OLDER high schools are one building. (Not a lot of space in the middle of a city. Most modern high schools have several buildings such as a separate gymnasium and cafeteria. Yes, high schools do have cliques. (Jocks/cheerleaders, nerds, stoners, etc. Some of us (Like me) can move freely between these groups. As far as "Reserved Seating," It is not an official thing, but each clique sort of "claimed" a certain area. The reason we have "Middle Schools, (In my day they were called "Jr. High Schools") is simply age and appropriate curriculum. "Primary schools (a.k.a. "Grammar Schools") are to teach the basics from grades 1-6 (Kindergarten is now included) "Middle Schools" prepare you to transition from Grammar School into High School. High School prepares you to move on to college (What you call "University") Sometimes, grades 678 are included in either the primary school or the high school, depending on a number of factors.
    "Cooties" are just a term, commonly used before boys and girls stat to get interested in each other. It's a made up excuse to avoid someone.
    Houses. No, they are not all like that. Where you live depends on where you work and what you can afford.
    Poker and cigars. Some people do, but in most places, you are not even allowed to smoke indoors because of the dangers of second hand smoke. The"Weekly Poker Game" has, for the most part, died out in the 1960's.

    • @azurepulse1870
      @azurepulse1870 Před 4 lety

      Every high school I've ever known has had school buses for kids too. And I've never heard of elementary school being called grammar school, though I suppose that's generally a good chunk of what you learned.

    • @johannyang3341
      @johannyang3341 Před 4 lety +1

      I refuse to accept the death of weekly poker night with the boys lol but for me and mine we just get drunk and play poker rather than cigars

    • @azurepulse1870
      @azurepulse1870 Před 4 lety

      @@johannyang3341 Lol. Get drunk and play smash brothers or watch a terrible movie and have fun bashing it the whole way. Any number of things to do, but with alcohol involved instead of cigars or cigarettes, depending on the group. xD

    • @agoogleuser4443
      @agoogleuser4443 Před 4 lety

      @@azurepulse1870 it's an older term. My mom who is 76 called it grammar school. I'm 56 and we said elementary school.

  • @kateealer7
    @kateealer7 Před 4 lety +4

    Also, during lock-down, one of my co-workers complained about installing his window air conditioner...so, yeah, still a real thing.

  • @chrisherber1635
    @chrisherber1635 Před 4 lety

    The house parties are definitely next level. We host a New Years party yearly with lots of new people meeting each other. The hosts will know most of the people but others invite other friends.

  • @EzioHanitore
    @EzioHanitore Před 4 lety +2

    Someone from Ireland seeing a yellow school bus for the first time is like when I saw a red double-decker for the first time in London lol. And no not everyone uses school busses but a good majority do

    • @tconlon251
      @tconlon251 Před 4 lety +1

      When I got to 9th grade you could only get the bus if you lived more than 2 miles away. I was about .8 miles away...as the crow flies. Actual driving distance, not so much

  • @nickbingo8653
    @nickbingo8653 Před 4 lety +4

    Butter on a sandwich? Not nessasary, but a must on pop tarts.

    • @Fentoozler926
      @Fentoozler926 Před 4 lety

      I've never tried that before, but now I must!

    • @Totenglocke42
      @Totenglocke42 Před 4 lety

      @@Fentoozler926 Plain fruit pop tarts, not the nasty crap with icing. Pop them in the toaster, then put a bit of butter on...it's amazing.

  • @HistoryNerd808
    @HistoryNerd808 Před 4 lety +19

    I'll answer your questions, as an American:
    1. Some are driven but most take the bus because parents have jobs and such.
    2. Yes, you have to do your own taxes.
    3. I have never been to a house party but I'm an introvert and don't do parties in general.
    4. Not really. We do love our AC though. When I've went abroad(to Australia/NZ and Romania), how little foreigners use it surprised me.
    5. Not on sandwiches. It's used a lot for toast though. Using butter on sandwiches is weird.
    6. Yes. Colleges aren't one building but yes, before college, schools are one building. One for elementary, middle, and high. Movies actually get that pretty mostly right.
    7. True. But I was(and am) just the guy sitting in the corner by myself. As mentioned, I'm extremely introverted.
    8. Cooties are fictitious things kids use as an excuse to stay away from the opposite sex. So yes, your explanation was more or less right.
    9. Depends. Urban areas tend to have really high costs of living but it's a lot better in rural and suburban areas. Houses are generally bigger.
    10. No. That's a stereotype that isn't true.

    • @Minalkra
      @Minalkra Před 4 lety +2

      4. I have one in my bedroom, my wife has one in her room, my father has one in his room and we have central AC. We live in the South. It's THAT muggy. The heat isn't that bad but weeks and weeks of 100% humidity are killer.
      6. My high school was actually split into three main buildings but they were only separated by small covered walkways about maybe three or four meters apart. And we had thirty trailers (prefabs) because of the explosion of growth this area of the state had. After I left, the middle school took over the elementary school building and the high school split the old middle school with them - and they built an entire new section to a building - so I think they got rid of the trailers for a bit. Probably back though. My class was something like 1200 students though so it was a big high school.
      9. Houses are stupid expensive where I am ($300,000 for a 'starter' home is not a starter home) but they are what I would call fairly typical. So yeah, homes are larger here though movies make them out to be much larger and nicer for cheaper.
      10. Depends on the group. Guy at work has a poker night every week but I'm not big on loosing money. Smoking is entirely up to the person hosting. Some people are down with it, others aren't.

    • @Mr83goat
      @Mr83goat Před 4 lety +4

      5. Speak for your self, my family puts butter on all are sandwiches.

    • @amandaribofpalmetto
      @amandaribofpalmetto Před 4 lety +1

      4. I live in the south we have like 5. They actually mount into the window frame and is weighted so that it is safe.
      6. Most of the schools I went to had multiple buildings, plus portables. The university that I went to each college was a single building. (In the US University is a collection of colleges).
      At the high school I went to we had multiple lunch times because the cafeteria couldn't hold the entire student body. So we did basically sit together the same groups and general locations everyday.

  • @ugogreen7119
    @ugogreen7119 Před 4 lety

    Iv definitely had some house partys get out if hand and a few friends of friends show up but most the time u know the people in some way

  • @dgh6134
    @dgh6134 Před 3 lety

    Is there a whole video of nothing but editor Diane?? I think I am in love!

  • @cheneduffy2121
    @cheneduffy2121 Před 4 lety +5

    i have an air conditioner that goes in my window and during the winter

  • @chipparmley
    @chipparmley Před 4 lety +8

    When I was in my mid-twenties, I lived in a 4 bedroom house with my best friends. We had large parties. Sometimes even paying rent on the money we made from charging $5 to drink all night from the keg(s). Yes red solo cups. We did sit around and play poker, rarely did we smoke cigars though. Every school I attended until university was one big building. In some very rural areas, they have one school building where kindergarten is on one side of the building, and high school seniors are on the other. Those kids had really long rides in the yellow busses. I have been looking forward to your new video all day. Thanks. and btw you and ED look great today.

    • @DianeJennings
      @DianeJennings  Před 4 lety +4

      Chip Parmley she says... nothing. But Thank you! Red solo cup Lalala last I tip you up

    • @trudat1498
      @trudat1498 Před 4 lety +2

      Chip Parmley I went to one of the schools you mentioned. I was in the same building from Kindergarten all the way up to graduation. The Elementary/Primary school was separated from the Jr. High by a hallway, and the High School was on the other side of that in a different section of the building. Further more, in Jr. High - High school we imported two other elementary schools from the surrounding area in. And yup our bus rides were horrifically long.

    • @chipparmley
      @chipparmley Před 4 lety

      @@trudat1498 A friend's wife grew up in Iowa and that was her experience

    • @chipparmley
      @chipparmley Před 4 lety

      @@DianeJennings cheers

  • @kevinbanecker7757
    @kevinbanecker7757 Před 3 lety

    Oh I never sat at another place for lunch at school LOL