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I am Flemish and one of our favorites is to sit on a cafe terrace on a sunny day enjoying a glass of beer. That is European I think. But that is not allowed in the USA. You can have a gun in your pocket, yes, but you can not drink a beer. How silly can you be ?
It seems to me
that Americans can be
Sillier than a 'boxful of frogs'
as is the well-known (but equally silly) phrase, tee hee?!!🤔😊😅😂🏴❤🇬🇧🖖
Yes, we atleast had a day or 3 last week in which we had a chance to do that. 😁😁
Just imagine, they had the guns - and the beer - that would not be recommendable. One of the things has to give. We here in Europe made the decision, it has to be the gun. They made the decision is has to be the beer.
Het is niet juist. In Amerika kun je ook een kopje bier drinken op een caféterras. Bovendien blijkt uit de cijfers dat de kans om in Amerika te worden vermoord door een schietpartij kleiner is dan de kans om getroffen te worden door onweer.
That’s not true, you can drink beer sitting outside
as a european who worked with americans for the past 6 years I find the "politeness" culture most disturbing. for me it's basically faking your behavior so the other person can never know what you really feel
Yeah its more a theater than politeness. But tbh bc of the work with them i get more a american and ask a stupid question in the beginning and they get more direct.... i think.
Must be a new world thing in Australia and NZ saying G'day and smiling at strangers is pretty much normal practice here as well. You really dont expect an answer or to hear someones life story its just makes it a better atmosphere when people are friendly. Much rather be like that than walk around stony faced locked up in my own little world. No doubt people in the US have some faults just like every other nationality but I dont see that behaving politely towards others as one of them. I also dont bother physcoanalysing other peoples behaviour whenever I meet them I have better things to do in life.
@@user-bi8wp6wy3lyeah we are def more friendly here in Australia mate.
Politeness goes a long way compared to being sour faced towards others.
Only friends and family can ever really know how you feel. Outside of that, we have community.
Scandinavia is worse. They have zero micro expressions so its 10 times harder to read. They have no direct confrontation-
I do think that the Internet in the last ten years has opened the eyes of many young americans that there is life beyond the USA.
Why would we wish to visit other countries when they hate us. We cannot make the world understand that Americans are NOT all the same. Every state is different think of us as fifty individual countries, then you will have it right. Different foods, customs accent, each different.
@@scrambler69-xk3kv of course not all Americans are the same.
but that said you do make a mistake a lot of (US) Americans do, you think that the US is sooo diverse.
like other countries don't have different provinces/states/counties (the name depends on the country), every country on earth has those.
and often those all have (slightly) different accents, customs, food etc.
but a lot of Americans seem to think that the differences between their states are on par with the differences between nations anywhere else on the world.
and i can assure you the US is one of the least diverse nations on the world, plenty of countries have accents that are so different from each other that people (from that one nation) couldn't understand each other if they spoke in their regional accent. while in the US you have English, English and English.
and the food variety is mostly due to immigrants, and guess what.
a lot of other countries have immigrants from the same nations, and so the same kind of food can be found there
what (US) Americans see as diversity in their country is the same as the diversity between one city and the city next to it in a lot of other countries.
because for centuries most people in the older nations (like Europe) barely had contact with anyone not from their own town, so each town ended up with its own culture.
the US is almost all made by the same people, and therefore lacks (real) diversity. (except for maybe a few cities where immigrants tend to live, ike New York)
True! God bless the internet😂😂😂
Don't forget we get a lot of our impressions of America from social media so the stereotypes tend to feature more, loud, fat, over enthusiastic, flag worshipping, a bit fake etc. Of course no country is filled with just it's stereotypes.
Kinda annoys me when American's stereotype England always bragging how great London is , harry potter, fish and chips , like no just don't 🤦♂️
I’m a Volunteer Tour Guide in York England, most Americans are my favourite people to deal with. Very polite and calling me ‘Sir’, they ask some challenging and uneducated questions, but for the most part they will listen and learn. However there is a certain type of American who manages to combine ignorance with arrogance. To deal with these asking stupid questions, I like to ask them stupid questions in return:-
‘You’re from the USA, Isn’t that part of Canada?’
‘Do you still have all those cottage industries in America?’
‘Are you impressed that we choose an American name for our city?’
I cannot say for certainty, as have not encountered such arrogance - in any person - but, might not those 'arrogant Americans' of whom ye spake, not find your comments _also_ going over their heads? If so, a waste of your time, effort and patience, surely? Unless... Some _do_ "get the point"?! 🤔🏴❤️🇬🇧🖖
Ignorance and arrogance often go together. Someone reasonably clever has enough brains to know when to speak and when to listen.
As an American I support this. We hate those guys too.
Also, as an American who recently visited the UK, y'all have a lovely country and I had a wonderful time.
You’re from the USA, Isn’t that part of Canada?’ .. oh oh, asking that a Texan, might make you eligable for a point blank shot 🤣
Imagine I do my grocery shopping daily, always fresh and healthy. Supermarket is just a 2 minutes walk and the more exclusive is a 7 minutes walk. Yep it can be done, but probably only in Europe 😂
Nothing wrong with American people, American politics is the problem in the USA. Politicians don't work for the peaple they work for whatever kickbacks they can get from the big companies
"nothing wrong with american people"... except many of them are brainwashed into believing their "single payer" healthcare system is cheaper and better than a nationally funded one.
Plenty wrong with Americans.
"I don't want the government telling me what to do".... except they do so every day anyway since you follow US law. Instead Americans allow an insurance company to tell them what "to do".
"Pay those premiums... or else!"
"You better pay that deductible or co-pay.. or else".
"We better have proof of your medical history... or else we'll invalidate your claim".
No different really, is it?
Seen numerous videos of stupid yanks saying "Well if we want a national system, taxes will go up, you like paying taxes?"
Except if these people spent even half a second thinking about it they would realise that although taxes would increase, they would no longer be spending hundreds if not THOUSANDS of dollars on insurance premiums. A Carton of insulin would cost perhaps $10-$20 instead of on average $250-$300 like it currently does.
If a nationally funded healthcare system is so poor, and won't work... explain why in Canada an entire carton of insulin is $20. Explain why in the UK ANY drug can be bought legally for £9.65 (that's about $11) and in many cases it's totally FREE at the point of acquisition.
You have to be incredibly dumb to think a business run FOR PROFIT is going to be cheaper than a nationally funded system which is a non-profit.
No CEO on 2 million dollars to pay for. No flash cars, no 6 holiday homes to pay for him out of your premiums, no thousands of admin/billing staff..... the list goes on.
I say again, plenty wrong with the Americans. Too engrained in their own ways to change. Their system is best and they won't be told otherwise, even when it CLEARLY isn't the best.
An American could probably watch their entire family be executed by bullets, get shot themselves, and as they lay dying proclaim "They would have survived if they had guns... we need more guns".
But if it's a democracy...
@@tristanridley1601 "but not as we know it"
@@tristanridley1601 A flawed election system that favors only 2 mega-parties. It's supposed to be a democracy but the institutions are not the best at truly representing the people. On the other hand the 2-party system influences the people in return dividing the society into two distinct camps that see the other one as evil... "A democracy" yes sort of... but...
Politics is a reflection of the population..
Majorities of people vote for these politicians..
If it is not you are living in an authoritarian olicharchy.
Perhaps there’s more important things to think about then Americans
America has this idea that it's the "greatest country" in the world (very much arguably isn't) - and it's people want this idea that "everybody likes us".
I'm pretty sure if you went around the world and asked numerous people from every country, which nation they hated most, the answer would probably be given the majority as "The USA" or "America".
The UK is probably not far behind. I've had the displeasure of meeting 20 americans or so.... each one I found to be rude, inconsiderate, obnoxious and somehow believed that they were better than everyone else because they lived in a nation which has stars and stripes on it's flag.. why is it very common in the USA for residents to display a huge american flag outside their house?
I live in the UK and have done for 29 years. I can count the number of times i've seen an English flag or Union Jack on display outside someone's house on two hands. As the dutch say, perhaps us Brits are not patriotic enough?
This comment isn't aimed at Ryan himself. I don't have any issues with him personally and he seems like a nice chap. But unfortunately the worst people i've met were all American. Massive egos, loud and obnoxious, demanding everything and being rude as if they have that entitlement, almost like a child in a restaurant throwing it's toys out of the pram because the parents won't let it have ice cream.
This video sums it up.. czcams.com/video/XORYpEn4Pag/video.html
@@thefiestaguy8831 well the flag thing makes me laugh what does it prove absolutely nothing and the hand on the heart during the national anthem all so makes me laugh,i suppose I am a old cynic now days are these people with a flag out side there homes willing to die for there country and flag come what may and school children still pledge allegiance to the flag very strange
@@robertlangley1664 I always used to make a joke about Americans...
Sat around in the lounge, watching TV.
Suddenly the president appears on their screens, as he walks up to the podium there is a round of applause.
As he begins to speak, the Americans, all sat in their lounge, stand up in front of the TV, hand on heart and begin humming the national anthem.
@@robertlangley1664 Why should anyone have to pledge allegiance - with the possible exception of economic migrants. Especially, why would a child who didn't choose which country to be born in, have to pledge allegiance to it ?
@@daffyduk77 I didn’t agree with children in America pledging allegiance to any thing ,if you read my statement I don’t get it and why should I Iam English
Living in se-asia and i can say that after 15 years living and working here, and i noticed that MOST non American expats really avoids American expats..that is what other people think about Americans.
The one thing I missed was how polarized America is. You definitely see Europe also starting to become more polarized with populist far right and left gaining traction in politics, but we definitely also still have center-left and center-right parties that form coalitions and govern together. And it's not just politicians themselves. Where I live, you can be best buddies, even if your political alignment is different, but it seems that there is some sort of tension between people once they find out that one is a Democrat and the other a Republican.
No, that is still just politics. America has its own politics.
@@chadjcrase I said politicians, not politics. I was trying to differentiate between the polarity in the political parties and the polarity of people who feel affiliated with those political parties.
I'm fine with anyone as long as they're not the gun-loving, warmongering, backward-thinking (racist, homophobic, sexist, etc.), over-nationalistic, arrogant, egotistical types who think their own way is the only way. The ones who can't admit their own flaws, their country's flaws, or admit when they're wrong.
If you're an American who isn't like that, we can be friends.
If I’m ever tempted to despair about Americans in general, I watch one of your programmes and feel assured that there must be more people like you over there: wise, reflective, self-aware (rather than self-obsessed) and prepared to listen and learn. Your balanced approach redeems many of the negative impressions we get about your fellow Americans. Keep up the great work.
I think it will be greatly impacted by whether you meet Americans who are travelling or those who have never travelled. Those who believe the world ends at the US border are very different to those looking to travel and learn about other cultures
but that is the same for every country. Those who look only inward (navel gazing) are alwayws less informed and less likely to accept a difference in cultures.
I think there might be a strong contrast between the Americans who you meet in other parts of the world and the many, many Americans who never leave their country. I feel like the traveling Americans are more open to the rest of the world and understand that everything doesn't revolve around them.
In general anyway.
I would add people like Ryan, who are genuinely interested in learning about other cultures. I guess that his self-deprecating humor wouldn't go over too well with many of his neighbors.
Many Americans cannot afford to see our country. Cost of lodging fuel, food. This country is big, and the only way to really see it is by road trip. So why go where we are hated.
@@scrambler69-xk3kv I'm not really blaming anyone. It's just a fact that ALOT of Americans never leave the US and that is likely to have an effect when it comes to how open you are to other cultures.
@@karmeheddepends. Some people tend to forget that us has tons of other cultures in aswell
Exactly, traveling americans are a more openminded, liberal and educated part of the population.
When Susan Boyle appeared on Oprah to do an interview they aired her interview with subtitles so Americans could understand what she was saying. A woman speaking English had subtitles. That says in all.
There's this myth about us Europeans, particularly us Brits, that we are unfriendly, standoffish or just plain rude.
This is, one million per cent WRONG! Just because we aren't walking down the road telling everyone to "Have A Good Day" with an overly excessive white bright smile, doesn't mean we're all miserable bastards!
All of us near enough are not just friendly in demeanor, but willing true friends in our hearts. We don't do "fakeness" and we don't appreciate it. We hate people sucking up to us, people pleasers. We like sincerity, truth - even if it's not pleasant to hear.
I'd far rather someone honestly tell me, "Don't wear that outfit it makes you look pregnant" than someone else telling me "oh you look incredible" because they're trying to earn commission! I don't need to be asked if everything is ok with my meal every five minutes, when they actually don't give a shit but just securing a good tip for themselves! Here's a tip: sod off!
We wait to be invited in. By that I mean, we go about our own business and don't stick our noses into anyone else's. We respect boundaries and people's personal space. It's out of politeness, consideration, and respect. We look straight ahead and fix our eyes on where we are heading, and let others do the same. We don't want to be unnecessarily bothered or bother anybody else.
Unnecessarily bothered means, don't knock on the door asking us if we've found Jesus. We didn't know he'd gone missing and maybe he went into hiding to escape random people like you knocking on his door! 🙄
We don't like telephone calls that start with "Good Morning Mr or Mrs... I hope you're having a lovely day". Well yes I was, right up until you rang me from a call centre to sell me whatever upgrade or service you're offering! Bog off! If I want an upgrade, I'll ring you!
If we're sitting in a park, cafe, on a bus, engrossed in reading a book, and someone starts bombarding us with small talk when it should be perfectly clear to anyone with the emotional maturity of a five year old, that they are invading our private space and lack understanding of basic interaction cues, such as zero eye contact and head tipped downwards completely unaware of your existence - until you barged your way in.
All of these types of things are considered just downright rude to Europeans! It shows no manners and no consideration of anyone but themselves when people do such a thing. Social skills and good manners are taught from birth. If you don't know how to properly lay the table, know which cutlery to use, wait until your turn, engage in mutual conversation or not know when you're bothering someone, by the time you reach double figures, then you've had a rough childhood! Social skills, manners, conduct...all of these things matter to us.
BUT... If you seek help or assistance, approach a European stranger, briefly share eye contact, and start your question off with "Excuse me, sorry for troubling you...." then you'll more than likely receive a warm smiling face of someone who is only too willing to assist you. Not only assist, but go out of their way to explain directions, answer questions and happily engage in conversation with you.
Simply by recognising that the mutual eye contact is the first cue, a mutual smile acknowledging each other is even better, but especially by saying EXCUSE ME, shows that you have respect for someone's personal space and have humility. You're not acting entitled and the most important person in the room. *THAT* is all it takes to get bowled over by the friendliness and willingness to help that you'll get from European. It's not what you say, it's how you say it, and the attitude in which you present it.
*THIS* ^^^ is the area where typically Americans SUCK!!! And it just so happens to be the attitude most Europeans DETEST. Of course not every European is a cuddly teddy bear waiting for the opening to allow them to engage with you. And of course not every American is an obnoxious, arrogant, narcissist, BUT, overall, those are stereotypically what Americans come across like. The arrogance is the absolute WORST of the lot. It is not a pleasant or humble trait for a person to have, yet Americans are not only arrogant, but hugely proud of it!
It's nauseating, intrusive, rude and makes most Europeans question whether a punch in the throat might be in order, moving forward? 🤔
Not saying a fight will break out, but that doesn't stop the scene playing out in our minds! Americans are the most clueless people on the planet, with the biggest overly inflated egos. The confidence they have in their own intelligence is staggering. They genuinely think they are the best, most important person in the room, and wouldn't even think to question that or assess the situation. They will tell YOU about your government, politics, society, and pitfalls of where you come from, whilst asserting that they OBVIOUSLY - duh! - do things much better where THEY come from. Wherever they are on the planet they think their American rights and laws travel right along with them. They're always the loudest in any public space, and it wouldn't even "OCCUR" to them, to maybe lower the volume of their speech, and consider that other people are trying to enjoy that space as well, albeit more discreetly.
And don't misunderstand me, I'm not talking about genuine bubbling excitement which tends to make people louder, we all do that sometimes. It's the assertion that they have the RIGHT to be centre stage, the certainty that they are RIGHT in everything they say, and the fact that being American makes them superior to everyone else.
Arrogance is just ugly. There's few traits more offensive than Arrogance in someone. Straight away it's a closed door. No conversation can take place because they're unable to debate or question the certainty of their righteousness.
I often ponder, what happened on that Mayflower? Did they pass through some Bermuda Triangle kind of time warp, or eat or drink something hallucinogenic that gave them a God Complex...?
Australians aren't insufferable braggarts like Americans are, and yet they were shipped off too! In fact shipped to the opposite side of the world, and yet they are the most down to earth people you could meet. There's no bullshit or bravado with them. They call a spade a spade and go about their lives not thinking they are better than anyone else! Humble. I admire humility in a person so much!
Maybe it's all the chemicals in their food...? They come from the same stock of people that the rest of us did, and yet, are noticeably "different" to everyone else. Maybe lost touch with humanity or something? Mostly stuck there, rarely travel outside, waving flags and being told they live in the greatest country on the planet....🙄
Who wants to tell them....? 😳
Who wants to tell you what most Europeans think of the Brits?
@@Xiroi87 go ahead! 😁
Hello from Germany! That is the best description of "most Americans" that I have ever read here. There are, of course, exceptions. My husband is American and has lived in Germany for almost 40 years. He has changed a lot in his thinking and actions and I think that his experiences and travels are for the better. Nothing is worse and I don't understand how you can defend ignorance and arrogance so much. I am always ready to explain and help if you ask with respect. The fact that my husband and I don't live in the USA says it all. We like and love his family and the fact that we don't live there is true for all the many reasons mentioned. They can't understand it. I am enchanted by the British and love this beautiful island. Please stay as you are!
@@heikechapman2284 awww thank you! Well I'm glad you caught one in the wild and tamed him! 😜
The thing I forgot to mention is that sadly, when you do manage to "tame one" how incredibly poignant a transformation it is for THEM! Suddenly everything they thought they knew about life and the rest of the world falls apart, and they realise that in the "freest country in the world" they were largely imprisoned in a system that cages them in, tells them their life is perfect, their system is the envy of the world, that there's nowhere better or more important. They're indoctrinated at birth, we wrap newborns in a knitted shawl, they're wrapped in the American flag! 😳
They have to work non stop to make ends meet, pay huge taxes and get no healthcare, crazy homicide rates, crazy incarceration rates, and eat food that we wouldn't want to leave out at night for the foxes! The guns, obsessed with guns, have to defend themselves! They're constantly in defense mode, protecting themselves.
What an awful way to live! I could not imagine going to bed at night with a gun on my bedside cabinet, fearing an intruder! If I walked into my town and saw whole clusters of tents on the streets with homeless people, or people hunched over strung out on drugs walking around like zombies, I'd never leave my house! 😵
Does that mean the rest of us are perfect...? Of course not! But at least we KNOW that! We've not been forced to believe that we are. Even North Koreans know they're living in a nightmare regime! The American government doesn't care about it's people, it intentionally deceives them so they don't question it.
Well done for adopting a stray! 😂 I'm only kidding, a freed American is a lovely thing to see, truly. They've got the self assurance, confidence in speaking, aren't shy of hard work, and love and protect their families, beautiful traits to have. And then they realise the rest of the world has so much to offer and has a much more relaxed calm attitude to life, it takes a while for them to trust that...to believe it can be that easy...can it? And once they are humbled they become incredible people. All the American confidence and charm, mixed with European grounding. You're a lucky lady.
Thank you for your comment. 😘 xxxxx
@@tamielizabethallaway2413
Thank you for your amusing and heartfelt answer. If we mixed all the best things from many different nationalities, we would have the people our world needs. He was easy to tame, by the way, a little good food and patience. But it wasn't easy for him, a big change in thinking and learning the language, etc. I'm very proud of him, he fought his way through his career and is now a great digital printing technician. Well, I always tried to support him 100%. All the best to you, Heike
Man I can't imagine going to the supermarket only once a week. I go to a 'supermarket' right next to where I live, sometimes multiple times a day. Granted, it isn't as big as Walmart in the USA but it has everything you need and there are such supermarkets within 10 min walking distance from any point in the city
I go twice a week - but I live alone and do not cook daily. But even if I did - twice a week would be enough. Perishables like fruit/vegetables/meat and dairy/bread I'd buy twice weekly, while things like flour, eggs, butter jam, canned/tinned goods I buy once a week. Why would I waste so much time waiting in line?
For many Americans a trip to the grocery store is a 30 to 45 minute drive. This country is BIG. Rural America means no streetlights, none. Roads that are cut through the forest with neighbor's miles from each other. We like it that way. Privacy is king.
OPEN MINDED MY ASS! IF THEY WERE SO OPEN MINDED THEY COULD AT LEAST HAVE A DEBATE ON GUN CONTROL BUT THEY ARE SO NORROW MINDED THAT THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE.
"GUNS GUNS GUNS.... GIVE US MORE GUNS".
"The answer to our massive gun problem? MORE GUNS!!"
THANKS FOR THE HUMBLE AND SUBTLE INPUT! VERY OPEN MINDED AND WISE
After a while I got the impression that they were using the term open minded in a different way than we would. They seemed to mean that American are more "open" as in approachable. Not as if their views on things are more open.
Says the person shouting who also probably thinks Americans are loud.
@@RatKindler yes, this. Languages and translations turn into riddles sometimes.
I really enjoyed your video and comments plus learning more about the world around me
If they weren't being asked by an American their answers would be ALOT DIFFERENT
Most europeans visit the grocery stores 1-2 times a day. For urban europeans the shop is 50-150 meters away and suburbanites can drive to shops in a similar time.
That's only for medium to big cities though. The place I grew up in had 2000 inhabitants (by combining 3 villages, mind you), and you'd need to drive 30mn to the closest hypermarket in the periphery of the big cities. So stuff like bread you'd take in the local bakery, but most of the food you go once a week and buy food for 1 week or more.
I know some who visit the grocery store 1 time a day, but 2 times only when you forgot something.
I go to the grocery store usually once per week.
Speak for yourself. As a European, living in the UK... it's more like once a week or once every two weeks!
Not really. I know some senior citizens who live like that, because it is also their social time, but most families I know (in cities) go either two times a week, or once a week to the supermarket and once to the farmers market/bakery/organic store.
1-2 a week, maybe but 1-2 a day? Speak for yourself, dude.
Doing 'a big shop' is still a fairly regular thing I think, especially for families with working parents, or households who find a weekly trip to the supermarket to be what fits their schedule. Europeans definitely buy less food each trip but they do more frequent shopping trips.
There's a difference between the permitted product ingredients too, especially additives and preservatives that really artificially extend the shelf-life. Buying a gallon carton of milk and it fitting in the fridge and lasting for 10 days doesn't happen in the UK. Milk is sold the most often in 1 or 2 litre cartons (approx equivalent of 2 or 4 pints), 1 or 6 pints are available, but it's not going to last or stay fresh for more than 4 days.
Getting a few bits every 2 or 3 days for the next 2 days ahead seems pretty normal unless you're a massive household or a tiny one.
As a Brit, no we do weekly shops, but it isn’t all chips and synthetic crap in a can, it tends to be real food to cook through the week until next Saturday.
We might go to a local shop (corner store/bodega in US terms) to top up on bread and milk mid-week and maybe an extra thing we forgot or ran out of like onions because they’re high frequency and/or low shelf life.
And here “How are you” or “You OK?” Or “You alright?” Is just a greeting, actually answering the question is unacceptable, you’re supposed to respond with the same greeting and we both walk away and carry on with our day.
About going to supermarket more frequently yes, it's like that. I have supermarket 4 minutes far from my apartment and going there like 2-3 times a week.
The thing I was expecting to see was 'insular'. Americans tend to project this idea that they have the greatest systems - they're the global defenders of democracy, that any legal system is inferior, their constitution means they have the best government... I think most cultures suffer from that a bit, but with how little exposure other cultures get in the US, it's just more common there.
I wish I had the time and energy to do some comparison videos - with it being an election year in both the US and UK, it would be great for people to do videos looking at how different the details are between two parliamentary democracies, how the legal systems are alike and different, how countries like France and Germany are in these areas...
The smoking one was interesting. As an Australian I was shocked at how many people smoked when I visited Europe.
The smoking is Europe strongly varies per country, with the lowest Sweden (9%) and Bulgaria (28%). On average it is some 20% in Europe which is about double than Australia as well as the USA.
@@AlexGys9 You should say its 30% in Europe(include me)! Thats around 200 mio people!
@@WienerVL I do not know what source you used but my data are from Euronews Health
@@AlexGys9 Mine from WHO and Federal Office for Health Switzerland! The correct number is 27 %
As long as folks have their health, they'll keep on smoking. As time goes by, he regulations (in quite some eu countries) seem to be loosening up again. 🤣
In colder climates people live indoors more and keep more to themselves because of it. In warner climates life is lived outside and amongst people in the open. It leads to different personalities and cultures.
He said that because in Europe is like that. I'm from Spain and most people is wellcomig and warm, but also we "burn" easy (I mean that we get angry easily). The norther conuntries in europe, as Finland, are much more calm and "racional" but also a colder personality.
This is of couse in general, there are very cold people in spain and warn people in finland
Out of seven days a week, I go grocery shopping mostly on five of them. Not on Sundays, as the usual shops are closed then anyway, and, perhaps I will skip another day (sometimes midweek, or so) going shopping. Our fridges/freezers are not overly huge, so it makes no sense to stock up and buy only once a week or even less frequent. Only dry items for storage (rice, noodles, condiments, etc.) make it for a longer life on the shelves in my house. Oh, and our shops close latest at 10 pm. Many of them even earlier. So, you have to schedule your shopping around that times plus put your individual work schedule into account. It takes a little planning.
There are some quizzes online where you can guess all 50 states or all countries of Europe - would be fun watching you try that ;) I did everyone in Europe but failed miserably in the states haha.
There are only 4 countries in north america. Really not that hard.
Usa, mexico, greenland and canada.
If you want to know all the states you should also know all the provences in the netherlands and the regions of germany etc..
portugueses here i go to the supermarket once a month to buy like ,rice ,pasta ,meat ,yogurt, mlik ,non perishables, stuff that last at least one month, and once i week i go for fruit veggies, eggs and bread and something im missing. its a 30minute job
Nice video as per usual😊
I think you need a balance between being healthy and enjoying life
You are correct about how many time Europeans go to Super Market.
We have big Super Markets but we also have -- near to us -- many smaller shops. We have Mini Markets, Groceries Market, Farmer's Market, Bakery Market, Organics Market, and most of the times we are going with bike or walking, and if we need many stuff, only then to take the car.
I am going for groceries and other stuff two times a week, but for some foods for example bread or fresh vegetables I will go in the market at least four times a week...
My mother lives in a smaller village, going in the groceries store and to bakery every day!
There are some Americans in my country and I think they smile a lot and wear weird sunglasses😬😂😂
I think the bigger problem with buying stuff is that a lot of more basic ingredients can also cost more and US citizens also unfortunately don't have a lot of time for cooking, combine those and making your own bread and such goes out the window.
Unhealthy and more pre-prepared is cheaper and less time consuming, is the main issue.
I believe, in regards to shopping at stores, and healthy food differences, it's due to the distance most people from the US and European countries have to go for food. I'm English, I've lived in the US for the last 41 years. The nearest food store to my present home, is 6 miles. When I lived in England, I lived outside the city but, I was able to shop at a food store within a few hundred yards of my house. Great Britain is, of course, a great deal smaller than the US. This means, we don't have to buy food once a week, or once every two weeks.This way, food does not have to be pumped full of chemicals to make it last/keep longer. So, it's much easier for people in Britain to stop every day, if need be, and buy fresh food and, this is another reason our refrigerators, don't have to be as big as these we have in the US.
I have been hating on americans for what it feels like the last 20 years. Now I realize I'm working with americans. And they are the type of people I want to achieve for myself. Honest and hard working. I know it's a small sample, but now my view of "Americans" has definitely, and forever, changed.
I've got 3 supermarkets within a 5-10 minute walk from me. I probably find myself in there every day or two (UK).
I'm in Canada's largest city and the nearest market of any kind is perhaps a 45 minute walk. Maybe longer. The next nearest is about 1.5 hours away. We're very similar to the US in that respect. There's really no destinations to walk to around here.
In on of the most walkable cities of Turkey I have 7 of them in definitely less than 10 minute slow walking distance. And that's only chain supermarkets; we do also have a lot of small traditional boutique markets called bakkal as well as basically bakkals that sell alcoholic beverages as well called tekel stores.
@@RatKindler I guess that's what happens when a country builds itself around the car and is also just so massive.
@@JamesLMason Yeah. My area was built in the 1950s and everyone wanted land back then and there was lots of land to go around. Until the 1980s there were some small groceries in plazas which one could walk to if necessary but they all shut down. I can't think of any small groceries now. You have to drive to one of the big chain supermarkets. There are some small ethnic shops around though which might be close enough if you're lucky - usually Jamaican or middle-eastern.
@@RatKindler
I'm in Vancouver and it's only a five minute walk to two grocery stores where I live. Most everything {doctors office, butcher, florist, restaurants} is within 15 minutes away. Vancouver is very different from Toronto.
In vienna where i am from their is always one to 3 small supermarkets in walking distance
People are people. Some friendly some not. Different personalities and upbringing.Every country is unique.
I like the American people that i have met. Friendly and outgoing,super enthusiastic about everything. I hate the fact that they believe the propaganda that America invented everything of note. In fact two thirds of the worlds notable inventions and discoveries were invented or discovered by the UK. The Americans though do not want to give us any credit whatsoever. It almost seems that if they give credit to the Brits for what they have done for the world it belittles America and is contrary to the lie that America is the greatest country in the world.
Tell an American you don't like a politician they worship for some reason and you've made an enemy - some Americans are utterly convinced rich, narcissistic and egotistical people care about anything other than themselves. In every other country I've visited most people can still be friends and discuss it without rancour then agree to disagree. My mother is a conservative, my father left of centre, they were married in 1967 (57 years) and still going strong. It's been my experience that many Americans like to define themselves by one particular aspect of their life and define others the same way.
I`m English and with regards to this the only things that hurt me are those disparaging things spoken by foreigners about us which happen to be true.The typical disparaging thing is that we flood southern European beaches and coastal cities and towns and get pissed up and cover the streets in vomit. This hurts me - because it`s true.
Of course more than likely it is a minority of Britons ( mostly aged between youth and early adulthood ) that do this, but sufficient numbers of us do this to attract an un-enviable reputation in mainland Europe. When what is said about us is not true - it`s water off a duck`s back to me.
If I were to criticize a model American I`d say they don`t get out enough. Which is a shame - since they don`t know what they`re missing.
I`ve been to the `States and am glad I went. But Europe is far, far more exciting. The `States has not had enough time to grow and put down roots and mature such as we have had here -which is no fault of theirs.
We have hamlets, villages, towns, cities that are old and new. The States only has the new.
99.9% of the Americans I met whilst I was in the US were charming and engaging people. More than happy to have a conversation with me. Even those from New York, Lol !
Ps, `out going ?" Outgoing so long as they are outgoing in their own country. Don`t take this a a criticism; I`m trying to encourage you to come to Europe.
Us English call the French, "Frogs," probably on the grounds that frogs are as often as not an integral part of the French dinner. They call us `Britons` " Les Rosbifs," meaning that our Dinner ( and nowadays especially Sunday Roasts ) consist of roast beef.
Please come and see Europe - and partake in their ( our lifestyle ) for a while. You`ll find many western Europeans having a cognac with their breakfast, often used by the Right British Press to `un-name and call a recently prominent member ( President of the European Commission ) Jean -Claude Junker being a `piss artist` on the grounds that his breakfast was accompanied by a glass of cognac leading those of us Britons not so sharp as the majority of us thinking that Members of the European Parliament have cognac for breakfast and are pissed up by the time they arrive at work. An idea the Brexit British Media would nurture in the brains of half-wits.
When I first went to Mainland Europe I found that this was a normal and regular European Breakfast. FFS - I had atleast one at each breakfast.
A pleasant American woman comes up to you and asks you questions about Americans. Very hard to get an honest opinion under those circumstances. She doesn't even come across as full on American.
Having visited your country, as well as working with your troops, peace time and wartime, I found the Americans the same as anywhere else, good and bad. For instance the most genuine nice people I found, other than the troops, where in Las Vegas, helpful, approachable as well as easy to talk too, but not the same as the people in San Fransisco who where arrogant and rude- Just like Londoners (Londoners do not treat their own the same as visitors). The soldiers I worked with had a surprisingly good sense of humour, but you all seem to suffer the same affliction, America is the be all and end all, nothing outside it matters, I suppose its left over from the Cold War.
The shopping thing - I go at least daily to my nearest grocery shop, it's about 300m away and there's a baker and a butcher a bit nearer.
Was there a candlestick maker by any chance too?
i go to the supermarket like once every 2-3 days or something, to do it only 1 every 2 weeks is crazy for me.like how you gonna fit all that into the fridge and freezer?
Having an American ask the question skews the results. People will be polite because they don't want to hurt her feelings.
I buy stuff like every day or at least every two days at the supermarket, 5-10 min walk + 5-10 min shopping in one average grocery bag.
I agree with Ryan that shopping less frequently is a problem as far as getting healthy food is concerned. Here in South Africa we also have big fridges and freezers and shop on average about once a week. The reason is we have outlying suburbs like the US and shopping centres are too far to walk - you have to drive. I wish we had organic markets like Europe but we don't, and have to buy supermarket produce which is not so healthy but we have no choice. Also our supermarkets are busy and crowded and not fun....go as little as possible and get out fast!
I have at least 3 supermarkets and 2 hypermarkets at 5-15 min walk distance from my home in Bucharest.
No good milk chocolate or salmiakki on american Candy isles.
Greetings From Finland! 🎉
I'm italian and for me there's a HUGE diffecence between americans travelers coming to italy/europe and the ones that live in the US.
The majority of the traveling ones are full of open minded people, that love to learn, always asking questions and always smiling (there are obviously few bad apples like for every country).
The majority of the ones that never left US are the opposite, they think that their country is the best of the world (or the world itself), they don't even know the hystory of their own country (even tho they are convince that they know everything), incredible entitled and they think that "freedom" is going against the law or common sense...
Obviously this is generalizing but you have to do it in this kind of discussion otherwise is meaningless.
There are beautiful and horrible people everywhere around the world, the problem is that, a lot of the time, the actions of the bad ones overshadow the good ones. That's why i always prefer to meet a single one at the time and i don't like "groups" of people.
Climate / environments do impact our psychology. Not just in America we could make the same analogy on Europeans. And all the other humans/locations.
We could say the same with how the climate is changing (heating up) and similar the political climate has heated up, not just in the USA.
Being American means not having to care about what non-Americans think.
I go to store everyday tho 😅 2 weeks is insane. Like thats lot of planning of what to cook. 14 days, 3 meals a day.
Limiting your sample to people who are (almost all) your own age, and speak excellent English, isn't going to get a very realistic impression of what the population as a whole thinks.
In Europe you don´t drive to the supermarket every week or two. We walk or take the bike every day or two. No car. A human being has got legs in order to move from A to B.
Saying hi and walking off is NOT WRONG. Common curtsy helps people through their days, I acknowledge your existence and carry on. My world recognize you in your world which is NONE of MY BUSINESS.
And I as a Swede probably know more about American geo than of European :) I know where most of the states are, I know the capitals of NY and Florida, which seems to be rare even for Americans
European geography is a little easier as there is more peninsula’s and seas inlets islands etc
Unlike the Australian woman interviewed, this Australian does care about the rest of the world!
Have to tell this:
I have been in Florida, dared to walk downtown at 10pm. Someone talked to me, he knew/saw that i was a foreigner. I shit my pants, but he just were curious! Another stranger drove me the most hyped Club. They where really friendly! And I were so naive to trust..
At the end it fells, that americans are very friendly! But they live in theire bubble, and don't know anything about the rest of the world.
Also they think, they are the only free nation, but they aren't as free as they think! MANY countries in the world are more free than the US!
I've always wondered whether if it's open-mindedness or rather the whole "my business is not your business and vice-versa" that comes with such prominent individualism. As well as the concept of freedom. For each culture freedom might have a slightly different meaning which leads to many USA citizens thinking they are in the land of freedom, while for most of us, their freedom is quite limited. But again, this is a really culture (and political) dependent point of view. To me, a land where people do not have access to basic needs services, will most likely be in debt if they decide to pursue further studies, they only have 2 political parties to choose from, are dependent on having a vehicle (which, to me, kills spontaneity and makes going out a planned activity that most likely involves spending money), sells the whole "you can be whatever you want" speech as if people's lives weren't conditioned by their socio-economic stuatus... All of these, to me, are key points to "freedom" which, again, are really culture based and I don't quite see over there.
Just like any country, the USA has its good and bad things, but that's exactly the point, just like any country. If those who rule think they are on top of the world, I doubt they'll work towards solving the many issues that keep piling up.
Back in the day, there was this one guy from midwest America living 11 months with my parents and my brothers. I think it was called the AFS program (or something like that). He was _not_ the average American. Hell, he wouldn't be average anywhere in Europe either. He learned Finnish to a passable conversational level in those 11 months, although when playing DnD with him we used a lot of English too because the rule books were in English. Happy memories.
The guy I mentioned above was in the ROTC, he was the man! We had a lot of fun when he recited stuff from his ROTC. (A side note: none of us brothers and none of our friends were left-leaning)
Hi, I'm Finnish and we never talk to stranger, actually I heard a story about a a guy few hundred years ago just started talking to stranges so he naturally had to be executed. I've only ever met one american who just started talking and I was annoyed because I wanted to listen to something on headphones. But he was just so persistant. We were actually in front of a hospital, I had hospital clothes on and turns out the guy is one of the nicest people I have ever met, he was from Tennesee
I seems to be a much healthier way, to have a walkable neighborhood, where you can buy food on a daily basis.
First through walking or cycling and second the food is freshier and healthier.
I like, that the "How are you?"-thing is not just odd in Germany, but also in the Czech Republic.
If you want to say "Hi", why don't you just say "hi"? Why do you ask a question, if you are not interested in the answer. In many other languages, you get an answer on a question.
I met three young American guys in Bangkok not long ago, they were about to be scammed, but the guys who were trying to scam them, I butted in and asked some questions that gave away that they were gonna scam these dudes. I basically find Americans reasonably naive - not all of them, but a lot of them.
Its a group of 300 million people, so you cant really say anything meaningfully specific without being unfairly generalizing.
But in general: I think Americans are entrepreneurial, extraverted and outgoing, easy to get into conversation with (not as easy to have in-depth conversation with), their two-party system and its binary nature incentivizes politically extreme behavior, their geographical location combined with their geopolitical supremacy creates an environment where the general population is not as incentivized to learn about other countries, they are in general very puritan - that is to say they are prone to many forms of social censorship and stigmatization of all kinds - expressed in many forms such as fear of nudity or a tendency to political correctnies ("not saying the wrong words"), they are very individualist and prioritize the individual over the collective (this breeds an environment of entrepeneurship but also an environment of a dog-eat-dog world where people do not care as much about paying taxes for social programs to help the collective), they tend to be more materialistic (you are what you have, and how much you have defines your worth as a human being).
That's more or less how I see it. I probably forgot a few things. I disagree with many of these values, but most of all I disagree with the puritanism and the materialism. The idea that the man with the big car is a better man than the man with the small car, this is particularly disgusting to me and extremely superficial. Also the puritanism - the obsession with (social) censorship - is very off putting to me.
But many Americans are good people and make good friends. These are cultural critiques more so than judgments of individual character.
Greetings from the Netherlands!
Yes the smoking sigarrets is a very old stereotype since the US began with banning smoking in public spaces, which got followed by the European nations and globally.
Countries such as New Zealand banned smoking in public places long before USA
I think that is true, about the weather and the people, I'm Norwegian. We come out as more closed off and "cold", the same goes for all the Scandinavian countries, compared to the southern part of Europe at least. Kind of fascinating. :)
True, I also noticed a difference in culture between the north of Europe and the south, with the north more "colder" and the south more "warmer". I don't know about Norway but I've noticed that the same is often also valid within a single country. Like the northern Italians are more reserved than the southern Italians. Same with the French, the Belgians, the Dutch, ... Is that also the case in Norway?
@@AlexGys9 In Norway, actually, the Northern people are more direct. They are swearing a lot more and have a more "agressive" way of speaking. But they are not less "closed off". Norway is a very long country with few people. I think we are, outside of the larger cities, kind of "local". We know the people we have known from childhood...that's enough. :)
@@user-we7vk5zg7l Of course, you know better but my first impression would be different. Someone swearing and speaking "aggressive" seems to me less approachable than someone who seems standoffish and gives me the cold shoulder.
If I was in a foreign country, didn't know the culture and had to ask a question I would chose the latter 😀
@@user-we7vk5zg7l thats funny in portugal which is in south europe the same happens, northern people are more direct and swearing is like a comma to them,they use in every word...i wonder why its that
@@PauloSousa86 That is interesting...
4:49 Yeah, this is true.
8:18 I think it is 80s action films or something.
I think American food in general is much more procesed. There is loads of healthy food frozen or canned.
I never cook my food in a fryer, and rarely eat fastfood either.
So the food- and eating culture is very different, no matter how much you buy at the time 😉
Asking non Americans their opinions, when they may well be based on those living outside the USA, will get a different response from asking tourists in the USA. The brighter, more aware and educated might just be the ones that visit other countries. Just a thought.
I have tended to like many Americans I have met but then you get on with people who are like you and avoid the noisy nationalists. You are a good advert for USA, Ryan.
She did not het their actual impresjonisme. Almost all of them gave super positive impressions, that I have never heard in my life. Having an American ask the questions doesn’t invite honesty, especially when she sounds super offended or incredulous by the less favorable answers.
This was filmed in Czechia ? respect for the English they were speaking
I think with the weather this is way more prominent in Europe than anywhere else. The entire history and culture developed in accordance with the climate, it makes sense to have siesta in a hot country and be out very long in the evening and to keep to yourself and don't go out much in a cold country. From what I have experienced, US Americans from Washington state are just as outgoing as in Florida. But there is a difference in Latin culture and Anglophone culture obviously.
So,this girl have found all the people out there that think good of America.You wouldn't get these answers on the German streets that's for sure.The opinion on Americans is in a downfall and rightly so.The amount of stupidity that came of of the USA in the last decade is shocking and scary at the same time.
I think, because European people are exposed to their neighbors more than the US, we in general are more able to make a difference between a country, it's government, and the people living in.
It's probably why this video is much more positive overall than video that ask what people think about America (as in, the country).
girl: "... at least the ones I know."
American Ryan, 5s later: "she never thought anything bad of Americans ..."
@ryanwuzer CAPTIONS DEBUNKED 🤣🤣
so the english captions for english langue spoken by native commonwealth folks did get annoying ?
Then re-read the comments about the german captions of either "Die Maus" or "Peter Lustig" on your other yt-channel (american reacts to german ... stuff ) ...
However TakeAwayMessage : be careful with captions to not make a fool of yourself 🤣🤣and keep up the good work.
my problem is when a whole country or continent is made out to be all the same. i have met americans who fit the negative stereotypes and those who are regular people who arent loud arrogant and completely ignorant of anything outside the states. im a canadian and we are looked at as angels even though we can be obnoxious also.
I walk to the supermarket every day.
Why you're audio is so low lately?
I can\t Imagine u buying crap Ryan, you look fit and healthy
It depends where you are in Europe if you or in Britain it’s is probably more like America than say Switzerland
We love US cars, they are great hobby cars, we just don't want to rely on them for daily transport.
Hello Ryan, I'm Russian and it will be really adorable if you make reaction to something about Russia or Russians, except politic of course, we are full to the throat with it.
I like Americans and been there. Yet I would never live there. I have more freedom in Australia then in the USA.
She only talked to young people but I suppose that was because a lot of the older people don't speak English.
I've only been to the US once. Stopped at three places; New York, Norfolk, and Fort Lauderdale. Guess which was the friendliest.
Trick question.
None of them!
@@thefiestaguy8831 Haha Actually no. New York was awesome. Except for one cab driver. That's a different story.
As for Geography: The other day I took the same test as you, only for me I tested my knowledge of US states. I scored very much worse than you did with European countries. You should be proud.
Its hard to have an opinion on people you probably never saw or met. As (correct me if im wrong) most Americans never visited Europe (maybe London/Paris/Rome), people from here never visited USA. And its pretty tough to say Americans are this or that. Its big country. So its very hard to judge someone who you dont know - and movies are ... movies :) . There are few levels of discussion most people can have. 1) internet behaviour 2) correctness (fix mistakes from past, not learn from them) 3) healthcare system 4) work-life balance 5) work itself 6) general knowledge about world 7) weird patriotism 8) guns 9) religion 10) influencer culture (or girls seems to be more complicated than here in EU) ... and maybe more and more. But still - I didnt live in USA - i was not there. And most of these people aswell. And about US = Florida is probably different than Wisconsin :)... so knowing USA cant be done in one month, or in one year. I wish to have some friends from US, so I could learn more - huh.
I think the most common mistake Americans do when they talks about Europe its like we are "like USA geographycally" . Most of EU country dont like each other , dont know each other , they even't understand each others. EU was a big "political project" more than a " Union" based on Financyal speculation and politics. A good part of people and countrys ,would like to exit from it and come back to a "more healty" individual sovranism. Cheers Ryan.
So this is What do young Czech people think about Americans.
i am ashamed that college indoctrination invaded Czechia already😢
And the rest
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Pretty much the rest of the world has the same negative opinion about US citizens and the US. You can thank your former "president" for that. Your current pres is doing an ok job repairing your poor image, though.
Those were not all Czech people, I think.
Yes ,,,,your brother could do NORWAY as a subject.
Actually why would anyone who doesn't live in the USA think about Americans at all? Do you spend much time thinking about people living in Latvia? No? well why would they spend time thinking about the states.
umm..because more and more americans now gets passports and travel abroad?
America is down the drain so now there are many Americans all over the world seeking new and safer life in functioning country's
@@nattm6553 Having passports doesn't make anyone thiink of Americans. Why would it? About 90% of British people have passports, do you spend a lot of time thinking about them? For the most part Americans are completely irrelevant to people in other countries. I know you may have been taught different but it's the truth.
"Americans" direct? Compared to Czech culture, probably? 14:11 more or less.
New Yorkers are often a little bit more "direct"/rude in comparised to other "Americans" - Dutch roots, Dutch directness?
Being Frank and the Frankish tribes/people? It seems to be a Germanic thing, culturally speaking. There are pleny of German Americans?