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Being British I was cringing, but that's tik tok for you. As for the Oz idiot, there's only 1 jaguar in the state's. 🤷🤦
In Romania and I suppose all Europe when you enter a public toilet and lock the door there is a red label saying "busy" or similar. When you unlock the door the label becomes green and says "free". So it's pretty easy to see if the toilet is occupied.
Here in Italy we also unlocked the perk "knocking" to check if the toilet is busy or not, I bet you forgot that you also have that. Apparently in USA it's still a mistery 😂
Here in Australia our public toilet doors have a lock on them that says "vacant" in green when empty or "engaged" in red when occupied! Maybe America needs to start using them too lol. Umm... also, if the door is SHUT it is probably occupied!
Some of the sound wasnt audible.
Cheers from Australia.
I think that's pretty much the same for the rest of the developed world except for the US.
Yeah. We have then in Europe everywhere as well. Pretty easy;)
Those stalls in the US also go high up, so you can easily see underneath if theres any feet.
Here they go slightly up so if you are unsure, usually you see if its locked or not, but if not you just bend down slightly to see if you see any feet. Its not a huge gap below so still privacy
Same for Germany
Yes same here in Denmark 🇩🇰
"The only time in history when someone in Alabama has been smarter than a horse, and they made it illegal!" I think I just died from laughing and this is my ghost commenting! Priceless!
Epic burn!
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The channel is literally 7 years old
@@Simon-sw4ov Think that's old enough to own a gun?
"How are you?" as a way to say hi. See this is a small reason why Americans are perceived as superficial and shallow, cause they don't care what the answer is. Ask that to a European and he will be surprised and proceed to give you what is going on in his life. When we say something, we mean it. We hate fake kindness. Just say what you mean.
It's just a turn of phrase, in the same way a lot of British people say, "Alright?" as a greeting. If I had to guess, I'd say it probably comes from an older expression British people used to use when greeting others, "how do you do?". I'm sure it comes off as very shallow because it's a stupid, ham-fisted turn of phrase. But it essentially just means hello, and is sort of an awkward gateway to either continue conversing, or to carry on your way. No offense need be taken.
Nah, it's very common here in Europe to answer that you're fine.
It's close friends/family that you MIGHT tell something, if it's somewhat important.
If you're overall fine enough, you're fine. If it's no one close, you're fine.
If you want to know what's new in someone's life, or how it's going overall, you can ask specifically this, but a "how are you" gets an "alright", if it's alright enough.
I’m from Cameroon, in Africa and the number of persons I’ve convinced that i have a pet lion in my backyard is insaaane.
Pretty sure even when i write this comment, 25 % of the readers think I’m one of the luckiest african who can speak English🤣
25% think I’m one of the luckiest to have a backyard.
25% think I’m one of the only african with internet
And the last 25% think my lion story is real🤣
..oh God!
Another one kinda like the "We call it movies because the pictures move":
Britain: "The word autumn comes from the French autompne, from the Latin autumnus, whose deeper roots are obscure. It's first recorded in English as early as the late 1300s-notably, both Chaucer and Shakespeare used it in their works."
America: "WE CALL IT FALL BECAUSE LEAF FALL DOWN."
Jimmy Heymann To be fair I can't be the only Brit who say I'm going to the pictures instead of saying movies/films. I do admit this makes me sound dumb...
@@ticketyboo2456 I aways say pictures too and know plenty that do... only had an ex boyfriend say movies but he was brought in Australia.... never heard anyone than him say movies
The switch from a beautiful word like Autumn to an ugly word like Fall still makes me sad...
Long gone the days we went to the ‘flicks’.
@@RisaPlays me too, me too..
Here in Norway, and probably most/all of Europe, it's illegal to charge more than what's on the price tag. The only exception is stores that only sells to businesses, where they usually don't include VAT on the tag.
Exactly, and that is because VAT is always paid by the final consumer, so the tax is part of the price, not added to the price.
Only the businesses need to keep track of it because they need to return it to the tax authorities, but it part of the price the consumer needs to pay, not a separate item like they do in the US. And different products have different VAT rates.
In the UK you pay the advertised price exactly. Even if they made a mistake and the price said 5£ when it's actually 7£ on the system. When you tell them thats not the price you saw, they go to check and give it to you for the price you saw.
I remember an American student in London saying she only knew two sorts of cheese, white and orange.
Perhaps if toilet doors were actually doors and not just a flap partially covering the doorway, there would be less paranoia over trans people.
Not necessarily, most of the paranoia about trans people is pure hatred of trans people, the toilets thing is just an excuse for them to express it.
Biological women want biological women only spaces, end of.
@@joandsarah77 .
You know them so well you are speaking for all 170 million of them in the US?.
Ever heard of unisex toilets, they are not exactly uncommon?
@@joandsarah77 Biological woman here, I have no issues with other people of any gender using the same public toilet block as myself, so long as I can't see them and they can't see me because the toilet door is properly fitted without stupidly huge gaps. I live in Australia and very regularly have to use unisex toilets because I have a disabled son who needs me to go into the toilet with him to assist. Can't do that if no unisex toilets exist. I'm just glad I'm living in Australia where we accept realities like that, where almost every public toilet has a male room, a female room, and a unisex room, because we don't harp on with petty paranoid excuses to exclude people that are different to us from something as simple and necessary as using a toilet. And yet we still have the female only and male only toilet rooms, because we do understand that SOME women and SOME men do want a gender exclusive room to use. It's not hard to wrap one's head around so long as one is willing to let go of some cognitive bias and be open to changing one's mind and allowing a unisex toilet to exist alongside the male and female ones, and have properly fitting doors!
@@grahvis Unisex toilets are nowhere near as common in the USA as they are in most other countries. You can almost play pick the USAmerican when it comes to the topic of unisex public toilets, they'll be the ones sitting alongside a few extreme Islamic nations peoples in thinking it's not a completely normal and acceptable thing.
A lot of the questions here are ones I have too. Lots of things are peculiar to Americans like Frat/ sorority? Superbowl? 8th grade? Corndog? Nft? Sloppy joes? Etc. The annoying thing is Americans assume everyone is American. I remember about 35 years ago a situation in a Dublin cafe where an American woman wanted a cup of coffee. The options were to drink it from a cup or a mug. The American woman wanted " regular", not a phrase understood here in Ireland. So she kept saying
" regular, regular" as tho she was talking to an idiot. And the cafe worker kept saying " large or small". Just because we all speak English does not mean we use words to mean the same thing.
How is a grade level confusing? We have kindergarten through 12th grade for general education.
@@jamiemoss3633 When an American refers to an 8th grader I have no idea what age that is because we don't refer to school classes like that.
@@annedunne4526 kindergarten starts at age 5 for some kids and 6 for other children depending on their birthday and when the state's cut off date is for birthdays. In my state its sometime in September. 8th graders are 13 & 14 years old. To figure out the average age of students in a specific level you would take the current grade level the child is in and add it to 5 &6. For example 5th graders are 10 & 11 years old. The schools also kind of vary by state. In my state K-5 is elementary, 6th-8th grade is middle school and 9th-12th is high school. The super bowl is the championship game of the season for American football. NFL is the national football league(American football). A corn dog(is a hot dog on a stick that is a coated in cornbread). A sloppy Joe is chopped up hamburger that is browned; cooked in a tomato based sauce and served on a hamburger bun. It's called a sloppy Joe because it's messy and it's finger food. A frat house or sorority is basically like a club registered with a university that provides some sort of housing for its members. They're generally for people who enjoy partying; a lot of partying. I don't know if there is any actually academic purpose for them. I went to community College and we didn't have them. You would find them at four years universities. A community college is where many people get their two year degrees because it's cheaper then taking those basic required classes at at a four year college. Americans aren't the only people who make assumptions.
@@jamiemoss3633 I think you misunderstand what I was saying. I know now what all those things are from various media. My point is that often Americans seem to think their way of seeing things is the only way. We don't use these terms and are sometimes confused by them. Maybe it's true what Oscar Wilde said about Britain and America being two countries divided by the same language.
@@jamiemoss3633 That depends, here is Queensland Kindergarten or kindy as its called is for 3 raising 4 year olds while prep is 4 raising 5's. Our prep is your K.
Very true, the Tax not being included is super triggering when you come over to the US.
Funny thing is... Over here in Flanders (Dutch speaking part of Belgium), when you say half four that means you're halfway there. So that's 3.30.
German here agreeing
@@klamin_original only southern Germany though, the other germans hate us for that strange time thing :D
@@nats1602 huh? we also say "halb 4" here in western germany (NRW)
Hahaha I was looking for this comment. Over here in the Netherlands we also say it like this. Half 4 is 3:30.
@@nats1602 Halb vier wird doch überall in D gesagt (habe in NRW und Nordhessen gelebt und man hört es auch im dt. TV)??? Witzig daran ist eher, dass keiner halb sechzehn sagt, aber fünfzehndreissig sehr wohl.
I feel so sorry for you when people say bad things about Americans in a rude way. In your reactions about Germany you are always so nice, even if you react on something that's really dumb. I wish more people on the Internet were like you! Keep up the good work!
Nah man. It really depends. If somebody says they are the best in everything and think of other countries as backwards shitholes, then it’s totally okay to set them straight. I’m not saying all Americans are this way, but there are a lot of arrogant Americans and I think it’s completely fair to make fun of them
I've noticed that too. Ryan always remains positive toward other countries, even if he's reacting to some awfully disrespectful stuff about Americans.
It seems to be a trend to be okay to hate on Americans, but now for Americans to hate on anyone else. Not all Americans (like me) are dumb, uncultured, and fat.
For some Americans this is probably because we're such a mix of people that we don't want to insult other countries... you know, cause we'll be called racist and hateful. I think it's funny when other places make fun of America, but sometimes it goes too far.
@@braedynhoward3644 I don't know. It's like they're just getting treated like they treat others.
Sure, just blind rudeness isn't necessary (or desirable), but being quiet harsh is them reaping what they sow.
Funny thing is, here in Germany, we also say "half four" (halb vier in German of course). But it's not because the "past" part is omitted but because we treat the hour like a cake... I would understand "half four" naturally as 3:30 because one half of the fourth hour already went by. That's how we use it here. (only in German but it would literally translate into English the same way)
we say the same way in hungarian. half4 is 3.30.
Way the same in Belgium; half 4 is 3.30.
In mainland Europe almost everybody uses 24 h time. The american call that military time. Even my two years old daughter uses military time! Maybe it's because of the militarization of the hole continent that even two year old kids uses military time!
In Aus we pick our highschool subjects in increasing amounts. In Year 8 we pick what foreign language we had to do, in years 9 and 10 we picked a few electives and then in year 11 and 12 we could pick every subject except English (Which was compulsory). We do six subjects. For example I did English, Maths B, Chemistry, Japanese, Music and Economics. I grew up in QLD, and while most of the states have differences, its mostly pretty similar.
The price thing really weirded me (a Limey) out on a trip to California. My girlfriend and I ordered exactly the same meal one lunch time and the total price was an odd number. That's when I was told about it not including tax. I asked if it varied from state to state. The guy told me it wasn't even as simple as that. Apparently it varies from county to county! An example of the United States not being particularly united! Given that every shop probably has to price up all their goods, there's not much of an argument for the variable tax preventing you from adding it on to the price tag. I'm with the Aussie geezer on that one. Please just let us know what we're going to have to pay for something!!
What’s a Limey? I like the sound of it!
I understand the tipping of service workers is not very prevalent in most other countries. I could write a whole book on how complicated it is here to know who to tip and the general acceptable rate.
@@piperjaycie
A 'Limey' is a sometimes slightly derogatory term used most specifically for an English man. It apparently originates from the use of limes and lime juice by the Royal Navy as a source of Vitamin C in order to prevent scurvy.
toilet stalls with a lock that say's occupied is good enough to know someone is in there
NEVER HEAT THE WATER IN A MICROWAVE FOR TEA!... unless you heat it up to boiling point. The tea leaves require boiling water to effectively release the tea into the water as an infusion 😁
That depends on the kind of tea and how long you leave the leafs in the water. You don't want to make green tea with boiling water, 70°c is hot enough for that and black tea shouldn't be brewed hotter than 90°c. Well, if you like bitter tea you can of course use boiling water.
Water should never be boiled in a microwave as it can explode when moved. It has exploded in people's faces causing severe burns
In the UK we get to start picking subjects to a certain degree in Year 10 (13 - 14). You have to continue doing Maths, English, and at least a basic form of Science (Some schools will add a few more subjects like Religious Studies, Citizenship, IT Functional Skills, etc.), but after that, you typically are able to pick which additional four subjects you want to continue studying for GCSE. You usually end up with a total of 10 GCSE subjects.
Then for 6th Form (16 - 18) you pick three or four subjects to do for A Level, these can be any subjects you want. For example, I did Philosophy, History, Geography, and English Literature.
There is something beautiful about being able to say farewell to Maths at the age of 16.
A Californian friend living in Australia called out to his partner, "We're out of beef but we have kangaroo mince. How about Sloppy Joeys?" 😆
Congrats on the sponsorship, Ryan! There ya go, comin up in the content creator world. Well deserved!
Half four in Sweden would be 15.30 or 03.30 (3.30 am or pm) so time is obviously told differently depending on where you are/come from…
This is also the case in germany. 🙂
In germany we use football fields as measurment too. But you would call them soccer fields. For bigger scales we have another measurment called Saarland.
Yeah, I like that. Although nobody knows how many football fields equal one Saarland. Feels like the imperial measurement system
In the UK, we sometimes use Wales.
@@grahvis Guess it is a human thing and not only some weird national thing. Btw. one Wales are eight Saarland.
*Sweet home Alabama* sorry, wrong country...
@@DontPanick Oh, I know that. It's about 360000 football (or soccer for Americans) fields for one Saarland. Greetings, eine Saarländerin :D
The war of independence was between the US and Britain and Canada. The point of the war was to annex Canada for the US, and not for taxation as you were told.
I think the Canadian was referring to the war of 1812 during which the original White House was burned down
If the door is shut in Britain we might push to see if the door is just closed or if someone is in there then say sorry if someone is in the stall and that the end of it so much easier that having wide open gaps it makes people feel vulnerable.
you don't even need to push the door. unless they're different in the uk, the outside of the lock should change to show that the door is actually closed, they have like a little dial that moves when you lock it, so it'll go from one color to the other on the outside. usually it's green and turns to red when you lock it. no need for huge gaps and no need to push the door, just looking at that will tell you if the door is locked or not, and if it is, then it's either occupied or maintenance closed it
Your right but I was thinking further back than that before the green and red were a thing I think I'm a lot older than you so tend to go back in time more often yes it's got much easier with the green and red my mistake.
It's not only the gap between each toilet stall, but the gap from floor to start of wall, then top of wall to ceiling. Someone can crawl under either wall, door or jump over the top - it's highly invasive to the rest of us, but I do understand that the US made public toilet stalls easier to access for emergency services during the heroine epidemic, but they've gone a bit too far from a tourists point of view
It is a bathroom door for crying out loud, it is not the door to a vault. If the EMT needs to break it they will.
There is no need to have only a half door installed because of that.
@@mikatu Hey there's no argument from me. I think its stupid to be honest, but I won't be going back there again, so I don't really care either lol. As long as the bathrooms in Aus remain private I'm all good here thanks lol
i don't really mind if people have to get down on their knees or climb up to look in. If they're going to those sorta lengths then they're clearly committed to being a perv.
But a casual gap between door and frame is unacceptable.
When did the USA have an epidemic of heroines?
I don't think it's about knowing whether a stall is vacant. It's about discouraging homosexual activity and drug use. It is intentionally non-private. It's never openly addressed over here, and at this point we're just used to it.
The US invaded Canada in 1775 and 1812 and lost. The reason the UK has switches on their sockets is a safety issue. North America has a 120 Volt system and Europe has a 320 Volt system. Usually getting a shock at a plug in, here is just a nasty shock. There it’s more likely to be life ending. So you turn that power off at the switch, plug in and turn the switch back on. Especially important when you have young kids!
Well, we (Germany) don't have those switches and reading your explanation i ask myself "Why has the DIN never bothered if that's such an issue?" but then i realised: It's because we use the Type F sockets which are by themselves safer then UKs Type G or the USs Type A or B...
Wait y‘all don’t pick your subjects?? That’s insane didn’t know that. We pick here in Germany out of mandatory blocks, but at the end of day especially in the higher classes your curriculum ends up quite unique.
One thing is for sure; they don't pick Geography! ;-)
Depends, some Americans go to community college during high school as duel enrollment, I'm pretty sure they can pick a few classes. Some also take AP classes.
I have family who moved to America 30 years ago and now they are used to it but I am still shocked every time I go.
No switches on plug.
People don't smoke openly as where they live there is some city ordnance where you can't smoke within so many ft of a shop door.
21 to drink alcohol.
Being asked for ID when we went into a restaurant I think or a bar and all we were ordering was food and we were asked for ID just for being in the place.
then things like basic words switched around. Tap>Faucet Manual>Stick Nappies>Diapers Tube>Subway but to name a few.
It is very interesting to note little differences between Americans and the immigrants they're descended from.
The no switches on plugs is because of the high currents that the US sockets use due to low voltage the switches need to be too chunky relative to rest of socket so someone decided it could be omitted (even tho UK plugs are similar current)
IDs are demanded if a restaurant serves alcohol, because they can lose their license if they serve alcohol to underage people. They are just protecting themselves. Everyone here understands that.
In France, tax is automatically included in all price tags. The only kinda exception to that I know is the store Bureau Vallée that includes both prices. In a big, bold font the price without tax, and smaller font under it, the price with the tax included. So you see 0.99 but you know that you're gonna pay 1.05 with tax or whatever.
Personally, I think that's a pretty smart way to function and America could get some inspiration outta this, would probably save people a lot of trouble 😂
The public toilets in Australia have a twist handle on them and it displays on the outside of the door vacant or occupied you don't have to peek through a crack to see inside. Peace out.
To answer some of your questions.
Switches on power outlets mean you don’t have to be constantly pulling the plug out of the socket to stop the current flowing to the object.
Yes we get to choose the subjects studied in high school, only english and maths are compulsory (and yes we add an S because the full name is mathematics)
We don’t have fraternities and sororities, there are clubs students can join but members don’t all live together they are just a group with common interests who meet up with each other.
Using artificial colours to enhance to appearance of foods seems to be common practice in the US but isn’t common elsewhere.
You can rationalise the way you spell English as much as you like but it will always be a variation and not the original, authentic spelling. 🙂
Yes, every country seems to have its peculiar archaic laws that were never repealed and you sometimes wonder about their origin.
That half 4 thing is just confusing. Anyone who has both English and German or Dutch friends will know it can mean either 3.30 or 4.30 depending on who you are talking to. It’s just one extra word people, half to 4 or half past 4, it won’t wear your tongue out.
In Germany "half four" (halb vier) always means 03:30 (or 15:30, to stir up that 24h system thing …)
Some regions also use "three-quarter four" (dreiviertel vier) for 03:45, or even "quarter four" (viertel vier) for 03:15 - which confuses even other Germans who use "quarter to/past", but is still consistent as it means that a quarter, a half or three quarters of the fourth hour has passed… (the 4th hour *ends* at 4 o'clock)
@@Cau_No I think @miniveedub just ment that if you have friends in both Germany and England it gets confusing because in Germany 'half 4' means 3:30 while in England it means 4:30.
I had no clue switches existed on power outlets XD
@@braedynhoward3644 I have found that even in my seventies there is always something new to be learned. 🙂
Authentic spelling? Get real. One thing about England is it really is INSULAR. I was in Italy, and heard an English tourist say, "Well, they really can't make a proper scone here, can they?"
What about Autumn (Fall)... Almost everywhere else in the world it's Autumn (or local translations), derived from the latin word 'autumnus'... In America, It's fall, coz leaf fall down... :P...
Ryan, the war of 1812 was actually a war between the UK and the US.
Canada was only the meat in the sandwich (heard that statement somewhere).
The UK wasn't formed until 1922
Everywhere in the world except the US & Canada they include the tax on goods in the price on the item in question. So much simpler than having to work out what the state tax is wherever you are..
I have never been to North America, but I lived in Japan during six months, and I can tell the Japanese do it too.
The Aussie talking about pricing i agree! That got to be so confusing. U can't know what u are paying at the till.
In the UK a sloppy Joe has always meant to be a baggy jumper.
There is something like frats in Germany too. It's called "Bruderschaft"("Bruder" means "brother, as in "fraternity"). That's where male students with a superiority complex get together in a cult like manner, often with a dash of racism. So basically the same as frats As you can imagine it's being frowned upon these days.
isnt it Burschenschaft?
@@denzelpanther240 You are right. "Burschenschaft" is the correct team for that type of "Bruderschaft".
In America Fraternities and Sororities are actual homes students live in.
@@LythaWausW Sure, but there are also places for students to stay where they are not subject to weird rituals, hazing and what else is going on in these places.
Every country has it's own student culture but institutionalizing rich kids being arrogant seems universal. Here in the Netherlands they are not racist at all though. They are very classist by Dutch standards, and the POC there were usually adopted by rich white parents.
Regarding high school, you usually do a bit of everything in high school for 3 years, they get to strip back to fewer subjects for the final two. This is usually core subjects like english and maths, but you might then say drop history, and do chemistry and physics if you were more science inclined, or you might drop science and continue geography and history if you were that way inclined. At least when I was at school, you had to pick at least one subject from each list of related subjects, but then you had extra slots to double down on what you liked/were good at.
we all have Radiators in the UK because we need heat for the long winters and it doesn't get hot as much so AC isn't popular.
Aussie high schools give you a couple of compulsory subjects like English and Maths, then you can choose the rest - called electives - from a list of available courses. We don’t have frat houses nor sororities, don’t even know what they are.
Love your videos, you’re fair and levelheaded when dealing with varying degrees of America bashing, and I like your interest in how the rest of the world lives. Keep it up!
In Germany when it comes to public bathrooms in most places I was when the stall isn't occupied the door is open. If the door isn't open, someone's inside. There's also a sliding lock that to the outside displays either a green or red colour. Green means 'unlocked -> nobody inside', red means 'door is locked -> somebody inside'.
11:00 translated into German „half 4“ would actually mean 3:30, just saying.
Abbreviating half past 4 with half 4 doesn’t make sense at all because half of the full fourth hour would be 50% of the fourth hour so 3:30. German seems more logical to me there.
In English it's an abbreviated term for "half an hour past 4 o'clock'. So 'half past 4' meaning 4:30 makes logical sense to us too. And 'half 4' is just an even shortened term for that.
We just hold different meanings to the same phrase. Both are logical.
As an Australian who was studying German in school when I met my British boyfriend (eventually husband) I found “half 4” confusing. I know you both find your own version logical but why be so economical with words, why not half to 4 or half past 4, it’s not that tiring to say one extra word?
When on vacation in Ireland a diner was closed until half 1. Then I learned what this means -- I never had problems in neither Ireland nor Great Britain after that.
Well, in French, Spanish and Italian, it is done the exact same way as in English - the half is always past the hour, not before it.
@@miniveedub We don’t have a term for “half past something” in German since you only need the “half something” part to define time. 3:30 is always half 4, 2:30 is always half 3.
I think the reason why that is the way we say it is that we get taught that the clock is like a cake when we learn to read the clock at a young age. You have “quarter”, “half” and “three quarters” to divide an hour into four equal parts as you would divide a cake.
Quarter 2 = 1:15
Half 2 = 1:30
Three quarters 2 = 1:45 (although three quarters is mainly a southern German term, but since I am from the south that’s how I learned it. People from other parts of Germany say “quarter to” while we in the south never say “quarter to”)
And the full hour obviously being 2 then.
But as I said that’s just pure logic to me, there is no half past full cake, there’s just half a cake and that’s always 50% of the cake.
"You cant chain an alligator to a fire hydrant in Florida" 🤣
In Australia if the bathroom door is closed we know someone is in there. We don’t need to peek through gaps
Could be confusing; In Sweden we do say "half two" (halv två), in the meaning that the clock is half past one.
War with Canada:
So embarrassed you didn't even get taught it
WHY do you have to look if the toilet is empty? When it is, the door is open ! In case a door is closed and you think maybe there is no one in there, just knock !
11:57 In this case, it's because the magazine sponsoring the final series was called The World, thus, the series is called World Series.
We in New Zealand can relate to all, of these critiques of America too.
11:03 Be careful in Germany the time "Half 4" is actually 3:30 not 4:30. We have also terms of quarter (viertel) and 3-quarters (dreiviertel), meaning x:15 and x:45. So 3-quarters 4 means 3:45.
Most Public european bathrooms I know have a round handle that you can turn to lock. When you turn it in the inside, it turns also a plate on the front side of the door from green to red so everyone on the outside can see that the stall isn't free. So no need for a creepy gap. 🙈
You also have that gap for bathrooms for handicaped people or rooms for changing diapers?
11:20 what’s even more confusing is that in some other languages “half four” would mean 3:30, for examp,e in German, which kind of fries my brain sometimes.
the best way to boil water for tea is electric kettle. Everyone preboils water in electric kettles for everything that is boiled on the stove or uses boiled water. Unless they own induction stove - induction might be quicker than electric kettle.
In all other countries I have been to, the "is there someone in the toilet cubicle" question has been solved more intelligently and more sensitively than this. It is stupid and insensitive to an INCREDIBLE degree.
The medium soda is an aquarium because of the insane amount of ice cubes.
I like three or four cubes in my drink, but not 3-400.
i honestly thought power points with switches were 100% the norm in countries with even the slightest amount of safety requirements. Are they the norm in like every developed country other than the US?
Taxes vary from city to city. Sales tax is 10.25% where I live. One city over it is 9.5%. It is probably not to make items seem cheaper, but rather, it is a hassle to calculate based on every single city across the country. I am not defending the way things are, but that’s the way it is.
In Europe it's illegal not to put the actual price including taxes on the articles!
I remember when I was living in the US for a year, it was illegal in Cass county Beardstown Illinois to allow your lawn to grow taller than 4 inches ( 10 cms in Aus). Was a $125 USD fine...Parking your car on a verge with a For Sale sign attached was illegal and a huge fine for doing that, and not allowed to drive around with a sign in your car window advertising it For Sale either but can't remember how much those fines were....But that's the land of the free for ya lmao
No universal healthcare, $7.25 minimum wage, tipping and no switches on power outlets is really strange
Universal health care, 12€ laughable minimum wage, tipping as you like but no switches because superior Type F sockets ;-)
@@cyberfux the fact you think type f are superior shows how clueless you are haha. type g are the safest in the world for a reason.
@2:40 so just coloUr code the lock. Red means "someone is in here" and white means go ahead, im free.
Don't you mean "Green" is free?
@@cyberfux yes also, but in the Netherlands its mostly white.
Good job growing your channel and getting sponsors. We love you American guys and gals really. Happy Christmas 🎄
with showing the full price in the UK people still love spending lots lol
The part where the american vs the british is talking about half four, I fell out of my chair laughing. We in Russia also say half four, and no one has any questions.
I like your channel
As a colony of Great Britain, Canada was swept up in the War of 1812 and was invaded several times by the Americans. The war was fought in Upper Canada, Lower Canada, on the Great Lakes and the Atlantic, and in the United States. On August 24, 1814, as the War of 1812 raged on, invading British troops marched into Washington and set fire to the U.S. Capitol, the President's Mansion, and other local landmarks. And Canada won. Peace out.
🤣🤣🤣 Oh how funny when you pulled that face saying "the pictures move"!
I don't often laugh out loud, thank you
As a Kiwi, snickerdoodles are or should be the US's greatest culinary gift to the world.
Sheer genius in their simplicity. And the name, yeah. Something you expect 10 year old kids to shout out just for a giggle.
But gee. One or two are never enough.
But what are they?
@MISSYGful cookie that is made with usually butter, sugar, and flour and that is rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking.
@@almostyummymummy Thank you!! 😊
Ryan! Just a wee quick message to say that I have enjoyed your content this year and hope for more of the same next year! Have a great christmas and a happy new year from a wee scottish fan!
Congrats on the sponsorship!
I found out speaking “American” was a thing when I moved to Europe.
Have a great Xmas Ryan and family, and big congrats on the sponsorship! xx
That thing about the bathroom door gaps - don't you have the little spinny engaged/vacant lock for the door so you can lock the stall door for privacy and whoever is outside can see that it's engaged?
It happens that we use football field as measurement in Sweden (but we mention the actual measurements as well), but obviously not American footbal. 😂
Ay you got sponsors Ryan. Congratulations man! I love your videos. Keep them coming 👍😎
Congratulations on your first sponsor 👏
I hope you get many more.
Fun fact: "half four / halb vier" would be 3:30 in German. Exactly the other way around as in British English
yeah no... we don't do frats etc... and yes we choose subjects in Aust + UK high schools
Congrats on the sponsor, well deserved too, great Channel.👌 In the UK we have locks on our toilets that on the outside it shows red & if it's in use it's shows green when vacant, that way we know when it's in use & when it's empty to use, so really don't need a gap to tell if the toilet is empty or not, easier & far more private for the user.👌 There is also a particular cheese that is orange in the UK, it's called Red Leicester, it's not as neon orange as American cheese tho lol. 🧀 Calling someone a knobhead in other words he's calling him a dickhead lol. Kids can be annoying in the UK, just that it's a different kind of annoying lol 😂
Tax is not included because they want you to know what the item is worth and what the store is charging for it. Tax does not apply. It's a flat percent regardless of what you're buying.
Yes, in Sweden for example, mandatory school ends in the 9th year (at which time Swedes are 3-4 times better educated, and fluently speaking at least two languages, than a 'Murikan high school graduate). Their 10-12 years are voluntary though most everyone does them so they can move on to affordable college. During those 3 years, they take courses that follow a path of studies that are better tailored for what they plan to continue studying in college.
i lived and worked in a back packers in Sydney some time ago. one of my favourite pastimes was telling Americans about the drop-bears. i really enjoyed F'ing with them. i have to admit, most of them were cool and just wanted to see the world but the gullible one's are so much fun.
We still get to call some titles films and be accurate. Inception, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, A Quiet Place part 2, Wonder Woman, La La Land were all captured (or mostly captured) on filmstock.
I really enjoyed your videos and comments
Ryan, one thing I love about your videos is you don’t say; bro, dang, y’all, wos goin on CZcams. You have class. 👍
We have red and green on the toilet door latches meaning if someone’s in the toilet the latch will be closed and it will say in red, “occupied,” or similar.
That won’t be the reason for the toilet doors in America with a big gap. It will be to drag someone out they have a heart attack or whatever.
Even this is not necessary if the doors are on loose pin hinges that can be lifted up and the door taken off easily.
Congrats on the sponsor! And on growing!
The reason price tags do not include tax is that the tag ships with the products from factory. And since almost all states have different tax rates tax is then added. It’s more economical that way. For the same reason we often have price tags with different currencies on them in Europe. Especially clothes in some store chains
The point is that in Europe & the UK the price already includes the tax. America is an outlier in this case.
@@philipmccarthy6175 Thats what i said…
That's a reason that suits the business, not the consumer. That's the choice, where does government lie the bureaucratic burden of the taxes, at the consumer or at the business. Not suprisingly it's the USA that favours the businesses over the consumers.
@@DenUitvreter That might be, but do they ever stop and think about why they're the only ones? And why use the imperial system? Both decisions are bad for everyone
@@driver288 Because business in charge there, not the citizens. Imperial system is a different matter.
In the uk we say 'half 4' to mean only past the hour, it would never need to mean half to the hour, so we don't need to use past when giving the time, and also it would just confuse things when you say half 2 🤷🏽♀️
You don't know about the war with Canada! 1812, was the year it started. The White House was burnt. Invaded Canada and tried to take territories, didn't go well.
FYI on Public Bathrooms: Buildings codes from the early 20th century (1910-1930) required the gaps in the door and for the door to not all the way to floor to eliminate any privacy that could be used for homosexual or drug use. Those building codes have not been changed
nobody cares about those gaps, its the gap between door and side that foreigners hate.
"why do they have to do us like that?" You know why My dude. Exactly like that. Lol
Tack!
Over here we say "half four" but that is 3:30. The HALF of the fourth hour. Oh and no AM or PM. It is 3:30 in the morning and 15:30 if it's the afternoon. 😊
Why had i just to think... "...and a kilometer is AT LEAST ONE FOOTBALL FIELD!"
;D
Why do you say blocks for distance like 2 blocks away or 3 blocks away - how far is a 'block'?
Things with time are even more complicated where I live. Half four here would mean 3:30 because it halfway on the way of it being 4 o’clock haha.
We have university clubs etc, but none of them all live together in a house, and they are not split up between genders. They often take up a lot of tasks for the particular department they serve (the representatives are chose by vote), like some people who organise the book deliveries, a party department, cultural activities, ... for the other students of the department (both the members and non-members).